Gnome

Gnomes are a misfit race from the same world as the halflings when they crossed over via Dragon Gate. The gnomes are seen as little men with talents for crafting and making machines. Machines that often fail in the first place.

Appearance
A gnome is a short humanoid, one of the most bizarre and alien of the civilized races of Golarion. They tend to be around three and a half feet tall and unnervingly slender. Gnomes age as other mortals do (albeit more slowly than most, but not as slowly as elves), but they also begin to fade and 'bleach' when they lose passion and fail to experience new things.

They have long spindly fingers and large heads, which have a subtly different shape than those of other humanoids. Compared to their bodies they have surprising toughness, as their bones are of a harder but lighter cast than those of humans. Their coloration, like their aging, is altered by experience. Their skin, hair, and eyes can run the gamut of colors that appear in nature, betraying their fey nature like no other characteristic. Many, though not all, have skin tones that match those of other humanoids who live in the region, often with tints of olive or gold. Their hair is often vibrantly colored; expressing their recent history and experiences in reds, greens and more, as often, if not more so than browns and blonds. They have very long expressive eyebrows above large eyes. Their child-like eyes can often cause other humanoids to be more trusting and protective of gnomes, though many find these traits along with the too-wide mouths and smiles of gnomish race to be alien and frightening.

Sexual dimorphism is minimal in gnomes. Males tend to be slightly larger and not as slender. Females tend to be slightly smaller and more feminine, possessing longer eyelashes, slimmer waists, and many of the other differences also exhibited by humans.

History
The history of the gnome race does not begin on the world of Lemurias but in the First World, the realm of the fey. The gnomes were once a race of ancient, immortal and mischievous fey themselves. They were happy with life in the First World as it was a world of endless wonder were they had all eternity to indulge their endless curiosity and whimsy.

Gnomes are closely related to leprechauns; the latter are, however, still regarded as fey, unlike gnomes.

Gnome Inhabitants
Main article: Category:Gnome/Inhabitants