Where does my drunk sage come from?

[Transylvanian Tadpole]

Hail my fellow Paizonians,

I'm currently writing up a sage NPC for my Golarion campaign. We are currently in Lastwall and the PCs will be encountering said sage to receive some lore of varying quality.

My idea is something akin to Hunter S. Thompson in a fantasy setting - a literate, brilliant man but also a profound drunk. He's come to the Freedom Town to spend some time living within a stone's throw of the orc tribes to find inspiration enough to write his 'great work.'

Where should this fellow come from? Should be somewhere in Golarion with a strong scholarly tradition, where a man could ostensibly make a living as a writer.

[Jeven]

How about decadent Oppara, the capital of Taldor. The Crusade that led to the founding of Lastwall was led by Taldor, so scholars of that country would have an academic interest in the region, even a nostalgic pining for the glory-days of their faded empire.

[Transylvanian Tadpole]

Sounds good, Jeven. Thanks!

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

Whatever you do don't make him come from the Darklands. That's bat country.