Shadecrest

== The Bounty Hunters' guild, Shadecrest, serves as a major component of the ToA campaign, as well as having a huge role in Alcatar as a whole. == The infamous guild Shadecrest is a guild comprised mostly of bounty hunters and they serve as a leading underground authority of the lawless region of Alcatar. The extend of their authority however, is solely based on their reputation, where they are both revered by the public and hated by the criminals. As a guild for bounty hunters, they operate on contracts and bounties, only few times in the history of the guild has the Guild Master gone out of their way to do something that wasn't profitable.

It is unknown how long the guild has existed for, denizens of Alcatar speculate at least 50 years, as that is around the time where the bounty hunters were first documented working under some sort of union. It also unknown where their whereabouts are, as the bounty hunters are always seen emerging from and disappearing into the forests of Alcatar. Conspiracy theorists go as far as suggest that Shadecrest is linked with the Savages, and that they're working together to take control of Alcatar.

The guild is entirely self-sufficient and gets no funds from Fortenmar. Although they maintain a neutral relationship with them, which borders more towards good, at the time of the ToA campaign. Although a group this big, with as advanced and strong equipment as they have could be of concern to local authorities around Alcatar and eastern Zion, time and time again the guild has proven that they are a force for good. As there are no civilian deaths linked to the guild in recorded history. Members of Shadecrest have been overheard suggesting that their Guild Master has friends in high places, as it seems like it's helped their guild sustain their position in Alcatar, and be on the good side of Fortenmar for a long time.

Not every authority likes Shadecrest, guards of cities especially in Alcatar are known to belittle and boss around Shadecrest members, whereas a town like Leeside could lead to a quick demise of any bounty hunter should they enter.

Known guild members include Balmaris, the right hand man of the Guild Master. Mostly older people will remember him, as he seems to do less field work these days and spends more time keeping the Headquarters together. Brabom Staregu, who has quite the reputation in especially Dunncaster, where he single-handedly captured a bandit leader that had been terrorizing the town. Valeria, a newly recruited young woman to the guild, the public first took note of her when she accidentally destroyed the interior of a tavern in Swinford. Her punishment within the guild was promptly guard duty at the HQ and being banned from field work for a shorter time period.