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	\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]		\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]
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	~~[[Image:The_Aureliad_Consortium_Symbol.png\|right\|175px\|Emblem of the Aureliad Consortium]]~~The Aureliad Consortium is a recent creation, conceived in the eastern Aurean ports in the decade following the Neptaran refortification of [[Seahaven]] in [[2099\|2099 NC]], when the colonization of [[Marosh]] and the opening of the Maroshan trade lanes promised a gold-rush to any venture bold enough to seize it. Its founding required a remarkable swallowing of old enmities: [[Narbonne]] and [[Milosia]] are maritime rivals in eastern [[Aurea]], and the Milosians bear a hatred for all things descended from Aescalapea, from which [[Vistria]] was carved. Profit proved a stronger glue than grievance. Narbonnais financiers, grown fat on their kingdom's trade-festivals and the deep purses of its noble houses, supplied the capital; the [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] Archduke's newly reopened mines in the foothills of the [[Antasian Mountains]] supplied metal and ore to sell; and Milosian shipping magnates supplied the hulls to carry it. The name 'Aureliad' was chosen deliberately by the founders as a grand brand evoking an epic of Aurea, projecting a unity the coalition has never entirely felt.		The Aureliad Consortium is a recent creation, conceived in the eastern Aurean ports in the decade following the Neptaran refortification of [[Seahaven]] in [[2099\|2099 NC]], when the colonization of [[Marosh]] and the opening of the Maroshan trade lanes promised a gold-rush to any venture bold enough to seize it. Its founding required a remarkable swallowing of old enmities: [[Narbonne]] and [[Milosia]] are maritime rivals in eastern [[Aurea]], and the Milosians bear a hatred for all things descended from Aescalapea, from which [[Vistria]] was carved. Profit proved a stronger glue than grievance. Narbonnais financiers, grown fat on their kingdom's trade-festivals and the deep purses of its noble houses, supplied the capital; the [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] Archduke's newly reopened mines in the foothills of the [[Antasian Mountains]] supplied metal and ore to sell; and Milosian shipping magnates supplied the hulls to carry it. The name 'Aureliad' was chosen deliberately by the founders as a grand brand evoking an epic of Aurea, projecting a unity the coalition has never entirely felt.

	The Consortium's early years were a string of audacious gambles that more often paid than not. By undercutting established carriers on key routes and advancing capital to independent captains in exchange for a share of each voyage, the Aureliad drew traffic and talent away from its larger competitors faster than anyone had thought possible. Internal crises came as fast as profits: the Concord nearly fractured within its first years when a Milosian faction and a Narbonnais faction came to blows over the apportionment of a single rich Durian contract, and only the intervention of the mining bloc, indifferent to that quarrel, held the board together. Out of that near-collapse came the present rule of three equal blocs and a rotating, carefully balanced presidency.		The Consortium's early years were a string of audacious gambles that more often paid than not. By undercutting established carriers on key routes and advancing capital to independent captains in exchange for a share of each voyage, the Aureliad drew traffic and talent away from its larger competitors faster than anyone had thought possible. Internal crises came as fast as profits: the Concord nearly fractured within its first years when a Milosian faction and a Narbonnais faction came to blows over the apportionment of a single rich Durian contract, and only the intervention of the mining bloc, indifferent to that quarrel, held the board together. Out of that near-collapse came the present rule of three equal blocs and a rotating, carefully balanced presidency.

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	{{Organization		{{Organization
	\|name = The Aureliad Consortium		\|name = The Aureliad Consortium
			\|emblem = The_Aureliad_Consortium_Symbol.png
	\|formal_name = The Aureliad Concord of Merchant-Venturers		\|formal_name = The Aureliad Concord of Merchant-Venturers
	\|epithets = The Concord; the Eastern Coin; the Three-Crown Consortium; the Gilded Tide		\|epithets = The Concord; the Eastern Coin; the Three-Crown Consortium; the Gilded Tide

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	\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]		\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]
	\|history =		\|history =
	The Aureliad Consortium is a recent creation, conceived in the eastern Aurean ports in the decade following the Neptaran refortification of [[Seahaven]] in [[2099\|2099 NC]], when the colonization of [[Marosh]] and the opening of the Maroshan trade lanes promised a gold-rush to any venture bold enough to seize it. Its founding required a remarkable swallowing of old enmities: [[Narbonne]] and [[Milosia]] are maritime rivals in eastern [[Aurea]], and the Milosians bear a hatred for all things descended from Aescalapea, from which [[Vistria]] was carved. Profit proved a stronger glue than grievance. Narbonnais financiers, grown fat on their kingdom's trade-festivals and the deep purses of its noble houses, supplied the capital; the [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] Archduke's newly reopened mines in the foothills of the [[Antasian Mountains]] supplied metal and ore to sell; and Milosian shipping magnates supplied the hulls to carry it. The name 'Aureliad' was chosen deliberately by the founders as a grand brand evoking an epic of Aurea, projecting a unity the coalition has never entirely felt.		[[Image:The_Aureliad_Consortium_Symbol.png\|right\|175px\|Emblem of the Aureliad Consortium]]The Aureliad Consortium is a recent creation, conceived in the eastern Aurean ports in the decade following the Neptaran refortification of [[Seahaven]] in [[2099\|2099 NC]], when the colonization of [[Marosh]] and the opening of the Maroshan trade lanes promised a gold-rush to any venture bold enough to seize it. Its founding required a remarkable swallowing of old enmities: [[Narbonne]] and [[Milosia]] are maritime rivals in eastern [[Aurea]], and the Milosians bear a hatred for all things descended from Aescalapea, from which [[Vistria]] was carved. Profit proved a stronger glue than grievance. Narbonnais financiers, grown fat on their kingdom's trade-festivals and the deep purses of its noble houses, supplied the capital; the [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] Archduke's newly reopened mines in the foothills of the [[Antasian Mountains]] supplied metal and ore to sell; and Milosian shipping magnates supplied the hulls to carry it. The name 'Aureliad' was chosen deliberately by the founders as a grand brand evoking an epic of Aurea, projecting a unity the coalition has never entirely felt.

