Paizo Iconics - Ezren

Ezren is the first character to have a somewhat interesting backstory, and he does look the part of an actually iconic wizard. Supposedly, he was a middle son (fourth of six, or something like that) of a successful spice merchant in Absalom, so he grew up in a comfortable, affluent environment where little was expected or needed of him. But then, his father's reputation was tarnished with some kind of accusations of heresy or somesuch, which almost completely ruined the family, even though he was completely exonerated. Ezren spent a long time looking into the accusations, and was of course disillusioned to find out that they were all true. He turned his back on his family and life and went away, at the age of 42, to make his fotune.

Unable to get apprenticed because of his age, he's kind of a self-made wizard, and they seem to imply that another decade has passed since him leaving home, at some point he becomes a member of the Pathfinder Society (although as I recall from the radio plays, that was a goal of his, not something he'd already done).

In any case, he's certainly pretty iconic. He's a wizard, he's studious, he's self-taught, he looks old (even though at most he's 52. Paul Rudd is 56, for comparison.) He's not nearly as spicy as Gandalf, but he feels like a decent enough dollar store version of the Gandalf archetype, so he's honestly pretty much exactly what you'd expect a wizard to be. They even have a reason for his spergy "atheistic" approach, although that isn't necessarily iconic, but it's—in his specific case—an interesting touch.

But seriously; 52? Even I'm older than that now (just barely, I might add) and I look considerably younger.

He wasn't an iconic for the first adventure path pregens, because they went with Seoni the sorceress, but he steps in for the second iconic group for Curse of the Crimson Throne. The group itself isn't nearly as iconic, of course, but Ezren is among the most iconic of the group, followed by Harsk—both of which were brought over for the radio play iconics group. 

Although from Absalom, he's specifically called out as ethnic Taldan (many in Absalom are) which are kind of like the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantines, I guess. 

Ezren 1e

Ezren 2e