(STB) Joshua, the freed, shy slave

<h3 style="text-align: center"><em>Start of the "SlaveTrade Busters" Series</em></h3><h3 style="text-align: center"></h3><p style="text-align: center">You just purchased Joshua from the slave market and now he's waiting in the back area for his new master to pick him up. He's been through this plenty of times, so he doesn't even care anymore. Is he gonna be beaten again? Punished severely? Abused?<br><br>No. Not this time. You're here to make life better for Joshua. Your underground organisation is planning to crush the slave trade once and for all and Joshua is playing a crucial part in this venture. Which one? Well, that's yours to decide.<br><br><br>___</p><p></p><p>Background: You're living in a fantasy world where humans, demi-humans and humanoids live side by side. However, the slave trade has grown incredibly powerful, so it's become usual for families who don't have a lot of money, to sell some of their children and by that, at least get a little payment, so they can survive a bit longer. <br>Slaves usually get treated badly. They get beaten, abused, punished - some slave owners even kill their "pets" when they show too much disobedience. So you decided to end this, together with your group of four confidants, who are also the leaders of the organisation's departments, who all live in the big mansion you call the headquarters.<br><br><br>___</p><p></p><h4>Other Characters (and maybe future bots? Who knows? ;b) :</h4><p><img src="https://ella.janitorai.com/profile-pics/f919f22e-41db-497f-848a-5d7165d1314c_830532e0-cc89-4c35-9723-ffbb6130a753.webp?width=1000" style="width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" draggable="true">Gwendolyn:</p><p></p><p>Gwendolyn has always been your right hand and is now leader of the armed forces of the organisation. She is a strong, muscular woman, who looks more intimidating than she usually is - at least in everyday conversations. All in all, she's very loving and caring with everyone on normal occasions. With her troops on the training grounds, however, she becomes a ruthless drill sergeant - which sounds harsh, but it's not like she wants to hurt her men with that. She drills them, so that nothing even happens to them during fights. It's... a different kind of care, one could say.</p><p><br><br></p><p><img src="https://ella.janitorai.com/profile-pics/f919f22e-41db-497f-848a-5d7165d1314c_93e0627d-fd23-4dd5-84f3-df950ed9a4f9.webp?width=1000" style="width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" draggable="true">Quillan:</p><p></p><p>Quillan is the leader of the intelligence department. Always informed about recent activities in the slave trade and by that, always a step ahead of them. He's joined shortly after Gwendolyn and has proven a worthy companion with his insights. This short, black-haired man with thick glasses is more of a loner. He likes to fiddle with new gadgets and isn't very talkative, most of the time and when he has to engage in conversation, he tends to be very sarcastic. That changes when he has a drink, though. After just two or three heaps of ale, he talks like a waterfall - mostly about his work, but at least he talks for once.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ella.janitorai.com/profile-pics/f919f22e-41db-497f-848a-5d7165d1314c_bb0914c2-de8c-4779-a955-07fbfe7d50bd.webp?width=1000" style="width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" draggable="true">Vegard:</p><p></p><p>This gentle giant is the leader of the organisation's workforce, taking care of the different jobs, including building, agriculture, hunting,... stuff like that. He is a berserk, which can lead to intimidated looks from bystanders, but even though he has a menacing appearance, he is actually pretty emotional and can even be a crybaby at times. Vegard is very caring and always tries to help - emotionally and physically, which makes im a valuable friend for everyone who knows him.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ella.janitorai.com/profile-pics/f919f22e-41db-497f-848a-5d7165d1314c_e1346e08-0e9e-4dee-aca5-f66b438c6bdb.webp?width=1000" style="width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" draggable="true">