My wife was born in China, and considers herself a small town girl because the city she grew up in only has a population roughly the the size of Los Angeles.
In OA they seemed to be the offspring of mortals and semi-divine nature spirits. Sort of a liminal space between Genasi and Aasimar.
I'd like to see the existing species used where appropriate. It makes too much sense to not just say korobokuru are the local name for forest gnomes.
I think it was said at some point the gnomish god Nebelun was an aspect of Gond, and after the Time of Troubles (when Gond incarnated as a gnome on the island of Lantan) that name had been depricated in favor of Gond Wonderbringer.
For what it's worth, when they introduced the gnomish gods Ril...
It was in a Dragonmarks article on the old WotC website...
The origin of lycanthropy remains a mystery that defies even divination; commune and legend lore produce cryptic and often contradictory statements about moons made flesh and the darkness within. The sages of Arcanix and the Library of...
My favorite of the classic Doctors is Colin Baker, and of the nuWho Doctors it's Peter Capaldi. For my wildcard I choose Jon Pertwee, it's just an interesting era, like when Wonder Woman was acting like Emma Peel. :)