Midmeadow, City in Nyrond, City of Kishar 

City of the Long Road

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Guilds:

• Long Road Adventurer's Guild (leader Itbe Kanum) 
• Guild of the Road (thieve's guild): Based in Midmeadow, the city of maps and roadbuilding, the Guild of the Road is a loose confederation of many thieves. Unlike some other guilds, it does not have a tight command and control structure nor a defined mission statement or set of practices. As many of the people of Midmeadow do, its members travel widely and often. Most desire to see as many wonders of the great cities. Since the church widely publicizes many of the great natural wonders of Oerth, its citizens and thus members of the guild are often wont to take the roads to wherever they lead. Thus, the comings and goings and frequent travels of many of its members make it difficult for the guild to maintain strong control over its members. Such a well traveled guild however, makes it one of the most far reaching of the thieves guilds and they often focus on supporting the travels of its members. The Guild is 'run' loosely by a few of its more influential & notorious members. They appear to agree that the guild should allow lots of freedom in its ranks and not be centralized. Influence comes with the amount of money the member is willing to invest in the guild and/or with more henchmen/guildmembers that work for that member (i.e. number of operations running).
• Basic Membership (for 0-3rd lvls): cost 0 must be citizen of Midmeadow (confirmed via birth records)
  Benefits: basic training in thieves cant/innuendo,  access to basic maps of the roads while in city training on a pay-as-you-go basis,  possible employment on various 'jobs' with full guildmembers. fencing of minor items, access to low skilled trainers
• Journeyman Membership: cost 1,000gp/year
  Requirements: passing knowledge of competing guilds, knowledge of some spheres of member ac
  Benefits: advanced training in theives cant/innuenedo access to advanced maps of a variety of places (at additional costs), training on a pay-as-you-go basis, possible employment on various 'jobs' with other guildmembers. fencing of hot ticket items, access to highly skilled thieves for advice, training, or service. 
• Full Membership: cost 10,000gp/year
  Requirements: extensive knowledge of competing guilds, extensive knowledge of internal member activity.
  Benefits: Possible employment of lesser guildmembers for a 'job' designed by you Jailbreak* (90% in Midmeadow, 35% in cities with upkept roads, 5-15% in other cities) Extradition to Midmeadow* (50% in cities with upkept roads, 5-15% in other cities), Access to Reliable Messenger Services (to and from Midmeadow only) Fencing of artifacts, relics, and very unique items Some influence on direction of Guild (more money paid= more influence), *1 per year per 10,000gp paid in advance, can be applied to henchmen
• Contacts: Typical means of making contact with other guildspeople is done by wearing the city symbol of Midmeadow openly and then relying on theives cant/innuendo to establish membership. The common cant sign establishing membership is a glancing touch to the face and then a touch to a dagger or weapon. Kisharians often visit temples of St. Sunniva, the Patron Saint of travelers and there is a 5% chance in any city that guild members can make contact with each other at those locales. There is a 1%/day chance of meeting if character wears symbol openly about town. These chances are increased by +2% if a major road (recent upkeep) connects to the city. 
• Benefits of meeting guildmembers in other cities: information on town including major figures/notable locations/ knowledge of working theives guilds location of nearest good fence
  trade news from home.
• (Red List) Guildmember activities may include all sorts of crimes: Brigandage (often on major roads), Horse thievery, Peddling information, Extortion (protection money), Asassination (Both physical and character assassination), Monopoly of one business and inflate cost of using this business, Forgery, fence, burglary, fraud, kidnapping, blackmail, stealing, plagiarism; spoliation, robbery, embezzlement; lift cattle, poach; smuggle, swindle, launder money. piracy (least common in this guild)
• Cartographer's Guild

Description:

• This city is an old, stone-built city with many cobbled streets and stone walls. It resembles Heidelberg and is the home of many universities and libraries. This is a very scholarly city, yet one that is also literally "grounded" by its great respect for the earth goddess. 
• Due to the connections to the earth and the liberal leanings of the church, druids, dwarves, and other earth-power focused groups often visit here.
• The church and its very practical and financially lucrative services play an important role in the life of the city. 
• The roads leading into and through the city and the process of lighting the roads in times of emergency are an important part of everyday life and culture.
• The area just to the north of the city is a natural wonder created by centuries of clerics raising the stones in the field of Kishar. This stone forest is made of karsts, called up from the earth by the clerics who complete important quests. 

