Free Traders
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They are the independent, travelling businessmen who provide a good portion of all intercity trade. Their wares are sold mainly to in-town merchants, but they also retail small quantities of easily transported goods at the local market / bazaar. Free Traders are not organized as a group, but are bound together by customs and traditions as old as the Road. Outside of the normal competition of business, they are usually friendly, and deal fairly with one another, even with those they have never met before. They will readily lend each other help if needed (particularly in catching thieves), and trade among themselves at wholesale rates. Frequently, they travel in groups, for the safety of all and are an excellent source of information on the safety of the roads.
Some traders specialize in a particular line of products, such as spices, potions, or medicines. Many others tend to carry whatever is profitable, such as precious stones from the Thanamyl region. The growing merchant guilds, however, are beginning to monopolize more and more of the trade along major roads and rivers. They travel in larger, well-guarded caravans, bringing in a greater bulk of goods at lower cost. The activities of the guilds are a sore point with many of the Free Traders, and a constant subject of complaint around the nightly campfires. There are those that seek to form another guild of sorts by organizing the Free Traders, but the traders are a fiercely independent folk, and so far this has not been particularly successful.
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Entity Type: Article / organization
Category: Other Organizations
Tags: fcoh,type-alliance-economic
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