Gnome Chompski

Gnome Chompski is a sentient garden gnome, who was Gordon Freeman's companion during Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Following the events of the game, he became the boyfriend and later husband of Lamarr the headcrab.

Biography
Gnome accompanied both Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance during their journey to the White Forest base. Despite appearing to be an insignificant object at first glance, Freeman knew that Gnome was something special and guarded him with his life during the journey towards White Forest. Despite Alyx's confusion to Freeman's devotion, she kept silent to his attachment.

The gnome was placed inside a rocket by Freeman and closed inside along with Lamarr, Dr. Isaac Kleiner's pet headcrab, and shot off into space to close the rift between the Combine Homeworld and their own. He indirectly contributed to the portal being closed off, preventing Combine reinforcements arriving on earth and leading an attack on reality. Freeman paid tribute to Gnome by erecting a statue of him outside of the White Forest Base, whilst Kleiner mourned the loss of Lamarr.

Gnome and Lamarr battled their way through the Combine Overworld and managed to find a way back home by escaping through a small rift, before it sealed permanently. They ended back on the post-Combine ruled earth, and reunited with Isaac Kleiner, who was living in a house in the outlands along with Barney Calhoun. Gnome later developed into a human sized gnome, and entered into a relationship with Lamarr. The pair of them married, and Gnome began a career as a taxi driver transporting civilians around the harsh outlands.

Gnome had a short term acting career in the horror movie Dark Carnival, which is part of the Left 4 Dead film franchise. In the movie he played a gnome at a carnival which is retrieved by the main characters and carried all the way to a helicoper, similar to how he was being protected by Gordon Freeman back in White Forest. Realising he was type cast as a gnome used for gaining a video game achievement, he stopped his acting career and returned to being a taxi driver. He reprised the role in the Half-Life 2 prequel Half-Life: Alyx.

Appearances

 * Half-Life 2: Episode Two
 * Left 4 Dead
 * Life of Gnome
 * Half-Life: Alyx
 * Half-Life: The Daring Countryside