The Guilded Truce

The Guilded Truce is a Living Document made of stained glass. It outlines all the agreements between the signatory guilds and nation states that allow Guilds to function outside of the jurisdiction of governments. While the Truce itself is tens of thousands of years old, most modern signatories are less than two thousand years old.

Purpose

The Truce, as it is usually called, exists to establish the right of the Guilds to work unhindered across the continent. It established Guilds and their members as noncombatants, standardized prices and currency, and gave Guilds the right to send agents across borders at will.

Historical Details

Background

The Truce was established over a conflict between the Circle of Good Faith and the long-dead nation of Annyin Tog. The Speriyi insisted that Circle members living in Annyin Tog were subject to a military levy. The Circle of Good Faith and the merchant's guild now known as The Gold Standard worked together to establish The Truce.

Legacy

The Truce introduced standardized prices and currency, not to mention a common language to the continent.

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The Guilded Truce

• The establishment of common pricing and currency
• The establishment of The Common Tongue of Civilized Folk
• Establishing the limits of governmental powers when dealing with Guilds
• The foundation of what a new Guild must do to become a signatory
• The establishment of The University at Shimmering Rock as a neutral territory
• The process by which a Guild may be removed from The Truce
• Establishing Guild members as non-combatants
• The establishment of The Great Meet, a once per decade meeting between signatories to reaffirm the rules
• The defining of what constitutes a 'wizard'
• Defining and limiting the military powers of each signatory Guild
• The Advisory Compromise, which promises a representative of each Guild to serve as advisors to each signatory nation
• The establishment of the role of Great Decider, who is a designated neutral party

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Type

Treaty, Diplomatic

Medium

Glass / Stained Glass

Authors

• Ku'Qala, God of Hell

Signatories (Organizations)

• The Airman's Guild
• The Alliance of Dwarven Clans in Aaldenbur
• The Circle of Good Faith
• The Confederacy of Elvish Tribes
• The Criers
• The Gold Standard
• The Iron Shadow
• The Merchant's Republic of Kuasta
• The Order of the Archer
• The Order of the Eye
• The People's Republic of Ter Eira
• The Silver Strings
• The Third Empire of Evermore
• The Tower of the Ancients
• The University at Shimmering Rock