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[[File:Esh_logo.png | right | frame | Logo of the Merchants of Esh faction in the Romance of the Nine Empires card game]] | [[File:Esh_logo.png | right | frame | Logo of the Merchants of Esh faction in the Romance of the Nine Empires card game]] | ||
| − | The '''Merchants of Esh''' are one of the nine empires vying for the control over [[ | + | The '''Merchants of Esh''' are one of the nine empires vying for the control over [[Countermay]]. "Esh has no standing army, but has never needed one; mercenaries, from this world and others, are far more cost effective. The other empires consider Esh an immoral den of obscene wealth, ruled by barely human individuals only interested in increasing their own fortunes. Which is true. But Esh is also the only place certain materials can be found, so when push comes to shove, they grit their teeth and pay the price."<ref name="rules">Vancil, Matt, and Nathan Rice. ''Romance of the Nine Empires: Rules of Play''. Edited by Jeff Quick, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2013.</ref> |
== History == | == History == | ||
| − | "The other city-state to emerge from the aftermath of [[Old Ixhasa|Ixhasa]]’s fall, Esh was founded for purposes far less noble than [[Magocracy of Arcanix|Arcanix]]. It began as a trade hub due to its strategic location, a minor city of no special distinction. It wouldn’t become a power until a residual aftershock from the corrupted Nexus that sank Ixhasa tore open more than the ground beneath the fledgling city. The arcanoquake tore open the tissue between worlds, exposing what the Eshene have come to call the Undermarket | + | "The other city-state to emerge from the aftermath of [[Old Ixhasa|Ixhasa]]’s fall, Esh was founded for purposes far less noble than [[Magocracy of Arcanix|Arcanix]]. It began as a trade hub due to its strategic location, a minor city of no special distinction. It wouldn’t become a power until a residual aftershock from the corrupted Nexus that sank Ixhasa tore open more than the ground beneath the fledgling city. The arcanoquake tore open the tissue between worlds, exposing what the Eshene have come to call the [[Undermarket]]." |
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| + | "Since the discovery of the Undermarket, Esh has ballooned into a sprawling mercantile metropolis ruled by an oligarchy of trade princes—men most able or willing to barter with the entities in the Undermarket."<ref name="rules" /> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:24, 13 October 2020
The Merchants of Esh are one of the nine empires vying for the control over Countermay. "Esh has no standing army, but has never needed one; mercenaries, from this world and others, are far more cost effective. The other empires consider Esh an immoral den of obscene wealth, ruled by barely human individuals only interested in increasing their own fortunes. Which is true. But Esh is also the only place certain materials can be found, so when push comes to shove, they grit their teeth and pay the price."[1]
History
"The other city-state to emerge from the aftermath of Ixhasa’s fall, Esh was founded for purposes far less noble than Arcanix. It began as a trade hub due to its strategic location, a minor city of no special distinction. It wouldn’t become a power until a residual aftershock from the corrupted Nexus that sank Ixhasa tore open more than the ground beneath the fledgling city. The arcanoquake tore open the tissue between worlds, exposing what the Eshene have come to call the Undermarket."
"Since the discovery of the Undermarket, Esh has ballooned into a sprawling mercantile metropolis ruled by an oligarchy of trade princes—men most able or willing to barter with the entities in the Undermarket."[1]