Prurientnyk Cobbmottin

A young gnome who is quite strange even by gnome standards. Unlike most people he knew growing up, Prurientnyk (Nyk) was not intrigued by the mechanical, but the natural. Since he was a young boy he despised being underground where his parents lived in Illanysh and he longed to spend his life above ground studying plants and animals. When his parents were preparing to send him off to engineering school he couldn't bear the thought of spending the next 4-8 years in a workshop underground so he packed a bag, grabbed his notebook and left. He had heard rumors of an elusive guild in the human city of Antrel. Nyk figured this guild may just be his ticket to traveling the world and seeing everything he always dreamt was above ground. So at the ripe age of 17 he set off on his own to find the Whisperstalkers with nothing but a head full of dreams, a book full of notes, and a backpack full of candy.

On the Road
Nyk is both resourceful and curious, but most of all he is lucky. Normally traveling alone for someone as small and defenseless as Nyk would be suicide however, other travelers (and maybe even a road bandit or two, though Nyk would not have recognized them as such) seemed to find his outgoing personality and naively positive world view charming. All along the road to Antrel, Nyk was trying to learn new things that he was never exposed to in his sheltered life in Illanysh. An old caravan guard taught him how to fire a bow. He learned how to move quietly and be aware of his surroundings from a friendly hunter. Nyk did not know it yet but these skills would prove to be vital when it came to joining the Whisperstalkers.