Adjon Tocktinkstuggle
Adjon Tocktinkstuggle was an inventor and ghost-hunter working at the Vailhinger Detective Agency
The Gnome With Two Lives
Adjon believed himself to have memories from two different timelines that he hade shifted himself between them by a disastrous accident.Adjon the Family Man
Adjon was born just outside the great city of Calantor, into a gnomish family with close ties to the Vespertine house of Carsival. From a young age, he worked alongside his relatives in their mechanical workshop and quickly displayed a remarkable talent for clock repair. Even as a child, he was entrusted with tasks normally reserved for the more seasoned members of the family. However, as he grew closer to adult age, his family began to worry. Adjon’s obsession with intricate machines grew all-consuming. When his father, Vongut , confronted him, Adjon spoke of a machine he felt compelled to build — though its purpose remained unclear. He shared indecipherable blueprints, explaining only: “I don’t know what it does, but it feels like I’ve built it before. I just need to get it out of my head.” Alarmed, Vongut returned to Adjon’s mother, Eshana, convinced that their son was losing his mind — and that only one thing could save him: a girl. During the opening night of the annual gnomish Honey Festival, the families arranged for Adjon to sit beside Rosiroe Hopplenepple, a free-spirited young woman a few years his senior. Known for her restlessness and curiosity, Rosiroe’s adventurous spark stirred something in Adjon, while his calm demeanor offered her a sense of grounding. From that evening on, the two were inseparable. One drink led to another, and within months, Adjon became a father. His parents credited Rosiroe’s influence with the dramatic transformation in their son. Once introverted and emotionally distant, Adjon became more open and social. Though he continued work on his mysterious machine, the frantic obsession had faded, replaced by a more balanced sense of purpose and a growing devotion to his new family. With Rosiroe he had two children, Jorrick and Kriwyn TocktinkstuggleThe Gnomerot and the Machine
When the plauge known as the gnomerot started to spead like wildfire, tension between gnomes and other species escalated throughout the outskirts of Calantor, suspicion quickly gave way to violence. Adjon had once been a respected craftsman and trusted neighbor, but his life was overturned in a single night. Rumors spread rapidly—claims that gnomes were carriers of the plague. While other gnomish families fled, Adjon chose to stay. He believed his solid reputation and the remote location of his home and workshop would protect him and his loved ones. He was wrong. One evening, he heard a familiar voice calling his name—Humpfitz Wincke, the shopkeeper of a local trading post and a man Adjon had helped many times before. But when he stepped outside, the sight that met him was harrowing. Humpfitz stood in the courtyard, flanked by townspeople—men and women Adjon had known all his life. Faces that once smiled now twisted with suspicion and fear. They demanded that he leave. When he tried to explain that no one in his family was sick, he was met first with cruel words, then with stones. A rock struck him as he turned to flee, knocking him down just short of the door. As he struggled to rise, the mob surged past him and into his home. In that moment, he thought of his wife and their two children. The scent of smoke filled the air. Then everything went black. When he opened his eyes, dawn had broken—and his home had become a pile of ashes. Frantically, he searched the ruins until he reached the hidden shelter he had built for emergencies. There, in the space meant to save them, he found their lifeless bodies. Perhaps the mob had not meant to kill—only to drive them out—but they must have assumed the house was empty when they set it alight. Adjon blamed himself. In despair, he dug through the debris until he uncovered the hatch to his workshop. The machine still stood—his life’s obsession, designed to bend time itself. He had never tested it beyond a few seconds, but now there was no time for doubt. He strapped himself into the seat and activated the device. He bit off the cork from the small flask around his neck and drank the stabilizing tonic. He focused his mind on a sharp, recent memory—cutting his hand while peeling potatoes the night before. It would have to do. The machine hummed, then whined. His pulse slowed—thirty beats per minute. Then twenty. Then ten. Silence. A scraping sound. Then, light. He smelled potatoes. He heard her voice. His wife’s voice. He opened his eyes—and for the briefest moment, the world was whole again. A sharp sound. A crack. Then darkness. When he awoke once more, he was in a wagon, surrounded by cousins. Blood ran from his nose. They told him they were headed for Tattertown. But when he asked about his wife and children, they looked at him in confusion. “What family?” they asked. “You were always too busy for such things.” As he wiped the blood from his face, new memories began to stir—memories of a different life alone with his inventions.Tattertown
Adjon were one of the few gnomes that survived the horrible internment in Tattertown during the years of the plauge. After he lost his parents he got alienated from the othe survivors from the once numerous Tocktinkstuggle family.Relationships
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1789 AtC
100 Years old
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Male
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Man
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