House of the Depths

  While the catching of food may be a disperate thing, the movement of food, and specifically meat and meat based products across Levis is a very precise and regulated thing. The House of the Depths controls and manages the movement of fish and seafood from the oceans and coasts of Levis, into the interior where the product is needed, but not always wanted.   The House is built around the rivers, using the trade routes to take the stock deeper to where it is needed. Anonymity is the key due to the Levis qualms on meat. Several of the House have been aggressed upon by the more purist of foliad society and the House does its best to keep its transporters safe. Those who do trades within more populous towns and cities use face coverings and makeup to paint a picture of obscurity, even if they are forced to trade their wares openly within the markets of Levis.   Trademasters often discreetly meet with House representatives for annual checkups and keeping the fish stocks within cities that have large creature-kin populations and now demon populations as well. While demons might not be used to all forms of Levis sea life, their increased presence has meant that Depths business is strong. When the Second demon war ends and the land gets another demon city, Depths representatives are there to set up a permanent fish-stall within the city, and the house within Natare that quietly held all House business is moved there, protected by the interests of the demons and their need for accepted flesh.   Stock is often moved covered and frozen, a mage hired to arrange the paperbark tokens that house the circuits that will get the stock ready for transport from the seaside towns that are traded for that morning. Trades made this way work on a rolling needs system - payment for the previous day given with the stock of the next, the House always a little in debt, but always supplying what the fishermen need.