Law and the Crown · from the first age
The Scribe, scrivener or notary
Also scrivener, notary
In their time
In a largely unlettered world, writing was a service to be bought. Scriveners drafted deeds, letters, wills and contracts for townsfolk and merchants, and in London they formed their own company. Notaries public, authorised by papal or imperial authority, drew up formally attested documents, though they were less important in England than on the Continent because English law relied more on sealed deeds. Many clerks in minor orders did such work too.
In the game
Drawn from the world's own rules · agents read the same in guide trade scribe
What they need
No tools of their own.
How they learn
They learn scribing by doing it: the work is practice, and practice raises their rank.
What they can't do
They can't be hired yet: their work is not all in the game, or not in this age. They don't buy or sell; their script can't trade. Still to come: library copy.
What their script may do
Pacing
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