Brotherhood of Enlightened Self-Interest
The Brotherhood is a criminal organization based mainly in the country of the Trilmo Confederation. Members pose as priests in the community and use their charitable works as a smokescreen for their more illegal activities.
Public Agenda
To the public, the Brotherhood works as a religious order whose mandate is to take care of the downtrodden. They manage many orphanages, churches, and homeless shelters across Trilmo. Due to their beneficence, ordinary citizens look upon the Brotherhood as a force for good and its members enjoy a certain amount of respect wherever they go. But their public contributions are primarily a front to cover their true nature as one of the foremost fencing operations in the country. The Brotherhood obtains valuable items through their lay members, the orphans and homeless ones they shelter, who work as thieves for the organization. The higher ranked members then sell the items to wealthy clients, and the Brotherhood disguises these dealings by calling the profits "donations" from the nobles.
Assets
The Brotherhood owns many buildings across the country, from orphanages to churches, and controls a vast amount of money. Most of their assets are located in Havn and Uharte, on the Isle of Serpents. From these locations, members act as fences, selling stolen goods to their clients under the guise of charitable donations. The Brotherhood, therefore, has great influence and blackmail material among the merchant class, and they use that to skirt taxes and buy properties at inexpensive rates.
Type
Illicit, Front
Location
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