Vesper and Mayla's plan to kill Polo hits a major snag when they find Trader's Bridge destroyed. After finding a secret path through the city's underbelly, they uncover shocking news that forces them to add a new, even more dangerous objective to their list: free Alard first. Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for. --- Intimidated that you're dozens of episodes behind and afraid to start listening? Don't be. Here's a https://www.patreon.com/posts/thieves-guild-125460848?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link that let's you know spots where you can start listening further in the story. --- Interested in the development of the complex story and want to know how writer Jake Kerr puts it together every week? Want an ad-free experience? Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/jakekerr. Love world building? Want ongoing updates? Free members get ongoing story updates with interesting reference material about the guild hierarchy, geography, and history.  Free Patreon members also receive copies of the first Thieves Guild ebook. The next book will be released in 2025 and Patreon members will also receive that book (and all subsequent books!) for free, too. Want to go directly to get your free books? Click https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-free-125551195?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. --- If you would like to view a map of Ness, you can find it https://www.patreon.com/posts/city-state-of-125461211?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. ---- Grab some Thieves Guild merch! https://store.podcastalchemy.studio ---- Check out our other drama podcasts! Artifacts of the Arcane A historical urban fantasy set at the beginning of World War Two.  The world has abandoned magic, but magic hasn’t abandoned the world. https://podcastalchemy.studio/arcane Thursday A cyberpunk VR thriller. No one can be trusted when nothing is real. https://podcastalchemy.studio/thursday ---- Find out more about writer Jake Kerr: https://www.jakekerr.com Follow Jake on Bluesky @jakekerr.com

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This binge contains 5 episodes. Episodes included: 1. The Stillness and the Burr (November 10, 2025) 2. Opening Pleasantries (November 11, 2025) 3. The Vote (November 12, 2025) 4. Chaos in the Council (November 13, 2025) 5. Escape From Harvest House (November 14, 2025) --- Episode 1: The Stillness and the Burr In a rare moment of peace at the Tower, Maela struggles with the unfamiliar comfort of domestic life alongside Darla. What should be a perfect respite becomes a source of internal conflict when a simple request to help the mysterious Prosper reveals deeper tensions. Episode 2: Opening Pleasantries Vesper and his allies arrive at Harvest House for a crucial guildmaster council, only to face immediate resistance at the door. When Tim, the Harvest guard at the entrance, attempts to block their entry based on selective rule enforcement, Karch demonstrates his mastery of political maneuvering with a calculated power play. But that is merely a prelude to the surprises and political lies that occur as the council dinner begins. Episode 3: The Vote During a tense dinner gathering of guild leaders, Ralan discovers that Captain Rogers has masterfully infiltrated multiple powerful guilds while secretly serving the Thieves. As allegiances blur and tensions rise, suspicious glances between Rogers and the supposedly unshakeable Guildmaster Quinto hint at deeper conspiracies. While Karch seethes with barely contained fury and Vesper watches the chaos with calculated interest, Ralan must make his choice: The loyal captain Rogers or the former Blade that tried to assassinate him. Episode 4: Chaos in the Council A crucial vote for the new guildmaster explodes into near-violence when Polo demands Ralan's arrest. As swords are drawn and guards advance, only the respected Quinto's intervention prevents bloodshed in the guild hall. While immediate conflict is avoided, the simmering tensions set the stage for a political powder keg that could re-ignite the city in violence at any moment. Episode 5: Escape From Harvest House Alard plays a masterful long game, fooling his captors with weeks of calculated deception. As he finally makes his move, slipping through Harvest House's defenses with the grace of a predator returning to its hunting grounds, he ponders the new era of peace now secured for Ness' future with Rogers installed as Guildmaster Craft.

Raef and Kray uncover Pietro's hidden journals, only to find their pages filled with an indecipherable code. As they pour over volumes of encrypted text, mysterious margin notes begin to reveal themselves - including an enigmatic symbol of a serpent devouring its own tail. What secrets did the former Guildmaster lock away in these coded pages, and what do his increasingly urgent margin notes warn about?

