Mano Rossa

The Mano Rossa are an assassin specialization found in Genua. The guild house is located just north of the palace, on Dauphin Street.

Guild house

As many of the rooms in the guild house will get non-assassins killed if they wander into them, people wishing to join the guild should read the marble slab in the foyer, which gives directions:

Those interested in joining our organisation should speak to Arlen Laureato who can be found in the study on the second floor, directions as follows:
north, up, east, up, west, south, east

Do not stray from this path or else one of our associates may have 'words' with you.


Written in tidy symbols:

Assassins, ninja, mano rossarians, hashishim and undecided assassins are currently allowed to enter the restricted areas.

Assassins, ninja, mano rossarians, hashishim and undecided assassins are currently allowed to use the shops.

Assassins, ninja, mano rossarians and hashishim are currently allowed to view the contract listings.

Assassins, ninja, mano rossarians, hashishim and undecided assassins are currently allowed to use the training rooms.

Guild services

The Mano Rossa guild contains a wide variety of services

• The foyer (Contracts can be placed here)
• The library (Containing a few books and the place for advancing skills)
• The pub
• The conservatory
• A bathroom
• The game room
• The boxing room (Playerkillers can fight each other here and npk's can fight npc boxers. See the 'help here' file in the room for more information.)
• A clothes shop
• Gabbiani's custom suits.
• Arlen Laureato's study.
• A small poison laboratory. (Potentially dangerous for non-assassins)
• The contract room. (Potentially dangerous for non-assassins)

Advancement

Madame Bellus teaches some of the available covert commands to assassins who meet the requirements. Advancement of skills can be done in the library. Primaries can be advanced until level 50 and to level 300 after taking the Oath and becoming a playerkiller.

Once Mano Rossa are advanced enough they can demonstrate to Arlen Laureato that they are ready for player killing by taking the Oath.

Titles

Pre-Titles can be acquired from Arlen Laureato after taking the Oath. The following post-titles appear automatically depending on your guild-level.

Guild level	Title
<7	Wannabe Hitman

Custom suits

North of the clothing shop is Monsieur Gabbiani, who sells custom suits to Mano Rossarians. A suit consists of a jacket, waistcoat, fedora, and a skirt for females and trousers for males.

• Materials: cotton twill, gaberdine, cashmere, velvet, linen, silk and wool.
• Colours: charcoal grey pinstripe, dark grey pinstripe, lead grey pinstripe, traditional black, black pinstripe, brown pinstripe, navy pinstripe, midnight black, charcoal grey, sandy white, light grey, dark grey, navy blue, dark blue, off white, burgundy, black and white.
• Styles of lapel: very narrow, very wide, narrow and wide.
• Styles of fit: close-fitting, loose and snug.
• Finally, the buyer can decide if the sleeves have knife sheathes.

Jacket:

This <fit> jacket has been hand-tailored from high-quality <colour> <material>, and has extremely stylish <size> lapels.  It will leave anyone with the impression that the wearer has a great deal of money and knows just how to use it. Inside the long sleeves are some stylish looking knife sheathes from which you could hurl a knife or two.

Waistcoat:

This <fit> waistcoat has been hand-tailored from high-quality <colour> <material>, and will leave anyone with the impression that the wearer has a great deal of money and knows just how to use it.

Skirt:

This <fit> skirt has been hand-tailored from high-quality <colour> <material>, and will leave anyone with the impression that the wearer has a great deal of money and knows just how to use it.

Trousers:

These <fit> trousers has been hand-tailored from high-quality <colour> <material>, and will leave anyone with the impression that the wearer has a great deal of money and knows just how to use it.

Fedora:

This fedora has been hand-tailored from high-quality <colour> <material>, and will leave anyone with the impression that the wearer has a great deal of money and knows just how to use it.

Equipment shop and custom throwing hatchets

In the northern part of Genua, there is an equipment shop for the Mano Rossa. While anyone can get into it, only assassins can buy items there. The entrance is not immediately obvious however and can be slightly dangerous as well.

