Golden Leaf Alchemist Guild
The Golden Leaf Alchemist Guild is a powerful guild headquartered in southern Aminara. They are rivals to the Steel Cauldron guild, another alchemist guild based out of Marfort. While The Golden Leaf is Headquartered in Aminara, and controls much of the alchemy trade in the southern half of the Kingdom, it is not loyal to the Crown, and as an independent Guild, has various chapter houses in kingdoms such as StormHaven, and Farengon.
The Gold Lead Guild regulates prices on the potions of its members, and helps to finance experiments and research into the creation of new potions, and the discovery of new ingredients.
Ranks: The Golden Leaf follows the traditional merchant guild ranking system.
Apprentice: An apprentice alchemist serves under an artisan until the artisan deems there education satisfactory, typically for a year or two, during this time the apprentice may be asked to do tasks such as collecting an ingredient from 3 towns over, staying up all night to ensure a potion brews correctly etc.
Journeyman: After serving as an apprentice for a year or two, the student is elevated to a journeyman, once attaining this rank the student begins to be introduced to the artisans contacts, they may even help the Artisan with contract negotiations to allow them to learn more of the business side of the trade, the journeyman is able to create most potions unsupervised and fulfill orders, helping to run the Artisans shop.
Artisan: The Artisan rank is attained by working as a journeymen, under an Artisan for 2 years. The Artisan is able to establish there own shop, and can take on up to two lower ranking guild members. Most members will stop at this rank.
Master: The Master rank is for only the true expert, The Master is a driving force in research, they are able to have the guild sponsor there research, typically they have very successful business of there own, and can craft some of the most difficult potions, they have access to the best of the best equipment in there own laboratories, and have established supply lines for the highest quality alchemical ingredients.
Council Member: This guild is run by a council of Masters, those who join the council are able to negotiate large scale guild wide contracts, such as potions for mercenary guilds, or a large mining operation. They also have power to regulate prices of goods within the guild. And other administrative powers. A Master must be invited by the council members, before they can join the council.
Public Agenda
To recruit talented alchemist, encouraging cooperation and the advancement of the Alchemical field.
Type
Guild, Merchant
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