Editing Chrip (section)

===Exile in the Abyss===
Chrip arrived in the realm of [[Deadhold]], an endless expanse of wasteland. Chrip saw only a single figure, a hunched servant of [[Orcus]] known as the Keeper, and promptly started peppering him with questions. Soon after a band of adventurers known as the [[Challengers of the Unspeakable]] also arrived in Deadhold, seeking the vampire lord [[Zirithian]]. After bargaining for directions, the Keeper agreed not to warn Zirithian of their coming as long as they took Chrip with them. Chrip got to know his new companions on their journey through Deadhold: the half-orc ranger [[Harthur]], the dragonborn battlemind [[Elytra]], and the half-elf bard [[Kayleth]]. Chrip got along especially well, though, with the thri-kreen monk [[Kalth]].

As they journeyed, Chrip showed off his mastery of ice magic to defeat the enemies they encountered as his skill with words to talk past many of the guards. As they passed into Zirithian's fortress, though, Chrip beheld a vision of Orcus. The demon lord promised Chrip that if he bowed to Orcus, slew Zirithian in the demon lord's name, and then delivered Zirithian's sword, Orcus would name Chrip his exarch and make Chrip the new Prince of Frost. Chrip contemplated the offer, and after Zirithina's death took up his sword, but after bargaining with Orcus for safe passage out of the Abyss decided not to give either the sword or his allegiance to Orcus.