Hi!
I'm planning a PC with the ultimate goal of discovering and hopefully learning one or more of the lost disciples, starting with pathfinding. I'm currently planning on doing this through a combination of interviewing ghosts and book research. However, even starting the search for any lost disciple is kind of hard, since most people don't know they exist in the first place.
The question, therefore, is how much knowledge of the lost disciples can a PC start with, if reasonably explained through their own past research or divination. Maybe it was even discovered by their mother and read later in the mother's journal, an item which would be set as an heirloom. Is it impossible to start with anything? Can a lore that simply states that there's something out there be possible as a starting lore? Or is even more detail possible? How much of this require HD permission?
Also, past starting knowledge, how much information can be gained through research without a moderator?
Thanks for the help!