When it comes to the small, independent workshops, there's really only one that stood out to me this past week. Some down-on-his-luck former champion running a glory-days-gone-by shack of a workshop. Haven't paid him a visit though, clearly he's not going to be able to pay well compared to the bigger guilds.
Could be worth a visit to talk after getting some work from the others (still prefer Scarlet Queens), though not sure if it'd be best to join him on a long term basis since as a former champion I guess his profile probably isn't as low as the other independents which was the advantage in going for them. Say, how exclusive are these guilds? Does anyone ever bounce around from one to the other or does that flitting around get them short a finger?