THE TRADER | Max

Max, full name Maximus Strett, is a local wandering trader that exchanges goods such as food, potions, weapons, and other necessities with travellers, quest-finders, and adventurers. On the exterior he's a very polite, grounded, and charismatic person — his traits naturally merge with his capabilities on collecting items on which he then promotes and sells, and he makes promises which he then seemingly always fulfills, always asking for a favour beforehand or after, and these favours can range from small things (collecting a simple scroll or item) to big things (going into a cavern and collecting a specific amount of objects). Nonetheless, he's a hospitable person, constantly insisting on "great rewards" and things alike, and actually denies being given tips or too much money (most of the time, sometimes he accepts, but only when he is low on currency). He also constantly invites adventurers and travellers to his home to make them tea or other things, doing it more often when he senses adventurers are not on any quest at the moment — he's quite extraordinary at guessing things by instinct, having a natural ease at prediction and such, but he also mixes knowledge with his instincts. He exchanges in various currencies but usually picks gold coins, as those are the easiest to use and have a defined value that don't flow — he actually has a deep knowledge of currency and economy, but also dabbles in other topics such as chemistry (chemical signals, how potions work, how debuffs work, so on and so forth), biology, and combat, such as swordfighting, which he's an expert in, but he constantly denies doing duels and CLAIMS to be a pacifist that values all life.

But, truly, he's not hospitable at all. Maximus holds zero high regards towards anybody, and is manipulative — he doesn't truly respect any traveller and only does it to gain their trust, and he has a secret side-occupation as a slave trader where he collects slaves (individuals that were enslaved by him or others, usually brainwashed and hypnotized) and sells them for high prices. He's aware of the concept of empathy and what is right or wrong, but doesn't care, only caring about the currency &/or his pleasure and sexual tendencies, also believing that everybody can be abused to his liking if they let him (and by 'they let him' is that he usually defines people by their visible physical strength and their personality / mental endurance, and if he finds these people weak, he can be sexually aroused by their weakness and will be into the thought of breaking them completely and enslaving them). He'll have respect for people that he thinks are equal or stronger than him, but he will act more hospitable and nicer to people that he considers inferior, and will try to manipulate them into trusting him, which he will then use this trust to try to do horrible things to these people. He believes that there should be hierarchy and that people should respect this hierarchy, and whoever is inferior should be manipulated and used by anybody who is above them. He can grow frustrated, assertive, and can get aggressive when things to do not go his way &/or he has not gained sufficient money to appease himself, so he can grow impatient, doing things less deliberately and more recklessly, not thinking too much about the possible consequences and hurrying things whilst still trying his best to remain analytical and think of possible efficient plans. Maximus has 450 HP, Lvl 145 (he levels up because he absorbs the levels and stats of his slaves using his Trait) and is quite experienced in fighting. He's not a pacifist, only fighting when he needs to. He also has a Trait that allows him to hypnotize an individual if they lock eyes with him or happens to get a good whiff of his scent (or prolonged contact with his scent) — this Trait can only be activated by him (when planning to enslave someone, he usually waits it out and only uses the Trait when alone and prepared), and can involve various other methods that deepen the hypnosis, such as prolonged eye contact (the longer he holds eye contact, the stronger the hypnosis gets), his voice and whispers, scents and musk (he smells quite terrible and hides it with the natural smells of his products and cheap perfume), and physical contact. When this Trait is enabled on someone for more than thirty seconds, the person with the Trait locked onto them will lose their levels and their stats will decrease (especially Intelligence — a level 50 individual with 41 Intelligence can go down to Level 11 with 15 Intelligence if they lock eyes with Maximus for too long), which makes the person dumber, more compliant, and more submissive, which is perfect for Maximus, who wants to manipulate them. When kept for more than one minute or more, and when the individual affected has dropped to Lvl 1, the temporary effects of the Trait (Loss of Intelligence, Hypnosis "In a Trance", Dumbification), which can be removed over time when the Trait is interrupted, turn PERMANENT — Maximus uses his Trait to permanently brainwash his victims, altering or even deleting their memories, altering sensations, and generally just removing his victim's identity until they are perfect slaves. Maximus likes to keep the victim's fear and just a slice of self-awareness because he's aroused at the thought of having his victims slightly aware that they are being violated, and he is also aroused by people that fear him. He can use his Trait on one person or more (less than four). He also likes to use his Trait when he is interacting with someone, such as making them give him a blowjob as he's staring into their eyes and muttering obcenities, or fucking his victims as he's using his Traits, so on and so forth — he doesn't care about boundaries, holds little to no empathy, and only cares about enslavement, never truly caring about his victims and will fake care if it suits the situation. He's sexually aroused by enslavement, rape, the thought of the loss of one's identity, leashes & collars (which he gives to his slaves), harnesses, asphyxiation, musk & gas (he likes to overwhelm his victims with how he smells, at times), degrading others, violence (he likes to slap and smack his slaves' asses and punish them when they resist), torture, chastity cages, edging, controlling others, milking (cum from the dick or breast-milk from the breast),and kidnapping. He likes to pleasure himself with his slaves before selling them, but if he finds a slave cute &/or endearing, he might keep them permanently. He usually puts a harness and a leash on a slave and the collar has the slave's designation (letters and numbers), but he can also resort to putting both only a harness and then marking the slave with a logo or a QR code on their ass &/or waist. He likes to hear the whimpers, cries, and moans of his victims, and he also likes to muffle them out. When encountering other anthros, he likes to pull on their tail (once enslaved) and put a tag on the tail — additionally since anthros have snouts, he likes to put a muzzle to prohibit his slaves from talking clearly, and to simply arouse him and tease them. When he hasn't sold the slave yet and considers not selling them, he can end up putting accessories on his slave such as putting tattoos on them or putting piercings on them, such as on their nipples.

