Derk StoreFallen

## Traits

Conscientious, Creative, Driven, Patient, Unpredictable

## Moral Alignment

True Neutral
==Goals & Motivation== Short term: To make a successful and thriving business Long term: To successfully make a group of merchants that are both successful in business and strong in their own rights, to roam from place to place

## Physical strength

Derk doesn’t have as great strength as many of his kind do, but he can do mediocre work in the views of the Dwarves

## Speed & Agility

Due to his stubby legs, he is not as speedy as he would like to be. Although for short bursts, he can sprint decently fast. Almost as fast as a Human, but still slower than one.

## Endurance and Stamina

Contrary to his speed, he has a great number of stamina and endurance. He can run for a long time, but very fast.

## Charisma & Intelligence

He is very intelligent to a certain degree, and his charisma is somewhat good at convincing people to buy the wares that he occasionally has on him.

## Combat ability

The only combat ability that Derk has is with bows and crossbows unlike other Dwarves, he prefers to keep his enemy farther from him if he ever encounters an enemy.

## Skills

Derk knows how to cook and how to work a forge.

## Drawbacks/weaknesses

Derk is uncomfortable if people are too close to him, even though he is a shopkeep (a wandering one as well) he prefers to keep at least some distance away with the clientele or anyone in general. He also takes threats and jokes extremely seriously too where if he knows he can’t win he’ll either give you all of his gold, or his wares depending on the joke/threat unless he has befriended you and knows you wouldn’t do any of that.

## Early Life

Born in Thorn Village, a relatively small village in the south near a swamp, he would be raised by an unusual parent combination as his original parents put him up for adoption due to personal reasoning. His foster parents were a male shopkeeper, a Human, and a female adventuring Goblin. Throughout his growing up, he'd take after his foster father and take an interest in business while being taught archery by his mother ever since he was young. The environment for Derk was perfect as he'd be grateful for having his wonderful parents that gave him the world. On particular days he'd be told to mind the shop for his father while he goes out on errands, and Derk would love these days as he'd get to see a wide variety of customers... Until he met a couple of Dwarves who came in as customers, and upon spotting the scrawny looking Derk began to berate him. One of the Dwarves picked Derk up, once he didn't respond to their questions or taunts and stared straight into his eyes for a moment before dropping the small shaken Derk.

## Recent life events

Derk wouldn't be able to forget what had happened in the past, but he wouldn't allow that to affect him too much as it did cause him to be more introverted and avoid others. His life continued on happily as he would help out more often at his fathers’ shop of commodities. He’d continue growing being a serious businessman at first impression, but if someone would befriend him, he’d be extremely friendly and would joke with them. He is unfortunately a little unpredictable with how he sells his goods, as his methods change depending on the items.

## Present life

As the years have gone by, Derk has successfully convinced his foster parents and himself to allow him to go and explore the world and settle down on his own. Currently he doesn’t have any wares to sell but he is determined to set up a shop with his own two hands so that he may at least complete something on his long checklist of goals. So now he sets off with little to nothing to his name, other than the nickname the people of his village called him. “The Broker.” He would set out for the land of Oracle, as he heard many passersby and customers speak of it as a land of hopes and dreams with no possibility of failure. So, he decided to see if these rumors were true and decided to head off for this supposed magical place.