Three Points Society

**The Three Points Society** is a national organized crime syndicate based in Jonurian Point and has outposts in various major cities.

The Alluzar Three Points is distinct from the rest of the organizations, primarily due to Kaira Helter taking over the Alluzar branch in 459AE.

## History

### Origins

The Jonurian Three Points Society was first conceived in 263AE by **Zendor Montin**, a high-elf student at Shagol Military Academy who started a black market smuggling Erdab steel weapons from the Academy armory. After two Academy friends, the halfling weapon smith **Meerian Fernside** and the human barbarian **Benjamin Lancer**, joined Montin on his black market operations, the Three Points Society was officially born, with Montin, Fernside, and Lancer serving as the three main points of contact.

On 267AE, Montin was caught trying to escape the Academy with stolen weapons. The Three Points Society's secret operations were uncovered, and Montin was executed by firing squad later that year. Fernside and Lancer managed to escape the Academy unharmed, and thanks to a number of contacts in East Jonurian Point, were able to resume their criminal activities with East Jonurian Point as their new base.

### New Cresdale Expansion

After settling down in East Jonurian Point as their new base, Fernside and Lancer began to expand their smuggling business, selling stolen and counterfeit clothes, jewelry, watches, and artwork. The counterfeit art and watch business proved to be very successful in New Cresdale, and Lancer permanently relocated to the Leibniz District in New Cresdale to build up a new branch of the Three Points Society.

Lancer, who by all accounts was a very handsome and charming man, was very popular among both the New Cresdale elites and the common folk. He became romantically involved with Paulina Tillich, then president of the New Cresdale Art Museum, which greatly boosted the Society's art smuggling and forgery business. The Society also invested heavily in the poorer communities in the Stig and Leibniz Districts, rebuilding worn infrastructure, creating community programs, and investing in local businesses.

Through their influence in New Cresdale, the Three Points Society spread all throughout Esterra, with satellite groups formed in every major city by 278AE. In 279AE, the Three Points Society became a member of the Alluzar criminal network The Umbrage. By 287AE, the Society was heavily involved in illegal drug manufacture and trade, with Arcan-X, Elev-8, and Merk Muk as their signature products.

### Torrid Terror

During the Torrid Terror, the Three Points Society continued providing aid to the poorer communities hit hardest by the Calamity, including smaller towns and villages that were too far from the Unyielding Six cities to receive assistance. Because of this, the Society's influence grew rapidly during this time, with many members holding greater political and social influence than some elected politicians.

The Three Points Society was also responsible for introducing a flood of illegal drugs throughout west Esterra during the Torrid Terror, ensuring that enough addicts would be around to continue their business. In particular, Elev-8 has been an intense issue in the Golden Harvest Region, with rampant abuse of the drug occurring in the restaurant industry.

### Political Influence and Violence

The end of the Torrid Terror saw the Three Points Society expand across all major cities of Esterra, growing in economic, social and political power. Many of the poorer districts of the Unyielding Six cities were essentially ruled by Society members, and the Society had many connections to political figures to bribe or threaten. **Bertha Lancer**, daughter of Benjamin Lancer who assumed his position after his death in 359AE, was unofficially the head of criminal organization collective The Umbrage as well, and permanently relocated to Alluzar, leaving the New Cresdale Society in the hands of her right hand person, the half-elf Yuniko Taika.

Since Lancer's departure from New Cresdale, west Esterra saw a drastic rise in violence committed by the Three Points Society, with many city policing departments either paid off or scared off by the Society. The Society's violence primarily came from their legion of barbarians, trained by Benjamin Lancer. Lancer emphasized defense over offense, training his team specifically to counter long range attacks like crossbows and pistols. Using their signature glaives, the Society barbarians were able to deflect artilleries while also delivering devestating attacks.

### Change of Leadership in the Alluzar Society

In 459AE, the half-elf Kaira Helter, then known as Lancer's top assassin in the Alluzar Society, launched a coup against Bertha Lancer and assumed the position as head of the Alluzar Three Points Society. Due to Bertha's unpopularity for being handed the leadership position by her father despite her clear lack of competency, none of her personal guards were there to aid Bertha as she got stabbed to death by Helter herself.

With Lancer disposed, Helter quickly reorganized the Alluzar Society, filling the top positions with her friends and violently murdering those who spoke against her. Helter was seemingly undefeatable and unkillable - at least 37 known assassination attempts were made against her by the main Three Points Society during the first year as head of the Alluzar Society, all leading to the attempted assassin killed by Helter instead. in 461AE, Helter became the head of The Umbrage as well, the other criminal organizations acknowledging her brutality and wit.