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The Secret League's membership comprised Gnomes of many different types, from [[Troll]]-like ones to animated plastic garden gnomes; indeed, over time, the Secret League began to accept the membership of other [[Little People]] such as [[Leprechaun]]s, [[Lutin]]s and [[Gnatling]]s, provided they were sufficiently gnome-like and agreed to bear red beards. When [[the Nome | The Secret League's membership comprised Gnomes of many different types, from [[Troll]]-like ones to animated plastic garden gnomes; indeed, over time, the Secret League began to accept the membership of other [[Little People]] such as [[Leprechaun]]s, [[Lutin]]s and [[Gnatling]]s, provided they were sufficiently gnome-like and agreed to bear red beards. When [[the Nome King]] of [[Land of Oz|Oz]], whose beard was white, joined the League, he dyed the tips of his beard red, which seemed to suffice. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
Although the Secret League's name resembled that of a [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society]], the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'s [[Cupid Fact File|Fact File]] on the Societies suggested that as far as the Cupids knew, the Gnomes had no connection to the other such Societies. The File stated that the Gnomes “[kept] popping up everywhere” and that they were “''utterly'' inexplicable. And ''weird''”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') All members of the Secret League, including ones who weren't technically Gnomes to start with but other kinds of [[Little People]], became imbued with the magical characteristics of Gnomes as a result of their membership; this meant that they had a deadly weakness to eggs, but couldn't be killed by any other means. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | Although the Secret League's name resembled that of a [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society]], the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'s [[Cupid Fact File|Fact File]] on the Societies suggested that as far as the Cupids knew, the Gnomes had no connection to the other such Societies. The File stated that the Gnomes “[kept] popping up everywhere” and that they were “''utterly'' inexplicable. And ''weird''”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') All members of the Secret League, including ones who weren't technically Gnomes to start with but other kinds of [[Little People]], became imbued with the magical characteristics of Gnomes as a result of their membership; this meant that they had a deadly weakness to eggs, but couldn't be killed by any other means. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
