Pugglemud

The Dwarf Pugglemud has one true love: gold. Ungers and giants—none of these matter to Pugglemud, for he is willing to risk any danger to get his greasy hands on everything that glitters.

Kendra Kandlestar and her companions first encountered Pugglemud while on the way to the Castle of Krodos to find the Box of Whispers. The Eens weren’t sure if they could trust the dirty and ill-mannered Dwarf, but they needed his help to cross through the desolate marshlands. Pugglemud helped them reach the castle, but abandoned them as soon as he discovered the gold he was after.

This was not the last of Pugglemud that Kendra was to see, however. When she journeyed to the underground kingdom of Umbor, Kendra was to find that Pugglemud had assumed an important position among the Dwarves. Pugglemud tried to betray Kendra and her friends, but lost everything—his power, his position, and even his trousers—when the Een girl freed the army of slaves that were working in the Dwarven mines.

Pugglemud was once again able to land on his feet and Kendra was to stumble across the Dwarf for a third time in the small Gnome town on the Seas of Ire. Kendra was trying to buy passage on a ship to Krake Castle when she found that Pugglemud had devised a new scheme to plunder gold.