Gumbo is a disheveled Forest Gnome with a tangled, waist length white beard filled with twigs and dried fungi. He wears moldy hide armor and a tattered green hood. His eyes are wide, glassy, and always seem to be tracking something invisible to others.

He speaks in riddles and frequently interrupts himself to argue with the 'moss voices.' He is fiercely protective of nature but has completely forgotten the social graces of his former life as a librarian.

Gumbo was once Gidwin Silverleaf, the head archivist of a prestigious magical college. He spent decades researching the interconnectedness of fungal networks until a research expedition led him to consume a 'spirit-cap' mushroom that granted him visions of the moon's true face. The experience shattered his ego and sent him fleeing into the wild woods. He spent the next twenty years living as a feral hermit, eventually learning to harness the moon's light to shapeshift. He now considers himself a student of the trees rather than a master of books. He barely remembers his old name, only that people used to bring him soup and called him 'Gumbo' when he arrived at the forest edge looking for snacks.