Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a group of adventurers with ample fame based in south-eastern Eisend.

Current Members

 * Gus Goosebottom
 * Men
 * Randyn Marolmath
 * Ceralas Marolmath
 * Nimetu
 * Kubo
 * Also Men

Allies

 * Sarnan Holimion
 * Elias Daelen
 * Citrine
 * Varis Daelen
 * Gern Blanston
 * Fatty Arbuckle
 * Chris Hardwick
 * Rubo
 * Apple Cider Man
 * Boiko
 * Cow'Ked Bovino
 * Muffin
 * Cupcake
 * Champ
 * Enoth Ashbloom
 * Scandal
 * Charles Trollblood
 * Chuck
 * David
 * Asmodeus

Enemies

 * Cass Hexgrove
 * Fnipper

History
Of Mice and Men was first formed after Gus Goosebottom and Men met for the first time. Along the way, they met Randyn and Ceralas Marolmath, as well as Also Men and Kubo.

At some point while Randyn and Ceralas were staying in a nearby city, Gus and Men had other ideas with Also Men. They took him to a nearby circle of druids and met an elf named Sarnan Holimion. Gus and Men wanted him to use the spell "Awaken" on Also Men so that he could talk, but in exchange, Sarnan wanted to go on a date with Men. The date was successful, and not only was Also Men awakened, Sarnan and Men started dating. A couple months later, they got married.

Approximately a week after Men got married, the party arrived in the city of Riverhelm, where they were told to meet in the Rogue Intent offices to be assigned their new party watcher. Upon arriving within the room, they met him, a tall and boisterous man named Cass Hexgrove, along with his gnomish friend named Fnipper. He had no assignment for them, and was soon called by Elias Daelen to meet with Shautha Glassbane, wife of the founder of Rogue Intent. After Hexgrove and Fnipper left, Elias informed the group of a string of murders going on in Riverhelm. The party accepted the task to find out more about what was going on, and soon left to relax at a restaurant named Lemon.

After hanging out, they decided to stake out the area. Ceralas took a more casual approach while Randyn was more stealthy. Men and Gus took the most optimal stealth tactics. The only thing they saw was an innocent old lady, and their stealth was interrupted by Cass Hexgrove, screaming in Randyn's ear. While being distracted by that, Gus used his Eyes of the Grave and detected that Hexgrove himself was an undead. Before they could question him, he vanished, and the old lady screamed in pain and dropped dead. While they were discussing, she rose as an undead and attacks, along with about 6 wolves.

The party swiftly defeated them, and Elias arrived shortly after to question what happened. After hearing what had happened, he suggested they go see his brother Varis, who lived in the forest just outside of Riverhelm. After resting for the night, they arrived at his house and were ambushed by 3 werewolves. However, Randyn and Ceralas befriended the werewolves, and they became allies of the party. They were named Gern Blanston, Fatty Arbuckle, and Chris Hardwick.

After befriending the werewolves, Varis burst through his front door, defeating a werewolf himself. The party met him, along with the late-arriving Elias. They discussed that the murders were most likely because of Cass Hexgrove, who they assumed to be a vampire. He showed them a withered section of forest and the entrance to Hexgrove's dungeon. However they did not delve in, and decided to head back to Riverhelm to get supplies.

Back in Riverhelm, they were told of a few stores. First, they went to a store named Cider, where they met Apple Cider Man, a mountain dwarf. Men bet Apple Cider Man that Also Men couldn't talk, and Apple Cider Man took it and lost. Because he lost, he was to help the party in the battle against Hexgrove. Next, they went to a shop called BOIKO, where they met the shopkeeper Boiko, a locathah. They silvered their weapons with him, as well as buying a Flying Greatsword and a Flametongue Saber. Afterwards, they met Cow'Ked Bovino at The Bovine Solution, a gnome and self-proclaimed Circle of Apples druid. After some persuading, Men got the both of them to aid them against Hexgrove.

After going to the general stores, Men, Gus, and Apple Cider Man went to The Wondering Wyrm, where they met Arlos Thorngage, a halfling librarian. They found some useful information from him, and after trying to persuade him into joining, he took Men into a back room and revealed to him that he is a rakshasa, and declined threateningly. Afterwards, they went to The Peaceful Peryton where they met Enoth Ashbloom, a tiefling pawn shop owner. Men, of course, tried getting him to join, and Enoth took both Men and Gus in the back to make a deal. Enoth revealed himself to be a cambion, and offered them a contract. He requested one of Men's eyes, and in return he would aid them in battle. Men accepted, and gave him his eye, which he replaced with an ersatz eye. Before going to the dungeon, Men also got a drunk man named Charles Trollblood to come with them. They also got Rubo, a treant, to protect the outside of the dungeon for them while they deal with whatever was inside.

Inside the dungeon, they cleared a few rooms, not before finding Chuck, a kobold bard along with David, a small slime.. He asked them to answer riddles, and afterwards he went with them deeper into the dungeon. In another they found a sword mimic, which was taken with them. In the next, they encountered a beholder, which was killed in one hit by Charles Trollblood, as it was at 1 hit point. After investigating the hole it floated out of, they found Asmodeus, a goblin cleric at the bottom of the hole, along with an unnamed flumph. At some point, Varis revealed he was a soul binder whose companion was Hank, a blood demon.

After stumbling through more puzzles, the fully realized party of Gus, Nimetu, Kubo, Men, Also Men, Randyn, Ceralas, Elias, Gern Blanston, Fatty Arbuckle, Chris Hardwick, Varis, Apple Cider Man, Boiko, Cow'Ked, Enoth, Scandal, Charles Trollblood, Chuck, David, Asmodeus, and Hank rushed in to battle with Cass Hexgrove, Fnipper, and several vampire spawns. After a hard-fought battle, Of Mice and Men came out victorious and were rewarded by Rogue Intent.

While being rewarded, the founder of Rogue Intent, Dardok Glassbane, along with his wife Shautha and a man named Peacock wandered in, claiming their souls were "dense enough."