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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bramadan" data-source="post: 260796" data-attributes="member: 1064">Actually when I was talking about the penny-pinchers with trade-routes I had Zhentarim in mind:"...Zhentarim desire to control the most economical trade routes between the established lands of the Sword Coast and the rich young kingdoms of Moonsea eventualy extending into political influence in this regoin as well..." The quote is from the Old Grey Box entry on Zhentarim. The book goes on to tell us of suh nefarious schemes as trading in slaves and "...sending their wares south into ancient lands of Condath, Uther..." and "...brave[ing] the depths of Anauroch desert to discover the safe trade route through...".Such despicable acts of villany.Search as you might in the 1st and 2nd edittion material on Zhents (I have no 3rd ed FR material) picture that forms is that of a more kind and gentle version of East-India company or "Hudson's Bay" company rather then the power-crazed clique of lunatics bent on world domination  fitting for the world filled with magical wonders. If there were not for the spiky outfit you could not tell a Fzoul from an average company CFO.Thay Wizards were once somewhat more appropriate villians for FR but now they have joined the ranks of penny-pinchers. Sic transit gloria mundi (such as it was...)</blockquote>