Peristaltico Family/Fornanzio

The history of Fornanzio Peristaltico

The Beginning in Talerium

Fornanzio Peristaltico was sent when only a child to Talerium, Atamara. Grown in that inhospitable desertic land, he has always been a silent and introverted person. For a long time he remained a member of the lower nobility of Talerium, without any desire to step up trying to make a name for himself or for his family. Then, at 26, he heard rumors of the success of one of his long forgotten cousins, Meristenzio Peristaltico; few weeks later, on the 15th January 2008, he decided that time to start a carrer was come.

Fornanzio did not share the call for arms nor the love for his country Meristenzio had. Quite without a clear objective for his future, he become a priest of The Word, the most popular religion in Talerium. However soon Fornanzio found that faith was not something he was ready to sacrifice his life to. Attracted by the mundane life and crawling activity of the town bordering the Desert, he decided to learn the basics of trading.

Emigration to Sirion

Fornanzio spent around two weeks making trades in the north of Talerium. Still unexperienced in the matter, he joined safe business aiming more to knowledge and practice rather than gold. After one month from his beginning, he soon found to be out of inspiration again. While trading was interesting, he did not found any interesting activity going on in Talerium, probably because of scarce experience. It was right in that period that his cousin Meristenzio wrote him, inviting Fornanzio back to Sirion, the land of their family, land painted as of possibilities for him. Fornanzio left Talerium and sailed to the East Continent, joining Sirion on the 21st February 2008.

Life in Sirion

Sirion was a realm locked in a bloody conflict, and almost its entire noble population was made by warriors. Fornanzio found a lot of work available for a manager and trader as him, surveying administration and delivering food to the besieged city of Oligarch. Under the direction of Banker Alain Revan he transported thousands bushels of food first to Oligarch then, when it fell, around the rest of the continent. Many times Fornanzio was captured by Fontan's soldiers while trying to cross enemy territory to transport food, but he completed most of his tasks, gaining renown and gold. It was in that period that he first visited the city of Ibladesh and first contacted Duke Quake Beam, Fiduciary of Ibladesh, with who he will make many other trade contracts in the future.

Changing side

Time passed and Fornanzio experience as trader grew significantly. However the war against Sirion was escalating and soon many realms declared war on it, reducing the markets available for its traders. In addition, because of enemy lootings, food was not as abuntant as in the past, and soon Fornanzio was without a safe job. He therefore decided to leave Sirion, sure that his Cousin Meristenzio would have taken care of the Peristaltico manor, joining Westmoor. Westmoor was an enemy of Sirion, and many considered him as a traitor in Sirion or as a spy in Westmoor, but it was a strategically well placed realm for trades, with a good food surplus and many allies. There he found the Duke of Oligarch, Corwin D'Saferate, to be welcoming and well disposed towards his trades. Soon he started to make business again, with and for the Duke, roaming around the continent and visiting many cities. Fornanzio was no longer working for anyone but himself, aiming to raise the wealth of the Peristaltico Family. Of the many realms he traded with, Ibladesh was still his preferite. Because of their great food need, they were always ready to welcome him and pay well for his work.

Ibladesh

As happened many other times in his life, Fornanzio grew tired of the situation. The diffidence of the Banker of Westmoor and the starvation that hit Oligarch during a terrible series of drought prevented the Duke from further trading with him. Meanwhile, war erupted between Perdan and Caligus and food stores were starting to be conserved rather than sold there. Being Fornanzio a freelancer, he soon found no way to make deals in that hostile scenario. No one was willing to trade food, fearing it would have ended in the hands of enemies. He soon realized how limited was his possibilities working alone inside a realm that was not interested in. He therefore choosed to join the only realm he found pleasant in his life: Ibladesh. Fornanzio is now serving in the Emissaries of Tersea, management army of Ibladesh, working as trader and bureaucrat for the Duchess of the white city of Ibladesh.