Crafters Guild
The crafters guild is the backbone of Astnyr.
If there is no crafters, there is no economy.
Military and citizen alike depend on them.
Especially during harsh times.
Founder of the Crafters' Guild
Strection created the crafters' guild because he realized there needed to be an organized market. In the past, crafters were independent entrepreneurs who used their own materials. However, most of these crafters failed because of not being able to obtain materials on their own. Strection noticed these failings and consulted the other angels, such as Winter and Knowler. Winter advised to make a guild of crafters in order to share and buy resources. Knowler taught Strection how to work the guild as if it were a business. So, along with ruling Ironhammer, Strection founded the crafters' guild. Many crafters signed up to be a part of this extraordinary opportunity, with many seeing success afterwards.
However, once Strection's rage took over and began his tyranny, the crafters' guild was bereft of a guild-master. Winter took over and everything ran smoothly once more. That was until Magick Glades was destroyed, losing many crafters with the city. This created a problem with the guild, for the resources and crafters in the city of nature were no more.
Carpenters
These crafters were the first builders in Astnyr. During Beight's pilgrimage through the continent, the elves used the wood and plant fiber they collected to build small villages. One of these villages became Craftport, the settlement of trade. Eventually, carpenters evolved by using stone, iron, and jewels for their buildings and cities. They handled repairs and maintenance all across Astnyr. Without carpenters, citizens would have no shelter against the wilds.
Woodsmiths
Weapons and armor were needed in the early days of Astnyr. The wilds were unpredictable to new life wandering the land. With this in mind, woodsmiths gathered some materials and built armor and weapons. Volunteers stood with the wooden arsenal of hard body armor and sharp spears. It wasn't until blacksmiths helped create the crafters' guild that woodsmiths worked with metal. Woodsmiths then worked more with camoflauge armor with a metal backing to protect scouts in recon missions.
Farmers
Food sources became a concern. Unlike angels, the new mortal race of elves needed food to survive. Elves saw wild animals and plants while on Beight's pilgrimage, solving the problem of starvation. However, some plants were poisonous, and raw meat would bring disease. Carpenters gave wood to farmers to make campfires to cook meat and sometimes plants. Only the simplest of meals were created for consumption. These meals sustained the pilgrimage until its end and beyond.
Once Astnyr's citizens settled more, there were concentrated farmlands. Plants and crops were grown by mortal races to provide for citizens. Soon, chefs discovered plants from farmers could be used as seasoning for meat. Farmers also provided alchemists later in history herbs for potions. Without farmers, food would be scarce in this civilized nation.
Ranchers
The frosty mountains of the south made it so that plant life would not be possible. Since Winter's arrival in these mountains, the forest froze over. Plants shriveled in the unending cold, and animals had to adapt or hide in the western mountains. Those who adapted were ranched by the giants for food and resources. Trade was essential for food and spices in Frosthalla. If there weren't a way to grow local food, the giants would have become extinct long before trade routes closed. Now, ranchers are the only food providers for Frosthalla, thanks to Ironhammer declaring war against the city.
Blacksmiths
The dwarves found that the forest mountains were teeming with valuable metals and gems. Thanks to Strection's and Nave's guidance, they could secure them for the citizens of the nation. The metals were distributed to blacksmiths. Blacksmith's crafted current armor and weapons, taking over for the woodsmiths. However, when Ironhammer was closed off from the rest of Astnyr, most blacksmiths stayed within their walls. Some still traded in Seaport, but there was no longer enough armor for the military.
Miners
As stated above, the dwarves found the forest mountains to be an abundant resource for metals and gems. Nave taught the miners how to collect these resources and give back to nature. Carpenters do the same with their trees, but miners made it so their cave systems did not interfere with the mountain's overall structure. If this was not done, cave-ins would have been commonplace in the mountain mines. Now, however, the miners disregard Nave's guidance, as Strection's rage seemed to affect his people.
Jewelcrafters
These crafters mainly made decorative pieces for jewelry, armor, and weapons. They smelted the metal for jewelry and cut gems for the correct sizes. This was a younger profession, since Sonance gave the ideas for more creative freedom in the nation. Jewelcrafters lost most of their access to gems and metals thanks to Strection's tyranny over Ironhammer. Some risk their lives to aqcuire these gems and a minority of them make it out of the forest mountains alive. The other angels were unsure of what course of action to do about these continued assaults.
Alchemists
This was another newer profession in Astnyr. Humans that refuged within Astnyr repaid the angels' hospitality by teaching citizens and life druids how to create potions. There are retail stores in every city and village while life druids created medical potions in Magick Glades. When Magick Glades was destroyed in Morana's second invasion, there were fewer life druid alchemists alive. This meant more deaths and agony for patients who could have been saved. Retail alchemists luckily were not that effected by the glades' destruction, but it would probably do so in the future.
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