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By the way, there are also dark elves in the setting; a dark elf can be worth as much as a small castle, as can a regular elf, but it's much harder to catch a regular one. Besides the fact that they hardly age, they don't interbreed with humans.

So, here's the plan. Nebok creates an elf, which the rest of the group sells into slavery at the start of the game. Nebok will still drop experience points, and he can play the role he likes, while the rest of the party can immediately buy out the starting store and all the other stores as well.