Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20151117225651/@comment-6006054-20151127230044

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote:

The paper detailed the trade- House Telvanni would be getting a large supply of weapons. More than they could ever hope to use, actualy. The trade-off, though, was the amount of Heart Stones they were trading in return. It was massive, exorbiant. In fact, it was down right extortionary. House Telvanni would suffer in this deal- they were getting the much worse bargain. They were paying far too much for the weapons. It would appear House Hlaalu was cheating them, had the write up not be so brazen. It's almost like the bad deal was intentionally obvious.

Lord Hlaalu just looked at Dalon expectantly, giving nothing away. Dalon had to keep himself from smiling. He wasn't sure if he should be insulted or amused by this treatment. At least the haggling would be fun.

"When I look at this contract, I can't help but feel that we are both giving up too much." Dalon said. "The amount of weaponry is quite a generous portion, but numbers like that would leave a lesser house with empty armories. While a house as well off as your own would most certainly be able to weather such a loss, surely even your garrisons would want for an extra blade or two in the coming months were we to settle our negotiations now." He paused for breath, and then continued.

"While I do value the implicit compliment to House Telvanni's economic strength, you surely must remember that we traffic heavily in magical goods and have a disproportianate number of mages. Heart Stones have a greater value for my house than they would with Redoran, for example. The currently demanded amount would not be acceptable to my family's leadership, and I must ask that we work together to discern a more viable ratio."