A slight forest gnome with warm umber skin, bright hazel eyes, and thick moss-brown hair gathered into two uneven knots. His pointed ears are decorated with tiny copper rings, and a pale green birthmark curls along his left cheek like a fern frond. He wears a weathered leather coat over sage's traveling clothes, with an arcane focus of polished river stone hanging at his throat. His smile is quick, crooked, and usually followed by a suspicious glance toward the nearest shadow.

Perrin is curious, sly, and unfailingly observant. He treats conversations as informal research interviews and enjoys discovering what people reveal accidentally. He is kind toward the overlooked and vulnerable, but he has little patience for authority that cannot explain itself. Perrin prefers clever solutions, technical loopholes, and escape routes over direct confrontation.

Perrin Oloyede grew up among the root-houses and lantern groves of a forest gnome enclave, where every child was expected to learn the names of plants, stars, spirits, and the old bargains that kept the woods safe. Perrin was a poor climber and an even worse hunter, but he possessed a relentless memory and a gift for asking questions that made adults uncomfortable. He became an assistant to the enclave's keeper of forbidden texts, cataloguing fragments of druidic verse, celestial maps, and half-burned records left by travelers who had vanished beneath the hills. His life changed when he found a sealed page written in a language that seemed to rearrange itself whenever he looked away. The page belonged to an ancient archfey who spoke to Perrin through reflections in inkpots and still water. The bargain was simple, at least as first explained. Perrin would carry the archfey's questions into the mortal world, and in return he would receive the power to uncover hidden truths. Now he travels as a wandering scholar, collecting rumors, debts, and dangerous fragments of lore. He insists that he is the one using the pact to pursue knowledge, though he privately suspects the archfey has been studying him for far longer than he has been studying anything else.