Delighted DedicationĪs far as gnomes are concerned, being alive is a wonderful thing, and they squeeze every ounce of enjoyment out of their three to five centuries of life.
A gnome’s clothing, though usually made in modest earth tones, is elaborately decorated with embroidery, embossing, or gleaming jewels. A male gnome’s beard, in contrast to his wild hair, is kept carefully trimmed but often styled into curious forks or neat points. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction, as if expressing the gnome’s insatiable interest in everything around.Ī gnome’s personality is writ large in his or her appearance. Their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with excitement. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Vibrant ExpressionĪ gnome’s energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body. Gnomes take delight in life, enjoying every moment of invention, exploration, investigation, creation, and play.
Louder sounds punctuate the hum: a crunch of grinding gears here, a minor explosion there, a yelp of surprise or triumph, and especially bursts of laughter. It opened its eyes, gave Aeron a disdainful yellow stare, then appeared to go back to sleep.Ī constant hum of busy activity pervades the warrens and neighborhoods where gnomes form their close-knit communities. A fat gray cat, the mage’s familiar, lay curled atop a grimoire. The front room was his workshop, and it contained a bewildering miscellany of tools: hammers, chisels, saws, lockpicks, tinted lenses, jeweler’s loupes, and jars of powdered and shredded ingredients for casting spells. Like most habitations in Oeble, that particular tenement had been built for humans, and smaller residents coped with the resulting awkwardness as best they could.īut at least the relative largeness of the apartment gave Burgell room to pack in all his gnome-sized gear.
Skinny and flaxen-haired, his skin walnut brown and his eyes a startling turquoise, Burgell stood half as tall as Aeron and had to climb up on a stool to look out the peephole.
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