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The Trade Center of Umbra

Owner: The Children of Darkness
Shard: Catskills
Facet: Malas
Coordinates: 32°20 N, 1°24 E
Directions: The Trade Center is located on the Malas facet, directly west of the city of Umbra just past the West Gate Bridge.
Type: Market, Workplace, and Merchant Headquarters for the city of Umbra
Operational Status: Open
Roleplay: Required
Accepted Currency: Silver

Description

The Trade Center of Umbra is owned and operated by the Children of Darkness, through their Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU] divison. The Lady Pandora sits as the chairwoman of the board, while Jonas Callahan is the President. Through this endeavor, both the Children and the citizens of Umbra hope to re-establish the city as a trade-centric, profit-generating part of the Sosarian economy. Booths are available for rent to merchants desiring a centralized location to sell their wares for silver pieces during our special Market Days, which are open to all visitors twice a month. Workrooms are available for the use of all our merchants. Any merchant wishing to rent a space, should submit their application in the drop mailbox at the Trade Center.

The Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU] also maintains the Trade Center of Luna. The TCCU Mall of Umbra is restricted to "hired help" (aka. player-ran vendors), and any member of the community seeking to install their hired help there can do so free of charge just as long as there are available space. The Mall is found in West Umbra, just a few steps from the Trade Center itself alongside Umbra Ave.

Layout

1st Floor: Merchant Booths & Workrooms

When you first come upon the Trade Center, the foyer of the building is an open foorplan with Merchant Booths that are available for rent during our famous Market Day, which occurs twice a month. Behind this foyer, are the workrooms for blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, and also features an alchemy lab.

2nd Floor: Merchant Offices & Public Restroom

The floor houses the office of the Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra along with a public bathroom free to use for all visitors and merchants.

3rd Floor: Merchant Lounge

Should any of our merchants need a break from their long day, the lounge offers a place to sit and have lunch. It features a full kitchen with a dinning area.

4th Floor: Rooftop Garden

The rooftop garden is the area where from our gardeners keep their best plants for sale to the public. The gardeners are able to decorate their areas as they see fit.

Screenshots

Market Booths & Workrooms

Trade Center Offices

Dining Hall for Workers

Rooftop Garden

Neighboorhood

The Trade Center of Umbra is an extension of the city of Umbra, which has various lease holds out to the Children of Darkness guild. It sits directly west of the main city, across the city's West Bridge. The surrounding buildings, also owned by Children of Darkness, make up what we call "West Umbra". Within the city walls, the Children have leased the Necromantic Amphitheatre, which hosts many of the town's balls and galas, as well the Critter Pens, the Gravedigger's Apparatus, and the Wailing Banshee Inn.

History

Grand opening day was on July 11th, 2011. Marked by the appearance of EM Adris, and a full load of merchants with all booths being sold out, the market has become the new center of trade for the entire role playing community of Catskills. What we pride on most if the CREATIVITY of our merchants... not all items are "of great use" within the constructs of game mechanics, but items would be of value while in character and of those times. From shoe shops, to book shops, to flower shops, to farmer's markets, to goblin pharmacies, to weaver services, everything you could think of selling you could sell here! Its not about what you sell, but rather how you sell it...

Days of Operation

Usually open every other Monday at 8 PM EST. Market Day is open for all visitors, however we highly encourage all visitors to be in character, as items sold are often creatively invented and thus not of any real value according to game mechanics.

Staff

Mr. Jonas Callahan of the city of Umbra serves as President of the Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU]. He hails from Britain where he made his armory business a success, before migrating to the new lands of Malas. He settled in the city of Umbra, where he owns and operates the "Armoury of Souls". He was appointed by the late Queen Dawn to council on merchant operations on behalf of the Crown.

The Lady Pandora, sits on the board of directors as Chair of the TCCU alongside Ate and Amroth. She will often be on hand as well on Market Days. Of course, her influence and her pocket book, are greatly appreciated additions to the city of Umbra.

Masquearade

All of our vampires, half-breeds, and lycans are under the complete facade of the masquerade (hidden from true view). No player can "sense" or otherwise absolutely know for certain that we are downworlders, unless shown to be so.

