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Interlude DCCCV: Gold from the Sunrise Flowing
Gold from the Sunrise Flowing
Seventh Day of the First Month 294 AC
Sorcerer's Deep, Red Scales Holdings Offices
The unexpected return of the Jade Sea Expeditionary Fleet to harbor by means of sorcery lead to a brief moment of confusion with regard to just how much the royal coffers have grown with its return. While many onboard kept meticulous notes regarding the various deals struck, not least where the paper on which those records were kept is concerned, no one was expecting so precipitous a return home. As the inhabitants of Sorcerer's Deep were not expecting an unknown Ironborn longship to be a part of the returning expedition, a fact which set quite a few hearts racing, the scales can be counted even there.
Once the value of the cargo in the ships' holds was assessed and its ownership established it was concluded that Red Scales Holdings, and thus the Crown, is richer by over four and a half million marks having returned by far the largest profit both comparatively and proportionally of any participant to the expedition. The combination of royal prestige, access to a vast array of unique trade goods, many of them wholly unknown in the markets of Yin, and the Harbinger's prodigious skills in striking advantageous deals has served the royal coffers well. Alas, the sheer scale of these transactions inflated the cost of sought after Yi Tish goods like spices, teas, silks and porcelain to the point where other major contributors who pledged coin to the expedition were not able to attain profits quite as high as anticipated.
Still, everyone did make a considerable profit with ironically enough the Brunes of Dyre Den making a small fortune from their own modest contribution simply because they did not have an envoy, thus the task was passed to the Crown. Young Valaena also did the legacy of Corlys Velaryon proud, though how much of that was trading acumen and how much was the presence of her dragon and her very visible implication in aiding the Azure Throne in several classified matters is uncertain.
As a minor aside, modern spell-steel weapons sold quite well, though there was some minor distaste with regards to 'blood magic' to be overcome. Traders who made the deals suggest making the broad generalities of the forging process known so as to counter some of the wilder rumors about it.
Royal Profits:
Other Profits:
- 1,000,000 IM in Luxury Goods (Royal Cargo) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +64% (Harbinger Bargaining) +30% (Prestige) +90% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 534% -> 5,340,000 IM
- 300 pounds of Valyrian Steel Weaponry (Royal Cargo) -> 240,000 IM
Other Profits:
- 240,000 IM in Gold and Silver (Uthero Argalys) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 17% (Envoy Bargaining) +10% (Prestige) = 227% -> 544,800 IM
- 200,000 IM in Gold (Doran Martell) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 13% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 231% -> 462,000 IM
- 190,000 IM in Gold and Silver (Ferrego Antaryon) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 34% (Envoy Bargaining) +16% (Prestige) +15% (Previous Conections) = 265% -> 503,500 IM
- 130,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Garin Drekelis) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +64% (Harbinger Bargaining) +8% (Prestige) +90% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 512% -> 665,600 IM
- 120,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Various Triton Tribes) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +16% (Envoy Bargaining) -5% (Prestige) +40% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 403% -> 483,600 IM
- 95,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Dorera Phassen) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +11% (Envoy Bargaining) +14% (Prestige) = 375% -> 356,250 IM
- 60,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Hermetia Aerebalys) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +29% (Envoy Bargaining) +5% (Prestige) +50% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 434% -> 260,400 IM
- 58,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Wyla Drekelis) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +16% (Envoy Bargaining) +6% (Prestige) +60% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 432% -> 250,560 IM
- 19,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Royce of Runestone) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 13% (Envoy Bargaining) + 11% (Prestige) = 224% -> 42,560 IM
- 16,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Velaryon of Driftmark) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 28% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 246% -> 39,360 IM
- 15,000 IM in Trade Goods (House Velaryon of Driftmark) -> 100% (Base) +150% (Trade Good Category) + 28% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 296% -> 44,400 IM
- 12,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Brune of Dyre Den) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 31,920 IM
- 9,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Darry) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 23,940 IM
- 3,000 IM in Trade Goods (House Brune of Dyre Den) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 7,980 IM
OOC: No vote this time since roads did tie for the last vote so that's going to be the next interlude. Hope I did not mess up the numbers above.
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Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
Oh shit. That's some money.
Also, Garin and Hermetia become even more stupidly, ridiculously wealthy...
Uthero and Ferrego and Doran do extremely well too, to no surprise.
