The Gavpi dominate Rouktu’s markets and trade hubs, enforcing monopolies through the Trade Council and their alliance with the Mercantile League of Korr.
Economic dominance, trade law enforcement, and monopolization of resources.
Commerce, import/export, resource control, and manipulation of tariffs and trade law.
The Gavpi Trade Council – The ruling body of Gavpi elites who regulate pricing, trade rights, and economic law.
Structure:
The Gavpi operate as a rigid merchant guild. Local market guilds manage pricing, regional councils enforce tariffs, and ultimate authority lies with the Gavpi Trade Council, backed by the Mercantile League of Korr.
Key Roles:
Trade Councilors – Elite merchants who dictate policy and monopolies.
Guild Brokers – Handle major contracts and League alliances.
Tariff Scribes – Experts in trade law, taxation, and loopholes.
Merchants – Day-to-day traders and resource managers.
Trade Enforcers – Debt collectors, intimidators, and market protectors.
Coin Guards – Professional caravan and market security.
Auditors – Watch for smuggling and Beana interference.
Apprentice Factors – Young Gavpi learning the trade hierarchy.
Respected as lawful merchants, distrusted as exploiters. To many Rouktu settlers, the Gavpi represent oppression disguised as order.
Beana – Oppose Gavpi dominance with flexible, nomadic trade.
Nouguras – Resent monopolies that starve frontier settlements.
Niibi Family – Clash in illicit markets outside Gavpi control.
Mercantile League of Korr – Primary backer and enabler of Gavpi power.
Soahtti – Enforce tariffs and suppress Beana
The Gavpi form Rouktu’s entrenched merchant caste, wielding influence through control of commerce rather than force. From bustling trade hubs to League-backed markets, they regulate prices, enforce tariffs, and decide which goods may flow and which remain restricted. At the heart of their power lies the Gavpi Trade Council, an elite body of merchants whose rulings shape entire economies.
Unlike the mobile Beana or the illicit Blackhands, the Gavpi are rooted in bureaucracy and legitimacy. Their alliance with the Mercantile League of Korr grants them recognition across interplanetary trade networks, making them indispensable to larger factions. Yet their dominance also breeds resentment—settlers see them as parasites, Beana view them as oppressors, and rivals like the Niibi and Nouguras challenge their stranglehold.
For players, the Gavpi represent the path of lawful commerce: access to resources, markets, and influence at the cost of hierarchy, rigid rules, and constant political intrigue.