Campaign 15: First Frolic Scenario 00: First Frolic Dawning Episode 07: Brokeristics, Page 3
	Date: 12562-02-10, Time: 1100 Location: Desert Port, Lewawan, The Gorvij Lands Default Language: Gorvij

Player Characters Present

Character	Player	Sex	Species/Race	Description
Alijar Ilarik	Weston	M	Hyuumin/Waujak	Thief
Arberiks Kroonit	Christine	F	Hyuumin/Gorvij	Sharpster
Bernee Spam	Kevin	M	Dargaolhuun/Vordin	Thaumaturge
"Cat"	Melissa	F	Dargaolhuun/Vordin	Fighter
Kootayu Ranshee	Wood	M	Hyuumin/Nildrer	Thaumaturge
Laeris Seelfaroo	Don	M	Hyuumin/Relt	Sharpster
Liraan	Corinna	F	Fl;ajessav/Challit	Scrapper
Markuutril	Cassidy	M	Hyuumin/Gorvij	Hieruirge
Niijel Buzelstumper	Bob	M	Dargaolhuun/Vordin	Sharpster
Waun Chuu	Brad	M	Hyuumin/Nildrer	Thaumaturge
Wilnachet	Dennis	M	Hyuumin/Rinker	Fighter

Local Characters

Character	Sex	Species/Race	Description
Ankarev	M	Gorvij	Constable
Ashdor	M	Waujak	Alchemist
Braatrin	F	Gorvij	Public Witness
Bronderet	F	Gorvij	Weaver
Fergus Urkhart	M	Vordin	Baker
Frotheringhaa Urkhart	M	Shougild	Carter
Galeger Throkmorton	M	Vordin	Head Vordin
Ghravnokh	F	Braksont	Tinkerer/Cook
Gremaan Artrening	M	Gorvij	Chief Constable
Kleris	F	Gorvij	Constable
Plimsool Urkhart	F	Shougild	Carter
Reridav	F	Gorvij	Tavern Owner
Tiireen	F	Gorvij	Entertainer

Everybody prospered because there was plenty to go around. People
worked hard because they knew they were working for themselves.
There was no one gaining without contributing. No one piling up
"wealth" that others had produced. No one accumulating more than
they could possibly use. Those who tried to do that were rightly
recognized as lazy, unscrupulous, greedy, manipulative and above
all, dishonest in their dealings. They were known as cheaters.

The brokers helped to protect the people by speaking out against the
cheaters and exposing their frauds. They were able to call upon the
chiefs to help out, should force be necessary. Cheaters were soon
brought into line or left to starve.

Sometimes a series of trades had to be extended in time or even
delayed. That was how money got invented. Money was anything compact
and easy to store that the broker could make a temporary trade for.
And money was not treated differently from any other other item in
trade, it was weighed and examined by both parties. Even when metal
was used for money, the choice was merely one of convenience. The
value of metal lay in the fact that smiths could make nice things
out of it.

Unfortunately, money turned out to be a two edged sword.

The cheaters had found a weak point that they could exploit. They
did it by working on the chiefs, flattering them, catering to their
sense of importance. The cheaters argued that the chiefs should be
the ones to evaluate the money, and that they, as protectors of the
people, should be entitled to take shares out of trade, just as the
brokers did. Or rather, more than the brokers did. The cheaters
suggested to the chiefs that they might enrich themselves.

At first, only a few chiefs were corrupt enough to follow this
advice. But as these chiefs began to show off wealth above that of
everyone else, other chiefs became envious.

Eventually, all the chiefs were turned to the cheaters' plan.