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Send to the players before the game :
3rd of May 1345, Provins (Kingdom of France) The Saint-Quiriace trade fair used to be the wealthiest gathering of all Christendom. Bankers from Florence would meet merchants from Byzantium and Troy. But with the fair declining, debts started accumulating. Ruined silk traders had to explore more dangerous ventures. And for a pious soul, the road to decadence has only one dead end. ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
=Intro - The Skeleton Merchant=
They find punching equipments inside the tunnel as well as lots of ingots of silver, copper, lead and iron, and other metals. Too many of them. Those metals cannot be bought by just anyone.
Action : On the metals ingots there is the stamp of a metal merchant, he know who bought them.
Action: check the books, indeed the hospitallers buy all those metals. Supposedly to make a stronger alloy to circle their cart's wheels.
They notice two merchants having a fight. One of them tried to pay with "Golden Leopards" minted by Edward III, while the other argues that he only want to be paid in Saint-Louis écu. Then he tries to pay in "Livre Parisi" Paris Pound and the other explains him that his prices are in "Livre Tournois" which are slightly less expensive.
A merchant sleeping on his stall nearby. He is dead. Poisoned ‘’’Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne’’'
When they touch him, his mouth opens and they notice a coin falling from his mouth. A Provins coin.(it's normal for merchants to bite a coint to test it)
| 30min = There's an iron cross where prices are being hung.
The fair decides the prices of different commodities.
All players gain one Feat and the player who holds the coin gains the [[Bone Coin]] Feat.
==Post Game Bonus==
Send those to the players as a post game bonus :
Fun fact, the medieval monetary system of 1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pennies have survived until 1971 in the UK. Initally, 1 Pound meant 1 Pound of Silver. So 1 Penny was 1 pound / 240 = 3g of silver.
The Provins trade faire was twice a year, the Saint-Quiriace Fair was in May and Saint-Ayoul was in Sept/Oct named after the two churches in the high and low part of the city.
Here is a picture of Saint-Quiriace church : [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Collegiale_Saint-Quiriace_Provins_sud.jpg]
The Cesar tower : [http://prima.wiki/images/8/8a/C%C3%A9sar_Tower.jpg]
The City walls : [http://prima.wiki/images/7/7e/Provins_city_walls.jpg]
Provins Pennies : [http://prima.wiki/images/d/d9/Provins_Pennies.jpg]
Provins Catacombs : [http://prima.wiki/images/a/a0/Provins_Catacombs.jpg]
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