knowledge sought...

The Seekers

wisdom earned...

The Cultivators

legacy forged...

The Artificers

Upon completing their trials, an Acolyte is welcomed as a full member of the Court and entrusted with the responsibilities, privileges, and freedoms that accompany it.

Membership

"To seek. To discern. To forge."Those who wish to dedicate themselves to the Court may petition for membership.New initiates enter as Acolytes, apprenticed beneath experienced members while discovering where their own talents best serve the Court. Through study, fieldwork, and the Trials of the Ivy Labyrinth, they prove not only their capability, but their judgment.Membership is earned—not simply through power, but through understanding.

Commissioned Service

Not every ally of the Court wears its mantle.Many of our expeditions and research efforts rely upon capable individuals whose expertise lies beyond the occult. Adventurers, artisans, hunters, guards, gatherers, logisticians, healers, and specialists of every discipline regularly work alongside the Court in pursuit of shared goals.Commissioned personnel are compensated for their service and may, where appropriate, negotiate rights to discoveries, recovered materials, or crafted works according to the nature of each commission.

Some remain valued associates for years.Others discover that the Court has become a calling.

OOC Info

- We are a RP community that favors dark and mature themes, as such, any participants must be 18+- As we move in forbidden circles, it is very possible that characters will be at odds with one another. Keep it IN-CHARACTER. We are here to write stories and have fun.- We engage in both combat and non-combat style DMed events. Encounters that include combat utilize a custom system focused on choices and RP rather than sheer numbers i.e. DnD. Character growth comes as a result of RP as opposed to collected experience points.- We have a FC house on Mateus (The Esoteric) or on Coeurl (The Court). Joining the FC is not required, but available if you would like a room. The Court itself is located in Ishgard and is where their power and influence is based.- Primary times of activity are evenings EST. DM'd events are hosted on weekends.

- If you find that the Court doesn't quite fit for your character, but you are interested in affiliating yourself or your group, don't hesitate to reach out! There are always opportunities to make other connections.

The Seekers

In the midst of ground breaking innovation from Artificers and the arcane mastery of the Cultivators, the Seekers must stand at the tip of the spear of discovery to claim what was once lost or what others may deny the Court. They are Relic Hunters, Archeologists, and hunters of the arcane dispatched to secure, collect, and contain the needs of the whole from wherever it may be.

Purpose: Seekers serve a multi-faceted role within the Court working towards the collection of artifacts, resources, or even to secure a site for or alongside the Artificers and Cultivators for projects they are seeking accomplished. Their skills vary widely from those who dwell in the shadows, frontline combatants, and even trained mages who all serve the same purpose of securing what must be claimed for the good of the Court.

Types of Missions: Seekers can expect to find themselves helping fulfill a variety of different jobs. From scouting a location suitable for a ritual, the securing of a site from adversaries, delving in to ancient booby trapped ruins, to even the potential capture of a subject for study. However, regardless the job, they stand at the friction point of success. Seekers will find themselves in a variety of different situations requiring them to rely on each other's skillsets and that of their comrades in the Artificers or Cultivators should they be present.

Skillsets: With jobs being so broad, Seekers will find themselves side by side a diverse cast of skills amongst themselves. While each Seeker is expected to be capable in the realm of the arcane, they also bring to the table prowess beyond such whether it be their skills in combat, stealth, discovery, tracking, or even classically trained or specialized magics.

Culture: Seekers are inherently thrill seekers. The dangers associated with their work brings together a close-knit group who are there to willingly put themselves in to the unknown and light the path forwards for discovery. Seekers are expected to come together and know intimately one another, work in unison to accomplish their jobs, and shamelessly reach out to the Artificers and Cultivators for their expertise or even aid.

The Cultivators

"Discovery is penned only by the hand brave enough to reach for it."Such is one of the mottos that encapsulates the core values of the Cultivators: Discovery, Preservation, Collaboration, and Temperance.Those with exceptional thirst for discovery can find themselves at home with like-minded individuals within the ranks of The Cultivators.

