Mlemlek Ko-Latti

**Mlemlek Ko-Latti** is a travelling merchant. He is corpulent, big, bald and sports a huge moustache.

## History

He first appeared in the story when he sold Rain his first items of clothing. He has a young daughter named Ava whom he is teaching to be a merchant. He generally goes by Mlem (not Lem!) due to his name being difficult for non-native speakers of his language to pronounce. He is coming from *the isles*. His wife Talani is dead and Ava has never met her mother.

Mlemlek is (like his daughter) awakened and considers himself to be a magnificent fighter and is able to back this somewhat up, by having survived several attempted robberies by bandits out in the open. He profits from those attempts by looting the bodies, or by buying cheaply from fellows on the road. As a merchant he owns several magical items, among them a Skipping Stone and a self-propelling Journey Cart for his merchandise.

Mlem was attacked by bandits while returning from Vestvall to Fel Sadanis and was helped by Stint. After his eventual arrival, he found the city under attack however and was dismayed to find that the barrier of the Majistraal prevented any escape. He then met Rain again in the arena where Citizen Sadanis held her initial speech, and continued to do his street vendor business, only to buy a warehouse full of food from the profits, foreseeing a food shortage. From those profits again, Mlemlek purchased a lot of exotic fruits and luxury goods and demanded outrageous prices from the nobles in the city.

He and Ava later joined Ascension.

Mlem and his daughter were part of the forward team of Ascension that Rain sent to Yelfenn.

## Build

He is a Level 7 Swordsman [Swordplay Warrior] with Light Cut. He also has Mana Manipulation (so he can sell people mana charges, and keep his own items charged) and the uncanny ability to attract criminals that he can easily dispatch.

He has an accolade that improves hearing.

## Mlemlek's Rules

Mlemlek formulated lots of personal business rules, although credit for wording them also goes to his deceased wife and his young daughter.

* 01. You can’t spend it if you’re dead!
* 02. You’ve got to put in the work.
* 03. Trust your gut.
* 06. Don’t waste the merchandise on yourself.
* 17. A loss is justified if it can be turned to gain.
* 19. Only a fool extorts the poor.
* 20. Make the rich pay richly.
* 21. Never forget to loot the bodies.
* 23. You’ll never get rich by being slow.
* 43. There is always a way.
* 44. The more obscure the way, the greater the rewards for those that walk it.
* 54. Avoid playing fair.
* 71. Never split the party.
* 73. Don’t lie to the Watch, there’s no point.

Mlem has also considered adding rules similar to "Trust the Majistraal" and "Pride is a Luxury".

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 9
2. ↑ Chapter 166
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 74
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 066
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 76
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Chapter 82
7. ↑ Chapter 99
8. ↑ Chapter 113
9. ↑ Chapter 215
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 90
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 253
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 98
13. ↑ Chapter 114
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 120
15. ↑ Chapter 109

Mlemlek has been given (fairly short) Point of View paragraphs in the following chapters: #74 and #90, although he appeared much more often than just that before Ascension formed. (Full list of chapters includes PoV breakdowns)