In the Grand Hall of Commercial Justice, the high judicial bench was convened to hear the final indictments against the Merchant Syndicate of the Obsidian Coast. For forty years, this syndicate of twelve monopolists had controlled all maritime shipping, grain distribution, and copper smelting across the northern seaboard, operating as an untouchable financial mafia with the covert protection of Duke Alistair. Surrounded by thirty city watchmen, the twelve syndicate directors…
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