>Right, that make sense, but I guess what I was saying is that there needs to be some sort of explanation for why anything would be contraband in the first place. Why does the spire want that avg 26 sword you mentioned off the market?

I would think that placing it under the realm of "dealing in stolen goods" would suffice for making it contraband. And the Spire wouldn't want things on the market because it would be financing the theif's way of life.