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 * '''Roleplay:''' Required
+* '''Accepted Currency:''' [[Silver]]
 ==Description==
-As you first walk into the building, you find yourself in the tavern, more often than not staffed by Edwin McCormick. Be sure to say hello. Here you can take a stool and order up a fresh mug of our finest collection of worldly ales, liquors, and brews. We famously house our own private labels --- Pandora's Perfect Pinot Noir (Red Wine) and Lair's Red Mist (Red Wine Spritzer). We also are surely to stock some of the land's best known labels such as Olympus Rum and Aegis Brandy. Some of our lesser known items on the menu hail from a collection crafted by our half-breeds skilled in Mixology... but that's a secret you would never know. Many come on Thursday evenings from far and away places to enjoy their time at the Brew.
+The Trade Center of Umbra is owned and operated by the [[Children of Darkness]], through their Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU] divison. The Lady Pandora sits as the chairwoman of the board, while Jonas Callahan is the President. Through this endeavor, both the Children and the citizens of Umbra hope to re-establish the city as a trade-centric, profit-generating part of the Sosarian economy.  Booths are available for rent to merchants desiring a centralized location to sell their wares for silver pieces during our special Market Days, which are open to all visitors twice a month. Workrooms are available for the use of all our merchants. Any merchant wishing to rent a space, should submit their application in the drop mailbox at the Trade Center.
+The Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU] also maintains the Trade Center of Luna. The TCCU Mall of Umbra is restricted to "hired help" (aka. player-ran vendors), and any member of the community seeking to install their hired help there can do so free of charge just as long as there are available space. The Mall is found in West Umbra, just a few steps from the Trade Center itself alongside Umbra Ave.
 ==Layout==
-===1st Floor: Tavern ===
+===1st Floor: Merchant Booths & Workrooms ===
-The Tavern Bar is located on the first floor of the building. Outside is a small stable for your mounts and pets to happily feed and drink from the trough, as no mounts or pets are allowed on premises. Just outside there is a teleporter that will take you to the Trade Center, just outside of Umbra.
+When you first come upon the Trade Center, the foyer of the building is an open foorplan with Merchant Booths that are available for rent during our famous Market Day, which occurs twice a month. Behind this foyer, are the workrooms for blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, and also features an alchemy lab.
-===2nd Floor: Distillery ===
+===2nd Floor: Merchant Offices & Public Restroom ===
-The Distillery is where our Mixologists and Brewhands carefully craft our house labels. Open only to those with a key, the distillery offers a tasting room for special guests.
+The floor houses the office of the Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra along with a public bathroom free to use for all visitors and merchants.
-===3rd Floor: Inn===
+===3rd Floor: Merchant Lounge ===
-Should any of our guests be too affected by our selections, they are offered a stay in our small, quaint inn, which features a guest bathroom.
+Should any of our merchants need a break from their long day, the lounge offers a place to sit and have lunch. It features a full kitchen with a dinning area.
-===4th Floor: Rooftop Lounge===
+===4th Floor: Rooftop Garden===
-The rooftop lounge is one of our favorite places to relax and have more private conversations. You and your beloved can sit under the stars in a much more intimate setting.
+The rooftop garden is the area where from our gardeners keep their best plants for sale to the public.  The gardeners are able to decorate their areas as they see fit.
 ==Screenshots==
 {|
-| [[Image:Catskills-bloodybrew-1.jpg|thumb|Tavern Floor of the Brew]]
+| [[Image:Tradecenter-1stfloor.png|thumb|Market Booths & Workrooms]]
-| [[Image:Catskills-bloodybrew-2.jpg|thumb|The Distillery]]
+| [[Image:Tradecenter-2ndfloor.png|thumb|Trade Center Offices]]
-| [[Image:Catskills-bloodybrew-3.jpg|thumb|Cozy Inn]]
+| [[Image:Tradecenter-3rdfloor.png|thumb|Dining Hall for Workers]]
-| [[Image:Catskills-bloodybrew-4.jpg|thumb|Rooftop Lounge]]
+| [[Image:Tradecenter-4thfloor.png|thumb|Rooftop Garden]]
 |}
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 == Neighboorhood ==
