Guilder

The guilders were the descendants of human adventurers trapped within the Garden of the Cursed. They were descended from rogues and other stealth-aligned adventurers.

Overview
The guilders descended from rogues and thieves who had become trapped upon accessing the Tomb of Martek. Every guilder had since developed amazing abilities for larceny, equivalent to those of a master thief. However, their reduced numbers had led to inbreeding, which resulted in minimal intelligence. They viewed theft as a religion, considering that all acts of larceny impressed the Masterguilder, more so the more dangerous, profitable, or daring they were. They did have laws, however, and the punishment for breaking them was stoning to death.

About a week before adventurers bearing all of the Star Gems of Martek arrived at the Garden of the Cursed, they had admitted the charlatan mage Trifakas in their midst; using deception and sorcery, he had bent them to his will.

Legends
Guilder legend said that the Guilders and the palan-teen (whom they called the maddogs) were there from the beginning of time. The maddogs slew guilders to prevent them from their sacred stealies (acts of larceny). One day, the Masterguilder told his people to travel to Mar-tik and work to be worthy of entering the Grandal. So they lived in Mar-tik, at the gates of Grandal; someday the gates would open for them to perform the greatest stealie of all eternity, and they would be admitted into the glory of the Masterguilder. They also believed, correctly, that the doors of Grandal could be opened by speaking the correct names for the three great stars. However, anyone speaking those names, or displaying those gems openly, was dragged to the Mound of the Lawgivers for stoning.

Home
The guilders had a village in the Garden by the edge of a lake, having cleared a small area. There were about 15 cages by the north of the lake.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Desert of Desolation