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发表于 2008-3-19 17:12:36
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MEKGINEER SICCO THERMAPLUGG
Mekgineer Thermaplugg was once a brilliant and wise tinker, who despite being incredibly frail even at a young age, was destined to be High Tinker. He cunningly laid the way to the seat, charming people to his side and cranking out one great invention after the next. He worked unceasingly toward his goal, for Thermaplugg planned on not only making High Tinker, but also becoming the gnome’s first true king in over four hundred years. He envisioned a great kingdom out of Gnomeregan, carved out of the entire western half of Dun Morogh, even if it meant relocating the nearby dwarven communities in the name of progress. Nothing would stop him! However, his closest friend, Gelbin Mekkatorque, ruined all of his goals when the council of tinkers decided that Thermaplugg was too ambitious and chose Mekkatorque instead.
Thermaplugg’s sanity broke that day, and he planned on gaining revenge over his friend. Through working the system and gaining favor among the intellectual elite, Thermaplugg eventually won the seat of advisor to the High Tinker. It was his idea that, during the trogg invasion, the gnomes shut themselves from the world. Thermaplugg claimed that the world outside didn’t need to be bothered by gnomish problems, for he had an idea that would both destroy the image of Mekkatorque and win him the throne. After weeks of debate, he convinced Mekkatorque to flood the halls of Gnomeregan with radiation via a bomb, thus killing the troggs. If a few gnomes died in the process, he stated, it would be a worthy sacrifice for saving the entire race.
However, due to reasons even Thermaplugg can’t remember, he found himself locked inside Gnomeregan when the bomb was released began. Despite his age and frailty, he did not die. Some speak that it was his ambition that saved him, while others say he hid and suffered the least of the poison. Despite this, he lived and mutated into a leper gnome. The radiation killed more gnomes than troggs, and many other gnomes in Gnomeregan’s walls also suffered from the radiation and became leper gnomes. However, in the ensuing chaos, Thermaplugg has begun calling himself a king. To this day he rules over the leper gnomes and continues fighting the troggs. He controls his land with a tyrannical fist, destroying outsiders as rapidly as any other enemy.
He keeps to himself most of his time since becoming king of Gnomeregan, working on insane world– conquering inventions. Thankfully, few if any will ever see the light of day. Paranoid beyond rational thought, Thermaplugg destroys anything that disturbs his work, even his own leper gnome servants. Recently, however, he opened negotiations with the Dark Iron dwarves, allowing them use of Gnomeregan’s tunnels in exchange for a part of Ironforge to call his own. No one knows
what may become of this alliance, but it won’t be good. Thermaplugg speaks Common, Dwarven, Gnomish, Goblin, Low Common, Orcish, and Thalassian.
A crazed, frail-looking leper gnome peers out from within a massive suit of steam-powered armor. He snickers maliciously, swinging the massive club-like right arm of his battle suit. |
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