The market interface was basic—just a grid of listings, filters, and vendor tags—but Theo stared at it like it owed him money.
He sat in the Frayed Ledger merchant stall, one of a dozen tucked into the lower tier of House Seravin's trade quarter. The air was quiet. No music, no chatter. Just the soft scroll of item feeds updating.
A full row of stamina cloaks caught his attention. All listed by different seller names. All with similar stats. All priced just under market average.
He opened his custom overlay—an auction tracker he built using feed exports.
+2 stamina boots: up 12% two days ago, wiped clean yesterday, now showing up again with a new price floor. Same story with mid-grade potions.
This wasn't organic. Someone was controlling flow.
He filtered for stamina gear—boots, cloaks, and belts—and narrowed the window to the last 72 hours. Sorted by volatility.
+2 stamina boots.
