Erky Timbers is a )@^$#)(^ moron!

In my game, here's what happened:

1) Erky had his gear taken from him when he was captured. That included his holy symbol, so no praying for spells then. He had to live in a tight cage, with no leverage to try and bend the bars, and had enough nonlethal damage from poor eating and sleeping.

2) After he was rescued, Erky stayed with the party due to his honor-bound commitment to help them, Meepo or no Meepo.

3) After one year imprisoned, Erky was one heck of an angry gnome. The first time the PCs got to keep a goblin alive to question it, Erky waited 'till the PCs were finished with the questions, then asked them:
Erky: You done with him yet?
PC: Yes.
Erky (forcefully applies mace repeatedly to goblin skull): TAKE THAT, YOU $%@#$%! AND THAT! AND THAT!

After Calcryx was rescued, Erky helped the PCs explore the locked part of the dungeon (you know, where the Imp was) and then left their company, his duty fulfilled. He was anxious to sleep under the open sky again.

Rumor has it that he married Corky, the female gnome cleric of Pelor in nearby Oakhurst.

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