Beiträge von Dagger Arkenstone

    The East Blackwood Company Headquarter Building was made of stone and wood but was not grand by any means. It had one main entrance in the front facing the main street running through the district and a smaller rear door. The building was only a few rooms large on the inside with the main room being on the right through a door as one entered the building. That room was both an office of sorts as well as a small hall with a large table in the middle of it. On the walls hung a few banners prominent among them being the black on white flag of the East Blackwood Company In the corner of the room near the entrance was a stack of wooden boxes marked with the E.B.Co logo.

    The merchant cleared this throat. "Actually, we do have a small matter of a delivery that may or may not take place. We have to change where and to who is is going. Which means our bargain will change with the seller." The merchant handed Djako a letter; the letter that had originally went to Lady Sayeh. "If the seller agrees, then it would be a shipment of horses which would be sent to the Western Seal. Specifically Nova Bretonia."


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    Der Händler räusperte sich. "Eigentlich haben wir eine kleine Angelegenheit mit einer Lieferung, die stattfinden kann oder auch nicht. Wir müssen ändern, wohin und an wen sie geht. Das bedeutet, dass sich unsere Abmachung mit dem Verkäufer ändern wird." Der Händler reichte Djako einen Brief; den Brief, der ursprünglich an Lady Sayeh gegangen war. "Wenn der Verkäufer zustimmt, dann würde es sich um eine Pferdelieferung handeln, die nach West-Siegel geschickt wird. Genauer gesagt nach Nova Bretonia."


    The merchant, who was not Beriad or Djako, watched Sayeh leave then turned back to look at first Sir Raven and then the new arrivals from the E.B.Co. He paused dumbly for a moment before snapping out of it.


    "Oh, right, Master," he nodded to Djako. "Your lordship," he bowed his head lightly to Beriad. "Sir Raven" he bowed his head lightly to Sir Raven. "We have documentation but not enough of it on either side to clarify the issue of payment for a job completed some time ago. The original contract between the East Blackwood Company and the Iron Daggers was over a year ago and was not put to parchment... There are three written correspondence between the two companies which outline the payment negotiations for that original job. One further discussion took place between that first job and now to discuss the possibility of future relationships between the two companies."


    "By our calculations, the Iron Daggers worked for us officially for around two months. Unofficially, they stayed on for a further four months continuing their work and helping our Guard here in Copperdale. After that they have remained mostly within the district. They wished to be paid for the total time here and we were only authorized to pay them for the time of the initial contract. With your arrival Master Djako, we can settle this matter once and for all, I hope." The merchant put on a nervous smile.


    "There are also other matters to be discussed such as a future job should one take place. We have some complications with that that will need to be clarified in the near future. For now though, I believe you have the documentation and our notes on this business, would you Master Djako, or you Sir Raven like to continue this discussion now?"


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    Der Händler, der weder Beriad noch Djako war, sah zu, wie Sayeh wegging, und drehte sich dann um, um erst Sir Raven und dann die Neuankömmlinge von der E.B.Co. zu betrachten. Er hielt einen Moment lang stumm inne, bevor er wieder zu sich kam.



    "Oh, richtig, Meister", nickte er Djako zu. "Eure Lordschaft", er verneigte sich leicht vor Beriad. "Sir Raven", er verbeugte sich leicht vor Sir Raven. "Wir haben Unterlagen, aber nicht genug davon auf beiden Seiten, um die Frage der Bezahlung für einen vor einiger Zeit abgeschlossenen Auftrag zu klären. Der ursprüngliche Vertrag zwischen der East Blackwood Company und den Iron Daggers liegt schon über ein Jahr zurück und wurde nicht zu Pergament gebracht... Es gibt drei schriftliche Korrespondenzen zwischen den beiden Unternehmen, die die Zahlungsverhandlungen für diesen ursprünglichen Auftrag umreißen. Ein weiteres Gespräch fand zwischen diesem ersten Job und jetzt statt, um die Möglichkeit zukünftiger Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Firmen zu besprechen."



