Most changelings focus on their ability to alter their own forms, emphasizing one mode of personal transformation or another. The recaster approaches life with a somewhat different philosophy—to her, the change her own body is capable of is a simple reflection of the mutability of the world around her. Magic is at once the most alterable element of the world and also a powerful means of affecting transformation, so the recaster turns to magic as a way to extend her own abilities.
As an openly accepted changeling teaching at Morgrave University, Ziv has headed up several expeditions to Xen’drik and discovered a number of important sites. Through her several side identities as part-time instructors (which she uses to screen potential assistants and allies), Ziv has contacts with academics, criminals, and merchants. All her work focuses on one ultimate goal, though—to discover what secrets the ancient ruins of Xen’drik hide, and to specifically seek the knowledge that she believes will enable full understanding of the nature of arcane spellcasting itself.
Ziv works well as a single encounter, with the PCs finding her alone as she seeks ancient artifacts in remote ruins. Ziv doesn’t generally start fights, but neither will she shirk an encounter.