Jan was new in a town of adventures and I really do pity the people who have had the pleasure of meeting this young gnome. Hlint was a city of adventures, epic battles and generally just weird stuff and it looked like Jan might be able to call it a home. He had learned to adapt to the sun but not to shut himself up every now and then. Now.. the weird thing is.. well, let's start from the beginning.
A drow raid party left behind a hell hound, one of them scary ones with glowing eyes and burning breath yep. The wizard who brought him along didn't need him anymore and broke his legs like it was just a stick. It was destined to die if poor little Jan didn't come by. For you who have seen him, he's a bald little svirfneblin but he haven't been like that always unlike most of the dark gnomes. No, he did indeed have hair and that was probably the only reason any gnome would envy this fella. But not anymore. He stumbled upon this creature when he was out exploring the udnerdark a little. He got a bit puzzled at how it ended up there, with all four legs broken but began talking to the poor thing. It got annoyed and, you guessed it, he breathed fire on him, setting his hair on fire and giving him major burns. He ran around, screaming and asking for mercy, mostly in circles until he finally thought of actually applying water. It was fast put out and he made a quick prayer to Beryl to heal his body. The dog, amusing as it was, seemed to laugh at this presentation and got friendly towards little Jan, even though he kept talking, even when running around, being on fire and all. That's a lot of evens and Jan does have lots of bad sides but a caring nature.. or so it seemed. He tried to heal the hound's legs with his spells. it was a success, Beryl apparently had a little thing in store for this guy but it wasn't totally healed. Jan patted him on the head while backtalking a cousin of his and the hound just nuzzled him. It brought a spark to Jan, a feeling he have never really felt before. The feeling of being useful and cared about. It's really a sad thing to say, that he have never really felt he was someone, but this dog just made him smile and drop a little tear on the cold rock. The little dog followed him home, his father was upset about it but finally accepted it, knowing that Jan never really had gotten any friends.
This said dog was spotted in Hlint, even though he left it back in the underdark. Poor Jan can't even think of a proper name for the little fella so it changes all the time.
