The simply-named Messengers’ Guild is a conglomerate of merchants, couriers, caravan operators, and others who work together to create a rudimentary postal system. Identified by their stylized nightingale emblem, Messengers’ Guild offices are located all over the land. Large cities often have several, and even smaller towns usually have at least one. Smaller villages and settlements usually use the nearest city’s office, either traveling there to drop off and pick up mail or contracting a courier to pick up and drop off their on a regular basis.

There is also a darker side to the Messengers’ Guild. With their vast network of resources, they specialize in smuggling anything anywhere for the right price. A prince might be smuggled through lands hostile to his crown, or drugs and other illegal goods may be smuggled to more lucrative markets. Because of this, the guild faces constant scrutiny, but they prove too invaluable for any politician or nobleman to actually act against.

Encounters with The Messengers’ Guild

The PCs’ benefactor has determined that an item of great import is being shipped to one of his enemies, and he sends the PCs to intercept the shipment.

A noble, not trusting the Messengers’ Guild, hires the PCs to deliver a small, locked box to his father. The guild discovers this and attacks the PCs for the audacity to act as couriers without registering with the guild.