Barbegazi

The Barbegazi originate from Swiss and French folklore. It is a form of gnome which resembles a short round man with a frosty fur-coat. It has enormous disproportionate hands and feet, traversing its mountainous habitat by rolling or burrowing through the snow and ice.

They do not converse in any human tongue, and are rarely encountered by people due to their preference for high altitudes and inaccessible mountain ranges.

Barbegazi are believed to cause avalanches by burrowing in unstable snow drifts.