The Group of Shrewd Distributors

The Group of Shrewd Distributors is a merchants guild. It's quite old, and the above average sized faction has an excellent reputation, and is motivated by politics. They are rumoured to own a powerful artefact.
Malnora is policed by The Group of Shrewd Distributors, rather than a separate guard. The guard is slightly underfunded, and their equipment sometimes falls into slight disrepair. Their officers are held accountable for their actions, though The Group of Shrewd Distributors does not have the funding to perform regular training exercises.
Members of The Group of Shrewd Distributors are identifiable by their purple robes. Membership requires some social status, and costs five hundred gold pieces. The initiation into The Group of Shrewd Distributors involves a simple form to be filled.

Assets

They have slightly below average resources. A fair few favours are jealously guarded, as are a couple pouches of gold, and a handful of debtors.
The Group of Shrewd Distributors have a considerable number of allies;
A veritable army of scholars regularly assist The Group of Shrewd Distributors. At their disposal, they also have a veritable army of artisans, a veritable army of priests, and a veritable army of nobles. The Group of Shrewd Distributors have a handful of rivals; A guild of priests and a guild of commoners are the only that wish The Group of Shrewd Distributors ill.

Type

Military Order

Leader

Ruby Rock

Leader Title

Captain of the Guard

Location

Malnora