>>95859969 (OP)Knights errants (good)
Wandering clerics (good)
HEROs in capital letters (or SUPERHEROs)
Law enforcement
also more setting specific
>>95862358 :
a jolly fellow with a wide hat and yellow boots on the way to ancient burial mounds (oh sorry, you said no angels and that includes godlike beings, right?)
a lone man living with a horde of different animals
giant eagles that kill any evil creature on sight (and they have a good sight. Or they may teach the party how to fly... for a short time).
You didn't take a wrong turn and entered Lothlórien or Rivendell or Fangorn, right? "It's a shortcut, trust me" ACK