Selim

Selim /sə.'li:m/ was a magical merchant. He showed up everywhere throughout history in various interpretations and outfits. He was always a bald, moustached man with golden-brown skin, who was incredibly friendly and cheerful, and clearly concealed some great power. 
According to some, he was either a very powerful but benevolent lich, ancient immortal wizard, or deity of some extinct peoples. HIs shops looked rickety and unassuming from without, but were huge and extensive within. The 'back room' of his shops connected to his other shops sometimes. If he felt his business was in danger, his shop might disappear, being replaced by a local shop that looked like it had been there forever. 
He was rarely angry or upset, but was quite clearly powerful, so it was rare that anyone tried to pull a fast one on him. He knew everything in his stock and what it looked like, so it was nigh impossible to con him. No one ever fought him, thankfully. 
He often floated cross-legged in the air, employed foul homunculi, and was fairly omniscient. He often would find his goods from dead adventurers or scrap heaps. He also had a business partner, Coinelius D.B. Swindleworth, a minor demon of usury. 
It's possible his name was derived from the long-dead Beyir language - the phrase ësal ey îm which meant 'born under the star of Îm, god of trade'. The Beyir people and language disappeared beneath the ocean millennia ago. Selim was the last of them, quite possibly. 
There was a whole host of aliases Selim used in places to fit in - they are here.
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