Here we have the alkali earth metals, represented as goblin characters.

Beryllium is suave and sophisticated, as comfortable in imaging technology as in golf clubs and emeralds. Truly an element for the discerning.

Magnesium is a crucial micronutrient, as well as a lightweight metal whose flakes can burst into flames unexpectedly. Such a strange range!

Calcium, also a nutrient, brings structure to seashells, chalk, eggshells…and your own bones. Very important.

Strontium is used to extract sugar from beets, and when ingested, the body mistakes it for calcium, and allocates it to the bones. This is fine, as long as it’s not the radioactive version.

Barium is opaque to medical imaging tech, so if you ever get a CT scan, you might be asked to drink a slurry full of it. The mapping of the cavities is no errand for the faint-hearted.

Radium’s character design is in homage to the Radium Girls, a band of watch-face-painting working women who were lied to about the dangers of their paint. Their heroism changed workers’ rights forever.