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 look forward to the influx of Yi-Tish traders. There are probably a small number of them who use our ports, but the results of the expedition should improve that significantly.
gotta say that having a Yi-Ti ish Rumour report about us would be hilairious. either as an Omake or in an actual update (knowing what rumours are around about us in Yi-Ti could be helpfull).
honestly having rumour reports about us from multiple sources would be great fun
gotta say that having a Yi-Ti ish Rumour report about us would be hilairious. either as an Omake or in an actual update (knowing what rumours are around about us in Yi-Ti could be helpfull).
honestly having rumour reports about us from multiple sources would be great fun
awesome. Nega-verses are honestly the type of omakes i love the most due to their nature. i like other types of omake to but sometimes Negaverse quests are just so much fun to see
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
Total: 5,580,000 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
I am especially pleased with how well the Valyrian Steel was able to be auctioned off for. With this precedent we might be able to keep selling it for ludicrous prices. Maybe one big auction every few months. The Yi Tish would be climbing over each other for the chance to get a weapon for themselves.
But we got a character poised to become the supreme, quasi-deity ruler of most of humanity, because this is where the desire for revenge, the lust for power and a stark "us vs. them"-mentality has led to.
but also my first answer to it was "or dear, we are becoming the god emperor of mankind, isnt?" we only need to have a super pimp golden armour right now.
but also my first answer to it was "or dear, we are becoming the god emperor of mankind, isnt?" we only need to have a super pimp golden armour right now.
but also my first answer to it was "or dear, we are becoming the god emperor of mankind, isnt?" we only need to have a super pimp golden armour right now.
[X] Receive a report -[X] Progress report on the Imperial highway system from the perspective of one or more people who now make regular use of the expanded network of roads.
[X] Receive a report
-[X] The socio-economic development in response to the Imperium spanning network of highways, in particular how it affects pre-existing trade- and settlement-patterns, and the local identity of ethno-cultural groups.
In this age of marvels when dragon soar against through the sky, trees speak and magic blooms in the hands of common man it is easy to discount the simpler works of the empire, simple but by no means less grand. I speak of course of our roads, wrought of fused stone conjured and shaped first by sorcery, then by the honest labor of many eager workers, like the dragon roads of old. Bridges solid enough to stand the test of ages span countless rivers that before could only be traversed by ford, ferry or less reliable spans and even the straights that separates Essos from the Stepstones have been bridged for the first time since the the dawn of the world.
More than a monument to imperial power, or even a means to move the legions quickly to where they are needed, the roads have changed life in many towns and villages across Essos. It is now possible for farmers to carry their crop further to market at a profit and herders to drive their sheep and cattle into larger market towns. Particularly in the fertile region that was once the Disputed Lands towns and vassal cities that once had to spend a great deal of their wealth on arms and armor for their guard, not to mention bribes for passing bands of sellswords, can now make use of the new roads to increase the flow of both raw materials and finished goods. Large workshops are planned or in some cases already functioning in places where it would not be profitable for them to exist without the imperial roads.
Itinerant tinkerers and large constantly moving caravans of traders, dealing mostly in finished goods and luxuries for the smaller towns and villages of Essos present in their current form at least as far back as the Century of Blood if not longer, have also been growing and showing more profits according to admittedly patchy census data from various cities in the Disputed Lands and beyond. There is also admittedly still anecdotal data of individuals traveling further for all manner of purposes where the roads allow, from business and trade to seeking spouses farther afield. It is my belief that the overwhelming movement of people from the former slave latifundia to the cities have masked the fact that people of all standings are simply traveling more because they can so do at greater ease with less expense and more safety.
For those without the means or the desire to actually travel the Imperial Post has created a never before experienced opportunity to keep in touch with kin far away. A postrider's saddlebags are never empty and consequently so are filled the pockets of many scribes. Being able to both compose and read letters is a skill of growing value throughout Essos making literacy attractive for many who would not have considered the worth before, particularly petty traders and village craftsmen who might wish to transmit messages through the post without needing the aid of a scribe or priest to read out the letters.
While there is a long road indeed to walk to the dreams of wide scale literacy among the peasants who work the land, such that I have heard in the academics of Sorcerer's Deep one can at least walk up to a tenant farmer in most of the Disputed Lands and propose the notion of one of his children learning to read and write without him laughing in disbelief.
