The Guilds of Lósénji are age-old private institutions run primarily from the capital Tianshi City. They originated as groups of adventurers who made a living going around and solving peoples' problems for rewards. In the end, the practice became common enough that groups with good reputations would have clients seek them out directly. Eventually, these groups developed, some merged and they became colloquially known as Guilds. Headquarters were established and more and more warriors and other problem-solvers recruited to deal with the influx of requests, ranging from the mundane (helping at farms) to the insane (slaying dragons). As time passed, the rulers of the time took notice of the growing trend and their tendency to overlook the law in carrying out some duties - regulations were put in place, but often went ignored.
As time passed, the Guilds became more and more established as a feature of life in the country. They would travel across Shintenchi and beyond performing their tasks and many were known for their dedication and habit of going above and beyond the call of duty. Despite their law-breaking habits, the approval of the crown combined with the adoration of the people has left law-enforcement authorities with little power to bring the institutions down, and so they are limited to punishing individuals for any crimes committed in the course of duty - and often the sentences are extremely lenient.
Almost anyone can found a guild, but there are many already well established. Not all are based in Tianshi City, but most are.
Hey guys! Essentially, the guilds of Losenji are intended as a way to get more people roleplaying in Losenji. Almost any character can be submitted, as the guilds take warriors, mages, even scholars and those more capable in none-martial ways. Though much of the RP for the guilds will be based around combat, I intend to find a way for all characters to be involved.
The RP I intend to generate for the guilds revolves around the following things:
1. Groups of guild members being sent on jobs, slaying monsters, performing tasks, that sort of thing. This can be both in Losenji, or anywhere on Terra.
2. Interactions between guilds, primarily conflicts of interest.
3. Interactions between guilds and the law/ministries, and how the reckless ways of the guilds cause problems for the government and law, and the consequences of that.
4. Downtime RP for just developing character relationships.
What I need is:
1. People willing to make characters for guilds. Obviously.
2. People willing to make guilds - ideally, I only want to be running one guild, the Golden Phoenix guild listed above. I want people interested in making guilds of all sorts, possibly with themes. Though Golden Phoenix is intentionally a very diverse and general guild, there can be guilds specialised towards specific things. There can also be guilds that aren't officially recognised or protected who take jobs that aren't allowed by the regulations (such as assassinations, terrorism, anything outright illegal)
3. People willing to create tasks for guilds to perform. Whilst I'll be doing some of this myself it'd be great to have people playing monsters, or civillians who need help with something or other. This is where people can play villain characters (though there's nothing saying that there can't be evil characters in guilds, they're just more restricted by keeping up appearances there)
Shoot me a PM or post here if you have any questions, or to let me know you've made a character or have an idea you want to run by me. :)