An organisation that offers protection and procurement at a price. Originally founded in the city of Eskalond, the Web has grown in influence and scope, expanding rapidly to spread itself across the continent. The Web is known by many as the last refuge of the desperate. If a farmer owes a debt they cannot pay, a family wishes to settle an age-old score, or a scholar longs to seek out knowledge, it's an organisation that offers protection, procurement and power at a price. Those who wish to avail themselves of the Web’s services pay in gold or in time. Many of the debts of those paying the ‘time price’ pledge years of their life, or even subsequent generations of their family.