End of Underground Gnome Empire

Extinction

This event is only known by records of ancient Dwarfs that used to trade with them. According to these records the disappearance of the Gnome Empire was rather fast and went mostly unnoticed by the surface dwellers.

This event is only known by records of ancient Dwarfs that used to trade with them. According to these records the disappearance of the Gnome Empire was sudden and went mostly unnoticed by the surface dwellers. The disappearance appears to have only taken  2 years even though ancient records describe the empire as quite vast. Several theories have been put forward such as the arrival a many Drow to the underground regions or the increase in monstrosities. A few years later the majority of Dwarf settlements would be abandoned as well. Research into the matter has not been done extensively since the region has often been deemed to dangerous for surface dwellers.   Recently though interest in this old civilization has increased and several expeditions have been started of which at least one or two have been successful.