Keepers

Record type: descriptive term for people who protect knowledge or access; not established as a formal faction.

Record

• Origins: The term is used by the Hook for people like Edren, who discovered portions of the ancient network. No founding event or charter is known.
• Population / scale: Unknown. It is not established that Keepers formed a membership body at all.
• Alignment / leaders: No collective alignment or leadership is established.
• Goals / methods: People described as Keepers deliberately concealed, fragmented, protected, or restricted access to parts of the old network. Their reasons and methods may differ.
• Territory / resources: No territory, common resources, or shared headquarters is established. Knowledge, records, relationships, and access restrictions may be held by separate individuals.
• Relationships: The Hook applies the label to people it seeks for their knowledge. Whether any Keepers knew one another or coordinated is unresolved.

Campaign use

Treat “Keeper” as a label, not proof of a unified order. A character may have protected a site independently without knowing the term or another Keeper. Avoid giving every Keeper the same motives or complete knowledge.

Sources: creation-agent world helper, section 13; campaign continuum, Campaign Bible “The Hook” and Open Threads.