Gnomes and Leprechauns have a lot in common on the surface: they each have beards, they are both very prosperous, and they can both be shoved into an average sized women's purse. However, the similarities don't extend much beyond that. They don't hate each other, but they really don't get along.



Gnomes are very Germanic, austere, and hard-working. They like quiet and prefer slow country life. At parties Gnomes are always checking their watches (or hour glasses or whatever the hell gnomes use to tell time) because they have to get up early and get things done. Leprechauns, on the other hand, would be happy to dance and drink all night.



Gnomes frown at the Leprechauns' ways of making money. Most Leprechaun income is acquired through trickery and aggressive short selling. The average Gnome shuns the spotlight, but Leprechauns are eager for endorsement deals and have long-standing ties to the breakfast cereal industry. Gnome pursuits such as mushroom gathering and dandelion re-fluffing are viewed as wastes of time by Leprechauns, but they are not above using rainbows as storage devices.

Still, they can always commiserate about the lack of eligible ladies in their communities. Elves are usually available, but neither Leprechauns nor Gnomes can put up with the endless cookie making and talk-talk-talking.

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