Gnomes

@Gnomes

• Core Concept: Insatiably curious explorers, inventors, and reality-hackers, obsessed with the universe's strangest phenomena.

• History & Culture: Gnome society is a delightful, chaotic network of competing research guilds, explorer's leagues, and philosophical think-tanks. Their driving motivation is a boundless, almost manic curiosity. They are not content to simply know that a thing works; they must take it apart to see how it works, and then try to put it back together in a new and more interesting way. Their homeworlds are often wondrous and perilous places, dotted with half-finished dimensional gateways, sentient weather patterns, and whimsical clockwork constructs. To a Gnome, a stable, predictable life is a boring one.

• Place in the Universe: Gnomes can be found anywhere the strange and unexplained occurs. They are freelance researchers for @The Stellar Imperium of Sol most esoteric magical departments, xenobiologists within @The Veridian Concordance cataloging bizarre new lifeforms, and the lead R&D specialists that the @The Syndicate of Mercane hires to reverse-engineer alien tech. A Gnome might even be found trying to talk their way onto Salas, not for a challenge, but to get a reading on the "meta-physical resonance of a Super Saiyan transformation."

• Adventurers: A Gnome adventurer rarely needs a reason to leave home other than "because it's there!" They are driven by the thrill of discovery. They want to chart the uncharted nebula, communicate with the crystalline entity, de-power the ancient doomsday device to see how it ticks, and ask the cosmic horror a series of increasingly personal questions. They are the spark of brilliant, chaotic discovery in the cold, dark void.