Royal Explorers Society
Functioning as much as a publishing house as a guild, the Royal Explorers Society is dedicated to reviewing and publishing the finds of its members in its Minutes of the Royal Explorers Society. Originally charted for education for kings and other royalty, its Minutes occassionally fall outside of the hands of nobility, though rarely.
Noble patrons and supporters of the Royal Explorers’ Society usually benefit from their investment into the organization; in educational value or monetary benefits or both.
The entrance examinations for the Royal Explorers Society are rigorous indeed. To be accepted, an applicant must not only demonstrate a thorough knowledge of geography and possess impeccable cartographic skills, but also impress the society’s Review Council with verifiable tales of a particularly noteworthy exploration and submit their findings in a verifiable report the Society's Review Council. Such a report should include, at minimum, a detailed map of the area explored, descriptions of native flora and fauna, a narrative of encounters with the area's inhabitants, and a significant relic (preferably magical) brought back for the society's museum.
Every member must send in a report once a year in order to maintain their good standing.
The Society often offers additional rewards for handmade maps or other significant contributions, even to nonmembers.
Noble patrons and supporters of the Royal Explorers’ Society usually benefit from their investment into the organization; in educational value or monetary benefits or both.
The entrance examinations for the Royal Explorers Society are rigorous indeed. To be accepted, an applicant must not only demonstrate a thorough knowledge of geography and possess impeccable cartographic skills, but also impress the society’s Review Council with verifiable tales of a particularly noteworthy exploration and submit their findings in a verifiable report the Society's Review Council. Such a report should include, at minimum, a detailed map of the area explored, descriptions of native flora and fauna, a narrative of encounters with the area's inhabitants, and a significant relic (preferably magical) brought back for the society's museum.
Every member must send in a report once a year in order to maintain their good standing.
The Society often offers additional rewards for handmade maps or other significant contributions, even to nonmembers.
Structure
The Royal Explorers Society is technically at the beck and call of whatever ruler is invested in the chapter of the Society that operates within their nation. Thusly, tyrants may find them useful as spies, merchant-kings may value them for scounting future colonies and trade routes, and well-educated noble benefactors of the arts find issues of the Minutes helpful in educating noble heirs and expanding horizons (literally).
As the Minutes represent the Society as a whole, the Society's Review Council acts as the de facto head, reviewing articles from all members and accepting or denying applications. The reigning Council chooses its own members from among Society Fellows.
Individual chapters may have any number of ranks, but the Review Council only has need to recognize 2: member and fellow.
Members are those who have fulfilled the requirements for membership and actively send in at least one (1) report per year.
Fellows are those whose service to the Society has been recognized by the Review Council and they can start chapters (after securing the necessary royal investment, of course). A portion of every chapter's investment from their royal sponsor should be sent to cover the cost of articles chosen for publication in the Minutes.
As the Minutes represent the Society as a whole, the Society's Review Council acts as the de facto head, reviewing articles from all members and accepting or denying applications. The reigning Council chooses its own members from among Society Fellows.
Individual chapters may have any number of ranks, but the Review Council only has need to recognize 2: member and fellow.
Members are those who have fulfilled the requirements for membership and actively send in at least one (1) report per year.
Fellows are those whose service to the Society has been recognized by the Review Council and they can start chapters (after securing the necessary royal investment, of course). A portion of every chapter's investment from their royal sponsor should be sent to cover the cost of articles chosen for publication in the Minutes.
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