Stunning City

Looking out the window, Jane squinted. As they moved past a certain place, memories flashed. 

"Dad, isn't this the place where you were abducted and imprisoned?" Jane pointed at the distance.

Jon looked out of the window and chuckled.

"That's true. It can't happen anymore since I am a high-ranking merchant for the Norde Merchant Guild, and we have two companies of silver-ranked guards and two knights at our disposal." 

Jane nodded. 

Last time they were just ordinary merchants courageous enough to take risks and had encountered losses at the cruel hands of bandits, thieves, and barbarians, but after joining the Norde Merchant Guild, one of the big guilds in the Sacred Flame Empire, they were able to grow into a sizeable merchant group in a period of a year.