As Anavren takes his evening meal with the portion of the party that enters Veluna City, he says quietly to those in the common room, "We know we have competition now. Be they good, neutral, or evil, we have competition. I bet they number six indivduals on horseback. I think it would be foolish to continue on at our slow pace since we know our competitors are ahead of us. We could be waylaid after we aquire the Healer. I'd rather avoid that. I'd rather deal with these competitors BEFORE we enter the mine rather than to worry about an ambush once we acquire the Healer."

"Are we going to do something about these competitors, or are we just strolling out to these mines for exercize?" Anavren says in an attempt to get the party to forsake its slow pace.
Anavren is a tall high elf with typical black hair & green eyes. He stands 5' 5" tall & weighs about 133 lbs. Anavren is dressed in forest colors, studded leather armor, helmet and buckler. He is seldom without his mighty composite shortbow in hand!