The Myriad

Wildemount’s greatest organized crime ring is now becoming known throughout Tal’Dorei, but came from humble beginnings. The Myriad began in the Dwendalian city of Yrrosa as a small shipping company specializing in exotic goods and services. They exploited and sold curiosities from the distant continents of Othanzia and Ank’Harel. Over time, as legal trading became more difficult, the Myriad’s illegal occupations became their best money makers. Through years of establishing underworld contacts and tactical blackmail, the Myriad evolved into a powerful, well-veiled criminal faction. In recent years, the Myriad’s aspirations have begun to spread beyond the coasts of Wildemount, and their activities are spilling over into eastern Tal’Dorei—much to the Clasp’s consternation. The Myriad are known for displays of opulence and social grace, and this misdirection enables them to seduce and manipulate the lives and will of whomever is deemed valuable to their plans. The Myriad operates as a loose network of gang bosses running their own localized sects without direct oversight from the mysterious heads of the society. Tithes and information are expected to be delivered to the leadership at a steady rate from each satellite of the organization, and should the rate of return slow, quiet threats of enslavement or destruction soon follow.

Public Agenda

Goals
Keeping mainly to coastal cities and port towns within Tal’Dorei, the Myriad pursues the simple goals of financial excess and maintaining a ledger of favors owed to them by powerful diplomats and officials. Publically dealing in antiquities and exotic textiles, the Myriad runs an efficient black market of slaves, magical beasts, weapons, and illicit substances. Overt violence tends to draw unwanted attention, and the Myriad avoid it when possible, preferring to discredit, blackmail, or frame those who cross them. After all, wielding the secrets of your competitor only makes it easier to eventually force them to work for you. Should such manipulation fail, however, kidnapping or assassination can be a quick and traceless final alternative.

Foreign Relations

Relationships
As newcomers to the criminal underside of Tal’Dorei, the Myriad find their reach is still limited, though they have managed to infiltrate Stilben and Kymal. No matter how small, their presence has already created bad blood between the Myriad and the Clasp. Though the Myriad prefers to avoid conflict, the Clasp is not above spilling blood to protect their territory.

Legislative Body

Figures of Interest
Lustran Zeth Human Textile Baron. Double agent whose interests have shifted away from the Clasp, he has risen to oversee the Tal’Dorei expansion of the Myriad. Lustran has taken a home in Stilben and enjoys his position as central mastermind of this sect of the Myriad.