Lozo

> *"Try not to be too much of a burden, hmm?"*
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Vione (Business partner)

Kyritt (Seller/Crush)

## Storyline

### **Strange Lands, Stranger People**

The *Greenlander Mage* meets Lozo and Vione, merchants of the Topaz Market. They are sent to them after Jackal saved them from the  blood mage .

Arriving at their tent, they are first confronted by Vione who tells them to gleave. After knowing that Jackal has sent them, Vione welcomes them with open arms while Lozo is still suspicious of them. He leaves the two to talk while he takes notes of their expenses. He returns shortly after to see that Vione is willing to help the *Greenlander Mage* find a place where they can stay - with them. This infuriates Lozo but Vione insists that they can work for them, leaving bunny to reluctantly submit. Lozo and Vione explain that they were as merchants to get supplies into the port and sell them for a profite. The *Greenlander Mage* can help with moving supplies since they do not have any other useful talents. At last, they welcome them to Azure Port.

After some time has passed, the *Greenlander Mage* awakens to see Lozo in front of them . He tells them that they have overworked, causing them to faint head first into the sand. Vione has insisted that they stay in bed for a few days and told Lozo is staying with them while the cat goes to get some medicine. He starts to clean them, washing away the sand, and lets them know he doesn't help them because he wants to but because Vione would complain. After he's done, Vione returns out of breath. He is glad to see that the *Greenlander Mage'*s feeling alright. Lozo hands over a comb since the hair of the *Greenlander Mage* is messy and Vione starts to comb their hair. As soon as he finished, Lozo takes over to place the medicine on their skin and leaves afterwards. Vione stays behind and waits until they have fallen asleep, wishing them the sweetest dreams.

Lozo is patching up the *Greenlander Mage* in  after an unfortunate incident with Vione and a piggyback ride, scolding them both, when Jackal shows up at the tent to everyone's shock. Vione happily greets the mercenary, telling them they were all worried sick about him, but Lozo only comments that he doesn't see the gold that Jackal owes with him anywhere. When Jackal asks to talk to the *Greenlander Mage* the bunny refuses, berating him for his cavalier attitude while the *Greenlander Mage* has been worrying themselves to death over him this whole time. He threatens to get his crossbow but Vione intervenes, telling the *Greenlander Mage* he gets cranky when he's feeling overprotective and inviting his friend to take some tea with him. Lozo grumpily agrees to "just one cup" and they leave the room.

Jackal calls them both out for eavesdropping on his conversation with the *Greenlander Mage* and Lozo, flustered, blames Vione for being worried about his little friend. The cat man reveals that it was Lozo who started listening in first, not even waiting for the tea to cool, he was that worried about them. The grumpy bunny makes it clear that he does not approve of Jackal's plan to leave with the *Greenlander Mage* right away and challenges the mercenary on where to go since the Empire still hasn't settled down. When Jackal reveals they are going north he's even less happy but the *Greenlander Mage*, when asked by Jackal, agrees with the plan. Lozo protests, weakly asking if they have to leave now, and Vione reminds him that Jackal and the little one are at risk the longer they remain; as their friends, they should not be the reason they are in danger. He refuses to say goodbye as it's too permanent. Instead he says "until next time", asking them to take care of themselves and threatening Jackal in the same breath. He bids the *Greenlander Mage* to take some tea leaves with them and even admits to have grown very fond of them in the time they've spent together. Jackal thanks them for taking care of his dear one and Lozo reluctantly says, "You're welcome," ordering him to get out before he changes his mind. Jackal, unperturbed, happily leads the *Greenlander Mage* out so they can take an adventure together.

