Scruple (Empath stories)

Scruple is a character who is part of the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, appearing mostly in the novel. He is Gargamel's unwanted apprentice who was dumped on him by the sorcerer's guild, whose purpose seems to be giving his master a hard time about his inability to catch Smurfs. During the events of the EMPATH novel, he was forced out of the Smurf forest along with Gargamel and Azrael.