Master of the Scroll
Based at the prestigious, world-renowned Tewledandar Forest University, Masters of the Scroll are the lead researcher in their field, having demonstrated the impeccable standards of academic discipline to reach the highest scholarly rank. It is typically held for life, only being conceeded either upon death, discreditation, or an emerging development so significant as to have eclipsed their previous work.
Making this position increasingly exclusive, there can only be one Master of the Scroll per field of study, and there are only a certain number of fields, as ordained by the Research Academy Board, who currently recognise 20 fields of study grouped into 3 schools: Mind, Body and Spirit, upon which there is a large compendium of books on each field within that school:
It is this last part that makes the role so attractive; the University will provide funding for travel to any location in the name of research and new knowledge. Masters of the Scroll, though rare in there being only 20 of them, can technically be found just about anywhere in the known world, and if they are good at what they do, sometimes in the world as yet unknown. There are several stipulations, including keeping an accurate and diligent journal of their experiences, and being mindful of opportunities for their colleagues who may wish to visit an area to expand their own body of knowledge.
Making this position increasingly exclusive, there can only be one Master of the Scroll per field of study, and there are only a certain number of fields, as ordained by the Research Academy Board, who currently recognise 20 fields of study grouped into 3 schools: Mind, Body and Spirit, upon which there is a large compendium of books on each field within that school:
- Humanities Comendium (School of Spirit) concerned with expression
- Science Compendium (School of Body) concerned with the natural world
- Curriculum Codices (School of Mind) concerend with professions, purpose
It is this last part that makes the role so attractive; the University will provide funding for travel to any location in the name of research and new knowledge. Masters of the Scroll, though rare in there being only 20 of them, can technically be found just about anywhere in the known world, and if they are good at what they do, sometimes in the world as yet unknown. There are several stipulations, including keeping an accurate and diligent journal of their experiences, and being mindful of opportunities for their colleagues who may wish to visit an area to expand their own body of knowledge.
Type
Research / Scientific
