Yaghoub

Yaghoub, the Persian Merchant is one of the characters in Dead In Vinland.

Description
Keywords: Traveler – Charismatic – Storyteller

Yaghoub is an appealing Persian Merchant with a majestuous beard neatly combed and filled with precious jewels. He is always giving you big friendly smiles, always has an incredible story to tell. But despite these classic merchant features, he also shows an astonishing sense of sharing, and an infinite kindness.

Some may think he only works as a greedy merchant to be able to travel the world on his beloved ship. In fact, each time he manages to make a good profit, he instantly spend it all on a new, bigger, longer, riskier expedition, making him the poorest merchant there is. But when you see this spark in his eyes when he tells a – mostly invented – story, you understand that he carries his true wealth inside his heart.

A terrible storm made him wreck on the shores of the island of Vinland. He survived alongside a mysterious passenger…

Combat
Yaghoub is a "Fast Protector". While not as deadly as a Warrior, Protectors offer some more battlefield control (Taunt) and can protect other party members by taking some of the damage dealt to that party member upon themselves (Guard), or by buffing their dodge and critical resistance (Impenetrable Wall). Like Eirik, his “Fast” trait gives him +1 initiative for every enemy hurt during a turn. This bonus initiative can help Yaghoub prevent damage to his party by shielding or buffing allies before the enemies get their turn.

As a Protector, he has the following skills:

Relationships
See Yaghoub/Conversations for dialogue between Yaghoub and the other characters.

 Other Characters