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The '''Brotherhood of Serendipitous Meetings''' (or '''Brothers''' for short), are a crime organization based in Northern [[Izril]].

==Background==
The ''Brothers'', as they also call themselves, insist on behaving as gentlemen criminals: They dress snappily in black cloth and leather, displaying distinctly good manners and politeness.<ref name="5.54" /> They are quite used to violence, although they concern themselves on not raising a large body count.

Neither the Brotherhood, nor their occasional partner organization, the [[Sisters of Chell]], are the largest criminal organizations in Izril, but they are dominant in in the "local area"<ref name="5.54" /> north of [[Celum]]. They are also present in [[First Landing]].<ref name="6.07 D" /> However, there are even bigger players such as the "Blackrock Collective" in First Landing, or the "Vanishers".<ref name="6.42 E" />

They have an elite group within called the '''Gentlemen Callers'''.<ref name="5.54" /><ref name="6.42 E">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/09/07/6-42-e/ Chapter 6.42 E]</ref> They are believed to be a pair of Level 40+ criminals.

==Chronology==
They sent a group of four medium-level brothers to Celum and then [[The Wandering Inn]], where they attempted to steal the [[Magical Door]] with insider help from [[Typhenous]]. In that group were at least two [Thugs]. They had skills like [Cat's Eye] and [Flawless Dodge]. One of them was called "Pilif". Their theft of the door didn't last long: One of [[Redfang Elite Warriors]] in Erin's service stopped them with the help of the [[Cave Goblins]].<ref name="5.54">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/22/5-54-2/ Chapter 5.54]</ref>

Afterwards, an [Enforcer] was sent to Celum to investigate the disappearance of that previous team. He teamed up with the investigators which the Sisters of Chell had sent, bought some of the newest alchemical innovation of Celum, Matches,<ref name="in-pt1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/30/interlude-numbtongue-pt-1/ Interlude - Numbtongue Part 1]</ref> and left Celum with disturbing news about the resident Innkeeper of Liscor in the south, after helping in Numbtongue's fight with the gang of Alchemist [[Quelm]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/08/03/interlude-numbtongue-pt-2/ Interlude - Numbtongue Part 2]</ref>

==Nursery Rhyme==
The Brothers hum or sing a little old children’s song, a nursery rhyme, when they are about to enter battle.

=== <u>Verse 1:</u> ===
<blockquote>''“The night’s been long and the bodies are wet,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But don’t you fret; be quick and ain’t not a guard who’ll be upset''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The good folk are rising, and we’re off to our beds,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The smart thieves away with the loot and the slow ones are dead.”''</blockquote>

=== <u>Verse 2:</u> <ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/02/14/8-07-l/ Chapter 8.07 L]</ref> ===
<blockquote>''“The rich man awakes and his goods are gone,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The wise man doesn’t ask, and looks at the ones who yawn;''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But says not a word from dusk till dawn.”''</blockquote>

==Members==
===Known Brothers Members:===

*Ace<ref name=":1">{{VERef|10.13}}</ref>
*Beytoc - [Enforcer]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/07/19/9-08/ Chapter 9.08]</ref>
*Fogrom - [Enforcer]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/07/12/9-53/ Chapter 9.53]</ref>
*Jack<ref name=":1" />
*John<ref name=":1" /> - Leadership<ref>{{VERef|10.37 GDI (Pt. 3)}}</ref>
*Met<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/04/13/8-17-h/ Chapter 8.17 H]</ref>
*Torpith<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/14/9-28/ Chapter 9.28]</ref>
*? - Leather Sap [Enforcer]<ref name="in-pt1" /> / Nose<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/05/03/interlude-a-night-in-the-inn/ Interlude – A Night in the Inn]</ref>
*? - [Shadow]<ref name=":Chapter 7.56">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/08/7-56/ Chapter 7.56]</ref>

===Former Brothers Members: ===

* Pilif - Swordbreaker Dagger and Sap [Thug] (''Deceased'')<ref name="5.54" />
*? - Cudgel [Thug] (''Deceased'')<ref name="5.54" />
*? - Billy Club [Thug] (''Deceased'')<ref name="5.54" />
*? - Brass Knuckles [Thug] (''Deceased'')<ref name="5.54" />
*Teor<ref name=":Chapter 7.56" /> (''Deceased'')<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/15/7-58/ Chapter 7.58]</ref>
*[[Crimshaw]] <ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/06/22/8-29/ Chapter 8.29]</ref>
*[[Normen Callesn]] (''Left'')<ref name=":9.07">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/07/17/9-07/ Chapter 9.07]</ref>
*[[Alcaz]] (''Left'')<ref name=":9.07" />
*Rudinel (''Deceased'')<ref name=":0" />
*Shomot (''Deceased'')<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/11/22/9-66/ Chapter 9.66]</ref>

===Gentlemen Callers' Members:===

*[[Ratici]] - 'Thief'
*[[Wilovan]] - 'Thug'

==Trivia==

*They use the codewords ''serendipitous'' or ''serendipity'' to identify themselves, mostly towards other criminals.<ref name="in-pt1" />
*[[Niers Astoragon]] considered the Gentlemen Callers "the best of the best" and contacted them about the matter of the [[The Wandering Inn]].<ref name="6.07 D">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/04/13/6-07-d/ Chapter 6.07 D]</ref>

==References==
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