If you’re still in the process of making your character’s backstory I highly recommend looking into this:
It’ll take you nicely from something Gnome-specific to something faction-based, like the SI:7.
There are a lot of very good Gnomish RP’ers on this server, many of them based in the Assemblage of Uld (who will probably post so I won’t link the guild thread) - there is also a Gnomish discord hosted by Ryder:
Good luck buddy, be ready to be a little put off - not everyone likes Gnomes - but persevere and it’ll be good fun.