Orlan the Recluse

Orlan is a CG 9th level Human Wizard (Transmuter) and a member of the Red Currant Syndicate.

Orlan the Recluse is a powerful Human Wizard who was already an old man when the Collapse hit.  As a young man, he was a member of the School of Metamorphosis, but broke away because their politics did not sit well with him.  He traveled widely, befriending a number of beastfolk in different lands, often feeling he had to hid his identity because of his association with the School they hate above all.

Ultimately, Orlan found himself taking up residence quietly in the city of Brug.  The city had the arcane resources to support his research but was far enough away from the overt control of the Schools that he could live in peace.

The focus of Orlan's research was the construction of magic items and devices.  As time went on,  he also quietly became involved in the lives of the beastfolk, particularly those living in the vast warren of the Undertown Projects.

When the Collapse hit, Orlan fled the devastation with his most prized magical treasures and secured a stronghold for himself in the mountains of Free Tesaya.  Early in the aftermath of the Collapse, many blamed arcanists' hubris, and others took the opportunity to tear down the magocrats who were once so powerful.

Two years ago, Orlan was approached by Willem Analore to join the Red Currant Syndicate.  Since then, his stronghold in the mountains of Free Tesaya has served as the Red Currant headquarters, and he has continued his research there as well as he can.  His connections with Brug have largely been severed as far as he knows.

Orlan the Recluse
CR ?
XP ???
Male Human Wizard (transmuter) 9
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +;  Senses Perception +

DEFENSE
AC , touch , flat-footed 
hp  52 (9d6+18)
Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +10

OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee +4
Missile +5
Spell
Telekinesis: Combat Maneuver; bull rush, disarm, grapple or trip, long range, 9 rounds, CMB +13 (+15 to disarm)
Telekinetic fist 30' ranged touch +5 (1d4+4) 7/day

Spells typically prepared

5th: Fabricate, Telekinesis

4th: Mnemonic Enhancer, Stoneskin, Stone Shape

3rd: Dispel Magic, Gaseous Form, Haste, Slow

2nd: Alter Self, Arcane Lock, Make Whole, Whispering Wind

1st: Crafter's Fortune, Disguise Self, Expeditious Excavation, Expeditious Retreat, Identify

STATISTICS
Str 10, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 20, Wis 14, Cha 8
Base Atk +4; CMB +4; CMD 15
Feats: (8 total) Craft Magical Arms and Armor, Combat Casting, Combat Expertise (-2 att +2 AC), Craft Wand, Craft Wondrous Item, Improved Disarm, Scribe Scroll, Spell Focus: Transmutation
Skills: Appraise +16, Craft: Armorsmithing +16, Craft: Trapmaking +16, Craft: Weaponsmithing +16, Knowledge: Arcana +16, Knowledge: Engineering +16, Spellcraft +16
Languages: Sascrian, Brug, Tesayan, Sylvan, 1 more
SQ: Arcane bond (badger familiar, +2 to will saves), Arcane school (transmutation); Physical enhancement +2 (abilities calculated with +2 to Con), Telekinetic fist 30' ranged touch +5 1d4+4 7/day, Change shape (9 rounds/day as Beast Shape II or Elemental Body I)
Combat Gear: Circlet of Intelect +2

Hooks

• There are a number of people looking for Orlan in the city state of Brug.  The beastfolk in Undertown lost one of their most powerful, albeit secret, allies when he fled the ruin of the city, and now that the infrastructure is broken their lives are even more tenuous than they were
• The School of Metamorphosis is actively searching for anyone who might be hoarding magical items (anyone who is not a member of the School that is), and may be able to track Orlan to the mountains of Free Tesaya, sending a "retrieval" team there to search for him
• On behalf of the Syndicate, Orlan is willing to purchase some magic items which are found in Free Tesaya for research purposes.
• As his research continues, Orlan will send junior Syndicate members and trusted allies out to search underground ruins and crypts for whatever items may have survived the Collapse