The Harpers are a secret society that seeks the return of the Glory of Myth Drannor - a time when the High Elves ruled over Humans and civilization was said to had reached its pinnacle.
While the Harpers seek the return of a society such as Myth Drannor, they do not explicity seek to return humans to being under the rule of Elves, but certainly believe that society needs to be divided into a ruling class and a working class, and that the ruling class needs to be held to an incredibly high standard that would be hard to achieve without a few hundred years to practice.
Typical Members
Most Harpers are academicians or otherwise well educated or worldly and cultured, but tend not to be militant. The Harpers do have many supporters among the lower ranking aristocracy. Becoming a Harper is, in many ways, the Faerunian equivalent of joining the Free-Masons.
Preferred Government Type
The Harpers want every settlement to, if possible, be independent, mostly self-governing and self-sustained. They prefer a decentralized government and mainly favor elective monarchies and a sophisticated parliament to support the monarch.
They're one of the driving forces that secretly helped engineer the Lords' Alliance and now struggle against organizations such as the Zhentarim for control over the Lords' Alliance.
Causes
The Harpers are champions of culture, art and education. They also strongly support the Emerald Enclave's cause to preserve balance between civilization and nature.
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