Once an overlooked community that people passed through on their way to Zang, Emor became a hub of ever increasing amounts and varieties of goods as Tellium’s trade network expanded and grew. They came from every corner of Tellium and from Delhi and passed through Emor on their way to Kallamas, Salvation or the great port at Andama. As the citizens of Zang found it easier to descend the mountain than for merchants to haul their goods up, Emor became the nation’s prime shopping center, but it may be just as famous as the birthplace of Samuel Deng Nhial.
Samuel Deng Nhial was not born with any particular advantage except ambition and an eagerness to fulfill it. His first job was as a town crier, shouting the latest news through the town square and markets. It was not long until he realized he could do much better by shouting advertisements for some of the city’s more successful merchants. His favorite merchants were food sellers, whom he convinced to provide him with free samples. When these venders joined in a loose co-op called Grain-Mart, overnight Samuel became the best paid town crier in Tellium.
From then on he hired a crew to do the town crying for him while he tended to more exclusive clientele by way of town whispering. He would make personal visits to prominent citizens, influential officials and successful shop owners with samples and special offers. That was how he met Marcus Onasious, the shipping tycoon.
Marcus contracted Samuel to supply his shipping expeditions and Grain-Mart’s first franchise opened in Andama, after that, things began to happen fast. Soon Samuel, and Grain-Mart, was outfitting all that busy port town’s expeditions. Samuel opened Grain-Marts across the country. After that it was the easiest sale of his life to convince his newly wealthy investors to back him as Chairman of Tellium.
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