Glittergold Trade Union

The Glittergold Trade Union is one of the most powerful commercial organizations in Anril. Its headquarters is located in Lafalia City in the Breezy Plains.

Although the Glittergold Trade Union is just a commercial organization, it has 5,000 warriors called the Skyfire Knights, whose strength is level-10 or higher. They could all be considered elites in the Felan Kingdom. In addition, there is also a Magic Legion of more than 300 mages who are above level-15. They could be considered no different from the mages of the Alanna Guild of Magic.

These two powerful groups of guards protect the massive wealth of the Glittergold Trade Union, as well as Lafalia City, maintaining the order of this commercial center. It is tantamount to providing some protection to the various trade unions that have gathered there. Hence, those trade unions needed not hire their own guards or worry about being robbed by bandits.

The main shareholders of the Glittergold Trade Union are: first President Hoffman; second is the patriarch of the Lakeman Family, Master Thomas Lakeman. Master Thomas is an old man with white beard and hair, a flushed face, and a fit figure. He dresses in a black Star Crescent robe, and exudes a powerful Legendary mana. Thomas Lakeman is the former President of the Glittergold Trade Union, and he has a great reputation not only in the Glittergold Trade Union, but in the entire Breezy Plains. When Rodhart the Retribution Knight led the Death Knights to carry out a massacre across the Breezy Plains, many Legendary powerhouses retreated to protect themselves. In their opinion, the ones below the Legendary-level were like weeds that would grow back sooner or later, even if they were burnt by fire.

Thomas, who had just stepped into the Legendary-realm then, joined forces with several Legendary powerhouses and fought several intense battles with the Death Knights. Afterwards, he fought them in the Breezy Plains for a long time until Rodhart was purified by Prophet Willen. Although they could not prevent the disaster from happening, they did save countless lives, many of which were talents who joined the Glittergold Trade Union afterward. The Glittergold Trade Union then developed rapidly and reached the peak.

When Hoffman emerged, especially after showing his incredible talent in business management, Thomas ignored the opinions of the majority and graciously allowed Hoffman to take over after him as President. The reality had also proven Thomas’ decision to be a wise one. Under the leadership of Hoffman, the Glittergold Trade Union, which had almost stagnated in its development, once again developed beyond the limits of the Breezy Plains.

The third largest shareholder, Jerany Bardon, a middle-aged Legendary Sword Sage who is the patriarch of the Bardon Family. Although he looks mild-mannered and is more like a mage on the surface, he has a domineering aura. It is said that the Sword Sage Jerany is not only powerful, but also a capable commander of the Felan Kingdom who was very talented in military affairs. He was the one who nurtured and trained the Skyfire Knights of the Glittergold Trade Union.

The Breezy Plains is known as the land of chaos. Although the Glittergold Trade Union has developed to their current scale because of the President and the leadership of the senior executives, the Skyfire Knights also deserves credit. Apart from the Glittergold Trade Union, no other trade union would make an elite group of knights the guards.

The annual expenditure required to maintain an elite group of 5,000 knights that are above level-10 is massive enough to make a middle-class force go bankrupt. The Glittergold Trade Union is the only one that could afford such a huge investment. Even the top forces of the Breezy Plains like the established Mithril Alliance and Blood Moon Clan were unwilling to raise such a massive group of knights.

The Skyfire Knights’ performance and contributions to the development of the Glittergold Trade Union were indeed worthy of the huge investment. Once, a large band of bandits known as the Blood Hell appeared in the Breezy Plains, and unscrupulously robbed all the caravans that passed through their territory. They had even invaded Zardin City in the south, robbed the castellan mansion there, and killed the city guards before fleeing. However, the greatest mistake that the Blood Hell Bandits had made was to covet the Glittergold Trade Union’s riches.

The Glittergold Trade Union had only mobilized 2,000 Skyfire Knights during that battle, and Jerany, the commander, divided them into two groups. Hence, only 1,000 Skyfire Knights were fighting the Blood Hell Bandits, while the other 1,000 were responsible for chasing down and killing the enemies outside. The 30,000 bandits were finally defeated and wiped out by the 1,000 Skyfire Knights’s charge. The area where they were killed was later named the Scarlet Swamp.

After that battle, all bandits would retreat whenever they saw the emblem of the Glittergold Trade Union on caravans. They would immediately flee as far as they could, and the Skyfire Knights had also gained fame in the Breezy Plains because of that. The forces that once laughed and mocked the Glittergold Trade Union for being nouveau riches were all mad with jealousy.

The legendary-mage Elvan is the fourth major shareholder, and he is also an impressive figure. Not only has he reached the Legendary-realm, he is also a rare Master of Inscription. In the entire Breezy Plains, Elvan is one of the top masters in terms of Inscription. Most of the advanced mageweaths used for the products of the Glittergold Trade Union are drawn by him. Elvan do not have a big family or a wealthy background, yet he could become the fourth major shareholder of the Glittergold Trade Union—it is all because of his superb Inscription skills. It is said that even the identification mageweath on the crystal cards issued by the Glittergold Trade Union was written by Elvan after some research that he had conducted. Even until now, no one has been able to crack it.

Felic has a VIP card issued by the Glittergold Trade Union which was originally given to him by Hoffman. He has naturally studied the mageweath on the crystal card a long time ago. Of course, with his current attainments in Inscription, he would still be able to crack the mageweath on the crystal card. However, he could tell from the complexity of the mageweath that it was written by a Master of Inscription who was definitely more skilled and advanced than Master Moke.

Hoffman holds half of the shares of the Glittergold Trade Union, while the other three major shareholders owns nearly all of the remaining half. However, in addition to the three major shareholders, there were also six other small shareholders, who hold less than one-tenth of the shares of the Glittergold Trade Union altogether. However, the six of them are not to be belittled. Although they might not have invested much in the Glittergold Trade Union, each one of them have Legendary powers.