Keepers of Knowledge

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Public Agenda

The library welcomes members of all races and philosophies, provided prospective clerics swear to the doctrine of the Binder of What is Known and dedicate themselves to acquiring, administering, and protecting knowledge.

Assets

Buildings used for the storage and keeping of knowledge in its many forms. The clergy work closely with many groups in the cities and can usually acquire what is required.

Player Feature: Library Access. You can bypass fees & other formalities to access the library. Secret, magical, or hidden knowledge is granted to you. Communicate to other scholars through Silent Sigils, a language composed of sigils, which make no sound. Also, recieve a portion of supplies from the temple such as ink, paper, books, or maps.

Demography and Population

Far more common in cities than the wilderness, temples of the Seeking Scholar resemble libraries filled with acolytes huddled over desks covered in books, maps, and scrolls. Many support themselves by selling writing implements, services, or maps, often to adventurers. Most temples include extensive binderies to aid cloistered clerics in producing religious tracts and volumes that will form the basis of future temple libraries.
Members of the church might remain cloistered in temples (usually academics and sages more at home among stacks of books and scrolls than aside their fellows) or travel the land, recording their experiences and periodically reporting to the temples they encounter on their travels.

Religion

Clerics of the Knowing Lord perform two rituals everyday, known as the Cornerstones of the Day.
The first, the Binding, is a morning ceremony of writing mystic symbols during silent prayer.
The second, known as the Covenant, is an evening ritual sharing works of wisdom, song, and new knowledge. When a child follower achieves his or her twelfth year (or equivalent for nonhuman worshipers), local clerics perform a private ceremony known as the Naming. The ritual is mystery as all who go through never reveal what happens during the Naming.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Demonym

• Namers
• Keepers

Deities

• Seeking Scholar

Divines

• Seeking Scholar