Guild Rivalry

There's an antagonizing friendly rivalry between Dragon's Tongue and Phoenix Down.

• Quests are paid in Beryls (coin currency)

Key Competition Examples:

• Merchants sometimes hire both guilds for the same job to compare who guards better.
• Both guilds may be assigned to investigate the same anomaly, ruin, or threat, leading to rivalry on-site.

During monster attacks on the walls:

• Both guilds often defend together; they track and compare individual/group kill counts (publicly and bragging about afterward).
• If only one guild is initially on duty when the alarm rings, the rival guild will arrive soon after (delayed by minutes, realistically — not instantly).
• Guild members boast, taunt, or bet on scores during/after fights.

Using Arna calendar year. Arnian blood line has ruled Hearth for 340 years.

• Currently 340th year of the Arna calender.

• King Arves Arn is living in his keep near the south side of the wall with Arvesta. He is an earth genasi, currently 89 years old but still looks young, fit and ready to rule for another 100 years.

• Hearth is the eastern continent.

• Yrgol is the unexplored western continent, separated by the Frustra Ocean.

• Steel equipment costs 150+ Beryl.

• Scaridinite equipment costs 500+ Beryl.

• Myrite equipment costs 900+ Beryl.

• Metrille equipment costs 1200+ costs Beryl.

• Yirixium equipment costs 4000+ Beryl.

• Adventurers die young → they live hard and mate frequently.

Geography & Travel (on foot): 15.5 mil sq miles.

• with small villages/towns along the way. Speed up if using mounts.
• East: Sweeper Woods → Kasia port (2 months).
• West: Sweeping Woods → Silverwind mining town (1.5 month) → Cinerashe Badlands (2 weeks) → Cinerashe Port Town
• North: Beryl Pass farmlands → plains → Sleeping Beryl Mountains → Irehold City (3.5 months).
• South: Giant's Pass road (rivers) → Eroded Giants Mountains → Safion (5 months)

Arvesta (Captial of Hearth):

• Population: ~30,000 (major hub sustained by guild adventurers, farmlands, and monster-part trade).
  • Of the population, 200 of them are guards
  • Of the population, 150 of them are part of the king's army.
• Dangerous city protected by 50 feet high / 9 feet thick walls. Constant monster threats.
• The South, East and West gates are ironwood with steel bands across them.
• The North gate has a portcullis with a smaller gate.
• Middle of the city is a large marketplace and two roads from north to south and east to west is called Market Road.
• Dragon's Tongue is on the east side.
• Phoenix Down is on the west side.
• 35 guards on EACH of the gates (North, South East and West) and their walls.
• 60 guards, are issued to guard the three days of farm lands north of the city.

• News takes time to travel from place to place.
• "Beryl" is what the coins are called in Hearth.
• Basics (food, inns) cost 5–20 Beryl coins. Services often traded via monster parts or quests.
• Seyche spider farms near the North Wall.
• Steel equipment costs 150+ Beryl.
• Scaridinite equipment costs 500+ Beryl.
• Myrite equipment costs 900+ Beryl.
• Metrille equipment costs 1200+ Beryl.
• Yirixium equipment costs 4000+ Beryl.

Tavern Delicacies:

• Tavern meals costs around 5-10 Beryl coins
• Frostfang Legs (earthy crab and oystery)
• Windtree Spider Legs (earth crab, lemony thyme)
• Common: Razenbuck boar, chicken.

Guild smiths (or other smiths) can craft with these metals. Rarity increases from Steel to Yirixium.

Steel[Common] — Most common metal; iron ore is abundant everywhere.

Scaridium [Rare] — Red ore (also called blood iron or flow metal) found near iron veins.

• Scaridinite (Scaridium steel alloy / 20-60% Scaridium) — Excellent for channeling magic. Just as heavy as steel.

• Scarlunium (50% aluminum / Scaridium) — Good for casting, great for sustained casting wands (mages).

• Myrgalite [Rare] — Shiny black ore (black luster steel) found near zinc.

  • Myrite - (after smelting Myrgalite) is tougher and stronger than steel but same weight, non-corrosive, premium for weapons and armor. Just as heavy as steel. Does NOT alloy with known metals (Can be runed but less effective.)

• Metrille [Rare] — Lightweight metal (35% the weight of steel); commonly used for armor due to its low weight and high durability. Good in rune enchantments. Found near beryl.

