Ok, continuing from the brainstorming thread above, now I have a specific problem.
During their travel through the desert, the party saves a young whisper gnome. He takes them home and they almost get shot by the guards.
As it turns out, the gnomes have a hidden village in some rocks in the desert, with some caves below. Being very light and silent, they can keep an enclave here, despite some very-much-unfriendly neighbours, because they are able to move around without attracting the local sand worms. The party needs to get their help to get the caravan through (after the previous adventure they are in too much of a hurry to get around the whole area) but the gnomes are very uncomfortable with the idea of any foreigners as much as knowing of their existance.
However, there is a female gnome in the party, a rogue 4 wizard 1 with some locksmith skills and plenty of cunning. How could she help the gnomes / what kind of test could they put before her to allow her to become a honorary member of the tribe? Marriage is out of the question I am afraid
