Pathfinder Society

The Pathfinder Society was once globe-spanning organization based out of Absalom, the world's largest city. Its membership consisted primarily of Pathfinders, adventurers who traveled throughout Golarion—usually inconspicuously—and explore, delve, and otherwise experience the lesser-seen parts of the world. They sent journals documenting their travels back to a venture-captain, who also assigned them new missions and suggested new places for them to explore. The most exciting and illuminating of these journals are compiled in the Pathfinder Chronicles, a long running series of books which collects histories and mysteries of Golarion for their membership.

Sometime shortly after the death of Aroden, the Pathfinder Society collapsed. It was believed this was due to squabbles among venture-captains, in-fighting among members, and other poor choices among their upper echelon, known as the Decemvirate - ten mysterious hooded figures who ran the organization from the shadows.

Their signature adventuring piece, the Wayfinder, is still in wide use, with pre-fall examples fetching hundreds and even thousands of gold at auctions or from rich collectors.

Although not the organization they once were, the Pathfinder Society maintains its Grand Lodge in Absalom, housing a massive archive and countless trophies and artifacts collected by thousands of Pathfinders over hundreds of years. It is unknown if the Pathfinder Society maintains contact with any of its old lodges, many of whom have become adventurer's guilds in their own right.