The Merchant's Guild

The Cataclysm largely restructured the power dynamics of Faerun. Some groups like The Merchants Guild flourished after the cataclysm. The Merchant's Guild is a decentralized largely gnomish group merchants which engage in trade with the various city states that have emerged since the cataclysm. With trade routes largely decimated by the fracturing of the weave the merchant's guild has managed to navigate the treacherous landscape by means of a network of airship routes. Artificers by craft the gnomish merchants walk a controversial fine link between magic and science. Though they are widely tolerated by the various emergent factions, altercation with groups like The Iron Hand have occassionally flaired up due to The Iron Hand 's fanatical anti-magic stance.