[hider=Samuel Cortés]
[b]Name:[/b] Samuel Cortés
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Species:[/b] Human
[b]Age:[/b] 43
[b]Nationality:[/b] Samare, in the seaside nation of Marton
[b]Appearance:[/b] Samuel is of an average height with long black hair which he ties back into a ponytail. He has a bushy moustache and a jawfull of stubble, broad shoulders and a large toothy grin. He dresses well; his style is a mixture of pragmatism and finery, with notes of militarism and a penchant for tough, sturdy jackets and heavy waterproof boots. His fingers are gnarled and his face weathered due to his experiences but that doesn't stop him from carrying himself with the utmost confidence and self assuredness.  
[b]Equipment:[/b] 
Peregrin’s coin purse
Ear plugs
A codpiece
Compass
Spyglass
Crossbow & bolts
Rapier
His own coin purse
Spare clothes
A local map (even if crude, to help him orientate himself to some landmarks)
Business cards

[b]Backstory:[/b] For as long as he could remember, Samuel has wanted money and power. As a young boy he was described as ambitious and high-spirited, and his work-hard-play-hard approach to his schooling (funded by his family's sizeable wealth) procured surprisingly good results. He was a notorious womaniser in his youth and it's rumoured to be the reason he was sent to the Marton naval academy in order to straighten him out and clear his head. It didn't work too well; Samuel's still a flirt, but now he's a flirt with a plan.

Samuel didn't believe in money in his youth, not unless it sat in the palm of his hand. He was flippant with his spending and cut off once or twice by his beleaguered family simply because he couldn't comprehend finances and economy without it being set out before him. Nevertheless, this precarious relationship with money meant he was living the high life one week and scrubbing lavatories the next. This made him into a hard worker and fuelled a veritable obsession with wealth, to the point where he studied the ebb and flow of economics in his free time. Afraid of falling back into the miseries of poverty, Samuel started putting real force into becoming an entrepreneur. Afraid of going soft, he decided to carve his business out of the dirt with his bare hands. The only thing Samuel knew for certain at that time was that he wanted to make his business in international trade; with this in mind he joined the League of Explorers to meet new people and discover new places he could invest into.

Samuel's path hasn't been without its setbacks. There's been plenty of missed meals, sleepless nights and grey hairs over the years. One of his most dangerous failures brought him to one of his greatest assets; during an expedition to the jungles of Amierre Samuel was separated from his expedition team and ended up hopelessly lost. He found his way to a river and tried to catch a fish; his spear landed in the side of some subspecies of Nereid, wounding her and nearly getting him drowned and eaten. Some hasty negotiations over the language barrier prevented his certain demise and he was able to find the shore with her help as well as getting her medical attention. Ever since, Peregrin won't leave Samuel alone; she lingers around him constantly. Having a travelling companion and someone he can faultlessly rely on isn't necessarily a bad thing however, and even though Peregrin is more inclined to use coins to decorate her strange watery dens, she's slowly becoming a key pawn in his lofty goals.

[b]Abilities:[/b] 
Networking: Samuel is a hardworking man and a person pleaser. With years of working in the field he has managed to obtain helpful contacts to include in personal businesses scattered across the known world.
Cartographer: Samuel has been trained to accurately draw maps based on his observations and, with the use of a compass and a few hours, he can produce a map of the local area with relative accuracy.
Swordsmanship: Samuel is highly trained with a rapier and has used it to save his life on multiple occasions.
Maritime operations: Samuel is experienced in conducting and partaking in nautical operations as a captain, having graduated from Marton’s naval academy.
[b]Other:[/b] (Optional)

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