The Goldpact Explorers Lodge

The structure and history of The Goldpact Explorers Lodge

Welkin Archives on Guilds, Assosiations and Organisations

The Goldpact is an adventuring guild founded in Elysium about 400 years ago, with Guildhalls all across the world. They are renowned for their honor, as well as their tenacity for exploring and the slaying of dangerous beasts and monsters. Often are their high ranking members idolised among the youths of the empire, as their order carry a large amount of legendary names amongst the annals of the fallen. For the very same reason, there are those who believe the stories to be mere fluff, created or altered to stroke the ego of the organisations exclusive nature and so choose to give the entire guild a wide birth. Nonetheless the guild is widely known and heralded as being both honourable and reliable in their field of expertise.
''We search the world for gold and glory, we dream of the very same. We are what we do and we are defined by our doings, that is our code. We give our hearts to adventure and adventures we become, as the fire eats us and the dawn greeds us, so does our brothers and sisters.''
- Words of initiation

History of the Founding

Created around a pact of gold between Wilhelm Draconus and Olivier Montagne after they slayed the red dragon Phosovia in 543 pc, before its intended assault on the Versillian city of Vermont. As leaders of their party, they celebrated their victory for 7 days with the population of Vermont and within the fires of celebration they formed an eternal pact of friendship and gold.
Between the celebration and the bags of gold they acquired from the Duke de Vermont, they brought with them a torch made from the very flame of the celebration pyre and one of the eyes of Phosovia with them home to Elysium. They used the coin to build a great hall in the port town of Empyrean. Within the great hall they lit a new flame from the torch they had brought and the eye of the red dragon, that is said to be burning still to this very day.

Wilhelm then became a drunk and Olivier an egomaniac, both of their vices bringing them to an early grave. Their corpses was burned on the Victory Pyre and from their ashes the guild blossomed under the leadership of Pablo Gésallo. The renown and legend of the dragon slayers gathered much attention, Pablo's had a talent for marketing and effectively fanned the flames of rumour and legend. Doing the next 20 years the Goldpact became a household name as an adventuring guild, with over 1000 members across Zenith.
Through the guild members get access to a number of assignments, quests and tasks, funded by the guilds coffers. The members are then bound to share in whatever glory and spoils they may find. As the saying goes: ''One for all and all for on!''.
Today it is led by Gold Consul Cain Magrin out of the Great Hall in Empyrean within the Empire, with over 20.000 members across all of Pangea, with guild halls in various towns and cities.

Structure and Order

All begin at the rank of fletchling, the uninitiated. After performing enough tasks to aid the guild, a fletchling may be become initiated as an official member. Initiates becomes Goldbeares after showing enough aptitude and gut. Goldbeares are the backbone of the organisation and often demand the highest pay in the field. Goldbeares can after 5 years of service to the guild choose to become Pactkeepers, who oversee the inner-workings of a particular lodge or can be charged to found a new lodge. Above the Pactkeepers is the Gold Consul, who is the leader of the entire organisation.

Ranks of Renown:

Fletchling
Initiate
Goldbearer
Pactkeeper
Gold Consul

Type

Guild, Adventuring