Covenant


The old abandoned covenant of Atrium Quercus located on a large island in the great lake of Garda in northern Italy has been refounded by a group of young magi much to the ire of Mistridge who had hoped to seize its resources for themselves. Indeed there are whispered rumours of their involvement in its abandonment. Despite the general distrust of the locals and the covenants reputation for being cursed the young mages succeeded in being named the custodians at the last tribunal though it cost all their vis and necessitated the incurring of a large sliver debt to make it habitable again.
The covenant itself is located on the shores of the forested island where the abundance of fresh fish and access to clean water makes for healthy living conditions. Along with the brooding five story keep facing onto the lake it features an truly impressive library and central great hall amongst its buildings along with the less than sightly grog town located outside the main gates. The defences themselves are in pretty good repair bar a section of wall that has fallen in and awaits the raising of the funds for its repair.
The monies to effect these repairs and repay the covenants debts is hoped to come from a local silver mine located in the foot hills a days journey from the covenant on the lakes nearest shore. Which has been leased from a local noble in exchange for keeping the area free of bandits and a percentage of its future earnings.


Floor Plan

Attributes
Site +1; Buildings +1; Defences 0; Stores -3; Relations -4; Improvements -1; Library +5; Magical Attributes +1

Statistics
SITE
Access: to supplies equal to those available to average peasants all located within a days travel.
Seclusion: the covenant must deal with curious travellers about once a weak normally looking for shelter often travelling for trade or pilgrimage.
Environment: inclusion of fresh fish in the covenants diet and access to plentiful clean water grants a +1 bonus to aging rolls.

BUILDINGS
Size: the covenant has room for 6 mages, 20 specialists and 50 grogs as well as two impressive structures in the form of a library and great hall.
Quality: the quality of the building thought of the covenant is good though not exceptional and lacking decoration.
Repair: all the buildings have now been repaired with the borrowed silver and are in good condition.

DEFENCES
Site: excellent defence is offered by the lake along the western edge of the covenant though the forest to the north and east could give a potential enemy cover.
Extent: as well as the standard defences of the buildings the front court yard of the covenant is protected by a wall and gate house.
Repair: apart from a large breech in the front wall the covenants defences are in good repair.

STORES
Vis stocks: there are no vis stocks as they were spent at tribunal to gain the rights to the old covenant.
Supplies: a dept of 500 pounds of silver is owed to XXXX.
Reputation: -1 Dangerous wizards among the locals, -2 cursed covenant among the order of Hermes

RELATIONS
Allies: no allies have as yet been made.
Enemies: the autumn covenant of Mistridge is one of the most powerful forces in the local tribunal and an enemy willing to spend about a month a year or 10% of its resources against the covenant.
Contacts: unknown to the residents of the covenant spies can find out anything that goes on in the covenant outside of the sancta of the magi and the council chambers.

IMPROVEMENTS
Income: a sliver mine that should produce 55 pounds of silver a year has been leased by the magi though goblins currently reside within it, with 10% tribute going to the noble.
Vis supply: the covenant can harvest up to 30 pawns of vis per year from the various known sources.
Inhabitants: the covenant possess the full compliment of magi and grogs though only 10 specialists have yet been recruited.

LIBRARY
Spells: the covenants library contains 1500 levels of spells including two copies of Aegis of the Hearth at lvl 30 (currently in use) and lvl XX.
Hermetic books: 1350 pts worth of hermetic books are contained in the library.
Mundane books: 600 pts worth of mundane books are contained in the library.

MYSTICAL ATTRIBUTES
Supernatural aura: located as it is on the site of an older covenant the magical aura is very strong at +5
Magical items: 150 lvls of unknown baneful magical items/effects are located within the covenant.
Laboratories: all the laboratories of the covenant are of average condition.

original image Seth Pottlebury: http://www.marshmount.com