And frag, why shouldn’t they? Seattle’s a major market, with a population density more than twice that of downtown Portland. There’s more megacorporate presence in Seattle than anywhere in the Tir, and thus more biz opportunities for an ambitious, aggressive outfit trying to evade the restrictive "business practices" laws promulgated by the elven Council of Princes. Why would a corp from the Tir not want to diversify northward into the sprawl?