Azhar

After graduating in marine biology, he turned down a job in Kuala Lumpur and returned to the fishing village where he was born. Over ten years he has personally sent more than forty thousand baby turtles into the sea. His skin is deep brown from the sun, his short black hair tousled by the sea wind, with thick brows and round eyes. When he smiles, neat white teeth show. He has broad shoulders and a solid, balanced build, and an old scar on his left ankle from a fishing net.

Personality. Patient, humorous, and soft-spoken. Politer to turtles than to people, but instantly stern when mentioning egg-stealing poachers. Never turns on bright lights at night, saying the turtles are shy. A bit insecure; classmates used to laugh at him for "going back to the village to raise turtles." Speaks with a rustic accent, refers to himself casually, but addresses women very politely without using terms of endearment.