Submission for a Minor character with a major Organization
Organisation name: Ring of Gold
Description:
The Ring of gold grew almost parallel to the Ring of Life. As the supply of organic luxuries stopped in addition to the shortage of inorganic luxuries, There will be always people willing to serve the bureaucrats, military men and those unaccustomed to the fanatical leanings of the order for a high price. Not surprisingly the order grew from within the army, and thanks to the convoluted military hierarchy the organization is resilient enough to survive numerous purges.
While there is no sure-fire way to proof the existence of this organization, numerous trafficking of organic products, animal and plant parts, as well as counterfeit and contraband goods are attributed to them, either by consequential evidence, or being just a convenient scapegoat for unexplained errors in accounting. That said, numerous videos and announcements are spread regularly on the mass media by unidentified people claiming to be part of this organization.
The Ring of Gold obviously do not have its own standing army or navy, but an estimate put its sympathizers at around 5-15% of the officer population. Apart from army men, its connections also include traders, colony administrators and even some of the clergy, making it impossible to root out.
Obviously, this ring has no known formal leader, though recently the identity "John Goldsmith" is used as the common public face.
-Economical power: ~10%: While they do not have a centralized account, collectively they are damn rich.
-Military power: ~5%: A lot of people are symphatic to them, but their military capability is serverely compromised by being mostly undercover.
-Popularity: ~2%: They are hated among the masses. Unfortunately only the more refined men understand their usefulness.
Name: Thandiwe Patricia "Captain Tepp" Mkhabela
Description: Thandiwe Mkhabela is a lady around the age of 30, with a tomboyish look and of dark, medium build.
Biography: By way of inheritance she got enough money to start her own transport business, and with her own custom transport corvette, the Siphokazi, she has gained some kind of reputation of being fast and timely. Her exploits soon made her in contact with the Ring of Gold, or at least people claiming to have a connection with, and she joined as undercover for money.
Her usual way of business is to occasionally smuggle a few contraband with legal goods, and with "helpful" custom officers and not wanting to damage her business reputation, she was never get caught. And perhaps if she got caught probably the one responsible is another client for her services anyway...
Type: Economical