Loremasters

History

An ancient organization dedicated to the gathering and dispersal of knowledge, to teaching the ways of peace and order and law. The desire of the Order is to prevent civilizations from slipping into darkness, and to gather the wisdom of the past before it is lost forever.
By definition, the Second Era of Ire began with the creation of the organization now known as the Loremasters. Kirin T’thaan, Ilmaris Terisonen, and the mysterious Andraax were the founding members, dedicating themselves to the gathering and dispersal of knowledge, to teaching the ways of peace and order and law. Their desire was to prevent the fragile young civilizations from slipping into a dark age, and to gather the wisdom of the past before it was lost forever. To help them achieve their goal they established a great library and center of learning in a protected place, and began recruiting students to be trained as Loremasters.
Five hundred years later the first Council of Karilôn was called, a gathering of seven leaders to guide the policiesand programs of the Loremasters. Joining thethree founders are Tanris Dekdarion, (a Loar Warrior Monk), the Linaer Cleric Yael Ziriv-kari, the Erlin Mage Aeryn Druryan, and the Loar Astrologer Romenor Tartalus. These four are chosen as the most gifted and wise among the Loremasters so far, chosen by the founders. Throughout much of the Second Era, Andraax remained at least sporadically involved with the Loremasters. Though he missed most of the monthly council meetings, he would appear without warning to give spontaneous lectures to enraptured students.
In 2507 Tanris Dekdarion became frustrated with the reluctance of the Council to take action against chaotic forces. He resigned from the Loremasters and founded his now famous Changramai School.
Then in the mid-3800’s the Loremasters faced a crisis: Jaiman, one of their most promising regions, faced a threat from a shadowy force. They hesitated to offer military aid, but wondered if there was a way to magically defend the six kingdoms of the continent. Thus with the best of intentions was spawned a great experiment that seemed successful at first, but in the end would prove to be a misguided failure in social and magical engineering. But in the meantime the forces of chaos and destruction were threatening on many fronts. The Loremasters had to decide whether to set aside their abhorrence of violence or be swept away in the tide of war. When the earth cracked and disgorged countless demons, the very air split open and out rode Heralds of Darkness, they realized that they had no choice.
SOURCE: #6402 Powers of Light and Darkness, ICE p70

Secretive organisation with a desire to prevent civilizations from slipping into a dark age.