On the Assassins Guild

The Assassin’s Guild is only loosely organized. It is largely bound by nothing more than a sense of professional courtesy. Though, it is important to remember that Assassins do not like to be treated discourteously. In the language of assassins, a job is called a sanction. The assassins themselves are called jacks (female assassins are called jennies). All sanctions are paid for up front and this payment is made directly to the guild. The guild takes a 10% cut of the fee for administrative costs. It will loan up to 40% of the remaining fee to a jack at 1% per week. A jack who defaults on a loan will be sanctioned.

• A jack who works outside of the guild will be sanctioned. 
• No jack will identify another jack, even on pain of death.
• No jack will interfere with another jack’s sanction.
• A jack will be informed if a sanction is issued against him.
• In a city, every jack defers to the Grandmaster  or “Hand.”

Every city (cities always have walls) has a guild house where jobs might be procured, and information sought. That guild house will generally appear to be a legitimate business with the words that is somehow identifiable to men of the guild. Who also always seem to know upon entering a city whether a job awaits them.