Yodfah al-Muluki - Yodfah the Merchant

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	Places Muluk Subplots Anwar: nemesis Scenarios Nine Flawed Sapphires Invitation to a Funeral

Background

Yodfah is a bald, cherubic man in his early forties. He wears only the most expensive silk clothing, brocaded with gold thread and sewn with small jewels. All of his weapons are carefully concealed, but can be readied at a moment's notice. Yodfah is naturally charismatic (though not very handsome), which is greatly enchanced by his magic ring. Yodfah uses his charisma to his advantage in all business dealings. He has a deep, full-bodied laugh that he uses constantly to foster an image of friendliness and disarm ing joviality.

This is the man Yodfah al-Quird is named after.

Background: Yodfah grew up in Muluk and eamed a fortune before he was thirty as a gem merchant. By all outward appearances, he has been an honest and law-abiding citizen, but that is because he only cheats foreigners and reveals his malignant personality in private. Yodfah maintains a number of illegal businesses in Muluk and conceals all of his eamings from the Caliph's tax collectors. He manufactures wine for distribution at his private bath houses and has ruthlessly murdered any who threatened to expose his lucrative secret.