Keelan was preparing to depart on the King's Tour, so rounding off appointments and finalizing details on deals were among the Morrigans priorities. He was taking Rhedara Shannon too, she was proving herself well beyond a glorified assistant as everyone saw her but the more and more she worked beside him she was gaining that fierce confidence he felt inside of her. She was beautiful. She was fighting for the spot of Lady Rhedara Morrigan. Keelan slightly smirked at the idea as Bulger escorted Nicholas Beaumont from the deck of the ship which The Keelan Morrigan Company was ran, The Seahawk.

Keelan sat behind his desk when the two men entered his offices, he rose mostly out of old habit to greet Nicholas with a hearty handshake, "Lord Beaumont, sit," Bulger closed the door behind him taking a spot in the corner to read a paper, "Don't mind him, Bulger is just a fixture of the office and after what happened to my dear Uncle and cousins," words of sympathy but lacked any true feelings as Keelan conveyed them, "One can not be so sure of their safety these days. Drink?" Keelan stepped over to his bar, a selection of fine whiskey that few had access to.

Keelan did know more about his whiskey and booze than even most brewers, so he picked up a bottle of vintage 100 year old whiskey. It had been aged inside two different barrels, the first fifty years of its life was spent in a fire charred barrel with a spice known for its heat; a heat that the drinker tasted first. For the second half of its life an oak barrel buried underground housed the liquid and gave it its soothing cool follow that lessened the heat as the drinker drank.

"Of course Nicholas, I can share some business talk," Keelan returned to his seat behind his large bolted down mahogany desk with two glasses and the vintage whiskey, "Would your questions pertain to the King's Tour?" he tipped the bottle giving both men just a splash a piece of the oddly darker than normal ember liquor, electric blue eyes landing on Nicholas as he pushed the glass closer to the man.

Keelan returned the small cheers, smiling internally because he had figured as much about the questions pertaining to the King's Tour Nicholas wouldn't be the first nor last until Keelan made his departure.

"Oh, I'm interested," Keelan declared taking another sip of his drink before turning to roll himself a cigarette, "I was quite adamant with the King that I could offer my services of trade ships to establish trade...hauling materials for the new city, I employee directly from the military and can offer my own escorting on the seas. I've absorbed several businesses the last few years as well; my fleets grown and my staff, well I offer top folks from those businesses jobs," firing the smoke up Keelan sat silent in his chair staring across his desk grunting.

"I've got...bigger ambitions of course..," Keelan didn't physically smile, but his eyes did. He asked his cig, "but don't let me bully you out of taking aim Nicholas, if I had I wouldn't be me, and being a Beaumont...you've got history. If you are a competitive man, what's a little healthy competition?"

Keelan liked a like minded business man, respected them Beaumont company was highly respectable so in return Keelan would give the same. He chewed the man's words over in his head for a solid minute when Nicholas was done, "Fish and food market is yours Nicholas, and you can still escort passengers it all makes perfect sense to me," he sat his glass of liquor down electric blue eyes locked on Nicholas, "We could be partners, not absorbing either, but legitimate partners like let's say the Morrigan and Beaumont Shipping company...and before you say no let me let you in on my next phase, why this tour means so much to me," Keelan stood and took a few steps toward a locked cabinet where he kept everything pertaining to the Keelan Morrigan Company, "Our Majesty has acquired more territory, land, and while sea trade will forever be our greatest means of trade land trade is a fruit yet unpicked," Keelan pulled out a map of Terra Nova, all known sea routes mapped the Nevermere trade lines but what was vastly different was the land routes from Nevermere to Coheed, Cambria, and Lorendale, "General stores, hubs of trade in Cambria and Coheed; I hope to find contracts to begin mining in these lands as they offer new resources all of which double profits for everyone; especially us if we corner the market," Keelan sat clearly riddled with some new vigor of enjoyment despite the apparent gloomy look on his face, "If we partnered Nicholas I could offer control of my ships and all sea trading ventures to be ran by you while my partner and I control the land trading...but again not separate...together...," he leaned back in his chair, the idea of a combined company was satisfying and both men stood to make a fortune.

"Both," Keelan confirmed, "You would realistically control our sea trade from Nevermere and I would oversee our land trade, but in name we'd do this together as well and as you said we'd be untouchable Nicholas," Keelan sat back in his chair letting Nicholas consider the offer.