Variel

"Both of you, stop it. Laertius, Dolgan isn't an idiot. Dolgan, Laertius isn't an irrational money-grubber trying to find an excuse to snatch up the treasure."
Variel narrows his eyes, using his detached, scholarly demeanor for his best disappointed teacher impression.

"The magic items might be useful, and the cure--if it even exists--is the most important thing. But if the magic items are helpful or even required, in order for us to get the cure, then they are worth a look. There is no sense arguing until we have a better sense of the situation. We don't even know where the demons are, or how they might be lying in wait for us."