Gisp

Gisp was a trader-wagon driver for caravans owned by the merchant Sirik of Darujhistan.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.74-75
==In Toll the Hounds==
The last caravan trip for which Gisp drove turned out to be a return leg from the city of Bastion, in central Genabackis, back to Darujhistan, a route which required that the caravan cross the Dwelling Plain. The caravan consisted of eight caravan wagons loaded with a valuable Kelyk, an increasingly popular beverage. The wagons were protected by eight caravan guards led by Gruntle (who also happened to be the Mortal Sword of the god Trake).Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.74-76
While the caravan was traversing the Dwelling Plain, it was set upon by a hundred, shrieking, 'Dwell raiders' who killed Gist, the other seven drivers, eight of the caravan guards, all but four of the horses and who destroyed by fire four of the Kelyk-laden wagons. Gruntle was the sole survivor, having killed all the remaining raiders. To Gruntle's great surprise, he was able to re-animate the corpse of Gist and three other dead drivers by issuing commands. Gist and the others followed his orders and took over driving the remaining four wagons, each pulled by a struggling single horse, the remainder of the distance to Sirik's estate compound in Darujhistan.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.75-76
Sirik, upon seeing the battered remnants of his caravan, was both horrified at the loss of men (as well as of the loss of half of the Kelyk shipment) and nearly speechless when he realized that Gisp and the other three drivers were actually animated corpses. Three crows perched atop Gisp's head pulling strips from his withered face. After Sirik had heard Gruntle's description of what had happened to the caravan, the shocked Sirik could only think, at first, to ask Gruntle what the merchant was supposed to do with Gisp and the other undead drivers. Gruntle reacted by glaring at Gisp and then saying, "Go to Hood, you four. Now." Upon which, Gisp and the others slumped and became mere dead bodies.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.74-76
==Notes and references==
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