Tommyknockers
The good ones of the Knocker species, the evil being the Knackers .
Basic Information
Anatomy
There is no account of their physical appearence, but many have claimed to have seen their hands. According to them, they were small chlidlike hands, however, they had sharp claws, and were very bony with thick hair growing on the back of their hands.
Other claims were that they had large eyes with "elven ears" with small mouths and dirty hair, with much of the strands having fallen out.
Nobody has actually seen a Tommyknocker, however.
Ecology and Habitats
They live in caves and got a sense of when a cave is about to collapse.
Behaviour
They tend to be around when the miners enter the caves, for they enjoy watching them from the shadows, so much so that when there is to be a cave-in the tommyknockers will knock on the cave walls to warn the miners of the cave-in. However, if the miners of in anyway rude, such as trying to spot a tommyknocker, or teasing a tommyknocker, then they will not help, and enjoy watching the miner get crushed by the falling rocks (sometimes they will even cause a cave-in if the miner is cruel enough.)
Civilization and Culture
History
They arose during the age of evolution, first discovered by the Bippies, who idolized them, and then by the Dwarves, especially those of the Mendeek Mountains. The other races would find out about them much later. The Tommyknockers love to stay hidden, so they never truly show themselves, though it is possible to see them. Most folk never even try out of fear of the Tommyknockers killing them.
Geographic Distribution
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