The Zen'tarim (Zen-tar-im)
The Zen'tarim seeks to become omnipresent and inescapable, more wealthy and powerful, and most importantly, untouchable. The public face of the organization appears much more benign, offering the best mercenaries money can buy. When a merchant needs an escort for his caravan, when a noble needs bodyguards to protect her holdings, or when a city needs trained soldiers to defend its honor, the Zen'tarim provides the best-trained fighting men and women money can buy. However, the cost of doing business with the Zen'tarim, can be high.
Cherryblossom wants to make it necessary—and preferable, even—to deal with its members. She wants to secure, over time, an iron-fisted monopoly. Members must be the best—the cheapest, the fastest, and the most secure—at providing services and goods both legal and illicit, willing to lose coin if it means destroying a competitor, and securing profits from everyone they deal with, except when to do so would work against Cherryblossom's ultimate goal: to make everyone dependent on the Zen'tarim.
A member of the Zen'tarim thinks of themselves as a member of a very large family and relies on the organization for resources and security. However, members are granted enough autonomy to pursue their own interests and gain some measure of personal power or influence.
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