PHAROS
THE TERMS PHAROS AND THE WARD INSTITUTE ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY. THEY WERE ONCE A SECRET SOCIETY OF ARCHIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND ADVENTURERS, DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY. NOW IN OUR 'NEW WORLD' THEY STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE RESONANCE AND TRY TO HELP PEOPLE COPE WITH THIS FAST CHANGING WORLD OF MAGIC AND RESURRECTED MYTH. THEY COMB THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF ARTIFACTS AND ANTIQUITIES TO LEARN, DOCUMENT AND CATEGORIZE. THEY ARE RELIC HUNTERS BRAVING A NEW HOSTILE WORLD IN PURSUIT OF THE MYSTIC AND MAGICAL IN WHATEVER SHAPE OR FORM IT MAY TAKE. THEY SPAN NORTH AMERICA AND BEYOND IN SEARCH OF THE ENCHANTED REMNANTS OF LOST CIVILIZATIONS RETURNED, THE GATHERING OF RARE PLANTS, AND THE CAPTURE OF DEADLY AND BIZARRE BEASTS SO THAT THEY MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS NEW FLORA AND FAUNA. THEY ARE THE INVESTIGATORS, THE EXPLORERS, THE SCIENTISTS AND SOMETIMES POLICE OF OUR NEW MAGICAL FRONTIER.
