Raising money issues on they part may have been a mistake, or maybe a clever manipulation from Tamara's part. A cashflow prolbem, ME?! spits Lord Exadius as he chokes on his chunk of meat. The Hourse of Exadius don't have cashflow problems. And I never mentioned calling for investors, as we don't need them. We have all the gold we need to support such a project.
Realizing that raising his voice won't get him what he wants, Lords Exadius stops briefly to regain composure and continue, something that Tamara and Erasma don't fail to notice.
As I started to explain, I'm in need of supporters to help that project get the approval of The Flaming Tree Trading Consortium during the upcoming winter meeting. I don't like to battle with assemblies, and supporters help dismissing unfounded fears. And I also need contacts to hasten the initial process so that the trade route starts to bring money back earlier.
Going back to Theobold and Erasma's concerns, he finally proceeds to ease your concerns. Accessibility of said ore. That is what makes my project viable. As it is for adamantine, the problem with that Enchanting Ore isn't it's existence but its accessibility. It appears that reaching it is a challenging venture, and our northern friends are lucky to have stumbled on a rather large source of that ore.
But refining it is a pretty complicated process, one that few outside of the Sword Coast master. And while the transformed material is a quite powerful component, the raw one is as useful as damned rock. The only way to make business of that ore from a realm as distant as ours is to be a trusted supplier with regular delivery. Since the fall of Luskan, the mines in The Spine of the World have stopped being exploited and Waterdeep is currently running on smaller mines and stocks. Mostly stocks, which are running low. My contacts assure me that they'd put gold on the table for a stable, if not abundant, supplying of Ore.
Satisfied with his arguments, he confidently leave some room for you to answer.
