| The Locals Gnoats Copyright © 2000 by Rasgon Gnoats are often described as centaur-like gnomes with the lower bodies of goats. They do not have horns. They are commonly found on Bytopia, but can be found at random on Prime Material worlds and the Outlands. CreationThe Gnoats trace their ancestry back to the Great Astral She-Goat, Amamanda, who licked the first gnoats free from the stony body of a dead god. The gnoats revere Amamanda, and but leave offerings to their own petitioner ancestors, who keep to themselves. Rumors that gnoats are actually related to bariaur, who occasionally come to Bytopia to trade but usually stay away from a plane that values cooperation over their treasured sense of individuality, are denied by both races. SocietyGnoats build cities of stone in the hills and mountains of Shurrock and Dothion, living above and below ground and surviving by farming and trade. They express themselves through singing and sculpture. Unlike bariaur, gnoats sometimes eat meats. Ghost flocksOfferings are left to their ancestors, and the one time when gnoats migrate from their traditional cities is to make sure that this happens. This is how gnoats came to exist in the Outlands, when the number of dead neutral gnoats became great enough that a sizable ghost flock existed there. As previously noted, ghost flocks do not interact with the living except to collect their offerings. | 
