Thieves' Guild - Revision history

AgProv: adding

2017-01-14T01:27:23Z

adding

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	* [[Zebbo Mooty]], Thief Third Class, in {{G!G!}}		* [[Zebbo Mooty]], Thief Third Class, in {{G!G!}}
	* [[Spooner Boggis]], whose nose brought down a Patrician, referenced in {{IT}}		* [[Spooner Boggis]], whose nose brought down a Patrician, referenced in {{IT}}
			* [[Vinny "No Ears" Ludd]]

	Former Thieves:		Former Thieves:

AgProv: adding new Thief

2016-06-25T20:43:50Z

adding new Thief

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	* [[Gorrin]] the Cat in {{COM}}		* [[Gorrin]] the Cat in {{COM}}
	* [[Steff]], apprentice thief in {{TOT}}		* [[Steff]], apprentice thief in {{TOT}}
			* [[Claude Tombola]] founder of the School of Gentlemanly Theft
	* [[Stren Withel]] in {{COM}}		* [[Stren Withel]] in {{COM}}
	* [[Wilkins]], apprentice thief in {{IT}}		* [[Wilkins]], apprentice thief in {{IT}}

AgProv: Expanding with notes from the relevant Yearbook

2016-05-25T19:24:00Z

Expanding with notes from the relevant Yearbook

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	* Mlle "Madame" Escroc: Modern Languages (Quirmian) and Confidence Trickery.		* Mlle "Madame" Escroc: Modern Languages (Quirmian) and Confidence Trickery.
	* P. "Screwy" Structor, DCL (Quirm) - Prison survival (also School Librarian).		* P. "Screwy" Structor, DCL (Quirm) - Prison survival (also School Librarian).
	* Ms [[Lettice Babblejack]] - Music.		* Ms [[Lettice Babblejack]] - Music, Stalking and Malicious Loitering.
	* Professor Albert Snapes - Metalwork and Recognition of Hallmarks.		* Professor Albert Snapes - Metalwork and Recognition of Hallmarks.

AgProv: Openiong Thieves' Guild School as a sub-section and not a seperate article, to be consistent with the treatment ofg the Assassins' Guild sShool and Fools' School within their respective pages

2016-05-22T12:19:18Z

Openiong Thieves' Guild School as a sub-section and not a seperate article, to be consistent with the treatment ofg the Assassins' Guild sShool and Fools' School within their respective pages

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 * Ludd
-Within the current guild system, amidst citizens who oblige about premiums, ask to see licenses, and carry their receipts, the Thieves' Guild is one of the more powerful guilds in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Current leader: a Mr. [[Boggis]].
+Within the current guild system, amidst citizens who oblige about premiums, ask to see licenses, and carry their receipts, the Thieves' Guild is one of the more powerful guilds in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Current leader: a Mr. Josiah Herbert [[Boggis]].
 Past Presidents:
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 * [[Lobsang Ludd|Newgate Ludd]] in {{TOT}}
 * [[Bundo Prung]] in {{MAA}}

AgProv: one of those single-letter correctinos that make all the difference...

2014-06-02T21:37:18Z

one of those single-letter correctinos that make all the difference...

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	With the watch becoming more and more efficient and prominent the number of citizens who question the existence of this guild rises. In recent days it is asked quite loudly why people should endure being robbed at all. However, as the guild system has proven to keep crime under control (with the introduction of the guilds crime has actually gone down), it is not be expected that the guild will vanish anytime soon.		With the watch becoming more and more efficient and prominent the number of citizens who question the existence of this guild rises. In recent days it is asked quite loudly why people should endure being robbed at all. However, as the guild system has proven to keep crime under control (with the introduction of the guilds crime has actually gone down), it is not be expected that the guild will vanish anytime soon.

