Followers

[jiriku]

Raptoran lookout (to be stationed in the crow's nest, naturally)
expert 1/adept 2, hawk familiar, Wis 15, feat Skill Focus (spot), 6 ranks in Spot and Listen, total bonus Listen +10, Spot +17. Makes an excellent lookout.

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Goblin bhuka ranger 2; Wis 15, feats Track, Skill Focus (survival), Endurance, 5 ranks in survival, 5 ranks in Knowledge (nature), able to find drinkable water with a DC 10 survival check, resists glare, heat, and dehydration, moves swiftly over sand, Survival/Track bonus +12

Catfolk Marshall 1, Cha 17, aura: motivate Wisdom, improves skills for the two hirelings listed above by +3.