High Registry
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The High Registry is the records hall of Velkris, which holds the documents that decide who owns what, who owes what and whose claim is recognised. In the world brief’s words, a person with the right papers can enter, work, trade, inherit, borrow, own, sell and leave, while a person without them can become a problem, a debt or cargo. It is world-brief canon only; the party has never visited.
Overview
The High Registry is the records hall of Velkris: the institution that holds the documents deciding who owns what, who owes what and whose claim is recognised (world brief). The brief gives its power in a single line and describes nothing else about it:
“A person with the right papers can enter, work, trade, inherit, borrow, own, sell, and leave. A person without papers can become a problem, a debt, or cargo.” — World brief
In the brief’s account of the city’s system of bonded service, House Marr is the institutional spine, House Brask the enforcement, and “the paperwork is the High Registry and House Orlan” (world brief). It is world-brief canon only: the party has never been to Velkris, and nobody has named the Registry at the table.
Government / control
The brief does not say who staffs or directs the Registry. House Orlan, whose business is finance, contracts and records, shares the paperwork with it (world brief). The wiki’s pages for the Council of Factors and the Order of the Veil assume it is a city office answerable to the Council, with the Veil registering magic there, because the brief gives the Veil that duty; the brief itself does not tie the two together.
History in the campaign
Not yet seen in play.
Status
As of session 23. Unvisited, and not yet named at the table.