The Treaty of Protection

The Treaty of Protection is an agreement between The Akorros Thieves Guild based in the Old Town of Akorros and the Tongs based in the Spice Quarter.
The Tongs had long controlled the Spice Quarter between themselves, and Gyrfalcon was rising to power in the Old Town and had consolidated their hold on the Thieves Guild there. The Thieves Guild had expanded to the point where the Tongs were in the way of further expansion. The Thieves Guild tried to continue their expansion, but the control of the Tongs over their minions and their area was too strong, and the Tongs swiftly and violently moved to curb any sort of incursion. It turned out the Tongs were even more intimidating than the thugs of the Thieves' Guild, and so their expansion was blocked.
After a few months of losing valuable operatives, the Gyrfalcon realised their approach wasn't working, and a change of plan was needed. So they fell back to diplomacy - this is The Republic of Darokin, after all.
They sent discrete emissaries to the Tongs to open discussions about cooperation for mutual benefit, which after a lot of diplomatic back and forth led to a meeting between the Tong leaders and Gyrfalcon. Seeking a neutral location, they met in the catacombs of The Isle of the Dead, the westernmost of the islands protecting the Akorros harbour.
With such suspicious and highly armed attendees, the potential for massive violence was huge, but the Gyrfalcon spoke and calmed their concerns, proposing a treaty of mutual cooperation, specifying the boundaries of the two groups' territories and setting down procedures for handling joint working. This includes details of how one group can request access to facilities, resources or individuals in the other's territory, meaning that moving into a different part of Akorros is not enough to escape their attentions.

Type

Treaty, Diplomatic