Sentinels Guild

Overview
The Sentinels are a Guild dedicated to finding, preserving, studying, and protecting arcane knowledge.

The Sentinels are men and women who carry the bloodlines of the Stormborn, or are children born manifesting a sensitivity to the arcane (people, places, things). It is likely that the children born as sensitives do carry some remnants of a Stormborn bloodline.

Mission
The life's calling of the Sentinels is to preserve arcane knowledge, locate powerful artifacts, relics, talismans, and grimoires (arcane texts) to bring into safekeeping at the Fortress Sentinel, their headquarters, where they are secreted in libraries deep within the mountain and guarded by powerful wards.

The Sentinels also act as gatherers of news and information on foreign lands.

Not all Sentinels are warriors and seekers. Some are Librarians and tend the job of adding to the massive storehouse of knowledge and are dedicated to guarding it against misuse. When sent on a quest, they normally travel in pairs with at least one of the pair having a warrior's skills. They normally travel undercover, finding employment as needed as they seek to complete their assigned quest.

The Choosing
The birth of a Sentinel sends a sort of ripple through the natural world, alerting other Sentinels of their arrival. If the child is born to a family of the bloodline, they often seek out the High Lord Mikhael to offer the child's service to the Sentinel's Guild, should they qualify. If the child is born to a family unaware of their bloodline, a member of the Stormdanovich family or one of the senior Sentinels will search them out to see if enough of the gift has manifested to make them a true Sentinels. If their gift is not strong, but they wish to serve the Guild, they are usually given jobs as chroniclers and librarians. If they are chosen as a Sentinel, they will be taken from their home and raised in the keep known as Sanctuary, located deep within Cymeria. While raised in a creche type environment, Sentinels are not cut off from their homes and families, returning often to the place of their birth, often settling there once they marry.

Being chosen as a Sentinal is a great honor. They are the preservationists of ancient and arcane knowledge, protectors, scholars and warriors.

Fortress
The structure that houses the guild is simply known as Sanctuary. Like most keeps or fortreses of Estcarp, Sanctuary is located high on one of Mt. Cymeria's lower peaks. The front of the fortress guards the entrance to a vast cave network that has been modified into great libraries, vaults, and study rooms.