Soatdash College

Soatdash College is a college of gnomes that specializes in clockmaking.

Their campus is designed as a clock on its own, with two bridges acting as the hands of the clock. The campus is set in the center, with two enormous pendula powering the machine.

Soatdash can be recognized by their red-brown dobok, paired with a polished bronze chain as a belt. To the chain is attached a pocketwatch and a watch that shows the positions of all of the planets and moons, along with their rotation. Another common characteristic is a series of cogs tattooed onto their left shoulders, with cogs with more teeth representing seniority.

The Soatdash do not use their hands to fight, instead relying on clockwork animals that they have made. Typically, on their chain-belt they have a container with several clockwork scorpions or spiders, and a larger clockwork rat on occasion. These animals are powered by an interior system of magnets, needing only a starting spin to allow them to begin attacking whatever they are thrown at. If anything, the Soatdash use clockwork-powered crossbows that can shoot farther than any natural being.

The leader of the Soatdash is the Dean of their college, and he reports directly to the Gnomic Dean Superintendent. The Dean Superintendent then reports directly to the Emperor of the Dwarven Domain. The Soatdash sell many clockwork crossbows to the Dwarven Domain Military, but in general dedicate their lives to creating new, innovative clockwork.