Basic Info
Terra Fera's trade and economy is rather primitive in comparison to the real world. Currencies vary from country to country slightly, but for the most part, gold and silver coins are the primary ones. Moonstone is considered by Nians and the Fae to be more valuable than gold, despite being more common, and a coin made from moonstone is consider equal to at least 100 gold.
Capareons are the only ones who forgo this older system, and have tekois (tek-oh-eyes), which translate to "wealth", and tekoeit (tek-oh-eet), meaning "little wealth", which is pretty much like American dollars and cents.
In the sanctuaries of the Fae and the Brotherhood, one's word(as in promise) in fact has value, and one can in fact owe another a favor in an official manner. Each of these sanctuaries have a group of officials, who are more or less banker owners in a way, and these committee of officials valuate the worth of someone's favor, typically based on several factors, and write up the official documents (basically an IOU). The value is given actual monetary worth, and is based on these factors: how many favors the person who owes has done(so how often to they offer favors over goods/wealth. The fewer, typically the higher the value of their favor), how powerful the one who owes the favor is(social position/rank, physical strength, etc.), their reputation in general, and to what extent they are known to do favors. The document more or less says that whoever's name it is in(as in who is owed the favor) may officially present it to the own who is listed as owing a favor at any time, and the one who owes the favor must comply with what they ask(within reason). Alternately, the one who the document's name is in may turn in the document and cash out on its predetermined value, which is also written on the document. These "Favor Documents" can also be traded, but only by going to an official and having it signed over to the new person. This is to prevent a valuable favor from being stolen, and the thief claiming they got it through official means. A record of all "Favor Documents" and their full details is kept at all the sanctuaries, and six times a year, all the officials from all the sanctuaries meet as to make sure their records are up to date.
Capareons are the only ones who forgo this older system, and have tekois (tek-oh-eyes), which translate to "wealth", and tekoeit (tek-oh-eet), meaning "little wealth", which is pretty much like American dollars and cents.
In the sanctuaries of the Fae and the Brotherhood, one's word(as in promise) in fact has value, and one can in fact owe another a favor in an official manner. Each of these sanctuaries have a group of officials, who are more or less banker owners in a way, and these committee of officials valuate the worth of someone's favor, typically based on several factors, and write up the official documents (basically an IOU). The value is given actual monetary worth, and is based on these factors: how many favors the person who owes has done(so how often to they offer favors over goods/wealth. The fewer, typically the higher the value of their favor), how powerful the one who owes the favor is(social position/rank, physical strength, etc.), their reputation in general, and to what extent they are known to do favors. The document more or less says that whoever's name it is in(as in who is owed the favor) may officially present it to the own who is listed as owing a favor at any time, and the one who owes the favor must comply with what they ask(within reason). Alternately, the one who the document's name is in may turn in the document and cash out on its predetermined value, which is also written on the document. These "Favor Documents" can also be traded, but only by going to an official and having it signed over to the new person. This is to prevent a valuable favor from being stolen, and the thief claiming they got it through official means. A record of all "Favor Documents" and their full details is kept at all the sanctuaries, and six times a year, all the officials from all the sanctuaries meet as to make sure their records are up to date.