Gnemdos Trade Network

Category	Pacts
Members	Gaereaus
	Bokgruma
	Fragning
	Orryn
Period

The Lith-Crillion Era trade agreement, formulated by the Gnemdosians, remains one of the longest functioning compacts to date. This accord outlines rules pertaining to security, transfer zones of responsibility, and equitable practices, with the overarching objective that all signatories would derive benefit, albeit not necessarily in equal measure, but sufficient to mitigate conflict and elevate the prosperity of the participating parties.

One example of bringing others into the fold is when a potential trading party is located too far away to be profitable. Members of the Gnemdos Trade Network will exert effort and provide funding to incorporate them. The resources and strategies for these initiatives originate from a general treasury and staff, with the long-term vision tracing back to the founders of the GTN.

The founders of the GTN were intriguing figures. They were earth archons who had remained behind from the Creation War ( 1486 DE - 8777 DE ) . Sitting on a vast wealth of gems, the remnants of primordial war caches, they dedicated themselves to cultivating relationships with the peoples around them. Some suggested they were making amends, working to overcome the tarnished reputation of the primordials and their former elemental minions. Practically immortal, these Gnemdosians were long-term strategists, patient and resourceful, investing the time and resources to build an extensive trade network spanning distant regions, establishing a far-reaching mercantile apparatus that extended to the deeper subterranean tiers.

A few of the GTN trade routes:

Holy Burden

On this trade route, Tears of Achamâz are transported across the Heliotrope Sea to Phure-Zil. At this city, these "holy blocks" go up Yeenoghus Spittoon and then south to be used in the great holds, temples, and shrines of the Divine Empire and the country of Malacost.

Witches Climb

This trade route begins where the Vuzara's Oven enters the waters of the Heliotrope Sea. Paths cut into the slopes of this volcano go up where at the sea's cavern roof, they enter a tunnel that continues to the surface. Once on the surface, trade is done with the giants and other peoples of Fros Idar.