Investments/Round 1: Up to the party split

Here is where your investing journey truly begins, talking to Megail after foiling the coup will have her return the ProN you gave her three fold, before advising Simon to invest in an Arms Dealer for 100,000 ProN. Leaving you the player with between 50,000 and 95,000 to spend. And an option to increase your ProN by an additional 25,000 (for a maximum of 120,000) at a cost, after you save Megail.

Megail's options
After rescuing Megail and talking to her twice (Initial talk, and investment option), you will get access to two additional one use options of your ProN.

Acquire Money
This action sets, gives 25,000 ProN and 10,000 Sx that helps you now but you will have less available money later;


 * at the start of
 * when you at the start of round three

Giving this option a fair number of advantages and disadvantages.

Convert ProN to Sx
This once again dubious option can now be done to convert 10,000 of your ProN to Sx at a 1:2.5 rate (the highest it will ever be, resulting in a total of 25,000 Sx), and several RP Gains.

It can only be done once this round.


 * Aka
 * Hilstara
 * Yarra

Ari-Yhilina
Here is where the majority of your investments are during this round. Although you may want to hold off on spending the ProN you just received, until you have completed the Merchant Trouble Quest, since it allows access to 2 new investments, and cheapens the cost of another. You should spend the majority of your ProN, possibly holding some back for the Stineford Magic shop, before starting chapter 2, as some investments become disabled and others have reduced gains.