Thomas Thumb
He is the son of Thomas the plowman and his wife Gerta. He was promised to them by Rumpelstiltskin after Gerta wished for a son, even if he was no bigger than her thumb. Thomas was born three months later and was indeed no bigger than her thumb. His midwife was the Queen of the fairies who bestowed up him an outfit made from nuts, leaves and the like.
Tom was not the best of boys and used his size to play pranks on the other boys. He would hide in their pockets and make noises like a cat, or creep through their windows at night and steal their coins. Generally he was a bit of a menace. Still, his mother loved him dearly. His mother started to keep him close to her to keep him out of mischief, but he still got into troubles.
He was, at different times, swallowed by a cow, baked into a muffin and carried away by a raven. Each time he survived by the narrowest of margins. The raven, when it caught him, dropped him into the castle of a giant, who swallowed him, but vomited him back out his window, into the sea. A sea fish swallowed him next, and it was in turn caught by a fisherman. The fisherman sold it to a maid of the queen's court, who cut up the fish to serve it, after baking it, and narrowly missed killing Tom in the process. Again though, Tom was magically lucky and managed to escape unharmed, running across the queen's table. He became her court dwarf, and was even fitted with a tiny suit of armor, for her amusement.
When he was eighteen, the Queen of the Fairy's visited him, as he lay sleeping in a rose. She left him presents to mark him manhood, including shoes which could carry him anywhere in a moment, a girdle of shape changing which could make him three feet tall, an enchanted hat of knowledge and a ring of invisibility. He continued his pranks, using these new gifts and generally amused the queen and her court with his antics.
Tom stands only two inches high and has a wiry build. He has a round, pleasant face, blonde hair and blue eyes. He has started to grow tired of his life at court and longs for adventures in the wide world, but his mother worries about him leaving. His dear old father has past on, but his mother still lives with him at court, and tries to keep him out of mischief.