Ah�K my friends. There are countless numbers of factions in the realm. In this chapter I will describe the role of the most important ones! Alas�K Gandar may help if he wishes. One piece of advice before continuing. Many of the guilds and factions in HighGuard have secret agendas�KIf your not familiar with what they are you��d best stay away This is suprising considering the fact that Gandar is the most secretive of them all! Let us begin shall we�K Let��s see here�K. Well the most important in all of Sarith then! The council of the forgotten relics! This guild of highly powerful ArchMagi was formed at 10CT . It��s purpose was to prevent evil hands from reaching the relic of strife. However this relic proved to be to powerful for them to control. Soon one of the Archmagi seized it. Fortunately he had enough sense left in him to give the relic to a royal guard before all was lost. So what does the council do now? Rumor has it they exert a tremendous influence on the government of Sarith. Some say they even control to government. There exact location is unknown though it is said that they are not even alive. This is going into the supernatural though so if you want..

No one wants you to elaborate, you old cur

I have a bit of personal experience about this one�K The Order of Aldar The order of Aldar was formed in the dark times. When strife walked the land of Dooms Crevice. Aldar was a great mage that served for the dark god himself. For many years he sat brooding in the Castle of Mortis casting spells and scrying for the dark lord. Consumed by his greed Aldar did not see the destruction he was causing. At the end of the war the last stand of Strife. Strife bid Aldar to escort him out of the pathetic ruins of a castle and Aldar did. However, the moment Aldar stepped outside�K He was reborn again. ��It felt as the first breath of a nightmarish dream when reality returns to you�� He said. He saw as corpses piled up on the battle field. The carrion was disgusting. As he walked among. That day 744 YOD was the downfall of the lord of strife. In a climatic battle in which many people witnessed the dark lord is severely wounded. Mortash stared in disbelief they said as he saw black blood spill from his wounds. He was a god, immortal. However, in this battle Mortash was not banished he was merely set back, Aldar however , payed a steeper price. After the war of farewells ended a great guild was formed in honor of Aldar. Whom all of you owe your current state of living to. As for The Order of Aldar. We are a neutral good group of wizards and we use are magic to build cities and such. However, we have a most secret agenda right now that even you dear reader cannot fathom. However, if you are a wizard and are interested in joining�K You may contact me.

Ah I thought the little wizard would spend all my ink! Alas he did not�K Let us move on the Black Mist guild. Named as one of the most deadly guild in all of HighGuard. The Black Mist guild is the last people you want not on your side. Yet if you find yourself in there presence as a friend. You might be dead tommorow morning. The Black Mist guild is a assassin guild. They are rogue assasins that require pay for their job. However, if the would be corpse pays him more. You can end up dead in the morning. Power, Money , Shadow these are words that describe Black Mist. There is no ruling Hierarchy in Black Mist. Well, there is, but no one lives long enough in its throne. Currently the Black Mists operatives operate in Sarith. It is rumored that they are currently doing a big job with another guild. This however, has not yet been proved.

The next guild we come upon is the First sons of Highguard. The guild is formed by the elite society. Though the people are fairly nice to each other within. They despise those lower then them. Thus the majority of the First sons of Highguard consist of rich men , Politicians and Kings. This guild is more known as the ruling council then a guild. It dictates great power upon all of HighGuard. Therefore those that join usually are born into it. However, there are rare instances where one can join an elite guild like this. I don��t mean to brag but, I Gandar hero of the GrandPlains was gladly excepted into this guild!

He was no less then rejected 23 times before being excepted. I suspect they did this just to keep his mouth closed.

Eloden is merely jealous of my admission as you can surely see.

Now we reach our next guild on the tour. The Thieves of Mare. I will You will do nothing! I will explain this next chapter! This guild was formed by a cunning and charismatic thief named Alaborn, he escaped the Fortress of Mare at 23 from his father Elmire. This guild was formed in the dark days though Alaborn didn��t care. The cover of shadow and easily influenced men was all he needed to create the strongest thieves guild in all of HighGuard! The thieves of mare stretch from the mare fortress to the center of Sarith many thousands of miles away. With his charismatic speech and smile he managed to recruit and train 10 master thieves who were called the punishers. They stole from rich families and gave the poor sheltering. The rich came to make a phrase: ��eat your ration don��t waste all or the punishers will come a runnin down the hall�� Hardly the heroes the punsiher often did dirty deeds involving executions and the like. However The Thieves of Mare can be considered a neutral guild.

Ah Eloden you old fool be very glad I did not mention the Order Of Nau�K