[table][tr][td]Current Year: 1213[/td]
[td]Religion: Muslim[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Age: 32[/td]
[td]Title/Profession: Merchant[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Year Born: 1281[/td]
[td]Height: 5'9" (175 cm)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Size: 0[/td]
[td]Weight: 214 lbs (97 kg)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Confidence: 1(3)[/td]
[td]Hair: Black[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Gender: Male[/td]
[td]Eyes: Brown[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Race/Nationality: Al-Andalusian[/td]
[td]Handedness: Right[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Place of Origin:[/td]
[td][/td][/tr][/table]
[table][tr][td][u]Characteristics[/u][/td]
[td][u]Virtues[/u][/td]
[td][u]Flaws[/u][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Intelligence: +1[/td]
[td]Affinity with Bargain[/td]
[td]Ambitious[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Perception: 0[/td]
[td]Clear Thinker[/td]
[td]Busybody[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Strength: 0[/td]
[td]Vernacular Education[/td]
[td]Carefree[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Stamina: 0[/td]
[td]Famous[/td]
[td]Close Family Ties[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Presence: +2[/td]
[td]Merchant[/td]
[td]Compassionate[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Communication: +2[/td]
[td]Sharp Ears[/td]
[td]Noncombatant[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dexterity: 0[/td]
[td]Social Contacts (Customers and Suppliers)[/td]
[td]Soft-Hearted[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Quickness: 0[/td]
[td]Strong-Willed[/td]
[td]Temperate[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td]
[td]Wealthy[/td]
[td][/td][/tr][/table]
[table][tr][td][u]Abilities[/u][/td]
[td][u]Abilities[/u][/td]
[td][u]Abilities[/u][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Animal Handling i[/i]: 2[/td]
[td]Bargain (household items): 6[/td]
[td]Latin i[/i]: 5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Arabic (native)i[/i]: 5[/td]
[td]Charm (smoothing ruffled feathers): 4[/td]
[td]Leadership i[/i]: 3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Al-Andalus (people of note): 3[/td]
[td]Folk Ken i[/i]: 3[/td]
[td]Merchant (rugs and carpets): 5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Phoenix area i[/i]: 3[/td]
[td]Guile (overcoming objections): 4[/td]
[td]Spanish i[/i]: 5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Artes Liberales i[/i]: 3[/td]
[td]Intrigue (picking up rumours): 3[/td]
[td]Teamster (loading safely): 2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Awareness i[/i]: 3[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td][/tr][/table]
[u]Personality Traits[/u]
Brave: 0
Acquisitive: +3
Talkative: +2
[u]Reputations[/u]
Shrewd Merchant: +4
(Experience Spent: 635 total)
Abdul al-Faisal is one of the preeminent merchants in (to be determined). He was blessed enough to be born into prosperity, as his father was a successful merchant, and his father before him, and his father before him. He was fortunate enough, however, to be blessed with a superlative ability to bargain and to know both his customers and his suppliers, and he was able to make his business even more prosperous than his father had ever imagined. He is now wealthy enough that he will never want for anything ever again; more importantly, neither will his (rather large) family.
Over the past decade or so, he has been dealing with a few of the covenants in the area; he is aware that there is...conflict between some of them, and has some idea of what's behind it, but has never let politics (whether Hermetic or mundane) interfere with his business. He doesn't entirely trust many of them, but their money is as good as anyone's. He has come to be something of an intermediary between the covenants and the mundane world, buying and selling items for the covenants, and finding sellers for the items that the covenants create.
Abdul has been married for almost 14 years to his beautiful and beloved wife Fatima, who has given him six children (three sons and three daughters). He is teaching his oldest son the ropes, in hopes that the boy will take over the business someday and care for him in his old age.
Design note – found the virtue Vernacular Education in City & Guild, p. 109, which does the same thing as Educated, but is more in line with what I had in mind.
