Water and bathhouse trades guild · Amarosa with regional chapters
Bathkeepers, cistern masons, channel cleaners and furnace tenders keep public warmth from becoming private privilege. The guild maintains safe watercourses and teaches apprentices to distinguish a sacred spring from an unsafe pipe. Its ambition is a guaranteed public bathing allocation even during festivals when wealthy houses buy extra water.
Moral character: Neutral leaning good. Individual members may disagree with their organization’s conduct.
Leadership & control
Local workshops elect a Keeper of Channels every three years. incumbent Dema Flintcup, an elderly Stonebound woman, knows more buried conduits than noble pedigrees. A separate council of working cleaners must approve shutdowns. Dema’s pride makes her reluctant to admit when ancient systems exceed her expertise.
Faith & moral tensions
Aratheian care and practical hospitality shape its ethics, but worship is optional. It accepts temple help without accepting priestly control of the mains. Its recurring moral failure is protecting members’ reputations after preventable mistakes.
Resources & membership
Maintenance contracts, repair fees and apprentice dues pay the guild. A mutual fund supports injured workers. Certification follows demonstrated craft; poorer apprentices may repay training through public work. Unlicensed household repairs are tolerated, while dangerous commercial installations draw complaints.
Daily life & internal tensions
Blue ceramic markers identify serviced valves. At dawn, cleaners leave warmed benches for older neighbors. Masters want expensive mandatory certification; workers fear a safety argument becoming a barrier to entry. The Open Door Office inspects buildings, but cannot maintain them without these trades.
Allies, rivals & shared pressures
- The Open Door Office — Inspectors identify defects; the guild has the craft to repair them.
- The Lantern Linen Fellowship — Safe water and safe working conditions often depend on the same overlooked workers.
- The Common Hearth Ledger — Public repairs require a budget as well as a skilled crew.
Explore Erosia
Amarosa — The City of Blossoming Hearts · House of the Sacred Bloom · Heatkeeper · Pleasure House Auditor
Adventure seed
A fashionable sanctuary stays hot while a nearby public bath runs cold. A diverted channel is obvious, but restoring it could collapse a neglected chamber beneath the sanctuary. The party must obtain an engineer’s missing survey, fund repairs and confront the patron who purchased silence. Smashing the valve would worsen the problem.
