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Mage Guild

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The Mage's Guild is a guild that functions as a school system, a hiring hall, and a lobbying firm all at once. The Guild consists of a small central leadership and five divisions. Each region layer below the central guild mirrors this organizing layout.

== Central Leadership ==
=== Archmagister ===

The Archmagister is effectively the guild's head of state. They set the overall policy and is the public face of the guild to the various crowns and courts that recognize the Mage's Guild. In case of a tie, they have the deciding vote in the Grand Conclave. During an emergency, they have the authority to override any division head. The Archmagister is appointed by the Grand Conclave for life, though a formal recall process exists for reasons the Grand Conclave sees fit.

=== Grand Conclave ===

The Grand Conclave consists of the six division heads and the Archmagister. The conclave functions as the guild's parliament. Budgets, disputes, and proposals, amongst other things, are brought to the conclave to be settled.

=== Guild Secretary ===

Not officially a seat of power, the secretary manages the Archmagister's calendar, keeps the official minutes of each conclave session, and controls the flow of the bureaucratic process between the divisions. In practice, an adept secretary can become one of the most influential people since they decide what reaches the Archmagister's desk.

== Guild Divisions ==
=== Instruction ===

Instruction runs the education system for the guild. This includes children's primary education, university-level training, and further education for active mages.

* '''Dean of Instruction'''
::The division head. They set the curriculum standards guild-wide, approves new academies, and negotiates over coursework and certification requirements.
* '''Headmaster/Headmistress'''
::The head runs a single academy or university campus. They have wide day-to-day autonomy over their institution.
* '''Proctor'''
::The Proctor is a senior instructor that is responsible for a specific school of magic. They oversee a team of Lecturing Magisters under their field of study.
* '''Lecturing Magister'''
::A university level tutor.
* '''Tutor'''
::Teaches children in the primary schooling track.
* '''Apprentice-Master'''
::The Apprentice-Master oversees post-graduate apprenticeships. They match young mages with working professionals, allowing for hands-on training.
* '''Academy Registrar'''
::This registrar maintains records for the education side of the guild. This may include enrollment, grades, transcripts, and discipline.
* '''Housemaster/Housemistress'''
::A house-head runs the living quarters for students. They are responsible for the students' welfare outside of the classroom.
* '''Infirmarian'''
::A restoration mage who runs the academy's infirmary.
* '''Prefect-Marshal'''
::The Perfect-Marshal oversees student discipline outside of academics. They have a rotating group of senior student Prefects that handle most infractions, with only serious incidents being escalated to their desk.
* '''Continuing Education Coordinator'''
::Runs refresher courses and certificate training for working mages.
* '''Head Librarian'''
::Runs the library and archive. The work of cataloging and keeping track of materials is overseen by the Head Librarian, but on the ground is performed by a large group of librarians, archivists, and volunteer senior students with aspirations of being an archivist or librarian in the future.
* '''Proctor's Clerk / Teaching Assistant'''
::Entry-level position for guild members. A majority of whom are working off their tuition debt or building their teaching credentials.

=== Placement & Labor ===

Placement and Labor ensures that mages, in good standing, are able to find work. They negotiate standard contract terms and arbitrate disputes.

* '''Warden of Labor'''
::The division head. They lead negotiations for wage floors and working conditions.
* '''Placement Magister'''
::The Placement Magister runs regional hiring halls. They will match unemployed or newly graduated mages with open contracts.
* '''Contract Officer'''
::The Contract Officer maintains standards for employment contracts. They will also ensure private contracts with mages are fair and safe.
* '''Field Liaison'''
::The liaison is responsible for mages working long-term postings, such as those working in garrisons, courts, or on expeditions. They ensure on-the-ground conditions match the contract.
* '''Grievance Arbiter'''
::Hears formal disputes between a mage and an employer, or between two mages.
* '''Registrar'''
:: They maintain the master roll of mages that are in good standing. This credential makes someone employable through the guild. Losing this status is seen as the guild's harshest penalty.
* '''Wage Surveyor'''
::Surveys the going pay rates by specialty and region and publishes guidance. Required reading for anyone about to negotiate their own contract.
* '''Benefits Administrator'''
::Manages the guild's injury-compensation and pension funds.
* '''Special Contracts Officer'''
::Handles placements too unusual or dangerous for a standard contract template. This can include situations such as war-zone postings, plague response, or expedition work.
* '''Placement Clerk'''
::Entry-level administrative post. They are the feet-on-the-ground mages that help processes job postings and applications.

=== Statecraft ===

Represents guild interests to governments. They are responsible for negotiating everything from tax treatment of guild property to laws governing who may legally practice magic.

* '''Chancellor of Statecraft'''
::The division head. As the guild's chief diplomat, they tend to sit in on treaty negotiations that touch magic use.
* '''Guild Ambassador'''
::A permanent guild representative posted to a specific royal court or city government.
* '''Legal Counselor'''
::Drafts and reviews legislation affecting mages, and advises the Chancellor on legal strategy.
* '''Court Liaison'''
::Junior diplomat who handles routine business with a government. This may include such things as permits, minor disputes, or ceremonial appearances.
* '''Envoy'''
::Travels between courts carrying guild positions, gathering political intelligence, and building relationships below the ambassador level.
* '''Protocol Officer'''
::Manages the ceremonial and etiquette details of court interactions. Protocol is a highly important skill that helps make any form of diplomacy smooth. How other regions of the world handle things such as precedence, gifts, and forms of address, can differ wildly from one place to another. A single misstep can undo months of diplomacy.
* '''Intelligence Analyst'''
::Creates reports from Envoys and Ambassadors into usable briefings for the Chancellor.
* '''Cipher Clerk'''
::Encodes and decodes sensitive diplomatic correspondence.
* '''Translator/Interpreter'''
::Handles language barriers for guild business across kingdoms. They often become a Court Liaison's most trusted advisor in unfamiliar territory.
* '''Statecraft Clerk'''
::Entry-level research and correspondence post.

