Cholkash College

The Cholkash are a gnomic college specializing in automated music. This is done with hand-cranked machines that have elaborate gear mechanisms that power either marble-dropper mechanisms, strumming mechanisms, or automated wind instruments.

The Cholkash can be recognized by their teal robes with the Cholkash emblem on the back (a rectangle, with two circles inside). They typically stay in their college, however, and when they do leave, it is simply to get supplies.

The Cholkash campus is a castle, defended by a specially sent regiment of Majinhar Guard. This is due to the price of the machines that they build and the amount of people willing to try to steal the machines commissioned by their patron - the Emperor of the Dwarven Domain. Inside the castle, an expansive library is the only shared room. Lunch is eaten in the workroom, and socializing is popular on Friday afternoons, when the Cholkash share their progress. Working as a group on a machine is also used, but not always. Every gnome has their own suite of rooms - a workroom, then a bedroom and a kitchen. Bathrooms are shared by ten gnomes each.

The Cholkash are loosely led by a Dean, who makes sure that no horrible offenses are committed against other Cholkash - the worst ever in the history of the Cholkash was the stealing of a book for fifteen minutes in order to copy down one paragraph. The Dean then reports to the Emperor of the Dwarven Domain, which generally involves presenting new machines to him.