The Merchant's Guild

"An economy is a fragile thing, the job of a merchant is to maintain the balance between improving his own life and the lives of others."

The Merchant's Guild are the de facto bankers of Stonehaven. They maintain the money supply with a Board of Directors and ensure that the balance of supply chains and production are running smoothly for the town. They are sometimes called upon by the Town Council to fund this or that infrastructure project and determine if it can be afforded. Seeing as the town is isolated from any and all known civilization, they maintain a complex system of credit and I.O.Us rather than any kind of fiat currency. The guild leader, Mergrim Jorkas, has little control over the decisions of the guild and instead reports and carries out the plans and desires of the Board. The guild has a standing promise of handing out loans to anyone wishing to start their own business, assuming they have submitted the needed forms in triplicate and their business proposal passes a preliminary screening and post-liminary report.

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