    "Nach unseren Berechnungen arbeiteten die Iron Daggers offiziell etwa zwei Monate lang für uns. Inoffiziell blieben sie weitere vier Monate, um ihre Arbeit fortzusetzen und unsere Wache hier in Copperdale zu unterstützen. Danach sind sie größtenteils innerhalb des Distrikts geblieben. Sie wollten für die gesamte Zeit hier bezahlt werden, und wir waren nur berechtigt, sie für die Zeit des ursprünglichen Vertrags zu bezahlen. Mit Ihrer Ankunft, Meister Djako, können wir diese Angelegenheit ein für allemal klären, hoffe ich." Der Händler setzte ein nervöses Lächeln auf.



    "Es gibt auch noch andere Dinge zu besprechen, wie zum Beispiel einen zukünftigen Auftrag, falls einer zustande kommt. Da gibt es einige Komplikationen, die in naher Zukunft geklärt werden müssen. Fürs Erste aber glaube ich, dass Sie die Unterlagen und unsere Notizen zu diesem Geschäft haben, würden Sie, Meister Djako, oder Sie, Sir Raven, diese Diskussion jetzt gerne fortsetzen?"


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    East Blackwood Company HQ Building

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    The Lady of Sapphire Ilse, was still standing near the head of the table with the merchant next to her.


    When Beria announced himself the merchant eyes widened slightly but he soon relaxed when the master merchant of the East Blackwood Company arrived as well. He smiled at both of them.


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    East Blackwood Company HQ Gebäude


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    Die Dame von Sapphire, Ilse, stand immer noch am Kopfende des Tisches mit dem Kaufmann neben ihr.



    Als Beria sich ankündigte, weiteten sich die Augen des Händlers leicht, aber er entspannte sich bald, als der Meisterhändler der East Blackwood Company ebenfalls eintraf. Er lächelte die beiden an.

    Outside of the East Blackwood Company HQ Building

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    No more than a half an hour after the arrival of Djako, a tall man in a long dark coat and a sword entered the the square from Commander Anthem's manor house and made his way toward the East Blackwood Company HQ building slightly North East of where he was. The same messenger woman who had been doing the rounds this day was at his side.


    "Graf Beria, Sir Raven of the Iron Daggers along with a couple remaining members are still in that building. Take care as I believe they are very unhappy." The messenger dipped her head lightly and hurried off to her next assignment.

    East Blackwood Company HQ Building

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    The silence in the room was deafening. The merchant was still nervous with having even a few Iron Daggers in the room and he with no guard present. Lady Sayeh did not appear nervous just angry. The silence was finally broken when from the back a women entered the small hall and talked in hush tones to Lady Sayeh and the merchant. Shortly after she left.


    The merchant turned back to Sir Raven and forced a smile, "Djako Kaevh, Master Merchant of the East Blackwood Company has arrived and will be here shortly."


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    A women entered the deputation building and addressed Djako, "Master Kaevh, I believe now would be a good time for you to meet with Sir Raven. Lady Sayeh is in the E.B.Co building right now with him and the remaining Iron Daggers."

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    A carriage arrived from the East side and pulled through the simple, walled gateway leading to the Kutschergilde carriage stables and carriage house. The Embassy Guard mercenaries on duty opened the door to the carriage to let its passenger out. The passenger was a fancily dressed-thin man in a uniform of gold and ocher brocade. In place of weapons he is carrying large leather back. As an escort he had one personal mercenary of the Embassy Guard. The man and his guard made his way to the building adjacent to the E.B.Co headquarters building which bore the banners of the East Blackwood Embassy and the Realms Embassy.

    "As I said, we are not authorized to put any more on the table than offered. Any further discussion should be done with Master Djako when he gets here or Sir Dagger himself at a later date. Having contract negotiations with no actual agreement is not a binding contract which I believe your esteemed leader, Sir Raven, eluded to. In total we have three written documents between both parties and I have copies here. All of them are payment negotiations for the first job done. So, as I mentioned just now, if this is not acceptable to you, please wait for Master Djako or speak to Sir Dagger directly. Sir Dagger is currently somewhere on mission in the Realm of Roses and in the near future, deal permitting, a convey will head down that way to make a delivery. You could accompany it to him if it pleases you." The merchant looked tired.

    The merchant seemed confused, "there is documentation to the contrary and ongoing negotiations for payment that have happened since. You are asking us to pay you for work we did not ask you to do. Myself or even Lady Sayeh cannot do that. Only the Master Merchant Djako or Sir Dagger himself can release more funds. I urge you to accept as the offer is generous. As a merchant myself if I baked bread for an order of 20 loafs and then added 30 more expecting to be paid for that as well, I should not be surprised when the buyer has issue with it. But again, I think this is a mater for the heads of the company."


