The von Urdens

The von Urdens were comprised of four brothers - Wilbur, Franklin, Percival, and Dietrich - who lived in Nowhere as magical researchers, creating oddities and selling them (unsuccessfully, usually) at the local Curiosity Shoppe. 
100ish years ago, the Ekenblim appeared from a rip in the fabric of the universe, and descended upon the town, killing or enslaving the population. 
Dietrich, the only von Urden with family, sent his Yuan-ti partner, Wilhelmina, and newborn son away from the town in a desperate bid to save them from the carnage. Soon after, the brothers magically sealed the town from the rest of the world, preventing the ekenblim from escaping, but also themselves.
Eventually, it became apparent that they needed more time to find the key to defeating the ekenblim - and so they resolved to make the ultimate sacrifice. All four became liches, and worked safely to destroy the ekenblim. However, as is often the way with the undead, three of the brothers turned to insanity, riding through the sky on ghostly horses, still sealed within the town's boundaries by their own magic.
The youngest brother, Dietrich, did not go insane, merely losing his memory, which reset every few days. The prevailing theory is that thoughts of his partner and son kept him sane, though he lost all memory of them until meeting Willy in Willy's Birthday Bonanza. He presented as an older human man, with pale, thin skin, a delicate voice and temperament, and memory problems. His brothers, meanwhile, presented as ghost cowboys atop dead horses, with glowing red eyes and tattered clothes.
Eventually freed of his torment, along with his brothers, by Willy in the same episode.
All doubly dead, turned to ashes.
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