I assume you mean smart in the sense that they somehow resisted Gnomish corruption, and desperately attempted to destroy the horror that their father had wrought in his dark pact with the Gnomes. They ultimately failed, as it was too late, and I assume that sometime thereafter were Gnomemurdered, but they should be remembered as valiant martyrs, just as their father should be remembered as a traitor to humanity.
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