"Oh," Alora nodded to the Primordial Hedgehog to continue her talk.
The Primordial Hedgehog stood up from her seat and gathered the gazes of everyone around her.
"The Law of Trade that I command requires that I enmesh myself with acts of trade and personally oversee the existence of a market for me to be relevant.
Initially, after discussing with some of my colleagues, the immediate logical solution was to turn as many hedgehogs into merchants so that we could regulate a hedgehog-heavy marketplace.
According to some of the foxes still alive from the time of Eridoria, there had been a little bit of success when the foxes acted as the merchant caste for the budding kingdom with the All-King.
However, all that had to change as more creatures were added and began to follow the All-King.
Tying one race to the merchant caste would not work. It did not work then, and it wouldn't work now.
