After years of studying ancient secrets with dedication ,a way was discovered to convert and imbue magical words into powerful scribes.
Some believe it is a sign that the gods have not abandoned them after all.(those who formerly “lost their powers” because of the silence of the gods)
After the revenant’s ability to use the power of King Jalis Ironhammer,scholars organized expeditions to ancient Deldrimor ruins.
Rumors are that deldrimor scribes found there,enabled scholars to link word spells to specific scribes.
it is also said that the great dwarf intended these scribes to be found for all races ,in order to fight the elder dragons.
Scribe collecting archivists have always been arouund:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Archivist_of_Whispers
The Archivist uses enchanted powder and spit to quickly draw the scribes all over their hands..Since these allow them to survive in combat they don’t really need other weapons.
skip to 28 minutes in this dailymotion video to get an idea
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29e7ak_a-chinese-ghost-story-ii-1990-hong-kong-full-movie-english-subtitles_shortfilms
hand scribes (are Archivist’s weapons) offensive/defensive/supporting
When they fall without enchanted powder they can switch to staff as a melee weapon
Pretty much like this Mondo guy from Battle Arena Toshiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_USonBEVmY
And next to salvaging armor,they can carry over the properties of armor to their body scribes(the Archivist’s armor are body scribes)
well its a basic idea,you may help flesh out the profession
In the attached picture you can get an idea of how the scribes containing magical words look.I’m thinking this profession would belong to the scholar class,not sure.
Edit:On a second thought,scholar might make the most sense..
I was thinking about possible utility skills,perhaps some kind of scrolls they can use
