The Palimpsest Collective

Members are referred to as “Collectivists”.

This is the guild of research and innovation. This guild is all about taking the things that help the city and empire run, and keeping them running and improving them as well as possible. Again, while mostly administrative and research based, there are also a surprising number of blue collar workers at the lower levels of this guild, that help maintain the aqueduct systems or other important technological things the city depends on, all the way down to lamp lighting.

Still, this guilds real power comes from their knowledge. Powerful magic and control over things like access to water through aqueducts and even smaller things like the running of the lighting in the city are what give this guild its power. Many magic users are part of this guild, but not all members use magic. Research sometimes can be dangerous, and anyone with the right skill set to stay alive can be helpful in this instance.

The high ranking members of this guild, for the most part are locked away in their towers and stuck in their pursuits. Their efforts are less well known to the commonfolk of the city, who may not respect them as much as the Dedicated, but the people in power are more likely to give any of their concerns the time of day.