Nermal - Unwilling Merchant's Apprentice

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	Places Wasat Scenarios The Lesson

Quote

Why should I, a future prince among merchants, stoop to this demeaning task!

Background

Nermal is a slender, rosy-cheeked young fellow with large brown eyes, fine reddish-blonde hair and a fair complexion- cute that you almost need a saving throw, and he is well aware of it. Given his looks and his dislike of anything that resembles real work, he doubtless has quite a future, but not in the trades mercantile.

The spoiled younger son of a merchant of Wasat, Nermal was apprenticed to Talen to learn the merchant's trade. Originally quite eager, he has become disillusioned upon finding that becoming a master merchant involves a great deal of hard work, which was not at all what he had in mind. He has been working as Talen's clerk, but with the sudden departure of the household cook some two weeks ago, Nermal's duties have expanded to include preparing meals and cleaning up, a situation that the future merchant prince finds extremely degrading. However, since any new household servant would expect to be paid, whereas apprentice labour is free, Talen is not seeking to fill the position at present.