Catskills:Trade Center of Umbra
The Trade Center of Umbra
- Owner: The Children of Darkness
- Shard: Catskills
- Facet: Malas
- Coordinates: 32°20 N, 1°24 E
- Directions: The Trade Center is located on the Malas facet, directly west of the city of Umbra just past the West Gate Bridge.
- Type: Market, Workplace, and Merchant Headquarters for the city of Umbra
- Operational Status: Open
- Roleplay: Required
- Accepted Currency: Silver
Description
The Trade Center of Umbra is owned and operated by the Children of Darkness, through their Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU] divison. The Lady Pandora sits as the chairwoman of the board, while Jonas Callahan is the President. Through this endeavor, both the Children and the citizens of Umbra hope to re-establish the city as a trade-centric, profit-generating part of the Sosarian economy. Booths are available for rent to merchants desiring a centralized location to sell their wares for silver pieces during our special Market Days, which are open to all visitors twice a month. Workrooms are available for the use of all our merchants. Any merchant wishing to rent a space, should submit their application in the drop mailbox at the Trade Center.
Layout
1st Floor: Merchant Booths & Workrooms
When you first come upon the Trade Center, the foyer of the building is an open foorplan with Merchant Booths that are available for rent during our famous Market Day, which occurs twice a month. Behind this foyer, are the workrooms for blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, and also features an alchemy lab.
2nd Floor: Merchant Offices & Public Restroom
The floor houses the office of the Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra along with a public bathroom free to use for all visitors and merchants.
3rd Floor: Merchant Lounge
Should any of our merchants need a break from their long day, the lounge offers a place to sit and have lunch. It features a full kitchen with a dinning area.
4th Floor: Rooftop Garden
The rooftop garden is the area where from our gardeners keep their best plants for sale to the public. The gardeners are able to decorate their areas as they see fit.
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Neighboorhood
The Trade Center of Umbra is an extension of the city of Umbra, which has various lease holds out to the Children of Darkness guild. It sits directly west of the main city, across from which stands the Theatre des Innocents. The theatre hosts a wide variety of plays, muscials, orchestral compositions, and often artistic displays. Within the city walls, the Children have leased the Necromantic Amphitheatre, which hosts many of the town's balls and galas, as well the Critter Pens, the Gravedigger's Apparatus, and the Wailing Banshee Inn.
History
The Bloody Brew Tavern was erected on July 16th, 2010 (a resurrection from the previously known tavern in Felucca that had been erected on December 20th, 1997 in the Vamp's Lair city of Felucca). We named the tavern in honor of one of our members, Pleb --- who hails from the U.K. --- and we make him say "Bloody Hell" in Ventrilo; a small price to pay (hehe). The original tavern was on the first floor of our Vamp's Lair "castle mall" in East Britain on Felucca, before Trammel ever existed, so it did not have its own name, it was just part of the castle. The Children of Darkness resettled in Sosaria (after an 8 year hiatus, playing other MMO's) on January 2010 and worked on acquiring the land to rebuild their famed city, once again. Finally the tavern could have its own building, thus would have its own name.
Days of Operation
Usually open every other Monday at 8 PM EST. Market Day is open for all visitors, however we highly encourage all visitors to be in character, as items sold are often creatively invented and thus not of any real value according to game mechanics.
Staff
Edwin McCormick is the resident barkeep. He is friendly, yet quiet. A good listener. He has been with the coven for a few years now, having been born in the city of Umbra and made a vampire with the destruction and befallment of that city. He is grateful to the leaders of the Children for helping to re-build his home town and the teachings that they have provided those that were abruptly turned. He maintains the bar open the other nights of the week for any would-be traveller. He employs the other staff members.
Aliana Sudhiir is the latest addition to the tavern. She is an elven vampire, made a night child over 400 years ago prior to the return of the coven to the land of Sosaria. She has an affinity for exotic wines and liquors. As such, through the years she has accustomed her vampiric body to the drinks of mortals.
Masquearade
All of our vampires, half-breeds, and lycans are under the complete facade of the masquerade (hidden from true view). No player can "sense" or otherwise absolutely know for certain that we are downworlders, unless shown to be so.