Cameron De'Aldiers - A Scrupulous Merchant

Name: Cameron De’Aldiers – Pronunciation: Kam – er – on _ Day _ All – dee - ears
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: Thirty-Seven
D&D Alighnment: True Neutral
Nationality: Sanctimonia
Native Fief/Kingdom: Leyanara
Legal Affiliations: Separated Wife, No Heirs, and Several Servants, One Apprentice.
Guild Affiliations: Neutral, pays proper trade tolls voluntarily.
Primary Occupation: Merchant
Languages: Common, that is all.
Philosophy:
Cameron is a man of little faith in what he cannot see, though gifted with intelligence, cunning, and even moral insight. He avoids praying to gods, for secular reasons and out of fear of direct intervention from something he does not understand. Cameron believes in human greed as a driving force, a blessing in disguise, and perhaps that all of our sins are just the true forms of our more complacent emotions. He does not believe in honor, or glory; such are things created by those who are beaten to try and preserve a sense of dignity.

The story of Cameron De’Aldiers is a simple one with little eventful nature to it. Cameron was brought up in a noble house as the first son of a high standing noble; whereas his younger siblings would tend to knightly schools, fiefs, and advancing-courtship, Cameron was brought up to succeed his father. He would live in his father’s palatial estate most of his life, delve deep into books and study when not enjoying the finer luxuries of civilized life; wine flowed like water, women were attracted to wealth like a moth to flame, and soon all was ready for him to take succession.

However, the great successes in the abilities of Cameron would not preserve the usual line of heritage; his father would skip his right, and choose his second oldest son, to take helm of the De’Aldiers name. Cameron’s father knew of his success in his side-trades of business and extortion; he knew his son would prosper without the lofty cushion of rule, and he as well knew his son would tarnish the fair name of their house. Outrage, Cameron left all of his family behind, purchasing his own real-estate from his own earned funds, and did away with any ties he had to his family.

Cameron still succeeded, his wit was untarnished, his ability to reason and barter ever-sharper. He would grow his own fortune, prospering businesses in various cities within Sanctimonia. Years would go by and nothing would change for Cameron; life would treat him well, he would live merry, he would drink heavy. He would become married eventually due to convenience, business, and the fetching nature of the woman. She would prove shrewd and stubborn, something new and alien to Cameron; something which his money’s influence could not sway. He ignored it, continuing with business as was usual.

Eventually, a notably shadey, but exponentially yielding offer was placed in front of Cameron. He was unable to resist the taint of his own greed, and used his influence to placate himself a monopoly within two notable cities, and strengthen business ties elsewhere. However, one thing he did not count on was his disapproving wife. She held evidence out of the reach of Cameron that could expose back handed dealing that through varying levels of directness, and or indirectness, could expose him and leave him liable before the courts of the land.

The two did parley, and came to a reasoning between them; they would leave each other, but keep up titles and appearances. The wife would control half of the estates Cameron ran, of which were his most precious. Cameron would not accept this, and hatch his own plan to reach greener pastures, away from this she-devil. Once the papers were signed, making it appear as if Cameron had made his wife and equal partner in estates, an uprising within the Layanaran fiefs would strike many businesses, and most specifically, those of Cameron and his wife. Those rebels who had done so were tried and punished, though some claimed they were put up to it by local slum lords, who denied these accusations. With Cameron left to profit from the insurance from the destruction, utilizing the uprising to do so and using the paperwork to seize the finances from his destroyed establishments, he made his move.

He left the cities of Layanara, he left them far behind. He left the destroyed establishments for his business-inept wife to run, as he took to the roads with his money stored within Sanctimonian banks, and using them to become a full time merchant. Merchanting was an equal skill for Cameron as was running a business, the way he saw it, it was even easier; he was always travelling, he could stir up more bravado than he was used to, and leave before he was in any danger. This way of life was prosperous for him to, but perhaps less so than he was accustomed.

Along his way, he managed to secure the apprenticeship of a young elven woman, through unsavory business tactics and the usage of backwater tension towards Wild Elves. This woman is an indentured servant when titles will allow it, and an apprentice when it does not; however, in all honest truth, she is a slave. Cameron sees no issue with this, or if so, he can completely stifle it.

Cameron has now come to Surna, one of the least complacent towns in Sanctimonia. Gold changes hands many times in this city, and gold flows along the roads. Many roads lead to Surna, many people pass through, and in this place Cameron is willing to bet many things in return for the promise of a big pay off.