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Ierendi Gnomes?

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#1
Cthulhudrew
Jun 04, 2004 0:57:57 This is interesting. I've been looking over the Ierendi gazetteer (for a secret project I hope to unveil this weekend), and I noticed something in the Historical Timeline that hadn't really struck me before:

691 AC: The Rise of the Royal Navy: Honor Island magicians enter into secret negotiations with the Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates to develop magical-technological engines of war to enhance the power of the Royal Ierendi Navy.

Unfortunately, I can't find any other mention of this "Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates" but it sounds very interesting. I wonder where they might have come from, especially since, at the time, Ierendi is still a very new kingdom (having only been established some 90 years earlier). It doesn't seem likely they were convicts, or from the Shires, so they must have been immigrants after the establishment of the Kingdom of Ierendi- from some mainland nation (or possibly Minrothad- I'm not sure how this would fit into that timeline).

Any ideas? Karameikos is the likeliest place I can think of. Were the gnomes of Falun Caverns kicked out by kobolds in 492 BC or AC? If it's AC, then that might work, too.
#2
kheldren
Jun 04, 2004 3:09:57 Probably the gnomish floating rock (whose name I forget) detailed in PC2 Top Ballista.
#3
spellweaver
Jun 04, 2004 3:48:02 I'd say that the Flying City Seraine from PC2 is a good bet.

The kobolds invaded the Faulun Caverns in 490 AC (gaz 7. p. 5) and over the course of a few decades exterminated all but a few clans of gnomes that fled elsewhere.

:-) Jesper
#4
havard
Jun 04, 2004 8:02:15 I think the best alternative would be the Karameikos gnomes. While the Falun Gnomes are also a possibility, I'd rather see them go deep and be involved with the Mystaran Underdark aka Shadowdeep.

As for Serraine...I try not to use them too much...

An other alternative could be the Gnomes who were driven out of Glantri, as mentioned in the Dragonlord Series (set around 450 AC?).

Still, the Gnomes of Highforge remain my favorite given their proximity to Ierendi, and the fact that they remain the major Gnomish settlement in the Known World.

Sadly, since Gnomes were not one of the Core Classes in OD&D, they have been poorly integrated into the Known World. Still, it has always been clear that they have been around. I'd like to see something more done on the Gnomes of Mystara, and this "Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates" sounds like an interesting addition to the race. The Syndicates should still be around somewhere IMO, since 691 AC isn't that long ago.

Håvard

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Cthulhudrew Jun 04, 2004 0:57:57	This is interesting. I've been looking over the Ierendi gazetteer (for a secret project I hope to unveil this weekend), and I noticed something in the Historical Timeline that hadn't really struck me before: 691 AC: The Rise of the Royal Navy: Honor Island magicians enter into secret negotiations with the Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates to develop magical-technological engines of war to enhance the power of the Royal Ierendi Navy. Unfortunately, I can't find any other mention of this "Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates" but it sounds very interesting. I wonder where they might have come from, especially since, at the time, Ierendi is still a very new kingdom (having only been established some 90 years earlier). It doesn't seem likely they were convicts, or from the Shires, so they must have been immigrants after the establishment of the Kingdom of Ierendi- from some mainland nation (or possibly Minrothad- I'm not sure how this would fit into that timeline). Any ideas? Karameikos is the likeliest place I can think of. Were the gnomes of Falun Caverns kicked out by kobolds in 492 BC or AC? If it's AC, then that might work, too.
#2 kheldren Jun 04, 2004 3:09:57	Probably the gnomish floating rock (whose name I forget) detailed in PC2 Top Ballista.
#3 spellweaver Jun 04, 2004 3:48:02	I'd say that the Flying City Seraine from PC2 is a good bet. The kobolds invaded the Faulun Caverns in 490 AC (gaz 7. p. 5) and over the course of a few decades exterminated all but a few clans of gnomes that fled elsewhere. :-) Jesper
#4 havard Jun 04, 2004 8:02:15	I think the best alternative would be the Karameikos gnomes. While the Falun Gnomes are also a possibility, I'd rather see them go deep and be involved with the Mystaran Underdark aka Shadowdeep. As for Serraine...I try not to use them too much... An other alternative could be the Gnomes who were driven out of Glantri, as mentioned in the Dragonlord Series (set around 450 AC?). Still, the Gnomes of Highforge remain my favorite given their proximity to Ierendi, and the fact that they remain the major Gnomish settlement in the Known World. Sadly, since Gnomes were not one of the Core Classes in OD&D, they have been poorly integrated into the Known World. Still, it has always been clear that they have been around. I'd like to see something more done on the Gnomes of Mystara, and this "Supreme Symposium of Gnomish Syndicates" sounds like an interesting addition to the race. The Syndicates should still be around somewhere IMO, since 691 AC isn't that long ago. Håvard