# Faction: Treston Adventurers Guild
A smaller, less prestigious adventuring guild on Guild Row in [[City - Treston]], run by the honest and humble [[NPC - Oliver]].
## Overview
The Treston Adventurers Guild operates out of a dilapidated guild hall on Guild Row, competing with larger and more powerful guilds for contracts and members. Unlike its competitors, the guild is known for straightforward, honest dealings and fair contracts rather than prestige or power.
## Leadership
- **Guild Leader:** [[NPC - Oliver]]
- Management style: Honest, humble, straightforward
- Values competent adventurers willing to do good work over those seeking prestige
## Membership
- **[[Party - Elvensong]]** - The guild's most prominent current members
- Membership terms: 10% cut of profits from guild jobs, no joining fee
- One of the most favorable contract terms on Guild Row
## Location
- **Guild Hall:** Dilapidated building on Guild Row in [[City - Treston]]
- Condition reflects the guild's modest resources compared to wealthier competitors
## Competition
The Treston Adventurers Guild competes with several other guilds on Guild Row:
- **Everreach/Evereach** - Powerful and demanding
- **Aurora Exotics** - Prestigious with complex requirements
- **Dark Band** - Niche operations
- **Grey Hunters** - Specialized guild
- All competitors offer less favorable terms but greater prestige or resources
## Services & Operations
- Provides adventuring contracts to members
- Facilitates connections between clients and adventurers
- Offers legal authorization to adventure in [[Region - Prosperia]]
- Types of jobs: Protection, investigation, delivery, bounty hunting
## Reputation
- Known for honest dealings
- Less prestigious than competitors
- Favorable contract terms
- Attracts adventurers who value fairness over fame
- Growing reputation through [[Party - Elvensong]]'s successes
## Session History
### Session 1-3
- [[Party - Elvensong]] visited Guild Row after being directed by [[NPC - Lieutenant Eddaman]]
- The party was courted by many factions on Guild Row
- After weighing offers from powerful groups, chose the Treston Adventurers Guild
- [[NPC - Oliver]] offered them a simple contract: 10% cut, no joining fee
- The party christened themselves "[[Party - Elvensong]]"
- **First official quest:** Deal with thugs at [[Location - Redstone Market]] for [[NPC - Joseph (Market Head)]]
- **Second job:** Deliver sacred oil to three temples atop [[Landmark - Alder Rock]]
- Temples: [[Temple - Church of Many Mouths]], [[Temple - Dying House]], [[Temple - Ashen Temple]]
- Party's efficiency earned handsome reward and notice of city elite
### Session 4
- [[NPC - Oliver]] had correspondence waiting for [[Party - Elvensong]] upon their return from [[Hamlet - Umbra]] with [[Bandit - Tommy Greenscale]]