The Janitor is always there in the background, sweeping or performing any number of other simple tasks. No one asks their name, and that assumes they register The Janitor's existence in the first place. Most people can't even recall their gender. The Janitor was a joint effort involving many organizations of
The Web.
Siegfried contributed to training,
The Magicians of Carthage gave The Janitor psionic abilities. Potential candidates we're pulled directly from
The Oxford Cabal, and
The Alexandrian University filled the subjects mind with a vast range of knowledge. Then
The Discordance got involved.
The Janitor was an attempt to infiltrate The Commonwealth of Alternative Religion , spy on their operations, and assassinate undesirables on a whim. The discordians, being similar to a cult, themselves, took exception to this. They didn't do much. They simply approached The Janitor and wished them a happy birthday, handing them a wrapped box with a gift inside. The Janitor went rogue the next day.
The Rise of The Workforce
The Janitor is the head of an organization called The Workforce, a watchdog group who maintains the status quo of The Web. The discordians are effectively responsible for the organization, though it's likely they never intended its creation. When The Janitor defected, they notified each organization, including The Commonwealth, that not only were they no longer working for them, they were watching them.
What The Janitor and their organization are looking for is up for debate. anytime the scales are tipped in the favor of one or another, The Workforce steps in. Any time an organization acts outside of the rules established by the Web and its allies, The Workforce steps in.
The discordians delight in this fact. They love The Workforce, and the discordians are the one organization that seems to get away with far more than others. Many believe The Janitor was a member of The Discordance to begin with.
Sounds like a great way to kill murder hobos. So, the janitor was hand-picked by the members of the web, right? Would there be records of the candidates somewhere, locked away in some secret filing cabinet in the basement? I guess what I'm asking is, is it possible to learn the Janitor's true identity? Then, how much harder would it be to learn who the other 'custodians' are? Did you make the workforce more as a plot device, or a player faction?
So yes and no. If your high enough in a major organization that was involved, you probably know who the janitor is, but do you really? These are powerful psychic abilities. The Janitor can't rewrite memories without prep and time but could potentially rewrite small details in memories on the fly. Gender, hair color, facial structure. If you asked the higher ups and they were willing to reveal it, they would each describe a radically different person... ^gonna just not this down for future me so I can add this to the article.^ The Janitor is more the plot device. The Workforce is a playable faction. I imagine more of an assasin rogue archetype with more opportunities for a disguise skill.