Factions/Curators

The goal of the Curators is to preserve: thoughts and memories of places long gone, and artifacts in danger of being lost, particularly artistic expression. The Curators' base of operations is a massive, spherical collection of exhibits known simply as the Museum.

In addition to this preservational project, faction members also may act as muses when necessary, actively giving ideas or suggestions to artists.

Appearance

The traditional Curator uniform is a deep blue-violet silk uniform, rather like that of a marching-band member, with red piping, decorated with an award for each exhibit which the wearer oversees. This tradition is more commonly observed in the breach than in the observance.

Attitudes

For the most part, Curators let their preservational instincts overcome any feelings toward specific groups, and refer to others as either Patrons (potential visitors to the Museum) or Exhibitors (artists with works on display in the Museum).

However, they have distaste for many Mess inhabitants' casualness toward death and destruction, particularly if it's artless suffering, nihilism, oblivion, or meaningless destruction. Exceptions are suffering through aspiration and achievement, and destruction in the course of effecting an artistic expression (say, to make raw materials for creative use).

Curator ethics holds that anything that has a possibility (however tiny) of being salvaged, should be. This manifests itself as a refusal to damage an item or area (however trivial or dangerous).

Another Curator ethical view is that it is wrong to hurt another sentient being (however threatening) for any but the very most extreme of reasons; that one's right-to-destiny should be respected as long as it doesn't affect someone else's right-to-destiny. A serious Curator will try to prevent one being from hurting or killing another, but will not use deadly force to prevent it.

Members

Known members as of this writing are listed below. Most have an office or other public meeting place somewhere in the Museum, and most have some inspirational speciality as well.

• Mel (head of faction)
  • Office: Curator's Office (Light Amethyst Nexus)
  • Speciality: tragedy
• Squizzle
  • Office: Forest of Threes (Amber Spring Hall)
  • Speciality: wordplay, absurdity
• Sel
  • Office: Contemplation Deck (Light Amethyst Nexus)
  • Speciality: pattern finding, lateral thinking
• Kosmos
  • Office: ?
  • Speciality: ?