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for the results of any research. Any items created must
remain within the Brotherhood, or the Brotherhood
must be reimbursed for the item’s market value.
Each a strangely principled pirate or smuggler,
every member of the organization is required to sign
a copy of the “Articles of the Brotherhood”—the
basic laws that govern the organization. The Articles
are similar to those that traditionally govern pirate
crews. Among the articles, one of the most important
requires tithing to the Brotherhood and freely sharing
arcane knowledge with other members. Stealing from
brethren is forbidden as is harming a fellow outside
of formal challenges. Some brethren break these rules
and sometimes get away with it, but the Brotherhood
polices its own and enforces the Articles with the
draconian corporal punishments outlined therein.
Cygnaran Reconnaissance Service
Directly controlled by Scout General Bolden
Rebald (male Thurian Rgr13/Spy3), Cygnaran
Reconnaissance is composed of the best scouts and
marksmen the Cygnaran military has to offer and the
best spies and informants that Rebald has been able
to cull from the citizens of the kingdoms. In addition
to plying the ranks of the soldiery for recruits, the
Scout General has also worked hard to locate and
train agents from all levels of society. After all, just as
much information can be gleaned from conversations
at dinners of state as from observing troop movements
and intercepting military couriers.
To all appearances, Sir Rebald has retired from
active duty in the Knights of the Highgate Vigil, and
King Leto has promoted him to the Royal Assembly
as scout general—a newly created position responsible
for monitoring Cygnar’s rangers, scouts, war bards, and
military chroniclers. In fact, Sir Rebald was charged
with developing a Cygnaran information-gathering
network to replace Vinter IV’s Inquisition. In the
past ten years, Sir Rebald has established a kingdomwide
network capable of quickly relaying sensitive
information to his offices in Caspia. Meanwhile the
scout general remains as active as ever, keeping tabs
on Cygnar’s many enemies.
Though Sir Rebald has amassed a sizeable
intelligence network, his agents are spread extremely
thin given the current state of the kingdoms. Even
before the start of the war, the Reconnaissance
Service was barely able to keep the Scout General, and
therefore the King, apprised of the latest happenings
abroad. With the Khadoran occupation of Llael, it
has become even more difficult. A large number of
Rebald’s operatives in Llael were quickly captured
or killed leaving the scout general to suspect that his
ranks had been compromised by Khadoran spies.
Dargule’s Mice
Traditionally, the Sancteum of the Church of
Morrow has no covert organization for gathering
information. They have always been able to stay
aware of the latest happenings by the normal dayto-day
missives of their far-flung priesthood and the
Vicarate Councils that supervise them. However,
Exarch Sebastian Dargule has taken a more proactive
approach, and over the years he has recruited
informants and contacts specifically tasked with
keeping him apprised. Their nickname was bestowed
in a sarcastic aside by an exarch of Khador after the
Exordeum enquired about the source of some recent
bit of news: “Perhaps this comes from one of Dargule’s
mice? I know he keeps many.”
Although many members of the Exordeum
disapprove of Dargule’s methods, few of them argue
with the results. His “friends” have shortened the
delay period for news to the Sancteum by weeks and
have enabled them to deal with looming problems
better. Dargule’s mice number in the dozens and are
scattered primarily across port cities of the western
seaboard from Highgate to Ohk. Among them are
several of the Walkers faith of Morrow (of which
Dargule is the highest ranking member).
These pilgrims see and hear much while on their
holy treks. The exarch is reputed to have many seedy
and wayward contacts who travel in dubious circles
including adventurers, merchants, and smugglers, and
he, of course, argues that such folk require spiritual
counseling as much if not more than those highborn
or openly pious.
The Former Inquisition
The Cygnaran Inquisition organized under the rule
of Vinter Raelthorne IV spread terror and suspicion
throughout Cygnar. When Vinter was driven out, it
was hardly surprising that Inquisitors were hunted
down and lynched or incarcerated on Bloodshore
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