Aliquam Guild

The Aliquam Guild is a neutral guild, acting as a natural check of power to the other guilds. They are seen as the policing body, assessing and enforcing current regulation that is placed on other guilds. Because of their influence and neutrality, they are often requested to act as a third party if a dispute or negotiation needs to take place.

## Leadership

The Aliquam Guild is split up in a different way, having a global presence, it holds a branch in every capital or major city in the world. Thus it separates itself into subsections in Arlec. Each of the subsections has a member which is on the High Council, which is the highest form of leadership.

The Aliquam South-East Guild is led by a council of 11 members.

Nine of the members represent each of the major nations and city-states (Aren and Trosstin). One member is the leader, who is also a member of the High Council, while the other member represents the independent cities. Due to the amount of independent cities there are, the independent member has their own group of members that do their bidding for them.

## Members

The Aliquam Guild has a good mix of Awakened individuals, fighters and administration staff. They keep the mix in order to ensure they keep the influence and power they have, stopping any guild from trying to overstep its boundaries.

Aliquam administration staff members usually reside over 2-5 different adventuring parties from various guilds, keeping a strong relationship with them. They are the first touch of contact between the party and the Aliquam guild, and can give them help when required. Sometimes Aliquam members only hover over a single party, which can either mean the member is a newbie, or that the guild has determined that the party may become stronger and more important later requiring a focused view.

In terms of rank, the Aliquam Guild holds many powerful individuals, recruited into their cause and are believed to be the guild with the most SS-Rank members.

The South-East branch is believed to have 5 S-Rank members and a large amount of A-Rank.

## Organisation

There are many non-locational branches of the Aliquam which all have specialties in certain areas, they work in conjunction with one another in order to keep the guild successful.

### Administration

The administration keeps up with the paperwork and any general logistics of the guild. Some of their tasks include the recruiting of new members, keeping track of the political environments that the Aliquam are stationed in, finances and keeping all details on every member of every guild.

### Awakened

The awakened department deals with investigating forced awakenings, while also going around and aiding others through a guided awakening. They work closely with the administration in order to keep details of the awakened individuals stored, in case they could be dangerous in the future or not.

### Enforcement

The Enforcement group is the group that deals with enforcing the regulations and restrictions placed on guilds. They do not deal with any physical conflict, rather they are a group of lawyers and personnel. It is the enforcement branch that helps write up the laws. There is an individual or group in every major guild location in the world.

#### Investigators

A sub-branch of the Enforcement Group that works closely with all the other branches are the investigators. They investigate any activity that could be deemed illegal happening within a guild.

### Knights

The Knights are the physical force of the Aliquam, made up of awakened and strong individuals; they deal with any conflict that occurs that would require direct action. The Knights hold respect and fear from all the guilds, being called to action only very rarely. The Knights branch also has its own sub-branches, with the main branch acting like soldiers.

#### Hunters

The Hunters sub-branch deals with hunting any runaway adventurers that have escaped prosecution. They hold many expert trackers that can find someone even if the trail went cold years ago. Very rarely do they not find a man.

#### Protective Forces

The Protective Forces protects the Aliquam guild assets and individuals from any harm. They can also be rented by individuals outside of the Aliquam guild, making it a pretty lucrative business.

### Public Relations

The public relations department is just as the title says, they deal with all the public relations that the Aliquam guild has to deal with. This includes dealing with their reputation with the other guilds and nations, along with general marketing.

## Location

The Aliquam Guild holds influence and members in every guild in the world, along with many buildings in the major cities and capitals in the world. In South-East Arlec this includes:

* **Aren**, Aren (Branch HQ)
* Bethune, Tamwull
* **Deki**, Vosqis (Branch HQ)
* E'Themar, Independent (Branch HQ)
* Erstal, Tamwull
* **Gartaca**, Uhek (Branch HQ)
* **Helicules**, Carto Empire (Branch HQ)
* **Iwakita**, Hashin (Branch HQ)
* Lamion, Independent/Nirvan Republic
* **Nirva**, Nirvan Republic (Branch HQ)
* **Ralom**, Gonarundu (Branch HQ)
* **Roufort**, Tamwull (Branch HQ)
* Serdica, Nirvan Republic
* **Trosstin**, Trosstin (Branch HQ)

## History

The Aliquam Guild was founded in **329PR** after their original leader, unknown name, was inspired by Tasos and his efforts to stop Aaron’s Meteor. At the time the number of new adventurers was on the rise, giving them a good level of growth.

By **360PR** a new leader had been chosen, beginning to expand internationally. The first cities they entered in South-East Arlec were Iwakita and Ralom, before expanding to Helicules, Kras and Nirva and other cities much later on.

In **399PR** the guild participated in the First Expedition, only 40 of their 200 members returned.

The guild acted as a mediator and neutral party in **406PR** between the Kingdom of Nirva and Lorenzen Kingdom who were negotiating a truce for their Lorenzen War.

In **410PR** the guild faced the Iwakita Guild Uprising, the branch, led by Itami Yoshikage, aligned themselves with Emperor Kitajo, fighting the Reapers and Blue Heroes branches that tried to overthrow the government. The incident increased the Aliquam Guild's popularity tenfold.

The guild was given administration powers internationally in **414PR**, becoming the regulator and administrator of other guilds, seen as the ultimate neutral party. This had the support of many prominent adventurers at the time, including Davian of the Three Greats.

In **415PR** as part of their new power, the Aliquam Guild took control of the key that let people access Dyghon’s Tower, handed to them by Estella of the Three Greats.

The guild oversaw the Second Expedition, participating with their Knights.

After mounting pressure in **505PR**, they created a small base near Dyghon’s Tower and opened it up for adventurers to go in, monitoring the power levels of people to ensure there was minimal injury and death.