Veiled Society

The Veiled Society is appropriate to characters with a grim, Mafia-like outlook on their criminal activities. If this character likes hurting people as much as he likes robbing them, the Veiled society is for him.

The Veiled Society provides a reliable fence, as well as helping characters by trying to spring them from jail or beating or killing those who've done him wrong - the Society is loyal to its members.

However, it often makes demands of its members - such as "Go to the House of Silks near the Street of Dreams. Break in. Kill the old man and his daughter and then set the place afire." This isn't a thieves' guild for characters with morals.

The society has a monopoly on organized crime in certain sections of Specularum, particularly the Nest and the Old Quarter. It extorts protection money from merchants of Specularum. For example, representatives tell proprietors, “We’ll protect you from thugs for a small payment of 20 silver kronas per week.” In reality, of course, if the proprietors don’t pay, they’re assaulted by society thugs.

Both Neutral and Evil characters may belong to the society.