Ali the Guard

Ali the Guard is a trained guard, recently hired by famed entrepreneur Ali Morrisane. Ali has been hired to protect two small tents and an empty shop on Al Kharid's main street, apparently to prepare for the opening of several news shops. He appears once players have completed all three of Ali Morrisane's errands in Rogue Trader.

Until recently, Ali lived in Pollnivneach, a crime-infested city to the far south of Shantay Pass. Although he seems to have been heavily involved in illegal activity, he will not share any further details.

Ali was recently hired by Ali Morrisane, along with a farmer, smith, and tailor, whom he is to guard. Since arriving in Al Kharid, however, the various shopkeepers have yet to open business due to lack of supplies and funding.

Of them, only Ali the Guard has begun his work, protecting the empty houses in the centre of Al Kharid where the shops are eventually to be set up.

Dialogue

 * Player: Hello there!
 * Ali the Guard: I'm working. What do you have to say that's so urgent?
 * Player: What can you tell me about Al Kharid?
 * Ali the Guard: There's a lot of space here. More open space than back home.
 * Player: So where is back home?
 * Ali the Guard: Pollnivneach. It's a town to the south of the Shantay Pass.
 * Player: So what do you do here?
 * Ali the Guard: I'm on guard duty. Making sure nobody tries to steal anything from the house and tents in the middle of town.
 * Player: Why are you only guarding those buildings?
 * Ali the Guard: That's all I've been hired to guard.
 * Player: I hear you work for Ali Morrisane...
 * Ali the Guard: Yeah, he hired me. He owns this house and these two tents, too.
 * Player: Is the work good?
 * Ali the Guard: It pays better than back home.
 * Player: Why, what did you do back home?
 * Ali the Guard: Never you mind.
 * Ali the Guard: But Ali Morrisane pays us well, at least.
 * Player: Maybe I should talk to him...
 * Ali the Guard: Why not? He always likes to meet potential business partners.
 * Player: I hear you've been threatening the other shopkeepers.
 * Ali the Guard: So? They talk too much.
 * Player: You're not going to deny it?
 * Ali the Guard: Why bother? None of them can fight back, after all.