[quote=Konica]
So Ecthelion is in charge of the coal company right? Is the coal company just the name of the merc group, or do they actually have something to do with coal?
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Ecthelion is indeed in charge of the company

As for the name it is merely figuratively until I come up with something else, but Coal is reliable, it is meant to be used and discarded but it undeniably will leave you dirty afterwards.

There is something there but I cant quite pin point it, besides Ecthelion and the Coals could not have been without the proper inspiration of Glenn Cook`s Black Company (fascinating book, should read it is short and rich) and since coal is black... yea