Gnomes

The gnomes of The Evergreen Realms are a true gift to the modern world, though some, mainly the The Divine Path, would say they will be its doom. The typical gnome has enough cheer and energy in their small frame to fill a galleon’s hold. With their innate intelligence and laser focus, they delight in invention and puzzle solving. Long ago the gnomes made their homes outside the mountain keeps of dwarves and tended to the fields and crops that kept both races fed, and kept up the machinery and devices that the dwarves built. When a good number of the dwarves left their ancient holds for the skies, adventurous gnomes followed suit with childlike enthusiasm. With the advent of advanced travel and Sordalite  technologies, the gnomes found new homes for themselves all over the world in the plentiful and prosperous nations of the other races.
Master tinkerers, there is very little a gnome can’t figure out by simply toying with or taking a device apart. The thrill of puzzle solving and the satisfaction of successfully creating new inventions often throws a gnome into a focused, primitive state in which they do little else except strive towards their goal.

Biology

A Gnomes energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of their tiny body. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses) and bright eyes which shine with excitement. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction as if expressing the gnomes insatiable interest in everything around them. Occasionally gnomes from the oldest families have been born with red hair, a potential result of living for extended periods at the higher latitudes of the world.