A little info on the Amethyst Star Syndicate

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU
All members must acknowledge other members and respect the rank of all superior officers. Every member will have duties he or she should fulfill and a commanding officer to which he or she must report, should he or she choose. Reporting is optional in the Syndicate, though it is required if you wish to gain rank. Those who fail to render respect, complete their duties, and attend any mandatory meetings, to which he or she is not excused from, risk being demoted, expelled, or in some cases...exterminated

All members are required to conduct their official affairs in a way that will bring honor to the collective that is the Syndicate. All members are asked not to bring disgrace to the Syndicate with their unofficial actions. Every member is an ambassador for the Syndicate to the Nexus that is Kaos, and we wish to make a good impression.

BENEFITS OF JOINING
There are many benefits of joining. One is rank. There is always an opportunity for advancement for those who perform their duties well and in a timely manner. Another is a place to belong; a place of order and safety. A third benefit is that of companionship. Every member, from Slick to Parun, must acknowledge every other member. You will never be completely ignored by your fellows.

We also hope that by joining, you acquire a sense of purpose, something to work towards. Together, we are a unit, all of us working with one another. Together, we are the Amethyst Star Syndicate.

The Amethyst Star Syndicate is ruled over by the nija-assassin, known only as Urchoíd. The assassin was one of the original paruns that signed the Axim of Kaos, and remained in charge of the guild for the subsequent 10,000 years; some say he is immortal, while other speculations include an afinity and/or accord with dark beings and magicks. One of the crucial clauses of the Axim of Kaos was that none of the signatories(including Urchoíd) could reveal the existence of the Syndicate to Kaos's people, thereby protecting the guild's anonymity while forcing it to remain hidden. This created a flaw in the Axim's structure that would eventually allow it to be broken.

Officially, the guild does not exist. The Kaosii people generally believe that there are only a few guilds and that if there ever was an Amethyst Star Syndicate, it dissolved thousands of years ago. The name of the Syndicate is not known by most people and those that do know it, believe it to be a myth, childrens' story or a paranoid conspiracy theory. This misinformation is actively propagated by the Syndicate itself, as a method for avoiding suspicion.

The guild operates on a strictly need-to-know basis. At the top of its hierarchy is Urchoíd, the lord of secrets. Only he is fully aware of all of the guild's activities. Beneath Urchoíd are the Secrosages (Individuals appointed to hold the guild's secrets), who oversee the guild's activities from Amethyst Hall, the Halls of Shadow. They manipulate the flow of information, keeping the guild informed on all things whilst keeping the rest of the plane ignorant. Few individuals are ever allowed to meet the guild's leaders, as instead a network of middle-men are employed to pass on messages to cells of field operatives. Agents at the very bottom of the guild only meet a mysterious individual in a back alley that gives them some basic information on their target and nothing else.

The Syndicate has a rank of guildmages; mages used in operation for the benefit of the guild. The guild's guildmages use their magic to influence the minds of others. They can send messages to operatives over distances or strike people with amnesia, magically alter memories or even perform lobotomies on victims to cover their tracks. The Syndicate also practices Necromancy, creating undead minions such as skeletons and wights to carry out missions. Such minions are employed as they are single-minded, easy to create and dispose of, cannot be interrogated in the event of capture and are easily blamed on another guild, instead. Spirits are also used by the Syndicate to pass on messages, carry out surveillance invisibly or even to possess important figures such as judges and senators. Nobody is beyond the reach of the Amethyst Star Syndicate.