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You're not alone. We worked hard to get the planar contacts.
[X] In the future I would gladly share the location of this trading city with you, but am unable to due to diplomatic concerns and the risk of drawing hostiles from the Planes to us.
-[X] First thing to address: the Dornish mages aren't strong enough yet
--[X] We heard you already contacted Velen's homeplane, this market we draw from is on a neighboring Plane, the Dimwell Delving, home to earth and all its creatures.
--[X] Its markets are rich and a little bit less dangerous than the great trade-hubs on the Plane of Fire.
--[X] Unfortunately that knowledge alone is not worth too much, since it takes a mage of considerable power to move between worlds and none in your services, or indeed in mine outside of my closest allies, can cross over to trade.
--[X] At the same time all but the most well-ordered and tightly controlled areas of the Elemental Planes are dangerous to mortals and inhabited by creatures far more dangerous than any bandit or rogue lord this world has to offer, and we have faced dangerous foes on the majority of our travels away from this plane.
--[X] So all in all, I recommend you to wait until your mages have grown in power until they can cast spells of at least the 5th Circle before considering extraplanar trade.
--[X] That aside, in this particular city, the reason we are able to get such good deals is due to personal connections we have made. Others who seek to trade there would not enjoy the same benefits. We will happily act as the go-between for now, however, with full access later. Small fee in goods, which we intend to invest into strategic projects for the war.
-[X] Tell Doran about the significant economic dangers posed by the Teleportation Circles
--[X] They would massively shift economic activity towards their locations, due to effectively doubling the sphere of influence of every activity nearby.
--[X] This will lead to a drain of specialised labor from their wider surroundings and massively promote urbanisation, thus greatly empowering the local lords economically and politically. This will depopulate the surrounding areas over time.
--[X] They will shift away business from land caravans and shipping, since they can't possibly compete with free instant teleportation. That will put tremendous strain on locations depending on these routes and will worsen the migration.
--[X] Long term, this will result in a loss of knowledge. Maps will become less accurate. Sailing and shipbuilding knowledge will detoriate.
--[X] With the local roads loosing value, the lords will become less vigorous about securing the hinterland and prosecution of banditry. This rise in criminality will worsen the other effects.
--[X] Long term, isolationism will be the result, since knowledge about the world disappears and nothing worthwhile will exist away from the Teleportation Network.
--[X] Which is not to say that he should bury them, but they need to be very carefully controlled and administrated. For now they should be restricted for military usage.
--[X] Lya will eventually come to study the Teleportation Circles soon for further military use, with the goal of replicating the magic elsewhere.
-[X] Arrange the purchase of the best Dornish Sand Steeds so that they can be bred by your Dothraki. You shall have the finest horses for the Legions.
-[X] In the distant future, when your needs for steel are not so overwhelming, arrange to sell steel to Dorne in quantities that Doran can hide or explain away.
@Diomedon @Azel @Artemis1992 tried to get all the best points.
1. His mages aren't strong enough in the first place
2. Even if they were, for strategic reasons this isn't the best time for us
3. Teleportation Circle concerns
4. Horses
5. Steel in the distant future
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