The Grand Cultural Exchange

To the honourable diplomats of the partners of the desert kingdom,

We are writing to you today to invite you to the most sacred of our traditional ceremonies, The Mercantile Sacrament. In the event that you are unfamiliar with our ways, the Mercantile Sacrament is a ceremony in which we offer up among the most sacred of our cultural artefacts as gifts for mutual exchange with those who The Barren Court considers friends of the desert. Held on the first day of the month of the Scarlet Moon, The Mercantile Sacrament is a time of great joy and celebration for our people, and we would be honoured to host you as our guests.

If you would be open to bringing along a gift to represent your own proud culture to offer up to the sands, the following list includes some examples of traditional gifts we have received from allies and partners in previous such ceremonies. However, in the interest of respecting the varied and diverse peoples and creatures of the continent, we would be happy to work with you to accommodate any gift which does not fit neatly within these guidelines.

• A gift representative of your culture. This will be a square image, video, audio, 3D models or a HTML page, and will be minted from the binding (ERC-1155) contract of the Mercantile Sacrament. The only condition being that we loosely ask it constitute a "gift" thematically, in the spirit of the sacred ceremony.
• A quote, word of wisdom, or rumours whispered on the winds (a sentence which we will use to generate a square image).
• Forgotten Runes NFTs, including but not limited to warriors, wizards, souls, ponies and spawns. It is typically not deemed appropriate for babies to attend the ceremony.
• ETH/USDC.

We look forward to hearing from the envoys of your kingdoms, and to welcoming you to our heartland in the wandering sands.

The Barren Court

To register for the Grand Cultural Exchange as a foreign envoy, click here.