Scribe Quadrant

> *"It is the duty of the scribes not only to study and master the past but to relay and record the present."* - Professor Markham
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The **Scribe Quadrant** is one of the four Quadrants of Basgiath War College.

## General Information

On Conscription Day, the scribes must pass a written entrance exam in order to start their scribe training. Part of their exam would be about the history of Navarre and their complicated relationship with Poromiel.

It is the scribes that are present at the Riders Quadrant's formation every morning to announce the cadets and riders that have died the day before. The scribes also teach the Battle Brief in the Riders Quadrant because they have access to up-to-date and relevant information to teach the cadets and riders about battle strategy and to keep them up-to-date with the events happening in Navarre. The rider in charge of the rider's library sends a list of requests and returns to the archives every night, and scribe cadet prepares and delivers the books to the rider cadet who is on archive duty in the morning before breakfast.

Scribes start their day at around 5am. After a year of scribe training, the first-years are inducted as scribes. Their uniforms are a set of robes with a cream tunic and a hood. The hoods are designed to keep the scribes from standing out against the tomes. It is a symbol that no one and nothing is more important than the documents and books in the Archives. The number of gold rectangles woven into the shoulder of their tunic indicates their year. They are training to be the Navarre's historians.

One of the paths that scribes can follow during their education is the "adept path". Only the highest ranked scribe cadets can follow this path as it is the hardest of all degrees for scribes. Every Curator of the Scribe Quadrant must have that degree. Cadets that follow this degree will rarely leave the Archives and will spend more time with Professor Markham than other scribes.

Cadets are placed into squads and have different rotations; one of the rotations is archive duty. As cadets, they are also responsible not only for recording history, but to transfer information from the front lines as well.

As scribes, they are expected to keep their composure and avoid showing excess emotion, even hugging a friend would be reason enough to be chastised.

Scribes are able to return home for the summer breaks during their three years of training.

## Locations

### The Archives

The door to the Archives is similar to a vault and the inside smells like parchment, book-binding glue, and ink. They have less fresh air as a part of the fire mitigation system With less air in the Archives, there is less risk that Navarre's history burns to the ground in a fire.

The Archives are meant to have a copy or the original of almost every single book in Navarre. Only ultrarare or forbidden tomes are excluded. It is notable that The book "The Fables of the Barren", which is a book of fables about venin and wyverns, or anything similar was not included in the Archives.

## Quotes

"There is nothing more sacred than the Archives. Even temples can be rebuilt, but books cannot be rewritten" - Colonel Daxton's Guide to Excelling in the Scribe Quadrant

"Your mother has never understood that while riders may be the weapons of a kingdom, it's the scribes who have all the real power in the world." -Father Sorrengail to Violet Sorrengail.

"It only takes one desperate generation to change history - even erase it." - Father Sorrengail to Violet Sorrengail.

"One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history." - Tairn.

## Notable Members

### Teachers

* Professor Markham
* Captain Fitzgibbons

## References

1. ↑ Fourth Wing, Chapter 5
2. ↑ Iron Flame, Chapter7Iron