civis paul bullion or kristofer hivju as a barbarian for something with deets, tessa thompson or gwendoline christie as a paladin for another thing, an elven druid that knew his mentor with some different plot options depending on pb/history, a cleric or non-druid healer to supply with tinctures and tonics, a traveling merchant to haggle with, someone who's seen him turn from his wild shape back to human in the forest outside of dreimas, maybe one of the hand guild members for something that might amount to nothing?