Red Eagles Adventuring Company
Structure
The company is headed by a Guild Master, who is installed and potentially removed by the Battle Bonds Court. They select those for the position based on their record with the guild, which includes completed jobs, total income they have earned the guild in their service, loyalty to the guild, and so forth. The court is the second highest governing body of the adventuring company and focuses mainly on maintaining big picture operations and keeping the sterling reputation they have garnered from being tarnished. From there, day to day operations are operated by various clerks, quartermasters, etc., all of whom answer to the court.
Culture
The Red Eagles seek to go on thrilling adventures and making a living doing so. It's membership is quite diverse, but members are taught to always think of the guild wherever they go. When a bar fight you provoked can be halted by swallowing your pride or a job doesn't go as planned and its your reputation or the guild's at stake, the guild is always first. In turn, the guild looks out for its members, especially if you stay productive.
Public Agenda
The Red Eagles promote their members as capable problem solvers and heroes in the making. They only take reputable jobs and owe no political allegiances.
Assets
The Red Eagles owns and maintains a large campus within Sovegrad, with lodging, training grounds, bars, and other needs to keep their members fit, safe, and happy.
History
The Red Eagles were founded by a small group of adventurers in 954 MIE and quickly adapted the traditional guild model to the changing, more industrial, times. The Red Eagles market themselves as an honest lot in a dishonest city, something which has both gained and lost them patrons over the years. Over the years, they have refused to get involved in city politics, once again affirming their neutrality. In truth, the guild has little history of its own, but has been masterful at branding itself into the tales of its more famous members. You can't hear the tale of Rorik Troll-Splitter without hearing how he was a member of the guild and got his start there. Same goes for numerous others. Though they have done their best to avoid scandals, during the opening days of the Dwarven Civil War, a young adventurer who many had pegged a shoe-in for the next Guild Master caused quite the stir. He had expressed a desire to go fight in the war, but was told that he couldn't enlist while retaining membership, one that had been built up by not only the man's deeds, but the guild's own marketing. It was said he tore off his membership badge right there, called the Guild Master an amoral coward, and denounced the guild. They have spent a fair amount of time burying that story, but there are some who still know of it. And the man? Most folks know he went by Arthur, but had no surname due to coming from nothing, but not much else. After all, who remembers the person who only almost achieved greatness?
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