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The Warriors Guild's is the militant arm of the Guild structure, they believe in honor though strength, and have a survival of the fittest mentality to their actions. They do sell their services as mercenaries, but their honorable reputation allows them to take and keep contracts that no other organization would be able to claim. They will refuse even lucrative contracts that are not for a honorable cause. They made implacable allies, and cunning enemies, and in their time were generally not crossed.
Warrior's Guild members could be identified by Long Pure White Cloaks. The legends of the day said the cloaks were white because the warriors were so skilled they could fight a battle without a single speck of blood landing on the cloak. In addition, insiders knew that all official warriors guild members were marked with a small notch on their left ear.
The original warriors guild was made up of four schools, and the leadership of the guild was built around that. These original four fighting schools came to be know as the four pillars. As new schools were added to the guild, they were added to one of the pillars, in an effort to keep the ruling councils even. The pillars came to be known by single word, (Strength, Honor, Courage, Vigilance) Up until the very end of the guild leadership was handled by the heads of the four pillars. The Grand Masters.
Internal conflicts, such as a fight between two members of the guild are kept within the Guild and are punished swiftly and harshly. The verdict for the guilty is almost always death. If there is some doubt of the circumsstances of the crime, a trail is held before the Grand Masters so that the person's fate can be decided. The trails begin at dawn and a decision is made at sundown. The decisions of the Grand Master's are final in these conflicts. The accused is not allowed to speak to the grand masters but an ally or mentor can speak for them as an advocate.
The warriors guild was made up of a loose network of schools, and entry into the guild varied from school to school, with some schools having all their members join, some only a select few. Schools wishing to join the guild needed to get approval of the Grand Masters of each of the pillars. Depending on the Grand Master this could be a simple process, or a very difficult one. When a school joined the warriors guild fold the Grand Masters would assign them to one of the Pillars.
When a Grand Master dies, the other Grand Masters meet and declare a tourney of succession. The tourney is a fight to determine the strongest of the challengers who becomes the next Grand Master. When Grand Masters change often the schools in each pillar will be reorganized, the tourney is usually a turbulent time within the Warriors Guild politically and it is unsuprising that the Guild split and fell apart during one of these tourneys.
The warriors guilod existed from that point until the early 700s when they tore themselves apart during the Warrior's Guild Schism, at which point they ceased to be a unified organization, however the schools that made up the guild continued on, some to the modern day. But the Warriors Guild as an organization was no more.
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