### ***The Cat and Bunny Trading Company***

Lozo welcomes the Listener (*Trader*) to the store, commenting on how the Medicinal Coriander that was sold to him was ineffective, joking that his spine is going to snap one of these days. Vione makes his entrance when Lozo shouts for him to help find some ledgers, the bunny blaming him for the item's misplacement. Vione at first denies any involvement and questions Lozo’s thought process until Lozo reminds him of an incident a few days ago which involved him misplacing his shirt. At this story Vione guesses that the ledgers would most likely be behind the counter. After Lozo finds the ledgers Vione gives the *Trader* a warm welcome, inviting them to sit with him and drink some lavender tea. He then starts to talk about his wife and her love of the Star Shard spices that the *Trader* supplied, commenting that he will need more from them in the future. Lozo interrupts Vione’s talk with a reminder that he can buy them later and now is the time for business. The bunny steers the conversation by asking what the *Trader* has in stock at the moment; at the mention of rare spices Vione jumps on the opportunity to learn more about them. Lozo once again shuts him down asking that he at least attempt to be professional, followed by the reminder that the faster this is over, the faster Vione can buy those spices for his wife. Vione then asks about the *Trader'*s time away from the Sands, asking them if they went on an adventure or perhaps even fell in love. He acknowledges that the *Trader* is just a spice seller but unexpected things happen all the time. Vione starts to talk about his wish to go on an adventure, to fight monsters and boast at bars. His partner reminds him that he already boasts at bars a lot, and recounts a story about how Vione’s storytelling about stopping a goblin army nearly got him dragged out by his ear by a goblin bartender.

The big cat once again brings the conversation back to what the *Trader* has in stock. After quickly checking about common spices Lozo moves on to anything special or new. The bunny becomes frustrated with the talk of Healing Coriander, claiming that it is fake, but the *Trader* tells Lozo that it needs to put it in tea for it to work. Vione backs the *Trader* up claiming it gives the drink a mint aftertaste. When he asks Lozo if he was just eating the Coriander, Lozo lies, stating that he isn’t stupid and just wasn’t putting it specifically in tea. Vione jokes at Lozo’s silliness and agrees to take two crates of Healing Coriander, claiming he can sell them out no problem. The conversation moves onto what else the *Trader* has in stock, a bottle of liquid fire named Blaze Berry Juice which Lozo at first confuses for a spicy drink. When asked why the *Trader* has the Blaze Berry Juice as they are a spice seller not an alchemist they remind the pair that they also sell to alchemists.When Lozo asks his partner about how well the Blaze Berry Juice would sell, he responds that he is very sure that he can sell it to people who like to travel. The big cat then says that if the Greenlander Mage was still here he would have given them some. His partner then proceeds to spout his anxieties about Jackal and the Greenlander Mage but Vione puts his worries to rest by assuring him “that sly dog does not die easily.”

Lozo moves the conversation on by asking if the *Trader* has anything to sell that is less flammable. The *Trader* explains a different magical object called Smitten Chipplings. Lozo thinks they are just making things up now but the *Trader* just replies that it is bark from a tree made of pure love. Lozo says that is highly improbable but Vione says it sounds beautiful and asks what it does. After the big cat realises that it brings a loving mood to any one who smells the bark he is willing to pay for it on the spot, stating that his wife is in an awful mood and some of this will get him off the hook. Lozo once again interrupts, stating again that this is a business, but Vione quickly retorts that Lozo is just jealous he didn’t use it when he fancied him. The bunny quickly drops the professional act, embarrassed that his partner won’t stop telling this story, before being interrupted by Vione throwing his words back at him: “Lozo remember, professional.”

Again the conversation is brought back to business with a question about prices. The *Trader* gives a price which Lozo refuses and demands a lower one, claiming they still have expenses. This goes on for a while until Vione interrupts, telling his partner that the *Trader* needs to make profit too and Lozo will surely drive them out of business with his hard bargaining. Lozo reluctantly agrees to the *Trader*’s set price for a favour: he needs to speak to a dragonkin chief up from the markets named Kyritt who also has quite a fancy for Lozo. The *Trader* needs to get Kyritt to visit the store again because after the dragon asked Lozo out on a date, which he refused, he never came to trade again. Vione interrupts Lozo’s rambling to state that his partner is too awkward to go speak with Kyritt so he is asking the *Trader* to do it for him. The bunny insists that it would just be less of a hassle and begins to ramble about how he does like Kyritt, before Vione takes back control of the conversation, saying goodbye to the *Trader* and wishing that the sands keep them warm and life keeps them warmer.

