Art By Hudson
The Gromling Surf Shack
Surfing faery folk that have found a new groove
Who are the Gromlings?
The Gromlings are distant cousins of the Cornish Pixie.
At some point in the long forgotten past a common ancestor to the Cornish pixie and the modern day Gromling would have gone their separate ways. Their children and their children’s children would have ventured off, finding their own path. Over time slowly evolving into the adorable yellow critters you will find on these pages.
Now the Gromlings spend their time surfing and enjoying life, as they act as guardians to the coastline to the Island of Nabotoo, home of the Mythical Rainbow Tree.
Meet Mango the Gromling
Oldest son to the Great Gromling. And heir to the surfboard throne of Nabotoo.
And his brother Skinkz.
A true artist. And an over thinker. This Gromling lives in inner turmoil as he looses himself in his art.
The history of the Gromlings tell of a group that settled on an island of Nabotoo. The Gromlings, whose wings fell off when their ancestors lost the need for them as they spent more and more time in the water surfing waves.
Their Island home can be found if you travel from our world, just off the Cornish coast of Britain, through to a different dimension.
This is Meso.
A chilled gromling who loves to ride her long board. Master board shaper of Nabotoo.
Kenzo soul mate to Messo.
A Gromling with wanderlust. He often goes off traveling in search of new waves to ride.
If, under the light of the moon, you are brave enough to traverse the stretch of water in front of Block Rock along Widemouth bay near Bude, in Cornwall. And if good fortune favours you, then you will pass through to an archipelago in the realm of Faery. Here you will first come across Nabotoo island, where you will find Gromlings surfing night and day.
This is just one of many islands, that is home to many ‘gatherings’ of Gromlings. As a chain of islands lay behind, with other surfing Gromling families, and many other mysteries to be found.
This is Lenox.
This young Gromling takes his surfing very seriously. He trains each and every day to be the best of the best.
Gili, Mother Gromling to Mango, Skinkz and Timo.
Not only mother to her three boys, she has the whole Nabotoo under her care.
Switching between Faery and Cornwall, (and of course these days often popping over for a pasty, some clotted cream fudge and an ice cream, which are a Gromlings favourite food,) The gromlings soaked up the sun, absorbing the rays over countless years from both there time surfing waves along the Cornish coast and on the coastline of Nabotoo, they slowly adapted to this new beach life turning yellow in the process, and leaving blue piskie life behind them. They had stopped buzzing around and causing mischief and found a new love of life. They had truly evolved.
The Gromlings now spend there time surfing the waves and having a good time. Having also become unintentional guardians of the coastline to this place of wonder, they live their life in sun kissed bliss.
Timo, the youngest of the Gromlings.
Rides the waves like a seasoned pro, despite his tender age.
Ariki and Koroua the Gromling Elders
Ariki is Mango, Skinkz and Timo’s father. And the other half of Gili’s orange. Karoua is their grandfather and the Chief Elder of Nabotoo, with Ariki next inline followed by his eldest son Mango.
On Nabotoo you will find the Mythical Rainbow Tree.
The home of dragon spirits. The birth place of dragons and the place of the ‘dragon light’.
Light Dragons and the pools between the worlds
The Rainbow tree is a magnificent sight, especially when the light dragons are born from their boughs. But the pools that surround it are also of special importance, as they are gateways leading to different worlds.
Not only are there more Gatherings of Gromlings on the other islands. There are also more ancestral cousins to be found elsewhere in and outside of the realm of Faery. No doubt with differences unique to them as they evolved in their own unique way.