Sentinels of Memory

The Sentinels of Memory is a small group of zealots who fervently oppose the exploration of the ruins of Cael Morrow (or as they call it "Under-Temple") that lie beneath Ank'Harel, believing the city is a prison, ought to be kept sealed and forgotten. They consider higher power interest is to conceal the city from people's vision and erase it from their memory, which the sentinels explain by the lack of recorded history about the lost city. They are a faction of note in Call of the Netherdeep.

Description
Sentinels of Memory is based in the Tower of Memory on the far western side of the Guided District of Ank'Harel. The tower is octagonal in shape and shifted at a slightly crooked angle. It shows visible signs of disrepair with cracks between the ivory bricks and creaking wooden floorboards. The building was slated for demolition before Watcher Trast purchased it to house his small but zealous group of followers.

Since the Sentinels of Memory and the Allegiance of Allsight have opposite goals, they in a constant state of hostility with each other. Though their feud is mostly political, some of the sentinels have been connected to violent acts intended to sabotage the excavation efforts of the Allegiance.

History
The Sentinels of Memory were formed and led by Watcher Trast, beginning its history around the time when the project to explore the sunken ruins of Cael Morrow began.

Shortly before 836 PD, the Consortium of the Vermilion Dream began supplying the Sentinels of Memory with agents and funds, spending a large portion of its income, to support the sentinels' conflict against the Allegiance of Allsight. The sentinels are appreciative of their aid but remain wary of their ally, suspecting the Consortium has ulterior motives.

Known members

 * Watcher Trast: An elven cleric formerly following Ioun who founded and headed the Sentinels of Memory. In 836 PD, still the leader of the faction.
 * Watcher Byron: A gnome who oversees most of the sentinels' operations for Watcher Trast and rarely leaves the Tower of Memory. He has grown increasingly impatient with his faction's conservative strategy and has begun to plot more aggressive ways of hindering the Allegiance of Allsight's excavation of Cael Morrow. Despite his involvement in the Sentinels of Memory, Byron amused by the idea to see the wonders of Cael Morrow for himself.
 * Watcher Lymmle Wist: A human mage infiltrated the Allegiance of Allsight by posing as a highly accredited professor of antiquities, promoted to the professor rank, spread the rumors of a second entrance to Cael Morrow, and relayed information about Allegiance operations to the Sentinels of Memory and the Consortium of the Vermilion Dream.