Archivist

Archivists are dedicated to the recording and preservation of knowledge. They are one of the Academic Advanced Backgrounds. Archivists are often tasked with scouring tomes for errors and falsehoods, because to an archivist there is no greater sin than the recording of lies. Great Archivists often become well respected scholars, holding great power over the future of a kingdom. Regardless, Archivists are often sought out by other Academics, who collaborate with them to complete their own work in related fields.

**Skill Proficiency:** Investigation.

**Additional Equipment:** An ink pen, a bottle of ink, a tin of pounce powder.

**Academic References:**

Upon spending an hour, and succeeding on a medium-DC Intelligence (Investigation) check, you can find a contact within a library, academy, or place of knowledge. This contact begins as friendly to you and will answer questions you have regarding research.

## Rank 1 - Scribe's Assistant

You have become a valued member of a library after learning about the art of collecting and storing written materials. Your years of completing bureaucratic tasks have made you an expert in locating information on specific and obscure subjects.

**Holdings:**

A desk within a library, college, or museum, with access to common resources.

A well-regarded text which is suspected to contain falsehoods, with made-up accounts and references.

**Progression:**

To progress in this profession, you must fact-check and document your discovery of errors in a fraudulent, plagiarised, or mistaken tome.

## Rank 2 - Scribe

You have been appointed the honoured task of transcribing and recreating texts. You are a builder of libraries, a recorder of history, and an entrusted relayer of knowledge for generations to come. As a Scribe, it is your job to record the knowledge of the world. Scribes often venture out into the world to find and document information first-hand.

**Holdings:**

An office with printing materials, binding equipment, and a dedicated hireling assistant who completes minor tasks for you.

Access to restricted sections of libraries and other places of collective knowledge.

**Progression:**

To progress in this profession, you must complete and restore a catalogue of books or scrolls dto be added to a library. Your contribution to the library must be deemed a worthy addition by your superiors.

## Rank 3 - Chief Librarian

Your dedication to the acquisition and preservation of knowledge has brought you to great heights within the world of academia. You are responsible for the library you serve, from acquiring and copying new texts, to preserving and reviewing existing ones. A Chief Librarian is expected to go to great lengths to fact - check the contents of their library, preferably in person.

**Holdings:**

A great library containing texts collecting over centuries.

A team of hirelings who attend the day-to-day running of the library, such as scribes, assistants and scholars. Additionally, your name is highly regarded within the world of academia.

Access to the entire library, including forbidden tomes and the knowledge they contain.

**Progression:**

To progress in this profession, you must have made an unprecedented contribution to the world of academia. This may be the uncovering of a great truth, or the invention of a new methodology.

## Rank 4 - Grand Loremaster

As Grand Loremaster, you are the undisputed regional authority in all matters of scholarly concern. For this reason, you are highly revered by figures of prominence for your knowledge and advice. A system of academics looks to you for guidance on obtaining knowledge and spreading enlightenment.

**Holdings:**

You have become head of a regional educational or knowledge-based institute, such as a ministry or college. The institution's resources are at your command.

You have authority over all small libraries and educational institutions within your region, including access to their resources and hirelings.

You have access to sources of knowledge that have otherwise been sworn to secrecy of Imperial order, royal decree, or a warlord's command. These sources of knowledge can include such secrets as forbidden arcane practices, demons' true names, and schematics for powerful artefacts.

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