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Gods of Trade

CanonOfficial lore from the booksSoVp. 22, 24

The Gods of Trade value the growth of society through trade and commerce. According to their dogmas, civilisations grow as trade roads are opened and deals are signed. For some of them, money is the greatest mover of things and trade the greatest source of power, whether the currency is gold, favours or souls.1

Trade in the Lands of Exile

Ambition drives trade, sometimes through violence, sometimes through labour and sometimes through intellect. Lives are wasted on its path, nations go to war over it, and ancient families perish along the way. Yet for most people in the Empire it stands for civilisation, with all its good and ill, and with civilisation come laws and treaties.2

Giving something in return for what one receives, even when the exchange is not always fair or equal, is one of the oldest rules of these lands; bartering, it is said, lies at the foundation of the universe. The right to bargain, the safety of the roads and the security of property must always be protected, for that is the will and desire of the Empire, so long as everyone pays their taxes.2

The gods

Agmon, one of the lesser gods loyal to the Greater God Alarath, is the god of trade. Many of the Greater Gods are bound to the theme in their own ways, among them Rakash, the god of death, and Volkan, god of production, wealth and oaths.2

Even Malachar, the god of outcasts and luck, values the principle of exchange. That is why many thieves leave something of little or no value in place of what they have stolen: no wise one wants to anger Agmon and the other gods.2

Notes

  1. ↑BookShadow Over Vansreik, p. 22
  2. ↑BookShadow Over Vansreik, p. 24

Sources

This article draws on:

  • SoVShadow Over Vansreik(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 22, 24

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