Cranston is a gnome warlock in the Fantasial Freeze Campaign.
Cranston is from a small Gnomish village called, Gnarlroot. They follow the traditions of Forest Gnomes of the past, keeping themselves secluded and hidden from the outside world. While they do have some communication with other Gnome communities, they otherwise keep to themselves. The Arctic Autumn hit his community hard, and they lost many community members. After many months of watching his community struggle, the final straw for Cranston was when one of his dear friends, Kittridge (Kit), was killed by a Blowt. Cranston set out to find a local Witch who was rumored to live in the area to see what help she could provide. Cranston traveled many days in the cold tundra and nearly died of exposure, until the Witch took pity on him. She admired his tenacity and understood the need for additional help to fight the blowt menace, as such she began to teach him some of her magic. Her name was Gertrude and she was a kindly Witch, though a bit of a hermit. After some time, Cranston decided it was time to move on and pushed out into the wilderness, but before he left, he was given a ring that allowed him to see the name of any person he encountered, this was intended to help him make new friends on his adventure. He traveled for days without encountering any travelers or towns, until one day he stumbled upon an estate in the wilderness. As he approached, he saw a man outside and he saw the name Adler LeRue appear. He called out to Adler, which startled the man who then shot Cranston on sight killing him where he stood. Thus ends the first part of Cranston’s tale.
He died during The Arctic Autumn, but like many others who died in Osugbo, he found his soul drifting in Orbis Alius, where he made friends with two Blowt named Brewyn and Thokrin. Brewyn was cool but Thokrin was that friend who you're always like "Geez why do we have to bring this guy everywhere?"
Regrets & Desires
Forever the outcast, Cranston always wanted to "Find his people".