Merchant's Guild

The Merchant's Guild is the most powerful guild in the city of Ehrenfest, as you need to be registered to buy or sell anything as a business.

Location and Description
The guild building is located at the north-east corner of the central plaza in Ehrenfest.


 * The ground floor is a parking area for carriages and carts.
 * The second floor is a large hall for small businesses.

To gain access from here on, one needs a guild card acquired by registering with the Merchant's Guild


 * The third floor contains meeting rooms as well as the front desk for larger businesses. There is a waiting space with a file cabinet, bench and table by the front desk. On the file cabinet there are scrolls and wooden plaques about the rules and regulations of the guild, mercantile law, noble almanacs plus a map of the surrounding area.
 * The fourth floor contains the Guildmaster's office.

Important documents are stored on the higher floors. They are neatly sorted by the name of the workshop.

Services
Anyone who wants to buy or sell things as a business must be registered with the guild. The second floor deals with people who run stalls and travelling merchants. This is the largest group of people and it can become very busy, especially just before the market opens.

The third floor is more presentable, with carpets and tapestries, and it is where larger businesses go in order to register paperwork and conduct large meetings together.

Security
The Merchant's Guild is locked with a weak magic lock when it is closed. To enter higher floors, commoners need a guild card. There is a magic circle acting as the gate, with a simple mana identification function.

History
The Merchant's Guild was created to help the nobles interact with the commoners as well as settling disputes between stores. The Othmar Company served as a third party during negotiations.

Trivia

 * The Merchant's Guild was written "Merchants' Guild" in the light novel Part 1 Vol. 2.