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| Glove is one of the senior archaeologists of ["The Imperial Library"], he's worked for them for fifteen years. Recently he's made quite a name for himself with five big pre-disaster discoveries in eighteen months, which is an unprecedented record. His colleagues have not achieved that between them, and it has earned Osher plenty of Kudos. | Glove is one of the senior archaeologists working for [[The Imperial Library]], he's worked for them full time since 1397. He often works with the [[Imperial Archaeologial Society]] on behalf of the library, supplying a deep knowledge of history, and his own insight into ancient events. Osher is based in [[Jorlinum]], but spends very little time there these days, he seems to spend most of his time deep in field work - some of which he's sponsored himself. |
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| The sites are rich ones too; Glove has been working with ["The Imperial Archaeological Society"] to uncover and document the remains. The sites have so far turned in quite a profit for the Society, the Library and Glove himself. It has been rumoured, although this is unconfirmed, that Glove has been using magic to help his search. | Recently he's made quite a name for himself with five big pre-disaster discoveries in eighteen months (between spring 1407 and autumn 1408), which is an unprecedented record. His IAS colleagues (eight renowned historians themselves) have not achieved that between them in their entire careers, and it has earned Osher plenty of Kudos. His methods are unknown. He has refused to share the fine details of his work, but insists that it all comes from work with historical texts, some of which are copies of copies made by the Imperial Library. Some are copies he worked on himself during his long years of study. Even more remarkable are that only two of the finds have been in the Jorlinum mountains, and while two have been beyond the uninhabited borders beyond south eastern [[Ticetia]]. The logistics of making that journey from the lands of the former Empire make it and even more astonishing achievement. It was not possible to begin work at all sites simultaneously, of course. He slowly started work at them during the following years - the last saw work begin in 1411, and it is the only one of his sites still open. The sites have proved to be rich ones too; Glove has been personally involved at all the sites, and has working alongside both Imperial Library scribes and historians of the The Imperial Archaeological Society to uncover and document the remains. Such a huge haul for him has paid off very well, but he Osher hasn't ceased work. He still seeks prospective new sites, and has personally sponsored two brand new projects for the IAS in 1412 that he has no connection with whatsoever. As always with huge successes of this nature, it has been rumoured that Glove has been using magic to help his search. Osher, of course, always denies this. His defence is that, if he has access to such magic, he'd be using it to turn a much more lucrative profit in industry from the comfort of his own home, not out in the field, up to his knees in mud, water and undead monsters. |
Osher Glove
Glove is one of the senior archaeologists working for The Imperial Library, he's worked for them full time since 1397. He often works with the Imperial Archaeologial Society on behalf of the library, supplying a deep knowledge of history, and his own insight into ancient events. Osher is based in Jorlinum, but spends very little time there these days, he seems to spend most of his time deep in field work - some of which he's sponsored himself.
Recently he's made quite a name for himself with five big pre-disaster discoveries in eighteen months (between spring 1407 and autumn 1408), which is an unprecedented record. His IAS colleagues (eight renowned historians themselves) have not achieved that between them in their entire careers, and it has earned Osher plenty of Kudos.
His methods are unknown. He has refused to share the fine details of his work, but insists that it all comes from work with historical texts, some of which are copies of copies made by the Imperial Library. Some are copies he worked on himself during his long years of study. Even more remarkable are that only two of the finds have been in the Jorlinum mountains, and while two have been beyond the uninhabited borders beyond south eastern Ticetia. The logistics of making that journey from the lands of the former Empire make it and even more astonishing achievement.
It was not possible to begin work at all sites simultaneously, of course. He slowly started work at them during the following years - the last saw work begin in 1411, and it is the only one of his sites still open.
The sites have proved to be rich ones too; Glove has been personally involved at all the sites, and has working alongside both Imperial Library scribes and historians of the The Imperial Archaeological Society to uncover and document the remains. Such a huge haul for him has paid off very well, but he Osher hasn't ceased work. He still seeks prospective new sites, and has personally sponsored two brand new projects for the IAS in 1412 that he has no connection with whatsoever.
As always with huge successes of this nature, it has been rumoured that Glove has been using magic to help his search. Osher, of course, always denies this. His defence is that, if he has access to such magic, he'd be using it to turn a much more lucrative profit in industry from the comfort of his own home, not out in the field, up to his knees in mud, water and undead monsters.