Iaurrhen

Iaurrhen is a courier & logistics merchant clan servicing all layers of the Northdark and many domains of the Underdark beyond. The clan supports its members on an internal Merit points system, though anyone can contract its services for a fee. Offices can be found in most cities and towns, and some settlements using the points system have formed around distribution outposts.

Iaurrhen fosters a goal of connecting the peoples of the Underdark through cooperation and trade. Though most members are male drow discontent with life in Lolth-sworn cities, the clan employs people of any lineage.

Iaurrhen began as a courier outfit with a reputation for keeping cargo undamaged despite the dangers of the Underdark. Demand for services increased drastically during the Spellplague, as spellfires and rampant tunnel cave-ins made general populations even more reticent to travel. With the increased income and unrest, Iaurrhen expanded its operations to provide disaster relief, often going into communities unasked and without demanding payment - though with the expectation that these communities would eventual join as members.

As of 1490s DR Iaurrhen offers high volume, special condition, retrieval, short run, long haul, and expedited courier services, pathfinding, tunnel clearing and maintenance, monster taming, proxy trading, hostel, corpse clearing, translation, mediation, and more services. Iaurrhen does not offer mercenary services however clansmen are capable of protecting their own. Members can enlist services for no fee so long as their merit is in good standing, while non-members typically pay a gold fee to the clan.

Clansmen are not paid in gold. They are expected to give according to their abilities and receive according to their needs. Thus a courier can deliver cargo to a commoner who can in turn offer a warm bed and meal, or business can barter in large trade circles.

Clansmen are awarded Merit points for tasks undertaken for the clan or to further its goals. Merit is tracked as a whole, by type of activity, and locally by regional offices to measure a clansmen's overall notoriety, trustworthiness, areas of specialty, and how much resources they may claim over time. Having a high Merit may entitle a clansmen to better equipment, magical items, taking confidential orders, or even requesting large scale services.

Each clansmen is given a crest with a magical link to the distribution officies, used as a personal points tracker. Base points are typically awarded when a clansmen self-reports an order complete, but personnel at the offices may verify or send an Animal Messenger for review before awarding any extra points for excellence.

Merit is only deducted in rare cases for actions harmful to the clan, such as attacking fellow clansmen or inciting raids on distribution offices.

• Aldiirn
• Caelryn
• Zahne