Your name is Alfredo de Medici.

You live in the town of Potenza.

Your background

You have travelled widely, buying goods in one place to sell in another. You are currently doing very well from the profits of these sales.

Your role

It will be your job to tell your group how and why a merchant, such as yourself, conducted trade and come to some conclusions about the part you have played in the historical event that we call the Black Death.