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<blockquote data-quote="Blackrat" data-source="post: 8086526" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>I’m kind of going with prehistory on human point of view. The gnomes of yore were an interdimensional and intergalactic empire that could bend the reality to their wills. They were not native to the world of the setting though, and had come from some other place. In time they enslaved humanity and giantkin who were just primitive hunter gatherers at the time. They also taught the elves to work magic. Then their culture collapsed. A civil war or something like that left the gnomes in the world isolated from the larger empire, and in time the giants rebelled and overthrew them. The time of the giantkings began. Through millenia the gnomes lost most of the knowledge that built their empire. Millenia later still and the humans rebelled against the giants, and overthrew them...</p><p></p><p>So it is finally the time of humans. Of what little is known of the ancient times paints gnomes as tyrants, and as such they are universally reviled by humans.</p><p></p><p>So, the idea is that the magic that created the ancient gnome empire, could actually have been incredibly advanced technology. And some of that tech still lingers, but it is effectively magic to the people of this time.</p><p></p><p>Well, that’s the short version of it anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackrat, post: 8086526, member: 27761"] I’m kind of going with prehistory on human point of view. The gnomes of yore were an interdimensional and intergalactic empire that could bend the reality to their wills. They were not native to the world of the setting though, and had come from some other place. In time they enslaved humanity and giantkin who were just primitive hunter gatherers at the time. They also taught the elves to work magic. Then their culture collapsed. A civil war or something like that left the gnomes in the world isolated from the larger empire, and in time the giants rebelled and overthrew them. The time of the giantkings began. Through millenia the gnomes lost most of the knowledge that built their empire. Millenia later still and the humans rebelled against the giants, and overthrew them... So it is finally the time of humans. Of what little is known of the ancient times paints gnomes as tyrants, and as such they are universally reviled by humans. So, the idea is that the magic that created the ancient gnome empire, could actually have been incredibly advanced technology. And some of that tech still lingers, but it is effectively magic to the people of this time. Well, that’s the short version of it anyway. [/QUOTE]
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