He became merged with Tomten, which was previously an elfish/dwarfish farm guardian. Dwarfish in stature but broadly built, they were remarkable for the shortness of their legs. Initially Baron Dark's dwarfish, slavish aide, later his dwarfish, slavish, skeletal aide. The specific epithet means "dwarfish" or "lowly" in Latin, referring to the plant's short stature. The dwarfs' decline is further explored with the dwarfish peasantry. Alberich features as a dwarf in the "Nibelungen"; the dwarfish height was thus explained. This elf is dwarfish in height, though very handsome. Her husband Lucas believes that a dwarfish creature is stalking him. Big Figure is jailed dwarfish crime lord and former adversary of Nite Owl and Rorschach. Saint Sunday provides him with the visor and sword of (a dwarfish character). Cornelius has dwarfish as well as human blood, though Miraz does not know this. Its species name, "humilis", means "small" or "dwarfish". The dwarfish beast is kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. The Key's body survived albeit in a dwarfish form, while his head remained life-size. Sarah meets a dwarfish man named Hoggle, who aids her in entering the labyrinth.