Tok the Brownie

The pixie artificer known familiarly as Tok the Brownie was the nigh-constant companion and confidant of famous traveler Martus Makfleye d'Phiarlan. Although Tok did not accompany Martus on his most famous journey (a purported jaunt back in time), the diminutive inventor is said to have built the two-person, dragonshard airship that allowed Martus to navigate the fluxuating temporal rift. Martus also credits a younger Tok with discovering the means to return him to his own time. Hence, despite not actually joining Makfleye on this pivotal adventure, Tok became arguably as famous for it as Martus himself.
As an artificer, Tok is less lauded (although much of his amazing gadgetry defies duplication by even the greatest modern arcane tinkers). Part of the issue is that his magical mechanisms are so small (sized for pixies) that they can barely be studied let alone consistently produce effects big enough to ensorcell fully-grown humanoids. But more importantly, great wizards rarely enjoy being made to look foolish. The fact that so many arcanists (including the best House Cannith has to offer) have tried and failed to duplicate Tok's designs has convinced a vocal contingent of scholars to conclude that the contraptions must be fraudulent. Those who have studied them know better, but most prefer to remain silent rather than admitting that a 10 inch, balding kook was a far greater artificer than they themselves are.
Tok the Brownie has not been seen since The Day of Mourning and is presumed to have died with the rest of Cyre in that tragedy. However, there is no evidence beyond hearsay that Tok was actually in Cyre on that fated day. Ultimately, as it is for so many thousands of others, whether Tok is now alive or dead remains a mystery and has become a matter of morbid public speculation.