[Rinse]

[attr="class","th th-flower-1-o"] WELCOME TO THE GUILD

The Guild is a large criminal/hunter syndicate with headquarters located elsewhere in California, in a bustling city where all illegal activity pays into the iron-grip organization. In their home city, there is no gambling ring, no trafficking operation, no arms-dealing, etc., that doesn't pay money to the Guild. Even most legal ventures of the city, like innocent Mom and Pop diners and stores, pay the Guild for "protection". No one works above the Guild or without the Guild's consent. Those who try are destroyed. The true scope of their operations is largely unknown. The Guild is always sending out scouts and expanding their hunting grounds and even most Guild members themselves could only guess how far their influence stretches.

Upon acceptance into the Guild, every new recruit is given a tattoo by the Guildmaster's right-hand man, Antonio Wayland. The tattoo is usually in the shape of an animal (which then often serves as the member's codename). What most aren't told is that these aren't normal tattoos made with traditional ink. They don't simply serve as a brand but also as a means of control. Antonio's gift is the ability to manipulate these tattoos at will, no matter how far he is from the tattoo's wielder. They can grow larger or smaller, shift (painfully) across the wielder's body, and are used to give orders, track defectors, and inspire obedience. Another thing most new recruits aren't told is that once you've joined the Guild, there's no going back. Traitors will be tracked down and executed.

Interested in joining? Feel free! You can really play this from all sorts of angles. Maybe you're just a hunter with a passionate hate for Gifted? A run-of-the-mill thug? Perhaps someone who the Guild snapped up as a young, angry, angsty teenager and ended up stuck? Beyond gruntwork, the Guild would also have characters such as lawyers, bookies, crooked cops, etc. that you are more than welcome to lean into! Or perhaps cops/detectives who are obsessed with Guild or something like that. Maybe even a hunter of a rival group at odds with the Guild?

Note: With the nature of the Guild, it is safe to say that most Guild hunters are Human. You are allowed to have a Gifted character in the Guild, but keep in mind that they probably face a lot of antagonism from fellow Guild members! Likely both blatant and underhanded.

EXISTING GUILD HUNTERS

• Grace Gatsby - the Guildmaster's second daughter, played by Mirror
• Gemma Gatsby - the Guildmaster's eldest daughter, played by Cat
• Dane Wayland - the Guild Warden's second son, played by Rinse
• Genesis Donovan - played by Aimee

OTHER CHARACTERS

• Ashley Wolfe - ex-Guild member, presumed to be dead, played by Rinse
• Ethan Rivers - not Guild-affiliated himself, but his father's law firm works for them, played by Aimee
• Katrina Wells - not Guild-affiliated herself, but her father and brother are both Hunters, played by Cat
• Erik Vaughn - not a Hunter, persay, but a lawyer on the books, played by Aardvark
• Darcy Vance - a Trauma surgeon on Guild payroll, played by Bekah

MENTIONABLE NPCs

• Warrick Gatsby - The Guildmaster/Grace's father
• Antonio Wayland - Right-hand man of the Guildmaster. He was the head of his own hunting syndicate at one point but merged his faction with Warrick's almost twenty years ago. Though he is unquestionably "beneath" Warrick, he still maintains his own sort of "Wayland faction" within the Guild. Antonio is a well-respected man with a cold, severe reputation. Considered by many to be the Warden of the Guild, being the man "behind the tattoos". Father to Dane and Dino Wayland.

[Erik Vaughn]

Hi! So I was thinking of making a character who's a sleazy criminal defense lawyer (I love a good trope) who maybe works for/closely with the guild? Taking care of any legal matter that the Guild throws his way (and also probably any info he can leverage from contacts within the legal profession).

I had a vague thought that maybe instead of him having a tattoo tying him to the Guild, his younger brother got himself mixed up with the Guild as an angsty teenager a few years ago and became a recruit. Now Erik is involved in an attempt to keep his idiot brother safe.

[Rinse]

Hello and welcome, Aardvark! c: This seems like a sound and fun idea, go right on ahead!

If Erik is going to be untattooed, however, I can't imagine he'd be allowed/trusted to take up hunting assignments and the like. For when we accept and sort your character, would you still like him to be grouped as a "Hunter" (not a Guild-exclusive group, basically anyone who hunts/kills Gifted characters), or would you rather he be grouped as "Human" (just with Guild-affiliations)? I'm not particularly fussed either way, I just don't want your character to have that "Gifted-killer" vibe on first glance if that's not what you're going for looool~

[Erik Vaughn]

Awesome! I'm glad to hear I just really loved what I read of the Guild and it immediatly sparked so much inspiration.

That works for me! I was imagining him in more of a support role, with him instead handling like any potential legal issues/swiping stuff under the carpet. If you prefer I would be happy to have him tattooed tho, if that is best with how the Guild operates. He'll just be incredibly pissy about it (which is it's own kind of fun really). I think either way having him in the Human group sounds good yeah

[Rinse]

Completely up to you if you want Erik to be tattooed or not, either idea works just fine! c: Super excited and looking forward to seeing him complete/what he gets up to! <3

[Darcy Vance]

Darcy would like to be a surgeon on their payroll, she got mixed up with the guild as a teenager when she was pregnant and needed help. She’s likely someone they call to help tend to injuries that they don’t need being reported by hospitals.

[Rinse]

Sounds perfect! I'm sure the Guild could keep her very busy (lol, sunglasses emoji)!