The @Red Fang is Thalossa’s most feared thieves’ guild, thriving in the shadows of the Commons while their influence reaches into noble courts. Branded as criminals, they endure as smugglers, assassins, and spies — the kingdom’s dirty secret. Nobles employ them, merchants fear them, and commoners whisper their name only in fear.
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Founded in the chaos after the **Civil War (Year 0)**, the Red Fang rose from street gangs into a disciplined syndicate. They brought order to the underworld with knife and coin, binding desperate thieves into a single guild. Over centuries, they became too entrenched to destroy — both predator and parasite within the city’s heart.
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- **Smuggling:** Contraband, relics, and goblin-cut gems flow through their hands.
- **Extortion:** Taverns, merchants, and guilds pay tribute or bleed.
- **Espionage:** Secrets are traded between the Commons and the Crown District.
- **Assassination:** Silent knives end problems too delicate for the Orders.
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- **The Red Fang Den:** Hidden beneath an innocuous tavern, serving as their guildhall and seat of power.
- **The Black Fang Tavern:** A discreet winehouse in the Commons, used for meetings, contracts, and recruitment.
- **The Rusted Flagon:** While not owned by them, the Fang’s agents frequent this brawling tavern to recruit mercenaries and hear rumors.
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- **Mistress Sylvara (Guildmistress):** Enigmatic leader draped in crimson silks, ruling with whispers and blades.
- **The Fangs (Lieutenants):** Overseers of smuggling rings, assassination cells, and extortion networks.
- **Shades (Enforcers):** Elite killers and spies trained in stealth and shadow.
- **Bloodhands (Veterans):** Hardened smugglers and killers commanding lesser thieves.
- **Street Fangs (Rank-and-file):** Cutpurses, burglars, and muscle working the Commons.
- **Fangless (Initiates):** Recruits tested through brutal trials, many of whom never survive.
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- **The Fang Mark:** A crude red fang painted on doors or flesh — warning or promise.
- **Silent Coin:** Marked pouches used for bribes and payments, recognized by guild members.
- **Shade Arsenal:** Silent knives and muffled bows, weapons designed to kill unseen.
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- **Necessary Evil:** Where Orders cannot tread, the Red Fang thrives.
- **Tied to Nobility:** Many lords denounce them while secretly relying on them.
- **Predator & Protector:** To the Commons, they are both extortionists and shields, deciding who prospers — and who disappears.