Pingas Gnome

These ancient beings known as the Pingas Gnomes are the indigenous race of CheesyHeim. They were said to dwell in the realm's caves and gorges in ancient times, but they mysteriously disappeared for reasons yet to be known. Their main settlement known as Parmhead Citadel along with numerous canisters of Parmesan and other artifacts are the only clues to their existence.

## Description

They are three and a half foot high humanoids with large mouths, big dark eyes with red pupils, stout bodies, stubby limbs, and somewhat long, pink noses. They wear heavy clothing, pointed hats, and dark clog shoes. Their speech seems to consist almost exclusively of a loud shouting of 'Pingas', as any writing left behind pretty much translated to that word alone. They are most at home at the base of mountains and in caves or canyons throughout Cheesyheim; especially those underneath and atop the Pingas Plateau which are the deepest and most spacious. Here, the gnomes could dwell in secluded safety from cops and wolves.

## Culture

The Pingas Gnomes lived a unique lifestyle centered around innovation and Parming out. Legend has it that they founded the sniffing of Parm and possibly the entire concept of getting high on cheese, as canisters of Parmesan or spray cheese, bongs full of bleu cheese, and burnt cheese sticks and wheels are all scattered in great numbers about the abandoned settlements of the gnomes. The Parmhead Citadel where most Pingas Gnomes lived sat at the base of the Flipped Bird Peak because flipping another off was a friendly gesture in their society and, thus, the mountain's shape resembling that of a flipped bird must have been a very welcoming sight to them. Boots were commonly fried and used to sniff Parm out of though the exact reasoning for this remains a mystery. Pingas Gnomes also drank beer exclusively out of toilets, operated machinery to process cheese and fry boots, ate flip flop and banana sandwiches using only the end slices of bread, and worshiped sticks as gods. Some believe that their taboo ways of living may have been a key catalyst in their downfall, but this is still debated.

## Extinction and Rumored Sightings

However the Pingas Gnomes vanished is one of the greatest mysteries in the WTF Realms, but there are also rumors that at least small pockets of them may still live hidden in their ancestral caves and chasms but much deeper into their more treacherous reaches. Many sightings are of a small figure with a pointed hat and huge rectangular mustache giving the bird and or shouting 'Pingas' at the mouth of a cave, on a high cliff, or deep in the woods. However, all these sightings are night challenging the truth behind them. The Stupidest Wes has also claimed that a trio of the gnomes stole his underpants, but he's an idiot and will babble about anything (though you just never know if he's saying something relevant for once). Some nighttime travelers or cave explorers also claim to hear an echoing call of 'Pingas' but see no sign of the gnome(s) shouting it. End slices of bread also are said to go missing if left near a pair of flip flop and bunch of bananas but, then again, numerous vile and or stupid people eat the end slices of bread for the sake of debauchery. One thing is certain, even if they do still live, much of their traditions are deemed taboo! In addition to using end slices of bread for sandwiches, drinking beer out of a toilet and giving the bird (especially while wearing clog shoes) are also cruel acts of villainy! While this likely isn't the sole cause of their disappearance, it is very possible that these naughty deeds helped with it. Another theory is that the Pingas Gnomes lost out in their conflicts with Big Smelly Willies over cheeses to get high on as well as with Cookie Fiends over living space. They have also been wiped out by Baron Spaghetti when he entered Super Sand mode while trying to obtain an AM Crunchwrap he found in the Parmhead Citadel. Worshipping sticks might have also helped with their downfall, as sticks are the dumbest thing one could ever think to be a god. They all may have also been caught by the cops and arrested to extinction for getting way too high on cheese too often followed by getting the death penalty for calling the police officers 'walruses'. Many scholars also argue that Pringles chips also led to their demise yet, despite the potential truth behind it, reasoning for it remains unclear. All these rumors are equally possible, but they also point to their extinction being more likely. Then again, who knows?

## References

Pingas Gnomes are the love child of the classic Pingas meme, South Park's underpants gnomes, and the dwarves or Dwemer from the Elder Scrolls franchise.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pingas

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Underpants\_Gnomes

https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dwemer