An assortment of universities and centers of learning, both magical and mundane, the Scriptures seek knowledge of all kinds and will send out their agents to carry texts between institutions and to seek out new or ancient knowledge. The Scriptures are nearly always backers of expeditions into any ruins of the ancient world.
“The Magpies” are the lower members of the Scriptures, they are the ones who travel the world, collecting scraps and pieces. Often they work as teachers, lecturing people on basic reading, writing, and arithmetic and sharing some of the knowledge they’ve collected. The Magpies are not the best funded of the Scripture agents, so this teaching also serves as a way of making ends meet.
Membership of the Scriptures is restricted to professors of institutes of learning, but they do employ numerous agents to secure their goals.