"We start to lose color – literally. Our skin and hair become pale, and the worst thing is that our soul loses

"We start to lose color – literally. Our skin and hair become pale, and the worst thing is that our soul loses color, too. If the process continues unchecked, the gnome dies. History recalls only a few cases where gnomes actually died of old age. Most of them perish either because of the Bleaching, or in the middle of some crazy adventure they've joined, just to stave it off."