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* SeaDogPegLeg: He has a peg leg made from bone after losing his leg in a fox attack many centuries ago.
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The main characters of ''Literature/TheLittleGreyMenSeries are four gnomes, who are all named after native British flowers.
!The Gnomes
!!Dodder
The oldest of the four brothers and the leader of the group. He has a peg leg after being attacked by a fox centuries earlier.
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* BadassBoast: He taunts a fox as it's about to eat him.
* TheLeadr: He leads the expedition to find Cloudberry, and takes command of the Jeanie Deans.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Dodder takes down a human 10 times his size.
* DyeOrDie: Dodder's beard is naturally white, but he dyes it with walnut juice so it's harder for predators to spot him.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Dodder's long grey beard gives him a grandfatherly appearance, in contrast to the BigBad Giant Grum who has a scraggly, dirty beard.
* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: The cruel giant is old for a human, but Dodder has lived for centuries.
* SmokingIsCool: HouseboatHero Dodder smokes a pipe.
* SweetTooth: He loves peppermint creams.
!!Cloudberry
The second brother, his disappearance in the first book triggers the other gnomes into setting out to find him.
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* CloudCuckooLander: He prefers exploring the forest alone, and is good friends with the wild geese of Spitzbergen.
* CrazySurvivalist: After his adventure with the wild geese, Cloudberry came back a very different gnome.
* FaceHeelTurn: Caused by his jealousy of Dodder.
* JerkAss: He behaves like a BigBrotherBully to Sneezewort, and manipulates Baldmoney and Squirrel.
* KarmicDeath: He plans to poison Dodder and Squirrel with mushrooms, but gets bitten by a viper.
* TheStarscream: He secretly wants to usurp Dodder's position as leader.
* WildHair: Cloudberry's beard becomes more and more unkempt in ''Down the Bright Stream'' as he descends into evil.
!!Baldmoney
The third brother, he acts as navigator and mechanic on the Jeanie Deans.
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* Baldmoney is the third brother. He acts as navigator and mechanic on the Jeanie Deans.
* AcePilot: Of Wonderbird, a CoolPlane he designed himself.
* BalloonBelly: He's a BigEater who eats so much at the banquet in Crow Wood that his jacket splits.
* GadgeteerGenius: He works out how to operate the boat's clockwork mechanism, and later invents a flying machine.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Baldmoney and Dodder smoke pipes. The cruel giant smokes cigarettes.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Part of his pilot outfit.
* TheScrounger: Baldmoney's dagger is made from the discarded blade of a human's pocket knife
!!Sneezewort
The youngest brother, he lacks a beard and is usually assigned chores like cooking or cleaning.
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* CampCook: He does most of the cooking on the expedition.
* {{Manchild}}: He's centuries old, but still considered the baby of the family. Dodder won't let him smoke, stay up late, or steer the ship.
* PermaShave: Sneezewort has never been able to grow a beard like his brothers.
* RoguishPoacher: Sneezewort is very good at stealing eggs from birds' nests.
* TeamChef: He's put in charge of the Jeanie Deans' galley.
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!The Gnomes
!!Dodder
The oldest of the four brothers and the leader of the group. He has a peg leg after being attacked by a fox centuries earlier.
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* BadassBoast: He taunts a fox as it's about to eat him.
* TheLeadr: He leads the expedition to find Cloudberry, and takes command of the Jeanie Deans.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Dodder takes down a human 10 times his size.
* DyeOrDie: Dodder's beard is naturally white, but he dyes it with walnut juice so it's harder for predators to spot him.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Dodder's long grey beard gives him a grandfatherly appearance, in contrast to the BigBad Giant Grum who has a scraggly, dirty beard.
* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: The cruel giant is old for a human, but Dodder has lived for centuries.
* SmokingIsCool: HouseboatHero Dodder smokes a pipe.
* SweetTooth: He loves peppermint creams.
!!Cloudberry
The second brother, his disappearance in the first book triggers the other gnomes into setting out to find him.
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* CloudCuckooLander: He prefers exploring the forest alone, and is good friends with the wild geese of Spitzbergen.
* CrazySurvivalist: After his adventure with the wild geese, Cloudberry came back a very different gnome.
* FaceHeelTurn: Caused by his jealousy of Dodder.
* JerkAss: He behaves like a BigBrotherBully to Sneezewort, and manipulates Baldmoney and Squirrel.
* KarmicDeath: He plans to poison Dodder and Squirrel with mushrooms, but gets bitten by a viper.
* TheStarscream: He secretly wants to usurp Dodder's position as leader.
* WildHair: Cloudberry's beard becomes more and more unkempt in ''Down the Bright Stream'' as he descends into evil.
!!Baldmoney
The third brother, he acts as navigator and mechanic on the Jeanie Deans.
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* Baldmoney is the third brother. He acts as navigator and mechanic on the Jeanie Deans.
* AcePilot: Of Wonderbird, a CoolPlane he designed himself.
* BalloonBelly: He's a BigEater who eats so much at the banquet in Crow Wood that his jacket splits.
* GadgeteerGenius: He works out how to operate the boat's clockwork mechanism, and later invents a flying machine.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Baldmoney and Dodder smoke pipes. The cruel giant smokes cigarettes.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Part of his pilot outfit.
* TheScrounger: Baldmoney's dagger is made from the discarded blade of a human's pocket knife
!!Sneezewort
The youngest brother, he lacks a beard and is usually assigned chores like cooking or cleaning.
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* CampCook: He does most of the cooking on the expedition.
* {{Manchild}}: He's centuries old, but still considered the baby of the family. Dodder won't let him smoke, stay up late, or steer the ship.
* PermaShave: Sneezewort has never been able to grow a beard like his brothers.
* RoguishPoacher: Sneezewort is very good at stealing eggs from birds' nests.
* TeamChef: He's put in charge of the Jeanie Deans' galley.
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