9. THE FELLOWSHIP OF CARTERS AND COACHMEN
Master: Jasril Malakar (0 level fighter; Master Carter)
Headquarters: The Road House, #222, Carters’ Way,
Southern Ward
Livery: dark blue cloaks and long-peaked caps, with silver trim
Entrance: 25 gp (for the owner of a coach or more than
one conveyance), or 10 gp (for the owner of a single cart
or litter), by application to the Master (few are refused)
Dues: 5 sp/month
Contact: the Master

This guild is an association for all native Waterdhavians
who own carts, wagons, coaches, litters, and in winter
sleighs and sledges, that they use in their business as a
direct source of income. Most nobles and many wealthy
individuals possess their own private coaches and litters,
without being Guild members. Woolmen and other merchants
who use their own wagons to carry their own
goods, but do not as a rule rent them out for the use of
others, also need not be Guild members. The Lords
strictly forbid any efforts to restrict ownership of such
conveyances within the City to the Lords on one hand
and members of this Guild (only) on the other. In recent
years Guild members have stopped trying to get a legal
monopoly; they are presently all much too busy trying to
keep up with all the business of moving the goods and
persons of Waterdhavians and visitors hither and yon
within the City walls.

Most major caravan companies operating overland in
the North and to the Inner Sea lands have representatives
in Waterdeep who are Guild members, but the lowliest
carter has the same Guild rights as these, which
include freedom from search by the Watch save by
express orders of the Lords or a Magister. The Guard,
however, can search wagons and persons of Guild members
at will, and in practice, the Watch merely calls on
the Guard in the event of any dispute.

The operations and jurisdiction of this Guild do not
extend over water—harbor conveyances are in the province
of the Watermen, another guild. The typical “cheapest”
carrying fare is 1 cp for a ride in an open trotting-
cart, or two-wheel rickshaw-like covered taxi, holding
one or two persons and pulled by one or two persons
anywhere within the City walls, for up to half an hour.