Snippets from a Gnomish Journal

[Shirlexey Geargrind]

((Note for this part of Lex's history artistic license is taking in assuming that the Fall of Gnomeregan was around Nineteen years before the events currently in WoW ((Third War ended Four years before TFT, WoW Five years after TFT, and almost five years since launch)), and also this was written in the terrorized state of an abandon Five year old. Also there is going to be a post for each ))

*Thumbing through the pages of a few of the old books sent in with Shirlexey's application you notice that a few are earmarked you turned to the first one and tried to read the large chicken scratch only to realize it's in Gnomeish! You quickly find a "Gnomish for the Extremely Nosey " only to realize that a few pages were translated to Common earmarked to the pages of interest start reading.

I'm so scared right now, mommy and daddy are both gone... the guards took me to a camp for other kids whose mommy and papa are gone, Gabbo says we are all Orphans now that the mean Harry things ate our mommies and daddies. I said he was wrong and punched him in the face, the other kids started to laugh but me, I just want my mommy and papa…

We were trying to get away with everyone else, and no one was listening to the big voices that the tinkers used to tried to get us to not be scared, but no one was listening, all the alarm bots were running around and one ran straight into the crowd and tripped mommy, me and papa tried to go back but there were too many people! We couldn’t find her and I got lost from papa, a mean Old Gnome picked me up. I tried to squirm away I bit and punched his arm but he wouldn’t put me down and I started to cry then he gave me to a guard and put me here. I don’t want to be here! I want to be home! I want mommy and papa!


*You flip to the next page that has a translation, it seems to have happened recently after the first one*

Papa came today he came with Grandpa Geargrind, I gave them big hugs, then I asked were Mommy was… they said she was lost…they said she was trapped in the city after it was sealed off, I cried again! Those stupid Harry monsters! I want my mommy, but Papa said we couldn’t go get her… papa said that the Tinkers were using a bomb and that we couldn’t go back for mommy caused we’d get too sick, but I saw that he was lieng the sides of his nose gets bigger when he lies… well all though Gabbo was right and I started to cry again and he picked me up and told me we were moving somewere else for awhile. With the Dwarfs… I just want to go home, I just want my mommy. Stupid Tinkers! I hate them! It’s all their fault that I can’t see my mommy! It’s all there fault I can’t go home, it’s all there fault!

*You noticed tears on the translated page, as many as were on the other pages the writing is illedgible before it stops abruptly.*

This page was dated a few years later then the previous one;

We are living in Ironforge now... It's ok, I like hanging out with thje beardlings, they are fun and have many good games! Though Papa insists that I hang out with Lida and other Gnomes, but I don't want to, they are boring and only talk about how they fix toys or tricks they play with there cantrips, which they are horrible at...an infant Orc can do better then them, I do better then them and I don't even pay attention in Magic Foundation...they make fun of me when I say I could, and then when I show them they ignore me, I tell this to papa but he says they are jealous...the beardlings don't get jealous...

Today I couldn't take it anymore there constant yammering so I beat the snot or of Lida and ran to go play with the Beardling Kragada pated me on the back, she was like a big sister to me teaching me how to fight. She even got me into the Brawling Beardlings club! Usualy they only let Dwarves into it but they made an acception for me cause they said I cause I have the spirit of a Dwarf hehe, I have to keep it a secret though because Papa won't like it.

((Continued later))