With Orion gone, Karch must deal with the power vacuum in the Craft Guild. The safe path is a formal council with the other guildmasters, but a more brilliant, and far more dangerous, idea takes root: installing a ruthless killer on the throne, a man he thinks he can control. Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for. --- Intimidated that you're dozens of episodes behind and afraid to start listening? Don't be. Here's a https://www.patreon.com/posts/thieves-guild-125460848?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link that let's you know spots where you can start listening further in the story. --- Interested in the development of the complex story and want to know how writer Jake Kerr puts it together every week? Want an ad-free experience? Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/jakekerr. Love world building? Want ongoing updates? Free members get ongoing story updates with interesting reference material about the guild hierarchy, geography, and history.  Free Patreon members also receive copies of the first Thieves Guild ebook. The next book will be released in 2025 and Patreon members will also receive that book (and all subsequent books!) for free, too. Want to go directly to get your free books? Click https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-free-125551195?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. --- If you would like to view a map of Ness, you can find it https://www.patreon.com/posts/city-state-of-125461211?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. ---- Grab some Thieves Guild merch! https://store.podcastalchemy.studio ---- Check out our other drama podcasts! Artifacts of the Arcane A historical urban fantasy set at the beginning of World War Two.  The world has abandoned magic, but magic hasn’t abandoned the world. https://podcastalchemy.studio/arcane Thursday A cyberpunk VR thriller. No one can be trusted when nothing is real. https://podcastalchemy.studio/thursday ---- Find out more about writer Jake Kerr: https://www.jakekerr.com Follow Jake on Bluesky @jakekerr.com

Raef's quest leads him to an ancient dwarven Loremaster who holds the keys to Ness's past. He learns the "Great Forgetting" wasn't a tragedy but a punishment, inflicted on the city after its leaders broke a magical treaty and unleashed a dragon upon the world. Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for. --- Intimidated that you're dozens of episodes behind and afraid to start listening? Don't be. Here's a https://www.patreon.com/posts/thieves-guild-125460848?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link that let's you know spots where you can start listening further in the story. --- Interested in the development of the complex story and want to know how writer Jake Kerr puts it together every week? Want an ad-free experience? Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/jakekerr. Love world building? Want ongoing updates? Free members get ongoing story updates with interesting reference material about the guild hierarchy, geography, and history.  Free Patreon members also receive copies of the first Thieves Guild ebook. The next book will be released in 2025 and Patreon members will also receive that book (and all subsequent books!) for free, too. Want to go directly to get your free books? Click https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-free-125551195?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. --- If you would like to view a map of Ness, you can find it https://www.patreon.com/posts/city-state-of-125461211?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. ---- Grab some Thieves Guild merch! https://store.podcastalchemy.studio ---- Check out our other drama podcasts! Artifacts of the Arcane A historical urban fantasy set at the beginning of World War Two.  The world has abandoned magic, but magic hasn’t abandoned the world. https://podcastalchemy.studio/arcane Thursday A cyberpunk VR thriller. No one can be trusted when nothing is real. https://podcastalchemy.studio/thursday ---- Find out more about writer Jake Kerr: https://www.jakekerr.com Follow Jake on Bluesky @jakekerr.com

In This Episode: While Rafe uncovers Pietro's seemingly magical longevity, Rebecca paints a picture of a beloved grandfather, a storyteller dismissed by many but deeply believed by her. Now, Raylan must escort Rebecca on a quest for a golden wand, a crucial step in Pietro's plan to restore magic and reconnect the cities, forcing Raylan to reconcile the man of legend with the man he never knew. Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for. --- Intimidated that you're dozens of episodes behind and afraid to start listening? Don't be. Here's a https://www.patreon.com/posts/thieves-guild-125460848?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link that let's you know spots where you can start listening further in the story. --- Interested in the development of the complex story and want to know how writer Jake Kerr puts it together every week? Want an ad-free experience? Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/jakekerr. Love world building? Want ongoing updates? Free members get ongoing story updates with interesting reference material about the guild hierarchy, geography, and history.  Free Patreon members also receive copies of the first Thieves Guild ebook. The next book will be released in 2025 and Patreon members will also receive that book (and all subsequent books!) for free, too. Want to go directly to get your free books? Click https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-free-125551195?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. --- If you would like to view a map of Ness, you can find it https://www.patreon.com/posts/city-state-of-125461211?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. ---- Grab some Thieves Guild merch! https://store.podcastalchemy.studio ---- Check out our other drama podcasts! Artifacts of the Arcane A historical urban fantasy set at the beginning of World War Two.  The world has abandoned magic, but magic hasn’t abandoned the world. https://podcastalchemy.studio/arcane Thursday A cyberpunk VR thriller. No one can be trusted when nothing is real. https://podcastalchemy.studio/thursday ---- Find out more about writer Jake Kerr: https://www.jakekerr.com Follow Jake on Bluesky @jakekerr.com

https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societies/ebooks/pdf/butler_racket.pdf In 1935, retired Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor winner Smedley Butler argued that W...