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”Come! The road awaits you, a dear friend to us all, a seductress that carries all of Mann to their fate.” -unknown merchant-
Are you a merchant that seeks connections across the land; a young penniless ward who aspires to greatness; an established merchant who wishes to make connections; a rich noble who wishes to retain legacy outside of their title; an adventurous map maker with a sack full of parchment; or a crafter who is established in some far off town? If you are any of these we are the place for you.
Who We Are
Welcome to the Winds of Change
Let the winds of Elyria carry your legacy across the land. Whether you are a Merchant, Crafter, Farmer, or Swordsmen, the Crosswind Exchange has a place for you. We are not like many guilds where you are expected to fall in line and follow orders, we are a loose association of traders, merchants, tavern owners, crafters, producers, Lords, and mercenaries with a shared vision, to spread our strength and influence across the lands. All are welcome regardless of county and duchy affiliation, we strive to create trade between the lands, helping connect producers with consumers and caravans with mercenary companies providing protection.
Membership to the Crosswind comes with a promise of cooperation and a certification that the business you are offering is honest and trustworthy. We are an association of those involved in trades of all kinds loosely connected with a promise and a name to work together for the strength of everyone in the Exchange.
Purpose
The exchange functions to brings together the many aspects of trade and economics within the Counties, Duchies, and Kingdom it belongs to and beyond those borders. It will allow for a connection from crafters to traders as well as a connection to the lords whose lands the traders cross and the many mercenary groups available for protection.
The exchange is less about belonging specifically to a guild and more about credentials. Any member of the exchange will be recognized as reputable within their business and should be available for trade and interaction with all other members of the exchange. Membership confers a shared alliance that ensures that trade between members is done in a respectful and and fair manner. Members are encouraged to work with other members first and always offer high quality work at a fair price to other members. Members are also promised safe travel and equal protection through the lands of other members regardless of county or ducal fealty. Finally members will have special allowance for taxes within the lands of all Lords within the exchange (the specifics of which cannot be specified until more is known of game mechanics).
Organization
Management
High Wind
The High Wind will consist of members from the different Winds within the exchange. Each county will have allowance for one member of each Wind on the High Wind. These representatives will be elected by members of the particular Wind within each county. The representative will serve until such time as that one fourth of the Wind in the particular county calls for an election.
The Different Winds
Each Wind represents a different aspect of the Crosswind Exchange. These Winds are the Flurry of Trades, Zephyr of Lords, Cyclone of Crafts, and Tempest of Blades.
Flurry of Trades
The Wind the Flurry of Trades is a loose exchange of traders, cartographers, scribes, merchants, and tavern and inn owners. Those belonging to the Wind of Trades will be given credentials that allow them to trade freely with anyone within the trade company without fear of price gouging. As well, traders will have access to Crosswind pricing for all taverns and inns belonging to the exchange. Inns and Taverns belonging to the Crosswind will have company pricing to all goods sold by other members of the company.
Zephyr of Lords
The Wind the Zephyr of Lords is the division of Nobles, specifically counts, though Dukes that wish to join are also welcome, that have become members of the exchange. Lords of the Crosswind have chosen to invest in the Exchange and as such take hand in helping bring together a larger economic organization. Lords belonging to the exchange promise to give special tax consideration to other members of the exchange and promise to give protection to all members regardless of that member's fealty. Lords will receive special consideration by all merchants, crafters, and mercenary companies within the exchange.
Cyclone of Crafts
The Wind the Cyclone of Crafts consists of two parts.
The first part is that of producers, herbalists, breeders, foresters, miners, farmers, and the like. Members belonging to this subdivision will gain priority licensing from their Lords for the gathering of and production of their products, as well all crafters will be strongly encouraged to purchase base goods from members of the producers subdivision first.
The second part is that of crafts, this includes blacksmiths, weaponsmiths, armorers, jewelers, fletchers, alchemists, tailors, and the sort. Members will receive guaranteed fair prices on raw materials, priority treatment by traveling merchants, access to local markets, and guaranteed stall placement at all Exchange sponsored markets and fairs.
Tempest of Blades
The Wind the Tempest of Blades is made up of personal body guards, assassins, and mercenaries. Members of this Wind will always be first pick for any trip through hostile land that needs an escort. As well members of this wind will find membership pricing at all taverns and inns that are Exchange members. Credentials for these members means that the Blades will not turn brigand during any transportation. This security will allow all Exchange members to feel they can trust Blades without doubt.
Membership
Code of Conduct, A Crosswinds’ Pledge
As the winds flow across the land, so shall our bounty, our name, and our strength. I pledge my loyalty and dedication first to my craft, second to my kindred, and third to the land.
To my craft, I shall only create and offer services that are of greatest quality, bringing esteem to my name and honoring the name of the Crosswind.
To my kindred, those brothers and sisters of the Crosswind Exchange, I pledge to always sell to and deal with them first and foremost; to offer them only honest product and honest prices; to never deal falsely with or work towards the downfall of any pledged to the Crosswind Exchange
To the land I pledge to serve the people and nobles I work with; to respect the laws of the many lands my feet tread; to strive always to bring balance in all that I do.
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