Gnomes

Gnomes are small humanoids, believed to be an offshoot of their larger Dwarf cousins. They are often known for their eccentric sense of humour,inquisitiveness, and musical prowess.Having had few overt influences on the world's history but many small and unseen ones, Gnomes are often overlooked by the powers that be, despite their craftiness and affinity for illusion magic.

Gnomes are very long-lived, often living as long as Elves, which means living over three centuries is not uncommonly rare and five centuries is not unheard of. Generally, gnomes are considered to reach maturity at forty years of age. However, unlike elves or eladrin, gnomes show a greater degree of aging as they grow older and once a gnome has passed his or her first century, their hair begins to gray, if it was not already white, and their skin begins to wrinkle as in Humans or Dwarves. However, even the oldest gnome retains a vitality that would be extraordinarily unusual among many of the younger races.

Gnomes maintain a number of small settlements throughout Dubek and often have districts within Dwarven Ante Cities. They often rub purist Eladrin up the wrong way, who consider Gnomes some of the worst offenders of pilfering their ancient relics.