"CEASE THIS FOOLISH BICKERING!" Everyone stilled at Tormo's outburst. "There's no need to search for enemies when there are none, especially with the Pentoshi finally raising their heads again after a century. As a senior keyholder, I advise the bank to stop lending large sums without proper collateral and cut our losses here. We better write the debt of the Iron Throne off instead of sinking more and more gold without seeing a single coin in return. As a Sealord, I can mayhaps exchange the forgiveness of the debt for lower customs and tolls for our merchants in the North and the Westerlands for a decade or two."