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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6760545" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Ersun, Rasul</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Rasul pours a drink into the other glass. <span style="color: #6699ff">"This is Tejj, a spiced, honeyed wine."<span style="color: #000000"> He says handing you the glass with hands that are still surprisingly steady. He waits for you to taste it before he continues talking.</span> <span style="color: #6699ff">"It wouldn't matter much if I did hand-pick my personal guards. I don't know who to trust anymore. My organization isn't exactly the type to inspire loyalty."</span> <span style="color: #000000">He snorts</span>.<span style="color: #6699ff"> "Do they have rogues among your kind? Thieves? Cutthroats?"</span></span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As you nod he continues. <span style="color: #6699ff">"I don't know how your kind organizes things, but up here we have to be very careful. Thieves guilds in Vulkh are only tolerated so long as the merchant lords in power get a hefty share of our takings. Our local lord, Farik, is no exception. However, despite their bribes, the merchant lords offer little information or protection in exchange."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Vulfear informants are everywhere, sniffing us out like rats, gathering information about our activities and our accomplices. Merchant lords swear to serve the Vul, and so long as they do so ostensibly their corruption is tolerated. They understand much of our bribes end up in the Vul coffers eventually through taxes and tariffs. Common thieves however are open-game."</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Vulfear are brainwashed fools who revere the Vul like gods. They say all non-Vul exist to serve the Vul, and thus it is only natural that they should claim everyone's wealth, ill-gotten or otherwise..."</span> He pauses to take another puff of his cigar and continues coughing for a few moments. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Once they get good information about a thieves-guild treasury they report its location to the Vulkyrie. Those winged monsters swoop in, kill everyone and claim it in the name of their king. I've seen it happen many times, including a few since I've lived here in Cabarda. However, once I seized power I devised a way to keep the treasury safe."</span> He says with pride.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"With our treasury out of reach, the Vulkyrie won't risk open battle. There isn't enough reward to justify the risk. That is the primary reason why I've lived this long. The other leaders of the guild need me alive to access the treasury. That is as far as their respect goes."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"We have no rigid hierarchy. I may be guild-master for as long as I live, but I show no favoritism. Those who want to have a say in guild decisions have to pay for the right to vote. Earners have votes. The rest are merely followers. We convene every week to plan for the following week. Various thugs, thieves and cutthroats present their ideas in a council. I listen to all the proposed ideas and eventually call for a vote after arguments are settled."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Whoever pays the most with their vote gets my blessing. I then give further orders to make sure that plan pans out with all the guilds resources at their disposal. Half their vote-coin ends up in the treasury. The other half goes into my personal share."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Its a good system that rewards proactive thinking and new ideas. I admit I likely could not have brought us this far on my own plans alone. But such a system has earned me many enemies as well. Several leaders in the guild bear serious grudges against me. They'd no doubt slit my throat if they could get away with it, but the entire treasury will be lost to them if they do."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #6699ff">"Once I pass away from natural causes, access to the treasury will be granted to my successor. But as I said, I hold no favoritism so it won't be anyone of my choosing. They must be elected by the others."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Ersun:</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6760545, member: 6677509"] [b]Ersun, Rasul[/b] [I]Rasul pours a drink into the other glass. [COLOR=#6699ff]"This is Tejj, a spiced, honeyed wine."[COLOR=#000000] He says handing you the glass with hands that are still surprisingly steady. He waits for you to taste it before he continues talking.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"It wouldn't matter much if I did hand-pick my personal guards. I don't know who to trust anymore. My organization isn't exactly the type to inspire loyalty."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]He snorts[/COLOR].[COLOR=#6699ff] "Do they have rogues among your kind? Thieves? Cutthroats?"[/COLOR][/COLOR] As you nod he continues. [COLOR=#6699ff]"I don't know how your kind organizes things, but up here we have to be very careful. Thieves guilds in Vulkh are only tolerated so long as the merchant lords in power get a hefty share of our takings. Our local lord, Farik, is no exception. However, despite their bribes, the merchant lords offer little information or protection in exchange."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"Vulfear informants are everywhere, sniffing us out like rats, gathering information about our activities and our accomplices. Merchant lords swear to serve the Vul, and so long as they do so ostensibly their corruption is tolerated. They understand much of our bribes end up in the Vul coffers eventually through taxes and tariffs. Common thieves however are open-game." "Vulfear are brainwashed fools who revere the Vul like gods. They say all non-Vul exist to serve the Vul, and thus it is only natural that they should claim everyone's wealth, ill-gotten or otherwise..."[/COLOR] He pauses to take another puff of his cigar and continues coughing for a few moments. [COLOR=#6699ff]"Once they get good information about a thieves-guild treasury they report its location to the Vulkyrie. Those winged monsters swoop in, kill everyone and claim it in the name of their king. I've seen it happen many times, including a few since I've lived here in Cabarda. However, once I seized power I devised a way to keep the treasury safe."[/COLOR] He says with pride. [COLOR=#6699ff]"With our treasury out of reach, the Vulkyrie won't risk open battle. There isn't enough reward to justify the risk. That is the primary reason why I've lived this long. The other leaders of the guild need me alive to access the treasury. That is as far as their respect goes."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"We have no rigid hierarchy. I may be guild-master for as long as I live, but I show no favoritism. Those who want to have a say in guild decisions have to pay for the right to vote. Earners have votes. The rest are merely followers. We convene every week to plan for the following week. Various thugs, thieves and cutthroats present their ideas in a council. I listen to all the proposed ideas and eventually call for a vote after arguments are settled."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"Whoever pays the most with their vote gets my blessing. I then give further orders to make sure that plan pans out with all the guilds resources at their disposal. Half their vote-coin ends up in the treasury. The other half goes into my personal share."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"Its a good system that rewards proactive thinking and new ideas. I admit I likely could not have brought us this far on my own plans alone. But such a system has earned me many enemies as well. Several leaders in the guild bear serious grudges against me. They'd no doubt slit my throat if they could get away with it, but the entire treasury will be lost to them if they do."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#6699ff]"Once I pass away from natural causes, access to the treasury will be granted to my successor. But as I said, I hold no favoritism so it won't be anyone of my choosing. They must be elected by the others."[/COLOR] [B][Ersun:[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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