This is the end of the gnomes in my garden...
At this point I am wondering what this dark gnome is and where he came from?
The old gnomes are still making their presence felt in the house.
This is when I first got the idea that they were dying...
That dark gnome is in this picture - close to the camera, looking at the other old gnomes who are still living at the moment
A few more tombstones have appeared - and that dark gnome is in the picture again.
I found one on the front path
And more on the other side of the lot. It is interesting how one often seems to be standing in the middle of the fence.
This is when I start thinking that dark gnome must be the gnome Grim Reaper. There seem to be only two gnomes left alive at this moment...
And then there was one ...
I was trying to get a clear shot of his face - it isn't easy even though they aren't moving.
Of course, by the end the path to the front door is clogged with gnome tombstones.
I think I'll gather all the tombstones in one place.
Interestingly all of the gnomes were named. I know I do have a habit of clicking onto them occasionally and accepting the default name. Even that dark gnome is named - and I am almost certain he is that baby who appeared right at the beginning.
At least now I won't worry about allowing other types of gnomes loose in this household for fear of them ganging up on the old residents. One of my Sims already has a Magical Gnome of Invention in his inventory - he fished it out of the Wishing Well. I might let it out of his inventory now.
At least I still have the original save tucked safely away so I can resurrect them all if I really want to. Right now I really don't want to. But it reminds me a bit of those theories of many different parallel universes with many different possible outcomes.
My big question is : what is that dark gnome? Is he just a lonely teenager who has been left lonely after all of his family has gone and died of old age? Or is he some sort of grim reaper of gnomes? I have heard of teenage gnomes - but not grim reaper gnomes. So he's probably just an unlucky teenager who will live for a while until he grows old and dies - or until one of the vampire (or other) gnomes gets him.