River Seers¶

"Diviners and nature mystics based in Millhaven. They read the currents and see what others cannot."

A loose chapter-house of diviners and water-mystics headquartered in Millhaven. Where the Arcane Collegium teaches spells from books, the Seers learn from the river - currents, eddies, mist on the morning mill-pond. Generally cordial with the Deep Circle (both are old-tradition arcane houses), violently opposed to the Pale Order.

At a glance¶


HQ	Millhaven (chapter-house by the millpond)
Member tags	mage, seer
Best class fits	Mage (divination), Scholar, Wanderer
Major rival	Pale Order (−50% tension)
Soft ally	Deep Circle (+15%)

Rank titles¶

Rep	Tier	Title
< -100	Hostile	Unknown
-100 to -20	Unfriendly	Listener
-20 to 50	Neutral	Reader
50 to 200	Friendly	Interpreter
200 to 500	Honored	Seer
500+	Exalted	Elder Seer

The early titles read like a craft apprenticeship - Listener before Reader, Reader before Interpreter. By the time you're a Seer, the chapter-house treats you as a peer; Elder Seer opens the inner-grotto rites.

Unlocks¶

Tier	What you get
Friendly	Divination readings, omen warnings
Honored	Scrying services, prophetic quests
Exalted	Elder Seer title, river's blessing

Divination readings at friendly are the best early-game omen source - a Seer will tell you if a planned trip lies under a bad sign, often before you've heard the rumor in town. Scrying at honored lets you target a named NPC or item across the map.

How to gain rep (generic)¶

Bring news from the road. Seers pay for first-hand observations from far towns - they don't travel much themselves.
Recover lost ritual gear. Periodically a Reader loses a scrying-bowl or rod on a pilgrimage; quest-board work.
Donate omens. Bring back uncommon natural reagents (riverstones, kingfisher feathers, fog-day water).
Quest with Interpreters. The chapter-house quest chain ramps through interpretive readings before letting you scry.
Defend the chapter-house. During plague or flood events the Seers need warm bodies on the door.

How to lose rep (avoid these)¶

Casting any necromancy near a Seer member
:material-mask: Selling Seer ritual gear outside the chapter-house
Lying during a reading (they catch it)
Building Pale Order rep (−50% - fast tank)
Polluting Millhaven's river (poisoning the source)

Rivals to watch¶

Pale Order - the standing −50% tension. River Seers consider the death-tongue an affront to running water.
Arcane Collegium - not formally hostile, but the Collegium thinks reading omens isn't real spellcraft, and the Seers think the Collegium has forgotten where magic comes from. Both can be built - just slowly.

When the rep is worth it¶

Strong for divination-leaning Mages - the omen-warning service alone is worth friendly before any major expedition. Honored scrying is one of the few ways to find a missing NPC across the five-town network.

Good for Scholars - Seers maintain a small but unique archive of river-reading texts not shelved at the Collegium.

Natural fit for Wanderers - the chapter-house pays for road news, and Seers vouch for your route at the next town's gate (small reputation cross-help).

Skip if you're committing to Pale Order - the rep loss is mutual and instant.