 Gellick is an overgrown toad who the Shadow Lord placed upon the task of guarding the emerald that was embedded on his forehead.Offering protection to them from the Shadow Lord, unaware of the toad's relation to him, the Dread Gnomes become Gellick's slaves and caretakers, tending to his every need and feeding him flies in return for a bit of the venomous slime he excretes which they use in their poisonous arrows.However, the Dread Gnomes unknowingly bring the rest of the slime to the foot of Dread Mountain once a month for the Grey Guards to collect and use to make their blisters.