By Gaelon Oranis, Senior Assistant Clerk with the Office of Transportation, Tyrosh
What next?
[] Receive a report
-[] Ghiscari Investigation
-[] Reach fey-pact research
-[] Write in
[] Continue with Viserys
-[] Write in
[] Write in
OOC: I tried to write something 'closer to the ground' as it was, but that ended up missing several of the aspects presented above so I went with the top down perspective. You guys do have clerks who can draw wide ranging conclusions, even a few who do not think statistics is a form of witchcraft, though the field is still in its infancy.
In this age of marvels, when dragons again soar through the sky, trees speak, and magic blooms in the hands of common man, it is easy to discount the simpler works of the empire, simple but by no means less grand. I speak of course of our roads, wrought of fused stone conjured and shaped first by sorcery, then by the honest labor of many eager workers, like the dragonroads of old. Bridges solid enough to stand the test of ages span countless rivers that before could only be traversed by ford, ferry, or less reliable spans, and even the straights that separate Essos from the Stepstones have been bridged for the first time since the the dawn of the world.
More than a monument to imperial power, or even a means to move the legions quickly to where they are needed most, the roads have changed life in many towns and villages across Essos. It is now possible for farmers to carry their crop further to market at a profit and herders to drive their sheep and cattle into larger market towns. Particularly in the fertile region that was once the Disputed Lands, towns and vassal cities that once had to spend a great deal of their wealth on arms and armor for their guard, not to mention bribes for passing bands of sellswords, can now make use of the new roads to increase the flow of both raw materials and finished goods. Large workshops are planned or in some cases already functioning in places where it would not be profitable for them to exist without the Imperial roads.
Itinerant tinkerers and large constantly moving caravans of traders, dealing mostly in finished goods and luxuries for the smaller towns and villages of Essos present in their current form at least as far back as the Century of Blood if not longer, have also been growing and showing more profits according to admittedly patchy census data from various cities in the former Disputed Lands and beyond. There is also admittedly still anecdotal data of individuals traveling further for all manner of purposes where the roads allow, from business and trade to seeking spouses farther afield. It is my belief that the overwhelming movement of people from the former slave latifunia to the cities have masked the fact that people of all standings are simply traveling more because they can do so at greater ease with less expense and more safety.
For those without the means or the desire to actually travel, the imperial post has created a never before experienced opportunity to keep in touch with kin far away. A post rider's saddlebags are never empty and consequently so are filled the pockets of many scribes. Being able to both compose and read letters is a skill of growing value throughout Essos, making literacy attractive for many who would not have considered the worth before, particularly petty traders and village craftsmen who might wish to transmit messages through the post without needing the aid of a scribe or priest to read out the letters.
While there is a long road indeed to walk to the dreams of wide scale literacy among the peasants who work the land, such that I have heard in the academics of Sorcerer's Deep, one can at least walk up to a tenant farmer in most of the Disputed Lands and propose the notion of one of his children learning to read and write without him laughing in disbelief.
What next?
[] Receive a report
-[] Ghiscari Investigation
-[] Reach fey-pact research
-[] Write in
[] Continue with Viserys
-[] Write in
[] Write in
OOC: I tried to write something 'closer to the ground' as it was, but that ended up missing several of the aspects presented above so I went with the top down perspective, you guys do have clerks who can draw wide ranging conclusions, even a few who do not think statistics is a form of witchcraft, though the field is still in its infancy. Not yet edited.
Here's an edited version of the chapter, @DragonParadox. I think you need to add who the author of this report is. As it is now, we get it in first person POV, but don't know who it is.
Here's an edited version of the chapter, @DragonParadox. I think you need to add who the author of this report is. As it is now, we get it in first person POV, but don't know who it is.
He is just a clerk from the office of roads, someone with a classical education, hence the vocabulary used, I did not think he was important enough to name, but if you guys want it I can get him one.
He is just a clerk from the office of roads, someone with a classical education, hence the vocabulary used, I did not think he was important enough to name, but if you guys want it I can get him one.
He is just a clerk from the office of roads, someone with a classical education, hence the vocabulary used, I did not think he was important enough to name, but if you guys want it I can get him one.
