Carrot Stumbleshrew

Age: 325 (26 in Gnome Years)
Species & Subtype: Earth Gnome
Class: Farmer
Temprament:Sanguine
Patron Deity: Temby The Lucky

BIO:

Carrot Stumbleshrew was born to a couple of poor potato farmers in the Gnomedark, the ancestral home of the Earth Gnomes. While the family didn't have a lot of money growing up, they were close, and they made a life together that they found happy. This happiness was short-lived, though, as the Sacking of Gnomedark happened thirty years later. Carrot's parents tried to flee, but tripped into the claws of an attacking Mantid soldier, and Carrot barely had time to mourn before joining the exodus to the surface, where the earth gnomes were accepted into the Woods Gnome kingdom of Glimmerloam.

Carrot spent decades toiling away in the farms of Glimmerloam to earn a place in Woods Gnome society. Every step of the way, Carrot's inherited clumsiness was a constant struggle. Nothing was wrong physically or psychologically, but Carrot would soon find out that the Stumbleshrew bloodline was cursed by the evil deity, Roy the Unlucky. Carrot's fervent prayers to the god of luck couldn't counteract it, and to this day Carrot has to battle chronic badluck.

Despite these difficulties, Carrot was smart. One of the greatest scholars of Earth Gnome-kind, Carrot was able to devise intelligent, effective farming strategies that impressed the Woods Gnomes. Over time, Carrot attained the respect of the Glimmerloam royal family, and eventually earned the eye of the gnome of his dreams, a Woods Gnome berrypicker by the name of Dewdrop.

Carrot and Dewdrop lived in peace, harmony, and love for many years. Dewdrop didn't mind how often Carrot broke their dinner plates, and even laughed when the Earth Gnome accidentally caved in their roof. It was true love.

However, suddenly one day, an evil sorceress attacked Glimmerloam Meadows, where the two lived. While Carrot's quick thinking and farming prowess saved the settlement, the cost was much too great, as Dewdrop had to make the ultimate sacrifice to buy enough time for Carrot to finish the farming ritual. In honor of Carrot's bravery, the Glimmerloam royal family awarded Carrot the title of 'Thane', and Glimmerloam Meadows was officially under Carrot's caring supervision.

Carrot has gained respect and honor, but still does the gnome wish for more. Will Carrot's clumsiness ever be cured? And... can Carrot learn to love again after Dewdrop's passing? Only time will tell...

My screenshot key broke, so have a creative artistic rendition of Carrot:



And feel free to ask any questions about Carrot or the Stumbleshrew family! I love to answer them

how does carrot feel about this infographic

I'm rotating carrot in my mind btw. like this

Ahahaha! Don't rotate Carrot too hard, you might make them dizzy! They get even clumsier when they're dizzy...

dark-x-ripple wrote:

how does carrot feel about this infographic

How exquisitely humorous! To the land-walking species, I'm certain this is how the depths of Tiberia seem. However, I have been deeper than thirty feet below the surface, and it's quite comfortable and is the perfect place to grow mushrooms and other fungi.

The Gnomedark was much deeper than that, as well... before the Sacking, that is.

it's okay, felos's home got turned into the Darkweald, which as we all know is now dangerous and gloomy. it's what they do with that dark fate that shapes who they become!

I think carrot should get a sick crystal tattoo that shoots magic about it