Gnomengarde

NPCs

• King Gnerkli

• King Korbaz

• Ulla - Widow of Pog

• Pog (Deceased) - Murdered by Celaena

• Joybell

• Dimble

• Panana

• Uppendown

• Tervaround

• Facktoré

• Fibblestib

• Dabbledob

• Caramip

• Jabby

• Nyx

• Quippy

• Anverth

• Delebean

• Pallabar

• Zook

Geography

Gnomengarde is located in the north-facing slopes of the Sword Mountains about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Phandalin.

History

Gnomengarde is ruled by King Gnerkli and his husband, King Korboz. The gnomes also look up to and tend to heed the words of whomever are the best of their inventors, and at this time they areFibblestib and Dabbledob.
The founders of Gnomengarde imbued the islands in the pool beneath the waterfall with potent magics that caused unique colorful and large mushrooms to grow there, which would serve as the backbone of the settlement's livelihood. Perhaps unintentionally, these magics also created a wild magic zone around the caves.
Gnomengarde is home to twenty nineteen gnomes. A few months ago, a mimic arrived in the settlement and developed a taste for gnome flesh, killing and consuming at least two of the inhabitants and nearly killing King Korboz. The attack shook the king so thoroughly that he went mad, imprisoning his husband and himself inside their bedchamber to wait until the shapechanger either grew bored of eating their subjects or was driven off. Around this time, a group of adventurers arrived and defeated the mimic that had taken refuge in the caves. While this should have been seen as a victory by the gnomes, the adventurers fatally attacked Pog, the husband of Ulla, which led to the banishment of the adventuring party. The Kings swore vengeance upon the party and Phandalin as a result of the unbridled violence against their people.