Guilds & Gangs of Freeport

The city of Freeport lacks a central government, and is instead managed by a variety of guilds and gangs, who maintain the function of the city. In the wake of season 6 with the removal of the Acquafredda Family as the dominant faction over the city, additional protections were instituted to facilitate inter-organization parlay and relations, leaving the groups independent but with external checks on their power.

## Active Organizations

### Bazaar Guild

The Bazaar Guild is a self-titled “Market Association”; a guild for the purpose of increasing the economics of the group as a whole.  Freeport’s main marketplace, called the Bazaar, is located in the upper levels of the Mass.  The Guild is run by a democratic council of business owners.  A Speaker of the Council is nominated from amongst them, but they only have power as a logistical head and tiebreaker.

Pre-Alliance, the Bazaar Guild was allied with the Lighthouse Guild and the Repair Guild, and had no notable enemies. Post-Alliance, the Bazaar Guild has no notable allies or enemies.

#### Speakers & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Zalder Stoutbottle (halfling, he/him) & Ambition (tiefling, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Zalder Stoutbottle (halfling, he/him)

### Falcodisangue Family (FDS)

*Main article: Falcodisangue Family*

The Falcodisangue family was one of the main powers of Freeport, often at odds with the Acquafredda gang (AQF).  They were formerly headquartered in the Roost in Freeport but abandoned that city in the 2330s and took to the seas, allowing their territory in the city to fall to the AQF. Their signifying color is red, typically bright.

Due to Fulgenzio never marrying but having many children, the line of succession after him remained uncertain until one of his sons, Alarico, rose to prominence over the others and was named heir by Fulgenzio on his deathbed.

Pre-Alliance, the FDS was allied with the Rizhearts and the Lighthouse Guild, and was enemies with the AQF. Post-Alliance, the FDS has no official allies, but remains enemies with the AQF.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Alarico Elifio Falcodisangue (human, he/him) & Marinetta Ermelinda Falcodisangue (human, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Alarico Elifio Falcodisangue (human, he/him)

2371 (season 5) - Fulgenzio Falcodisangue (human, he/him)

2320 (season 2) - Kala Falcodisangue (human, she/her)

#### Faction

*Main article: Falcodisangue Family (Faction)*

Those who find a life of sailing, pirating, or dubiously legal record keeping appealing may find a home with the fiercely loyal FDS.

### Farmers’ Guild

The Farmers’ Guild have little to do with farming, instead gaining their name from association with the Grim Reaper—they’re coroners and undead hunters.  They’ve begun publicly working with the Rizhearts, for whom they do some merchant work (medicine from the rizroot trees, lumber harvested from the Groves, etc.).  They’re headquartered in Oldtown, in the northern cliffs overlooking the Groves, and their signifying color is rust red, typically shown on a bandana.

Pre-Alliance, the Farmers’ Guild was allied with the Rizhearts, FDS, AQF, and Temple, had minor ties with the Bazaar and Repair Guilds, and had no notable enemies. Post-Alliance, the Farmers' Guild is allied with the Rizhearts against the AQF.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Captain Alyeira Ravenshadow (eladrin, she/they) & Peregrine Mosri (aasimar, he/him)

2380 (season 6) - Captain Alyeira Ravenshadow (eladrin, she/they)

2371 (season 5) - Captain Oltendijis Erayax (dragonborn, he/him)

2320 (season 2) - Captain Ma-Ho Mouryeur (human, he/him)

#### Faction

*Main article: Farmers' Guild (Faction)*

The Farmers' Guild welcomes any who seek to stamp out the presence of undead scourges present in Freeport, preserving the sanctity of death to the end.

### Freeport Fight Club

The Freeport Fight Club is an organization related to the C.L.U.B. fighting ring in Oldtown.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her) & Barrom "Barry" Dolbrak (dwarf, he/him)

2380 (season 6) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her)

2371 (season 5) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her)

2344 (season 4) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her)

2323 (season 3) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her)

2320 (season 2) - Mohka, self-styled "Queen of Freeport" (high elf, she/her)

#### Faction

*Main article: Freeport Fight Club (faction)*

Those seeking fame, glory, or some hard-earned, bloodstained coin will find welcome—and raucous applause—in the halls of the Fight Club.

