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Originally, the [[Guild Council]] was an organization that worked in tandem with the King, drafting their own legislation and approving construction and regulatory proposals made by the King. However, after King [[Kerath]] abdicated the throne in [[6977 DE]], ending the [[List of D'ni Kings|reign of the kings]], he transferred full power to the Guild Council, appointing five Great Lords to lead it. After that, the 18 Major Guilds - each represented by 19 Guild Masters and one Grand Master - ruled D'ni completely. Kerath had argued, "D'ni is the Guilds," and he could see no other organization better suited to rule D'ni until the coming of what he believed to be the true Great King – he strongly believed that King [[Ahlsendar]], thought by many during his reign to be the prophesied Great King, was in fact a fraud and a liar. | Originally, the [[Guild Council]] was an organization that worked in tandem with the King, drafting their own legislation and approving construction and regulatory proposals made by the King. However, after King [[Kerath]] abdicated the throne in [[6977 DE]], ending the [[List of D'ni Kings|reign of the kings]], he transferred full power to the Guild Council, appointing five Great Lords to lead it. After that, the 18 Major Guilds - each represented by 19 Guild Masters and one Grand Master - ruled D'ni completely. Kerath had argued, "D'ni is the Guilds," and he could see no other organization better suited to rule D'ni until the coming of what he believed to be the true Great King – he strongly believed that King [[Ahlsendar]], thought by many during his reign to be the prophesied Great King, was in fact a fraud and a liar. | ||
Just prior to the [[fall of D'ni]], Guild Master [[Aitrus]] of the [[Guild of Surveyors]], with the help of his wife [[Ti'ana]], began proposing measures that would give | Just prior to the [[fall of D'ni]], Guild Master [[Aitrus]] of the [[Guild of Surveyors]], with the help of his wife [[Ti'ana]], began proposing measures that would give some of the authority of government back to the commoners of D'ni. This was met with considerable resistance from the entrenched aristocracy behind the Council, but the measures passed. Unfortunately, nothing is known at this time about what these measures actually did to empower the general populace. | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
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===Member ranks=== | ===Member ranks=== | ||
Ranking in the Guilds is slightly unclear, but there were clearly many levels of rank, including, from lowest to highest, Cadet, Guildsman, Guild Master, Grand Master, and Great Lord. There was also a Guild Captain rank according to research on [ | Ranking in the Guilds is slightly unclear, but there were clearly many levels of rank, including, from lowest to highest, Cadet, Guildsman, Guild Master, Grand Master, and Great Lord. There was also a Guild Captain rank according to research on [article=Teledahn]'s history as documented by [article=Douglas Sharper], but its place in the hierarchy is currently unclear. Rank was indicated by symbols sewn onto the cloaks of the Guild member. 8 symbols – 4 to a side – indicated the lowest rank, while the Great Lords had only one such symbol. Rank was not based on age, but it is unclear exactly what requirements had to be met to move up in the ranks of the Guild. | ||
===Eligibility=== | ===Eligibility=== | ||
Membership in the Guilds was typically reserved for the upper classes of D'ni society due to the high monetary cost of enrollment. A scholarship program was instituted in [[4721 DE]] by King [[Demath]], requiring the Guilds to accept a certain percentage of students who passed the entrance exams but were unable to afford the price. | Membership in the Guilds was typically reserved for the upper classes of D'ni society due to the high monetary cost of enrollment. A scholarship program was instituted in [[4721 DE]] by King [[Demath]], requiring the Guilds to accept a certain percentage of students who passed the entrance exams but were unable to afford the price. | ||
Women were not allowed in the Major Guilds, though there was a failed initiative to include them in [[3523 DE]]. This was met with considerable resistance by [[Shama]], the wife of | Women were not allowed in the Major Guilds, though there was a failed initiative to include them in [[3523 DE]]. This was met with considerable resistance by [[Shama]], the wife of [[King Ti'amel]], and as a result of her arguments, the proposal was dropped. However, a proposal several years earlier in [[3500 DE]] did enable women to join the Minor Guilds for the first time, though prior to that they had been allowed to participate unofficially (as actresses, for example). | ||
==Heraldry== | ==Heraldry== | ||
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==Lists of Classical Guilds== | ==Lists of Classical Guilds== | ||
===Major Guilds=== | ===Major Guilds=== | ||
The following Guilds made up the D'ni Council at the time of D'ni's fall in 9400 DE: | |||
* [[Guild of Analysts]] | |||
* [[Guild of Archivists]] | |||
* [[Guild of Books]] | |||
* [[Guild of Cartographers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Caterers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Chemists]] | |||
* [[Guild of Engineers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Healers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Ink-Makers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Legislators]] | |||
* [[Guild of Linguists]] | |||
* [[Guild of Maintainers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Mechanists]] | |||
* [[Guild of Messengers]] | |||
* [[Guild of Miners]] | |||
* [[Guild of Stone-Masons]] | |||
* [[Guild of Surveyors]] | |||
* [[Guild of Writers]] | |||
In | In addition, the following Major Guilds existed at various points in D'ni history: | ||
* [[Guild of Fine Artists]] | |||
===Minor Guilds=== | ===Minor Guilds=== | ||
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* [[Guild of Musicians]] | * [[Guild of Musicians]] | ||
* [[Guild of Sculptors]] | * [[Guild of Sculptors]] | ||
==Restoration of the Guilds== | ==Restoration of the Guilds== | ||
On July 31, 2007, the [[DRC]] opened the neighborhood of [[Kirel]] to explorers. The neighborhood was at one time the DRC's base of operations in D'ni, but now serves as a gathering place for all explorers interested in the Guild system. The DRC has outlined five Guilds which they believe are the most important to be resurrected in this new D'ni being built today. Four of these are Guilds that existed at the time of the Fall, while the fifth – the Guild of Greeters – was created by explorers in 2003 to work and guide with new explorers through their initial explorations of D'ni. The full list is as follows: | On July 31, 2007, the [[DRC]] opened the neighborhood of [[Kirel]] to explorers. The neighborhood was at one time the DRC's base of operations in D'ni, but now serves as a gathering place for all explorers interested in the Guild system. The DRC has outlined five Guilds which they believe are the most important to be resurrected in this new D'ni being built today. Four of these are Guilds that existed at the time of the Fall, while the fifth – the Guild of Greeters – was created by explorers in 2003 to work and guide with new explorers through their initial explorations of D'ni. The full list is as follows: | ||
* [[Guild of Cartographers (restored)]] | * [[Guild of Cartographers (restored)]] | ||
* [[Guild of Greeters]] | * [[Guild of Greeters]] | ||
* [[Guild of Maintainers (restored)]] | * [[Guild of Maintainers (restored)]] | ||
* [[Guild of Messengers (restored)]] | * [[Guild of Messengers (restored)]] | ||
* [[Guild of Writers (restored)]] | * [[Guild of Writers (restored)]] | ||
In addition, the [[Guild of Archivists (restored)|Guild of Archivists]] has also been restored, though without the backing of the DRC. | |||
[[Category:Guilds]] | [[Category:Guilds]] | ||
[[Category:D'ni culture]] | [[Category:D'ni culture]] |