The Cartels (clique)
Pillars of their community and a vital organ through which the rushing blood of the city feeds its beating heart, the cartels hold themselves as some of Peti Gisreddean oldest and most respected guilds and organizations, with long and storied histories of community service, political participation, and the occasional gang wars. A city with over ninety registered thieve's guilds, assassins charters, crime syndicates, the Oejeynican Crime Concordat, and countless unregistered organizations (and perhaps worst of all, banks), Peti Gisredde has long responded to excessively high crime rates by performing the 'Gisreddean miracle' and taxing the hell out of them. While many consider the fact that the average pickpocket or beggar holding aspirations for political office is a societal failing, they nevertheless represent one of the city's most powerful interest groups and hold great sway in its management. And as many a mother has said of their wayward child, "At least they didn't join the City Watch."