	There is another good reason why the Guild suits Vetinari in its current form. A significant proportion of what it reaps every year via its criminal activities is paid on to the City as Guild Tax. Thus, by-passing the inefficent and possibly corrupt Mr [[Creaser]], diligently collected by the Guild and paid promptly to Vetinari, the Patrician ~~enhoys~~ all the benefits of receiving taxation revenue while escaping the blame and opprobium of actually collecting it.		There is another good reason why the Guild suits Vetinari in its current form. A significant proportion of what it reaps every year via its criminal activities is paid on to the City as Guild Tax. Thus, by-passing the inefficent and possibly corrupt Mr [[Creaser]], diligently collected by the Guild and paid promptly to Vetinari, the Patrician enjoys all the benefits of receiving taxation revenue while escaping the blame and opprobium of actually collecting it.

	Notable "families" in the Thieves' Guild, or surnames that young lads and lasses adopt:		Notable "families" in the Thieves' Guild, or surnames that young lads and lasses adopt:

EinFritz: Burglar "insurance" plaque

2013-10-11T11:03:20Z

Burglar "insurance" plaque

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	Nowadays, the modern, properly registered Thieves' Guild makes money mainly by having rich people pay an annual premium, and arrange for a convenient date to rob an acceptable amount from these rich clients in their own home. For the poorer (but not penniless) citizens who do not arrange for premiums and appointments, the Thieves quite politely rob them in the streets, in their business premises, or in their homes, not badly injuring them, and always leaving them a receipt which guarantees that these people will not be inconvenienced with another official robbery for the rest of the year. Some of the very modern Thieves stand in front of a prospective client in a dark alley, introduce the [[Ankh-Morpork\|Ankh-Morporkian]] guild arrangement, ask for money, and give gifts such as "genuine crystal glasses", or a book of coupons to visitors to the quaint city (see {{TT}}).		Nowadays, the modern, properly registered Thieves' Guild makes money mainly by having rich people pay an annual premium, and arrange for a convenient date to rob an acceptable amount from these rich clients in their own home. For the poorer (but not penniless) citizens who do not arrange for premiums and appointments, the Thieves quite politely rob them in the streets, in their business premises, or in their homes, not badly injuring them, and always leaving them a receipt which guarantees that these people will not be inconvenienced with another official robbery for the rest of the year. Some of the very modern Thieves stand in front of a prospective client in a dark alley, introduce the [[Ankh-Morpork\|Ankh-Morporkian]] guild arrangement, ask for money, and give gifts such as "genuine crystal glasses", or a book of coupons to visitors to the quaint city (see {{TT}}).

			Since the guild also includes the housebreakers, for an annual fee you can become entitled for a brass plaque to put over your door, so that you won't be officialy burgled.

	Although it looks very much like a business run in a way to maintain the old image of the lawless Ankh-Morpork, the Thieves' Guild does consist of Thieves, men who will not hesitate before injuring people while taking their money. More importantly, a Thieves' Guild member carries a [[Guilds of Ankh-Morpork\|Guild]] license on all ''business occasions'' to identify himself to the clients and ensure legalized thieving (see {{FOC}}). Someone found to rob or steal without a license can get arrested by the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch Officers]], and that is a good fate. The fatal fate for an unlicensed thief will be to meet Thieves' Guild enforcers, who will capture him, kill him, and hang his body somewhere in the city, put him up on top of the Guild building where buildings usually have weathervanes or hang him from the gallows (engraved by [[Ralph Gibbons]]).		Although it looks very much like a business run in a way to maintain the old image of the lawless Ankh-Morpork, the Thieves' Guild does consist of Thieves, men who will not hesitate before injuring people while taking their money. More importantly, a Thieves' Guild member carries a [[Guilds of Ankh-Morpork\|Guild]] license on all ''business occasions'' to identify himself to the clients and ensure legalized thieving (see {{FOC}}). Someone found to rob or steal without a license can get arrested by the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch Officers]], and that is a good fate. The fatal fate for an unlicensed thief will be to meet Thieves' Guild enforcers, who will capture him, kill him, and hang his body somewhere in the city, put him up on top of the Guild building where buildings usually have weathervanes or hang him from the gallows (engraved by [[Ralph Gibbons]]).
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	Coat of Arms by [[User:Knmatt\|Matt Smith]]		Coat of Arms by [[User:Knmatt\|Matt Smith]]

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Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:15:31Z

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AgProv at 09:07, 22 June 2010

2010-06-22T09:07:50Z

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[[Image:Acutus.jpg|250px|left]] Motto: ACVTVS ID VERBERAT
''Whip it quick''.

