Wise Jack!

Jack lightly chuckled as he saw the merchants' faces. They were full of questions, their brains already filling his blank identity with infinite guesses. 

[Great Swindler Detected!] 

[This system shall watch over you!] 

"Hello everyone, how's the bickering going?" 

Their faces twisted in shame from what he implied. After all this time, they hadn't decided on a course of action just yet. They sure were slow!

"Now, who wants to bring me up to speed?" Jack grinned, a few eager merchants stepping forward. 

There were a few issues: 

1. The many deaths taking their toll on operations

2. Loss of trust, both from the clients and employees. 

3. A sudden lack of experienced craftsmen, both to craft and teach the next generation. 

4. An issue in how to allocate emergency resources. After all, everyone had their own agenda. 

"That's what happened, Sir…"