The Ravenhold Syndicate

The Ravenhold Syndicate is an illegal criminal organization which operates out of Chilastra and around Agallura.

Background
The Ravenhold Syndicate is the native crime syndicate in the province of Azuremyst. They are very similar to the Thieves Guild, however they tend to lack the loose code of values the Thieves' Guild possesses, and often are involved in more ambitious projects, such as influencing or outright controlling politics. In this way, the Ravenhold Syndicate functions similarly to a Mafia, especially compared to the Thieves' Guild, who are for the most part a simple black market-like organization of thieves and other assorted criminals who look out for and trade privately with one another. As stated above, the Ravenhold Syndicate lacks the Thieves Guild's loose code of morality, involving themselves significantly in drugs, slavery, prostitution, extortion and many varieties of gruesome murder. The Thieves have no part in such things — indeed, they punish those among their ranks found guilty of them.