The Cultivators is home to all for those of arcane inclination- whether it manifests as any one of the many schools of spell casting, spell crafting, alchemy, rune weaving, researching, or the most astute archivists, all will find welcome within the Cultivator’s Studium, a sanctum crafted and curated by Lady Adrienne Morellenoir- the lead of this division.While mysterious and known to be strict, the diminutive lead of the division is not impersonal- just one that knows all too well the risks of arcane power gone un-checked. If there is anything she encourages more within her ranks than discovery, it is control and collaborative cooperation within the ranks of The Cultivators and the other divisions of the Court of Ivies... for all practitioners of the arcane.

Made by the Forbidden for the Dark of Arts and Origin, those whose research or creation are outside societal acceptance can find sanctuary within the Cultivators free of persecution should they also adhere and heed the very same oaths and creeds of the Court of Ivies as their lawful counterparts.Among the Cultivators, curiosity is not permissed but encouraged, and the patient, preserving hand of the practitioner is revered. So long as there is a hunger for knowledge, a passion for preservation, and an eye for articulate archiving, one would find them most welcome within the ranks of the Cultivators.

The Artificers

The culmination of the Court's pursuits.Of the Court's three divisions, the Artificers transform discovery into reality. Drawing upon relics recovered by the Seekers and the research compiled by the Cultivators, they refine, reconstruct, and innovate—breathing new purpose into forgotten knowledge and ensuring no worthwhile discovery remains confined to the archives.Led by the enigmatic Shas'shil Onfrai, the division oversees the Court's laboratories, workshops, and infrastructure while directing countless projects across every discipline. Ancient methodologies are studied not out of reverence, but to understand the principles that made them possible. From there, Artificers improve, adapt, and reinvent, marrying lost techniques with modern craftsmanship and arcane theory to produce tools, equipment, enchantments, and artifacts that would otherwise be impossible.Whether reverse engineering relics from forgotten civilizations, restoring damaged creations, replicating esoteric artificing techniques, or pioneering entirely new applications of magitek and sorcery, the Artificers stand at the forefront of innovation. Their work encompasses everything from enchanted weaponry and protective wards to alchemical apparatus, autonomous constructs, arcane infrastructure, and experimental technologies whose uses have yet to be imagined.

Beyond their own research, Artificers regularly accept commissions from fellow Court members and trusted associates alike, tackling challenges that conventional methods cannot solve. No problem is too unusual, no mechanism too complex, and no mystery too intricate to warrant investigation.For where the Seekers uncover possibility, and the Cultivators uncover understanding, the Artificers ensure that knowledge leaves the page—and changes the world.

- Rumors speak of an elusive organization that seeks out relics, forgotten ruins, and magical phenomena before anyone else can lay claim to them. Some say they preserve dangerous knowledge. Others insist they actively use it.- The Court of Ivies has earned a quiet reputation among scholars, adventurers, treasure hunters, and collectors for acquiring artifacts and tomes thought lost, hidden, or intentionally buried by history.- Practitioners of obscure or proscribed magicks occasionally whisper of the Court as one of the few places where such knowledge is studied rather than immediately condemned—provided it is approached with discipline and purpose.- More than one expedition has returned claiming a rival party reached the ruins first, leaving little behind save an ivy crest and an unsettling feeling that someone had already found exactly what they were looking for.

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- Certain artificers and alchemists speak of impossible commissions originating from anonymous patrons: relics to restore, devices to recreate, enchantments to refine, or mechanisms no one else is willing—or able—to construct.- In academic circles, opinions on the Court are sharply divided. Some dismiss it as a myth. Others quietly accuse it of possessing research that should never have left the archives.- It is said that when an anomaly appears—an impossible relic, an unstable voidgate, an ancient ward awakening, or whispers of forgotten magic—the Court somehow learns of it before anyone else.

-Dolosia Malas-Wight-
'The Usurper'
Matron of Ivies

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-Halcion Celeste-
'The Shadow'
Duke of Ivies

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-Adrienne Morellenoir-
Head of the Cultivators

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-Shas'shil Onfrai-
Head of the Artificers

-Lucien Valrun-
Head of the Seekers

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