The Night Guild


 * A Faction

Overview
An international network of criminals and outlaws that has permeated the Free States, the Night Guild is of concern to any political power center, for it represents a host of illicit happenings as well as the presence of the black market. There is honor among thieves; internally, they refer to themselves simply as the Family, and adhere to a rather sacrosanct code of conduct that has protected their underground society for generations.

The Family is divided into a number autonomous houses, each responsible for regulating criminal enterprise and black market commerce for a given territory, often a single city but also rural regions of economic or political significance. Each house is governed by a padron or madris—father or mother, respectively, a local crime boss that has established his or her dominion over the territory and whose authority has been endorsed by the Elders.

A rogue wishing to ply his or her trade in a given area must first make contact with local Guild leadership. Failure to identify oneself to the territory’s reigning house or offer the proper tribute to its padron or madris can have serious consequences. At best, such a faux pas will be regarded as a thoughtless oversight born of inexperience, for which the penalty might be to simply pay the tribute with interest and beg forgiveness; a subsequent offense, or one that shows an obvious and willful disregard for the Night’s Creed, elicits a considerably harsher sentence—generally disfigurement, which serves to punish the offender while providing an example for the community at large. For more grievous transgressions, such as those that threaten the Family by placing its members at risk of detention or harm, execution is a likely sentence.

Would-be freelancers and rogues who have yet to establish themselves in the Game are called “strays” by members of the Family. Once a stray declares him or herself and offers tribute to the local house, they are brought into the fold, adopted into the Family as a cousin.

The Night's Creed
(a.k.a. The Law of the Family)
 * 1) Respect thy Elders.
 * 2) Profit, in all things.
 * 3) Honor the Family.
 * 4) tbd
 * 5) tbd

Notable Members

 * Jovi
 * Poleo Winesong
 * Garen Rook
 * Pipsi
 * Padron Slatner
 * Slaplen (as of Session 7)
 * Renaia (as of Session 7)
 * Taman (as of Session 7)
 * Oras (as of Session 7)
 * Yarnel
 * Samke Sarosa
 * Falby Tenor