Rebel!!qxZGDjBJEu 2011/03/04(Fri)16:49 No. 286212 ID: 820cab
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Of course, like many stories this one has actors. The humble beginnings of this market start with one creature, a selfish thing made of hunger and blood. Its past is unimportant for now, for the present and the future are the focus of this tale. This is the Marquis of Blood, a creature adept at stealing lives from people… in all meanings of the phrase. It lives in a small hollow in the hedge, the ever shifting mad land between the waking world and Arcadia. It acts as if it was a trapdoor spider, tricking people through the hedgegate that separates his hollow from the real world with guile or brute force and consuming their existances at its leisure.

But its hunger is deeper then that. It craves more, never finding enough to sate its gluttonous need to consume. So it must find a better way to feed, a better way to bring creatures, lives, objects, emotions into its lair so that it may glut itself and fill its empty soul.

Recently it has fed well. Too well. The sheer bulk of lives it has consumed has addled its mind with the sheer bulk of information to digest and it is no longer the predatorial beast it was when it first claimed the title Marquis. While its mind has sharpened, its own hunting skills have been lost somewhat in the ocean of its soul.

So, it will create a goblin market. And to do that, he must convince Hobs – Intelligent denizens of the hedge to ply their own trades in its lair.

Rebel!!qxZGDjBJEu 2011/03/04(Fri)16:50 No. 286213 ID: 820cab
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That is naturally where you come in. Eventually the lives consumed by the Marquis are absorbed into its own mind unless traded before the sublimation occurs and when that happens the mind becomes one with it. You gentle readers are those voices, subliminal suggestions in the creatures mind who guide and aid it in its quest to consume.

You have several options on where to begin your quest for avarice, and they are as follows:

The Marquis can travel to one of the other markets that are local to the city attached to the hedgegate, which the lives he has consumed recognise as London. Two other markets exist in the hedge, the underground haven of Marble Arch where information is highly prized and The Junk Market, a half-sank world war two battleship floating down the hedge’s mad reflection of the river thames… The Serpent.

The Marquis could also travel to one of the local tribes of hobs in this region of the hedge. The People of the Lion are a society of brutish warrior women and their diplomatic male counterparts. The Silverlake Clan are a nomadic family of beautiful creatures.

So, where shall we begin?

What can the Marquis create? For a market we must have a product. What could we create out of, say, a year of a humans life?

>>286213
Lets go set up a deal with the Lions. As they also deal in the taking of lives I'm sure we can find some mutually beneficial deal.

Begin at the Marble Arch. They sound like they would sell information, which seems like a good place to start.

I think the Junk Market sounds fascinating.

Bizarre Bazaar?

Also, go check out the Junk Market.

>>286213
I think dealing with the hobs first would be significantly better than going to the other markets; if we can convince both tribes to participate in a new market- whose frequency of appearance and nature we can tailor to suit their needs, as an incentive for their participation- then throw in ourselves, and we'll be in business. After that we can go to the existing markets and start attracting customers and additional merchants from a much stronger position.

So go to one of the hob tribes; which makes no difference.

The first thing you need for a market is folks, as everyone knows. If there ain't no folks, then no selling nor buying can get done. So for that reason, we shall go to a tribe of Hobs.
I recommend that we get both, but start with the People of the Lion, as their physical acumen is likely to be helpful in making sure the physical aspect of the market is present.
On that note, is there anything we have that would be helpful for making our market more market-like? Or will we need to trade with those who have the capacity for creation?

Sorry guys, i seem to have picked up a nasty flu that just wont leave me the hell alone.

Goblin Quest is on Pause for now.