Ravenshroud

The Ravenshroud is a guild offering mercenaries as well as illicit services, such as smuggling, thievery and even assassination, if the prize is right. It seeks to become omnipresent and inescapable, more wealthy and powerful, and most importantly, untouchable. The public face of the organization appears much more benign, offering the best mercenaries money can buy. When a merchant needs an escort for his caravan, when a noble needs bodyguards to protect her holdings, or when a city needs trained soldiers to defend its honor, the Ravenshroud provides the best-trained fighting men and women money can buy. However, the cost of doing business with the Black Network can be high.
The Ravenshroud wants to make it necessary (and preferable, even) to deal with its members. It wants to secure, over time, an iron-fisted monopoly. Members must be the best (the cheapest, the fastest, and the most secure) at providing services and goods both legal and illicit, willing to lose coin if it means destroying a competitor, and securing profits from everyone they deal with, except when to do so would work against the Black Network's ultimate goal: to make everyone dependent on it.

Structure

A member of the Ravenshroud thinks of himself or herself as a member of a very large family and relies on the Black Network for resources and security. However, members are granted enough autonomy to pursue their own interests and gain some measure of personal power or influence.
Player characters can gain renown with the Ravenshroud, reflecting their standing with the agents of the Black Network. Renown is earned by completing missions for the Ravenshroud or advancing their interests. A higher renown score allows acces to more goods and services from the guild.

Renown	Title	Perks
1	Earcloak	1 or 2 contacts
3	Darkcoin	Discount on trade goods, survival and thieving gear
10	Silverblade	1 follower/skilled hireling, discount on potions, more contacts
25	Goldspeaker	Can command outposts and small armies, requistion survival gear and open negotations
50	Skull Lord	Basicly the boss almost

Public Agenda

Beliefs

1. The Ravenshroud is your family. You watch out for it, and it watches out for you.
2. You are the master of your own destiny. Never be less than what you deserve to be.
3. Everything—and everyone—has a price.

Goals

To amass wealth, power, and influence.

Type

Guild, Fighter / Mercenary

Alternative Names

The Black Network