Gnome/Gnisle Lore:
- gnisle are the halfling equivalent in God’s fall. Gnome’s are the same exact species of person as gnisle, the only major difference between them being that Gnome is the word all gnisle use to refer to anyone who lives above ground (as gnisle live below the surface of the world)
- scholar’s believe they are distant distant relative of modern burrowing rodents like rats, mice, and moles
- their hands resemble rat peets, and they grow a coarse fur starting at their navel and ends at the tops of their feet. Its common as well for said fur to grow up farther up their spines (usually ends around shoulder blade height, but can dip as low as below the tail bones)
- their feet also resemble a rats foot, but far less pronounced. If the graph is rat appendage to human appendage the hands are closer to the rat side while the feet are closer to the human side
- they naturally have long, thin tails with or without fur depending on where the hair on their back starts. Its customary for gnomes to dock their tails to from 1.5 feet long to about 4-5 inches long as they tend to get in the way or stepped on by careless people and animals. Gnisle use their tails like a guiding rope in dark caves and let them grow to their full lengths
- if a gnisle leaves the caves tunnels and mines they call home for the surface permanently they become gnome
- they have rather poor eyesight, gnomes often wear glasses or goggles to help them see better. Gnisle have tactile and auditory landmarks and directions so they dont get lost underground.
- its a common myth that gnisle and gnomes can sense the vibrations in the earth