Milo Thorngage was raised in the rolling hills of the Five Shires, a peaceful halfling realm where the greatest excitement was usually a particularly competitive pie-baking contest. But Milo was always different — he spent his youth sneaking past the Shire border patrols to explore the edges of the Black Eagle Barony and the trackless forests beyond. When a Thyatian tax collector's caravan went missing near Milo's village, he tracked the wreckage to a hidden goblin cave and returned with the stolen goods, earning the reluctant admiration of the local sheriff. Word of Milo's talent spread to human merchants in Specularum who needed a scout capable of navigating the dangerous trade routes of Karameikos. Now Milo ranges across the Known World, trading his sharp eyes and quick feet for coin and the chance to see what lies beyond the next hill. He sends half his earnings home to his widowed mother, though he'd never admit it to his traveling companions.