The Torch Gnomes are gnomes that were formerly forced into tiring, exhausting and repetitive slavery by the Queen of Hearts under the threat of death. They became miserable due to the endless hours they worked to collect what they can from the mines, which were possibly jewels or Meta-Essence. They are led by the Mayor Elder and live in Village of the Doomed. The Mayor was the only gnome left that was still brave enough to defy the Queen's tyranny, as the rest of the gnomes have become cowardly "gutless halfwits."