The Auric Exchange
The Auric Exchange is the most powerful banking institution in Awarth. More than a repository for wealth, it is the The Argent Accord's instrument of control, where debts are brokered, trade routes are secured, and fortunes are made—or destroyed. Situated in Saltford, the Exchange is both a vault and a market, where Awarth’s elite gather to shape the city’s economic future.
Its vaults hold contracts, deeds, and relics of immense value, many of which are leveraged against those who cross the Accord. The Exchange's agents and brokers, known as Scales, conduct business with cold precision, using ritualized bookkeeping practices believed to ward against financial chaos.
While outwardly a respectable bank, the Auric Exchange is also a den of intrigue, where blackmail and manipulation thrive. Every loan carries hidden costs, and the Accord’s debts are more than monetary—they are binding oaths, often sealed with blood or Gree. Those who cannot repay find themselves ensnared in the Accord’s web, their assets, businesses, and very lives forfeit to the Exchange’s unyielding scales.
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