Mining Guild

Written by Pookas Kreations

As its name implies, it is a guild for miners. In its later years, the workers of their mines became indentured servants or slaves, because they were cheaper to upkeep.

Structure

Guildmaster, master, journeyman, apprentice, treasurer, secretary, CFO, supply officer, Priestess of Domnu, etc.

Culture

This guild is an offshoot of the Dumnonii, which means the People of the deity of the deep or earth. Of course, this is a corruption of her teachings.

History

Starting out this was a mutual assistance organization consisting of 3 levels of craftsmen the master, journeymen, and apprentice. The master taught both of the lower members his craft and when they accomplished all the tasks that he set them they could move up to the next level.

Over the years, the guild masters sought to gain more wealth and thus prestige and thus joined into politics. With his new search for power and affluence, many guilds changed into more of a corporation than an MAO (mutual assistance organization). He added new restrictive regulations, that controlled the members below him. Those that wouldn't join the guild would effectively be frozen out, denied jobs, etc. He defined wages, hours, tools, and techniques, regulated working conditions and the production process. They sought to monopolize the market, by controlling the workers, product, supply, and time.

Demography and Population

The leaders are mostly Atlans, but the members can be from any race.

Mythology & Lore

She is the goddess of the deep earth, mines, dwarves, miners, earth, and the underworld.

Find the secret treasures of the deep.

Type

Guild, Professional

Alternative Names

Mining Conglomerant

Predecessor Organization

• Mutual Assistance Organization

Leader

Georgio Hearst

Leader Title

Guildmaster

Currency

Miners Chits are smelted by the guild and paid to their workers as part of their wages to use in the company stores.

Legislative Body

The Board members of the various guild branches.

Deities

• Goddess Domnu

Official Languages

• Common

Related Traditions

• Choosing Day

Controlled Territories

• Eureka
• Glimmervale

Related Ethnicities

• Atlan