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David Duffey

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Description:Rue Lampwick was a member of the Commoner’s Shipping and Trade Guild and was the adopted daughter of Jubal Lampwick, a Trade Foreman of the Northeast Side of Lindor. Jubal found her picking pockets on the wharf several harvests ago. She had exceptional natural abilities when it came to lifting purses, fingers that moved like hummingbird wings. He had been compelled to take her in and teach her an honest trade. Honest meant working for the trade guild which wasn’t really too much different than what she had been doing except that she wasn’t alone anymore. The trade guild was the public institution that fronted for the black market and thieves’ guild of Lindor. It was a thin veil at best. The trade guild paid taxes to the appropriate officials and agreed to restrict their ventures and acquisition of merchandise in certain venues. In return the trade guild had become a licensed institution. While the arrangement was never officially condoned by the king, it was rumored among guild members that he had personally penned the contract before prudently turning a blind eye to its execution. In a way the contract benefited many of the Lindor. For its own sake, the guild policed the actions of its members, forbidding unnecessary violence and abuse of the Lindonese in order to keep a low profile and reduce friction with the Red Guard. For the same reason and also to protect their own ability to acquire things, the guild deterred the ventures of unlicensed freelancers who attempted to do business outside of the guild. Guild members also acted as spies for government officials and many senior guild foreman were given positions with the king’s royal intelligence gathering taskforce known unofficially as the Black Watch or even as tax collectors or provincial magistrates. Sometimes it was difficult to tell where the guild ended and the government began. The guild was responsible for quelling more than one unsuccessfully attempted cue to dethrone King LeCyndr, funded by one noble family or another with high aspirations. When guild intelligence learned of such plots and informed city officials, restrictions on acquisition regarding the family’s estate were lifted. They were open for free trade at all levels. Suddenly the would-be usurpers would find themselves lacking in the resources necessary to fund the project as their wealth vanished into thin air and the uprising would fall apart without the king apparently raising a finger. The Red Guard would then move in discretely to arrest the treasonous noble. Jubal was one of a handful of Foreman of influence throughout the city. A foreman was in charge of a gang or trade crew functioning under the restriction of theContract. Foremen reported to district overseers which held offices within the Royal establishment. Some had been granted knightdoms for service to king and country and a few, like Jubal’s senior counterpart, Baron Finnius Crowshanks, had been granted even more prominent hereditary titles. Jubal’s crew was licensed to work the docks according to the contract. As such they came into conflict with freelancers regularly arriving on merchant vessels, drawn by the prosperity of Lindor, putting them at odds with pirates andscallywags of all ilks, lurking in and among the bars, inns and warehouses of the docks. Even though Jubal was a thief and self confessed pirate, he was a fair and even generous foreman. He had aged like a fine wine, growing even more charismatic and persuasive than in his youth. His trade crew boasted the fastest fingers, swiftest tongues and deadliest blades.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shadowthorn: Chronicles of Shadowthorn Book 1. To get started finding Shadowthorn: Chronicles of Shadowthorn Book 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Rue Lampwick was a member of the Commoner’s Shipping and Trade Guild and was the adopted daughter of Jubal Lampwick, a Trade Foreman of the Northeast Side of Lindor. Jubal found her picking pockets on the wharf several harvests ago. She had exceptional natural abilities when it came to lifting purses, fingers that moved like hummingbird wings. He had been compelled to take her in and teach her an honest trade. Honest meant working for the trade guild which wasn’t really too much different than what she had been doing except that she wasn’t alone anymore. The trade guild was the public institution that fronted for the black market and thieves’ guild of Lindor. It was a thin veil at best. The trade guild paid taxes to the appropriate officials and agreed to restrict their ventures and acquisition of merchandise in certain venues. In return the trade guild had become a licensed institution. While the arrangement was never officially condoned by the king, it was rumored among guild members that he had personally penned the contract before prudently turning a blind eye to its execution. In a way the contract benefited many of the Lindor. For its own sake, the guild policed the actions of its members, forbidding unnecessary violence and abuse of the Lindonese in order to keep a low profile and reduce friction with the Red Guard. For the same reason and also to protect their own ability to acquire things, the guild deterred the ventures of unlicensed freelancers who attempted to do business outside of the guild. Guild members also acted as spies for government officials and many senior guild foreman were given positions with the king’s royal intelligence gathering taskforce known unofficially as the Black Watch or even as tax collectors or provincial magistrates. Sometimes it was difficult to tell where the guild ended and the government began. The guild was responsible for quelling more than one unsuccessfully attempted cue to dethrone King LeCyndr, funded by one noble family or another with high aspirations. When guild intelligence learned of such plots and informed city officials, restrictions on acquisition regarding the family’s estate were lifted. They were open for free trade at all levels. Suddenly the would-be usurpers would find themselves lacking in the resources necessary to fund the project as their wealth vanished into thin air and the uprising would fall apart without the king apparently raising a finger. The Red Guard would then move in discretely to arrest the treasonous noble. Jubal was one of a handful of Foreman of influence throughout the city. A foreman was in charge of a gang or trade crew functioning under the restriction of theContract. Foremen reported to district overseers which held offices within the Royal establishment. Some had been granted knightdoms for service to king and country and a few, like Jubal’s senior counterpart, Baron Finnius Crowshanks, had been granted even more prominent hereditary titles. Jubal’s crew was licensed to work the docks according to the contract. As such they came into conflict with freelancers regularly arriving on merchant vessels, drawn by the prosperity of Lindor, putting them at odds with pirates andscallywags of all ilks, lurking in and among the bars, inns and warehouses of the docks. Even though Jubal was a thief and self confessed pirate, he was a fair and even generous foreman. He had aged like a fine wine, growing even more charismatic and persuasive than in his youth. His trade crew boasted the fastest fingers, swiftest tongues and deadliest blades.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shadowthorn: Chronicles of Shadowthorn Book 1. To get started finding Shadowthorn: Chronicles of Shadowthorn Book 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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