Ali

**Ali** is a character in *Octopath Traveler*. He is the son of the renowned merchant Maruf and one of the 2 deuteragonists of Tressa's story (alongside Leon Bastralle).

## Profile

### Appearance

Ali has a short messy black hair, green eyes, tan skin and a red bandana with a feather strapped to the side matching with his vest. He's always seen carrying a rather large backpack, a white short-sleeved undershirt, green pants and leather shoes.

## Story

Ali greatly admired his father, Maruf but ran away after a loss swindled by his trusted friend and false rumor spread by the latter. From that point, he swore to become as great a merchant as his father was and try to make money to repay his father's debt.

During his travels, he met another merchant named Tressa in Quarrycrest, where he told her about the skystones that she bought and uncovered from a worker and their rarity. Some time later, after witnessing Tressa making good money from the skystones she found and purchased, he immediately set up his shop next to her and took all of her customers away with his sales pitch.

Later, at a food stand, he told Tressa of his father and his ability to sell merchandise. However, they are immediately confronted by Morlock and his assistant, Omar, where they state that the skystones now belong to the former due to his ownership of the land. When Ali attempted to argue against it and fight against Omar, he is subdued and brought to Morlock's Manse.

There, he was physically and mentally beaten and wounded until Tressa arrived to confront them over their swindling of the townsfolk and their treatment of Ali. After their defeat and retreat, Ali thanked Tressa and promised to pay back her act of kindness in the future. Before departing, he told Tressa of the Merchant's Fair in Grandport.

Some time later, Ali is seen in Grandport selling a rug once belonging to a famous aristocrat family when he met Tressa again, who told him of the theft of her notebook by a mysterious woman. Remembering his debt to her, he assisted her by distracting the man she was with while she went after the woman. Finding out about the man's wanted status, he turned him over to the guards. Shortly after, he witnessed Tressa's victory in the Merchant's Bazaar, where she sold her notebook to Noa of the Wyndham family. After the contest, they both parted ways on friendly terms, promising to meet again in another fair competition.

Ali can be seen in Sunshade after completing Tressa's Story. After completing his sidequest, he can be found in Marsalim with his father.

## Quotes

"*Father...*" —*Speaking to Ali (Sunshade)*

## Trivia

* Ali's father's name, Maruf, means "well-known" in Arabic. Appropriate, since Ali claims that "everyone has heard of Maruf."
* In travel banter with Tressa, Ophilia refers to Ali by saying that she has "never met anyone so smooth of tongue."
* In Tressa's Chapter 4 banter, Alfyn calls Ali "an awfully good fellow" and says, "I wouldn't mind sharing a mug or two of mead with him." However, Tressa points out that Ali is "too young for the alehouse," implying that Orsterra's legal drinking age is at least 21 years old.
* Prior to The Adventures of Ali, Maruf declares that his son "couldn't sell a starving man a steak... He doesn't know a thing about making em' want what you're selling." This suggests that Ali has come quite a long way since leaving Marsalim and appearing in Tressa's story.