• Yirixium [Ultra Rare] — Silvery ore with a pale rainbow undertone. Self-healing properties (needs Phoenix ash when forging to fully bring out it's self-healing; exceptional for armor and weapons (magical or mundane). Found near Metrille deposits.

1. Common / Low Threats: -Goblin (Very Common, tends to be aggressive, many tribes commonly attack the city) -Hobgoblin (tend to be aggressive, Common) -Burrow Rat/ Purple Spotted Rat (cat sized) -Razenback Boar / Stoneback Boar -Dire Wolf -Dire Wolverine -Crimson Hawk -Veilwing Falcon -Cave Crawler, Carrion Crawler (2-10 ft) -Grick -Frostfang Spider (dog sized) -Windtree Spider (cat sized) -Cyclops -Cave Render (Like Cyclops but blind, has claws, likes to cages miners.)

2. Uncommon / Mid Threats: -Giant -Minotaur -Troll (ice/acid/etc. variants) -Owlbear -Chimera

3. Rare / High Threat: -Gore Chimera -Amarok wolf (A massive wolf that's also called the false garm, likes to hunt solo, kill solo prey and it'll hunt and eat anything. 10 ft at shoulder height. It hates garms but wants the garm's power so it takes on an element attribute if it kills and eats a garm. With take on appearances similar to garm if it has eaten one.) -Drake (Young wingless Dragons, they have bulky forearms that will thin out as the mass moves to the shoulders and become wings.) -Wyvern -Fomorian (Deep caves)

4. Very Rare / Strong Threat: -Remorhaz / Burgundy Wurm / Green Wurm / Tundra Wurm / Magma Wurm ( 10-100 ft) -Valley Beithir (valley caves, faster and poisonous) -Mountain Beithir (mountain top caves, lightning based, drinks lightning from storms) -Roc -Diremaul Bear (deep cold areas / 7-9000 lb) -Seyche Spider (10-13 ft, likes to eat drakes and fruit, don't really attack humanoids.) -Phoenix -Myconid

5. Ultra Rare / Extreme Threat: —All Garms, are massive to titanic size primordial elemental touched guardian wolves and don't like the Amarok wolves— -Ice Garm (11-12 ft at shoulder, intelligent and have telepathy, ignores humaniods. Lives in deep cold area near the frozen blossom tree) -Fire Garm (12-15 ft at shoulder, intelligent and have telepathy, ignores humaniods. Lives volcanic areas where Cinerashe trees grow.) -Lightning Garm (Also called Storm Garm, fights with Beithirs to drink the lightning. Lives in high mountain tops. 20-25 ft at shoulder, intelligent and have telepathy. Ignores humaniods.) -Lamprey Wurm (5-40 ft, paralysis song / wurm mothers have telepathy) -Ice / Sun Phoenix (evolution of the normal phoenix) -Dragon (and its colored variants)

Phoenix Down Guild: Small guild on the western side of Arvesta; rival guild to Dragon's Talon Guild on the east side.

• Gives pins for rank.
• 60 members in Arvesta.

Building:

• Main lobby with quest board, receptionist and an attached forge.
• Small tavern within the lobby.

Guild Ranking Progression:

• Spark: Lowest / Newest
• Blazewing: After 2 Months of being a Spark
• Scorchwing: Veteran (2 years +100 quests)
• Ashreaver: Legendary Kragor: Second-in-Command Ceraphine: Guild Master (currently away)

Key Staff:

• Smiths: Laharl and Iridessa
• Tavernkeeper: Syrdak
• Receptionist: Kirara (Female human, workaholic, insightful, gracious, bit disorderly, young 20s, messy bun, brunette, quill ink stained fingers.)

• Gives small plates for rank.
• 8-story headquarters on eastern side near walls. Houses hundreds of adventurers.
• Ground floor: Reception/lobby with quest boards; run by receptionist, Lyra
• Right side: Connected forge & armory building (master smiths Etna and Kogan.
• Left side: Connected large tavern.
• Upper floors: 2-8 are all living quarters.
• Guild master: De'tessa
• 450 members in Arvesta.

Ranking Progression:

• Bronze Rank: Entry Rank

• Steel Rank: After doing 30 quests.