And everyone else made around 100% profit, which is excellent. I mean, comparative pocket change, but it absolutely increases their liquid capital for future investments.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Gold from the Sunrise Flowing
Seventh Day of the First Month 294 AC
Sorcerer's Deep, Red Scales Holdings Offices
The unexpected return of the Jade Sea Expeditionary Fleet to harbor by means of sorcery lead to a brief moment of confusion with regard to just how much the royal coffers have grown with its return. While many on board kept meticulous notes regarding the various deals struck, at least where the paper on which those records were kept is concerned, no one was expecting so precipitous a return home. As the inhabitants of Sorcerer's Deep were not expecting an unknown ironborn longship to be part of the returning expedition, a fact which set quite a few hearts racing, the scales can be counted even there.
Once the value of the cargo in the ships holds was assessed and its ownership established, it was concluded that Red Scales Holdings, and thus the crown, is richer by over four and a half million marks, having returned by far the largest profit both comparatively and proportionally of any participant to the expedition. The combination of royal prestige, access to a vast array of unique trade goods, many of them wholly unknown in the markets of Yin, and the Harbringer's prodigious skill in striking advantageous deals has served the royal coffers well. Alas, the sheer scale of these transactions inflated the cost of sought after Yi Tish goods like spices, teas, silks, and porcelain to the point where other major contributors who pledged coin to the expedition were not able to attain profits quite as high as anticipated.
Still everyone did make a considerable profit, with the Brunes of Dyre Den ironically enough making a small fortune from their own modest contribution simply because they did not have an envoy, thus the task passing to the crown. Young Valaena also did the legacy of Corlys Velaryon proud, though how much of that was trading acumen and how much was the presence of her dragon and, or her very visible implication in aiding the Azure Throne in several classified matters, is uncertain.
As a minor aside, modern spell-steel weapons sold quite well, though there was some minor distaste with regards to 'blood magic' to be overcome. Traders who made the deals suggest making the broad generalities of the forging process known so as to counter some of the wilder rumors about it.
Royal Profits:
Other Profits:
- 1,000,000 IM in Luxury Goods (Royal Cargo) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +64% (Harbinger Bargaining) +30% (Prestige) +90% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 534% -> 5,340,000 IM
- 300 pounds of Valyrian Steel Weaponry (Royal Cargo) -> 240,000 IM
Other Profits:
- 240,000 IM in Gold and Silver (Uthero Argalys) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 17% (Envoy Bargaining) +10% (Prestige) = 227% -> 544,800 IM
- 200,000 IM in Gold (Doran Martel) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 13% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 231% -> 462,000 IM
- 190,000 IM in Gold and Silver (Ferrego Antaryon) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 34% (Envoy Bargaining) +16% (Prestige) +15% (Previous Conections) = 265% -> 503,500 IM
- 130,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Garin Drekelis) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +64% (Harbinger Bargaining) +8% (Prestige) +90% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 512% -> 665,600 IM
- 120,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Various Triton Tribes) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +16% (Envoy Bargaining) -5% (Prestige) +40% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 403% -> 483,600 IM
- 95,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Dorera Phassen) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +11% (Envoy Bargaining) +14% (Prestige) = 375% -> 356,250 IM
- 60,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Hermetia Aerebalys) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +29% (Envoy Bargaining) +5% (Prestige) +50% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 434% -> 260,400 IM
- 58,000 IM in Luxury Trade Goods (Wyla Drekelis) -> 100% (Base) +250% (Trade Good Category) +16% (Envoy Bargaining) +6% (Prestige) +60% (Otherworldly Wonders) = 432% -> 250,560 IM
- 19,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Royce of Runestone) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 13% (Envoy Bargaining) + 11% (Prestige) = 224% -> 42,560 IM
- 16,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Velaryon of Driftmark) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 28% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 246% -> 39,360 IM
- 15,000 IM in Trade Goods (House Velaryon of Driftmark) -> 100% (Base) +150% (Trade Good Category) + 28% (Envoy Bargaining) +18% (Prestige) = 296% -> 44,400 IM
- 12,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Brune of Dyre Den) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 31,920
- 9,000 IM in Gold and Silver (House Darry) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 23,940 IM
- 3,000 IM in Trade Goods (House Brune of Dyre Den) -> 100% (Base) +100% (Trade in Gold) + 64% (Harbinger Bargaining) -2% (Prestige) = 266% -> 7,980 IM
OOC: No vote this time since roads did tie for the last vote so that's going to be the next interlude. Hope I did not mess up the numbers above. Not yet edited.
Glad to see that our allies profited so greatly. Several of them made more on this trip than the treasury of Westeros has in liquid funds.
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Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
Tohbo Mott: "Right, this symposium was put together and approved by order of the Azure Throne and the Son of Heaven to expound upon the technical specifications and the forging process by which Valyrian Steel is made."
