House Talt's position rests on commerce as much as inherited status.

Its seat at Elsbrü in Lin connects it with routes toward Arcanos and Bloodcall. In a kingdom of fortresses and knightly reputations, access to trade gives a family another way to exert influence.

Georg Talt is elegant and accommodating in manner, yet his calculations are marked by thrift and greed. His willingness to deal with others belongs to the practical work of preserving and increasing the family's advantages.

William, the young Count of Elsbrü, has a more indulgent disposition. Amelia, eighteen, is known for kindness and beauty.

Trade routes create relationships beyond a single estate: merchants, officials, neighboring territories and the political interests that shape the movement of goods.

A visitor may meet polished hospitality. Behind it stand accounts, connections and the question of what a house gains from every agreement.