Scout-Keeper

The Scout-Keeper is a position on the Government of Oceanum Villa. They are one of the ten Keepers that run the city.

Job Description
The Scout-Keeper’s job is to look after the Scouts in Oceanum Villa. Scouts are a key part of the civil defence systems in Oceanum Villa, and therefore are considered important enough to dedicate one of the ten governmental positions to their management and coordination. The Scout-Keeper is also in charge of conducting investigations outside the city's boundaries.

The Scout-Keeper sits on the seventh chair at the table of government, and their symbol is a bow and arrow.

History of Incumbency
The earliest known Scout-Keeper is Millicent Dun-Hill. Not much is known about Millicent, other than the fact that she is Lilliana Dun-Hill’s grandmother, and died in 2003. The position was opened up to the general public, since Millicent's daughter Jasmine Dun-Hill was already on the government as Health-Keeper, and son-in-law Jason Dun-Hill did not feel he was capable of being Scout-Keeper, let alone be the successor someone as accomplished as Millicent. Jasmine's daughter Lilliana Dun-Hill was willing to be the next Scout-Keeper, but was much too young at the time, only being four years of age.

The incumbent Rule-Keeper, Walter Star-Bub, convinced his wife Sandy, to send in an application, despite the fact that she was heavily pregnant with their first child, who they would later name Bubbles. She would later be successful in becoming Millicent’s successor, but only held the role for a mere two years, before being murdered by invaders from Kiwi Civitatem, who were looking for the Stonal Shell. The same system that had earlier barred Lilliana from succeeding her grandmother stopped Sandy’s daughters, Bubbles and Starley, from succeeding her. With no other obvious successor, Sandy’s best friend, Coral Parker, would go on to succeed Sandy.

Coral sat incumbent for approximately 16 years before being killed in 2021, when she was caught up in a quarrel between Walter, Starley, and Alex, and Weedy. There was a belief amongst the Government members that Starley would have an interest in following in her mother's legacy, and that it would be beneficial to have someone with a unique combination of Talents on the Government. Despite concerns regarding her age of just 16 years, the Government came to a majority vote that she should succeed Coral,. Starley was officially initiated onto the Government in January of 2022.

Role in Storyline
The Scout-Keeper as a role doesn’t play all too big of a role throughout the story, other than being the reason why Sandy and Coral died – they were just doing their jobs. However, the three most recent Scout-Keepers have all been some of the most important characters in the story. Starley, the current incumbent, is of course an important character, as she is the protagonist. Sandy and Coral are also important, as they are the parents of Starley and Peter respectively.

Main article: Sandy Star-Bub: Role in Storyline

Sandy doesn’t explicitly appear in any scenes, but she is in the 2005 memory of book two, chapter 22; the 1986 memory and the second 1996 memory of the book two epilogue; and both 1986 memories of the book three prologue. However, she was only the Scout-Keeper during one of these: the 2005 memory of book two, chapter 22.

Main article: Coral Parker: Role in Storyline

Coral is seen in chapters 4 and 32 of book one, along with the memory bowl’s recollection of 2005 in chapter 26, every memory of the book two epilogue, and the 1986 memory of the book three prologue. She is Scout-Keeper during her appearances in chapters 4 and 32 of book one, and most of the memory bowl’s recollection of 2005 (it is about her initiation into the government, so she is technically not Scout-Keeper for the entirety of it).

Main article: Starley Star-Bub: Role in Storyline

Starley, being a protagonist, has appeared in almost every chapter, but only started appearing as the de facto Scout-Keeper in chapter 35 of book one, and the official Scout-Keeper in chapter 1 of book two.

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