Furbet Fankart Fabblevud Flavis Fortum

Furbet Fankart Fabblevud Flavis Fortum, addressed in his letters as Felwood, is a travelling gnome mage of the Sürgün Günlükleri ("Exile Chronicles") campaign. In Gromkar he lodged in a rented upper room of a modest house near the Shieldmaiden, a tavern run by northerners and much visited by northern mercenaries.^{1 2}

The stolen letter

A wounded drow messenger told Ephorus that he had made the gnome drunk and poisoned him, meaning to kill him and take a letter sealed with the purple imperial seal, but had been wounded by a guard. He asked Ephorus to steal the letter for him.³

Made invisible, Ephorus climbed the outside stair into the gnome's room and found him asleep at his desk beside a beer and his spellbook, among travelling gear, a saddle fit for a mastiff and a single chest with three locks. The envelope was in a bag rather than the chest, and held two letters.^{4 5}

The older letter invited the gnome to work on a great imperial project near the city, for his knowledge of security and of making gunpowder. The later one thanked him, told him that his part was finished and that he might return to his own affairs, and promised that if he kept complete silence and neutrality, five times his earlier payment would be paid into his bank account when the work was done.^{6 2}

Ephorus kept the invitation, which named the kind of project and its nearby site, and gave the drow only the letter of thanks, telling him that he had not killed the mage. Instead he wrote a warning on the gnome's wall, "You are not safe", which would fade after an hour, hoping to steer him away from danger.^{7 8 9}

The project

Ephorus later told his friends that the gnome he had been sent to rob worked on Gloria.¹⁰

Over the past decade, imperial engineers, Archon wizards and gnome craftsmen brought in from various regions worked together to build two hellfire cannons, Gloria and Invictor.¹¹

What became of the gnome after that night is not known.¹⁰