Klettabruther

Rock Gnomes tend to be willowy but hardy, stouter than their Skogarnithur brothers, and much smaller than the Dokkvergur.

Klettabruther are a gnomish development type, having a lifespan of 350-400 years, and reaching physical developmental maturity around 20 years, and are generally expected to settle down into an adult lifestyle around the age of 40. Like humans, Gnomes tend to start out as pretty helpless, relying on parents or some form of family unit in order to survive, generally several months until the start of their childhood stage, around 4 to 5 years old. In childhood, Gnomes are expected to stay pretty close to their communities, or extended family, in order to be protected in a large group setting against predators. They start learning about the tinkering skills in their toys, developing deft hand skills and dexterity that is a hallmark of gnomes and generally retained throughout their lives from these complex inane and usually noisey distractors. Around adolescence, 12-16 years of age, Gnomes reach their full height, and display primary sex characteristics, and generally begin the process in Gnomish culture of a sexual segregation, where males and females are schooled separately and trained separately until they've reached their full maturity. As adults, (20-280), Gnomes are generally reintroduced to the opposite sex, in co-educational secondary schools that primarily focus in the arts of magic and artificiery, particularly in the tradition of Rock Gnomes, though these subjects are still very popular even among the other gnomish subraces. Somewhere between 20 and 30, these gnomes graduate, and are expected to look for a mate, settle down, and begin expanding their own families.    Around 280 years, gnomes generally start feeling the age of years pressing upon them. It's not uncommon in the modern age to see many elder gnomes begin to experiment with prosthetics and other forms of augmentation artificery.  Around 350 years, a gnome is viewed to have had a full life in the case of death. It's no longer a tragic life cut short as much as it is their time. You see many gnomes in this age category either embrace the physical decline and begin to settle into a more quiet life, or further push into heavy artificial augmentation, from artificial arcane eyes, to full sets of magical/mechanical joints or limbs.

Rock gnomes tend to favor fields and plains compared to their forest and cave dwelling sibling races. They also have a knack for the sea, being some of the first races to embrace naval travel around the continent, and pioneering trading among the far flung corners of Kokintras.