Arterio Marchen

''Arterio Marchen is one of the minor male supporting characters in "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!" He is a former adventurer who became the head of the Merchants Guild after his retirement. He and Wend have a large business relationship.''

Appearance
Alterio has chin-length curled on the bottom tan brown colored hair and green eyes, and also a mustache and goatee. He wears a posh multi-colored outfit.

Personality
As the head of the Merchants Guild, Alterio has extensive mercantile knowledge on all sorts of subjects such as auctions, stores, etc.

Background
Alterio was once an adventurer who successfully slew a Fire Drake Dragon with Brantark, however, after the dragon was slain, he received an injury that forced him to retire. So with his share of the bounty from the slain dragon he established the Merchants Guild.

Plot
After Wend slays the Undead Ancient Dragon he is left by Brantark Ringstat to take of what's coming next. When Wend goes to see the King he teaches Wend how to act and helps answer questions he has. He has a great sense of business and reached an agreement with Wend that he will market Wends creations. This has made him far wealthier than other merchants and the object of their jealousy.

Etymology

 * Arterio is Greek and English and means "Arteries."
 * Marchen is German and can mean "News or Tale."

Abilities
He has normal human mana.

Skills

 * Spear Talent (Former)
 * He is an excellent merchant. His business expands immensely when he goes into business with Wend. He markets all of the products Wend makes and sometimes buys the rights to the products outright.

Brantark Ringstat.
Best friend and former adventuring partner.

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
Not only is he a good friend with Wend he is also a business partner. He markets Wends creations since he is a merchant. He has opened dozens of shops that sell Wend's creations and pays Wend a royalty fee.

Trivia

 * The name of his parent company is Arterio Company.

Quotes
"Yo, my friend who finally got married."

- Arterio to Burkhart

"What are you talking about? Personal connections are important for a merchant. Becoming an acquaintance of Wendelin on this voyage, there aren’t many days you make such a great profit, at least looking at it from my point of view."

- Arterio to Wend