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The gnomes in >muh setting are a cross between the classic whimsical red hatted forest dweller and The International Jewish Conspiracy:
>strange connection to woods and other wild liminial spaces
>also live exclusively in cities or hidden ethnic enclaves
>wear peasant clothing and a culturally-mandated (red) hat
>use their clannish nature exclusive connections with each other to dominate the money-lenders' trade
>might be older that any other race in the setting; commonly discuss forbidden knowledge amongst themselves
>old ahead of their time, universally ugly, but noone has ever seen a gnome die of natural causes
>talk to each other in a mysterious secret language that outsiders are forbidden to learn
>have a conspiracy between their religious elites to create a new Promised Land and bring about the End of Days
This is far from the only conspiracy in the setting, but it is one of the most effective, thanks to how widespread yet cohesive the Gnomes are as a race
>hate, disrupt, and avoid mechanically complex devices
>seek to disrupt and degrade their host nation - especially the upper classes - in order to effectively manipulate them
etc
I don't have any gnome pictures atm so have this Lich instead