Organization
The Avowed
Candlekeep's cloistered order of scholars, scribes, acolytes, guards, and officers.
General description
The Avowed preserve Candlekeep's collection, control access to its texts, enforce its rules, and carry Alaundo's prophecies through an unbroken cycle of chanting.
Reference details
- Headquarters
- Candlekeep
- Leader Title
- Keeper of the Tomes
Key facts
- Keeper of the Tomes
- The supreme governor of Candlekeep. The Keeper's word is law.
- First Reader
- The second officer, responsible for scholarly integrity and growth of the collection.
- Great Readers
- Up to eight senior scholars who supervise fields of study and may enter the Inner Rooms.
- Gatewarden
- The officer responsible for security, defenses, and supplies.
- Chanter and Voices
- The officers who sustain the endless chant of Alaundo's prophecies.
- Guide
- The officer responsible for training new acolytes.
- Scribes and acolytes
- The copyists, researchers, archivists, laborers, and students who perform the order's daily work.
Dress and rank
Lower-ranking members wear brown homespun. High officers wear colored robes with gold thread and white stripes. The Keeper wears pure white. Visitors may not wear white robes within the citadel because they could be mistaken for the Keeper.
Vows and trust
Candidates are carefully examined for deception before taking their vows. The order treats the custody of knowledge as a public trust and limits even its own members' access according to rank and duty.
Also known as
- the Avowed
- Avowed