    The man sighed, "we have a shipment of horses that may be going south soon. If that deal is completed you could accompany that to speak with Sir Dagger. This is not a verbal contract negotiation just an offer as a means to discuss further payment beyond what was offered just now or what has been offered, and declined, in the past."


    "As far as the district goes, this is a matter we will also pass on to Sir Dagger and Master Djako. I believe they will have to discuss how to go forward from here... Speaking of Master Djako, he will be here tomorrow."

    The merchant looked through the documents once more and pulled out the copy of the original letter from Diob. He steeled himself to speak with renewed confidence. "It says here that you expanded the district by 25% but later you told us 300%. Regardless of this you said you hoped that we would see this as a gift. We did... You also pointed out that the work you did secured us for a month which then meant that our own guards were back in the city after that time. So by your own report we owe the esteemed Iron Daggers payment for... two months plus a bonus for work well done. Let me think a moment... that is 992 silver for the individual mercenaries and we could add 300 silver for the overall job plus 200 silver for the bonus. So in total about 1492 silver or, with a ratio of 8 to 1, 186 and a half gold."


    The merchant turned to Lady Sayeh, "if your ladyship would allow, I would advise that any matters of further payment beyond this go to Sir Dagger directly. I believe, however, that he is currently on a mission with the Castellan Stordan von Zackenberg and the Malaka're in the Realm of Roses so that could take some time."

    The merchant at Sayeh's side nervously looked around the room while the servant sprung to clean up the mess. The merchant looked at both Sayeh and then Sir Raven. He was unsure exactly what he should do but then thought of something that could perhaps be of assistance.


    "I believe it was the original intention of Sir Dagger to gain the Iron Daggers as a more permanent resource. In such that previous offer of the expanded district was made. The original offer was in coin for the task of securing the district which you did and well I think we can all agree. While your services have not been needed much after that job, we enjoyed having you here and were no in a hurry to ask you to leave. So for any further efforts on your part to secure the area you were, at least temporarily, residing in we thank you."


    "I believe Lady Sayeh has agreed to pay the standard rates of your soldiers for their time in our service. You have so kindly listed those for us here." The merchant pulls out the last letter from Diob or at least a copy of it. "I am sure the East Blackwood Company can come to an agreement that fits both parties. Of course," the merchant turned to the Lady of Sapphire Ilse and Squire of the Dark Ilse, "at your pleasure of course my lady."

    The merchant looked around the room at the mercenaries present. He was going to ask Lady Sayeh if he should get the guard for "safety reasons" but when he saw the lady's lack of concern he calmed himself and smiled at Sir Raven and the rest.


    The servant returned with saucers full of jugs of wine, spirits, ale and mead.

    The merchant, blushing by this point, stepped back and left the topic for the moment. Lady Sayeh was indeed in charge and the merchant was only there to assist.


    The saucer on the table, the food that was covered, once opened revealed a stuffed bird drenched in an brown sauce. The attending servant looked around the room and gathered whatever jugs were empty then left the room presumably to fill them.

    The merchant spoke up, "the initial contract we made was to secure the district in the place of our Embassy Guard who were elsewhere at the time. They returned within a month or so and resumed their duties. The Iron Dagger decided to go above and beyond what was asked of them and expanded the East Blackwood Company's Guild district. Once this work had been done your master of coin requested higher payment than what was initially agreed upon. A counter offer was sent in the form of the offer to "reside" not own the expanded district area with the exclusion of the main road and river access. This offer has been rejected as you master of coin has explained. Another counter offer has been presented, two in fact, with ever increasing requests for payment for work you were not asked to do. I believe this is the line her ladyship was heading down."


    The merchant looked nervously at the Lady of Sapphire Ilse but he continued none the less. "I cannot speak on behalf of the whole E.B.Co but I have been happy to have had your people here. They have brought our operations security and culture and that is something I am thankful for. However, I personally do not understand why you are asking us to pay for two years of work we did not contract you to do."

    The merchant raised his brow then bowed lightly to Lady Sayeh and disappeared behind a desk at the rear of the room. He returned with a wooden chest which he opened. The document which he drew from it appeared to be either a ledger or a letter which he showed to Lady Sayeh.