(urth) mystery of the guild

[Daniel D Jones]

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 11:18:13 David Stockhoff wrote:
> I am skeptical that something as vast as the RCC could ever "become"
> something as tiny and obscure as the Guild, but there are certainly
> correspondences and connections. The Guild could be a fragment of the
> Church, perhaps descended from some actual monastic order. But which one?
> They all seem pretty benevolent to me.

The history of the Inquisition suggests that it's certainly plausible the 
Guild could have descended form _any_ existent monastic order.  Current 
benevolence and altruism of any degree is no guarantee of future actions.