To my turkish delight, Ali starts the game in
istanbul
His story is he is an orphan looking for his sister Stapha. by luck he gets his hands on a ship his friend Salim had and they decide to become merchants.
easy enough, right? WRONG! first you gotta repair the ship and ask the townfolks for start up money, you literally have to go through every shop in town with a schtick of "Sir, what if i told you i could tenfold your money with just 1 simple investment"
Once you get the money though, it's time to ship out and start buying goods low and selling them high
That's pretty much the game, the only battles in the game are ship battles that play like a tactics rpg but in those battles there's a Duel option with a pretty cool system
This is the only hand-to-hand combat you'll see in the game.
overall it's a pretty good nautical rpg worthy of checking out