Unless the rules have changed since I left, there was NO requirement in the Witherings that one be a member of a guild at all, much less in the heirarchy of a guild. The only requirements are that one be a Zorai citizen, have 50 fame with the Zorai and be Kami. This does mean that one must not be a member of a guild aligned other than with the Zorai, as it would prevent one from holding Zorai faction at all. :)
It is possible for a given guild to gain power through being Awakened, as Inflatable Friends did, for example, because no one else was interested in being in the government of the Witherings at the time.
It is possible for a given guild to gain power through being Awakened, as Inflatable Friends did, for example, because no one else was interested in being in the government of the Witherings at the time.