Ference Trensal

Ference Trensal was an orphan taken in by a tribe of dwarves who rescued him from the ruins of a wagon train ambushed in a remote mountain pass. Unable to learn his true identity, and with no interest in spending time or money looking, they took him back to their home and raised him as one of themselves. This gave Ference an unusual interest and insight into the history and traditions of dwarves. When he became an adult, he left the dwarven city for the valleys of men to learn about his own heritage and culture. He was somewhat disillusioned by what he found and spent his time learning the ways of the wild, training as a ranger and border guard.
His knowledge of the hills and mountains of the wilderness made him a popular choice as a guide. After several years of this, though, Ference felt his soul wearing thin, and left the guides to seek his own adventure. With his knowledge of dwarven history and legend, he became obsessed with researching and locating anything and everything he could of lost dwarven artifacts - cities, towns, weapons, magic items, musical instruments, and jewelry, among others. He realized that with his training as a guide, his intimate knowledge of the mountains, and his ability to enter and commingle with human society gave him a better opportunity than most to track items down and recover them.
His reputation spread, and soon he found his services being retained to search for and recover specific items of interest to the powers retaining him.

I need to go to sleep... my mind is starting to drift. I'll continue this in the morning.