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REFORMED GUILD STEPS
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Dateline: 28-
The organisation sometimes known as the Guild of Shadows, which many believed to have ceased to exist or at least to have disintegrated into a number of mutually hostile factions, seems to have returned into the mainstream of Berenian life. Notices have appeared in public places in all the Kingdom’s major cities and outside the doors of the Guild’s premises in dungeon courtyards announcing that the Guild is back in business and asking all members to report in.
Officially, the organisation is a guild of traders, working to further the needs
of commerce and business in the Kingdom (specialising in insurance and commercial
protection). Unofficially, it has long been known that it is an organisation of professional
rogues and assassins. Its existence, and its status as a Crown-
Therefore when rumours surfaced a few years ago of a murderous war going on between
rival factions within the guild, it caused some concern, exacerbated when one of
the factions appeared to have formed a splinter organisation, which is believed to
have been responsible for a series of murders and attempted murders of prominent
nobles. Although no-
“The traitors are dead,” a gangland source told the Bugle. “The keys to the safe house are reclaimed. The Guild of Shadows is back in business.”
Which may not however have resulted in an end to the conflict between the official
leadership and the so-
More worryingly, our source has told us of rumours that what the Crown has always
feared may have happened -
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