The Merchant Guild
A Merchant Guild was an association of of traders. The Merchant Guild was able to negotiate with the lord and the trade levy became regulated. The regulations agreed between the Merchant Guild and the lord resulted in a Merchant Guild charter. The Merchant Guild charter allowed the merchants to pay an annual payment, or fixed sum, to the lord who owned the land where the town was based.
Structure
In a Merchant guild, newcomers will often not be welcome and will have to weasel their way in unless the Merchant guild is growing and trying gain control of a city.
Once a newcomer is accepted into a Guild they'll be an acknowledged or registered merchant; they won't have to fear their stalls being trashed or their prices undercut. They may have the guild sigil above their stalls or branded on their caravan donkey - but they face harsh regulations, high fees, and plenty of sass from higher-ups.
Type
Guild, Merchant
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