I hope we find Gnomes who used their immense power to somehow survive. Turning other dying gnomes into enslaved Archai like beings, going full evil. Would be a great bbeg story. Lust for power slaughtered billions. Used said power to "save" (enslave) millions of souls for even more power. Followed the trail of a few religious fanatics (Pantheon Gnomes) that survived after sensing they were still alive.