Qohorik Smith on retainer: "Seeing as how a live demonstration would be impossible, at least at this time, please imagine this stuffed toy to be the imp it depicts quite well through use of Fifth Circle magic."
Tohbo Mott: "Princess Rhaenys loves these, by the way, and they can be purchased through ACSEC by way of Silver Serpent Enterprises."
Qohorik: "Getting a commission, eh?"
Tohbo Mott: "I might have made a couple of investments."
Herald: "BEGINNING THE DEMONSTRATION. OBSERVE."
Herald breathes fire on the stuffed imp.
Excruciatingly lifelike screams emanate from the test platform.
Herald: "DEMONSTRATION COMPLETE."
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Viserys: "I'm not sure I understand. The price dropped by over 500% overnight? It still performs just as well, right?"
Garin: "Unfortunately, the Dragonsteel Symposium did not manage to expel the rumors regarding blood magic surrounding the final product."
Garin: "Incidentally, talismans which ward against fiends have increased in sales by around a third."
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- Location
- Philippines
@DragonParadox, what happened to the Ghost Tree-Ship?
It did not want to risk being teleported so it stayed in Yin. It parted from the fleet on friendly terms.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
I think they were talking about the common +1 magic weapons, our smiths have a ritual allowing them to make them without being mages, that one is technically a blood ritual, but it's of the inflict non-permanent damage on yourself to use type.
Valyrian steel is better of course, but the fact that we can mass produce +1 weapons with common reagents, is also one of our specialties.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
Is it actually staying in Yin, or is it just continuing to travel the slow way?
It has vague plans to sail westwards, maybe see this Sorcerer's Deep eventually.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
They were not.
Jack vile Ripper
The swellest guy in Creation.
- Location
- Indonesia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
?
Why so few gold? House Royce is the only Noble House in the Vale that could rival it's own Lord Paramount. Naturally, this means that they're the only one that has the treasury to match. Due to the absence of Mountain Folks raid and our patronage, this would've made them slightly richer than their neighbours. Not to mention that most Targaryen Supporters has unified under their banner.
And there's also Waymar Royce's Alchemical Business to boot.
So why didn't they invest more?
Long distance trading is untested waters for Yohn Royce so he put in a decent amount, but didn't stake his whole treasury on it. By contrast the Brunes for instance scraped every coin they could find. For them it was a show of loilaty as much of a business decision.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
One which paid off. They made nearly another 25,000 IM.
Jack vile Ripper
The swellest guy in Creation.
- Location
- Indonesia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hmm, I'm sure that number is nothing major in compared to ours.
But how much does this worth for Westerosi? As we all know, the entire Baratheon Royal Treasury has been gutted to nothing but 200.000-300.000 IM. Damaging the Western economy even further.
How much does 25.000 IM is worth to a minor house such as House Brune? What can they do with it?
- Location
- Germany
It's quite a budget to build mills, villages, mines or something of the sort. For 25,000 IM, they could also pay the workforce to built an entire castle, though they would still need materials.
Or it's a good seed fund to get your own trading ship going.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
Crackclaw Point doesn't have a good Port.
I was thinking maybe we could rebuild the Whispers and it could serve that purpose. It has a harbor...
- Location
- Germany
The ship doesn't necessarily got to have it's home port in Crackclaw Point. They can have it sail from SD just fine.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
How's the city of Yin doing in the wake of our fleet's departure, @DragonParadox? It had a significant presence, brought a ton of wealth and political upheaval, then disappeared overnight. That's gotta be worth a reverse rumor post.
Have we made any headway into acquiring a large portion of land in the Foreign Quarter?
Have we made any headway into acquiring a large portion of land in the Foreign Quarter?
- Oh yes, particularly as Viserys did not want to have his first appearance in Yin to be as ship carrier so he just gave himself water breathing and did it from under the water to for any onlookers all the foreigners got on their ships and then they all just vanished one by one
- Not yet no
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
Thought they just walked through a Gate portal? Thought it would be more straight forward to open one of those suckers up and just have everyone walk through it, disembarking in the Demiplane in Sorcerer's Deep while Viserys carried the ships to the docks where some more men from the Imperial Navy were waiting to get everything secure.
Which would be even more confusing for any onlookers, come to think of it...
That is indeed what happened, Viserys can't teleport hundreds in one go after all, but on one on shore saw the gate triggering, just tne empty ships going pop as they were carried away.
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Do hope that people who invested with us enjoy all the money they got from this venture in general since everyone profited, even if not as extremely as we did ourselves.
I also expect more far eastern traders to make it far west after this as well.
I also expect more far eastern traders to make it far west after this as well.
Road report coming up.