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<blockquote data-quote="garyh" data-source="post: 1081435" data-attributes="member: 6078"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue"><strong>Major Organizations</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Pantheon: <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61048" target="_blank">Complete Current List of Gods and Goddesses</a>.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>College of Nobius:</strong> A bardic college that teaches both history and techniques of practical research, from archaeology to creature-hunting. Nobius also instructs in basic crafts, ranging from musicianship to smithing. It is, however, primarily dedicated to preserving the stories of the past through oral tradition; elders believe that though records can be altered, a thousand historians across the world will ensure that the past can never be erased - the school's motto is "<em>In the present lives the past.</em>" Students are therefore encouraged to travel widely to both spread their knowledge while seeking to gain new knowledge for Nobius. Their headquarters is an archaic step-pyramid design, and they instruct through a system of mentors, where one mentor (often a student who has finished his or her travels) is assigned up to a half-dozen students to instruct. Admission is open for the 'lesser' schools, but the historical school requires a certain aptitude for entrance, to ensure the lore is not altered or lost in the mind of the would-be historian. This perceived elite attitude has resulted in many graduates leaving with an air of snobbishness, something most elders don't encourage. Sometimes Nobian bards are requested as advisors to the courts of nobles and royals. <em>Submitted by WizWrm.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The Five Points Caravan:</strong> This merchant caravan is run by multiple halfling families, but any merchant is allowed to join up for any length of time. The caravan makes a bianual journey across the known world, stoping at five major cities and traveling along the five major roads between them. </p><p></p><p>The halfling families that run the caravan charge 10% of the profit those in the caravan make in exchange for guards and food. (The families themselves are, of course, exempted.) </p><p></p><p>The caravan has a set list of top quality mercenary companies they hire from, but will hire any adventurer who passes an interview with a member of the family.</p><p></p><p>The buisness has had its ups and downs, but has survived long enough that most any person of some worldy knowledge has at least heard of them. Due to years of healthy profit, the families have built up quite a supply of gold, but it is tied into investments spread across the entirty of its circuitous route. In any case, the Caravan of the Five Points is a welcome site to almost every town, and it is often welcomed by town faires and celebrations. <em>Submitted by Grim.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garyh, post: 1081435, member: 6078"] [size=4][color=royalblue][B]Major Organizations[/B][/color][/size][color=royalblue][/color] [b]Pantheon: [URL=http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61048]Complete Current List of Gods and Goddesses[/URL].[/b] [B]College of Nobius:[/B] A bardic college that teaches both history and techniques of practical research, from archaeology to creature-hunting. Nobius also instructs in basic crafts, ranging from musicianship to smithing. It is, however, primarily dedicated to preserving the stories of the past through oral tradition; elders believe that though records can be altered, a thousand historians across the world will ensure that the past can never be erased - the school's motto is "[i]In the present lives the past.[/i]" Students are therefore encouraged to travel widely to both spread their knowledge while seeking to gain new knowledge for Nobius. Their headquarters is an archaic step-pyramid design, and they instruct through a system of mentors, where one mentor (often a student who has finished his or her travels) is assigned up to a half-dozen students to instruct. Admission is open for the 'lesser' schools, but the historical school requires a certain aptitude for entrance, to ensure the lore is not altered or lost in the mind of the would-be historian. This perceived elite attitude has resulted in many graduates leaving with an air of snobbishness, something most elders don't encourage. Sometimes Nobian bards are requested as advisors to the courts of nobles and royals. [i]Submitted by WizWrm.[/i] [b]The Five Points Caravan:[/b] This merchant caravan is run by multiple halfling families, but any merchant is allowed to join up for any length of time. The caravan makes a bianual journey across the known world, stoping at five major cities and traveling along the five major roads between them. The halfling families that run the caravan charge 10% of the profit those in the caravan make in exchange for guards and food. (The families themselves are, of course, exempted.) The caravan has a set list of top quality mercenary companies they hire from, but will hire any adventurer who passes an interview with a member of the family. The buisness has had its ups and downs, but has survived long enough that most any person of some worldy knowledge has at least heard of them. Due to years of healthy profit, the families have built up quite a supply of gold, but it is tied into investments spread across the entirty of its circuitous route. In any case, the Caravan of the Five Points is a welcome site to almost every town, and it is often welcomed by town faires and celebrations. [i]Submitted by Grim.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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