First Age | Guilds | The Brigands Guild

The Brigands

The Brigands Guild is a collective of highwaymen, unaffiliated with any city, despite being between Mercinae and Parrius. Their membership is never certain, as they keep their numbers and identities well protected from outsiders.

Deity:	Clytaemnestra, goddess of vengeance
Founded:	3rd of Midwinter, 804 by Skaman
Location:	The Grey Forest
Profession:	Thief
Alignment:	Non-Aligned

Introduction

The Brigands were born from a band of wandering thieves who, finding each other in the seedy bars of Parrius and roaming the alleys of Mercinae, came to a decision. It is alleged that on a pale night in the Halfway Tavern, Skaman, Kristin and Bilbo met. Cautiously they eyed each other, considering the prowess of the other two. An half-drunken conversation, filled with bravado and secrets, ensued. Between the three of them, they swiftly saw the profit of a central location for the roaming thieves of the East. They set out to select the best, most hidden of places: the Grey Forest. It was there that they, near the Halfway Tavern, established the Guild to raid, plunder and confuse their victims along the road from Mercinae to Parrius.

Words from Skaman, the first guildmaster

To be a Brigand is to have the courage and strength of a tiger. Everything roaming the forests and the highways is prey. A brigand strikes both en masse and alone, careful to set the perfect ambush. Protecting our own and keeping the secret of our ways is paramount.

Words from Illyism, the current guildmaster

The wonderful Brigands guild is the second oldest guild in whole of Avalon, it came right after the Knights.

It's members are unknown and even reading this, you risk being attacked by one of us. The Dark Brotherhood is a secret, only those that deserve our contact get to see and perhaps with luck to learn our skill. We are not greedy Thieves, we are the powerful Brigands, we gain our wealth from the rich, and then we give it to the poor. We help everyone in their young time. But we are merciless if you step across us. We swore an oath of poverty, but the guild is rich, the richest in whole avalon. We are stronger than a city, We are richer than all the guilds together. Our members are deadly and handle fast. Our legions are the most infamous in the world, our guildhouse is the best secured ever, our guildshops are selling quickly, our guildbank is overflowing.

If you wish to become one of us, you must prove yourself worthy. you must show that you are sharpen than a fox, faster than your arrow, more hidden than your shadow.

If you wish to visit our tree-fortress, find your way into the Grey Forest near Coriona, jump past the traps, find the way around the circles of trees, and then... You might find us.

Guild Specialist Skills

Skill	Brief Description
Thievery	Comprehensive skills covering a range of thief-related abilities, with later specialisation.
Stealth	Hiding, subterfuge, cat-like reflexes, silent moving, acting without exacting attention, and such.
Poisons	The lore of the harmful/poisonous plant-life and general flora about the continent.
Trapping	The full range of traps, preparing, laying, priming and monitoring.

Location

The Brigands Guild is located within the heart of the Grey Forest, which may be entered, at one's own peril, from the Halfway Tavern along the highway between Mercinae and Parrius. Within the forest one must know the way of a thief and think in circles to reach the door of the Guild, rumoured to be neither on land or underground.