"As everyone knows, a stupid enough idea can be extremely contagious. So the gnomes caught this infection – al

"As everyone knows, a stupid enough idea can be extremely contagious. So the gnomes caught this infection – all of them, without a hope for cure. So they found a way to Golarion, and decided to settle here. And – you'll never believe it – they got just what they wanted. They severed their link with the First World. They gained mortality, the Bleaching, and a heap of local diseases that have been keeping our race on the verge of extinction ever since."