### Freeport Trading Commission

Serving as an economical control of Freeport's various currencies in circulation, the FTC's agents act to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices. They also provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid scams and fraud.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Simon Hopkins (shifter, he/him) & Teller (warforged, she/they)

### Garden

A branch of the Rizhearts fractured off in the wake of the peacetime following the AQF's fall and the dissolution of the Crusaders, these mysterious prophets claim to be directed by their leader, speaking the word of an equally mysterious deity, to act decisively where nature is threatened and to bring communities together beneath the word of their deity.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Dionaea Sarracen (half-elf, she/her) & Nepenthe Oroban (elf, they/them)

### Gilded Lobster

The Gilded Lobster is Freeport’s only neutral group, and controls one of the city's few neutral territories.  It’s a bar located in Oldtown and where one can find the posting board for the Adventurers’ Guild’s Freeport branch. Their symbol is a golden lobster.

The Gilded Lobster also houses a permanent teleportation circle which is kept accessible to any who wish to use it.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Beiro (high elf, he/him) & Tally Coppertwist (rock gnome, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Beiro (high elf, he/him)

2371 (season 5) - Beiro (high elf, he/him)

2344 (season 4) - Beiro (high elf, he/him)

2323 (season 3) - Beiro (high elf, he/him)

2320 (season 2) - Beiro (high elf, he/him)

### Healers Across Islands

This group of healers, doctors, sages, and any others seeking to render aid to those injured, sick, or otherwise unwell are part of an emerging network across the archipelago.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Dr. Adrieth Dawnvale (elf, she/her) & Kera Windward (leonin, she/her)

### Lighthouse Guild

Nicknamed the “Benevolent Arsonists,” the Lighthouse Guild is responsible for “trimming” (burning) excess material from the Mass, as well as maintaining the three lighthouses in Freeport: the Lighthouse in Edtown, the Leaning in Oldtown, and the Tree in the Groves.

Formerly a part of the Alliance against the AQF, they were convinced to instead join forces with the AQF in 2372, during season 5, though they still maintain relationships with the other guilds of the Alliance due to the sheer power they hold.

Pre-Alliance, the Lighthouse Guild was allied with the Repair Guild, the Bazaar Guild, and the Temple, and had no notable enemies. Post-Alliance, the Lighthouse Guild is allied with the AQF.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - *eagle screech* (kenku, they/them) & Torfiel Ophar (elf, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - *eagle screech* (kenku, they/them)

2371 (season 5) - *eagle screech* (kenku, they/them)

#### Faction

*Main article: Lighthouse Guild (Faction)*

Attracting a wide range of characters to their ranks, the Lighthouse Guild welcomes any with an affinity for fire and a sharp sense of observation.

### Mischiefs

The Mischiefs are information brokers and can be found scattered throughout the archipelago, though they’re based in Freeport.  Their signifying mark is a rat tattoo on the back of their necks, for which they’ve gained the nickname “Rats.” The Mischiefs fractured during Ersilia's consolidation of power, when Thodren Skullhelm and the Master of Mischief were captured by the AQF. Half of the gang threw their loyalties in with the new regime, and half split to return to the guild's original methods of operation, maintaining a staunch policy of neutrality under the leadership of Zaima Bascal.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Zaima Bascal (human, they/them) & Ivoni Erudran (changeling, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Thodren Skullhelm (duergar, he/him) and Zaima Bascal (human, they/them)

2371 (season 5) - Thodren Skullhelm (duergar, he/him)

### Repair Guild

The Repair Guild can be found in the Sticks in Midtown, and are responsible for contract building and repair work as well as the repair of public structures, such as the Freeport Sign.  Their symbol is a sawdust-brown hammer, often embellished with images related to a particular subgroup or individual’s area of expertise.

The Freeport Sign spans the entrance to the atoll, opposite the Backwash.  It originally read something along the lines of “Welcome to Freeport” or “Stay Out,” but now features a slapdash assortment of painted images and text and is regularly repainted by vandals.