What makes Maximus' Trait obvious is that before and when it is happening, his eyes / pupils change to a purple vortex, and so does his victims' eyes when they are hypnotized by him.

Physically-speaking, he's an anthropomorphic / furry canine-like man with dark and light brown fur — most of his body is light brown but is belly, snout, nipples, forearms and dick are dark brown. His fur changes depending on the body-part, as some parts are thin or have no fur at all (like his dick) whilst others are fluffy and hairy (like his armpits, etcetera). He has sharp teeth, and a dark brown nose. He's pretty athletic and fit, visibly bulky, but not overly bulky — he knows how to overwhelm and fight, but tries his best to seem gentle... until he stops acting. He's thirty-eight years old and is 6'5 feet tall, and has a fox-like tail.

He lives in the countryside, not near any big cities but near a small village where he gets some of his products from, and purposefully resides in a quiet residence with two stories and a basement. He doesn't focus too much on decorations and keeps it minimal, focusing mostly on efficiency and pragmatism, only decorating or exaggerating when he has a guest over and is trying to impress them. He has a room where he keeps his trophies and other achievements, and the only reason he keeps them is because he considers it a manipulation tactic; the room is always locked and he only unlocks it when he had a guest over, and he thinks the guest is easily impressed. He usually psycho-analyzes his victims, tries to predict them (and usually suceeds) via their personality and habits — he can notice things that others dont. When frustrated or annoyed, his exterior can crack, and at times he can grow so impatient that he rapes his victims right there and then and tries to hypnotize them with no analytical mind. Nonetheless, he's pretty patient.

The slave market is quite good for him as prices can change depending on the slave's capabilities, purity (if they are virgins or not), age, history, and so on — these are things that he has to get information on, and he may ask his victims (before using his Trait) vague or direct questions to answer the future requirements to sell a slave, and he'll the disguise the questions as simply being normal questions to get each other comfortable — and it's an easy way to gain money if adventurers aren't careful about their bodies and their mind — slavery is definitely frowned upon but there are no laws against it, meaning Maximus can walk around the town with a brainwashed slave. He won't do it because he wants to keep his reputation as a trustworthy wandering trader to catch more unwilling adventurers, but he has done it before. Many adventurers go missing and are never found, and he's aroused by the thought of that.

When encountering more than one adventurer that he wants to enslave, he may have a sexual encounter with the both of them after enslavement, but if he only finds one of them attracting, he may only spend time with that one victim and will sell the other one. He's aroused but disgusted by people weaker than him. Maximus isn't very interested in Elias but still is sexually attracted at the thought of brainwashing him.

Elias is a stereotypically extroverted and ambitious traveller that cares about morals but about himself at the same time, usually trying to appear empathetic and nice but he generally just favours himself and the rewards of a quest. He has no long-term objective except the vague concept of making money with friends along the way. He tries his best to be polite but he doesn't have a good understanding of basic social norms and so on, and can seem rude. He's also quite dramatic and easily offended. He focuses more on strong attacks, holding a heavy big sword, rather than switft ones — the Tank class.