Archivist

Everything the Order has learned is in this room. Some of it should probably be in a different room. Your job is to know the difference.

Favored Save: Wit Save (+1D to Wit + Resolve rolls)

Power Access: Sacred Fire at 1D, no Talent cost (if Light-Bound lineage), or no Power Access (if other lineage). Archivists come from multiple lineage backgrounds; the role does not require tradition access, though Light-Bound Archivists often develop the tradition alongside their archival work.

Starting Resources: Full access to the Order's working archive, research credentials from the institutional bodies that recognize the Order, and the kind of historical knowledge that comes from spending significant time with records that predate most contemporary institutions.

Lineage Affinity: Marked (Light-Bound), Human. The Archivist role draws on strong Wit profiles regardless of lineage.

Progression Track: Archivist

Stage 1 (10 XP), Research Authority
  The Archivist has developed genuine expertise in the Order's
  knowledge base.
  - Doctrinal Research: The Archivist can produce a detailed
    research brief on any shadow entity, undead, or
    covenant-adjacent threat category in the Order's archive.
    A Wit + Lore roll vs Threshold 2 surfaces all standard
    information; Threshold 3+ surfaces restricted, variant,
    or historically contested material. The brief is reliable;
    the Order has been testing its information for generations.
  - Historical Pattern: The Archivist can identify historical
    precedents for current situations — prior cases with similar
    signatures, outcomes of past operations against the same
    threat category, relevant doctrinal decisions from the
    Order's history. Wit + Lore vs Threshold 3; a successful
    roll surfaces one historically documented parallel to the
    current situation.

Stage 2 (25 XP), Senior Archivist
  The Archivist has identified which parts of the archive raise
  questions that haven't been formally addressed.
  - Restricted Access: The Archivist has access to the Order's
    restricted archive — historical records, contested doctrinal
    materials, accounts of operations that were not officially
    classified as within the Order's mandate. These records are
    real and sometimes contain information that current doctrine
    does not account for.
  - Cross-Tradition Research: The Archivist has developed research
    relationships with other knowledge-focused organizations —
    the Grimoire Compact, Network lore keepers, selected
    specialists. Once per session, they may consult one of these
    external sources for information outside the Order's archive.

Stage 3 (50 XP), Primary Archivist
  The Archivist has become the person who knows what the archive
  actually contains — including what it contains that the Chapter
  doesn't know about.
  - Full Archive: The Archivist has complete access to and command
    of the Order's full historical record, including the oldest
    pre-founding materials. Information from these records
    occasionally contradicts current doctrine; the Archivist has
    to decide what to do with that.
  - Institutional Memory: The Archivist can provide the GM with
    one piece of historical intelligence per session that is
    directly relevant to the current situation — a precedent,
    a prior case, a doctrinal decision whose full context changes
    what the current situation looks like. This information is
    always accurate and sometimes inconvenient.