The Scribe

The Scribe is a randomly encountered character in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Background
If the Sole Survivor asks what his story is, he says he was a Brotherhood of Steel scribe back in the Capital Wasteland under Elder Lyons.

He claims to have left the brotherhood when Elder Maxson took over that chapter of the brotherhood, because under Maxson the brotherhood stopped using its resources to help the people.

He also mentions knowing Maxson back when he was still "Squire Maxson", who was a little boy that could be encountered at The Citadel in Fallout 3.

Appearances
The Scribe appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs

 * If encountered will not allow you to recruit him. Even though you have the required 10 settlers in one settlement.
 * The Scribe often will not show up at the settlement he is assigned to, and often vanishes if escorted on the journey.
 * The Scribe won't spawn at all and cannot be found in some cases. When using console commands he can be found in a secret room filled with other NPCs. If you wish to by pass this you can type in the console the following: 'prid 0010d56d' and press enter. Then type 'moveto player' and press enter. This will move him to you and then you can speak with him. He will sell you armor, but if you have recruited him previously and he vanished, the only way you can recruit him as a 'level 4 merchant' is to summon him to a settlement and assign him in the build menu to the level 3 armor shop.
 * It would seem there is a timer attached to the scribe, as after being loaded for a specific amount of time (approx. 3-4 in-game hours) he will simply vanish. This can occur even while the player is in dialogue with him. Population count will be unaffected and there is no way to lower it again. There is currently no means of preventing this or bringing The Scribe back without the use of console commands.