Greencarer

This celestial object frequents the night sky at precisely twenty-one hour, thirty-three minutes in twenty year cycles. The last time it passed by Midrast Wain... Wait, that's not right. It can't be a comet. What if...

Should I send a courier for Dreamcarers?

No. I need to visit them personally. This discovery is too important for a mere courier to deliver.

— Two Starseekers discussing a troubling discovery

Career

Qualifications

Education in natural studies, critical thinking, observation skills, patience and long years of study. Depending on the type of Greencarer one wishes to become, travel to specific schools or territories - such to the island of Dreamcarers - where one learns their craft may also be required for anyone to take them seriously and to get their tattoos.

Career Progression

The standard Greencarers who grow plants and cook foods follow the standard career progression of apprentice - junior - senior - master and naturally progress iwthin their own native tribes. However, if one wishes to follow the more technologically and scientifically aimed Greencarer profession of Starseeker, Alchemist or Shaman, they will need to gain their Senior qualification and tattoo from a school.

Payment & Reimbursement

The monetary rewards for studied Greencarers are highly varied and generally incredibly unstable. While some tribes may value them highly and shower them in gems whenever they complete a research or brews to concoct, the more traditional oriented leaders shun them and may even prohibit them from delving in certain research topics - such as study of anatomy, Dreams and Dreamscape or other topics they may deem heretical.
The standard Greencarers who are more focused on growing plants and cooking food may are valued at around 2-3 gems per day of work.

Other Benefits

Free dusk meals, especially for those who contribute to the cooking and meal preparation. Possible financing from nobles into matters of their interest. Shamans are also known to receive visions from the gods of their worship.

Perception

Purpose

Greencarers are pivotal for the advancement of technological and spiritual understanding of the world. Their main creed is Agricultural, Scientific, as well as Spiritual, depending on the type of Greencarer one wishes to become. While every type still knows something about farming still, the skillset of a Shaman or Alchemist tends to be focused in the study of Dreams or brews and chemical reactions respectively rather than growing plants.

Social Status

Greencarers generally inhabit the lower social status amongst the populace, until they prove themselves with a new invention or breakthrough. Many Greencarers dedicate their lives to a specific study but never see its conclusion, however, some of the greatest inventors and thinkers have been acknowledged and are remembered for their endeavors post-mortem.

Demographics

Studied Greencarers generally gravitate towards bigger cities and tribes, where they may find funding and jobs that utilize their abilities - if they can. 8% of population

History

The name "Greencarer" comes from what the profession originally started as in the long past - farmers and herders of animals. They cared for growing plants, knowing which herbs and mushrooms are edible, and how to properly cook them.
Eventually, this drive to prepare food has evolved into furthering studies of nature, natural laws, Dreams and Gods, preparation of alchemical brews and astrological observations.
It became clear with the abundance of food that Greencarers could better spend their time elsewhere and so started passing down their knowledge to students in so called "Schools" - places secluded from tribes and politics, that function almost a city or tribe in itself. They have their own rules of conduct and leaders who teach the young all they knew.
It was a necessary establishment that didn't happen overnight and not without its own series of problems. Schools needed to provide for themselves and needed guards to protect its own teachers or students from within or outside threats. Some battles and wars were fought over independence of schools, and many of them were lost, forcing the schools to either ban heretical topics or to outright close down. Yet as time passed and leaders changed, the number of successful schools that managed to separate themselves and survive increased.
The two biggest schools known to dragon and gryphonkind are Dreamcarers and Starward Nation, who settled on secluded islands West and North of The Continent respectively.

Operations

Workplace

Standard Greencarers work in the fields, the studied ones generally prefer area dedicated and suitable for their craft.

Provided Services

Preparation of food and alcohol, potion and brew-making, study and research of plantlife, nature, Dreamscape and Religion

Dangers & Hazards

Alchemists specifically face the danger of their entire livelihood and lives going up in a plume of smoke if they make a fatal mistake. Shamans face the danger of remaining catatonic if they explore Dreamscape without proper precautions.

Alternative Names

Shaman, Scientist, Historian, Dreamcarer, Starseeker, Farmer, Alchemist

Type

Research / Scientific

Demand

The demand for Greencarers is generally low as current era sees far too many dragons pursuing this profession.

Legality

Some tribes may rule certain avenues of research illegal and as such - put livelihoods of certain Greencarers on the line.

Food growing

Greencarer's main source of protein comes from Arak, a red flower with dark blue petal-edges that grows a meat-like fruit in the middle, it is widely cultivated as a cheap food source for masses of gryphons and dragons, especially amongst the large tribes whose high populace wouldn't be sustained off of hunting red meat and fish alone.
Arak, despite being quite healthy, is generally despised for its taste.