The Collectors

The Collectors, an ancient order dedicated to Ioun, sends missionaries from great libraries and vaults to recover lost knowledge and artifacts. Two major branches exist in the Collectors. The first, the excavators, sends its members out to brave dangerous ruins and recover valuable artifacts. The second branch has chroniclers, who travel the world and seek out geniuses, experts, and prophets to record their thoughts and preserve them for future generations. Both branches of the Collectors strive against those who seek to hide knowledge away from the world out of greed or fear.

Height of the Order
The Collectors were founded in the heyday of the human kingdom of Nerath. They had a strong presence in every city of appreciable size, maintaining great libraries and archives, and facilitating free and open access to new discoveries and research. The order was nearly destroyed in the chaos surrounding the fall of Nerath, and their collections were lost to the winds.

War with a Faceless Enemy
The collectors came to one, devastating conclusion: Nerath was no accident. They came to believe that an unknown force, which they coined as simply 'the Enemy,' had manipulated events to their disastrous outcome, and that this was not the first time such events had transpired.

Splintering of the Order
To protect against this unknown threat, the remaining branches established a bevy of smaller redoubts across the land. They actively recruited new members and spread their knowledge far and wide, so that if and when the Enemy next would strike, some would survive.

Current Mandates of the Order

 * Collect and spread knowledge and history to advance the progress of civilization.


 * Seek out information and forge alliances to aid in the defense of the order.


 * Recover valuable artifacts for study and use against enemies of the order.

Known Members Ertai