The Red Glade Code
Most Red Glade hunters followed, to some degree, to an unwritten code of rules which, when spoken of at all, was referred to as the "Red Glade Code" While the exact wording of these rules varied from city to city, the Creed served as a loosely defined set of enforceable principles, by which hunters conducted their trade and lived out their lives.
All Red Glade hunters are required to abide by these guidelines. A bounty hunter who failed to uphold these rules could undergo termination of their bounty hunting license.
No Hunter Shall interfere in another's hunt
While it is not unheard of for hunters to help in another hunter's bounty, bounties are commonly seen as a personal confrontation between two sapient creatures. While ''competition'' is seen as fair game, where a hunter goes against another hunter to retrieve or kill a target first, interference is looked down upon within the bounty hunting business. When a bounty is won alone by a hunter, it is not a question of luck, but a clear presentation of skill and triumph over a foe. When a bounty is ''interfered'' with, say with unwanted help, it leaves the question of ''who is better'' open. Of course, competition between hunters was often fierce and there was often a very thin line between "competition" and "interference".No Bounty is worth dying for
This part of the code emphasises that no matter how great a reward is, no bounty is worth dying for. They should also consider how much of a risk whichever bounty was going to be and to plan accordingly. A reward, even if enormous, could not be spent if a hunter was dead. Capture by Code, Kill by Necessity The hunter, unless otherwise directed by those levelling the bounty, must attempt to deliver the bounty alive. In keeping with the loosely defined hunter code, killing was sometimes necessary. That was business, pure and simple. However, unnecessary killing was still murder.No Hunter should refuse to aid another hunter
While No Hunter has the right to interfere with another hunter's bounty, there comes time when even the best of hunters require assistance. In extreme cases, any hunter could have asked for and expected aid and assistance from another hunter, even if it meant that the latter must temporarily suspend his or her own hunt in the meantime to render such aid. Whatever personal grievances that would be involved between the two parties, it is understood that hunters take care of their own. Of course, such assistance was not without its price tag, and a percentage of the profits from the bounty is expected to be handed over to the individuals that helped.No hunter shall slay another hunter
One may agree with another hunter's motives or insult them for the manner in which they carried out their hunts, but no bounty hunter would ever take up arms against a fellow hunter. This law applied only to hunters who followed the creed, not to those who had a bounty posted on their head becoming merely acquisitions. In such cases, the ex-hunter was no longer seen as a member of the common fellowship and old scores could now be settled with impunity. If a hunter is attacked by another hunter, they are exempt from this rule against that hunter as a case of self-defence.
Type
Licence, Civil
Medium
Oral Tradition / Word of Mouth
Location
Signatories (Organizations)
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