Gnomes

The genius and joyful inventors and artist, gnomes are a creative and upbeat race of small folk who have made more wonders and accomplishment than their small stature leads one to suspect. Gnomish settlements whether it be in industrious cities or their hidden villages in woods or townships of filled with laughter, music, and cries of explosion and triumph (sometimes both at once!). Their race all be it a minority the Gnomes are well respected in many of the conglomerates cities for their ingenious craft of machinery and mechanism being the ones who's ingenious minds have made such breakthrough like the locomotive trains to the mass pluming systems in some cities. Of course not all individuals are quick to respect the deeds of their race and take them at face value of their short stature, however gnomes have become quite thick skinned to such dim-witted insults and generly take it by ear living their days to the fulliest for a gnomes life is a joyful one, long and without a single moment wasted.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Gnomes are short very short by comparison of most of the other races varying in height of 2.5 - 3ft tall yet even so their humanoid appearance is only offset by their often colored hair of odd colors that are either decoratively organized or strewn about from their most recent mechanical or magical experiential incident.

Ecology and Habitats

Gnomes are clever, and ingenious and can often find way to survive through technological or magical means in any environment however they naturally are ill fit to survive the wilderness with little to no natural weapons or defenses but that of their own minds. Making the gnomes natural city dwellers especially so for Rock gnomes, yet the sect of Forest gnomes have found comfortable living standards in their villages in boreal forests.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Gnomes have no real leaders in their communities however when in times of decision making or looking to directions it is the most notable inventor, artists, or individual of the gnomish communities that they look to for guidance.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Rock Gnomes: Are the inventors and mechanics of the age and are largely found within townships and large cities of the Western coast of nocturne most largely found within the industrial city of Colfel of the realm of Celt. However it is not unlike them to move or rove entrepreneur their craft to the other cities or realm.
Forest Gnome: The less mechanically attuned variations, these gnomes chose to live in smaller communities outside the noisy and bustling streets of the cities and instead to the calm forestry to work their music and artistic crafts in the safety of their hovels. As with all gnomes these small communities are small in number and are generally hard to find so only the keen or the curious will ever stumble into a gnomish village less they were led there.

Average Intelligence

Gnomes as long within a family of fellow gnomes and peers are in excellent education standards given all the freedom to pursue and feed their creativity and ingenious minds after their teachers have taught them the basis of the craft, So it is often that gnomes have at least a higher level of intelligence however this is often overlooked do to their often jovial or jittery nature.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Gnomes whether it be from their often dangerous mechanical experiments or efforts in working in dark clammy chambers their eyes have become well adjusted to the dark environments being able to see ever piece and mechanism of whatever piece they are working on at the time in total darkness.

Civilization and Culture

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Common, Gnomish

History

Gnomes unlike many of the other racee, were the ones to initially introduce themselves to man with pleasure and gradure in their time and thankfully to the perk of their threatening appearance this was often met with kind reception. It wasn't long until the occasional gnomes worked their ways into human or other societies living their efforts or works however all gnomes in the past hailed from the mechanical city of Wylterburg the home of all gnomes. A great city of machine and steamery that if the legends were true was capable of such mechanical wonders that the very city itself would walk or fly itself place to place making it a very elusive place to target for enemies of the gnomes.
However as many could suspect the gnomish inventors hold little restraint in their efforts in pushing machinery, pushing the limits of what draws the line and this often to their dismay and failure but always in the hopes of being the next best. However none would have expected it to end as it did, for the gnomes in times of mans squabbles and wars looked to create a gran protector of their great city of machine. This guardian stood high as a mountain and clad in hard steel heavy cogs and machinery that were said to tremor the very earth as the machine roared to life its immense magical energy creatively an almost constant static hum. A metal guardian that would allow no transgressions against the gnomes, or so they thought.
The gnomish inventors genius as they were never calculated things to go as they did, the machine itself as many gnomish tutors tell the young today malfunctioned unable to see friend or foe and turned against its very creators. The gnomes were forced to abandon their home city under the threat of death from such a great machine and monstrosity that was all but their own fault in making, Their city now an empty ruin rumored to still be out their somewhere flying, walking, and moving across the land and still guarded by the great golem. No gnome young or old does not wish to see their peoples homeland city returned to them, yet even so they have grown accustomed to living within human cities until that day arrives.

Historical Figures

Xalsor the ingenious A legend of the gnomish people and an ingenious and mysterious gnomish inventor known for his fine attire and porcelin mask, Xalsor was a gnomish inventor who was responsible for many of the initial breakthroughs of the gnomish sciences that are the foundations of gnomish inventions even today. He was a mysterious gnome often legend to move around and about in his roving workshop leaving his works of machines and artistic wonders in locals scattered across nocturne waiting to be discovered. He is an idol to all gnomish inventors and his works are things that are sought after and studied even today.

Lifespan

400

Average Height

2'5 - 3'ft

Average Weight

40lbs

Average Physique

It is of no surprise that gnomes other than their natural magical aptitude got the short end of the stick in evolution, their bodies having little to no muscle mass unless strictly trained however this is by a far not a normality and most gnomes are generally physically weak or otherwise insignificant in physical strength by comparison of the other races.