Beggars’ Alliance

After years spent as mar­tial arts out­casts, with the dawn of the Song dyn­asty the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance was at long last able to estab­lish itself as a school of Kung Fu in its own right. Fol­low­ing the revolu­tion in the Chinese cast sys­tem, the Alli­ance has grown rap­idly, and its mem­bers are right to con­sider them­selves one of the most power­ful classes in the world.

Though some might call them unortho­dox in their approach, there is a strong bond between mem­bers of the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance. They firmly believe that they have ‘run the gaunt­let’ of human exper­i­ence and as such at the heart of their belief sys­tem is the idea that they must act as one. With their emphasis on loy­alty and mor­al­ity, they set a fine example as her­oes of the age.

‘When you see a worthy per­son, endeav­our to emu­late him. When you see an unworthy per­son, then exam­ine your inner self.’

Beg­gars’ Alli­ance Philosophy

Out­casts of ‘nor­mal’ soci­ety, mem­bers of the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance rely heav­ily on them­selves and live in loneli­ness like the wolves they often use to travel over long distances.

At the heart of their philo­sophy the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance believe in liv­ing a life of sim­pli­city through aus­ter­ity, while focus­ing them­selves on the per­fec­tion of human phys­ical abil­it­ies. They do not aspire to wealth or status, as they see such things as ‘un-​purposeful’ in their quest to focus on what they regard as the truly import­ant things in life.

The Beg­gars’ Alliance

An area of nat­ural grass­land con­nects the north­ern part of Reed Port to the small island of land that the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance has taken as its home. It is a heav­ily guarded fort­ress defen­ded on all sides from attack by vast swirl­ing oceans to the east and treach­er­ous moun­tains to the west.

Class Char­ac­ter­ist­ics

The love of drink is as nat­ural to mem­bers of the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance as the sky is nat­ural to a bird. Mem­bers of the Alli­ance love to brew almost as much as they love to drink, and so the major­ity of mem­bers know brew­ing tech­no­logy, or ‘Brewage’. The Brewage skill allows Beg­gars to brew drinks that have all man­ner of use­ful effects – in some cases even allow­ing Alli­ance mem­bers to tone up their body.

Com­bat Characteristics

Heav­ily reli­ant on their phys­ical abil­it­ies the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance adepts will not hes­it­ate to use venom­ous snake and insect pois­ons to get an edge over their unsus­pect­ing foes.

War­ri­ors of the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance are by defin­i­tion, melee spe­cial­ists. Their war­ri­ors spe­cial­ize in phys­ical attacks, with an emphasis on build­ing up huge com­bos which increase the strength of their attacks. Their war­ri­ors also have very good reflexes and they can often deflect an enemy’s strike swiftly. Because they are asso­ci­ated with snakes and insects, in some instances, their strikes may be poisonous.

Class Over­view

• Highest Eva­sion of all the nine classes
• Very bal­anced char­ac­ter in term of Phys­ical attacks
• Uses Poison as the main ele­ment, and Fire as a sub-​element
• Skills are easy to learn, but it can take time to order (chain) them
• Best used with a hit-​and-​run strategy
• Poisoned attacks do dam­age over time

To learn more about the Beg­gars’ Alli­ance class, please see our guide to Beg­gars’ Alli­ance Class Skills.