Interplanar Bounty Syndicate

## The Interplanar Bounty Syndicate

"We are not a business that profits from murder. We are a school that profits from murder"

### People

The SystemMoney Jim

Mitchson Ironclad

Grum

The Interplanar Bounty Syndicate, more commonly referred to as the I.B.S. is the main bounty hunting organisation of Mundanus, having various offices and contacts in most major cities. It was founded in the year 557 IC, by an individual simply known as the System and Mitchson Ironclad, who was long term member and leader of the IBS until his disappearance 711 IC. It was was named somewhat pre-emptively as convenient planar travel seemed mere decades away at the time of its creation.

Since its creation it has primarily been filled with with wizards deemed "unfit for proper tutelage" by more prominent establishments such as Eight Colleges. Giving people born to low class and status a chance to learn magic in a more "practical" environment. So it is largely filled with wizards and considers itself "a very profitable academic organisation" according to Money Jim, The System's only representative and the main representative of the organisation.

## Marked Guides

The IBS is also available to low level criminals, who are deemed worthy of a second chance or their knowledge regarding other bounties considered too valuable. Those in this position are usually referred to as "marked guides", where they would have the IBS sigil magically branded onto their palm, becoming trackable should they try to escape. No court or kingdom can request someone to become a marked guide, only recommend to the IBS (unless favours are owed), so hunters will usually attend criminal sentencing to find an appropriate marked guide when in a new city.

Most Kingdoms allow marked guides as they get a twenty percent cut of any bounties collected as a result of the actions or information given by marked guides they provide, as well as essentially a guarantee that some bounties in the immediate area would be cleared by the guides' hunter. However, some kingdoms may view it as slavery or as some way for criminals to worm their way out of their sentencing, thus banning the practice in their borders.

Marked guides, essentially act as apprentices and helpers to the hunter that marked them. Learning the trade and helping them navigate the criminal underworld, should they need it. A marked guide is freed after 5 times the value of their bounty is earned. Not every hunter will take a marked guide. In the Empire, Mitchson Ironclad is the only member allowed to take a marked guide, and he only does so when looking for a new member for The Hats, the elite of the I.B.S.

After a sentence is completed, the guide is acquitted of all crimes and is usually offered a place in the IBS. As a result, around a third of the IBS's members were previously criminals in some capacity.

## The Hats

The Hats are some of the highest ranking members of the IBS, one relating to each of the Schools of Magic. Mitchson, one of the founders, was the Abjuration hat before his disappearance, and has since been replaced by Travis Palash, though leadership of the IBS has been taken by the Enchantment hat, Lilith Deviltongue. The Illusion hat, Grum, was replaced with Jenna Brylee. The other hats remain the same: Conjuration as Karen Taketh'ccids, Divination as Sasha Long, Evocation as Abbie Firecracker, Necromancy as Barry Redshorts and Transmutation as Dunther Venus.