Sprigg

Ethred Brokenbranch, better known as Sprigg, is an arcane trickster gnome. He is played by Darin De Paul.

Appearance
Sprigg is an elderly gnome. He is bald on top with a long white beard. He has a bit of a distant look in his eyes.

Personality
Darin De Paul said that he originally thought of Sprigg as Fagin, a Charles Dickens character, who was just going to steal everything he could, but that the goodness in everybody brought out the goodness in him.

Background
Sprigg was part of an adventuring party for some time and they considered themselves to be heroes. However, during a battle with hobgoblins all of them were slain except for Sprigg, who ran away. The gnome spent the next thirty-seven years isolated in his tiny cottage, where he seems to have become somewhat addled.

After becoming attuned to Ioun during his encounter with Vox Machina, he suddenly recovered at least some of his memories, and named several of his former companions: Theda Pax, Zephra, and "that guy with the nose" who he claimed was his favorite.

Vox Machina found Sprigg in an small house near the Pools of Wittebak, there they find out that the old gnome had grown a little bit mad in his 35 years of isolation. While they were trying to extract some information from Sprigg, Vecna's assassins attacked from the shadows, trying to end his life.

After being helped by Pike, Sprigg is able to take Vox Machina to Ioun´ s hideout, since he was the key himself.

Sprigg stayed in the Endless Atheneum, as Ioun´s steward.

Demistrik
Demistrik is an imp that shares a homestead with Sprigg. While the nature of their relationship is for the most part unknown, it was stated that Demistrik’s master died within the confines of Sprigg’s home. Their cohabitation is likely a result of Demistrik’s master’s demise.

1st-level

 * Tasha's Hideous Laughter

Notable Items

 * Ring of Telekinesis

Quotations

 * "You're HERE! *giggles madly* And you're REAL! Go away." (Sprigg's reaction to learning there are real people on his doorstep)
 * "Knock-knock! ...Right!"
 * "We need a mnemonic device!!"
 * "You see, I didn't have to believe in Ioun, I found my religion... I'm bluish"
 * "House gone, Imp gone, burny burny, sad sad, pray, nothing happen, now I'm blue"

Trivia

 * Sprigg has the highest dexterity score of any guest player character thus far.
 * Sprigg is a continuation of a character Darin De Paul originally played in a D&D game with Matt Mercer's mother from over 37 years ago.
 * Leading up to the Dalen's Closet one-shot, Darin De Paul posted an in-character video as Sprigg congratulating the soon-to-be married couple on their special day, despite never getting an invitation.
 * In May 2020, Liam O'Brien adopted a mini dachshund that he named Sprigg. He has since posted several pictures of him on social media.