Gnomes of Jarren's Outpost

The gnomes in Jarren's Outpost occupy the gnomish warehouse district.  In Jarren's Outpost Hustle, the section of the city is explained to have only three ways in or out - through the main gate, which is always manned by guards; through the sewers connected to the Blood Cult's quarter of the city; and through the Surefoot's secret tunnel to their warehouse. To its southeast is the docks, occupied by orcs; its west is the section occupied by the Church of Nomes; and to its southwest is the Blood Cult section of the city.

During the violence that followed the killing of Goldcrest's king, and the mercenary involvement, the gnomes unleashed the superweapon they had created, and shortly packed it away.  Before the events of the series take place, the orcs which had seized the docks stole the weapon from the gnomes.

## Relationships

* The gnomes are a very insular group within Jarren's Outpost, and equally secretive. However, they have a lot of sway in Jarren's Outpost, though they seldom use it.

## Characters

* Irky Timbers, the leader of the gnomish trading company in the city. Irky Timbers has appeared in several D&D Is For Nerds Adventures.
* Flip Sham Rock, Leo's girlfriend.
* Shane, Greg's bookie.
* Governor Tingle Lot Bot Fot Hop Throttle.

## Plot

* In The Docks, the gnomes erect a giant wooden contraption.
* In Dragon On Your Heels, the contraption launches a vessel from which gnomes drop into the docks.
* In Confused Chieftain, the gnomes attempt to take the weapon from the main tent.
* In Buttons and Sweatrock, Flip Sham leaves Leo to sleep, with some food in the kitchen.
* In Coffees To Go, gnomish guards refuse to allow Leo into the city. One also refuses a coffee. Irky appears and takes a coffee from him, and the two talk. Irky tells Leo that the orc chieftain is alive.
* In Rat In A Maze, a carriage picks Greg up - Shane, his bookie, takes him to the warehouse Greg has filled with empty spellbooks. Greg explains his grift. Shane transforms into a Wererat, and he bites Greg as he escapes.
* In O'Rourke's Eleven, Greg kills Shane's cabbie and uses the carriage to escape.
* In Off The Force, Flip Sham meets Leo outside Militia HQ. They go off to talk, and make out for a bit. Flip Sham asks Leo to bring the weapon to the gnomes. She mentions a wererat sighting, and asks for a meeting between Irky and Periwinkle that evening.
* In Piss' Gambit, Irky Timbers meets the party outside the gate. As he does, Greg bursts through a grate and starts running, chased by Blood Cultists. Chaos erupts, allowing the party to break in.
* In Run, Grapple, Jump, the gnomes struggle with cultists and the party pouring into the city. Greg sees the silhouette of a wererat above him on one of the warehouse roofs.
* In Wererats and Warehouses, Shane attacks Greg in the sewers, but is rebutted with the smashed health potion Greg had just drank. He manages to hold Shane's head under water.
* In It's Just Good (Halfling) Business, Greg drinks a health potion while he waits for Shane's body to go limp.
* In The Weapon, Leo dashes into the central building of the Surefoot warehouse and finds Flip Sham tied up. He frees her, she gives him a healing kiss, and she goes to help Periwinkle and Graggia. When Flip Sham comes up the stairs to Leo, he faints in her arms.
* In Souleater, the gnomes are using the weapon to shoot anyone who comes close to their district. Leo speaks to Flip Sham, who believes that Irky is still a good man beneath it all.
* In Ave Maria, Papa Littlelow arranges for the gnome refugees to go to the Littlelow Estate. Greg agrees to help the gnomes in return for their help - he will enable the gnomes to control Eaton's undead and they'll help him get his shadow. Leo and Flip Sham facilitate negotiations to transport the gnomes between Clara Norman and Papa Littlelow. Leo saves Flip Sham from the explosion of Littlelow's carriage.

## Quotes

* "Irky was - *is*, he's still in there somewhere - a gentle man. But he's been hurt, badly, betrayed by those he cared about; he loves this city, he does, I believe that, truly, but the city keeps hurting him." - Flip Sham