Okuzo

Okuzo was an immigrant from the island nation of Wa who ran a small business of importing items, weapons, perfumes, and spices from Kara-Tur to Westgate in the late 14 century DR.
==Description==
Okuzo was a proper, friendly, and polite woman who greeted her customers with a serene and mannered smile.
==Possessions==
When she emigrated to Westgate, Okuzo brought along an heirloom that belonged to her family for many generations – an immaculate statue of Emperor Kochi, the mythological first emperor of the island nation of Wa. The statue was proudly displayed at the center of her shop – Okuzo's Imports, located on the Harbor Loop in Westgate.
==History==
In the , Okuzo's very appearance betrayed the strive she found herself in. Despite her friendly and police appearance was contrasted by a brutal welt below her right eye. One of the customers who witnessed the woman's battered face was an adventurer who had recently arrived at Westgate to investigate the origin of a mysterious magical mask. When asked about the welt, Okuzo dismissed it as just a price of doing business in Westgate and that the wound bothered her little, which was a polite lie, evident by her self-conscious body language and speech. Okuzo was ashamed to ask for help, especially from a customer, but she shared the story with them.
Ever since Okuzo opened her shop on the Harbor Loop, local merchants paid the newcomer little mind. Initially, Okuzo just sold weapons and curios from Wa and Kara-Tur, but when she expanded her business to dealing in a significant share of fragrances and spices, one of the Westgate's merchant family took heed. House Urdo sized up the lone merchant and took her as competition. A member of the Urdo clan, Dallia Urdo, attempted to buy Okuzo's business out, but she refused. Soon after, just a few days before the adventurer's arrival, a member of House Urdo came to the store with henchmen to intimidate Okuzo into selling. When she refused once again, she was backhanded with a ring-wearing hand, leaving the painful welt. The goons left but not before promising to return later to continue "negotiations."
Reluctantly, Okuzo agreed to accept support from a powerful adventurer who volunteered to negotiate with Dallia Urdo at her family's estate facing the Market Triangle. However, Okuzo left the adventurer with a word of warning: Dallia was a young and dangerous woman who would go any distance to take control of House Urdo one day. Dallia also recruited several talented gladiators to be her bodyguards from Westgate's own Quivering Thumb arena.
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===Appearances===
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Category:Humans
Category:Wanese
Category:Inhabitants of Toril
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of the Dragon Coast
Category:Inhabitants of Westgate
Category:Inhabitants of Kara-Tur
Category:Inhabitants of Wa
Category:Merchants
Category:Year of Manuscripts
Category:Shopkeepers