Cariadoc’s Guild
Cariadoc is a short, broad-shouldered man with a handsome’ face and a wide grin. His cheerful expression conceals a temperament cold and vicious, and a disposition rarely better than dourly melancholy. Cariadoc grins widest while watching the death throes of his enemies, and likes to be present when his men torture and interrogate opponents. He is the master of The Black Hand guild that controls assassination and murder for hire, and his thugs and toughs provide protection and strong-arm support for other Hand guilds.
Cariadoc’s operation is tripartite. The most elite and highly trained members of his guild are the two small cells of assassins, who are used to eliminate prominent Black Hand enemies, double agents, and others who cross the Hand, or get in its way. The efficiency of these killers, at least for those who know of them, causes them to be one of the Hand’s most feared instruments. If the Hand is approached by an outside source to hire contract killers, and the price is right (as much as 50,000 gold pieces if the victim is highly placed or well-guarded), Cariadoc’s assassins may be placed upon the job.
By far the largest part of Cariadoc’s guild, however, is formed of the half-dozen cells of thugs in his employ. These thirty-odd men are the core of the Hand’s “muscle”, and spend much of their time policing shops and businesses under Black Hand protection. At times, they may operate in conjunction with other Hand guilds as required, or perform actions on their own, such as trashing the shops of those recalcitrants who refuse to pay protection, at the request of other Black Hand leaders.
The third division of Cariadoc’s guild is the small cell of professional torturers that he maintains at his headquarters, Redonso’s Grain Mill (owned by Prospero Maggia). Part of the basement of the mill is a well-stocked torture chamber, fitted with the latest and nastiest torture devices. The two torturers operate the mill, whose constant mechanical grinding nicely obscures the screams emanating from the basement when the two are involved with their professional occupation.
Common Information
Basics
Type: Guild, Thieves
Parent Organization: The Black Hand
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