Meeting with my business partner

Another day of work, of course. I did not work in the heavy industry sector which dominated the city. There were high barriers to entry due to capital costs and the tight control that the noble conglomerates exerted. Many tens of thousands of people worked in factories, of course, but ownership of those factories was not open to anyone. That didn’t concern me much, though. I had founded Somerled Finance seven years ago and it was growing faster than any other company in the realm according to business reports. Eisenheim had been transformed in the past forty years from a small city known only for its mining into an industrial centre and there was much money to be made – if you knew how.

I certainly did. My apartment spoke to that - it sat atop the Somerled Tower, headquarters to my business in the rich part of town, overlooking the harbour on one side and one of Eisenheim's main public squares.

Today I had to meet Cyneric Astrom, my business partner of ten years.