The Silver Hand

A secret ring of thieves that operates across the continent. The Silver Hand is not a gang and holds no territory. Its members take jobs through go-betweens, and most people who have heard of it think it is a rumor.

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Overview

Type	Secret ring of thieves
Structure	Small, separate cells in each city. No member knows the whole ring
Reach	Continental
Income	Contracted theft, smuggling, forgery, and jobs that cannot be posted publicly

The ring stays hidden. It has no hall, no public mark, and no turf. Members live ordinary lives under ordinary names. Nobody collects protection money or recruits openly.

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How It Works

Cells. Each city has a few cells of a handful of members. A cell knows its own members and one contact who passes jobs down. It does not know the other cells, even in the same city.

Brokers. Clients never meet a thief. They go through a broker, such as a fence, a clerk, or a merchant who knows who to ask. The broker passes the job to a contact, and the contact gives it to a cell. The thief and the client may never learn each other’s names.

Rules. The ring has three rules. Members take no credit for a job and leave no signature. They do not fight in public. They turn down any job that could expose the ring. A member who breaks a rule is dropped, and their cell goes quiet until the damage is clear.

Jobs. Most jobs are quiet: stealing documents or small valuables, getting someone access, or moving an object before anyone notices. The ring also smuggles goods and forges papers. It avoids violence because violence draws attention.

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The Gersan Cell

Gersan’s cell is small and works out of the Shipping District. The canals, warehouses, and short sight lines suit people who know the ground. The Watch only controls the main inspection point at Slaughter Port. The cell’s main tool is the unofficial warehouses that hold goods off the manifest. Many people use them, and the cell is one of them.

The cell stays out of the House District. Houses have their own enforcement, and stealing from one is not worth the risk. The Watch knows things go missing in the Shipping District, but it has not connected the thefts.

Some Rennim are in the ring, and they hide it. A Rennim thief is easier to remember than an ordinary one, so most work through go-betweens and avoid being seen.

GM: The Ring's Weak Points

The brokers. A broker knows both a contact and a client. They are paid enough to stay loyal, but not enough to stay quiet under pressure. Finding a broker is the usual way to find the ring.

The houses. Several houses use the ring quietly for work they would not do themselves. The ring keeps records of who asked for what. That makes it dangerous to the houses, and it protects the ring.

The Thousand Tongues. A network built on go-betweens and anonymity is a good place for a cult that deals in lies to hide.