Grippledak Runebarrow

Grippledak originally met the party posing as a drunk in Fountainspring. He is in fact a Circle of Eight member whose job is to investigate the growing threat of the Cult of Vecna.

Grippledak studed runic magic for many years in his mountainhold homeland. When he turned forty, he was sought out by Circle agents who offered him a job. He took them up on the offer and became a field agent with a keen ability to suss out information in all different environs.

He is a wizard who is specialized in the school of divination. As such, he has many magics that help him read omens and scry information from afar.