Axios Mercantile
Valinport’s most reliable source of steel, powder, and quiet questions asked after payment clears.
What People Know
Axios Mercantile is one of Valinport’s oldest and most discreet trading houses, specializing in weapons, armor, and military equipment. Officially, they serve the Crown, licensed merchants, and foreign buyers approved by royal writ. Unofficially, their goods have a way of turning up far from where they were meant to go.
Their offices sit close to the docks, their warehouses closer still. Axios does not advertise. If you need arms and know the right name to say, they already know who sent you.
Reputation
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Trusted by the Royal Guard and resented for it
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Considered expensive but dependable
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Known for immaculate ledgers and selective memory
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“If Axios won’t sell to you, no one in Valinport will”
They are not flashy. They are careful.
Influence & Reach
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Controls several bonded warehouses near the Royal Docks
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Holds long-term contracts supplying city garrisons
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Quietly connected to shipping interests outside Valin
Axios never appears on the front lines—but their steel always does.
Public Face
Axios presents itself as loyal, lawful, and indispensable.
Clerks are polite, guarded, and extremely well informed. Guards are professional and well equipped. No one inside an Axios building raises their voice.
Rumors
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Axios weapons have been found in the hands of bandits far east of Valin
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A sealed sub-warehouse exists beneath their main dock office
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Someone high in the company has never been seen in public
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Axios keeps a list of people they will never sell to—and why
Player Notes
Axios Mercantile sells weapons, not loyalty.
They deal in contracts, not favors.
If they agree to sell to you, it means someone powerful has already decided you’re allowed to be dangerous.