![]() Upon being dropped off with his companions at the Circle of the Suns, Hup took an immediate dislike to skekGra, who mistook him for a slave. Hup was immediately suspicious and mocking of Rek'yr when he arrived offering passage to the Circle of the Suns. Hup accompanied his companions to the Crystal Desert and sang a dirge together for Mayrin. Hup, Deet, and Brea were subsequently rescued from the Skeksis' carriage transporting them to the Castle of the Crystal through the combined efforts of Rian, Gurjin, Naia, and Lore. SkekVar slew Mayrin while skekZok had Seladon imprison Hup, together with Deet and Brea. Disbelieving Deet's experiences, Seladon ordered the pair's immediate arrest, but was stopped by All-Maudra Mayrin, who quickly knighted Hup before moving on to confront skekVar and skekZok. Deet dreamfasted with Seladon to prove her words, but then the pair immediately went into a trance, leaving Hup oblivious until Seladon suddenly woke. Before they could reach the All-Maudra, they were stopped when Seladon identified Deet as a Grottan. Upon arriving at Ha'rar, Hup disguised Deet as a Vapran noble and posed as her bodyguard. Hup defending Deet while she was in a trance Traumatized by skekMal and his own ineffectuality, Hup expressed doubt over his ability to protect Deet, but was reassured when reminded of his past deeds. While sheltering a storm afterwards, they witnessed the battle between skekMal, Rian and Ordon, but were unable to stop the Skeksis from taking Rian. ![]() Hup was soon rescued by Deet, and later returned the favor by saving her from a patch of Gobbles. Upon approaching Stone-in-the-Wood, Hup warned Deet that clan divisions were too great for any form of Gelfling unity, and was subsequently incarcerated in the Rascal Hole after defending Deet from bigoted locals. After she revealed that she also intended to go to Ha'rar, Hup joined her in her quest to unite the seven Gelfling Clans. While journeying to Ha'rar through the Endless Forest, he rescued the Grottan Deet from a Silk Spitter. After the two reconciled, Hup announced his decision to travel to Ha'rar and become a paladin alone, with Barfinnious deciding to settle in the village for fear of having his title stripped from him. The culprit was soon revealed to be a pack of darkened Fizzgigs, which Hup defeated with the aid of a remorseful Barfinnious. ![]() He and Veara took the creature to the village, where it was determined that its passive nature and flat teeth were not consistent with the recent spate of attacks. He eventually found Veara with the beast, in reality an immature Seedle. While tracking the beast however, Barfinnious finally admitted that the stories of his own heroism were fabrications, and left Hup to face the beast himself. ![]() Hup subsequently joined the humiliated Barfinnious in his quest to slay the beast. When the beast struck the village again, Hup joined the Spriton in attempting to drive it away, while Barfinnious hesitated. ![]() There, he befriended Veara, who offered to teach him the art of healing with the herbs he once used in his dishes. During a trip back to Spriton territory, he and Barfinnious were welcomed as heroes by villagers besieged by a mysterious beast. The two briefly worked as traveling minstrels, though Hup soon grew weary of his lord's dishonesty after being driven out of Mu'din by an elder suspecting the paladin of cavorting with his wife. Tiring of his work, he joined the fraudulent Vapran paladin Barfinnious as his squire. He lost his position after striking skekShod the Treasurer, who had repeatedly complained about the food he was served and insulted Hup's intelligence. Hup originally lived in Sami Thicket, where he worked as a cook in a Spriton inn. ![]()
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