Name: Gak

Race: Grub

Inventory: Ratty duster coat, tri-barrel firearm, satchel containing maps, spyglass, magic artifacts and gizmos, ammunition, crude explosives, and rations that even Grubs find unpalatable.

Powers: Gak has no understanding of the Eldritch magics, and has no formal training in much of anything. However, he has honed his resourcefulness and survival techniques by practice from his employment experience. Gak is quite the marksman, and as everyone knows, Grubs can see much better in the dark than men.

Background: Even by Grub standards, Gak is an unsociable fellow. When he arrived in New Blightsburg and solicited work from Winfred Oil seven years ago, Gak never volunteered his life's story and Mr. Pratt didn't care enough to ask. Grubs often lived in the wilderness as highwaymen and bandits, but every once in a while a Grub would wander into town looking for a more stable living. Mr. Pratt assumed Gak was just another Grub tired of digging old trinkets out of the dirt and boiling vagabond bones for soup. Mr. Pratt charged Gak with defending the well fields from thieves and oil rustlers.

Out of mistrust of Grubkind, Mr. Pratt ensured that Gak had at least human partner with him at all times to ensure Gak didn't cause trouble out among the wells. The past three "chaperones" Mr. Pratt had appointed to join Gak out in the well fields were mercenaries on company payroll, the last of which had recently been killed by a magical trap while on patrol with Gak. Short-handed and with no notice, Mr. Pratt had no other option but to assign Murphiben Yates - a pudgy mechanic with no combat experience - to join Gak on his nightly patrols.

It has proved to be poor timing for Gak to be paired with such a timid oaf. The wells have been raided in a big way and Boss Winfred suspects a rival oil outfit is trying to force his company out of the area. While the Boss is considering whether or not to spend a fortune and call in a mercenary army to stamp out the thieves, Mr. Pratt has put Gak and Murphiben on alert. If they see these rustlers, they are to capture one of them and ascertain who they are working with.

Recent Travels: Gak and Murphiben have spent the past three days out in the wilderness outside of town, hunting for any sign of the oil thieves. They are just under a day's hike outside of New Blightsburg.

Current Location/Profession: Vigilante in the employ of Winifred Oil.