Kaleh
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╫Main Information╫
Full Name: Kaleh Zyara
Bloodline: Alchemist
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Nation: Sol Solis
Land: Aqualiis
Title: Merchant Prince Kaleh, Alchemist Kaleh, Lord Kaleh Nym. Kaleh has his share of titles, of them he prefers Alchemist Kaleh.
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╫Equipment Information:╫
Weapons: Vials, vials, and more vials: vials of potions, poisons, and explosives of an incredible variety. Each vial is held safely in unique pouches so as to prevent their accidental destruction from a casual bump.
Armor: No armor.
Clothing: He wears a custom set of robes, they offer minimal protection from weapons , but they do offer protection from any environmental hazard, such as the harsh heat of the desert, or the cold of a tundra. Another benefit is that they have several inner pouches lined throughout the robes allowing him to carry his vials without fear for them smashing. Under his robes he wears typical linen clothing. Of course, he possesses a pair of magnificent of leather gloves and boots that are resistant to most of the chemicals Kaleh uses for his alchemy.
What else do they have on their person?: Kaleh carries a coin purse for any purchases he might make during his travels. He also carries several pouches with a variety of potions, poisons, and explosives. He also always carries a few tomes, typically about five, on a variety of subjects that Kaleh studies. Between travels he stops by his house to restock, and update his own studies. He keeps his own studies and observation in a couple of notebooks that he often carries.
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╫Fighting Style╫
Kaleh is a strategist at heart; he plans for as many contingencies as possible. Often he will use a combination of explosions to hinder, capture, or kill his opponents. Typically he enacts one or two strategies, if they fail, his third choice is to retreat and reassess the situation.
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╫Character Description╫
Personality: At first glance most assume that Kaleh is a scatterbrain that is unaware of the world around him. Kaleh is a little detached from the world but in the sense that he sees things in a different way. Many people often dismiss him as a lunatic, but they fail to realize that Kaleh is gifted with a brilliant mind that coupled with his breadth of knowledge makes it his most devastating weapon. An expert strategist with a clever and cunning demeanor, he is a force to be reckoned with, both on and off the battlefield. Driven, energetic, Kaleh tends to exhibit the demeanor of a man about to make a break through, often enough he is. When faced with an obstacle however, Kaleh becomes cold and calm. Still as driven but deadly serious Kaleh focuses all of his attention to a singular pursuit making him even deadlier.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 154lbs
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Talents: He is talented at all aspects of alchemy as one would assume due to his bloodline. Of the aspects of Alchemy, Kaleh is perhaps most talented in the area of explosives. He is also a talented bookkeeper having helped his father run his merchant empire. Technically a noble, Kaleh has gone through countless diplomatic lessons and has considerable talent in making his views sound appealing to the person he is talking to. The combination of the previous talents grant him a third, Kaleh is a talented businessman who often makes inspired deals.
Quote: Me? I'm but a humble alchemist of little concern.
Theme Music: Thé à la Menthe by La Caution
Companion: None at the moment, few can put up with him.
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╫Background Information╫
Kaleh is the eldest son of Jorzan Zyara, a prominent merchant lord, and Lady Vanessa Nym, a noble. His parents are a powerful union that holds a strong voice in Sol Solis politics and business. He grew up in mixed settings, when he stayed at home in Aqualiis with his mother he grew up in luxury, spending his days studying a variety of subjects. His father however, often took him on his merchant adventures, more so when he discovered that Kaleh possessed a keen mind with a talent for numbers. This lead to Kaleh to see for himself the variety of flora and fauna of the lands, and it taught him much of the world despite it not being written in a book. It is these adventures that would make Kaleh a traveler at heart, despite his bloodline.
Eldest of three siblings, only Kaleh has fully grown into his bloodline, his siblings: a brother and sister have both delved deeply into politics, believing that the Holy Nation needs more guidance than that of one man: the King. Of the three only Kaleh calls himself by his father’s surname: Zyara. The reasons he does this is simple, many know the powerful Lady Vanessa and her husband Jorzan but few remember that Jorzan is Jorzan Zyara, head of a profitable merchant empire called the White Rose. Thus Kaleh can travel in relative obscurity, which only helps Kaleh in his travels. Not to mention, the variety of contacts at his disposal places most things within reach.
Jorzan, once he decided to focus his attention to assisting his wife, had offered his children his merchant empire. Kaleh’s siblings had been uninterested in gaining control, but Kaleh had been delighted. He used it as an excuse to avoid his “diplomatic duties” as his mother called them. Upon Kaleh’s acquisition of full control he began to implement the changes he long thought useful. Changes to increase profits and ease the need of direct control on his part.
Kaleh had years earlier, convinced his father to start a branch of the company called the Black Thorn: a merchant company that acted solely in the Unholy Nation just as the White Rose did in the Holy Nation. At this time, Kaleh also helped his father carefully set up a system of checks and balances to prevent corruption from without and within so that the head of the empire would find maintaining control an easier task. A few years later, when he assumed control, Kaleh himself then set up the controlling company called the Grey Stem, to handle both companies and allow people to believe that this trifecta of companies was truly neutral from the struggles between the Nations.
This claim to neutrality is false; Kaleh is ultimately loyal to Sol Solis, his family, and its people. He used the resources and connections of his expansive merchant empire to create the Flower’s Shadow: his own private information network. Built upon the ground covered by the companies, the network quickly spread across the lands. Kaleh still has a lot of work ahead, the network is not yet finished, and ultimately its greatest strength is that no one is yet aware of its existence. To prevent losing this advantage, Kaleh has one ultimate directive for the network: preserve the secrecy of the Flower’s Shadow, no matter what the prize.
Kaleh, operating under the humble guise of Alchemist Kaleh, has made ground in several areas of Alchemy. When he isn’t traveling Kaleh resides in his private house in Aqualiis, far from inquiring nobles and politics.
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