Court Advocate

You represent a community that has survived by being careful about who it trusts and precise about what it agrees to. Your job is to be both of those things on its behalf.

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

Power Access: Blood Sense at 1D, no Talent cost (Dhampir lineage required). Court Advocates are almost exclusively Dhampir, the role requires bloodline standing within the Courts' structure. The 1D reflects both Dhampir lineage affinity and the professional development of the tradition within Court service.

Starting Resources: Court credentials (recognized by organizations with formal relationships with the Courts; not publicly documented), standing access to the Lineage Registry for purposes related to their advocacy portfolio, established relationships with the external organizations their Court maintains formal contact with, and the backing of their Court's institutional authority in matters within that authority's scope.

Lineage Affinity: Dhampir, required for Court standing.

Progression Track: Court Advocate

Stage 1 (10 XP), Recognized Advocate
  The Advocate has established standing within their Court and with
  the external organizations in their portfolio.
  - Institutional Authority: When representing the Court in external
    relationships, the Advocate carries the weight of the Court's
    institutional standing. For negotiations, requests, and formal
    communications with organizations that recognize the Courts, the
    Advocate rolls at +1D on Wit + Persuade rolls, the Court's
    history and standing are present in the room.
  - Registry Access: The Advocate has full access to the Lineage
    Registry for their bloodline and working access to other bloodlines'
    entries for matters within their advocacy portfolio. The Registry
    is the most comprehensive Dhampir lineage documentation in
    existence; knowing how to read it is professionally significant.

Stage 2 (25 XP), Senior Advocate
  The Advocate has built the cross-Court relationships that make
  Assembly-level work possible.
  - Assembly Standing: The Advocate has standing to speak at Assembly
    sessions and to bring matters before the assembled Courts. This
    authority is significant, Assembly decisions affect all Courts with
    standing in the region, and the capacity to initiate Assembly
    consideration of a matter is a meaningful institutional power.
  - External Network: The Advocate has developed personal relationships
    beyond their Court's formal external contacts, individuals in other
    organizations whose own institutional affiliations give them
    relevant capacity. These contacts can be consulted informally in ways
    that fall outside the formal relationship structure.

Stage 3 (50 XP), First Advocate / Bloodline Council
  The Advocate has become a senior authority within the Courts' structure,
  someone whose judgment the community relies on for its most
  consequential decisions.
  - Council Authority: The Advocate has Bloodline Council standing,
    governance authority within their Court for their specific portfolio.
    This means they can commit their Court's institutional position, invoke
    the Registry's full authority, and speak on behalf of the Court in
    situations that require a formal response rather than a managed
    relationship.
  - Restricted Records: The Advocate has access to their Court's restricted
    records, the cases and histories that are not in the accessible Registry.
    This access comes with the full weight of what those records contain,
    including the information the bloodline family has protected for
    generations. What the Advocate does with it is now their responsibility.