=== Standards & Certification ===

Sets and enforces the technical and ethical bar for practicing magic under guild sanction.

* '''Master of Standards'''
:: The division head. Owns the guild's certification exams and ranking system.
* '''Examiner'''
::Administers practical and written tests for advancement.
* '''Ethics Tribunal Judge'''
::Hears formal malpractice or misconduct cases. They have the power to suspend or revoke a mage's certification.
* '''Chief Examiner'''
::Each recognized specialty has its own Chief Examiner reporting to the Master of Standards. They are responsible for that specialty's practical testing standards.
* '''License Renewal Clerk'''
::This clerk manages the annual renewal of restricted licenses, including the silver-thread seal every licensed Necromancer, Blood Mage, Chronomancer, and Binder is required to have on their robes.
* '''Tribunal Advocate'''
::Represents a mage facing an Ethics Tribunal hearing, so the process isn't simply the guild prosecuting a mage unopposed.
* '''Standards Researcher'''
::Studies new spells and techniques as they emerge and recommends updates to certification requirements before testing falls out of date.
* '''Certification Clerk'''
::Clerk that processes rank advancement and license renewal.
* '''Field Inspector'''
::Inspects working mages for compliance with safety and ethical standards, especially in the restricted specialties of Necromancer, Blood Mage, Chronomancer, and Binder.

=== Division of Treasury & Administration ===

Keeps the guild solvent and its records intact.

* '''Treasurer'''
::The division head. Manages dues collection, scholarship funds, and the guild's own property and investments.
* '''Auditor'''
::Reviews chapterhouse and division budgets for waste or corruption.
* '''Archivist'''
::Maintains the guild's historical and magical records.
* '''Investment Officer'''
::Manages the guild's endowment and property holdings.
* '''Scholarship Fund Administrator'''
::Allocates tuition support for students who couldn't otherwise afford fees.
* '''Development Officer'''
::Solicits donations from wealthy patrons and alumni.
* '''Guildhall Steward'''
::Manages the physical upkeep of a specific guildhall or academy building.
* '''Seneschal (Master of Household)'''
::Reports to the Guildhall Steward. They manages the non-mage employees at that guildhall.
* '''Quartermaster'''
::Manages physical supplies.
* '''Payroll Clerk'''
::Handles member wages and dues specifically.
* '''Clerk of Accounts'''
::Entry-level bookkeeping post.

=== Division of Wardens ===

Reports directly to the Archmagister rather than through the Conclave, since it may need to act _on_ a division head (investigating corruption, restraining a rogue mage regardless of rank).

* '''Lord Warden'''
::Commands the guild's internal security and enforcement arm. A seat on the Grand Conclave in an advisory, non-voting capacity, to keep enforcement checked by the elected divisions.
* '''Guild Warden'''
::Investigates serious violations and can make arrests within guild jurisdiction.
* '''Investigator'''
::Gathers evidence ahead of a Warden action or Ethics Tribunal hearing.
* '''Custodian of Holding'''
::Runs the guild's detention cells for offenders awaiting Tribunal.
* '''Forensics Adept'''
::Typically Divination-trained, this role investigates the magical residue at a crime scene (akin to an investigator examining physical evidence).
* '''Courier-Warden'''
::Fast-response messengers, frequently Conjuration-trained.
* '''Beastmaster of the Wardens'''
::A Nature & Beastcraft specialist to handle tracking animals used in investigations.
* '''Guard-Captain'''
::Commands the ordinary, non-magical armed guards who patrol most guildhalls day to day. Answers to the Lord Warden on security matters and to the local Seneschal on everything else.

=== Chapterhouses ===

Everything above is the positions found at Prime Mage Guild in [[Velfad]]. Local chapterhouses will often have combined or vacant roles.

* '''Chapter Master'''
::Runs a regional Chapterhouse. This is the local equivalent of the Archmagister and is answerable to the Grand Conclave.

Each Chapterhouse has its own miniature version of the divisions above that is scaled to the size of the region. Small or frontier chapters may combine roles, such as a single "Chapter Officer" might handle both placement and standards in a town too small to need separate staff.

== Support & Household Staff ==

Not everyone who works for the guild is a mage. Every guildhall, academy, and chapterhouse runs on a second, entirely non-magical workforce.

* '''Senescha'''
::The senior non-mage staff position at a guildhall. They report to the local Guildhall Steward and run the building's actual day-to-day operations. This can include food and supply budgets, staff schedules, and all the logistics that make the place function.
* '''Head Cook'''
::Runs the kitchen and dining hall.
* '''Master Tailor'''
::Produces and maintains the specialty robes, oversees a small staff of under-tailors.
* '''Groundskeeper'''
::Manages physical maintenance of buildings and grounds.
* '''Stablemaster'''
::Cares for mounts, courier animals, and any beasts kept for Nature & Beastcraft instruction.
* '''Quartermaster's Clerks'''
::Handles physical distribution of supplies.
* '''Messenger Corps'''
::Runners who carry routine correspondence.
* '''House Guard'''
::Ordinary armed security, under the Guard-Captain.

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