I originally started my game just intending to try things out, so I just randomized everything. My stats are 6-4-7-3, and my guy's name is Bon Jovi Jabowe, and he rocks a spiked mohawk and Fu Manchu 'stache. He can take a few hits and he's pretty good with a crossbow.
I'm also joined by Tonanjese (3-4-5-5), a strange mulleted woman who's been with me since nearly the beginning; Camel (3-3-5-6), a dude with a the underpart of his beard died blue who's kinda crap in most respects, but has the lowest food and water requirements of anyone in the group; and Ber (4-4-4-6), a dude with a weird topknot thing and a disgusting mustache, but he has the most carrying capacity of my mercs and gets paid nearly half of what the others get individually, so I can't complain yet.
We're also joined by Gerald the Donkey (we'd been traveling with him long enough that I figured he deserved some sort of name, since that's apparently an option), a young donkey who may not be able to haul as much as other donkeys I've seen, but he has very low forage and water requirements, and is a very valued member of the company. We've also recently been joined by a male and female pair of goats (since I realized we can afford the upkeep and they produce some valuable products), and just now looking at it I see that the female is pregnant!
This is a great game.