An assassin from Sembia, on a mission of vengeance to find and murder the cultist bastards that killed his father and mentor. Les may be a terrifyingly proficient killer, but he's a city boy - his journey to Tethyr is off to an inauspicious start in that he can't read a map and is presently headed in the direction of Loudwater, the opposite direction he needs to go. But there's what we think we need, and what we actually need, and fortunately for mister Riven, at least one meddlesome god is interested in his success - placing an agent at an intercepting location (an agent that can orienteer no less) is quite within the realm of possibility. And what Lessinor Riven needs, is a guide, a guardian, and possibly a friend.