GNOMES

It is surmised that the gnomes arose from the gradual intermarriage of a clan of Light Elves and and clan of Dwarves who somehow found themselves in the Spirit World. Like dwarves, they are short and bearded; like elves they are magical and irreligious. The gnomes for most of their history were known as dwellers in the Spirit World exclusively, but for the last few centuries they have also become dwellers in the Physical World. It has been guessed that they were sent here on some secret quest from the pagan gods to thwart both Law and Chaos, but whatever that mission might have been, it has become lost in a maze of pranks, jokes and self-indulgence.