Intelligentsia Guild

All knowledge must be circulated as freely as currency

— The Intelligentsia Guild's motto

The Intelligentsia Guild is an academic institution subsidized by the Interastral Peace Corporation.^[4]

Description

"The universe is vast, and knowledge is universal. Both the genius and the mediocre have their own way of living."

— How I Joined the Genius Society and Became Enlightened by Herta

Only the cream of the crop can become members of the Genius Society, but the Intelligentsia Guild wastes not. The Guild is willing to accept all beings from the infinite universe who seek to learn, as well as providing all that is needed for the full pursuit of knowledge.

The Intelligentsia Guild advocates that "all knowledge must be circulated like currency." Therefore, although there are different schools that specialize in different subjects within the Guild, everyone is actively engaged with one another with no isolationism. Members trade knowledge for wisdom and formulas for recipes, seeking to achieve mastery. Each school, like a business, pays for itself, and academic circulation has achieved the maximum efficiency proposed in economic models.

An elder in the Genius Society thought the Intelligentsia Guild as laughing stock. However, as an open academic organization, the Intelligentsia Guild was above such mockery. After a long period of research and exploration, its members have reached a consensus that "the only way to transcend the limitations of the individual is to have an academic network of mutual learning."

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Data Bank, Factions

Overview

The Intelligentsia Guild is heavily sponsored by the Interastral Peace Corporation, allowing them to move across many worlds and collect knowledge as its commodity. Knowledge is its currency, exchanged for wisdom; formulas for recipes, and so on. Its structure is built upon basic individual organizations of "schools," each responsible for their own earnings and expenses. The scholars would research and trade the knowledge they've acquired in their area of expertise, trying to obtain priceless treasures this way.^[3]

Schools

Astral Ecology School

Description

The Astral Ecology School views the galaxy as a large ecological observation subject. They are obsessed with studying the void song whales, radiant jellyfish, and other organisms of the galaxy. The school earned its recognition for the discovery of the Celestial Comet Wall. The Interastral Peace Corporation was exhilarated to hear the confirmation that this was an ancient creation of Qlipoth, Aeon of Preservation. They paid the school an incredibly large sum of money.^[3] The Astral Ecology School is in charge of declaring the beginning and end of Amber Eras.^[5]

Former Members

• Glaux — Former Head Professor^[6]
• Dr. Howl — Left and dedicated his life to pursue Anne Duray^[7]

Armed Archaeologists

Description

A school passionate about galactic exploration and archaeology. They are always heading to the most desolate planets and exploring the most dangerous ruins. Their modus operandi is having a group of their scholars armed to the teeth leading mercenaries out on an exploration vessel and searching the crevices of ancient buildings that have been forgotten for countless Amber Eras.^[3]

Known Members

• Allen Jones — Head of School^[8]
• Hosea Lazaro
• Idia^[9]
• Rowen^[10]

Candelagraphos

Description

The Candelagraphos is the printing department of the guild. They are made of countless authors, transcribers, typists, programmers, and workers who produce books. This school is founded upon the noble gesture of altruism, surrendering selfish scientific research and throwing themselves at the grand service of sharing wisdom with more people. The science of the Intelligentsia Guild is gathered here and organized into books to be published and sold to all the worlds. The most famous series is the Traveler's Guide.^[3]

Known Members

• Cleo — Editor
• Nelson — Archivist
• Oppenheimer — Recorder

Former Members

• Fomenko^[11]
• Todd

Synesthesia School

Description

The Synesthesia School is behind the development of the Synesthesia Beacon and sales of the licensing rights to the Interastral Peace Corporation.^[3] While the Synesthesia Beacon was first invented by Genius Society member Elias Salas, he would sign over the rights of the product to the Intelligentsia Guild^[12] and through their own merit they would reproduce the Synesthesia Beacon.^[13] The school now specializes in the development of communications devices, and are forever expanding.^[3]

School of Interstellar Energy Resources

Description

The Intelligentsia Guild founded the School of Interstellar Energy Resources as a temporary school to research a resolution to the Energy Crisis.^[2] The IPC invested massive funds to supercharge the progress of the Intelligentsia Guild's breakthrough developments in multiple fields, including drilling, energy storage, and detection in order to achieve the goal of developing a new energy source.^[14] During a Futurological Congress, The School of Interstellar Energy Resources proposed that 95% of the computational power of the Scepters obtained after the fall of Rubert II should be used to solve the four Cosmic Conundrums. This proposition was agreed to by the majority. However, this would ultimately lead to a Scholars' Strife.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Quantum History School

Description

This is a new school reformed from the bankrupted Psychology History School. Its original purpose is to find the influences of disturbance and patterns of change hidden throughout history, and then make predictions for the future. However, they've become a group of scammers that use a series of complex "calculations" for fortune-telling.^[3]

Members of Unknown Schools

Playable Characters

1 Character matches the category selection:

Character	Rarity	Path	Combat Type
Dr. Ratio		The Hunt	Imaginary

Non-Playable Characters

• Yabuli - Proclaimed De Facto Controller of Intelligentsia Guild^[1]
• Carl
• Carl's ex-friend^[19]
• Doctor DeWitt^[20]
• Dr. Howl^[21]
• Dr. No.5^[22]
• Linda^[23]
• Megaash^[24]
• Morriway^[25]
• Poseman
• Professor Egan^[26]
• Prof. Cressitra^[27]
• Roseth^[25]
• Ruan Mei's grandmother^[28]
• Sir Duroy^[29]
• Yaakob^[30]
• Victor^[31]

