Order of the Quill

The Order of the Quill is the largest and the most influential merchant guild in the Great Continent. It's been said to traffic roughly half of all the trade between the westerner kingdoms, excluding Naelum. It has grown to its modern proportions through countless merges with smaller trading organizations, and has lately spread to Zelthyn.

The Order of the Quill has a controversial reputation. There are some, especially other guilds, who blame it for ruthlessness and unlawful acts, while trading partners generally praise its precision and supply. Single powers have struggled to monitor its activities, as the Order of the Quill spans several rivalling nations and the organization itself is a branching and complex one, regional officers being the highest-rank known members. It is often compared in power to westerner nations, as it might control the majority of trade in one and is capable of hiring mercenary armies of their own.