Shmed was a Knight of Monitor, a city on the Serpent Isle, in Ultima VII Part Two. Although he was a Knight and a Member of the Wolf Command, Shmed was by all accounts a coward and a reprobate. Cantra, a fourteen year old girl of the city, confessed that Shmed made her uncomfortable by leering at her sometimes. Aware of his nature, the city put him in charge of administering the Knight's Test to prospective knights to spare him the humiliation on the List Field or the battlefield. Shmed took the position, even though it meant spending a lot of time alone outside the city's walls.