Kvista's Merchant Caravan
OverviewKvista's Merchant Caravan is one of many trade caravans that travel the world. Kvista owns all of the wagons and livestock in her caravan. She travels to nearly every city in Idalos bringing goods from far and wide. She runs a dedicated crew of around 20, but does allow for other people to purchase or earn safe passage. She is not overly picky on who she allows to ride with her caravan, but she will not allow the caravan to slow down for stragglers. She is, however, incredibly selective about who she hires to work for her on the journey. Aside from her husband, the hired crew rotates in and out based on their own desires and the areas they are traveling. She hires merchants, security, animal handlers, wagon drivers, and a medic. Her husband, Sora, runs the food cart that feeds the entire caravan during the journey.
Members
Name: Kvista
Race: Qi'ora
Date of Birth: Saun 1, 749
Skills: Leadership 30, Business Management 30, Blades (Longsword) 30, Storytelling 10
Appearance: Kvista is a short, dark skinned Qi'ora woman, with the telltale cracked earth skin. She keeps her head shaved, and enjoys a wide variety of gold jewelry. She can always be found wearing well traveled leathers and furs depending on the area she is in.
Personality: Kvista does not tolerate nonsense. She founded and owns the caravan and so everything in it is her business. Everyone gets one mess up, no matter how big or small. If you mess up again a 2nd time, you are left behind, sometimes forcibly by Kvista tying you to a tree.
Faction Role: Leader
Anything else you would like us to know: Owns the caravan, has many children who are spread about the world.
Name: Sora
Race: Human
Date of Birth: Vhalar 24, 747
Skills: Cooking 30, Socialization 30, Storytelling 30, Teaching 10
Appearance: Sora is an average height male, with grey hair and a belly that only one who truly loves food can have. He's nearly always found in his apron, and always with a smile on his face.
Personality: Always friendly, joking, and willing to share stories and a beer, Sora is the epitome of the friendly cook. He knows the names and stories of every person in the caravan, and will always make sure that he himself is known to all as a friend.
Faction Role: Cook
Anything else you would like us to know: Married to Kvista, has many children around the world.
Requirements for Being Hired
1 Competent skill relevant to the role you wish to fulfill
Complete an IC interview with Kvista and Sora, separately. This can be self modded.
Travel Schedule/Route
All travel times are based on the Travel Times document, with either the caravan multiplier (rounded up to nearest day) or the boat time. Caravan will be indicated by a C and boat by a B. If a travel time is not indicated in the document, I will designate it with a * and give my best approximation based on map scale of similar distances. This only uses locations on the World Map. Keep in mind that closed or undeveloped locations are still subject to the rules regarding such. The Caravan stays in each destination for 10 days. The entire global journey takes 2 Arcs before it repeats.
1. Desnind to Quacia - C - Cylus 1-Ashan 10 (40 Trials)
2. Quacia to Strosdyn - B - Ashan 20-Ashan 45 (25 Trials)
3. Strosdyn to Rhakros - B - Ashan 55-Ashan 65 (10 Trials)
4. Rhakros to Nehaer - C - Ashan 75-Ashan 93 (18 Trials)
5. Nehaer to Argos - B - Ashan 103-Ashan 111 (8 Trials)
6. Argos to Uthaldria - C - Ashan 121-Ymiden 13 (15 Trials)
7. Uthaldria to Melrath - C - Ymiden 23-Ymiden 34 (11 Trials)
8. Melrath to Sirothelle - C - Ymiden 44-Ymiden 76 (32 trials)
9. Sirothelle to Valaris - C - Saun 3-Saun 32 (29 Trials)
10. Valaris to Hiladrith - C - Vhalar 2-Vhalar 31 (29 Trials)
11. Hildarith to Etzos City - C - Vhalar 41-Vhalar 47 (6 Trials)
12. Etzos City to Foster's Landing - C - Vhalar 57-Vhalar 66 (9 Trials) (No 10 trial stay, just moving to port)
13. Foster's Landing to Andaris, Rynmere - B - Vhalar 66-Vhalar 88 (22 Trials)
14. Andaris Rynmere to Rharne City - B - Vhalar 98-Zi'da 7 (32 Trials)
15. Rharne City to Cahryst - C - Zi'da 17-Zi'da 30 (13 Trials)
16. Cahryst to Volanta - C - Zi'da 40-Zi'da 58 (18 Trials)
17. Volanta to Yaralon - C - Zi'da 68-Cylus 4 (29 Trials)
18. Yaralon to Korlasir - C - Cylus 14-Ashan 11 (27 Trials)
19. Korlasir to Viden - C - Ashan 21-Ashan 45 (24 Trials)
20. Viden to Avaern - B - Ashan 55-Ashan 87 (32 Trials)
21. Avaern to Scalvoris - B - Ashan 97-Ashan 106 (9 Trials)
22. Scalvoris to Nekhet - B - Ashan 116-Ymiden 8 (15 Trials)
23. Nekhet to Treidhart - B - Ymiden 8-Vhalar 17 (132 Trials)
24. Treidhart to Solaero - C - Vhalar 27-Vhalar 35 (8 Trials)
25. Solaero to Port - B - Vhalar 45-Vhalar 57 (12 Trials)
26. Port to Athart - B - Vhalar 67-92 (25 Trials)
27. Athart to Ivorian Empire - B - Vhalar 102-Vhalar 118 (16 Trials)
28. Ivorian Empire to Desnind - B - Zi'da 5-Zi'da 54 (49 Trials)
A. The schedule leaves around 29 Trials of wiggle room for the 2 year trip. The merchants are incredibly adept at the traveling and have run this route many times, and they've never once ran late on starting a new 2 year trip. This means occasionally one portion of the journey may be a bit slower, another a bit faster but it all evens out in the end.
B. Any trials leftover by the time the journey ends in Desnind is spent in Desnind. It renews again in Cylus.
C. Augiery is skipped due to it being an unknown location to anyone not marked by Audrae or is a Naerikk.
D. Doliene is skipped due to being the Floating Isles.
E. The entire journey is 984 Trials (2 Arcs).
F. The Caravan portion is 308 Trials altogether.
G. The Boat portion is 387 Trials altogether.
H. The time spent in city is 10 Trials per city.
I. The cost for traveling with the caravan (non-employees) is 5sn per day, as per the travel times document. This includes food.
Upcoming Schedules
Cylus 720, 722, 724, etc will begin the new journeys in Desnind.