Non-Hermetic Relations
Local Mundanes
The peasants in Buttermere are aware of the covenant and many of
their people work there and its presence has allowed the village to
grow. Due to hard work on the part of Thressa and careful management
of the covenant servants and grogs, the villagers, though still a
little wary of the covenant, are for the most part quite comfortable
with its presence.
English Nobility
For the last twenty years or so, Scelus and Livia have been taking
part in a challenge involving the mundane politics of England and
Wales. They concentrated on the court of King Alfred the Great, and
participated in his attempt to increase the learning and scholarship
of the clergy and the court. So far, it has been a fairly minor
side-challenge, involving Alfred's favour and information gleaned at
court, but with Alfred's death (899) and the succession of his son
Edward, both were vying for influence with the young King. Recently,
Livia has taken to attending the court of the ruler of the Danelaw in
York, as seeing war approaching, she and Scelus want to hedge their
bets and make sure they retain influence with whoever wins. Of course,
this is skating on very thin ice indeed as far as the Code is
concerned but both are incredibly discreet (both taking new
identities for this game), never using magic, except to sever arcane
connections and change appearance, and, for the moment, not using
this influence to harm any other covenants (though the temptation to
see the Diedne covenant shattered may prove too much in the end...)
The Fae
There is a local fae forest at the end of the valley and for many
years the covenant and the local fae lord were effectively conducting
a guerilla war which had threatened the covenant and seemed destined
to ultimately destory it. Placidus and Aequus tried to negotiate
with them, but they often made mistakes in etiquette, leaving an
extremely uneasy peace. To alleviate the situation, Mico joined the
covenant and since has built bridges between the two communities so
that, while they are not over-friendly, they co-exist in a spirit
of cooperation.
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