Order of Stone

Architects

The Order of Stone is a guild of miners, stoneworkers, and architects. It is one of the three major guilds of House Brody.

## Guild Hubs

Its main hub is located in Aghaboy, House Brody, Duilintinn. The Order of Stone built their own guild hub when they were commissioned to build walls for the rapidly growing city back in the early days of Duilintinn. They took the opportunity to build themselves a tidy little complex in the northwest corner of the city, complete with a tower with a gorgeous view of the Northern Mountains. Despite (or perhaps because of) the difficulty in planning the wall around Aghaboy, the guild considers both the construction of the wall and the guild hub as one of their greatest architectural accomplishments.

Additionally, the Order of Stone has secondary hubs in every major city of Duilintinn. These were originally organized to coordinate the construction of the waterworks planned by the Ocean Men guild, but are now used to help with the architectural upkeep of these cities and surrounding areas.

In addition, like all of Duilintinn’s officially recognized guilds, the Order of Stone has a hub representing itself on Guild Row in Cordoire’s Administrator’s District. Here, the guild can advocate for its members in the political sphere of Duilintinn’s national capital.

## History

This guild was founded in the first place by miners and builders who wanted more recognition for the difficult, labor-intensive tasks they do for their communities. In order to demonstrate the skill and validity of these tasks, these laborers named their guild with a clever bit of wordplay that reflects how much careful planning and technique is required to bring “Order” to the “Stone”. Those who hew stone out of the ground have to understand the rocks around them to prevent the roof from caving in on their heads, while those who use that stone to build walls and structures have to meticulously guide each fragment of rock into the shape or placement they require.

Eventually, other stone-related occupations beyond simply miners and builders were also allowed into the guild, but to this day, the guild’s main purpose remains teaching safe practices and providing support for workers with more hazardous jobs.

In addition, the Order of Stone has been commissioned by the governments of Duilintinn on several significant occasions to build large-scale construction projects throughout the kingdom.

Aghaboy’s walls were built by the Order of Stone under commission of King Sean in the early days of Duilintinn. While the construction of the wall itself was fairly uneventful, the process of planning the wall’s layout was extremely complicated. With significant urban sprawl, the exact borders of the city were very hard to define, and while some communities living in the outer parts of Aghaboy would be offended if they were not included in the walled portion of the city, others completely loathed the idea. This created a logistical nightmare for the Order of Stone, resulting in the strange, angular shape of the walls that surround the city to this day.

Around this time, the Order of Stone also cooperated with the Ocean Men guild to construct the waterworks and sanitation systems for most of Duilintinn’s major cities. They now operate in every major city of the kingdom to help maintain the infrastructure of these large cities.

## Apprenticeships

Like most other guilds in Duilintinn, the Order of Stone connects students pursuing higher education with members who need additional help and/or wish to pass on their knowledge to the next generation.

## Inter Guild Dynamics

The Ocean Men and the Order of Stone often collaborate to install waterworks in Duilintinn’s major cities. While smaller towns still use basic wells and/or river water for drinking and washing, most large cities basic plumbing/sanitation routes are common within large towns and major cities, thanks to an early collaboration between the Order of Stone and Ocean Men.

This cooperation began when Aghaboy was chosen as the capital of the new House Brody and the two guilds were asked to create a quality sanitation system for the city. Mostly, this “plumbing” was just waste removal, irrigation, and better wells, but they also included actual fountains of running, potable water. Pre-existing outhouses were connected to a sanitation route that would ensure waste was carried away to an area beyond the city limits.

After that was finished, the Ocean Men took it upon themselves to campaign for similar plumbing systems to be built in the other major cities (a few of which had rudimentary sanitation systems) and large towns throughout Duilintinn. One by one, most of these locations agreed to the renovations, prompting the Order of Stone to create smaller guild hubs in major cities across Duilintinn to delegate the construction efforts.

Thanks to the efforts of the Order of Stone and Ocean Men guilds, all of the major cities and most large towns have at least one public source of running water for people to draw from. The wells still exist and are used, but these waterworks make things requiring a lot of water, like drawing a bath, relatively accessible for most people, albeit a bit of a process if you want the water to be warm or particularly deep. However, when constructing the waterworks for the major cities, the guilds recognized the value of a) clean citizens and b) not having the dirty water of several thousand people dumped in the streets every day. So they also built large bathhouses that would be filled automatically and would drain the water somewhere out-of-the-way as needed. On the other hand, if you live somewhere that’s more rural, it may be easier/convenient/accessible to just jump in the nearby stream, especially if you’re in one of the few tiny rural communities (or a cabin in the middle of nowhere) that still relies entirely on well-water.