Critink

Critink is a region in Chimmo, Nova.

Critink is in many ways similar to Glimmervale, but instead of magic, these rock gnomes spend their lives inventing and putting together contraptions. Again, they make a fortune in exports, but most rock gnomes create stuff for personal or domestic use. Their underground cities are completely filled with intricate machines that automate much of the work involved in maintaining a city. Clankworks is the capital and is the deepest city, with an extraordinary elevator system to get to and from the surface quickly. Clankworks is the hub of steam-power, with water piped deep underground to create steam which is then routed to most of the accommodation in the city through outlets in the walls. As such, the city is extremely hot and humid, but the gnomes seem to enjoy it. They have a vast number of chimneys reaching to the surface to release much of this steam, making it very visible where the capital is. The leader of Critink is elected by the capital alone, on the day following the announcement that a new leader is required.