"Life in Druma is most remarkable, but it grows dull quite quickly. The constant struggle for power and gold i

"Life in Druma is most remarkable, but it grows dull quite quickly. The constant struggle for power and gold is wearisome. I felt a lack of spontaneity, of unpredictability, of strong feelings and grand gestures… In other words, all those things that are so abundant in your lands." For a second the gnome loses himself as he gazes dreamily into the distance.