The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institution on the Discworld created by Terry Pratchett. It is distinguished from Thieves' Guilds in other fantasy universes by being completely legal.
The Thieves' Guild was established early in Lord Havelock Vetinari's rule of Ankh-Morpork. Lord Vetinari realised that what people crave is stability, and that, while it is impossible to stamp out crime altogether, it is possible to ...
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The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institution on the Discworld created by Terry Pratchett. It is distinguished from Thieves' Guilds in other fantasy universes by being completely legal.
The Thieves' Guild was established early in Lord Havelock Vetinari's rule of Ankh-Morpork. Lord Vetinari realised that what people crave is stability, and that, while it is impossible to stamp out crime altogether, it is possible to regulate it. The major gang leaders of the city were therefore called to the Patrician's Palace, where they agreed to be held responsible for ensuring a socially acceptable number of thefts. While they may have been insincere in this promise, they soon found the Patrician knew too much about them for reneging to be safe.
The Thieves' Guild moved into the long-vacated Ankh-Morpork Courthouse, and, due to their new obligation to prevent unauthorised theft, quickly became the major law-enforcement body of the city, causing the Ankh-Morpork City...
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