Steamfont Mountains/Lore

A geological oddity, this volcanically active mountain range south of Faydark, known as Steamfont, has baffled travelers since time immemorial. Remote, bizarre, and unpredictable, it's no surprise that it has oft been jested only a gnome could inhabit such a place.

Indeed gnomes do inhabit Steamfont, having recognized with their keen intelligence the benefits of such a place. They saw that it was perpetually windy and so they yoked the air with giant mills. They heard the rising steam and felt its warmth and so they learned to power their clockwork engines. They understood their elevated place on the peninsula lent clarity to the sky and so they observed the stars. Steamfont is an oddity, but the gnomes maintain it is also a fine place for the youth to gain an education.