It is a universal law that where money gathers, so do people.

However, this does not necessarily entail that said people are diligent, honest, hard-working men. If public order is not maintained where money is involved, it inescapably lends itself to a festering ground of those who try to profit through violence.

As the new Northern region were still the fresh remnants of the old Republic, the kingdom could not rashly jump into the North’s affairs and so were yet to be in a state of full control. Beyond assuming protection of the newly extended border, the ex-Republic territory had been left nearly untouched – and in such a place was where less than insignificant coins began to circulate.

It was perfect as a gathering ground for bandits and mercenaries alike.

They formed their own protection rackets and contacted budding new merchant guilds to demand tributary payments under the pretext of protecting them. As they did so, they began to group into larger factions and waged their own shadowy war against one another in this coastal city.

In essence, those who wielded violence to disturb the peace began to sprout all over the coast. Not a day would pass by without a body being discovered in a back alley. Those who exploited the honest and righteous with their use of violence began to flourish.

No one felt the need for public order to their bones...