Rules of Midmeadow:

• Obeys Nyrundian laws
• No entry to map libraries or other libraries without permission of the church. 

Locations:

• A famous feature of the square in front of the church is the Compass of Oerth, a diagram carved into the stone of the street with Midmeadow in the center and lines leading out in the direction of all cities linked by official roads, with an indication of the miles to each city.
• The Road to the Theocracy, oldest and most impressive road in Oerth, all roads out of midmeadown are lit by clerics in an important ritual in times of emergency.

• University of Midmeadow (specializes in cartography and history)
• Cave of St. Banu, cavern below the outskirts of the city
• Church of the Rim of the Oerth. The antechamber of the archbishop is a nice room full of tapestries. One large mural on the wall depicts 100 people carrying boulders on stretchers as part of a famous road-building, building the road to Dyvers.Guards at the Archbishop’s doors wear chain, short swords, holy symbols of Keishar. The room is two stories tall. There are three chairs against the back wall and a nice water fountain at the corner. There’s an altar and two doors on one side and many candles on the other. 

NPC's of Midmeadow

• Archbishop  Ashur Inkitu (friend of thieve's guild leader, Indira Dir'Kumi), wears robes covered with maps
• Itbe Kanum, Head of the Long Road Adventureres Guild, Considered very dangerous, rich, likes to gamble, A LOT!
• Indira Dir'Kumi childhood friend of the Bishop of Midmeadow. Legend says he and the bishop retrieved one of the Teeth of DalverNar from the ruins of an ancient keep in the Duchy of Tenh. The holy item is now housed in the Theocracy of the Pale and guarded by the Pale Knights. He is the major contact for jobs for "ruin hands," - thieves employed to accompany and assist clerics of Kishar in explorations of ruins and ancient cities. 
• Nyrundial su'Kitch - Expert forger of documents purportedly in some high goverment office does writs of pilgrimage, religious edicts, documents of state, letters of marque, usury notes, some henchmen involved in dealings in theocracy 
• Mira Mataline - mistress of robbery & buglary Noble in Midmeadow, rich purported to have burgled famous noble houses throughout Oerth a number of good fences in the guild work for her - anything from stolen art to noble insignia and magic items 
• Majory Fame a member with much weight in the guild very rich and has a several well-trained henchmen not much information on how she got her cache - rumours of adventuring, maybe embezzlement? 
• Ristor Kane a fighter employed by and part of the guild has a number of fighter henchmen 10 years ago, wiped out the 'Guild of Howat Fax' that tried to move into Midmeadow his people do some policing for the Guild in Midmeadow 
• Ruper Imnabba su'Sik con artist of some notoriety in Midmeadow, in jail a few times but always gets out quickly purportedly has an in with the militia stories that he worked with/for Mira Mataline a few times 
• Minniba ur'Ishkal, expert at sleight of hand, directs/runs the Theatre su' Illusion & Prestidigitation supposedly a master pick-pocket in his day, retired, may have trained some very good pick pockets, some of which still in Midmeadow 
• Kraddick r'Tal, ran a large brigand network that stole from many big caravans on many major roads. was caught a few years ago by some adventurers, probably dead 
• Peace Hamarabba a famous con-woman, would charm men with her looks then her crew would rob them blind crucified at Mithat several years ago.
• Haruman the Magical, an elderly magician the guild uses to appraise magical items and potions. 
• Kuiper 'the coup' Sunveil, Retired jack of all trades. Very well liked and personable. Well liked in city because he often invites bards and gleeman to Midmeadow. Trained many of the current members in the basics of information gathering and survival as a thief in the realms of Oerth. Often asked by various influential members to train new hires.
• Lord Warrad-natu, An aristocrat of Midmeadow. Likes to gamble and womanize. Known for his collections of rare artwork. Will stop at nothing to add to his collection of trophies.
• Kadger Kruk, Kadger is one of the most powerful dwarves in Midmeadow (there aren't many dwarves). He helps with the mining operations that occur in the mountains and around Midmeadow.
• Bishop Thronkin Lugalpadanum
• Bishop Unanim Albardia
• Alana (fifth-level priest)
• High Priest Baran (rumored to be able to build really big hills)
• Kobael wizards (sorcery)
• Bishop Kabtum Bitum
• Guido of the Guild of the Road (organizes the "guides" who lead visitors and tourists through the windy streets of town)

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