The demand for "eastern" products as spices, coffee and tobacco was relatively inelastic, and the lagging supply of "new opportunities" on the newfound continent of Dovani therefore caused a sharp rise in need for new profitable area at the time. The need for more exotic products and more (profitable) trade with other continents formed motive for Alorian merchants to enter the intercontinental trade themselves at this time. Unfortunately, earlier trade expeditions to Eastern Selaya and Dovani failed.