Excerpt from My Wondrous Travels, the Second Part: Outside Loasht by the famed Loashti merchant Dust in the Air Is Not a Cloud

There is simply no reason to visit the Tetrarchia for one who is not a merchant, or a dragoman escorting a merchant. Its wonders—such as the great rock of Rotfelsen and the congested forests of Masovska, home to a temple even older than Loasht—are so normal to the locals that they never think to treat them as attractions. They are such a simple group of peoples that they fail to understand how strange their lives and homes are.

What’s more, for a merchant such as myself, there is hardly ever a reason to go beyond Skydašiai. I had hoped that in visiting the other three Tetrarchic kingdoms, I would find stranger textiles and produce, new dyes or spices. But perhaps the Tetrarchia’s only great accomplishment is how seamless and easy trade is within its borders. In this one way, perhaps, Loasht could even learn from the Tetrarchia. (Loasht is, of course, much larger.) Anything interesting that can be bought in the Tetrarchia can be bought in Skydašiai: at a slight markup, yes, but you will save much by avoiding travel through inhospitable lands inhabited by unhelpful people.

Honored Reader, you may take it from me, who has traveled to all of the farthest places: there is simply no reason to visit Rotfelsen, Masovska, or Quruscan.