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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 5616364" data-attributes="member: 55006">It's not indefinite status quo, you just have to make a concerted effort to topple things. It's not going to happen overnight. It took centuries for Eberron to get to it's current state, it's going to take some time to change things. The Quorri are definately thinking long term, and their plans are starting to come to fruitition. If you want to compete with Orien, you start out small and off thier radar. You hire those you can trust to run your business smartly while you're off adventuring. Along the way, find ways to discredit or embarass Orien, but be prepared for thier wrath. Try to misdirect it. Make a big enough name for your business, you can displace Orien in certain markets, more easily in distant backwater markets they aren't as concerned in. You could even grow as a subcontractor for them, staying off thier radar longer. Once large enough, you're next step would be to try and secretly convince dragonmarked heirs to join you instead of them. Eventually you usurp the main family branch in an internal coup, and you absorb Orien as your own. If you want to make valenar horses, you're going to have to study elven history and horses in nature. A druid or ranger may be a good starting point. Find a way to indebt yourself to a valenar stablemaster. Now you can spend a few years observing the process valenar animal husbandry and gleem some secrets. Once you are satisfied you are ready, go off on your own and try to breed them, perhaps adding a little bit of magebred traits into your stock. It will probably take a few decades to get a good breeding stock going, but it's doable given time and cultural knowledge of the process.</blockquote>

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