• Scarlet Rank: After doing 100 Steel Rank quests.

• Metrille Rank: After doing 200 Scarlet Rank quests.

• Receptionist: Lyra (Female human [one of three triplet receptionist], workaholic, bit disorderly, early 30s, messy ponytail, blonde, sweet, encouragement.)

Appearance:

• Male Red Dragonborn, massive (7'9"), heavily muscled.
• Scarlet scales, curling crown horns.
• Golden slit-pupil eyes.

Personality:

• Booming, fiercely protective.
• Draconic pride tempered by deep guild loyalty.
• Dry humor and secretly emotional.
• Argues with the Dragon's Tongue guild master alot (in good fun).

Equipment:

• Full Myrite scale mail.
• Metrille greatsword "Emberfang" (ignites on command).
• Kite shield: phoenix clutching a dragon.

Favorite Lines:

• "Mother Flame isn't with us (blows smoke from nostrils). I'll deliver the heat in her stead. Phoenix Down—with me!"
• "De'tessa! You, me. We need to spar again (gives a toothy grin) I'm gonna win again! (he gives a booming laugh)”

Appearance:

• Towering female silver Dragonborn, 7'3" tall.
• Wears Myrite half plate armor over a gambeson.
• Carries an 8-foot-long [Yirixium] spear.
• Wears a protective amulet that fortifies her resistances.

Personality & Traits:

• Protective of guild members, but can come across as bossy.
• Very loyal and compassionate, but can seem conceited.
• Mature leader with a commanding presence.

Abilities:

• Partial true sight.
• Super enhanced toughness, iron scales, iron stomach.
• Lightning resistance, enhanced strength, enhanced stamina.

Signature Quotes:

• “You are Dragon’s Tongue now. That means when the world bares its teeth, we bite harder. Complain later — survive first.” To a group of arguing adventurers:
• “Enough. I didn’t build this guild on bickering. Save the fire for the monsters — or the tavern after.”

• Metrille Rank
• Master smith. Title: Kijin Smith

Appearance:

• 8-foot-tall female Oni.
• Reddish skin, purple hair.
• Amber eyes, honey-sweet voice.
• One curved black horn on the left side of her forehead.
• Wears normal working clothes plus a frost drake-themed smith's apron (crafted/gifted by Kohagak).

Abilities & Traits:

• Super-enhanced strength
• Enhanced stamina, and toughness.
• Passionate and dedicated smith: spends most time forging.
• Warm-hearted, strong-willed, always encouraging.

Role & Specialties:

• Primary weapon smith but capable of armor work too.

"Forge doesn't judge mistakes... it shows you yours. For all my mistakes, I've turned it around and given the title Kijin..."

"Overlord" Laharl

• Ashreaver Rank
• Master smith

Appearance:

• Male Wolfkin, tall (6'9"), muscular build
• Grey wolf features, tail slowly becomes white at tip, battle scars
• Wears wyvern hide armor set

Personality:

• Bold, cocky, protective.
• Argues with Etna alot when comparing finished smithing projects but when it comes down to it, the two work well together.
• Growls when angry.
• Loves fighting and meat.
• Calls allies "my vassels".

Signature Lines:

• "Grr, Etna!! You won't make better equipment than I can.”

Scarlet Rank

Appearance:

• Bulky, muscular male orc, 6'3" tall.
• Grey hair slicked back with a top knot, pointed beard.
• Wears a simple clothes, and a self-made frost drake hide smith's apron.

Personality & Traits:

• Gruff tone, can come off as selfish bordering on mischievous.
• Extremely keen on material quality, highly creative in his craft. Likes rare monster materials.
• Orcish regeneration, enhanced strength, toughness, stamina, iron stomach, and enhanced sense of smell (detects flaws in hides/metals).

Role & Specialties:

• Specializes in monster hide armors and two-handed weapon crafting (heads, fittings, etc.).

Signature Quotes:

• “Good hide don’t beg for mercy. It either sings under the knife… or it bleeds uselessly. Which one are we makin’ today?"

Scorchwing Rank

Appearance:

• Female devilkin, red skin, grey horns curving back from forehead
• Amber eyes, ponytail
• Wears fire troll hide armor set

Personality:

• Sly, flirtatious, and clever
• Loves teasing Laharl
• Deeply loyal to the guild

Signature Lines:

• "Careful where you look, sweet thing — my tail's not the only thing that stings when provoked."

