Gnome
Gnomes are to elves what haflings are to humans; in other words, they are a related subspecies that is or was so interwoven as to almost be considered a miniaturised version of their taller cousins. Unlike halflings, however, the elves that the gnomes were connected to have long since disappeared, so we do not know for sure if the slightly quirky obsession with crafts and machines is something they shared with their direct cousins. Instead what we have is a “freehold” run by gnomes which have had a couple of centuries to implement every possible obsession that they could imagine of. Over time, the reach of the freehold has grown to reach down almost to the northwestern corner of Talanthia, and stretches west and northward to the Redcrest Mountains. Within the freehold you will actually find many humans and halflings, and even half-elves, though most of the ruling classes are still gnomish in descent. The freehold is ruled by an autocrat known as the Overseer in common parlance, but who is officially titled Lord Regent. Little is known about this figure.
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