Post by Guest on Sept 7, 2010 4:56:55 GMT -5
So as mentioned in a previous thread, I'm going to be making a merchant character (working on it now, actually ^^) and I'm trying to figure out how best to introduce her into the story. Formerly, it would have been through a fight the Nomad's crew had been going to get embroiled in, but as most of the "baddies" apparently are a bit AWOL at the moment, I'm not sure what's up and all. So I wondered if anyone had any ideas?
My character's "story" that I have thus far is as follows (just to give everyone an idea of what she's like, etc.): The character (gonna have to come up with a name for her, poor thing xD) was born in the area that would now be Wales/Scotland and, having been orphaned at a young age (knows nothing about her birth parents), was made a ward of the king (who was good friends with her father and promised to take care of her). She and the crown prince were of the same age and grew up together. In fact, it wasn't until they were 10 years old that they found out that they weren't twins, which they had always just assumed before that time. More importantly, they discovered that his parents planned for them to wed when they were older. This thought repulsed both of them; it would be like in modern times if you found out your parents were planning to marry you to your brother! I know it would not meet my approval, such a plan!
At first they tried convincing his parents, but when that didn't work, they arranged for her to flee by night as far as possible, promising to keep in touch as much as possible.
She eventually ends up in Baghdad where she is taken under the wing of a merchant family. Showing great aptitude with numbers and business, by the time she was fifteen she was practically running the business on her own, giving the merchant and his family plenty of leisure time. xD lol By the time she was seventeen, she had even expanded his business for him, so that he had something of a "chain" (like Wal-Mart xD haha), one shop in Baghdad (the original) and another opening in Basra. When the merchant dies quite suddenly, his wife is wealthy enough that she needs no involvement in the business (save an annuity that the girl promises the merchant's surviving family), and so she takes over completely. By now she is approximately twenty-five and well established as a young business-woman. For a short time she was quite poor, during the time when Prince Casib was being advised by Admir (sp?), as she said something less than complimentary about the new adviser and escaped imprisonment only by paying an enormous fine. She was fortunate to be such an able merchant, as she did eventually regain what was lost through shrewd -- yet very honest! -- business efforts and by living in Basra for a while, until Sinbad and the others took care of Admir (lol).
For quite some time she has been the preferred provider of supplies and such to the Nomad's crew. Also, she prefers to send her cargo on their ship, rather than any other, as she trusts them very much to take care of what she sends with them. Whenever they arrive in port, she loves to hear tales of their adventures and likes, on rare occasions when business makes it possible, to go with her cargo. She sees the main members of the crew almost like extended family. Also, I was thinking that she sends letters via the Nomad to her "brother" back where she came from and he sends them back via the Nomad, but his parents know nothing about their continued correspondence. ;D
So, that's what I've got so far. And this would make it so she could be in Basra *or* Baghdad. And for clarification, for those who might be concerned or whatever, the fact that she sees the crew like extended family is just a "quirk" (lol) of her personality; she tends to get attached to folks like that; any friend she makes is automatically "family" in her eyes.
My character's "story" that I have thus far is as follows (just to give everyone an idea of what she's like, etc.): The character (gonna have to come up with a name for her, poor thing xD) was born in the area that would now be Wales/Scotland and, having been orphaned at a young age (knows nothing about her birth parents), was made a ward of the king (who was good friends with her father and promised to take care of her). She and the crown prince were of the same age and grew up together. In fact, it wasn't until they were 10 years old that they found out that they weren't twins, which they had always just assumed before that time. More importantly, they discovered that his parents planned for them to wed when they were older. This thought repulsed both of them; it would be like in modern times if you found out your parents were planning to marry you to your brother! I know it would not meet my approval, such a plan!
At first they tried convincing his parents, but when that didn't work, they arranged for her to flee by night as far as possible, promising to keep in touch as much as possible.She eventually ends up in Baghdad where she is taken under the wing of a merchant family. Showing great aptitude with numbers and business, by the time she was fifteen she was practically running the business on her own, giving the merchant and his family plenty of leisure time. xD lol By the time she was seventeen, she had even expanded his business for him, so that he had something of a "chain" (like Wal-Mart xD haha), one shop in Baghdad (the original) and another opening in Basra. When the merchant dies quite suddenly, his wife is wealthy enough that she needs no involvement in the business (save an annuity that the girl promises the merchant's surviving family), and so she takes over completely. By now she is approximately twenty-five and well established as a young business-woman. For a short time she was quite poor, during the time when Prince Casib was being advised by Admir (sp?), as she said something less than complimentary about the new adviser and escaped imprisonment only by paying an enormous fine. She was fortunate to be such an able merchant, as she did eventually regain what was lost through shrewd -- yet very honest! -- business efforts and by living in Basra for a while, until Sinbad and the others took care of Admir (lol).
For quite some time she has been the preferred provider of supplies and such to the Nomad's crew. Also, she prefers to send her cargo on their ship, rather than any other, as she trusts them very much to take care of what she sends with them. Whenever they arrive in port, she loves to hear tales of their adventures and likes, on rare occasions when business makes it possible, to go with her cargo. She sees the main members of the crew almost like extended family. Also, I was thinking that she sends letters via the Nomad to her "brother" back where she came from and he sends them back via the Nomad, but his parents know nothing about their continued correspondence. ;D
So, that's what I've got so far. And this would make it so she could be in Basra *or* Baghdad. And for clarification, for those who might be concerned or whatever, the fact that she sees the crew like extended family is just a "quirk" (lol) of her personality; she tends to get attached to folks like that; any friend she makes is automatically "family" in her eyes.
LOL)
