Far Haven & Northlake Trade

The trade route between Northlake and Far Haven is well established, and lucrative for both cities. Far Haven acts as the trading hub for the Northern nomadic tribes, and provides Spices, Animal Hides and Silks to the South. In return Northlake ships precious metals and metal implements (including weaponry and armour).
As a result, both cities contribute to the security of the route, with regular joint patrols and a number of waystations along the road that can provide decent overnight stops (although merchants will always complain as regards the pricing levels at these inns).
The Elven invasion has, for the moment at least, closed off many of the Southern cities to this route and so traffic has been very light over the winter. With the ceasefire in place, a lot of the merchant houses are looking for this to change, after all war is unfortunate but trade is life.