Literary Asprirations

Besides D&D, other milieux feature gnomes as well. Perhaps the next mostly closest related genre is the online Role-Playing Game (RPG), sometimes Massively Multiplayer Online (MMORPG). One group of online players, calling themselves We Are The Creatures of Fantasy, purports to be a "semi-literate rp concerning [...] fantasy creatures." Their online recruitment board and description of various characters such as centaurs, elves, fairies, and, of course, gnomes, is replete with references to Greek and Germanic mythology and the origins of these creatures in folklore. And according to these semi-literate scholars, what does a gnome look like? This:


Goggles.

Of course.

You can visit We Are The Creatures of Fantasy at Gaia Online.