I'm putting together a character for Abomination Vaults and have this idea in my head of a fervor witch/wizard who especially admires heroic wizards. Jatembe is the obvious go to for the kind of hero she'd admire but the character is a dwarf so I was wondering if there were any in-ancestry heroes that'd make sense for her.
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Karburtin Lightbrand from Pathfinder Adventure Path #118: Siege of Stone is a 10th-level dwarven abjurer wizard serving as the Royal Archivist of the Sky Citadel Kraggodan. He is important enought to the adventure to have his own entry on pages 58-59, but would be largely unknown outside of Kraggodan. His alignment is lawful neutral rather than good, but in my campaign the PCs talked him into accompanying them into the deadly Reliquary of Ascension as a guide. He was a few levels below them, so that took courage.
He is relatively new to the post:
Karburtin grew up in the mountain hold of Kraggodan, researching the history of his people and learning the intricacies of the arcane arts. His father, Rambard Lightbrand, served faithfully as Kraggodan’s royal archivist, a position that necessitated immense knowledge of the various relics and magical items stored in the lower vaults of the Sky Citadel. Rambard’s research trips to foreign libraries ended with his disappearance 3 years ago. Since then, Karburtin has taken on the mantle of royal archivist, dedicating himself to the studies of Kraggodan’s hidden wonders.
and rather a nerd:
Karburtin’s lack of experience beyond the interior of the Sky Citadel and his nonconfrontational nature make him something of an outcast in the city. While highly regarded for his knowledge on Kraggodan’s history and many sealed secrets, he lacks any true friends. ...
The royal archivist’s onlytrue companion is the magma mephit Cobblenovis—an outsider Karburtin accidentally summoned as part of his research into Kraggodan’s history. The mephit has remained on the Material Plane ever since; she adores Karburtin and attempts to emulate the dwarf. She carries “books” fashioned from ceramic and clay tablets, wears unnecessary spectacles to copy Karburtin’s intellectual air, and sometimes even parrots her companion’s gestures while he speaks.
At the beginning of the next module, Prisoners of the Blight, Karburtin encouraged the party to rescue Gendowyn, Lady of Fangwood, due to an ancient compact between Gendowyn and the dwarves of Kraggodan. The previous rescue efforts by the dwarves in past centuries had failed.