The Craft Guild is responsible for maintaining the standard of goods from Damkina
and training apprentices in return for a monopoly on goods made within the city. There are
three grades of craftmen in the Guild, Apprentice, Craftsman and Master Craftsman. Each
section of the Guild must elect a Master Craftsmen to sit on the Guild Council. The Council
itself has influence with the Overlord but in addition most sections also have a noble
patron.
Although none of the sections of the Guild export their goods beyond the nearby villages
in practice
visiting merchants purchase about two thirds of the guilds output and Damkina goods
can be found around the known world. In turn the Guilds have stiff competition in the summer
months from goods that are imported and sold in the market.
Many of the Guild sections have secret techniques or recipes that have been handed down for
generations and all members must take an oath to preserve their secrecy. It is a statutory
offence to betray such secrets to outsiders.