Most members of the Repair Guild specialize in repair of structures and objects, although some groups deal in humanoid "repair and enhancement." These groups, which rose to prominence after the AQF crackdown, are recognizable by their symbol of a scalpel crossed over the standard hammer emblem. In 2381, during season 6, it was discovered that the second-in-command of the Repair Guild, Khasan Sylwraek, had been a critical figure in this fringe sect. On request from the Temple following a swath of disappearances across Freeport, he was quickly deposed and eliminated by a group of adventurers.

Pre-Alliance, the Repair Guild was allied with the Bazaar Guild and the Lighthouse Guild. Post-Alliance, the Repair Guild is allied with the AQF.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Neve Komur (half-orc, she/her) & Kuori Mason Thulavi (goliath, she/they)

2380 (season 6) - Vaathi Skydrifter Mathala (goliath, they/them)

2371 (season 5) - Vaathi Skydrifter Mathala (goliath, they/them)

#### Faction

*Main article: Repair Guild (Faction)*

Representing artisans, craftspeople, tradesmen and builders of all things, the Repair Guild welcomes all looking to make their mark on the built landscape of Freeport.

### Rizhearts

The Rizhearts are a druidic organization and can be found in the Groves of Freeport, where they bury undead and prevent them from rising anew.  They also grow food in the Groves and produce medicines from the rizroot trees that are found there.  You might see a few of their members tending the Groves while on meter-high stilts to keep out of the water, though many of them prefer to remain wildshaped while in the Groves.  They tend to wear simple clothing and rain-cloaks made from bark.

Pre-Alliance, the Rizhearts were allied with the Farmers’ Guild, with whom they’d begun to publicly work, and had no notable enemies. Post-Alliance, the Rizhearts are allied with the Farmers' Guild against the AQF.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him) & Sunniope Osterfeld (tiefling, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

2371 (season 5) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

2344 (season 4) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

2323 (season 3) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

2320 (season 2) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

2311 (season 1) - Elder Jup'pa (race unknown, he/him)

#### Faction

*Main article: Rizhearts (Faction)*

In the wake of the AQF's dissolution, the Rizhearts have returned to their groves to continue tending the earth and providing the city with food and medicine. Yet their thorns still bite when challenged—and their coalition grows stronger together.

### Sally’s Shipping

Sally’s Shipping is located in a warehouse by the Midtown docks and deals in maritime shipping and transportation. It’s run exclusively by women, and rumors circulate that they’re unionized hookers from the Parlour—and that their business is only a front—but nothing’s been confirmed.

Sally's Shipping joined the Alliance but has maintained only an informal alliance with the Temple and the Wave Weavers since its dissolution. These three have primarily worked to keep their parts of the city free from fighting and have otherwise remained neutral towards the other guilds and gangs.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Lornas Cacoria (dragonborn, she/her) & Moira Reedmantle (halfling, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Lornas Cacoria (dragonborn, she/her)

2371 (season 5) - Lornas Cacoria (dragonborn, she/her)

### Temple

The former headquarters of the Falcodisangue family, a fortified castle previously called the Roost and located in Oldtown, has been transformed into an open-faith temple, originally led by Micha, a hero of the Battle for Kanara.

Pre-Alliance, the Temple was allied with the Farmers’ Guild, the Lighthouse Guild, and the Wave Weavers, and had no notable enemies. Post-Alliance, the Temple is informally allied with Sally's Shipping and the Wave Weavers. These three have primarily worked to keep their parts of the city free from fighting and have otherwise remained neutral towards the other guilds and gangs.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Natalya Morozova (changeling, she/any) & Sare Huldad (kalashtar, they/she)

2380 (season 6) - Natalya Morozova (changeling, any)

2323 (season 3) - Micha (half-elf, he/him)

### Thousand Thieves

With members high and low, fierce and fluffy, the Thousand Thieves act as another intelligence network within Freeport's back alleys and underground. They are inconspicuous, fast, and hard to pin down—excellent makings for spies.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - "Worchestershire Mann" (better known as "Cloak") (race unknown, she/her) & "Hubert Mann" (better known as "Dagger") (race unknown, he/him)

### Wave Weavers

The Wave Weavers are a philanthropic charity group and a cult of Lolth originally established by Sicarii.  They provide food, blankets, and music lessons to poor children and can be found in the Sticks in Midtown.

