ModoDuel

ModoDuel is the largest manufacturer of firearms throughout Ealdremen; though ModoDuel itself rarely makes firearms anymore, they have a monopoly on most other major manufacturers of guns and mechanical weaponry, and it's almost impossible to buy a firearm without going through someone affiliated with ModoDuel in some way. Their headquarters is based in Nicta, spurring rumors that the various local Nictan gangs obtain their weapons for heavily subsidized prices (and other benefits) from them in return for protection and not having their business run afoul of "the wrong people".
Though every firearm that ModoDuel manufactures is legally required to have an identifying chip and serial number, it is something of an open secret that "chipless" versions of firearms can be readily found for higher prices. While merely buying one might cause police investigation, as ModoDuel has been accused of handing off "suspicious buyer" information to law enforcement, "mules" that buy the chipless firearms under the police's radar and then sell for higher prices can be contacted to get a firearm without any identifying information. Some say that these mules are employed by ModoDuel themselves and that this "black market" or "underground" money goes right to their pockets, and that consequently, the dangers behind buying an unchipped firearm are entirely artificially created by the business itself.
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