Wrennoc Congregate

== Overview ==
The Wrennoc Congregate was a group formed in 202 AG during the Occupation of the Capital, initially in order to provide relief in the form of food and shelter for victims of the Wrennoc Massacre. The group was established by Matriarch of Helmont, Ophellaer Fyth and Patriarch, Forkoux Fyth. Though established to assist in the Wrennoc district of the Capital, following the Uprootings its duties expanded to funding the construction of new residences for those affected by the Battle for the Capital in 201 AG. It also oversaw extensive repair of key Capital locations damaged in the battle, as well as continuing to provide shelter. At the request of the two Fyths, it remained independent of the Council Magnus, and was, for many years, entirely funded by the personal wealth of Forkoux.
== Activities ==
=== Founding ===
As a result of the Wrennoc massacre in 201 AG, many families were slaughtered or else made homeless. Immediately following the massacre, Forkoux vowed to see that the Wrennoc district be given special attention during and after their time in the Capital to support the families, a cause which his High Confidant, Manton Fisher, and archon of Mhordyn, Tíras Theôs, concurred on. This would come from Forkoux's own wealth and a commitment to establish a group with the initial intention to help the district recover following the Uprootings. Indeed, upon leaving the Patriarch of Helmont's service, among other activities, Fisher became a championing political voice in favour of the group on the Capital's newly formed Council Magnus - then mired with corruption. Similarly, Tíras Theôs continued to support the group in his own way, using his position as Archon of Mhordyn to supply the group with extra resources.
=== Gang War (202 AG) ===
In late September of 202 AG, a short but cataclysmic gang war known as the Capital Decimation War erupted across the Capital, prompting widespread fear. The group, though forced into temporary hiding, was early to spread word to residents of the Capital to stay at home during the wide-reaching series of gang contests. In the 2 months of fighting, the Congregate supplied vital resources to those who were most affected by the fighting via discreet agents and many skilled bounty hunters brought into the service of the group. During this time, expenses skyrocketed. Forkoux responded immediately, recognising that resources could not be wheeled to the needy through orthodox means. As a result, the Helmontan Patriarch expended a widely undisclosed, yet incredible amount of money in one of the largest private transfers of monetary funds in the history of The Continent. 
While much of this was spent on keeping the group afloat in the demanding gang war, much was spent hiring dozens of the most prestigious agents and bounty hunters to best utilise the skill of those who were accustomed to navigating the Capital in such trying times to siphon resources to victims and the impoverished masses. While Forkoux ramped up the already great funding of the activities of the group, Matriarch Ophellaer Fyth, much to Forkoux's distress, insisted on traveling to the Capital to help herself. Equipped with experience in helping the needy in Capital, but also in overseeing a camp for victims of the Midwood Massacre in the Liberation of Truvenscia, Ophellaer felt confident that she could assist even in the climate of a gang war. 
=== Later activities ===
The group continued to be funded by Forkoux for years subsequent to the Uprootings and Gang war, though the specialities of expensive agents were not required with order being restored to the Capital gradually, reducing the costs of maintaining the group. In immediate years, Forkoux used the group's presence in the Capital to campaign for repairing or else restoring damaged cultural buildings in the Capital which many in the Council Magnus wished to see demolished, such as the Royal Palace, Royal Library and Treasuricus - once again at great personal cost. After a decade of operations, by 212 AG, the group became renowned for its work and began to receive healthy offerings of funds from other individuals in addition to hitherto lacklustre widespread support among the members of the Council Magnus. Eventually, the group established itself as a cornerstone to post-Uprootings Capital society, engaging in activities from assisting in the impoverished slums to scholarships at prestigious Capital schools, including the renowned Ophellaer Fyth scholarship (so named after her passing) for the Capital University of Oparo. 
The group grew its own council to manage its activities, with Forkoux assuming a less senior role following the death of Ophellaer in 229 AG. Though he still contributed a handsome sum to the group's operations, this was scaled back in later years thanks to the contributions of many others compensating for the great initial funds he supplied the group. After Forkoux's death in 279 AG, the group honoured its founder and contributor by playing a key role in arranging the Funeral of Forkoux Fyth in the same year, with many wishing to pay their respects, from sheltered children, volunteers, council members and those who had benefitted from the group's help in the past. 
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