Archetype

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Dhomiro	A Dhomiro is a member of a Freeborn family who is chosen by the family to be their representative to the wider world; sometimes as a leader, sometimes as an emissary.
Kohan	Kohan are groups of volunteer and outcast warriors-without-family, who traditionally pledge loyalty to their tribe's hakima.
Sutannir	Sutannir perform inspiring religious ceremonies for the Freeborn, and (more importantly) organise the parties that follow.
Hakima	Hakima are highly-organised groups of magic-users whose loyalty is to the tribe, not their family. They are taken to be wise.
Corsair	Freeborn Corsairs are traders and privateers who deal with - and raid - foreign shipping in the Bay of Catazar.
Scrivener	Scriveners are Freeborn contract-writers who help traders frame the terms of their deals, and then decorate them with artwork and calligraphy.

Earl	Description
Knight-errant, Questing knight	Description
Troubadour	Description
Witch, Enchanter	Description
Seneschal	Description
Advocate	Description
Retainer	Description

Arbiter	An Arbiter is the appointed leader of a Spire, often (but not always) its wisest and most skilled mage.
Sentinel	Sentinels are scholar-warriors who strive for excellence in the ways of warfare. In battle, they prefer to stay in reserve until it is clear where they are most needed.
Questor	The Questors are a sect of rationalist priests who believe the Way of Virtue is an unfinished doctrine, and must be questioned to understand its truth, relevance and moral rightness.
Illuminate	The Illuminates are an Urizen priesthood who work improve the Empire's Virtue by identifying and influencing pivotal figures to become Virtuous.
Mage	Urizen Magi are cunning politicians who use magic to bolster their influence, both in the mortal world and in the Eternal Realms.
Stargazer	Stargazers are pure scholar-mages who study and experiment to advance humankind's understanding of magic and the Realms, and use their power to improve the world.
Seer	The Seers are kin to the Torchbearers, seekers after objective truth who maintain extensive libraries. Many are powerful diviners.
Architect	Architects meticulously study the Empire's economy to identify where and when to invest for the best return, and to exert the most influence.
Torchbearer	The Torchbearers are a political movement devoted to spreading truth as wide and as fast as possible, in a quest to keep the Empire "honest".

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 |[[The Brass Coast leadership|Dhomiro]]
-|A Dhomiro is a member of a Freeborn family who is chosen by the family to be their representative to the wider world; sometimes as a leader, sometimes as an emissary
+|A Dhomiro is a member of a Freeborn family who is chosen by the family to be their representative to the wider world; sometimes as a leader, sometimes as an emissary.
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 |[[The Brass Coast military concerns|Kohan]]
-|Description
+|Kohan are groups of volunteer and outcast warriors-without-family, who traditionally pledge loyalty to their tribe's hakima.
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 |[[The Brass Coast religious beliefs|Sutannir]]
-|Description
+|Sutannir perform inspiring religious ceremonies for the Freeborn, and (more importantly) organise the parties that follow.
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 |[[Hakima]]
-|Description
+|Hakima are highly-organised groups of magic-users whose loyalty is to the tribe, not their family. They are taken to be wise.
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 ||[[The Brass Coast economic interests|Corsair]]
-|Description
+|Freeborn Corsairs are traders and privateers who deal with - and raid - foreign shipping in the Bay of Catazar.
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 |[[The Brass Coast economic interests|Scrivener]]
-|Description
+|Scriveners are Freeborn contract-writers who help traders frame the terms of their deals, and then decorate them with artwork and calligraphy.
 |}
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