Ri-Nan seemed to be the only Dread Gnome who was compliant with the wishes of the Ooze Toad Gellick. He believed that the Gnomes had been given a powerful gift in the form of Gellick's venom, and tried at every moment to get into the toad's favour. When Lief, Barda, Jasmine, and Prin were cornered in the Breeding Cave, he was the first Gnome to speak his scepticism when they claimed to be able to kill Gellick. He was overuled, however, when Jasmine—who had been struck by a poisoned arrow—was revived by the Ruby.