Thomas E. Rhineheart was born the son of Robert and Mariette Rhineheart, a woolspinner and a seamstress, respectively. From his birth, to his adolescence he was a simple farm boy, a shepherd for his father's flocks. He was taught to value good morals, and to be thankful for whatever little he had, and so he rarely aspired to something greater. During his fifteenth year, his parents and their unborn child were murdered by The Bree-Town Ripper, on a brief excursion in the Town of Bree. Soon after, he himself encountered the serial killer and did not escape unscathed, bearing now painful wounds upon his face that form a cruel and wicked grin- a design mimicking the Ripper's signature. Following weeks of harsh recovery, and several months filled with mishap after mishap, he's molded himself from that simple farmer's boy, to something far different. He's more in control than he ever has been, and the night holds no terrors for him. However, his change is not yet complete, and he will likely need much strength for the future...