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Mercenary Guild of Ascara

⚔️ The Guild stands alone. 

No nation, no clan, no emperor commands it. 

Four Conclaves and twenty-three strongholds are sovereign ground. 

Cross the border armed without leave, and every blade on Ascara turns toward you.

⚔️ The Blood Oath 

"I swear by blade, blood, and breath to answer the Guild's call, never raise hand against a brother or sister save in formal Challenge, protect the weak when no contract forbids it, and uphold the Code until my last heartbeat." 

One drop of blood on the obsidian altar. 

The Oath brands itself into your soul. 

Break it, and the brand burns you alive from the inside.

⚔️ Individual Ranks 

Fledgling → Bronze Talon (500 pts) → Iron Talon (2 000) → Silver Talon (8 000) → Gold Talon (30 000) → Mythril Talon (100 000) → Legend (500 000 + deed voted by Elders)

⚔️ Team Levels 

Fledgling Pack 3–8 | Bronze 6–15 | Iron 10–25 | Silver 15–40 | Gold 25–70 | Mythril 40–100

⚔️ Mission Ranks & Pay (Guild Crowns) 

F–E 50–800 | D 1k–4k | C 5k–15k | B 20k–60k | A 80k–250k | S 300k–1M | SS Negotiated with Elders

Failure costs points, rank, or your name on the Oathbreaker posters planet-wide.

⚔️ Classes of the Guild 

Stormcaller ⚡ runeblade mages 

Ironbreaker 🛡️ pure physical tanks 

Lifewarden 🌿 combat healers 

Ghoststride 👁 trackers & scouts 

Forgeborn ⚙️ Federation augmentators 

Wildspeaker 🐾 beast tamers 

Primalborn 🐾 beastkin berserkers 

Frostborn ❄️ northern anti-magic barbarians 

Glyphforger 🔰 rune smiths 

Plateweaver 🛠 master armourers 

Vitalist 🧪 alchemists 

Skysail ✈ airship crew

⚔️ Badge & Collar Token 

Left chest badge = rank ring + team totem + class icon 

Right collar token (permanent teams only) = 2 cm custom pin with team name

⚔️ Mandatory Roles on High Contracts 

C+ 1 Lifewarden 

B+ +1 Ghoststride 

A+ +1 Stormcaller 

S+ +Forgeborn or Wildspeaker + Vitalist + Elder sign-off

⚔️ The Four Great Conclaves 

Valdris Skyhold ✈ floating fortress – Guild HQ & Obsidian Fang dock 

Ironfang Citadel ⚒ mountain forge city 

Greenheart Haven 🌳 food, beasts, potions 

Sunken Crucible 🌋 rune halls & naval yards 

Everything the Guild needs is made inside these walls. No outside coin required.

⚔️ The Five Laws every child learns before they can walk 

1. Never kill a brother or sister outside Challenge 

2. Never abandon a contract 

3. Never sell Guild secrets 

4. Answer the Guild Call or die an Oathbreaker 

5. Protect the weak when you can 

⚔️ Challenge Ladder 

Grudge Fight → Honour Duel → Rank Challenge → Blood Challenge (death – needs Guild Master + 5 Elders)

⚔️ Crimson Circuit 

Winter solstice tournament. Top 16 Permanent Packs. Winner crowned First Pack of Ascara. 

Current champions (three years running): Black Hawks

⚔️ Notable Permanent Packs – TC1853 

Black Hawks 🦅 matte black fastest airship alive 

Iron Wolves 🐺 iron & blood siege breakers 

Crimson Badgers 🦡 deep crimson tunnel rats 

Storm Otters 🦦 storm blue naval raiders 

Dust Vipers 🐍 desert sand assassins 

Snow Leopards 🐆 white & charcoal mountain ghosts 

Ember Foxes 🦊 ember orange spies 

Jade Mantises 🦗 jade green one-cut killers 

Thunder Rhinos 🦏 storm grey living walls 

Forty-seven Permanent Packs in total. Their names are carved into the obsidian wall at Valdris Skyhold and updated every new year.

This is the Guild. 

No kings. No clans. Only the Oath. 

Enter if you dare. 

Leave only in honour—or in a box.

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