Connects to: the City of Shuttered Windows and the Lands of the Night Cattle.
At one point, the Welt Road (that runs through the Lands of the Night Cattle) widens into a league-wide chamber, seemingly formed naturally out of red clay slowly hardened by the passage of time.
Dotting the chamber are igloo-like structures made of clay blocks cut from the walls and floors. The gnome families who make their homes here continue to live in these igloos until they collapse then simply cut themselves another and move in there.
This long process has resulted in a treacherous passage with holes cut into the floor, igloos blocking the path and collapsed homes that must be waded through.
The gnomes themselves are frequently desperate to leave their rude lives. They will offer gemstones as payment to those who smuggle them into the Shuttered City or will simply hug the undersides of night cattle (see the Land of the Night Cattle) and hold on as long as they can.
There may be lost treasures left in collapsed igloos, since the gnomes usually consider the collapse of an igloo as a sign to start life over – even if it is a still-living spouse or child left under the collapsed clay.
Hooks
- How do gnomes make their way into the Shuttered City if they are rejected at the gate?
- Where do the gnomes find the gemstones?
- How did this gnome colony begin?
- What do the gnomes eat?
- Do some cattle get lost in the Scab? What do the gnomes do with them?
- Do the gnomes ever venture up into the Kingswood?
