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==Description==
==Description==
Skitter is the king of the rats located within the sewers beneath Edgewall.
Skitter is the king of the rats located within the sewers beneath Edgewall. He is an enourmous rat empowered by fiendish blood, giving him supernatural strength, wicked cunning, and the ability to speak.<ref name="D&D Eldraine">[[James Wyatt]] et al. (2023). "''[[D&D Monstrous Compendium: Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures]]''". [[Wizards of the Coast]].</ref>
 
Skitter lives deep in the ancient [[Dwarf|dwarven]] ruins beneath the town of Edgewall.


===Inspiration===
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==History==
==History==
Skitter convinced the [[Human]] outcast [[Totentanz]] that the human world would fall. When the bard agreed to join the rat king, Skitter gifted him a magic pipe that would call rats.<ref><c>Lord Skitter's Blessing</c></ref>
Deep within the ruins beneath Edgewall, a human minstrel named [[Totentanz]] encountered Lord Skitter.<ref name="D&D Eldraine"/> Skitter convinced the [[Human]] outcast [[Totentanz]] that the human world would fall, promising him wicked powers in exchange for luring the townsfolk of Edgewall into the sewers to become food for Skitter's rat minions. When the bard agreed to join the rat king, Skitter gifted him a magic pipe that would call rats.<ref><c>Lord Skitter's Blessing</c></ref>


==In-game references==
==In-game references==

Revision as of 03:01, 25 September 2023

Skitter
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Race Rat
Birthplace Eldraine

Lord Skitter is a Rat noble from Eldraine.

Description

Skitter is the king of the rats located within the sewers beneath Edgewall. He is an enourmous rat empowered by fiendish blood, giving him supernatural strength, wicked cunning, and the ability to speak.[1]

Skitter lives deep in the ancient dwarven ruins beneath the town of Edgewall.

Inspiration

Skitter may be based on the Mouse King of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King."

History

Deep within the ruins beneath Edgewall, a human minstrel named Totentanz encountered Lord Skitter.[1] Skitter convinced the Human outcast Totentanz that the human world would fall, promising him wicked powers in exchange for luring the townsfolk of Edgewall into the sewers to become food for Skitter's rat minions. When the bard agreed to join the rat king, Skitter gifted him a magic pipe that would call rats.[2]

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