	The Consortium's early years were a string of audacious gambles that more often paid than not. By undercutting established carriers on key routes and advancing capital to independent captains in exchange for a share of each voyage, the Aureliad drew traffic and talent away from its larger competitors faster than anyone had thought possible. Internal crises came as fast as profits: the Concord nearly fractured within its first years when a Milosian faction and a Narbonnais faction came to blows over the apportionment of a single rich Durian contract, and only the intervention of the mining bloc, indifferent to that quarrel, held the board together. Out of that near-collapse came the present rule of three equal blocs and a rotating, carefully balanced presidency.		The Consortium's early years were a string of audacious gambles that more often paid than not. By undercutting established carriers on key routes and advancing capital to independent captains in exchange for a share of each voyage, the Aureliad drew traffic and talent away from its larger competitors faster than anyone had thought possible. Internal crises came as fast as profits: the Concord nearly fractured within its first years when a Milosian faction and a Narbonnais faction came to blows over the apportionment of a single rich Durian contract, and only the intervention of the mining bloc, indifferent to that quarrel, held the board together. Out of that near-collapse came the present rule of three equal blocs and a rotating, carefully balanced presidency.

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	\|type = Mercantile Syndicate		\|type = Mercantile Syndicate
	\|leadership = The Concord, a governing board of nine seats drawn equally from its three founding blocs, presided over by First Venturer [[Aimeric Varesne]], a Narbonnais financier		\|leadership = The Concord, a governing board of nine seats drawn equally from its three founding blocs, presided over by First Venturer [[Aimeric Varesne]], a Narbonnais financier
	\|headquarters = ~~The Hall of Three Crowns~~, the Concord's seat in the city of Grischamp, capital of [[Narbonne]], in [[Aurea]]		\|headquarters = La Sala de Tres Coronas, the Concord's seat in the city of Grischamp, capital of [[Narbonne]], in [[Aurea]]
	\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]		\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]
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	\|type = Mercantile Syndicate		\|type = Mercantile Syndicate
	\|leadership = The Concord, a governing board of nine seats drawn equally from its three founding blocs, presided over by First Venturer [[Aimeric Varesne]], a Narbonnais financier		\|leadership = The Concord, a governing board of nine seats drawn equally from its three founding blocs, presided over by First Venturer [[Aimeric Varesne]], a Narbonnais financier
	\|headquarters = The [[~~Aurean Sea~~]], ~~with a rapidly growing presence~~ in [[~~the Betshaban Ocean~~]]		\|headquarters = The Hall of Three Crowns, the Concord's seat in the city of Grischamp, capital of [[Narbonne]], in [[Aurea]]
	\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]		\|secondary_holdings = Counting-houses and warehouses in various ports around the [[Aurean Sea]], with a rapidly growing presence farther afield in [[the Betshaban Ocean]]
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	* [[Lucan Verro]]: Gouverneur for the Milosian Bloc, Verro is a Milosian shipping magnate whose carracks carry the bulk of Aureliad trade, and whose simmering contempt for his Narbonnais partners is the Concord's most persistent internal danger.		* [[Lucan Verro]]: Gouverneur for the Milosian Bloc, Verro is a Milosian shipping magnate whose carracks carry the bulk of Aureliad trade, and whose simmering contempt for his Narbonnais partners is the Concord's most persistent internal danger.
	* [[Seraphine Calderis]]: Cadre des Expéditions of Seahaven: The ambitious and razor-minded face of the Consortium in Mandrake Bay, charged with prising the Maroshan trade from the Quartz Isle Company's grip and personal rival of that company's Factor-General.		* [[Seraphine Calderis]]: Cadre des Expéditions of Seahaven: The ambitious and razor-minded face of the Consortium in Mandrake Bay, charged with prising the Maroshan trade from the Quartz Isle Company's grip and personal rival of that company's Factor-General.
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The Aureliad Consortium is a rising mercantile power out of the eastern ports of [[Aurea]], formed from the union of three otherwise unlikely partners: the financier houses of [[Narbonne]], the mining concerns of [[Vistria]], and the shipping magnates of [[Milosia]]. Whereas some of their competitors on the [[Betshaban Ocean]] move by ledger, charter, and the slow accretion of custom, the Consortium moves by capital. It buys in fast, prices low, pays its factors handsomely, and binds men to it through patronage rather than bureaucracy. To its partners it is a vehicle for fortunes that none of the three could amass alone; to its rivals it is a foreign intrusion that arrived without warning and now threatens to swallow maritime trade across all three continents. To the merchants and rulers of [[Duria]], in particular, the Consortium whiffs too strongly of the tactics of [[the Old Empire]] from [[the Third Age of Man]].
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