Pardrengo (N male shifter expert 3/ranger 2/extreme explorer 2) is a gruff individual who grates on everyone, but he is one of the most skilled freelance guides in Stormreach. Pardrengo was born in a small shifter community established on the outskirts of Stormreach over fifty years ago (since disbanded). He is in love with Xen’drik. He sees the land’s savage heart as the perfect place for his people to embrace their wild instincts. The shifter knows the continent better than most, but presses those he guides to near exhaustion and doesn’t hesitate to lead his charges into perilous environs. Pardrengo either forgets that not everyone is as in touch with Xen’drik’s ferocious temperament as he, or he simply disdains those who cannot endure the land’s many challenges. He mocks those who are unable to brave the perils he faces daily and shows no mercy to anyone who can’t keep his breakneck pace. If the characters weather his rude veneer and arrogance without complaint, the shifter leads them to wondrous locales avoided by or completely unknown to most guides. If a PC gains his respect, Pardrengo proves a stalwart ally in battle.