Difference between revisions of "Northern Interests Trading Company"

The '''Northern Interests Trading Company''' is a mercantile business whichon [[First of the Sun]] that has an interest in settling and exploiting the [[Pantheon]] isles for commercial purposes, namely selling [[Aviar]] to people on the [[mainland]].{{book ref|sixth}}

The company stagedhad along preliminaryhad scientificdesigns on establishing an outpost in the Pantheon, but the area was incredibly dangerous. The lure of the Aviar there was such that the company explorationdecided to ignore the warnings of [[Patjitrapper]]s (island)|and move ahead with the [[Patji expedition]], aimingpartly to test some scientific equipment that it had acquired from the [[Ones Above]]. The stated goal of the mission was to find out why only Aviar raised on Patji had powers while birds raised elsewhere did not. They brought two hundred soldiers, one hundred scientists and merchants, and two [[ironhull]]s armed with cannons. TheyOnce they arrived, they built a fortress as their main camp, then sent ana expeditionsmall team lead by a reluctant [[Vathi]] to scout the other side of the island for a location where they cancould build a second outpost. [[Sixth of the Dusk (character)|Dusk]] found a ruined campsite that had been used by the members of this scout expedition before a [[deepwalker]] had attacked them. He was frustrated that they had not heeded his warnings and had come to Patji anyways, sealing their fate. He later found Vathi, who had survived the attack, stuck in one of his traps near his base. She explained the full extent of the company's plans to him. After an unusual event that disturbed all of the island's Aviar, the two of them set out on a dangerous nighttime journey to the company's main camp to try and determine what had happened.{{book ref|sixth}}

When they reached the company's fortress on the other side of the island, Vathi discovered thatthe source of the disturbance: her coworker, [[Winds]], had gone ahead and opened their latest 'gift' from the onesOnes aboveAbove, a device which cancould track Aviar on a large scale. Dusk tried to convince the workers that to do sotheir wouldactions bewere dangerous, but his words failed him and he was ignored. A short while later, terrified, Vathi came to Dusk and told him that in that machine they had discovered the true intentions of the Ones Above. She told himexplained that they had found an instructionsa manual in their language inside the device they had been given by the Ones Above. {{book ref|sixth}}

TheyThe haveCompany receivedreceives various technologies from the Ones Above. One of these is a device which can map out the locations of all of the Aviar on the island.{{book Aref|sixth}} secondThis device thathas theysome havesimilarities isto [[fabrial]]s found on [[Roshar]].{{wob ref|14314}} They also possess a small device whichthat Vathi found with onea member of the Ones Above who died while in their company. It can translate between their languages and point to the location of individual Aviar.{{book ref|sixth}}

They also have firearms whichthat use an explosive powder to fire a small arrowspear out of a metal tube. It is not clear if they received these guns from the Ones Above or if they developed them on their own.{{book ref|sixth}}

They have built a large walled fortress on the shores of Patji out of logs. It, haswith large wooden gates. They have guardposts on the upper walls as well as cannons to protect from approaching ships. They have two heavily armed and armored ironhulls docked at the fortress to protect them from the deepwalkers.{{book ref|sixth}}

; [[Eusto]]: The captain of the shipsPatji expedition