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Fifth Men

A gang that governs movement rather than territory, using the old overflow channel, the Cut and Enginemead workings as carriage routes for smugglers, gangs, factors and respectable firms.

Named with it

  • Tobias Lark, 'the Fifth Clerk' · principal broker

At the table

They know more continuous underground routes than anyone. A Fifth Man token is more useful than a legal pass on some lower routes. They closed routes to everybody when both sides of the Candlewick War demanded exclusive carriage.