The Hydlaa Market is an attempt at two things, primarily.
1. Create a consistent place where merchants will be known to ICly dwell on a regular bases, so people can sell the items they craft.
2. Make a place where merchants who only “Role Play” their trades (jewelers, tailors, peddlers of odds and ends) can sell their products to players for the purposes of extending role play.
The booths in East Hydlaa are going to be where this is set up. In essence, I intend to just start settling my characters there on Saturdays around 18:00 GMT. I have three that can sit around selling things (Evirea as a bookseller, Selicree as a tailor, and Teeleh as a jeweler.)
On top of using the peddling of products to create role play, I’m hoping to have a stage put up so that, when there’s a crowd, entertainers can come and try to make money off of their performances. Religious leaders can come profess the doctrines of their faith. Guilds can use it as a launching pad for their promotion. So on and so forth.
There aren’t too many players on Planeshift, and I think it would be really helpful to have something that happens consistently (on a weekend basis or every-other-weekend) that could stir up character interactions.
If you have a character who is a merchant, consider stopping by on Saturdays and setting up shop. I will be making promotional flyers in the game. If enough people demonstrate interest, we’ll set up a meeting to collaborate on how to make these events more organized, and even plan events around the Hydlaa Market in the future.
