Calligrapher's Guild

The Calligrapher Guild of Andrasa is an organisation dedicated to the preservation and sharing of knowledge, wisdom and culture. Its members spend long hours transcribing and copying texts from across the globe and selling them to merchants.

Most members of the Calligrapher's guild spend their entire lives in the writing towers of the guild, perfecting their craft. Others pursue travels or adventures to recover rare or obscure books. The Calligrapher's guild usually will only sell books that they themselves have copied, but here are exceptions and some very talented individuals sell their services to the guild.

Acolyte
All new applicants of the guild start our as acolytes. Most will never rise above this rand unless they show talent and interest in more specialized areas. An acolytes job is simply to transcribe finalized drafts, word for word, and bind the covers. They are not expected to take liberties.

Seekers
Seekers are few and far between in the Calligrapher's guild, as their work often would simply be delighted to mercenaries or hired help. The seekers are members of the guild who's passion for books pull them to adventure. Seekers are tasked with searching for and recovering rare books.

Linguists
Linguists are the old and wise members of the guild. They've spent so long as acolytes that theyve read and learned countless words. Their incredible grasp of the many languages makes them best suited to translate, annotate, or even edit original texts into a more accessible draft to be recopied and redistributed by acolytes.

Librarian
The librarian is the leader of his guild branch he is the one who controls the overall efforts of the guild, deciding which books are worth the efforts of seekers, which translators work on which texts, and how many of any individual book is printed. The librarian has the toughest job in the guild, however ironically isn't required to have any of the skills expected by any other member, rather the title of librarian is appointed to the oldest member present in a guild hall, whether acolyte, seeker or Linguist.

Lexicons
Supposedly, the first branch of the guild contains rare magical books, known as lexicons, which imbue the reader with a perfect understanding of whichever language they were written in. The lexicons, if they really did exist, were lost in the great chasm of XX09 along with the entire first branch.