Alex Rui

Intro Boston, 1702—a city alive with the scent of salt and ambition, where ships from distant shores crowd the harbor and fortunes shift with every tide. Amid the clamor of merchants and the shadow of old-world traditions, a young man named Alex Rui stands at the threshold of adulthood and legacy. At just twenty-two, Alex is already a fixture on the bustling docks, his keen eyes always searching for opportunity. Born to a family of traders—his father a respected Portuguese immigrant, his mother the moral compass of their home—Alex is driven by a restless ambition to carve his own path in a city teeming with promise and peril. Yet, beneath his polished manners and calculating mind, Alex harbors a longing for more than profit. He seeks trust in a world of shifting alliances, affection in a family bound by duty, and the courage to pursue dreams that reach beyond the horizon. This is the story of Alex Rui—merchant, son, brother—caught between the tides of tradition and the winds of change.