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- secretive spies and assassins working for Ore Barons
- their headquarters are in the dungeons of Old Camp Castle
- for obvious reasons they are unlikely to wear easily recognizable uniforms and may even pretend to be members of other factions
- in the final release of the game they are no longer spies, assassins nor secretive, and instead are more like simply a lower rank of the Old Camp Guard and consistently wear red armors
- The Invisible Man is their leader (design doc
NPCs per Guild
)
- 15 people: the leader, 4 Assassins, 8 Spies, messenger and recruiter
Sub-groups
Assassins
- German:
Meuchler
- also called
Scorpions
, the stings of the baron (Sleeper’s Ban)
capable Shadows for routine work
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
- 4 of them live in Old Camp
The Spies
- German:
Spione
and Spitzel
- they work undercover and pretend to be normal members of all the camps, including Old Camp
- 4 of them live in Old Camp, 1 in New Camp, 1 in Free Camp and 1 in Sect Camp (design doc
NPCs per Guild
)
The Assassin
- German:
der Assassine
- the best Assassin of the Shadows Of Old Camp (one of four)
Specialist for difficult cases and other Shadows
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
The Contractor
- German:
der Kontakter
recruits and teaches new Shadows
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
Darkman
- introduced in 0.56 alpha as
STT_DARKMAN
, later removed
- offers the player an old bow for free
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: Here, take this bow, it's old. I'll make myself a new one
Diego
- called
Raoul
on old website
cynical thief
- inspired by Ramirez
- member of both Shadows Of The Old Camp and The Masters
The Diplomat Of The Guardians
- German:
der Diplomat
- pretends to be a member of Guardians Of New Camp, in reality a Spy of Shadows Of The Old Camp
very charismatic, respected Guardian
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
maintains contact with other guilds; is traveling as an agent for the Guardians
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
in reality, a double agent for the Ore Barons
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
The Ear
- German:
das Ohr
master spy, specializing in information gathering; Principal
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
- the best Spy of the Shadows Of Old Camp
The Invisible Man
- German:
Der Unsichtbare
leader of the Shadows known to almost no one
(design doc NPCs per Guild
)
- design doc
Story 3.3 draft
mentions leader of Shadows named Grmbl
(apparently he’s also The Unpronounceable Man)
- design doc Phoenix Level Design mentions his name as Zampalo (German:
Der große Zampalo -> = Kopf der Schatten
) but it’s likely just a placeholder name
The Messenger
- German:
Bote
guild errand boy
of the Shadows Of Old Camp (design doc NPCs per Guild
)
The Spy in the Free Camp
- mentioned in design doc
NPCs per Guild
The Spy in the Sect Camp
- mentioned in design doc
NPCs per Guild