User blog comment:PsijicThief/A New Guild/@comment-5558140-20131010024229/@comment-7153552-20131010151856

The goal, at least in my mind, is to make it separate so they can be and do their own thing. The work they do would fall close to some of what we've seen the Dark Brotherhood and the thieves guild doing already, and House Hlaalu is a great comparison also (see Jonesy95's comment below). I think, also, having it separate from the crown (I assume you mean the empire, itself) would be more beneficial. It shouldn't have a roayl or political affiliation, this way it can work on it's own and handle contracts from all sides of conflicts.