Former Members

• Bernini Serrano^[32]
• Chief Gru^[33]
• Prof. Cressitra^[34]

Faction Mentions

Character Stories

Character	Stories
Acheron	Character Story: Part II
Asta	Character Details
Aventurine	Character Story: Part I
Dr. Ratio	Character Story: Part IV
The Herta	Character Story: Part III

Character Voice-Overs

Character	Voice-Overs
Aventurine	About Dr. Ratio  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The erudite folks of the Intelligentsia Guild are often eager to distance themselves from the IPC... and I suspect Ratio doesn't care for me much either. Unfortunately for him, I make for a more competent conversationalist than the other dimwits around here.
Dr. Ratio	Chat: Intelligentsia Guild  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The Intelligentsia Guild is often seen as a vendor of knowledge, but the right to set a price is always in the hands of the buyer. When someone is willing to listen to knowledge that is being disseminated and circulated, a price is created.
Herta	Something to Share  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The Intelligentsia Guild is always able to find a way to support their case, writing enough "scholarship" in one night to fill a library... This is a problem.
The Herta	About Self: Title  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The writers from the Intelligentsia Guild wanted to give me an extra title. Something like "Herta Prime" to separate me from my puppets. How banal. Are the puppets not "me" as well? So, I gave them a suggestion — if they dared to write that, then I would call myself THE Herta. It's short, simple, straight to the point, and elegant.

Readables

• A Quick Guide to IPC's Department Structure That Even March 7th Can Follow Along
• Belobog Chronicles: Before the Eternal Freeze
• Class of 1984 Alumni Yearbook: Fulwish
• Cold Foods, Heliobi, and Injustice: A Study of the Custom of the Fire Taboo Festival
• Dan Shu's Diary
• Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Collection of Exhibits
• Dr. Ratio's Note
• Fleet Primer
• Flyer for The World in Swarm Disaster: Rebuilding Order Book Series
• Glimpses into the Beyond
• Herta's Manuscripts
• Imagenae 101: So Simple Even a Ghost Could Get It
• Investigation of Ancient Pattern Rubbings from the Luofu
• Joint Petition Regarding the Restoration of Seafeld City's Painted State
• Lecture Notes: Hypothesis on Imagenae Evolution (Excerpt)
• Letter From the Comet Hunter
• Letter from Fu Xuan to Scholar Yaakob
• List of Archenemies
• Marcus Antali's File
• New Londinium's Transport Log Record
• Opinion About the Claretwheel Temple Issue
• Overview of Xianzhou's Materia Medica
• Phantasmoon Games Winner's Traces: The Universe in an Instant
• Report: A Rare Plant Specimen
• The Dreamweaver Archives
• Travelogue on Xianzhou
• Views of the Universe from a Starskiff: The Xianzhou Zhuming
• Yancui Interrogation Transcript
• Yaoqing Recruit Handbook: Borisin Pack Overview

Occurrences

• A Dash of Color
• Collab Product
• Incubator (Occurrence)
• Mechanical City "Cogito Hair Salon" - Intelligentsia Guild

Items

• Artifex's Module
• Lone Stardust
• Mechanical Cube
• Preservation Construction Material
• Traveler's Guide

Consumables

• Disposable Shield
• High-Tech Protective Gear

Relics

• Central Synapse of the Life Sciences Institute
• Genius's Gravity Walker
• Glamoth's Silent Tombstone
• Planet Screwllum's Mechanical Sun
• Sigonia's Gaiathra Berth
• Taikiyan's Arclight Race Track

Curios

• Antimatter Engine Controller
• Armed Archaeological Shovel
• Armed Archaeological Shovel (Advanced)
• Asat Pramad's Dice (Head)
• Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
• Insect Web
• Laurel Crown of Planar Shifts
• Minotaur Hunt
• Omniscient Capsule
• Omniscient Capsule (Infinite)Omniscient Capsule (Infinite) Omniscient Capsule (Infinite)
• Parallel Universe Walkie-Talkie
• Perfecting Humans Protocol
• Perilous Memory Storage
• Rationality's Fall
• Road to Comets
• Super Overlord Spinning Top
• Ultra Overlord Plushie Crate

Equations

• Fire and Dangerous Things
• Organic Emperor
• Useful Scholar

HoYoLAB Articles

• Astral Express Magazine - Penacony Info Bulletin on the "Interastral Peace Corporation" and "Intelligentsia Guild"
• Galactic Archives｜"Destruction" and Lord Ravagers
• Pom-Pom's Intel Issue 05
• Pom-Pom's Intel｜Unveiling the Dangerous Members of the Genius Society
• Simulated Universe: Unknowable Domain — Scepter System Bananusage Guidelines
• Welcome to Arcadia｜Weekend Jump into the Duomension

Trivia

Etymology

• The term Intelligentsia was coined in 19th-century by Polish intellectual Bronisław Trentowski, to identify and describe the university-educated and professionally active social stratum of the bourgeoisie.

Gallery

The Intelligentsia Guild, as depicted in Mechanical City "Cogito Hair Salon" - Intelligentsia Guild.

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