## Personality

Lozo comes off as serious, grumpy and suspicious of anyone unknown to him, but his best friend Vione says that he is a good person. This suggests that he will slowly open up to people and become friendly with them over a long time. He doesn't trust easily, especially strangers and will interrogate them, asking where they're from and who might have sent them. He is very sarcastic and not at all empathetic, preferring blunt professionalism over common courtesy.

He has a sharp eye for business and a tongue that is sharp enough to cut a diamond, implying that he is smart, cautious, and calculating when it comes to work. He is able to bring anything to be port, thus he is considered one of the best suppliers and sellers in the Topaz Market. He tries not to do anything too unorthodox when it comes to their business. He even considers bringing something dangerous to the port bad for business.

Vione is his best friend and business partner. Even though they have clashing personalities he seems to trust the big cat's instincts when it comes to other people. He's just as rude and sarcastic with the man as he is with other people but he is genuinely hurt when Vione accused of being mean towards the *Greenlander Mage*.

At first Lozo is only willing to help the *Greenlander Mage* within reason and tries to get rid of them as fast as possible. When Vione invites them to stay and work in the business he resists but ultimately gives in. Though it appears he hasn't fully accepted the *Greenlander Mage* as part of the family ("I am not helping you because I want to...") he does care somewhat for their well-being, even if it's only because Vione tells him to. It might be that he considers the *Greenlander Mage* a burden but they are working well enough that he's not kicking up more of a fuss. By the series' final audio he has come to care very much for the *Greenlander Mage*, treating them with the same brusque affection that he does Vione with an added layer of mother-henning.

## Trivia

### Lozo

* This lovely fella was created by Ars!
	+ According to Ars on Discord, "Canon: Lozo had a crush on Vione, asked him out, got rejected, and he’s now forever salty"
	+ How they met: "Lozo met Vione when Vione was trying to sell product all by himself, and was surprised to see this one man was selling a bunch of junk, so he approached him and asked if they wanted to be business partners to which Vione replied "hmm, ok short bunny, but at least smile while you ask, ok?" and that's how they started"
* Has adorable ears.
* Jackal owes him some coins and therefore he doesn't necessarily consider him a friend (anymore?)
* Considers Vione to be the positive one of them.
* Broker and businessman.
* He's the one who take customer appointments to get what they need.
* Lozo and Vione are the first characters to be introduced together in one audio.
* In the second audio, he calls the *Greenlander Mage* "a silly one" and by the third audio has taken to calling them "little one" like Vione.
* He gives the *Greenlander Mage* credit for working hard.
* He regularly deals with the consequences of Vione's fun, which includes an incident with a basket weaver and gallivanting about the ports with Jackal.
* Can shoot a crossbow but according to Jackal he doesn't have very good aim.
* He has a crush on a dragon kin cheif named Kyritt.
* According to Ars, no one knows how his ears feel but it’s rumoured that those who’ve touched Lozo’s ear are buried underneath the sands...
* Lozo would go on for hours, teaching the *Greenlander Mage* about bartering, how to get an honest deal, the value of items vs work required to obtain said item.

### Fan Theories

* The alchemist/potion seller that is mentioned in the second audio might just be our cute potion seller. Lozo mentions him being 'smitten with Jackal', suggesting he might have a crush on him.

## Audio References

See the ***Strange lands, stranger people*** playlist here.

1. ↑ Affectionate Cat And Grumpy Bunny Welcome You To The Black Market
2. ↑ Affectionate Cat And Grumpy Bunny Pamper And Relax You!
3. ↑ Enticing Mercenary Asks To Run Away With You
4. ↑ Trading With Himbo Cat and Grumpy Bunny