The Almund Bazaar
"There is only one law you need concern yourself with here my friend: me. Do as I say and you can sell whatever you wish, however you wish. Refuse me and you'll find another man selling your stock tomorrow, and yourself the next item on the slave market." - Jacien Raque, Master of the Bazaar.
The Almund Bazaar is one of the biggest locations in the city, as well as perhaps its most important community hub. It is comprised of hundreds of tents and stalls selling goods from all corners of the world that form a network of streets and alleys around one central building, the bazaar administrative office and guard post. Practically anything can be found somewhere in the bazaar; exotic goods from distant cities, the stolen plunder of locals pirates, carvings and trinkets from local woodworkers, but as the merchants are always vying for a space at the more popular areas of the bazaar the locations of each stall changes wildly, and in such a big place there's no guarantee that you'll ever see a stall that caught your attention yesterday again.
There is a popular saying around Almund that anything lost or stolen can be found in the bazaar; a surprisingly accurate statement since the black market is arguably more prominent than the legal one. A lot of the merchants have illegal products to offer on the side of their usual wares, and in the less busy streets you can even come across stalls that brazenly display clearly illegal goods without a hint of fear. The Elements have a very strong presence in the bazaar and crack down immediately on violence or thievery, but not one of them will bat an eyelid at the contents of a dubious stall or listen to a complaint that the items a merchant sells were stolen from someone else. It doesn't take a genius to notice that the guards working at the bazaar wear nicer clothes and live in bigger houses than the other Element soldiers do, but since nobody says anything then nothing is done about it.
Jacien Raque
Race: Human
Age: 3rd Saun, Arc 687
Title: Master of the Bazaar
Skills: Business Management: 90, Discipline: 70, Linguistics: 70, Intelligence: 65, Socialization: 55, Intimidation: 50, Writing: 30
Other Information: The undisputed master of the Almund Bazaar, Jacien is a cunning and ruthless man who rules the sea of stalls with an iron fist. He lives in the administrative office at the centre of the bazaar and issues sales permits to anyone who wishes to set up a stall, though makes a point of meeting each of them in person to make sure they know that he's the boss, and auctions off the most popular stall spaces on a near daily basis. The Element soldiers patrolling the bazaar are firmly in his pocket, and any merchants who wont pay his permit fees or customers caught disrupting the peace are only given one warning before being harshly dealt with.
Jacien came to Scalvoris as a young boy with his father, a merchant from Nashaki, though was left stranded after his dad was killed by pirates over a price dispute in the bazaar, which at the time was ruled by one of the Pirate Lords and was a far more violent and disorderly place. With no one to turn to and no possessions except for a handful of his fathers merchandise Jacien was forced to fend for himself, and became a small street peddler in one of the dingy back alleys. He was constantly robbed and scammed in his early years, looked down upon because he was a kid, but through those hardships Jacien learnt to be shrewd, ruthless and clever, and slowly but surely built his way up from a simple peddler to the biggest stall owner in the bazaar. When the Pirate Lords disappeared Jacien saw his chance and teamed up with an officer in the newly established Elements, seizing control of the bazaar with military might and establishing order within it for the first time since the founding of Almund. Not once has he ever forgotten what it was like to be at the bottom, and because of that he works tirelessly to ensure that the order he has brought to the bazaar is never broken.
Borik Ikalgo
Race: Human
Age: 19th Ashan, Arc 685
Title: Bizaar Guard Captain
Skills: Tactics; 50, Polearms (Halbard); 40, Mount; 30, Deception; 30.
Other Information: Borik is one of the Land Assistants in the Land Troops, overseer of the guards in the Almund Bazaar and perhaps the most corrupt officer in The Elements. Firmly in the pocket of Jacien Raque, Borik hand-picks the members of the land troop who seemed to sign up only for the money to serve as the guards at the bazaar, and keeps them all on a steady bribery payroll to overlook the black market and work hard to keep the place free of thieves and violence. Though not especially bright Borik is undoubtedly good at following orders, and so has been able to keep all evidence of him and his underlings corruption away from the eyes of his superiors by doing exactly what Jacien tell him too.
Price List / Goods Available
There are hundreds of stalls at the bazaar and as such thousands of products available. Please consult the price list in the knowledge base for general items, and consult the local moderators if you're looking for something special.
Player Notes
Changelog
Credits to: Tio Silver
Submitted for Development: 31/08/17
Posted here: 10th September 2017: Peg
Checked for Skills Scale Down by Elisabeth. No amendments needed for NPCs August 2021
Modnoted for the Forging: August 2021: Peg
Submitted for Development: 31/08/17
Posted here: 10th September 2017: Peg
Checked for Skills Scale Down by Elisabeth. No amendments needed for NPCs August 2021
Modnoted for the Forging: August 2021: Peg
