Guild of Blacksmiths

The Guild of Blacksmiths, also known as the 'Guild of Smiths',Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.226Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US TPB p.567 was a professional organisation in Darujhistan. To join, one was required to have an honourable character, to have completed an apprenticeship in the city, and to have the sponsorship of an accredited Guild member.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 9, US TPB p.281/282
The Guild had an office in Darujhistan, manned by an unhelpful Clerk.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 9, US TPB p.281-284 
==In Toll the Hounds==
When Barathol Mekhar arrived in Darujhistan, he found it almost impossible to join the Guild as they refused to sponsor him, and he was too experienced a blacksmith (as well as being too old) to serve an apprenticeship.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 9, US TPB p.281 Barathol went ahead anyway and set up an independent smithyToll the Hounds, Chapter 9, US TPB p.283Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US TPB p.565 without the endorsement of the Blacksmiths' Guild. The Guild retaliated by sending gangs of toughs to shut him downToll the Hounds, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.441-443 and blacklisting anyone who provided him with supplies or bought his wares. This proved a mixed success as Malazan customers resisted the imperativeToll the Hounds, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.621-623 and Barathol's smithy became the sole source for a new fad among the nobles for Malazan imperial longswords.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.690
Eventually a Guild official brought a City Watch officer and his squad to successfully arrest the smith and Chaur for using the incorrect drainage pipes for waste disposal.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US TPB p.565/567 As it turned out, Barathol was to serve his sentence through a rehabilitation programme at the Eldra Iron Mongers where he would be able to earn his ticket as a blacksmith--after which the Guild would be forced to accept his membership.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 19, US TPB p.642-643
==In Orb Sceptre Throne==
About a year after the events aboveOrb Sceptre Throne, Chapter II, US TPB p.78 Barathol Mekhar had become a fully accredited member of the Guild of Blacksmiths and was able to run a smithy of his own in Darujhistan without any further harassment from the Guild.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter I, US TPB p.59-60 
==Notes and references==
Category:Darujhistan
Category:Guilds