Hulin Lai was a rising star of the merchants guild whose varied skills allowed him to forge trade routes or find artefacts in areas previously unexplored and unexploited. His ascension was recently cut short by ugly rumours that Lai has dealings with the Triads, but there is no evidence that this is anything other than idle gossip. Whatever people think of the rumours all agree that if you wish to follow paths less travelled in the hopes of finding new glory for the empire few companions would be a better choice than the Blazing Pathfinder of Wei Hulin Lai.