Gnome-enclature… how Gnomes get their names… from Elfdreams 6

Mayard pursued and subdued highwaymen Big Boy and Tiny and brought them to Gnome-town to the waiting and grateful hands of Burgomaster Altus Stillwater Darktop. Altus had nineteen given names to go with his family name Stillwater. Gnomes added monikers relating to their accomplishments and adventures. His unusually dark hair had earned him the moniker Darktop. Burgomaster Stillwater now added “Big Boy” as his twentieth given name. The grateful burgomaster had granted Mayard a room in his manor. Mayard had mixed feelings about the reward. The comfortable bedding, brew master’s wonderful ale, and wonderful feast prepared by the burgomaster’s spouse Enid were offset by relentless pestering by the burgomaster’s incorrigible son Norman. If the Gnome-kin didn’t get his way, he pitched a veritable fit. His father Altus Twenty-names Big Boy Stillwater termed the outbursts “Norman storms.” Mayard Klarje dubbed the little Gnome Storming Norman and the moniker stuck. The little bloke shared his father’s dark hair. Storming Norman Darktop now had three names.