Originally formed in the (RL) 1990s with a couple of players who had been captured by Zakharan slavers, but who managed to free themselves and travelled 'home' across Zakhara. During one of the last phases of the adventure, they captured a ship, and rather than claim a share of the Bounty, agreed to let a couple of NPCs run the ship as a business (Occidental Trading) in Conjunction with LAS (an NPC trade group). They called themselves the FFTC, which became a PC interest for players in the next couple of game groups.

PCs who have owned (or still own) shares in Occidental Trading include Alfonse, Belle, Berwyn, Flower, Zona, Drea, Meriloss, Sean ap Bernd - and I think there were a couple more that I don't have a note of.