Summoning groups and organizations of Golarion

[donato]

I'm looking a bit into these and was looking for some help in finding more. I'm looking for organizations or groups that make a fair amount of use summoning, binding, or calling creatures for use. For example, the Hellknights summon devils to train against and the Acadamae of Korvosa has a conjuration as part of their final exam. Is there any other ones that I might have missed?

[Generic Villain]

The Blackfire Adepts are based entirely around summoning and controlling fiends of various flavors. Their prestige class appears in "Paths of Prestige."

The Night Heralds don't have too much info, but based on the Pathfinder Journal appearing in the Legacy of Fire AP (Dark Tapestry by Elaine Cunningham), they certainly make use of summoning fiends. Moreover, they might have methods to summon/bind alien horrors. There are examples of this in the "Dragon's Demand" module (despite no actual Night Heralds appearing). For a brief Night Herald writeup, checkout "Occult Mysteries."

The Arabic-flavored nations (Katapesh, Qadira, and Kelesh) all summon and bind genies. There's tons of info on genie-binding in AP #22 "The End of Eternity," including a 5-level genie-binder prestige class. Unfortunately this info is all from 3.5. Still, it wouldn't take much effort to update it to Pathfinder.

Osirian mages summon and bind elementals. The Ruby Prince of Osirion himself has a small army of elemental servants.

Although they're technically long-extinct, the Thassilonians made prolific use of summoned and bound outsiders.

[Generic Villain]

Thought of another! Sarkorian God Callers were a special brand of summoner. Though Sarkoris was wiped out by the Worldwound, the god-caller tradition continues. You can read about God Callers in "Lost Kingdoms," and there's a generic 5th-level God Caller in "Inner Sea NPC Codex."