The Acquiry
Legend tells of acclaimed hunters from the Broken Lands - men and women so attuned to their senses they can hear a branch snap from a mile away, so trained in the ways of the world they can predict the weather to the minute, and so ruthless and efficient in their predation they never lose their quarry. With unseeing eyes they stalk the frozen forests, melding into the wilds just as a drop of sap sticks to a tree, immediately uniform, an indistinguishable piece of a mounting whole. These are the hunters and huntresses of the Acquiry, an ancient order of accomplished slayers-for-hire, and some of the most talented combatants to ever emerge upon Kōna. While the guild has not been active since the times before the Unification Crusade, there are those believe in them still as agents of the illicit underworld, retreated to the shadows to serve their own motives, no longer bending to the wills of those outside their organization.
History
Most modern scholars agree that the Acquiry began as a simple hunting guild, accepting contracts for the acquisition of certain creatures for reasons ranging from academic research to the gathering of alchemical ingredients to the simple cravings of wealthy folk. However, the members of the Acquiry were clearly a cut above the rest, and likely realized that they could do more than hunt mere game for coin. At some point, they became a party of mercenaries specializing in powerful or dangerous creatures, and began saving the realm from threats both natural and magical (in exchange for great quantities of treasure). After approximately Q.S.III.25, no more records of the Acquiry have been found, and they are assumed by most to have disbanded or been destroyed. The entire known history of the Acquiry spans about two centuries, with the earliest findings dating back to ~Q.S.VIII.30, in the form of a stone tablet with an inscribed contract.
Disbandment
Nobody today knows what happened to the Acquiry, but most assume they disbanded several cycles before Emperor Szeng's Unification Crusades.
DISBANDED/DISSOLVED
Dissolution Date
Q.S.III.25
Type
Guild, Fighter / Mercenary
Location
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