The Fold and the Vine

An unassuming vinyard that keeps its darker business behind locked doors.From the old vinyard of Dandred's Fold in the Uplands of the Alterac Mountains, the Uplands Distribution Company grows, presses, distils and brew. The public knows it for its wine and brandy, and for the tonics and remedies on the shelves of taverns, inns and ships across the Eastern Kingdoms.And with their wares, it draws attention. Rival vineyards came first, and most of that competition was healthy. Then came criminal enterprises who wanted what the Fold made and who it made it for. The company learned to bite bite. With Ravenholdt Manor close to its land, it grew into a legally gray private armed company. Its hands walk the gardens with and watch the roads, and competitors who grew too aggressive have found the Uplands a poor place to start a quarrel.Behind the veil lies a the rest of the business. The company runs a brokerage that peddles poisons and other less lawful wares with no questions asked, and fences them through the black markets. Its hands can be hired as mercenaries, so long as the work does not run against their morals and goals. But there is always a catch.Whoever trades with the Fold is looked after. The company defend its buyers' wares, launders their goods and protects their persons, and it does so quietly.

The Woman Behind the Label

Juleen A. B. Lysandre spent her best years in the service of Stormwind Intelligence. She rose to a Unit Commander, and she was known to be one of the agency's expert toxinologists. You cannot know poisons without knowing the plants that make them, which made her a floriculturist as well. She has a gardener's patience and an assassin's respect for what a leaf can do.When she retired and wanted a quiet life, far from civilisation and war, which she found in the old Dandred's Fold. A ruin that nature had already begun to reclaim, and she bought it back and turned to farming. Her knowledge of plants was deep enough that the wild ground soon fed her. But food was not coin, so she planted vines. Wine came first, then brandy, and tonics and remedies followed.But old habits are hard to break. She had never quite stopped dabbling in toxins, and before long she was cultivating poisonous plants again. First for the agency and then for the Uncrowned. Her wares sold faster than her gardens could grow them, and that success brought rivals and enemies up the mountain roads. The protection from Ravenholdt Manor were not enough. She needed people who answered to her alone, to work the fields and to protect the Fold.And thus, the Uplands Distribution Company was born.

About Us (OOC)

What can you do with us?

• Trade and Logistics RP: Bottling runs, courier routes, ledgers and tavern contracts.
• Brokerage and Intrigue: Fencing, laundering goods, shady buyers and protection.
• Expeditions: Rare plants and reagents gathered in dangerous regions.
• Armed Work: Guarding the Fold, escorting caravans, hunting Syndicate remnants, rogue orders and rival gangs, and taking mercenary contracts with a catch.
• Craft RP: Herbalists, alchemists, vintners and distillers.
• Social Events: Markets, tastings and social gatherings at the Fold.

Who are we looking for?

Lore friendly roleplayers who enjoy morally flexible characters who aren't needlessly cruel. Most roleplay styles and levels of experience are welcome. Bring a character with trade, a past, or a reason to be discreet.

How do you join?

Whisper a member or an officer in-game with a few lines on what your character would bring to the company.

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Wares from the Uplands

What you see below is some of what the Fold produces: wine and brandy from our vinyard, remedies and tonics from the shelf, and a few things best kept behind lock and key for customers we know by name. Everything here is made by our own hands, from our own soil, and priced honestly. Whether you come for a good bottle or a quiet word, you'll be served the same. Read the labels, mind the measures, and if you don't see what you're after, ask.

Services of the Uplands

For those who need more than a bottle. A company that sells only what it makes is half a company. Some customers need a thing carried, some a thing made, and some a thing found that no honest shop will stock.We do all three. We take the work, keep the secret, and ask nothing we don't need to know.