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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 1668454" data-attributes="member: 1757">I second Faraer's recommendation. Code of the Harpers is the definitive source, hands down, on the Harpers, and a good read to boot. It fully describes the various oaths, rituals, attitudes, and personalities that characterize the Harpers, and is loaded with adventure hooks and detailed descriptions of Harper strongholds and current activities. It is high quality.I will disagree somewhat with Berandor's categorization of the Western and Eastern branches of the Harpers: The former is simply more public, centralized and directly hierarchial (answering to Cylyria, Obslin Minstrelwish, and Beluar Thantarth) than the latter, which is more independent and clandestine.As to the Purple Dragons: I tend to agree with Henry and Faraer that this group is a poor choice for adventurers, since the duty of the Purple Dragons is to the Crown and Cormyr, and their usual sphere of operations is in Cormyr. I once gave a PC an honorary rank of "watchcaptain" (effectively, honorary swordcaptain) status in the organization for extraordinary services to the Crown (saving the fortress of High Horn from the ravages of the avatar of Bhaal), and I think you could go with an honorary rank rather than a permanent position. But the Harpers are a tailor-made choice for bold, independent, PC adventurer types.</blockquote>