Mariadel Company

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Mariadel Company is a powerful slave-trading company regarded with high esteem even in Remano. They hold a large share of the world market and are the ultimate authority in Reim. After a slave coup set in place by Sinbad, Maader Umm Mariadel is forced to surrender Mariadel Company and its associated holdings to the Sindria Trading Company.

## Slave Trade

Mariadel Company is the world's most prominent company in the slave trading industry. This is due to its system of sorting slaves into "classes." Low-class slaves that do not meet the high standards of the company are immediately auctioned off, but high-class slaves remain in Maader's home to receive training. Their services are only available to the elite. The company takes in orphans of the war and children with no relatives to make them into slaves. Under the roof of the headquarters, they are granted the authority to eat, drink, and sleep whenever they want, and most of them are too young to do much real work.

Under Maader's leadership, the slaves develop a pseudo-parent-child relationship with her. As a result, they learn to serve their masters with the same eagerness that a child might obey their mother. In order to keep up with the growing supply to meet demands, Maader implements a hierarchy among the slaves, giving some official positions where they can develop skills.

Also within the headquarters, there is a slightly flooded room called the "**punishment room**" where children are kept until hypothermia sets in. Sinbad is held in there for weeks, but the children note that this is an unusually long amount of time. For more extreme punishments, other forms of torture are also known to be used. In Sinbad's case, he undergoes a well-known form of torture called "denailing."

## History

While the Sindria Trading Company is experiencing financial difficulties, Maader Umm Mariadel inflates the value of goods from an emerging country by cornering the market to create artificial scarcity. She then approaches the company accountant, Vittel, with the suggestion that he purchase the goods, offering the evidence of rising prices to convince him that it is a good investment. When he agrees to go into debt for more than the company is worth, she floods the market with the goods, making their value plummet. The Sindria Trading Company cannot repay the debts.

The head of Sindria Trading Company, Sinbad, approaches Maader to negotiate the nullification of the contract. They work out a deal that in exchange for him agreeing to take part in a match against her gladiator, she will forgive his debts to the company. If he loses, he will become her slave. Maader chooses Masrur to go up against Sinbad, who is no match for the strength of a fanalis. Sinbad loses and begins his new life as a slave.

When Sinbad behaves in a way that displeases Maader, he is locked in the "punishment room." When he is close to death, Maader lets him out, comforting him by a fire.

## Trivia

* The slave collar Sinbad is forced to wear has a historical counterpart. In ancient Rome, slaves who had tried to run away were sometimes forced to wear metal collars, most likely as punishment.

## References

1. ↑ Vol 8 Night 69 page 7
2. ↑ AoS Night 68 page 12
3. ↑ AoS Night 68 Page 13
4. ↑ AoS: Vol 8 Night 66 page 4
5. ↑ SnB Night 71 Page 15
6. ↑ AoS Vol 8 Chapter 68 page 1