Reclaimers Guild
Overview
Deep within @The Lower Ring - The Husk , where the light of the Pillars barely bleeds through the fog, thrives a brotherhood of scavengers, engineers, and opportunists known as the @Reclaimers Guild.
They are the miners of divinity, harvesting Aether Dust, divine scrap, and soul residue from the wreckage left by the gods’ fall.
Without them, the furnaces of @The Middle Ring - The Girdle would die, the Aether Guilds would starve, and @Sanctum Prime itself would suffocate in the dark.
They are both indispensable and despised — holy hyenas feasting on celestial carcasses.
Purpose and Function
Primary Task
Recovery of divine materials — Aether Dust, broken relics, petrified god-flesh, and Veil-leak crystals.
Economic Role
Supply chain foundation for Aether energy; all purified Aether cores begin as Reclaimer salvage.
Territory
The lower tunnels of @The Lower Ring - The Husk — particularly The @Rust Cathedral , Veil Drains, and The Hollow Market.
Relationship to Authority
Semi-legal under the @Aether Guilds; tolerated but not trusted. Many operations run off-ledger.
Hierarchy and Structure
Dustborn
Initiate scavengers; unlicensed pickers risking the Veil Drains for crumbs.
Scraphands
Standard Guild members — operate exosuits and divine extraction rigs.
Soulwrights
Technicians who refine Aether Dust into usable energy; often part alchemist, part priest.
Foremen
Crew leaders and district enforcers; manage reclamation rights and mediate disputes.
The Reclaimer Lord
Guildmaster of the Husk, currently Merrix Vehl, rumored to be Awakened to the Pillar of Memory.
The Guild is governed less by law than by debt.
Every member owes a share of their soul’s energy to the collective — a metaphysical tithe sealed by glowing tattoos called Dust Marks.
Methods of Extraction
1. Veil Drain Mining – Collecting condensed Aetherlight droplets leaking through broken sanctum pipes.
2. God-flesh Harvesting – Carving through petrified divine remains; yields volatile “holy ore.”
3. Soul Resonant Scrapping – Using tuning forks of sanctified steel to detect divine frequency fragments.
4. Corpse-Echo Salvage – Capturing spectral afterimages from Hollowed remains and crystallizing them into Dust.
Each method risks resonance collapse — exposure to unfiltered Aetherlight that burns the soul into glass.
Technology and Tools
Aether Rigs: Pneumatic exosuits engraved with runes to resist divine radiation.
Hymn Blades: Vibrating knives tuned to cut divine residue without ignition.
Soul Canisters: Containment cylinders lined with prayer-steel, used to store Aether Dust safely.
The Bleeder’s Lantern: Emits inverted Aetherlight to reveal hidden relic veins; prolonged use causes blindness.
Relations with Other Factions
@Aether Guilds
Economic partners, Depend on Reclaimer supply but exploit them financially.
@Sanctum Wardens
Hostile, Wardens accuse them of spreading corruption through unpurified scrap.
@Truth Order
Neutral-curious, Study Guild salvage for lost divine patterns.
@Heralds of the Divine Hunger
Infiltrating, Some Choirs pose as traders to smuggle Black Aether.
The Awakened
Divided , Valor and Memory Awakened often protect or recruit members of the @Reclaimers Guild.
Culture and Superstition
Life in the Husk breeds its own faiths. The Reclaimers whisper to the relics they dig up, believing each still remembers the god it came from.
Before each descent, crews perform the Dust Rite — a chant of 13 words scratched into the dirt to appease the “Sleeping Sparks.”
Economy and Black Trade
The Guild controls the @Hollow Market, where relics are auctioned under flickering lanterns:
Fragments of divine halos used as power conduits.
Crystallized breath from Hollowed Awakened.
“Aether Teeth” — relics that hum when the Veil weakens.
Officially, trade is overseen by the Council’s Bureau of Resource Sanctity.
Unofficially, everything has a price including Veil energy itself.
Relations to the Veil
The Reclaimers see the Sanctum Veil not as salvation, but as the greatest resource ever made.
To them, the divine light is just another commodity waiting to be mined and if the Veil fades, it only means new ruins to harvest. Their loyalty is to the dust, not the dawn.