The Wave Weavers joined the Alliance but have maintained only an informal alliance with Sally's Shipping and the Temple since its dissolution. These three have primarily worked to keep their parts of the city free from fighting and have otherwise remained neutral towards the other guilds and gangs.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Masha Mocuvir (human, any) & Lucian Trastaer (half-drow, he/him)

2371 (season 5) - Masha Mocuvir (human, any)

2319 (season 2) - Sicarii (tiefling, she/her)

## Inactive Organizations

### Acquafredda Gang (AQF)

*Main article: Acquafredda Gang*

The Acquafredda gang was formerly one of the main powers of Freeport.  They claimed Oldtown as their territory, where they had control over the docks.  Their signifying color is blue.

After the Falcodisangue family, the AQF’s main competition, took to the seas in the 2330s, between seasons 3 and 4, the AQF took over a good deal of their former territory within Freeport. Several of the other guilds and gangs came together to form the Alliance, with the hope of preventing the AQF from gaining total control of Freeport. By 2372, the end of season 5, however, the AQF had severely weakened the Alliance, having convinced a few of its more powerful constituent guilds to switch sides, and became the single most powerful gang in Freeport. In 2381, the head of the AQF was finally cut off when Ersilia, the matriarch, was dispatched by a group of Crusaders, a Brigadier General of the Brazen Brigade, and a high-ranking lieutenant of her own faction. With the files and information gathered by that lieutenant, the AQF's enemies were given the means to begin the process of rooting out any last strongholds of the family.

The AQF is allied with the Lighthouse and Repair guilds, and has minor ties to the Bazaar Guild and the Mischiefs. The AQF is enemies with the FDS, the Farmers' Guild, and the Rizhearts.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2401 (season 7) - Keise Enesi Acquafredda (human, she/her) & Brynn Cirdanni (half-elf, she/her)

2380 (season 6) - Ersilia Graziella Acquafredda (human, she/her)

2371 (season 5) - Ersilia Graziella Acquafredda (human, she/her)

2320 (season 2) - Ciriaco Pier Acquafredda (human, he/him)

### Alliance

When the FDS took to the seas in the 2330s and the AQF began quickly growing in power, a number of the city's other guilds and gangs came together to form the Alliance to prevent the AQF from a total takeover. The Alliance was originally made up of the Bazaar Guild, Farmers' Guild, Fight Club, Lighthouse Guild, Mischiefs, Repair Guild, Sally's Shipping, Temple, and Wave Weavers, and had the support of most of Freeport's unaffiliated citizens as well.

A small faction of the Alliance, the Swords of the Atoll, pushed for a permanently unified Freeport. While this was a widely unpopular goal, the Swords were highly vocal.

By 2372, the end of season 5, the AQF had convinced the Lighthouse and Repair guilds to switch sides, instead allying themselves with the AQF, which severely weakened the Alliance, soon leading to the Alliance's dissolution.

### Brazen Brigade

Founded by a former leader of the Farmers' Guild after breaking free from imprisonment in the Astral Plane, the Brigade occupies a curious position in Freeport as a militia-for-hire, dispatching threats to those who employ them with decisive violence. More often than not this finds them at odds with the Adventurers' Guild, with whom their quarrel is personal due to the circumstances which found the Marshal trapped. In the the brigadiers' eyes, each of their enemies will find their end one day—let those deserving find it faster. Following the disposal of Marshal Erayax, their focus has shifted to more of a pure mercenary focus, as well as hunting down the remaining AQF members.

#### Leaders & Seconds-in-Command

2381 (season 7) - Marshal Merona Osterfeld (tiefling, she/her) & Tanwyn Razish (fire genasi, he/him)

2380 (season 6) - Marshal Oltendijis Erayax (dragonborn, he/him)

### Cash House

The Cash House is a ship in Edtown that contains a casino/gambling house. Following the collapse of the Atollcoin market in late season 6 in concert with multiple assaults by the Brazen Brigade and assorted forces, the association went under.

The Cash House joined the Alliance but hasn't maintained any notable ties since its dissolution.

#### Leaders

2380 (season 6) - Merla Goldmeadow (halfling, she/her)

### Crusaders

The Farmers' Guild and the Rizhearts together came together in the face of the rising threat of the AQF to be called the Crusaders, united in their fight against undead. Following the defeat of the AQF, their alliance dissolved on positive terms, their goal achieved.