Emlyn the Gray is 60 years old, gaunt, with white hair and long white beard, and quite feeble in appearance. An adventurer for many years, Emlyn was obsessed with adding spells to his spell books. As he grew older, he retired, and for many years taught magic in a centaur academy. He learned the languages of the gold dragon and the ki-rin to add to his store of magical lore. But the war with Vaasa destroyed the school, and he was forced to take up his staff and return to the adventuring life, which he hates. He is looking for a new place to settle down, and has taken on Gabrielle, daughter of the baker in the village of Bloodstone, as an apprentice (she has hopes of being more). He is absent-minded, pedantic,and complains constantly.