The storekeeper, Timothee, is also a custom outfitter, capable of making a large variety of custom throwing axes.

Commands

These commands are exclusive to assassins.

• abscond*
• assess
• backstab*
• inhume

* These commands are also shared with the Thieves' Guild.

Primaries

These are the primary skills for the Mano Rossa:

• fighting.defence.dodging
• fighting.melee.dagger
• fighting.unarmed.grappling
• fighting.range.thrown
• adventuring.movement.climbing.rock
• adventuring.movement.climbing.tree
• covert.stealth.inside
• covert.stealth.outside
• covert.hiding.person
• covert.lockpick.doors
• covert.lockpick.traps
• covert.items.traps
• covert.casing.person
• covert.items.weapons
• covert.points

Contracts

Like all assassin guilds, a unique list of NPC contracts can be placed and viewed here. NPC contracts can be closed by anyone with the inhume command.

Longname	Cost	Shortname
Albert Dimagio	2,2,6,67Gd	dimagio
Tfat Chick	4,6,67Gf	chick
Mr. Tulip	6,0,0,0Gd	tulip
Sleep DiBlarr	3,3,27Gf	diblarr
Greig Schwitz	2,4,0Gf	schwitz
General Sallyforth	6,6,6,67Gd	sallyforth
Noobie	1,0,0Gf	noobie
Dielar	2,9,3,34Gd	dielar
Madame Demain-Matin	2,0,0Gf	demain-matin
Stake-Me-Own-Heart Dybbler	3,3,27Gf	heart

Book closure

The Mano Rossa use an unique system where the book is alternately opened and closed each season for other assassin specialisations. When the book is closed for other specialisations, they are not allowed to close npc and player contracts.

Current book closure dates are:

Season	Period	RW Date	Open/Closed
Spring Prime	21st February Prime to 21st May Prime	21 September 2014	Closed
Summer Prime	25th May Prime to 2nd Grune Prime	October 22 2014	Open
Autumn Prime	24th Spune Prime to 28th Ember Prime	November 29 2014	Closed
Winter Prime	32nd Ember Prime to 19th February Secundus	December 21 2014	Open
Spring Secundus	20th February Secundus to 4th June Secundus	January 20 2015	Closed
Summer Secundus	5th June Secundus to 19th August Secundus	February 23 2015	Open
Autumn Secundus	30th August Secundus to 30th Ember Secundus	March 21 2015	Closed
Winter Secundus	2nd December Secundus to 18th February Prime	April 20 2015	Open

Guild Administration

The leader of the Mano Rossa is the Don. The Don must have taken the Oath and be over 25 days old to qualify for this position. Mano Rossa must have taken the Oath and be over 5 days old to vote for the Don.

The Don of the Mano Rossa can appoint two Tenentes.

Current guild administration

Title	Holder of office
Don of the Mano Rossa	Kimya
Tenente	Avenged
Tenente	-

Previous Dons on the Mano Rossa

Don of the Mano Rossa	Election
Xylo	31 October 2004
Rift	12 December 2004
Hehe	4 May 2005
Eviscerator	12 February 2006
Machiavelli	10 March 2009
Zane	8 September 2010, 25 January 2012
vacant	3 November 2012- 22 March 2014
Emllik	22 March 2014
Kimya	5 October 2014

Starting in Genua

Starting in Genua has certain advantages and disadvantages. Travel to other places can be hard, because Genua is not connected to the terrains. Methods to leave Genua are (but are not limited to) using L-space, carriages and using taxi's. An advantage is speaking Morporkian from the start, which is useful in doing some questing and missions to get early xp.

Genua contains a lot of easily killed npc's wearing expensive goods. However hunting in Genua is not recommended until you have familiarised yourself with the Genuan Crime System, see http://disc-wiki.confusedherring.com/wiki/Genua#Crime_and_Punishment . Stealing and killing Coffee Nostra members are especially discouraged for younger characters, as they will send hitmen after their enemies and their displeasure is persistent.