11 (Every) Insane Rules Of High Table And The Continental - Explored

In the John Wick universe, Respect is the most important thing. John was saved many times by other characters even by giving their lives because they respected the man.

One coin is basically one "thing" or one "favor". If you count the coins he gave to the clean-up crew it was one coin per body

The gold coins are considered favours per action. Clean 0ut 8 bodies, 8 coins. 1 room? 1 coin, 5 guns and as much ammo as you need, 5 coins. So yes, the value shifts, just depends on how much you NEED something.

Thought the price that Caine paid was to never see his daughter again, so he blind himself.

One personal rule that John seems to follow is that any target that he is after has to see his (or her) death coming, this is mostly depicted in chapter 2 when he walks out on the floor in the museum and lets Santino see him, it would have saved him some trouble if he had shot him from the edge of the room and then evaded the guards afterward.

The Gold Coins actually solve an important problem with the Continentals. Usually, the High Table would ask for a cut of the action on any transaction with their organization. Such as John buying a drink, or ordering a customized 3-gun set of AR/Shotgun/Glock pistol. Naturally this presents an obvious opening for people to skim off the top and embezzle from the High Table. We are dealing with vendors to assassins, after all. So the High Table solves the embezzlement problem with gold coins. The price for each service is one coin per job, no matter the task. While this means John overpays for a drink and underpays for a $9,000 set of guns, it also denies anyone the chance to steal from the High Table because they control the currency. If anyone wants to convert coins to money, they have to deal with the High Table…so any opportunity for money schemes is checked there too. Pretty slick storytelling

Real question is: Does the Continental provide a full breakfast bar or just muffins/juice. Precisely how "Continental" is the Continental.

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There is also the rule, that no innocents can be killed. And since dogs are pure souls... John just went to avenge the death of an innocent.

I think at the end of the day, there are two big factors that govern the rules in the John Wick universe: respect and the threat of violence. This is an inherently violent world these characters live in. So they don’t stop violence; they just try to regulate it, mostly with the threats of intense violence or loss of privileges, as is shown with their dealings with John. Most assassins follow those rules to avoid reprisal. However, there are plenty of instances where characters help each other out purely out of respect for each other, as we see with Koji and Caine in the fourth movie. The Director in the third movie honors John’s ticket for safe passage out of respect for his affiliation with the Ruska Roma. Even the first movie has an instance of that when Marcus is following John and keeping an eye out for him out of respect. But I think that’s more of an individual attribute than an institutional rule from the High Table; the High Table is ok with inconsistently upholding the rules as long as it solidifies their power. It’s why the Adjudicator cracked down on the Bowery King even though he didn’t technically or actually break any rules. And even then, the High Table does honor their word as we see with the Harbinger in the fourth movie. TL;DR, the High Table are rules lawyers that use violence to enforce the rules. Individual assassins follow their own code of honor and respect toward each other that may or may not put them in conflict with the High Table. Just my two cents on the matter.

On the topic of the blind swordsman and his retirement, based on the line about giving up his eyes I think that it's heavily implied that he literally had to blind himself in order to leave the high tables control because they did not trust him being as capable as he was at the time out in the real world. Mind you it does not look like it brought him as low as they were hoping considering that they turned back to him for help.

When you said Osaka was in Tokyo I felt the geography coming inside of me considering they are both different cities

Additional Rule Any people who seats the table or the family of it supports it can acquire duels itself. Moreover, the duel in JW4 is somewhat an escape exit on the hands of the High Table itself but only if you challenge the Elder or any members of the High Table who has Autum Imperator and they accepted it

Winston's most badass moment was when he told the Marquis "You arrogant asshole!....He didn't shoot."

Zero's death really hit me, because the guy was a fanboy through and through, and to a certain extent - is INCREDIBLY relatable (excluding the whole assassin part) He was honourable as well, goddamn did that guy perform and was he a legend

So much trouble could've been avoided if the Managers had the authority to remove absolutely anyone attempting to safehouse on Continental grounds. Or if there was a specific rule that Marker holders are an exception to the Continental safe harbor. After all, you could get out of a Marker obligation if your target stayed at the Continental indefinitely, creating a paradox in the two rules.

The most important fact is the High Table existed for a long time, even before any governments. Just shows how influential they are

The coin is effectively a favor's worth. How serious the favor is determines how many coins it's worth. More urgent or dangerous things weigh more coinage, as does the relevant skills of the people involved. I'd wager that the multiple coins paid to the cleanup crew was both for the whole crew and for knockon costs incurred (bribing cops, cleaning stray recordings, etcetera). What I'm interested in is how they are initially distributed.

It should be noted that John Wick wasn't excommunicato when the Bowery King gave him the gun and 7 bullets. This means that the Bowery King didn't break any High Table rules by aiding John. So why did the Adjudicator order him to step down and then punish him with 7 sword cuts?

“This hotel has been condemned. You have 1 hour.”