Ralsteen is the hermit of Solani Island and, it may be presumed, also the last Human alive on it since the corruption of the Masters of the Elements by Evil. Although gleefully passing himself off as totally insane, he is in fact a shrewd individual who was known by the island monks of Hamaskis to give good advice if the questions were correctly phrased: asking him directly would result only in hysterical laughter and leaving the bemused inquirer alone in the forest!