Denizens

QUINTIUS

Necromancer and prisoner: to keep the undead from killing him, Quintius has convinced them that by continuing the ritual, he can eventually return them to a flesh-bound existence. The undead have imprisoned Quintius in Area 22 to make sure he does just that.

UNDEAD

Sentient skeletons and zombies reanimated by Quintius. They love drinking, eating, and smoking despite their inability to truly do so (it all goes right through them). All mistakenly believe that Quintius’s ritual will grant them living flesh once more. Zombies act superior to the skeletons because of the flesh they already have. Likewise, the skeletons are desperate to take some living flesh of their own, and often remove skin, limbs, and other parts from victims in misguided attempts to apply them to their own body and hasten the “progress” of Quintius’s ritual.

VERMIN

Giant rats and a carcass crawler also make their homes in this forsaken place. They are interested only in food.

ALFWINE

A pixie who has been living in the barrow for some time before Quintius came. The skeletons managed to capture her beneath a stone cairn (Area 6). Wants these rude, disgusting skeletons off of what she deems her property.

UNDEAD TREANT

A long-dead guardian of the barrow, he has been resurrected by the same dark magic that animates the skeletons and zombies. He sees his new form and the other undead as an affront to nature, and wants to return both to death, as things should be.