Speaking of Tharen, yes, he was alive. And as one of the greatest talents of our generation and a member of a noble family, a great effort was made to find him.
In fact, he was found at a clandestine slave auction in a city near the capital. He was slightly poisoned, but a powerful priest managed to cure him.
From what I could gather—from what he said and from my source of information, my father, who was traveling on the same ship—he apparently remembered that during the party we were talking about who would be the most expensive if sold as a slave...
and somehow we ended up finding a clandestine slave trader. Alexander won the bet, as he was the most handsome among us.
He narrowly beat Ban, who had the second-best price because he was half-elf, but apparently they weren't in high demand this season, so you could say he won because of the trend.
