Golden Compass

The Compassmaster approves major expeditions and oversees the guild. Master Navigators lead large missions and mentor recruits; Seekers lead smaller expeditions. Elara Vintross, a Master Navigator, leads the guild.

Compassmaster — Oversees operations and approves major expeditions.
Master Navigators — Lead large expeditions, mentor members, and hold leadership posts.
Seekers — Full members who have completed a successful expedition; may lead smaller missions.
Novice Explorers — Train and assist experienced explorers.

Exploration — Survey ruins and unfamiliar lands, disarm traps, and record routes.
Recovery — Retrieve and study treasures, lost tomes, and magical relics.
Cartography — Compile maps and expedition records for sale or public use.

Prepare an expedition into the Veins of Altoria.
Seek an Imperial Academy contract to retrieve magical tomes believed to lie in Grelor’s Sanctum.
Complete the Atlas of the Unknown, a magical compendium updated with new discoveries.

Search for the hidden continent rumored to lie beyond the known seas.
Recover the Heart of the World, said to lie in a forgotten temple.
Establish an Exploration Academy.

Adventurers, scholars, cartographers, and treasure hunters join alongside specialists in languages, magic, and engineering. The guild values curiosity, integrity, and shared discoveries.

Show survival skills and an aptitude for solving problems.
Train as a Novice Explorer and complete a successful expedition to become a Seeker.

Access to maps, charts, and exploration records in the Compass Lodge.
Expedition sponsorship, equipment, and magical assistance.
A share of recovered treasures and opportunities to work with experienced explorers.

Record new regions, recover relics, and share discoveries with the guild.
Deal honestly with clients and support comrades on dangerous missions.

Great Charting — After a region is fully mapped, the lead explorer’s name is inscribed on the Grand Orrery.
Compass Call — Before a major expedition, members consult the Golden Compass, an artifact that points toward their next discovery.
Returning Feast — Survivors celebrate their return, display recovered relics, and add maps to the archives.

Elara Vintross — A cartographer and expedition leader known for detailed planning and knowledge of ruins and relics.
Tavros Brightblade — A veteran delver who leads teams into dangerous ruins and disarms traps.
Nara Windseeker — A historian and arcane scholar who identifies relics and deciphers lost languages and runes.

Imperial Academy of the Arcane — exchanges magical support and resources for relics, tomes, and discoveries.
Gilded Bazaar — markets maps and treasures, funds expeditions, and supplies trade contacts.
Shadow Syndicate — steals relics and sabotages expeditions.
Black Veil — competes over valuable artifacts and treasures.

The Compass Lodge in Highspire contains archives, maps, charts, and a museum of recovered relics. Its towers overlook Altoria.

The Grand Orrery is a magical model of the world that updates as members make discoveries.

History

Adventurers founded the Golden Compass nearly two centuries ago to explore forgotten lands and ruins. Its expeditions built the maps, records, and relic collection now held at the Compass Lodge.