Master Mariners' Guild

Master Mariners' Guild

The Master Mariners' Guild is a guild of Waterdeep that represents the interests of ship captains and merchant-fleet owners who are based in or often traveled to the City of Splendors.

Organization

This guild membership is comprised of ship captains, seafaring merchants, and fleet owners based in Waterdeep, or those who often trade with Waterdeep. The Master Mariners' Guild represents the members' interests before the Lords' Court. It provides them with sailing and navigation training, maintains emergency warehouse space, and provides lodging and a private bar for visiting members at the guild's headquarters, The Mariners' Hall.
The guild's uniform is a red hat with white plumes and a red shoulder cloak.

Activities

As the members' ship captains sail into Waterdeep's harbor, they are assigned a Guild pilot. The sign that the ship needs a guild pilot is it lowering all sails and running a red signal. The docking fees and pilot fees are waived for paying members and the pilot is always accompanied by a guard patrol. The City Guard always inspects the ship's crew and cargo once they have entered the harbor to protect the city from hostile elements and illicit substances and activities.

Base of Operations

Mariners' Hall is located on Cedar Street, in the Dock Ward. The guild offers entrance to everyone who can afford to pay the 25 gp entrance fee. The members of the guild pay 10 gp a year.

Relationships

The main rival of the Master Mariners' Guild is the Order of Master Shipwrights, but the Master Mariners are forced to use their services because of their inability to maintain their own ship repair facilities.

History

In 1377 DR, members of the Master Mariners' Guild either masterminded or were involved in a seeming assassination attempt on Piergeiron the Paladinson's wife-to-be Eidola of Neverwinter in order to break a trade agreement with her family - who was in control of the Boareskyr Bridge and Waterdeep. The lady survived the assassination attempt, but was abducted by mysterious basal golems. Jheldarr Boaldegg himself was present at the ceremony, and one of his lackeys, Terrance Decamber, was killed during the scuffle.

Members

• Jheldarr "Stormrunner" Boaldegg
• Terrance Decamber

Type

Guild, Professional