The Ivory Dawn Consortium is a discreet trade coalition known for high-value acquisitions, rare luxury goods, and confidential contracts. Based out of Tethyr but with feelers across the southern coast, the Consortium deals in rare imports from distant shores—pearls from Chult, silks from Shou Lung, and spices no one dares name aloud. Their membership is secretive, their records sealed, and their true reach difficult to measure. Whispers claim the Consortium brokers deals between lords, thieves, and clergy alike, so long as the coin is good and the goods move quietly.
The Consortium is believed to be governed by a council of five known only by codenames—“Ivory,” “Gold,” “Sable,” “Jade,” and “Glass.” Day-to-day operations fall to trusted brokers, each responsible for maintaining routes, client lists, and local silence. Brokers are rarely seen in public and work through intermediaries.
Couriers, disguised as everything from caravan drivers to clergy, carry sealed manifests and conduct business with plausible deniability. These layers of protection keep the Consortium protected from reprisal—and help maintain its mystique.
What the Ivory Dawn lacks in bulk shipments, it makes up for in exclusivity and precision. Their shipments often contain a single crate worth a noble’s ransom, disguised among mundane goods. Their clients include minor lords, wealthy collectors, secretive mages, and even clerical orders with restricted needs.
Primary Trade Goods: Shou silks, black pearls, rare spices, enchanted inks, relics from fallen temples
Key Trade Routes: Tethyr → Saerloon → Westgate → Calimport → Chult
Known Clients: Amnian noble houses, retired Zhentarim, merchant-princes of the Border Kingdoms
The Consortium’s transactions are always clean—no witnesses, no paper trails. When conflict arises, it is handled before it spreads. They are known for their reliability and taste, which makes them indispensable to clients looking for discretion. No one boasts about hiring the Ivory Dawn. That’s part of the price.
The Consortium’s calling card is a thin white ribbon wrapped around a package or crate—no crest, no signature, no address.
The Consortium aims to control the south’s high-value, low-volume luxury trade. It seeks influence over noble inventories, magical components, and temple relics. Where others deal in crates of ore, the Consortium traffics in secrets.
Primary Goal: Corner the market on elite southern luxury trade
Secondary Goal: Establish exclusive supplier contracts with at least one major noble house in each coastal nation
Long-term Ambition: Become the only trusted source for silent transactions among the upper echelons of Faerûn
Arlan Mursk – Occasionally contracts with the Consortium to move high-risk goods, often without knowing their true value
House Ulvax – Engaged in three known joint ventures with the Consortium following their fall from spice power
Unnamed Red Wizard Cell – A possible link exists based on divination scroll intercepts, though unconfirmed