While putting the final polish on a building project, Duke and I realized the same thing. With our banker dead - we have no need of our merchants. We can not collect the coins from a bank, it's a wasted effort to supply a merchant, and since we have no need of their coins, we have no need for a market. The Cala decrees that the market is closed and asks the Elves to clear the shelves. Hail Torrix !