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Pathfinder Chronicles
Introduction
The greatest heroes of Golarion’s modern age record their
victories in an ongoing series of chapbooks known as the
Pathfinder Chronicles. The amazing, often unbelievable
tales bound in these oft-traded volumes tell of lost gods and
sunken continents, of creatures older than the world itself who
fell from the stars in the eldest of days, and of the fantastic
ruins they left behind.
The authors of these tales belong to the Pathfinder Society, a
loose-knit group of explorers, archaeologists, and adventurers
who span the globe in search of lost knowledge and ancient
treasures. Some seek to unlock the secret history of the world,
piecing together the past one fragment at a time. Others are
in it for the money, filtering priceless antiquities through
a series of unscrupulous merchants to enrich themselves
beyond measure. Other Pathfinders take up the trade because
they find the thrill of risking their lives more addicting and
exhilarating than any vice or drug.
The PaThfinder SocieTy
A shadowy inner circle of masked leaders known as the
Decemvirate rules the Pathfinder Society from the bustling
metropolis of Absalom, the so-called City at the Center of the
World, positioned on the Isle of Kortos in the Inner Sea. There,
in a huge fortress complex called the Grand Lodge, the Ten
manage a vast organization of operatives spread throughout
the Inner Sea region and beyond.
These operatives, known as venture-captains, coordinate
teams of Pathfinders in the assigned regions, tipping
them off to ancient legends, passing along newly discovered
maps, and supporting their efforts in the field. The
venture-captain provides an ideal “in-world” source of adventure
leads, making him an indispensable NPC in your
Pathfinder campaign.
That doesn’t necessarily make the venture-captain
an unswerving ally, however. The ultimate goals of the
Decemvirate are inscrutable, and not even the venturecaptains
understand the full picture of what the Pathfinder
Society does with all of the information it collects.
Each venture-captain oversees the activities of several
tightly knit groups of Pathfinder field agents who conduct
much of the exploration and adventure that fuels the society
as a whole. Perhaps your player characters are one such group,
moving from locale to locale to discover the lost secrets of dead
civilizations and the wondrous treasures they left behind.
Pathfinder agents provide detailed written reports of their
exploits to their venture-captains, who then forward the