Prophesier
by hughpierre
Career
Qualifications
There is no single tract towards becoming one. Despite the title, most prophesiers do not have any inherent prophesying ability. The term follows those optimum advisers who divined the happenings around them through mysticism, experience, or personal connections that made it seem they were all-knowing.
And that is the key: Seeming All-Knowing
Payment & Reimbursement
Freelance
- 1-2 cacao beans per street foretelling
Other Benefits
Freelance
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom to form personal and professional connections
Employed
- Room and Board
- Steady Meals available
Perception
Purpose
To offer advise based, ideally on divine interpretation, but more often through observations of the material world.
Social Status
Freelance
- Often times thought of as vagrants or vagabonds
- Sought after during new births in some homes to proclaim a newborn's future
Employed
- Seen as invaluable to leaders of a state
- Holds a fortuitous prominence within the accepting culture as being sponsored by a state is considered evidence enough to sway the majority of their genuinity
Demographics
Operations
Workplace
Freelance
- Well worn inter-state roads
- Canal Pavements
- Market Corners and Stalls
Employed
- Reserved Office
- Place in Court
Provided Services
There are different categories of prophesiers distinguished by their means of prophesizing:
Seers
Prophesiers who claim to have 'visions' as part their powers.Near Seers
Prophesiers who specialize in pursuing short term objectives for either themselves or their master.Far Seers
Prophesiers who specialize in pursuing long term objectives for either themselves or their master.Sayers
Prophesiers who claim to hear 'voices' as part their powers.Dreamers
Prophesiers who wait for and interpret dreams, either their own or of others.Decarnates
Prophesiers who claim to have lived previous lives which grants insight into their current one.Dangers & Hazards
Freelance
Prophesiers unaffiliated with a powerful patron to defend them leaves them vulnerable to the regulars of travel and near homelessness.Employed
Depending on the patron, a false prophecy or misinformed counsel can lead to dismissal or execution.
Type
Consulting
Famous in the Field
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