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The Golden Wheel Merchant Guild

Founded eighty years ago during the Great Silt Famine, the Golden Wheel began as a desperate coalition of grain haulers. By implementing a standardized currency and a ruthless logistics system, they saved three city states from starvation but took absolute control of those trade routes in exchange. Their history shifted forty years ago with the discovery of Void Resin, a substance found in planar ley-line junctions that functions as a miraculous fuel and magical catalyst. This discovery transformed the guild from a transport service into a global energy monopoly.

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Mercantile Conglomerate · Lawful Neutral

The Golden Wheel Merchant Guild

“Wealth Greases the Spokes of Progress”

TypeMercantile Conglomerate
SizeRegional Powerhouse
InfluenceVery High
WealthExtravagant
AlignmentLawful Neutral
Age80 years

Chronology

Founded eighty years ago during the Great Silt Famine, the Golden Wheel began as a desperate coalition of grain haulers. By implementing a standardized currency and a ruthless logistics system, they saved three city states from starvation but took absolute control of those trade routes in exchange. Their history shifted forty years ago with the discovery of Void Resin, a substance found in planar ley-line junctions that functions as a miraculous fuel and magical catalyst. This discovery transformed the guild from a transport service into a global energy monopoly.

Founder’s Story

Elara Thorne, a failed alchemist turned teamster, founded the guild. She realized that gold is worthless if it cannot move. She orchestrated the first Golden Convoy through the Dead Wastes, proving that sufficient coordination could overcome any monster. She disappeared under mysterious circumstances shortly after the first Void Resin harvests began.

The Mechanism of Intent

Public Goals
  • Ensuring the safety and stability of regional trade routes
  • Providing high quality energy solutions through legitimate alchemical innovation
  • Standardizing weights and measures across the territories
  • Financing infrastructure projects like bridges and mountain passes
    • Secret Goals
  • Establishing a total monopoly on Void Resin to control the cost of industrial magic
  • Corrupting local governments to overlook the environmental blight caused by resin extraction
  • Securing enough Void Resin to power a legendary artifact known as the World Engine
    • Current Objectives
  • Successfully transport the largest shipment of Void Resin ever recorded via the Southern Caravan
  • Silence or discredit the Circle of Ash druids
  • Acquire more high level security personnel like the Paladin caravan guards
    • Long-Term Vision

    To become the de facto shadow government of the continent by making every kingdom's economy entirely dependent on Golden Wheel resources.

    StructureCorporate Oligarchy
    SuccessionThe twelve Factors vote on a new Grand Director from within their own ranks based on who has generated the most profit in the last decade.

    Leadership

    Valerius Krayne— Grand Director

    Meticulous, cold, and profoundly analytical. He views morality as a variable that rarely adds value to a balance sheet.

    Silas Vane— Master of Acquisitions

    Charming, deceptive, and prone to using violence when words fail.

    Elder Lyra Moonfall— Chief Alchemist

    Paranoid and brilliant. She is beginning to suffer from Void Resin poisoning.

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