-The Bloody Brew is located in the heart of our player-ran city, [[Catskills:Vamp's Lair|Vamp's Lair]], a player-ran city owned and operated by the [[Children of Darkness]] guild. It is building number 6 in our overhead diagram to the right. The other buildings surrounding the Brew, as its affectionately called, are: The Court of Souls, The Encyclopedia of Old Works, The Vampire Lounge, The Church of the Sun, the Resting Souls, and the guild's headquarters, The Dark Tower. Vamp's Lair is conviniently located in the abandoned orc fort just east of the Malas Mountain Pass, a short distance from the city of Umbra.
+The Trade Center of Umbra is an extension of the city of Umbra, which has various lease holds out to the [[Children of Darkness]] guild. It sits directly west of the main city, across the city's West Bridge. The surrounding buildings, also owned by Children of Darkness, make up what we call "West Umbra". Within the city walls, the Children have leased the Necromantic Amphitheatre, which hosts many of the town's balls and galas, as well the Critter Pens, the Gravedigger's Apparatus, and the Wailing Banshee Inn.
 == History ==
-The Bloody Brew Tavern was erected on July 16th, 2010 (a resurrection from the previously known tavern in Felucca that had been erected on December 20th, 1997 in the Vamp's Lair city of Felucca).  We named the tavern in honor of one of our members, Pleb --- who hails from the U.K. --- and we make him say "Bloody Hell" in Ventrilo; a small price to pay (hehe). The original tavern was on the first floor of our Vamp's Lair "castle mall" in East Britain on Felucca, before Trammel ever existed, so it did not have its own name, it was just part of the castle. The Children of Darkness resettled in Sosaria (after an 8 year hiatus, playing other MMO's) on January 2010 and worked on acquiring the land to rebuild their famed city, once again. Finally the tavern could have its own building, thus would have its own name.
+Grand opening day was on July 11th, 2011. Marked by the appearance of EM Adris, and a full load of merchants with all booths being sold out, the market has become the new center of trade for the entire role playing community of Catskills. What we pride on most if the ''{{Underline|CREATIVITY}}'' of our merchants... not all items are "of great use" within the constructs of game mechanics, but items would be of value while in character and of those times. From shoe shops, to book shops, to flower shops, to farmer's markets, to goblin pharmacies, to weaver services, everything you could think of selling you could sell here!  Its not about what you sell, but rather how you sell it...
 == Days of Operation ==
-Thursdays, 9 PM to 11 PM EST --- Open to all RP'ers of the shard serving a wide variety of imported liquors as well as Olympus Rum, Aegis Brandy, and our own private labels --- Pandora's Perfect Pinot Noir and Lair's Red Mist.  Vampires can order speciality brews, mixed by our half-breeds with their talent "Mixology", that contain a variety of blood pathogens from different sources --- from dark elves to the rare AB- typed blood imported from Earth.
+Usually open every other Monday at 8 PM EST. Market Day is open for all visitors, however we highly encourage all visitors to be in character, as items sold are often creatively invented and thus not of any real value according to game mechanics.
 == Staff ==
-Edwin McCormick is the resident barkeep.  He is friendly, yet quiet.  A good listener. He has been with the coven for a few years now, having been born in the city of Umbra and made a vampire with the destruction and befallment of that city.  He is grateful to the leaders of the Children for helping to re-build his home town and the teachings that they have provided those that were abruptly turned. He maintains the bar open the other nights of the week for any would-be traveller.  He employs the other staff members.
+Mr. Jonas Callahan of the city of Umbra serves as President of the Trade and Commerce Commission of Umbra [TCCU]. He hails from Britain where he made his armory business a success, before migrating to the new lands of Malas. He settled in the city of Umbra, where he owns and operates the "Armoury of Souls". He was appointed by the late Queen Dawn to council on merchant operations on behalf of the Crown.
-Aliana Sudhiir is the latest addition to the tavern.  She is an elven vampire, made a night child over 400 years ago prior to the return of the coven to the land of Sosaria.  She has an affinity for exotic wines and liquors. As such, through the years she has accustomed her vampiric body to the drinks of mortals.
+The [[User:Pandora_CoD|Lady Pandora]], sits on the board of directors as Chair of the TCCU alongside Ate and Amroth. She will often be on hand as well on Market Days. Of course, her influence and her pocket book, are greatly appreciated additions to the city of Umbra.
 == Masquearade ==