House Sivis (Mark of Scribing)
Patron: Sivis, Goddess of Language and Communication
Specialties: Communication, translation, verification
Headquarters: The Labyrinth (Korranberg, Zilargo)
The Mark of Scribing deals with communication—both the written and spoken word. A member who bears the mark can feel words as though they are living creatures, struggling to make their meaning known. The mark provides a range of gifts. It translates languages, but it also allows its bearer to communicate with others at a distance.
Bearing the emblem of the cockatrice, the members of House Sivis facilitate communication. This is seen most literally in speaking stones, magic items allowing a Sivis heir to send a short message to another speaking stone. House Sivis's message stations employs these items as the backbone of their long-distance communication network. The house also trains and licenses scribes, notaries, interpreters, cartographers, barristers, heralds, bookbinders, and others who work with words. House Sivis has an especially close relationship with House Kundarak, as Kundarak letters of credit must be notarized with a Sivis arcane mark.
House Sivis takes great pains to maintain the trust of its clients and holds a position of absolute neutrality in all disputes, whether between houses or nations.
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