The Guild of Jewelers and Gemcutters

The Guild of Jewelers and Gemcutters is one of the Free City's senior and most influential guilds. Major shareholders in the Cairn Hills mines, all the guild's members are exceedingly rich and many are uniquely talented craftsmen producing remarkably beautiful jewelery and perfectly finished gemstones. Only a small proportion of their wares is destined for local consumption; the vast majority is produced for trade and forms Greyhawk's most lucrative export. Samples of their handiwork are to be found across the Flanaess.

The guild has a well-fortified Guildhall in Clerkburg (location C5) which boasts excessive  magical protections on its vaults (notably because of the work done preparing expensive and rare material components for the mages) and is permanently staffed by a well-trained, very well-equipped and very well-paid contingent of guards. The guard is often bolstered by adventurer groups who may be able to devise unique ways of protecting the guild's riches (and are well rewarded should they do so) and indeed, adventurer bands are often employed to test the Guildhall's defenses.

A surprisingly good relationship exists between this guild and the Thieves· Guild, helped by the fact that Guildmaster Bodmi Hollardel sits on the Directing Oligarchy and is friendly with Nerof Gasgal and Org Nenshen. The thieves do not attempt to break into the Guildhall, and in return they are sometimes fed information about recent work and deliveries made by the artisans.