Merchant

These are the traders and merchants of Barsaive. The first Merchant adepts were created in Thera when Thera began expanding its horizons. The Merchant's original aim was to expand trade for the Theran empire so it could collect the Orichalcum it needed. As time went on though the merchants split up and formed guilds in large cities and began competing with each other for a new goal, the personal expansion of wealth and power. Today merchant adepts can be found everywhere. They keep their identity secret, as some people find their goals distastful, and others would be on their guard if they knew who they were making a deal with.

The merchant sees the world as a collection of things that may be his. Everything has a price, and no price is set. Merchants are convinced that everybody may be wanting to rip them off and are alway on their guard for thieves and con men. A merchant is also always seeking to better himself in some way, or to better his guild (which indirectly gives him more power). Merchant adepts very often quest for Chorolis in favor of all other Passions.

Important Attributes:

Charisma and Perception

Racial Restrictions:

None

Artisan Skill:

Robe Embroidery, Sculpting

Karma Ritual:

The Merchant takes a small bauble of some sort. He then meditates on the baubles worth and what its value to others might be. The Merchant then uses one of his talents to sell it another name giver, usually for twice its worth. The bauble can be worth no more than one silver.

First Circle