The Sable Loom

The Sable Loom are a roving society of craftsfolk, storytellers, enchanters, and secret-brokers. They travel in colorful caravans, riding elaborately decorated wagons and river-barges, weaving through the Mwangi Expanse — but they are no ordinary merchants.

Their goods are beautiful (handmade jewelry, rare textiles, enchanted relics, ancient manuscripts), but their true trade lies in more intangible treasures: lost histories, forbidden knowledge, cultural artifacts, even memories or secrets entrusted to them for safekeeping.

They believe preserving endangered cultures, arts, and wisdom is essential for the world's survival — even if it means stealing, lying, or manipulating events for a greater good.

Public Agenda

• Preservation Over Purity: Saving knowledge, culture, and people is more important than playing by the rules.
• Stories are Sacred: Every individual, every civilization has a story worth telling — even if the world tries to silence it.
• Secrets Are Seeds: Secrets grow when properly nurtured. Some must be protected, some must be planted at the right time.
• Beauty Is Resistance: Art and craftsmanship are acts of defiance against oppression, ignorance, and decay.

How They Operate

• Travel in ornate caravans decorated with story-symbols, masks, and magical tapestries
• Collect and preserve endangered cultures, art forms, and oral traditions
• Trade in secrets, relics, and stories — both real and artfully altered
• Engage in cultural diplomacy, poetic sabotage, and memory-based magic
• Weave “narrative interventions” — shaping events through influence, performance, or subterfuge
• Forge replica relics or propagate myths to defuse violence or protect real artifacts

Their Darker Side

• Will lie, rewrite history, or fabricate prophecies to preserve what they believe matters
• Steal or suppress knowledge they deem too dangerous or culturally destructive
• Use beauty and narrative manipulation to distract, mislead, or soften moral outrage
• May pass judgment on what stories are “worth” remembering
• Keep internal archives of erased truths — sometimes weaponized in desperate times
• Sometimes sabotage archaeological or political efforts that conflict with their preservation goals

Typical Members

• Bards, artisans, illusionists, diplomats, and roguish scholars
• Emotionally intelligent, morally flexible, and culturally driven
• Join to protect beauty, memory, or a people’s legacy
• Wear expressive robes embroidered with animated runes or woven tokens
• Carry enchanted masks, memory cloths, and whisper-scrolls
• Often form strong mentor-student bonds within the Loom’s ranks

*"What is hidden must be preserved. What is broken must be made whole."*

Type: Nomadic Guild of Secret-Dealers, Artisans, and Cultural Curators
Alignment: Neutral Good (with a Pragmatic streak)