"Wait? Is that how blatantly they're going about it?" Verdant asked. "They're simply saying, directly, that merchants ought not to trade in Solgrim?"
"Aye, they're not hiding from it. They're saying there's security issues in Solgrim, and any who trade there henceforth will be unable to do business with the guild – until the issue is solved, they say, but we know that it'll never be solved to their satisfaction. They're the lawmakers," Greeves said.
"That's a rather overbearing strategy from Ferdinand," Verdant frowned. "I wonder what Lord Blackwell thinks of that approach? Surely he is keeping an eye on the situation, having noted the competition to my Lord…"
