The old world of Elf Life, just barely glanced upon by this internet series, is not the fairy tale world you would expect. This is the world of elves and faeries before man knew them. I strive to show characters unencumbered by cliche. I touched upon this once before, when we found Baughb the elf answering to a goblin superior on the steps of the palace. I was suggesting, without coming right out and spelling it out, that the cities were populated by more than just elves.
Cities have that effect on people.
So this was another chance to follow that premise. Cragg almost immediately had a history. He was a gnome who left the underground because he suffered from claustrophobia. He came to the city and found a suitable trade. His no-nonsense disposition made him a perfect valet, a gnomish Jeeves, which earned him the honor of serving under a high elf, a person of great importance.