Harrigan Dufflebrook

Harrigan Dufflebrook was a gnomic low-level official from the Bifilin city-state of Hagglepock. Dufflebrook is best known for his show of treason against the Almarian Elder Council and subsequent execution.

In 3423, supposedly in Hyflassia on a diplomatic trip, Dufflebrook incapacitated several Almarian guards and walked into the High Court of the Elder Council unannounced, a treasonous gesture. Furthermore, he vehemently criticized the Almarians for their abuse of power and lack of empathy or innovation as rulers. It is rumored that he actually unmasked one of the Elders before he was subdued. He was executed by sustained splaying, a technique in which the chest and abdominal cavities are opened and the organs held in place via arcane spells. He was displayed outside of the Bifilin consulate in Hyflassia for 9 days. Throughout these nine days, his screams for gnomic liberty echoed throughout the city, and many came to witness the macabre spectacle. Word of his excruciatingly painful death spread across Bifilin, igniting a newfound desire for freedom from Almaria. Dufflebrook, previously unknown, became a popular folk hero and a rallying symbol throughout Bifilin and beyond. Several plazas, streets and villages throughout Bifilin have been named Dufflebrook, and Harrigan has become a popular name for male gnomic children. His only son, Fivverblin Dufflebrook, has risen in prominence as a leader of the resistance movement, and has gained respect for his level-headedness on and off the battlefield.