Deep elves, abyssal dwarves, greyskin gnomes... you know about the denizens of the Underworld, lad. But wait til you hear about the Creepers. Before they were driven from the surface by war, plague or somesuch, they were like you and me -- human. They didn’t have the elves’ magic, the dwarves’ runes or the gnomes’ science. They could only rely on their wits and their hard work to adapt to the darkness, and to the horrors that dwell down there. And like all of us humans, they adapted exceptionally well. Instinct: Instinct: To steal magical treasure.

• Destroy light by magic
• Surprise them with a calculated, silent attack
• Die in spontaneous combustion, blinding his killers
• Use a magical trinket to save his skin