Gnomes

**Gnomes** are small, short, closed-off creatures who inhabit forests and plains primarily. They don’t interact a lot with other people, only when necessary. They are a very closed-off race and many believe them to be easily agitated.

Gnome Race provides +1 Strength +7 Speed -3 Durability

## Practices and Traditions

### Flower and Stone Arranging

Gnomes arrange Flowers and Stones for fun. Along river sides they will stack stones in towers and in fields they will make flower necklaces and crowns. They give these flower things as gifts to loved ones and value them quite a bit. They enjoy arts and crafts made by other races as well and will exchange these kinds of gifts with them.

### Eating and Diet

Gnomes are strict vegetarians and even vegans depending on the beliefs of gnomes. They refuse to bring harm to other living creatures and will often keep big gardens of vegetables and fruit. They get natural fats and protein from various plants that are high in nutrients and are able to maintain a healthy lifestyle without eating meat. Eating meat in the presence of a gnome can be a disrespect depending on the location and situation. This is especially true when Gnomes invite you to have dinner with them.

### Pets

Gnomes have a disdain towards keeping pets. They were kept by others in the past and therefore have trauma relating towards keeping livestock or living things. The only livestock gnomes keep are free to leave as they please and the gnomes do not wish for them to suffer as they once did. Pets are a hard subject for gnomes but they will respect others wishes surrounding pets but make sure to keep your pets away from them because they are so small.

### Values

Gnomes value friendship, family, and gifts. Natural gifts such as arts and crafts made from natural materials are the best gift option for gnomes. Gnomes needed to come together following their awakening and thus relationships with each other are extremely valuable to gnomes. Betrayal can hurt a gnome deeply so if they are on your side they will be loyal till the end. If you have a gnome friend make sure to be kind and loyal to them.

### Gender and Sex

Gnomes have no gender roles or ways in which genders differ between them. They don’t understand the concept of gender very well as they have never had any or a need for some. Gnomes are able to reproduce by using clay to produce more baby gnomes through magic. Gnomes do experience love and have different voices and such. Marriage is a concept in gnome culture and gnomes will get married in the same way humans do.

### Language

Gnomes learned commoners tongue as is taught pretty much universally as the most common method of communication between races. They learned this after the phenomenon of their awakening because they were surrounded by people who spoke the language themselves. Now it is the most common language amongst gnomes and gnome children learn commoners tongue naturally.

## Timeline and History

50 ASD - Clay Gnomes are created by the people of the continents to scare away ghosts.

1078 ASD - Across the continents a magic anomaly causes the clay gnomes around Vineathorn to come to life.

4120 ASD - Gnomes are recognized as a race

9000 ASD - Gnomes live in the present day