I'd like you all to examine the below photo quite closely...
Please observe, standing among the "alpha-row" of ultra-important gnomes at the front, the existence of the guild's first gnomish paladin. Yes, after much farming of instances, and praying to the light, and blowing stuff up (this is important to gnomes) Esaelli has managed to metamorphise into a fully fledged dispenser of justice in inquisitor-like (purple) T2 Paladin trappings. Of course, the Unholy enchant he's put on that healing staff is a subtle, understated comment on what he may believe on the state of those human type paladin orders. Still, he looks good, as only a gnome can!
This is obviously far more important than the first-evening kill of some smelly Naga dude with lots of shells. So hurrah!
<Tempered> - Do you want wings with that?