Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter VI (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20200823075800

Dragon's Fire

 * Leadership Structure: There is a structure that resembles some form of leadership and hierarchy, where most members are at the bottom and those who lead the organisation are at the top. They do have the authority and reserve rights to revoke membership. The Grand Dragon, created as a title to go with the de facto leader and obviously coming out from a tavern, has most of the power and the final say in its current leadership structure. There are senior chiefs, but they are small in number and are often appointed by the Grand Dragon or the Representative manually. Since the late 1510s, there has been a structural change, whereby there's now a temporary front company established officially where the Grand Dragon is the leader and that all of the gains, whether be from operating trade to handling loot will be directed to this organisation secretly. The Representative is the one who operates in the Westrian Netherlands and operates on a similar level as the Grand Dragon. The group's purpose is not exactly clear, having changed a lot over the past 20 years as of 1530. It is perhaps why historians seem to be intrigued but also forget about its existence.
 * Grand Dragon: Mechiel Tangelder (b. 1480, office since 1502)
 * Head of the Company: Mechiel Tangelder (b. 1480, office since 1515)
 * Representative of the Grand Dragon:
 * Hubert Bodde (b. 1473 - d. 1536, office c. early 1510s - 1536)
 * Koen van der Wel (b. 1502, office since 1536)
 * Operator (Financier): Gert Rutters (b. 1499, office since 1530)
 * Senior Chiefs: Eight figures
 * Membership: 930 members, all of them are concentrated in Westrian Netherlands and based around Den Haag and the surrounding towns within a close range of no more than 20 kilometres. Most of the membership comes from secret meetings and invitations by word of select messengers. Slavokans (or Jews, the sentiment of antisemitism in Europe is still prevalent so its expected) are not accepted however. Women are technically allowed into the organisation but they are smaller in numbers compared to men. Since the operation was split into two, one based in Westrian Netherlands with a representative (Hubert Bodde) appointed to loyalty and continue the operations of Dragon's Fire in that area. The front company that's set up will secretly funnel any profits if available to this group, topping up on financial incentives. This is not known to anyone yet as the messengers and groups sent to Hispania were mainly seen as 'ordinary' Dutchmen.
 * The Tangelder Company: A front company that's set up for any conquistador-esque or mercenary purposes of the group. May be involved in trade too.
 * 320 men (I forgot to update the location but whatever)
 * 5 transport ships
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Operations: N/A
 * Events: (The lower caps events are hurting me)
 * Homecoming: After the capitulation of the Wanka Empire, the Representative of the Grand Dragon died from old age. He is replaced with a younger Senior Chief who took command in the meantime. It is also the time that with some of the wealth of the Wanka Empire being shared, which led to a small share of wealth being transferred to the Tangelder Company (the front company). Many say it is time to go home. With four transport ships around the area of the Shattered Isles and around the northern coast of Meridia, Tangelder, already ageing, along with his soldiers, except for the newcomers, came to transfer some of the looted wealth into the transport ships. On 1537, a new transport ship was purchased in order to transfer some of the rest and to bring over 50 more men into the area. By the end of the decade, the ships were already heading back to Westrian Netherlands, but whether some of them survive, time will tell...