Toreador Guilds

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Clan Toreador is made up of Artist and Posers of many different skills and predilections. To account for this they have developed a complex Guild system to foster the Arts within the Clan. These Guilds have existed for a long time and it is not known if they formed the basis for the mortal craft guilds or the other way round. Most suspect that it is a shared development, but some of the more proud Toreador will argue that the mortals simply followed their lead.


History of the Guilds

The actual date of formation of the Guilds cannot be established, but some significant dates are well known.

  • 400 BC - At the urging of the Guild of Discordia (with assistance from the Guild of Pluto) the Guilds adopted Roman Gods/Goddesses as their names.
  • 1860 AD - The Guild of Mars was formed from the Guild of Vulcan, with support from the Guilds of Pluto and Discordia.
  • 1945 AD - The Guild of Venus accepted photographers into its membership.
  • 1992 AD - The Guild of Venus rejected digital artists and new media.
  • 1995 AD - The Guild of Saturn formed from those “artists” rejected from the Guild of Venus. The Guild was backed by the Guilds of Pluto, Discordia and Vulcan, much to the anger of the Guild of Venus.


In Modern Nights

Things are not “happy” between the Guilds. The Guilds of Apollo and Venus see the rise of the “New” Guilds as a direct threat to their power, but are not willing to challenge them due to the support of the Minor Guilds (Pluto and Discordia) and the Guild of Vulcan. The New Guilds, specifically the Guild of Saturn, are rising in power and prestige, and this is dragging the Minor Guilds into a more dominant position. It looks like conflict is brewing between the Guilds of Clan Toreador.


Guild Ranks and Positions

Within the Guilds there are a number of ranks that loosely identify how advanced one is within their chosen art form. The titles for these vary slightly from Guild to Guild.

Each Guild also has a number of positions of authority; these positions are separate from a person’s rank in the Guild, though to hold certain positions one must attain a certain rank.


Guild Ranks

Below are the ranks attainable in the Guilds and their names (the names in bold are the names in common use, the names in italics are used by the Guild of Pluto and the plain names used by the Guild of Mars and some parts of the Guild of Vulcan, depending on Art Form).

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