Role

Chapter 1

Arratok was born to Gremlik and Beknano, both Duergar of little, if any
notoriety. Gremlik was a thief, who had been caught in the act, and maimed.
The blundered job resulted in having each finger on his strong hand cut off,
rendering it a useless stump. Gremlik was deft enough to overcome the loss to
an extent, however he was unable to effectively use lock picks, placing him
at enough of a disadvantage to keep him out of the game as far as thieving
goes. Beknano was your standard knocked up prostitute story. The upside for
Gremlik was he didnt have to pay for intimacy any longer and Beknano, out of
work with a swollen belly, took to him as a means of protection, if only for
lack of choice.

When Arratok was born, it was into dirt, both physically, and financially.
They had nothing but a disgusting hovel in the far outskirts of TethAzeleth.
Begging and pan handling was the primary means of income. For meals they
resorted to eating what they could find which often was quite repulsive.
Other than Arratok, there was only one other child, a younger sister named
Gemma. Arratok had a strong bond with his little sister, and took care of her
more than his parents did. Things were pretty tough until they happened
across a professor from the School of Magic one day.

It was on that day, while the Drow sorcerer was out looking for a fungus,
prime ingredient in a powerful poisonous potion, that he came across the
family. It just so happened they made use of this fungus, due to the patch of
it that grew near their home. Strange as it would seem to a well fed well off
professor of the Magus arts, they would actually consume it as a food. The
family ingested so much of it in fact, and on such a regular basis that the
Drow was intrigued by their uncanny ability to disregard any and all effects.
This curiosity caused him seek to monitor them, as a hidden side agenda. A
deal was struck to harvest it for the magi, and in doing so they were to
receive payment. This later grew into agreement to seek out other things in
the deepness of the Underdark to help supply the magi with constant rations
of rare ingredients.