Full name (given in {{ER}}): Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses, Housebreakers and Allied Trades

Nowadays, the modern, properly registered Thieves' Guild makes money mainly by having rich people pay an annual premium, and arrange for a convenient date to rob an acceptable amount from these rich clients in their own home. For the poorer (but not penniless) citizens who do not arrange for premiums and appointments, the Thieves quite politely rob them in the streets, in their business premises, or in their homes, not badly injuring them, and always leaving them a receipt which guarantees that these people will not be inconvenienced with another official robbery for the rest of the year. Some of the very modern Thieves stand in front of a prospective client in a dark alley, introduce the [[Ankh-Morpork|Ankh-Morporkian]] guild arrangement, ask for money, and give gifts such as "genuine crystal glasses", or a book of coupons to visitors to the quaint city (see {{TT}}).

Although it looks very much like a business run in a way to maintain the old image of the lawless Ankh-Morpork, the Thieves' Guild does consist of Thieves, men who will not hesitate before injuring people while taking their money. More importantly, a Thieves' Guild member carries a [[Guilds of Ankh-Morpork|Guild]] license on all ''business occasions'' to identify himself to the clients and ensure legalized thieving (see {{FOC}}). Someone found to rob or steal without a license can get arrested by the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watch Officers]], and that is a good fate. The fatal fate for an unlicensed thief will be to meet Thieves' Guild enforcers, who will capture him, kill him, and hang his body somewhere in the city, put him up on top of the Guild building where buildings usually have weathervanes or hang him from the gallows (engraved by [[Ralph Gibbons]]).

The Thieves' Guild has a guild school and trains young lads and lasses to become Thieves; these youths called ''Ludd's Lads and Lasses'' (Ludd being one of the founders of the Guild) are often foundlings, babies left in a basket at the doorstep of the Guild, and so on ({{TOT}}). Some of the older Thieves despair of the fact that the training is in ''school'', in classrooms, about reading and writing. At least some training, they feel, ought to be done in the streets, or alleyways at least. Some of the young thief trainees can't even bop people on the head properly, causing much unnecessary pain to prospective clients without rendering them unconscious (see {{IT}}).

With the watch becoming more and more efficient and prominent the number of citizens who question the existence of this guild rises. In recent days it is asked quite loudly why people should endure being robbed at all. However, as the guild system has proven to keep crime under control (with the introduction of the guilds crime has actually gone down), it is not be expected that the guild will vanish anytime soon.

There is another good reason why the Guild suits Vetinari in its current form. A significant proportion of what it reaps every year via its criminal activities is paid on to the City as Guild Tax. Thus, by-passing the inefficent and possibly corrupt Mr [[Creaser]], diligently collected by the Guild and paid promptly to Vetinari, the Patrician enhoys all the benefits of receiving taxation revenue while escaping the blame and opprobium of actually collecting it.

Notable "families" in the Thieves' Guild, or surnames that young lads and lasses adopt:
* Boggis
* Ludd

Within the current guild system, amidst citizens who oblige about premiums, ask to see licenses, and carry their receipts, the Thieves' Guild is one of the more powerful guilds in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Current leader: a Mr. [[Boggis]].

Past Presidents:
* [[Urdo van Pew]] ({{G!G!}})
* [[Ymor]] ({{COM}})

Other Thieves:
* [[Gorrin]] the Cat in {{COM}}
* [[Steff]], apprentice thief in {{TOT}}
* [[Stren Withel]] in {{COM}}
* [[Wilkins]], apprentice thief in {{IT}}
* [[Zebbo Mooty]], Thief Third Class, in {{G!G!}}
* [[Spooner Boggis]], whose nose brought down a Patrician, referenced in {{IT}}

Former Thieves:
* [[Lobsang Ludd|Newgate Ludd]] in {{TOT}}
* [[Bundo Prung]] in {{MAA}}

Coat of Arms by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]

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[[Category:Ankh-Morpork Businesses]]