T'zai Byn

[Unknown]

I was reading, and I even reread the documentation on the T'zai Byn, atleast the part that was available to public eyes and I was unable to find anything relating to magick with regards to the Byn. Does this company accept 'Gemmed' within its ranks? And if they don't, why not?



- Demonaire -

[moab]

They are a rough and tumble merc group.  While some of them may individually have dealings with gemmers and the like (just as any other person may) as a group they (like many groups) do not want to be counted among the friends and allies of the gemmers.

This is a typical 'naki sentiment, exceptions being House Oash, the Templarate and the occasional bored or plotting (or both) noble of some other house.

[Ghost]

Dude, you post as anon and unknown, but then sign your GDB name at the bottom?

Heh.. Need sleep?

[FiveDisgruntledMonkeysWit]

Speaking as some one who's played his share of Bynners and gemmers, I can say that they are (generally) two very different types of people. While the Byn might work with a gemmer on occasion (usually due to extenuating circumstances, or due to the coercion of another group, like the Templarate), the Byn would never hire on a gemmer officially. Why? There are many good reasons. For one, the Byn does do some business in New Tuluk, and trotting in a platoon of gemmed battlemages would be a veritable diplomatic timebomb. The most likely reason is probably just plain old prejudice, however. People hate and fear magick, and they don't want a baby-eating Drovian or soul-corrupting Krathi beside them on the battlefield, let alone sleeping on the mat next to them in the barracks.
The magicker's gem is not a badge. It's not a license saying "I can do magick, fear me". It's a mix between the scarlet 'A' and some sort of dystopian barcode written into the back of your neck. It's to let the common populace know you're a terrible demon to be feared, shunned and avoided, and lets the templarate keep tabs on you.
Having a black gem around your neck is a bad thing. A very bad thing.

[Demonaire]

Dude, you post as anon and unknown, but then sign your GDB name at the bottom?

Heh.. Need sleep?

Yes, unfortunatly. Girlfriend has been in the hospital.  

[Cuusardo]

They're...magickers.  *cringe*

[Byn Kank]

If a gemmer was allowed into the Byn as a normal grunt, in the main barracks, he would mysteriously die in the night, much relieving the current troops of the possibilities of having a finger wiggled at them. :twisted:

[Dynas]

I'm locking this thread as the question has been answered.