"The Vale of Mists was once like the High Fen," Beilan began. "It was valuable because of its location. The river flows all the way to the sea and goods from across the lowlands flowed through the Vale to reach customers west of the mountains. But the Vale of Mists itself produced very little of value. Now that it is no longer a path for the flow of treasures from afar, it has little to offer the rest of the Eldritch world."
"In the short term," he continued. "It's possible that you could profit off the refining and shipment of goods from Airgead Mountain. I have already proposed a trade in jewels through the Vale of Mists that should be sustainable even if Lady Ashlynn's plan for an ore canal doesn't work out."
"It's much easier for a courier to slip through the wilderness with a bag of jewels than it is to transport tons of ore," Nyrielle acknowledged. "Marcell has proposed doing so in the past, but the results haven't been spectacular."
