Stealth mode

Another thing about the smallness of gnomes is that their size makes them very sneaky. They can hide in the shadows unnoticed and then come swooping in to deal fiery death. Like this guy:

This is another version of the Whisper Gnome, whom we've seen before. In the case, "whisper" seems to apply to faint whoosh of those magic blades cutting through the air, just before they cut through your body. Because that's all you're going to hear from this gnomepunk.

Whisper Gnome by Spyders on DeviantArt.