Livda was once a large maritime trading center. But now that the Empire seems to have collapsed, the crews of the Imperial galleys, not receiving salaries from Vanetinia, are gradually becoming drunkards, decaying, and are kept from desertion only by the pennies that the Council pays. And the Council does not require service from imperial soldiers, it is simply afraid of a riot. The galleys practically do not leave the city harbor and the northern robbers are becoming bolder and more impudent. It is clear that in such a city a money changer is not a very profitable business. Especially the shop at the Eastern Gate. And no one knows that the lame money changer who runs the shop is not at all so simple. Nobody except people who are engaged in a not entirely legal trade...