The famed explorer Eralde Missenaire is both a bard and a fighter, and her journals of her travels are required reading for apprentice adventurers.
The ancient pharaoh Khonsu was both an exceptional ruler, and exceptionally evil. Rumoured to have taken the throne by murdering her father, she took the Empire to new heights of power and wealth.
A thousand years ago the archmage Martek sent a message to the local rulers warning of the rise of a terrible evil, with instructions for what must be done to safeguard the region.
The title is only granted to a select few outstanding individuals, and allows them access to the centre of knowledge within the House of Cats library, albeit only for a limited time.
The Sundering was the cataclysm caused by power-hungry elven spellcasters whose ritual went awry, shattering the world's largest continent.