Young Whortle Nep was a young field mouse who lived in Fennywolde. He was friends with Hodge, Todkin, Figgy Bottom and Samuel Gorse. Young Whortle appears in the book The Crystal Prison as a minor character. He gets injured by the owl and saved by Madame Akkikuyu(this is also her first appearance as a hero). Soon, he gets murdered by a mysterious visitor (found out it was a corn dolly brought to life by Madame Akkikuyu and her talking ear Nicedemus)