Trade Caravan

These caravans are operated by the powerful trade families who expect to be offered protection by the local militia and knights, but who also retain more experienced mercenaries to lead the longer or more dangerous expeditions. Accompanying these caravans is a relatively safe, although undoubtedly expensive, way to travel across Anyaral. Trade caravans vary in size from small lone traders with one or two enuk travelling between villages, right up to large expeditions with many baruk and even a few hulking and heavily laden belan. The arrival of these larger caravans in remote towns will prompt great festivals and celebrations as the traders buy and sell their wares and fubarnii from miles around will travel in to sample exotic goods or hear tales of far off lands. These caravans are accompanied by fubarnii travellers and mercenaries from across the Empire, some of whom are a great help in protecting the caravan, while others may be unreliable or attract the wrong sort of attention! The main hazards during their travels are from beasts, or devanu hunting packs. While it is not unheard of for bands of desperate fubarnii outlaws to ambush caravans, the wealthy and powerful trade families will ensure that somebody pays a dear price for such discretions.