Silver Hippos of the Illuminating Tomahawk

Yes, I can assure you that they have my highest recommendation for this job. I have heard nothing but good things about the SIlver Hippos, which given their area of influence I would have expected to at this point.
— Jasper Cameron, Leader of the Bronze Ravens.
 

"Dragons Slain, Lost Children Found
No Quest to Great or Small
We are adventurers of renown
Here to help you, one and all"

  Because of all the beings available to be one's familiar of course Madeline would be stuck with the only wizard to get a rhyming imp. its not like they even needed to advertise, they were the fastest rising guild in Silmere. Which was saying something given how entrenched such old cities tended to be. Going from a small adventuring group keeping the road to Favortown clear of goblins to actually having a guild headquarters in the merchant district in 10 short years was no small feat. But when it came out the the Lotus Blossom Guild was secretly run by vampires, and then then the Furious Jadecrushers were exposed as cultists linked to some ender evil or another. Well, the city needed someone with more reach and resources than The Bronze Ravens to turn to. I mean sure, they could escort the occasional caravan or reinforce the city guard, but they kept their ambitions small and contained. Madeline honestly admired the restraint of Jasper Cameron. Reaching beyond ones means had doomed more guilds than she liked to think about. Plus, she was trying her hardest to channel that restraint now because it was growing increasingly difficult to not silence that stupid imp.  

We are Hippos you dont have to fear
we keep you safe throughout the year
but dont forget to pay your bill
for hippo's anger tends to KILL

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Aug 21, 2025 14:26 by Bob O'Brien

This deserves a like and a comment for the title alone! But... how did they get that name??!!!

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Aug 21, 2025 15:04

Above the table, a navy veteran thought it would be amusing to have the next superpower be an organization whose initials were s.h.i.t and may have recently watched Kung Fu Hustle   In world, hmmmmmmm... I would probably say that they started out as the Silver Hippos, following the general "material+animal" naming convention that I have used for most adventuring guilds, and then their leader found a powerful magic item called the Illuminating Tomahawk. Something for me to explore in WE perhaps

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Aug 22, 2025 04:48 by Bob O'Brien

I'm definitely slipping. I never even caught the acronym!

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