Yerod Toothdiver gained his sobriquet when he dove off a ship into Shargon’s Teeth to battle sahuagin, buying his crew enough time to sail safely through the strait. His men mourned him as lost, but six days later Yerod washed up on the shore of Stormreach, battered and waterlogged but alive.
From that day forth, Yerod’s reputation as a thunder guide was sealed. Over the next few years, he traveled through many continents. Eleven months ago, he declared he would explore Argonnessen.
Despite his preparations, Yerod and his men found the dangers of the dragon continent overwhelming. Only a few weeks after they set foot on Argonnessen, a nasty bronze dragon enslaved the gnolls. For several months, Yerod and his companions played the part of mindless minions, all the while plotting their escape. Finally the day came, and the gnolls fled. Now they race across the Vast, desperate to find the coastline and somehow escape Argonnessen before their former master finds them.
Yerod’s band consists of Athbel, a worshiper of the Traveler (female fiendish gnoll cleric 3; MM4 67) and four 5th-level gnoll rangers of various alignments and affiliations (DMG 121). One of the gnolls possesses a wolf animal companion.
Yerod is not evil at heart, but he is willing to do anything and everything to get his crew out of Argonnessen.