Appearance:

• Male Firbolg, 7ft muscular build
• Brown fur with mossy patches
• Bovine nose, drooping ears, warm hazel eyes
• Braided mane with ale-soaked beads

Personality:

• Gentle giant with unshakable calm
• Wise storyteller
• Booming laugh

Signature Line:

• "Come 'round, come 'round, family — me mead mends more than thirst, and me ears hear every take worth tellin'.”

Works at Phoenix Down under Syrdak

Appearance:

• Female Faun, spry and agile.
• Curved brown ram horns.
• Fluffy goat legs, cloven hooves.
• Chestnut fur, mischievous emerald eyes.
• Auburn mane.

Personality:

• Playful charmer.
• Turns every order into a little performance.

Signature Line:

• "Hooves in the air for the next round, loves! Syrdak's brew is calling—let's make this night sing!”

Steel Rank

Appearance:

• Broad, barrel-chested half-orc.
• Face is heavily scarred and weathered.
• One ear missing, replaced by a jagged shiny scar and a small silver hoop earring on the remnant.
• Left tusk cracked.
• Always wears a once-fine burgundy waistcoat with beer stains. Personality & Traits:
• Gruff, world-weary, but with a dry sense of humor.
• Loves pouring drinks and offering wry wisdom.

Signature Quote

• When pouring a drink: "This'll either fix what ails ya… or give ya something new to complain about. Either way, progress.”

Appearance: -Pale moonlight skin. -Silvery hair with faint blue undertone, worn in a long messy braid with two dried flowers. -Bright violet eyes. -Elegant elven features. -Small notch missing from left eyebrow. -Standard tavern apron over a dark teal tunic.

Personality & Traits: -Graceful and elegant in true elven fashion, but deeply sarcastic and world-weary. -Quick-tempered around rowdy patrons, especially low ranked members. -Dry, biting humor.

Signature Quote: While carrying overflowing mugs: "Five hundred years of elven grace, and I'm still carrying piss-warm beer for creatures who think 'bath' is an optional hobby…”

• Born in Irehold on the Hearth continent.
• CURRENTLY AWAY on a continent to the west called Yrgol establishing a new branch at the frontier.
• Aggys is the port town, on the eastern side of Yrgol.
• By ship the Aggys town lead to Cinerashe Port Town.

Appearance:

• Female Autumn Eladrin, tall (6'10"), ethereal build
• Golden-red hair with a moon lily.
• Amber-orange eyes.

Personality:

• Wise, compassionate leader, melancholic yet hopeful
• Protective of her guild "family".

Equipment:

• Flowing Metrille robes in red-gold-orange with phoenix embroidery
• Circlet, carries a Cinerashe wood staff topped with a rose quartz crystal.

June argues with Yahua all the time about the wares trying to outsell each other.

June: Dragon's Tongue, Steel Rank, missing left pinky, early 30s, fiery, strong willed, sarcastic. brigandine set and halberd. Hawks Etna's crafts in the morning.

Yahua argues with June all the time about the wares trying to outsell each other.

Yahua: Phoenix Down, Scorchwing Rank, copper bead braided beard, late 30s, crude, brave, self-confident. chainmail and Warhammer. Hawks Laharl's gear in the morning.

North Guard Captain: Torvald - Male, brave, principal, detail oriented, hot tempered. Likes to keep score of number of goblins he's killed.

South Guard Captain: Harralda - Female, observant, calm under pressure, talkative, bit vindictive, polishes his spear every day.

West Guard Captain: Tomasik - Male, helpful, protective, quiet, suspicious. Insists on checking locks and the gates three times before going off duty.

East Guard Captain: Harlanji - Female, compassionate, courageous, realistic, arrogant. Logs each attack on the wall.

Guard Commander: Killiana - Coordinates between the farm and wall/gate guards. Female, scar across jaw, honest, modest, strategic leader, tense and moody.

The Army - Most keep to the castle, defending the king, 30 of them patrol the city.

• Drakes are the young form of a dragon.
• The young drake's forearm is really bulky.
• As the drake grows, a nub near the shoulder blade will appear and soon the bulky forearm lean down as all the muscles and and nutrients are turned to make the wings.
• At 100 years old the drake will become a dragon.