Herbert Shallow

unHerbert is a Wererat Swashbuckler - born originally a human in Timbershin, a small island of the southern coast of Ashfeld. He is a famed pirate, thief, mercenary and mass-murderer: noted for his membership in the Pipesharks, Thieves' Guild of Ashfeld, and Booze Brothers.

## Herbert Shallow

### Aliases

* Herbert Shallow
* Rat
* Rat Man
* That Half Rat Thing
* The Wererat of the Third Ring

### Relatives

* Carmen Shallow
* Glacia Shallow
* Kiffy Shallow
* Jobia Shallow
* Hermina Shallow
* Puck Shallow
* Maje Shallow
* Pip Shallow
* Timone Shallow
* Lumdon Shallow
* Owjun Shallow

### Affiliation

* The Booze Brothers
* Thieves' Guild of Ashfeld
* Pipesharks

### Occupation

Pirate
Mercenary

## Early Life

Herbert was one of twelve children born to Almer Shallow and Ethel Shallow. Herbert has 4 older siblings; Carmen Shallow, Glacia Shallow, Kiffy Shallow, and Jobia Shallow. He is also a twin, with his sister, Hermina Shallow, being younger than him by a few minutes. And he has 6 younger siblings; Puck Shallow, Maje Shallow, Pip Shallow, Timone Shallow, Lumdon Shallow, and Owjun Shallow.

Being raised in such a large family with little money, Herbert and his siblings were forced to be crafty in their methods of finding fun, creating card games and making jewlery to sell to passing visitors. Competitions were common between the Shallow family, running, carving, climbing, you name it and there was always someone who was willing to go up against you. Herbert was particularly skilled in climbing and other athletics, he would always beat out his siblings, leading to many of them having either a massive resentment towards him or admiration. Specifically, Both Puck and Pip admired Herbert and his quick, crafty and fast-paced nature. The ones who more resented Herbert were Carmen, Glacia, Kiff, Maje and Timone. Hermina didn't particularly care, and nor did Jobia. Herbert was definitely considered to be the most sly, the one that could slip out of any kind of trouble.

Herbert struggled heavily in his developmental years with emotions, he never understood his own feelings. He didn’t have names for what he felt, and it always seemed like these feelings would swap on a dime. He had no healthy output for anger or annoyance, usually lashing out at animals on the island and later into his teens- people. Herbert as a teenager was a menace. The local farmer had a dead chicken? Likely Herbert. Someone is missing their gold ring? Likely Herbert. This all boiled up to when Herbert was 16, he was angered by his siblings having excluded him from a game of Craps. Other things had been boiling up inside of Herbert, a lack of attention from both parents, no friends his age, no one seemed to understand what he did or what he was going through- you know a typical angsty teen. But Herbert was violent, and that with a mixture of built-up anger led to Herbert’s explosion.

Herbert broke into an elderly lady's house that same night looking to steal some valuables and quench his anger with some gold. As he searched the house, he made a large amount of noise and eventually the woman awoke. She began to scream at him, yelling at him to leave her home, that she was going to go to the mainland and have the navy come and arrest Herbert. Filled with rage, scared for his future and overall fucked up- Herbert decided to silence the threat of a life ruined. He took a dagger out of his belt, one he had fashioned himself from obsidian he had found. He stabbed her in the heart, then in the head, then in the eyes, the ears, the stomach, the arms, the legs, and the throat. Nothing had felt better to Herbert than hearing silence as he looked at the blood dripping from his knife. He felt warm, he felt powerful- this felt right.

Escaping the house, Herbert retreated back home to which he fell asleep comfortably in his loft. Woken up by slamming on the door, Herbert's father barged in with the rest of his family, accusing him of the murder and kicking him out of the house.

At just 16, Herbert was forced into the cold night, wandering his way to the docks- early the next morning he was found by a pirate, Galagow Permuse, captain of the Pipesharks. After a quick introduction, Herbert was welcomed aboard the crew and began his life as a pirate.

## Career

#### **390-394: Pirate**

As a member of the Pipesharks, Herbert cleaned, cooked, fished and fought in order to keep his standing within the crew. He was known as one of the most ruthless pirates in the crew, and by the age of 18 had worked his way up to second-hand. During this time, the Pipesharks gained a reputation across the Southern Sea as one of, if not THE most ruthless crews that plundered the sea. Herbert's time as apart of the Pipesharks was cut short by an infection which he contracted from a rat on board. This infection, also named Lycanthropy, turned Herbert into a horribly mutated form of a half-rat, half-human creature, also known as a Wererat.

#### 394- 397: TGA Member

After being abandoned on the shores of Novus, Herbert found his way into crime around the city- stealing, looting and killing in order to survive. His reputation as the 'Wererat of the Third Ring' led him to being recruited into the Thieves' Guild of Ashfeld. Where he quickly made himself known as a mercenary with no mercy. He would do anything for anyone, given the right price. After a mission gone wrong in Wreshire, Herbert was transported to the Magical Forest as a prisoner.

#### 397- : Booze Brother

As a prisoner tasked with helping The Empire, Herbert met Tahm, his fellow cellmate and Jhenkins Zaerahn, a soldier of the outpost. Together they escaped the encampment after an attack. Journeying through the forest, they came upon Osewood, and made friends with Ukkil. After burning down a tavern, most of the town and a good portion of the magical forest, the crew headed towards a dwarven encampment near Onamery, as was recommended by Legless. Travelling through the mountains, they met a young dragonborn named Tanya Vellnyth. Upon arriving at the camp, Tahm unceremoniously died. Upon gathering a job from a dwarven general, the group was assigned another mercenary by the name of Jex.

As a Booze Brother, Herbert has been known as a greedy, selfish, merciless murderer- who is apart of the group for himself and himself only. He's stuck along so far due to his want for gold and treasure, that one day he wants to use to buy a boat and begin his own pirate crew.

## Appearance

Herbert Shallow Season 1Herbert Shallow Season 2, after the acquisition of Ignellus Sala's crownHerbert Shallow Season 2, upon entering the Desert