Guild of the Quill

Purpose: The Guild of the Quill are the scholars, writers, and historians of the house. They maintain all official writings, and histories of the house. They also perform various functions within the house.

Requirements: Any member may join this Order. Apprentices, and master apprentices are required to submit one "book" to their teacher as their task. This "book" will be one scroll suitable for publishing on the houses website. The subject will be decided by the teacher, and the apprentices teacher will aid their apprentice in any research required. Scholars are expected to provide at least one further book per "year" they are in the house, up to the time when they become master of at least one sub-order, at which time they are exempted from further required publishing. <Inactive time in this case does not count. And the member will be on an "honor" system as to when they must submit a "book".> Nothing says they can't submit more then one of course. <cough>

Restrictions: Any scholar may have apprentices or journeymen apprentices for this order.


Finances: All taxes required by the house of this order are the equal responsibility of the orders membership as a whole. Masters of squires are required to pay all expenses their squires incur in serving this house and guild, up to the time they are promoted to full membership status. Master apprentices who join from within the house are expected to pay their own expenses.

Duties: This order is responsible for keeping a written history of the house. They also provide history readings from their works as asked by other members of the house. Any member of the order of the quill MUST consent to take "notes" of any official meeting they are present at, if they are asked to do so by either an officer of the house, or the leader of this order. It is further this order's duty to acquire the personal history of every member and squire of this house for posting on the house website. They also must keep accurate records of all past and present members, and make certain that our house website is maintained current. They report directly to the Lord/Lady Scribe.

Titles:

Lord/Lady Sage Leader of the Guild
Master Scholar Honorary Title of the Guild
Historian Honorary Title of the Guild
Professor Honorary Title of the Guild
Writer Honorary Title of the Guild
Scribe Honorary Title of the Guild
Advocate Honorary Title of the Guild
Scholar Full Members of the Guild
Journeyman Scholar Any Squires of Title Age or Older
Apprentice Scholar Squires to the Guild


Honoraries:

Master Scholar: Anyone who has mastered any three branches of the order earns the right to bear the title of Master Scholar.

Historian: A scholar may earn this title by submitting 5 non-fiction books to the house library. These books may be about house history, membership history, or general Elanthian History.

Professor: A scholar may earn this title by submitting 5 non-fiction books to the house library. These may be class guides, general character guides, weapon charts, armor charts, etc.

Writer: A scholar may earn this title by submitting 5 fiction books to the house library.

Scribe: A scholar may earn this title by keeping 5 meetings worth of minutes.

Advocate: A scholar may earn this title by serving as the defense, or prosecution advocate in one trial. Additionally, they must demonstrate an intimate knowledge of the House bylaws. This knowledge will be demonstrated in a verbal manner to the Lord/Lady Sage of the order.

Celebrations: 10-21 Founders day. A day in celebration of the founding of the house on 10-21-97. The climax of the celebration is a "History quiz" With prizes provided by the guild treasury for first second and third places.

Description: Being a loose order of scholars, the Guild of the Quill has devoted themselves to maintaining the history of the house. They maintain histories of all members past and present, thier contributions to the house, and other significant events in the houses history. They also provide information of a general interest for the house website. As needed they also aid the Lord/Lady scribe in transcribing meeting minutes, or other tasks as the Lord/Lady Scribe may require.