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|guild_name  = The Syssin Syndicate
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|desc        = Opportunistic merchants of death.
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! style="font-size: 120%; border-left: 2px solid #2b3; padding-left: 7px; text-align: left;" width=50% | The Managing Director
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| [[Maghak, the Sovereign]]
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| Ferrik, Periluna and Osmond
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| Zun
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| style="color: #555; font-size: 85%;" | Reformed in 371 MA, the Syssin Syndicate owes its life to the ancient lineage of the Spirean Defenders, those men and women trained by the God of Artifice to be His loyal soldiers.


Where one may have once envisioned a dank warren of cutthroats, the Syndicate takes its inspiration from the trade companies and cartels of Albedos, styling themselves as a familial business, with an emphasis on loyalty and a brutal spin on honor.
|gm_title    = The Managing Director
|gm          = Raeche
|patron      = [[Maghak, the Sovereign]]
|sec_title    = Directors
|secs        = Ferrik, Periluna, and Osmond
|hon_title    = Quality Control Manager
|hon          = Zun


Headquartered in the Republic of [[Spinesreach]], the Syndicate feeds from its own notoriety. Individual members are trained to be the dominant and pioneering force wherever they go, as respected as they are feared and reviled. Natural born leaders, Syndicate members have their fingers in every pie they can reach, and command authority in their communities. They are the rogues you love to hate, and hate enough to love.
|residence    = [[Spinesreach]]
|alignment    = [[Shadow]]


Like all guilds, the Syssin are comprised of members trained in many disciplines and arts, however, they pass on their own teachings, adapted and built on from the original methods of Lord Severn. With Venom, Syssin can produce the deadliest poisons known to mankind, from substances that produce paralysis to the deadly Voyria compound, known
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Through their training in Hypnosis, these deadly agents can pierce through an unwitting victim's mental defenses, bombarding their minds with crippling diseases, disorders and ailments that can be released at any time.
 
Deadliest of all is the ancient art of Subterfuge, a martial system taught to the Ankyrean-era soldiers of [[Spinesreach]] and continually built upon over the centuries. With Subterfuge, a Syssin can move vast distances in the blink of an eye, trail victims without their notice, pierce distant targets with deft arrow shots, and even vanish from the plane of reality.
 
In manners of business, politics, espionage and sabotage, the Syssin Syndicate can claim no equals. This path is not for everyone, and there are those who, consumed by the avaricious and nefarious lifestyle, find themselves unable to make the cut and fade into obscurity. But those who work hard for the business find their place in the stars, and are remembered by Aetolia forever.
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== History ==
== History ==
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== Guildhalls ==
== Guildhalls ==
Like many guilds, the Syssin have operated from quite a handful of different bases.
=== The Shadowsnake Ship ===
The first incarnation of the Syssin guildhall, during their tenure as the Shadowsnakes. A ship of considerable dimensions, it was moored in the harbor of [[Ashtan]] for many years, unable to leave due to the surrounding mass of the archipelago. When an outbreak of expiring suicide mice destroyed parts of the city, the ship's lagoon was opened to the ocean for the first time, and the Shadowsnakes sailed it to the [[Western Wilderness]], one of the most remote areas in [[Sapience]].
The ship itself was eventually sunk by another suicide mouse, and currently lies at the bottom of the ocean.
=== Spirean Hideaway ===
The ancient, underground home of the Syssin Defenders, reoccupied as the guild's identity was rediscovered. Housed in [[Spinesreach]], it contained a small number of rooms, including a physics laboratory, workstation for the milking of venoms, and bunkers. It contained a mechanism for accessing another, hidden part of the guildhall, but the means of getting there was a closely guarded secret.
=== The Defenders Sanctum / Syndicate HQ ===
Originally an expansion to the original Spirean hideaway, the Sanctum was designed by Lin al-Akir during her first tenure as [[guildmaster]], and eventually superseded the original guildhall entirely. Designed for residence as well as training, it features a dormitory, library (the Kazael Complex), chambers for each [[secretary]] and the guildmaster, a training yard, pool, and theater. A hidden chamber in the Sanctum leads to an escape hatch, which allows Syssin to exit to the [[Pachacacha River]]. The secret lower portion of the guildhall still exists, unchanged, but the access continues to be guarded.
The Defenders Sanctum has been continually added on to and modified since its inception, and is now informally known as "Syndicate HQ", a term coined by guildmaster Klonk Gnarlstone. The guildhall exists, currently, in this state.
== Allies and Enemies ==
Because of their controversial, mercenary attitude, the Syssin are not often liked by many guilds on either side of the Shadow/Spirit spectrum. They are most notably, however, aligned closely with the [[Atabahi (Guild)|Atabahi]], who began as a group of former Syssin Defenders who were experimented on by the [[Ankyreans]]. Those guilds who espouse truth and [[Spirit]] are often the Syndicate's worst enemies; namely, the [[Luminaries (Guild)|Luminaries]] and [[Daru]].
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