The Violet Grith

Founded by the Abdit, the Violet Grith is a secret organization dedicated to keeping ancient laws and rules that pre-date the laws of Endruin or Haenor. Rather, they follow the laws of stories. The laws of legend. Ancient traditions, superstitions, and lore. As such, they are criminalized by the powers-that-be of Haenor who wish to impose the laws of blood and exploitation. The Violet Grith, therefore, engages in criminal activity as a means of living how they wish to live rather than how others wish them to live. It is not a matter of resisting tyranny or protecting nature or even survival, but of keeping to their own ways.

The Abdit keeps secrets that no one else knows, and as such, they have powers none else may have. And some secrets, they share, allowing others to have powers. The criminal network they have built protects the interests of their own people, some of whom live upright lives. If someone is a spirit of a culture that follows these ancient laws, they are protectees of the Abdit and the Violet Grith.

It is said the Violet Grith arrived in Haenor with the first slaves who could remember their own stories. And it is stories like those that empower the Violet Grith.

Hierarchy

The Violet Grith is structured like a hidden kingdom. The Abdit is its "regent". They have appointed others to help guide it, figures known as "archwardens". Each archwarden has a potent secret shared with them by the Abdit that gives them powers. There are six archwardens, and to them answer six great wardens each, and to them answer six wardens each. Each warden leads a ward, which is a territory defined by the warden's stories and secrets.

The purposes of the Violet Grith are the enrichment of the Violet Grith, the protection of those who live by the lore, and the keeping of the secrets of the Abdit.

Roles

Headquarters

The headquarters of the Violet Grith is called the Underway. It is located in a secret location whose three entrances are hidden in the lore, and which changes from time to time. To the unknowing, it might just look like an obscure, forgotten corner of the old city that sunk under during floods many centuries ago.

The Violet Grith has many safe-houses, shops, brothels, even whole neighborhoods within the city of Haenor. Any location controlled by the Violet Grith is a ward and has at least one warden protecting it. They also keep a secret library wherein many special stories are kept.

Members

Liwen Mispumo, the Abdit, Regent of the Violet Grith

Archwarden Tomnat, dunmharfoir
Archwarden Saqra, liabhairin
Archwarden Nathy, seanchai
Archwarden Ikumasa, faatonu
Archwarden Fechine, grinning mage
Archwarden Dubhessa, cailleach

Great Warden Huacmitl Nequiz, lead cateran, spirit,

Great Warden Aileran Mac Sithigh, patriarch of the Mac Sithigh family, dorner
Great Warden Uallach Bradain, matriarch of the Bradain family, dorner
Great Warden Mael Muire Corraidhin, hierarch of the Corraidhin family, dorner

Great Warden and Captain Contemplation Gash of the Bold and Daring, swashbuckler

Jack o' Kent, the Wily Man, head grinning mage

Great Warden Usuramassu, lead harimtu

Warden Best Simonson, lead torturer
Warden Eidean Vereker, lead rambler

Padraig "Packy" Bradain, fir bolg dorner, nephew to Uallach