The Notos, kings of the seas and builders of great trading kingdoms, had always believed in prosperity and power. Their coastal towns, centers of business and peoples trade and cultural exchange, enjoyed the firm protection of an extensive navy, and were linked by a secure chain of trade on the best world knew. The cunning businesswoman, Seraphina, held the Notos in a grip of iron, controlling markets and making arrangements with the cold, efficient disposition of a sociopathic killer.
their economic dominance. He understood wealth was their masters, but was at the same time their worst enemy.
With his vast intelligence network of spies and informants systematically and methodically built up over many years of work, Nyx started to knock down the Notos's complex commercial structure. He brought to light their corrupt trade practices, unearthing secret liabilities, black market transactions, and backroom arrangements that had made a fortune for the Notos while others lost in reverse. He disclosed this information to trading groups on the other side, fostering discord and mistrust in the Notos' economic society.
At the same time, Nyx employed his shadow sorcery to conjure phantasm fleet, that would take shape and fade like a mirage on the commerce route of Notos. These phantom ships didn't engage in combat; they simply disrupted shipping schedules, causing delays, confusion, and significant financial losses. The Notos navy, constantly chasing these elusive phantom fleets, became stretched thin and unable to effectively protect their trade routes.
The Notos economy started to crack, prices shot through the roof, and discontent started to brew in the crowded port cities. Seraphina, accustomed to controlling the flow of wealth, found her carefully constructed empire crumbling around her. The lifeblood of her powers, the stream of gold, had been cut off.
Noticing the criticality, Seraphina agreed to meet with Nyx. She perceived in him not a victor, but a pragmatist, someone who knew the importance of constancy and regulation. Nyx offered her the chance to undo her past mistakes by building on her experience of setting up of an equitable, just and sustainable economic society. And he didn't bring her a threat, but an opportunity for atonement, a way to start anew in a new context of interaction and intenser benefit. Seraphina, always pragmatic and resourceful, agreed to the proposal, as a means to guarantee her own safety as well as that of her people.