The Shorewatch Merchant Marine was originally formed by a pair of Granthelian merchants who had an eye for foreign shores. Loganne Prastirt and Vincent Ristanthrat launched their expeditionary trade mission off in hopes of garnering new markets abroad that were untapped by rivals and local businessmen. When the ships returned mere days later, with half of their crews strung up by the masts, the proprietors of Prastirt & Ristanthrat Joint Venture were appalled. The losses taken by their business attempt had dashed any hope of making vast gains over their competitors, P&R Joint Ventures began to make investments that would yield a slow but steady profit that would eventually find itself in the trust of remaining Ristanthrat, sonless Prastirt dying far before his goals of economic success cou