Special material
The Strange Meteorite
This material goes back a long way, to before anything existed on the planet. In a far off galaxy, the Celestial Wolverines had devised a plan to save their race in case disaster should strike their planet. Disguised as meteors,they sent satellites across the universe to probe for planets on which they could live, one of which found Earth. ONce it arrived, it did like it was programmed and started to orbit the planet. Then there was a freak power failure and the satellite came crashing to Earth, buried deep in the ground but still sending its signal.
Time hid it under a tall mountain that came to be known as Mt. Kilamanjaro, which the gnomes came to inhabit. Tired of being looked down on by people, they wanted to find a home where they could be left alone and a mountian seemed to be the perfect place. Despite its volcanic nature, the gnomes were excellent stone workers and created vents to allow the volcano to stay calm and provide a warm and private residence. Due to their strength and the amazing durability of their tools this was finished in no time. As they were digging the last hole, they came across a rock that felt very much like their tools. Extactic, they brought it to the surface and made a shrine out of it, promising to only use it to create more tools when absolutely necessary.
This time came sooner then expected, for soon after the discovery of the precious stone, people started to be seen around their borders, asking about a strange stone. Despite the warning of the elders, some of the younger and brasher gnomes allowed a few to come to their home and see the stone and the fine tools it made. Later that night, a small robot was sent to steal part of the stone to see how strong it really was. Unbeknownest to them, what the robot actually did was expose the power core of the satellite, pouring a strange colorless, tasteless and oderless gas out into the gnomes village. To cover it up, the machine installed a machine that sent a holographic image to the part where it was cut up. Then, carrying some of that same gas with it, the machine returned to its masters,the soon to be Hedonistic Squids.
The next morning the gnomes woke up noticing nothing different. THey went to the bars, prepared the harvest, and all other things that take up the day of a gnome. Then, after a couple years, strange things began to occur. It first began when a gnome by the name of Beguiler the witty was carving out a room for their new child and before he knew it, his son had cut himself with his pick. Rushing to his aid, he was bewildered when the cut healed up almost instantly. All around town, more reports started pouring in of the same nature. No one knew what to say until one day Hawkeye the Strong noticed a strange machine on the ceiling. When it was moved, the secret of the rock was finally brought out to light.
