The Road

In thieves’ cant, the term for a guild is a road, and the Road refers to the most widespread thieves’ guild in all of Yore. The Road has its fingers in nearly every town and city from Reme to Endholme. The only places its reach has not yet spread are Zobeck and the Freedlands, where the Black Network holds sway.
When folk say “the Road runs through this town,” they mean the thieves’ guild is in charge. They run extortion rackets, fence stolen goods, bribe councillors and statesmen, and “remove” any who get in their way.
The guild essentially rules the city of Lankhmar in Nuria Natal, and its reputation competes with the Red Mask assassins in terms of both influence and brutality. There is a saying in Yore: “No one crosses the Road and survives.”