Tantalus Combine

The Tantalus Combine, a longstanding cartel of several Houses Minoris of the Sibellan nobility has
seen a drastic decline in its fortunes over the last decade. Its fall from power has been
brought on by hostile competition from the Skaelen-Har Hegemony and severe damage to its
assets and prestige endured during the period of intrigues and vendettas known popularly as
the "Vthorran Promenades."
The resulting effects on several districts of the Sibellus and Tarsus Hives, formerly under
the Combine’s sway, have been profound. In the Coscarla Division where Tantalus was the
majority power, the Combine has sold on the indenture contracts of thousands of skilled
workers and the labor force that remains now works only to meet their master’s debts. As
a result, whole swathes of families have been uprooted or have deserted from the district,
thus the effective economic and monetary input to the region is now negligible.
The Tantalus Combine is suffering a long, drawn-out death and is kept going only by its own
fading inertia and the legal wrangling over the disposition of its carcass. It has ceased to
exist effectively as a cohesive organization or political entity.