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title: Astral Trade Union
description: A conglomerate of harbormasters, ship captains, and mining companies who control the trade between nearly 100 ports.
date_pub: 2023-10-01T12:57:00-04:00
section: astral
content_type: feature
short_code: afa
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_Major Faction_

-   Conglomerate of harbormasters, ship captains, and mining companies who practically control the trade between nearly 100 ports on the [astral plane](../index.html).
    -   Ports include portals to dozens of material planes, multiple to each elemental plane, and even a handful to various transcendental planes.
    -   This area is called the **Astral Trade Zone (ATZ)**.
-   Maintain excellent maps of all of the astral currents that run between affiliated ports which only their licensed navigators can use.
    -   All ships doing business with the union are required to have at least one licensed navigator onboard.
-   Founded 5000 years ago by the Purple Masters of Prasha, a group of astral traders from different planes.
