Editing Hunter's Guild of Noelictus (section)

== Hunter Ranks ==

=== Applicants and Novice Hunters ===
To be accepted for training to the Hunter's Guild, applicants must pass an interview conducted by a [Hunter], a Watch representative, and a third person unaffiliated with the law or guild appointed by the local mayor.  Afterwards, there are several tests for physical fitness, including running a mile in six minutes without Skills, cocking a crossbow with a hundred pounds of draw, marching fifty miles in a day with a pack and wearing armor, climbing a cliff barehanded, and swimming across a lake. Those who fail the first round of training must do chores or pick up skills such as basic alchemy and blacksmithing in order to continue.

Applicants are accepted as Novice Hunters after six months of training, and are given a hatchet, custom crossbow and iron-tipped bolts. Also called Junior Hunters, they are mentored in a squad led by an older [Hunter]. In Fiskren, Novice Hunters are assigned to slaying zombies and other lesser undead. Novices are promoted to Hunters at the discretion of the guild.

=== Squad Leaders ===
As the name implies, Squad Leaders lead groups of Novice or regular Hunters to slay undead.

=== Roaming Hunters ===
Roaming Hunters patrol certain areas or regions. They are trusted to make their own decisions in dealing with an undead threat. They can work solo, in a group or with a partner. They also have the ability to summon the local Watch or militia. 

=== Dedicated Hunters ===
Dedicated Hunters are experts considered proficient enough to deal with more dangerous undead threats, such as Ghoul packs, Crypt Lords or [Necromancers]. Rather than keep to a patrol, they are sent to dangerous areas to deal with significant threats. In Menerome, Dedicated Hunters can requisition anything made of steel or a wand with a Tier 3 spell or lower. However, they are strictly limited to one enchanted bolt. While they can request a Scroll, they are only to be used in emergencies. They can also be censured for using too many crossbow bolts.  

=== Veteran Hunters ===
Veteran Hunters are senior members of the Guild who answers only to the Guildmaster. Promotion to Veteran Hunter has a Level 30 requirement, as well as a [[Weapon Arts and Schools|weapon-art]] Skill unless they are a magic or trap specialist. Upon being inducted as a Veteran Hunters, the Hunter is sworn to secrecy about the Veteran Hunters' activities, and refusal means their memories will be taken away. Veterans are given bags of holding, enchanted weapons and armor, 6 healing potions, and 3 stamina potions. They can requisition as many quivers of bolts as they want, with six enchanted bolts from the regular stock, and spell scrolls under Tier 5. Anything higher is rationed due to the difficulty in replacing them.   

In Menorome, Veteran Hunters are assigned to slay the rampant undead within the Tombs of Noelictus. Due to the strenuous nature of their duties and the few number of Veteran Hunters, they are not allowed to deal with undead threats outside of the Tombs, which regular and Dedicated Hunters are forced to handle to make them level up faster. And the secretive nature of their work fosters resentment from those regular Hunters, who feel they are worked to exhaustion while the Veterans are indulging, which is also used to motivate them to level. Veteran Hunters can make use of Guild carriages, large vehicles similar to the civilian carriages identified by their black wheels and black windows, which hide the number of Hunters they actually transport to their missions.   

=== Desk Hunters ===
Also called Paper Hunters, Desk Hunters are those who organize the assignments, collate supply logistics, and deal with the paperwork in the Guild. Most Desk Hunters were former [Hunters] who grew old or were wounded.  

=== Foreign Hunters ===
Foreign Hunters are those who take on duties beyond Noelictus's borders to slay greater monsters like [[Crelers]], or take on significant threats such as the [[Demons]] or [[Belavierr Donamia|Belavierr the Stitch Witch]].

=== Royal Deathhunt ===
Members of the Royal Deathhunt are the most elite group of [Hunters] within the guild. They are led by Commander Agshiga.

=== Conscripted Hunters ===
Conscripted Hunters are sentenced criminals. Considered the lowest rank within the Hunter's Guild, Conscripted Hunters are sent out in squads led by a regular [Hunter], often with no training and bad equipment.