The Silk's Den & Fredrick's Emporium

The Silk's Den

Established five years ago, the Silk’s Den is one of Embris’s top manufacturers for children’s toys and sweets. The main headquarters are located on Coralis, whilst factories are staged in the heavily industrialized sector of Croit. The company is rather new, but aggressive in its selling endeavors. Extravagant events and specials is what makes the Silk’s Den popular amongst children, and they time their special sales during holiday or festival seasons. Every two-three months, a new product is launched and children from all over the city or outside of Coralis come to visit. The advertisement has generated a lot of income for the island. Their logo is represented with a spider holding a colorful lollipop. Their mascot’s name is Webster the Spider, and there are stuffed toys dedicated to this beloved character.

Currently, the Silk’s Den holds a monopoly over Coralis as the main seller for children’s toys and sweets, with branch stores in Goraj, Pathyrus, and Croit. The company represents the toy and sweet business within the continent of Volandra, and is quite an aggressive, young company. The lack of experience is what drives the Silk’s Den into making bold choices. The Silk’s Den’s view’s its competitor, Fredrick’s Emporium, as a threat. Currently, it is eyeing up to set up a shop in Gravitas before the Emporium can. The younger corporation will do whatever is necessary to gain a foothold in the city. There are whispers that the Silk’s Den’s unethical practices are going to get them in trouble someday, but this has yet to be proven.

Fredrick's Emporium

Established 30 years ago, Fredrick’s Emporium has become a leading figure in innovative home-wear, research, and house-hold products. The main headquarters are in Goraj, with factory stages in the heavily industrialized sector of Croit. The company’s knowledge of innovation and machinery, which has produced some of today’s modern technologies used for research, cooking, and more. The standardized logo is printed on every product, either on their packaging or on the product itself. Frederick's Emporium is proud of their heritage and often participates in acts of charity for the city of Goraj whenever the city requires help. Their acts of charity have not gone unnoticed. Fredrick’s Emporium hosts an annual sale every season, and does a special sale during their anniversary. Their logo is represented as a hat with glasses. Their mascot is Quinny the Inventor, named after their beloved founder who passed ten years ago. 

Currently, Fredrick’s Emporium holds a monopoly over Goraj, with overseas shipping available and branch stores in Coralis, Pathyrus, and Croit. Their ability to ship to other continents has made them most popular, and often advertised in other cities. While their marketing goals are much more creative than others, it has gained the jealousy of the Silk’s Den. They do not view the Silk’s Den as a threat, but more as a thorn in their side, as the younger corporation has been finding ways to steal potential clients. They believe that the Silk’s Den is responsible for overseas shipment issues and more, but this has yet to be proven. Fredrick’s Emporium is working to set up a storefront in Gravitas, and before the Silk’s Den to capture new clients. There are rumors that the company has been stealing secrets from the Silk’s Den to create their own line of sweets and toys, but has yet to be proven. 

Worker

Prerequisites: 5 Renown

Workers make up a majority of the businesses ability to sell products right inside the shops. They perform duties such as ringing up sales, stocking delivered inventory, being sales-pitchers, and more when children and their parents visit. They often work in groups of 4-5, with a supervisor on staff. As a sales worker, your ability to communicate flows easily. Every once in a while, your supervisor may request you to participate in other practices as one of their employees. 

Worker’s Pitch: You gain proficiency in either Persuasion or Deception. If you already have proficiency in that skill, gain expertise in it instead.

Supervisor

Prerequisites: 10 Renown

Supervisors serve as leaders for the sales workers, keeping an eye on their employees' health and supervising all activities within the Silk’s Den. They are responsible for maintaining the store, ordering inventory, and much more depending on what work is needed. This includes actively participating in other practices when called upon. They directly report to the Manager or Regional Manager.

Let’s Try That Again: Whenever you would roll for persuasion or deception and roll lower than 10, you may instead treat the roll as a 10. You may only do this an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Manager

Prerequisites: 30 Renown

After Regional Manager, the Manager has the most authority under the employment of the Silk’s Den or Fredrick’s Emporium. They are tasked to send out orders to the supervisors, and test the commitment of their workers. As the Regional Manager’s right hand, they are incharge of overseeing the main stores and often participate in important meetings. They directly report to the Regional Manager.

Extra Compensation: When performing the Making Money downtime activity instead of multiplying the results of your roll by 3, you may multiply the result by 6 instead. You can only do this twice per month. Please note this in the log when using it.

Regional Manager

Prerequisites: 40 Renown

The Regional Manager is an important figurehead in either company. They know the inner workings of the business, trade secrets, and more. As a Regional Manager, the tasks come directly from the Board Members. They directly report to the Board Members of either company and often make important decisions regarding new products, goals, work, etc. Regional Managers will be required to participate in meetings and are trusted with the most important tasks. They are well-known figureheads of either corporation.

Free Advertisement: A logo of the chosen company is imprinted onto an article of clothing, piece of equipment, or other piece of armor as an advertisement of the company. Should you have this advertisement displayed throughout the quest, you may multiply the gold reward of that quest you receive by 1.25, gaining that amount instead of the regular reward.

The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun is a newspaper outlet based in Croit, and is run by a small group of writers who love to report on the newest announcements and business updates from both the Silk’s Den and Fredrick’s Emporium. The outlet is paid by both companies to advertise and are incharge of informing customers on the latest and greatest of their products. Often, the Rising Sun is known for spreading rumors and gossip on both corporations to flare up tensions for their readers where both companies would periodically insult one another. Despite this unprofessionalism, readers enjoy the drama between both monopolies. The Rising Sun’s logo is portrayed as a sunrise over water.