The Archivist

Archivist (left), seen creating The Receptonist

## Overview

The Archivist is a construct, created by The Storyteller. They are the current custodian of **The Archives**, which holds all the pacts of the fey, as well as being the enforcer of Fey Law. Should any fey break this law, they will soon find the Archivist waiting to send them to Florida.

### Important Spark Notes

The Archivist has been revealed to contain the consciousness of The Storyteller, along with their daughter, The Deceptionist. They believe that Chronicle killed Teller, and resents them for it. They are currently searching for the pieces of Teller's body in order to ensure they are never put back together.

## Appearance

The Archivist is a 12ft tall, elf like maiden, with waist length black hair tied low. They wear a simple, toga-esque gown. The most striking thing about them is the lack of a face, an empty void instead replaces where it should be.

By default, they have no arms, however can generate limbs either from partially formed ink, or a similar material to its face.

## Abilities

### Fey Gates

The Archivist is capable of travelling through between the Material Plane and The Feywilds at will, having been recorded to pop into the guild to harass members

### The Florida Manoeuvre

The Archivist automatically knows the location of anyone who has broken a Fey Law, and will approach their location, should they be present in The Feywilds. Accomplices, should they be seen by the Archivist's eye, will also become targets. When the Archivist reaches you, you are sent to Florida, with no method of return.

### Inky Dissolution

The Archivist is capable of teleporting via dissolving into puddles of ink. This also enables them to protect themself; you can't kill ink.

### Seamless Disguise

The Archivist is capable of perfect disguises, changing so completely into a random humanoid that it loses all memory of ever being The Archivist, instead being fully committed to its false history. This process has an effect on standard reality, with humanoids that are included in the Disguises past gaining memories in accordance with the backstory. This disguise only lasts temporarily, with the body regaining its true memories and breaking down into ink after this period is elapsed.

While the disguise gains perfect cover, The Archivist also loses access to all their supernatural abilities inherent to itself. However, should the disguise take enough damage, they will temporarily regain their memories and abilities in order to protect itself from further harm.

## History

### Pre-Campaign

The Archivist was constructed by The Storyteller in the time before their erasure, but is theorised to have been incomplete when The Titanomachy occurred. Through processes unknown, they gained autonomy and sentience, and took up Teller's job as the custodian of the Archives. At some point during this time, they built a daughter and assistant, simply known as the Fey Receptionist (currently Blathers), who manned the reception of the Archives to welcome travellers.

### Campaign

Unknown ages pass in the Feywilds before the SCS starts meddling in its affairs, drawing the Archivist's attention. The first crossing is when **Pierre** takes a group to find and destroy Behemoth's pact, as well as the pacts of guildmates Aplontis and Thian. In the aftermath of this act, Slash is spotted by the Archivist after they contact Chronicler for the first time. The Archivist warns Slash to, among other things, "beware the power of dreams".

The next major sighting of the Archivist was at the guild a few months later, where it appeared to **Slash** and Sandman in the mess hall. Once again, it admonishes Slash for meddling in affairs beyond their station, and provides some cryptic information on the current state of the Feywilds, and why it came to be this way.

During the Skathi Name off session, a cheshire cat by the name of Alphonse stowed away in Pierre's hood, and travelled with the party unseen. After the session, Alphonse hung around and spoke to various N/PC's. After some time, they approached Flint in his cabin. During this interaction, Alphonse begins to exhibit strange signs, such as spitting up ink. Soon after, he regains his memories, and asks Flint to keep the visit a secret.

Another appearance of The Archivist occurs when **Finnick** needs to enter the Feywilds to discuss terms with the **Mad Hatter**. To facilitate their travel, the Fey Receptionist (having been stationed at the guild as a spy) summons The Archivist. They appear in another alternate form by the name of Poetry, a navy blue tiefling with horns that dripped ink. This interaction is rather mundane, with Poetry surprised at the Feywilds.

The Archivist is next mentioned during the Moonling Madness off session, in which Slash and some teammates foray into a moonling cave in order to discover what they are hiding at its centre. During the session, it comes to light that Alphonse has in fact already visited the cave, and taken the treasure at its centre. There was an attempt to thwart this theft by Eclipse, which unfortunately failed as the damage Alphonse received awoke his Archivist memories. The ensuing battle left Eclipse critically injured, and lost within an ink puddle. They were, however, able to snatch the Teller's arm before Alphonse left.