Culture, Society & Daily Life
[Established Lore] What the game has always held to be true.
Culture
Daily Life
Gnomes build things. They build things in workshops, in Tinker Town, in Kharanos, and in places where nobody has asked them to. A gnome doesn't ask what a machine is for. A gnome asks what else it could do.
Their leaders go by titles like High Tinker and Mekgineer [Game · Quest: The Grand Betrayal]. A gnome with a title is usually an engineer first and a leader second.
Inventions
Gnomes are known for flying machines, submarines, and explosives [WCII]. In Classic they're also famous for mechanostriders, the clockwork mounts of Gnomeregan [Game · Quest: Icy Blue Mechanostrider Replacement]. And somewhere under Ironforge, the Deeprun Tram has a rat problem [Game · Quest: Deeprun Rat Roundup].
Looking Forward
Gnomes look forward more than they look back. For a people who lost a city, that's either very healthy or very sad. Probably both.
Neighbors
Gnomes live beside dwarves in Dun Morogh and in Ironforge, and the friendship runs deep. They are not always popular with the goblins, who like their designs more than their company.
More to come soon.
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