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===Background===
===Background===
*Barlowe had to wrest control of the family, and the family business, from his drunken-sot of a father, and brought them both to success and prominence.
*Barlowe was forced by circumstance to wrest control of the family from his drunken-sot of a father, and bring the family and the family business to success and prominence.


===Family===
===Family===

Revision as of 21:21, 17 March 2021

Name Barlowe Goodpryce
Age 50
Race Human
Class Expert
Status NPC (Living)
Rank
Allegiance Merchants' Guild
Culture Generic
Religion Pantheonism
Residence The Capital
Prestige
Piety
Wealth

Title: Master Barlowe, Free-Haberdasher of the Merchants' Guild of the Capital, “Friend to the downtrodden, savior of humanity, and purveyor of fine silks”
Actor: Dom DeLuise

Concept

Friendly, Occasionally-Adventurous Clothing Retailer

Tropes

Benevolent Boss; Obsessed With Food

Details

A friendly local clothing merchant/wholesaler who is easily confused on the price of things. Occasional employer of Ser Kenrick.

Background

  • Barlowe was forced by circumstance to wrest control of the family from his drunken-sot of a father, and bring the family and the family business to success and prominence.

Family

Current

  • Primary: Barlowe's bumbling uncle has gotten himself into legal trouble (again), being sued for debts he can't possibly pay, and the family is in a bit of a crisis over how to sort him out.
  • Secondary: An otherwise-lucrative business deal is hung up, due to city laws passed unexpectedly, leaving Barlowe's business on the hook without hope of the quick profit they were expecting.

Traits

CK2: ; Focus: ; Ambition:

Gift for Grandiosity; Talker; Expert Merchant; Expert in Cloth and Textiles

Notes

  • Always hungry
  • Home in the Garden District of the Capital; warehouse(s) in the Trades District—"Grand Barlowe Hall," impressive city mansion, if a bit less than the name suggests