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About Atash

Atash's age is on display with a lack of candor, his shock of obsidian hair crowning his youthful face. His buoyant step hints at his physical dexterity. Anyone engaging him in conversation can see the mental acuity behind his tawny eyes. His olive skin has tanned in the Golarian sun and his graceful movements are like that of a lean cat hunting the savannahs. To his admirers chagrin, he does not have the charisma to follow through.

Atash was born in Sothis to a sailor from Qadira named Behnam. His mother, Anahita, died in child birth and his father did not have the wealth to resurrect his wife. Behnam blamed Atash for Anahita's death and was rarely around. With his father out at sea, young Atash was left in the care of the Cult of the Dawnflower. There he was provided a formal education including the ability to read and write. The loss of his father wasn't a shock to the young man when his father's ship went missing and the crew presumed dead. Instead he continued to serve at the temple of Sarenrae.

While he was devout, Atash never felt the call of the clergy. Instead, in his formative years, he could be found in the yard; climbing various buildings to get a better vantage to observe and practice the dancing steps of the Dervishes. Tending to his duties in the musty interior of the temple, he’d often study old texts detailing what little is known of the Ruins of Tunmen as well as the stories cataloged by Sarenrae’s followers in the sacred texts The Birth of Light and Truth. Often he’d find mention of exotic lands and strange discoveries by individuals who also belonged to a group called the Pathfinder Society.

At the age of fifteen, Atash had collected enough money to sail to Absalom to join the fabled Pathfinders Society. After the alotted three years as an initiate he completed the confirmation and joined the exlated ranks of the Pathfinder Society.