Organizations

Hideous trolls and fire-breathing dragons may account for the doom of many noble heroes, but even more meet their end from the knife in the dark or a smiling face that conceals black-hearted treachery. Faerûn is home to fell powers that choose to work through stealth, intimidation, intrigue, and terror. Bold knights and battle-wise wizards alike have fallen to foes they never even suspected in cities or courts they deemed safe.

Hundreds of guilds, cabals, societies, and orders exist in Faerûn’s wide lands. Some assemble to wage war against evil, swearing solemn oaths of goodwill and protection as binding as any paladin’s. But most are alliances of ambitious, wealthy, and frequently ruthless people interested only in advancing their hidden agendas, regardless of who or what gets in their way.