mystery of the guild

Daniel D Jones · 11 Feb 2009, 23:25 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:25:21 -0500
Subject: (urth) mystery of the guild
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On Wednesday 11 February 2009 11:18:13 David Stockhoff wrote:
> I am skeptical that something as vast as the RCC could ever "become"
> something as tiny and obscure as the Guild, but there are certainly
> correspondences and connections. The Guild could be a fragment of the
> Church, perhaps descended from some actual monastic order. But which one?
> They all seem pretty benevolent to me.

The history of the Inquisition suggests that it's certainly plausible the 
Guild could have descended form _any_ existent monastic order.  Current 
benevolence and altruism of any degree is no guarantee of future actions.

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