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Guilds, orders and groups

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I've decided to compile a list of the various guild, orders and group that are mentioned in the various groups, as well as where they are found in the books. My plan is to do some work to flesh them out a bit, highlighting areas that they are active, notable members, goals etc.
I have a few books out on loan that are invaluable for this (mainly Dragons and Gods) and I'm sure I've missed some. Feel free to point out any that you come across.
Some are quite silly, especially the Wizards Guild and similar from Western Empire. That just seems like sloppy writing.

Guilds, Orders, and Organizations of the Palladium World
Magic Guilds
Brotherhood of the Arcane ET pg. 155
Tri-Arcanum ET pg. 214
Circle of the Scroll ET pg. 214
Wizards Guild WE pg. 46
Warlocks Guild pg. 46
Psychics Guild pg. 46
Diabolists Guild pg. 46
Wizards College WE pg. 57
Earth Warlocks Chapterhouse WE pg. 69
Wizards Guild Chapterhouse WE pg. 84
Warlock Council BNI pg. 31, 59
Council of Elements BNI pg. 76, 90
College of Magic and Magic Users Guild YSJ pg. 71
College of Magic YSJ pg. 86
Kleintro Rifter #49

Priestly Orders
Church of Light and Dark ET pg. 153; YSJ pg. 91
Church of Light ET pg. 153
Church of Darkness ET pg. 153
Followers of Bennu ET pg. 157
Sect of Rurga ET pg. 166
Church of the Blade MN pg. 24
Church of Light and Dark Western Chapter House WE pg. 38
Church of Algor BNI pg. 37
Church of Dragonwright YSJ pg. 68, 88
Church of the Seven Waters YSJ pg. 68
Sect of the Spider God pg. YSJ 68
Southern Religion of Sloth YSJ pg. 68
Church of Lopnel the Red God YSJ pg. 68
Church of Kirgi the Rat God YSJ pg. 68
Church of Pith the Snake God YSJ pg. 68
Church of the Jungle Pantheon YSJ pg. 69
Church of Yin Sloth YSJ pg. 78
True Faith of Dragonwright YSJ pg. 82
Church of the Seven Waters and the Four Elements YSJ pg. 84
Church of the Four Powers YSJ pg, 89
Brotherhood of Kirgi YSJ pg. 131

Cults
Cult of Set ET pg. 142, 153
Children of Utu ET pg. 142
Night Lords ET pg. 148
The Fangs ET pg. 150
Cult of the Great One ET pg. 153
Army of Shmalk WE pg. 25
The Hunt Club WE pg. 195
The Zealotry LoB pg. 52, 66
Anti-Thoth Cult AHS pg. 153
Cult of Yin Sloth AHS pg. 153
Cult of Brgg BNI pg. 57, 87
Cult of Utu BW pg. 160
Cult of Yin Sloth the Terrible OO pg. 43; YSJ pg. 68
Tri-Fangs of Terellia YSJ pg. 91

Knightly Orders
Order of the Scale (Palladin of Rurga) ET pg. 22
Order of the Tree
Sisterhood of Northern Nights ET pg. 58
Order of the Lance ET pg. 75
Order of the Sword ET pg. 127
Mistoan Order ET pg. 106
Knight Drakko ET pg. 195

Soldier Units
Bizantium Royal Marines BNI pg. 93
Niblis Marines BNI pg. 93
Northomber Guard BNI pg. 93
Southomber Guard BNI pg. 93
Valgorian Guard BNI pg. 93
Sky Riders BNI pg. 93
Orcish Legionnaires YSJ pg. 66
The ShadowWalkers YSJ pg. 66

Thieves and Assassins Guilds
Blackraven PFRPG 1st ed pg. 250
The Thanatos ET pg. 144
The Pack ET pg. 137
The Skulhunter Society WE pg. 25
Stonebreakers WE pg. 70
Brothers of Blood WE pg. 71
The Harlequins WE pg. 71
Game Chiefs WE pg. 125, 126
Borskell’s Bandits WE pg. 194
Murderer’s of the Sea BNI pg. 58
Shadow Unions BW pg. 90
The Army of Night BW pg. 103

Adventuring Guilds
Legion of Northmoor LOD:ET pg 9
Scouting Corps of Bizantium LOD:ET pg 11
Iron Circle LOD:ET pg 11
Ten from Timiro LOD:ET pg 11
Western Allegiance LOD:ET pg 11
Daughters of Rurga LOD:ET pg 11
The Gaelead LOD:ET pg 11
Brotherhood of Masters LOD:ET pg 25
The Garrison LOD:ET pg 27, 34, 152

Merchants Guilds
Coalition of Merchants Guild ET pg. 14

Mercenary Companies
Red Brigade ET pg. 107
Hadregal’s Horde WE pg. 24
The Kighfalton Marksmen WE pg. 25
Army of Shmalk WE pg. 25
Barrett’s Privateers WE pg. 25
The Bloodwings WE pg. 25
Thanarl’s Raiders WE pg. 25
Mercenaries Guild WE pg. 46
Mercenaries Union WE pg. 70

Scholastic Orders
Order of the Scroll ET pg. 72; MN various; WE
Monastic Order of Bletherad LoB pg. 12
Morphean Fellowship LoB pg. 33
Guardians of Bletherad LoB pg. 54
Royal College of Navigation LOD:ET pg 11

Pirates
Vunoon’s Raiders AHS pg. 169
Pirate Federation AHS pg. 169, 172
Valicar’s Raiders AHS pg. 171
Shrr-Ta Jungle Raiders AHS pg. 171
The Submarine League AHS pg. 171
Scarbone Crew BW pg. 76
Sea Dogs of the Elements BW pg. 82
The Clemens Crew BW pg. 103
Jarvins Brigade BW pg 103
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Where is the clown guild from Adventures on the High Seas? They should probably be added to your Assassins Guild list.
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Kleintro is a magical guild that employs assassins, not strictly an assassin's guild.
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Do you guys have some page references for them?
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Kleintro is covered in Rifter #49, the article called "Princes of the Universe."
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I have no knowledge of the Rifter article, but I'm referring to the Guild of Kleintro on page 15 of Adventures on the High Seas.

All clowns are members of the guild. Clowns who operate outside the guild are killed with no mercy. They use mismatched gloves and tattoos to identify each other. It is the most feared and deadly of all the entertainment guilds.

The guild itself will hire assassins to murder non-guild clowns, but also royal agents from the courts of the Western Empire, Timiro, and the Eastern Territory have all been found to be part of the assassination of non-guild clowns.

The original write-up mentions nothing about magic, and is wonderfully brief (allowing the reader/GM a great amount of space to extrapolate on their own). What I listed above is boiled down from the single-paragraph description.
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You should probably make a seperate category for Entertainment guilds;
- The Actors' Guild
- Jesters' Guild
- Guild of Jugglers and Knife Throwers
- Guild of Kleintro
- Guild of the Mime
- Minstrels' Guild
- Prestidigitators, Inc
- Guild of Stage Magicians
- United Guild of Acrobats and Tumblers, International

all found on pages 15-16 of Adventures on the High Seas
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Thanks everloss! I missed those completely when I skimmed through.
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everloss wrote:Where is the clown guild from Adventures on the High Seas? ...

page 7 in the skill description
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