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Gnomes

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Mythologically speaking Gnomes are no more than 15 centimeters tall. That is less than 6 inches! For the purpose of this game, we are going to make these little guys and gals the size of your common ceramic, garden Gnomes: 2 feet. There is an amazing publication on the lore behind Gnomes written by Wil Nuygen. It contains hundreds of wonderful illustrations by an artist named Rien Poortvliet and has served as the fundamental source of our knowledge on Gnomes. Team Epimetheus tips their collective hats to the time and effort spent in collecting this data. For the purpose of this game, we decided to make Gnomes a mischievous race with an unmatched sense of smell. Not only do they have a natural connection with wildlife, but they are also the games natural choice for potion creation. Gnomes are versatile people and can be found throughout all of Epimetheus, but they hail from the nation of Linkkert . Share with us your take on Gnomes and what you would like to see done with them for...

Seraphim and Nephilim

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In the World of Epimetheus, there are two biblical races: the Seraphim and the Nephilim. There is only a brief mention of them in the Bible, but it is believed that the Book of Giants, which was removed when the original canon was written, goes into greater detail about these two beings. But let us share with you what we have learned and what direction we went in. The Seraphim are fallen angels who were cast out of heaven for siding with Lucifer during a coup. As the lore goes, Lucifer, being the most magnificent of all of God's creations, sought to assume the throne of Heaven by overthrowing his creator. There is some debate about the motivation of this move. Some say that Lucifer refused to bow down to mankind as we were created to be higher than the angels themselves leading to division among the celestial heavens. Others claim that Lucifer argued on behalf of mankind's souls which were destined to wander aimlessly throughout time in the afterlife. As you can see one sid...