The Covenant is an agreement between followers of The Swanmother to work toward a common cause. Special leaders of each sect gather to face big problems and come to a decision on how to proceed. The Covenant gathered to decide how followers of the Swanmother should handle the search for special Savant children being undertaken by the Order of the Chysanthemum, a longtime ally of some of the Covenant members. While in the past, most disagreements have been handled carefully, this one somehow spun out of control, leading to a major schism that caused a conflict between followers of the Swanmother all over the world.

Arcs:
1. Breaking of the Covenant:
At a meeting of the Covenant in Karmand, the subject of the Savant children is brought up and leads to great division. The meeting is taking place at the Convent of the White Braids, a sacred place in Karmand. Players would be alabaster dwarf Sisters of the White Braids who seek to keep violence out of their halls.

PCs:

Vignette: The Caldonumian Order has envoys on Bright Isle who are harangued politically to take a side.

2. Jewels:
The Vestals are a sisterhood who use their virginity as a source of holy power. When their leader, Tapeinotita, returns from the Covenant, she selects a group of her followers to face a trial of Temptation (call the Trial of Jewels), thus gaining greater power if they succeed. She then sends them to Bright Isle to speak with the Raphael Manifest.

PCs:

Vignette: In Juazo, the couatl Patli calls for a new sacrifice.

3. Mercy:
Mercy Driver is one of the most powerful followers of the Swanmother in the world. She did not make her opinions known at the Covenant. Known for her resourcefulness and initiative, most expect her to simply do what she thinks is best. Players would be representatives of one side (players will collectively choose) trying to convince her to work with them.

PCs:

Vignette: Matrim Argent meets with the Heartsinger and is urged to sway Dhun and Albion into unity.

4. Regional Pressures:
The Washerwomen are an order of women who work as spies for various followers of the Swanmother, but mostly for their own holy purposes. Their watchwords are humility and illumination. They are involved in political machinations all over the world. This arc would be a series of vignettes where Washerwomen influence regional events between Albion and Dhun, between the anjana and the Summer Court, between Guadaljon and San Selsian and Juazo and Tienos, between Bright Isle and the Vestige, between Karmand and Carlith and Akazad, and between the Slate Axis and all of the nations aforementioned. One of these scenes will involve currents aether. Connects to Indigo and Jasper, Golden Sun, Kyriarchy, and Veil and Hood games.

PCs:

Vignette: A bright dragon sends their followers to Karmand to sway the dwarves to her side, but finds something unexpected.

5. Shield:
All shamans of the Shield Bug had a vision of the Breaking of the Covenant shortly before it happened. Kavacas live all over the world, and many of them share a similar view of their religion. Players would be disparate kavacas seeking to reunite local factions of the holy conflict in Guadaljon.

PCs:

Vignette: A (human) tuxama of the Yefimi visits Albion and is unimpressed with his allies.

6. Order of the White Lion:
The White Lion is an Aeonian beast that serves the Swanmother as a protector. Followers of the White Lion vary greatly in how they approach their religion, but sanctuary and patience are their Virtues. Seeing the urgency of unity in the face of rising danger from the Slate Axis, a group of them from around the world, with different takes on their worship, gather to try to bring peace between Dhun and Albion. In the process, they discover a dark plot and treachery.

PCs:

Vignette: A Dhunnic paladin earns his white horse.
Vignette: A Demonslayer protects a pregnant Savant from demons.

7. Benevolence:
In San Selsian, Father Lorencio returned to his rundown church in the mountains and brought word of the Breaking of the Covenant. While the Dhunnic Graysonite faith is a hierarchal structure, the San Selsian Graysonite faith is very much driven by the common parishioners. A populist swell compels Father Lorencio to try a religious ceremony that would have a global emotional impact. Players would be Father Lorencio and his followers.

PCs: note Father Lorencio cannot be played by the same player as Nigel Healfdance

Vignette: A Graysonite pilgrim on the other world feels the emotional impact and responds.

8. Divided We Fall:
The division between Albion and Dhun allows agents of Stolzen to infilatrate the courts of both. War begins as Stolzen invades Albion's territory, and without Dhun to assist her, the nation was in peril. Dhun, however, was betrayed by vile powers. Players would be Nigel Healfdane (note that story must be updated) and companions who have been given a quest to find the Holy Matrix and defeat the evil that infests both nations. In this arc, they would be seeking way out of occupied territories. Connects to KyriarchyGameKyriarchy]] game.

PCs: note Nigel Healfdane cannot be played by the same player as Father Lorencio

Vignette: Matrim Argent leaves his sword behind in Dhun, so goes to Waylon to barter for a temporary replacement.

9. Humility:
Father Lorencio and his companions seek out the being known as The Pebble. Once they find them, The Pebble offers a new path forward about the Savant children and urges Father Lorencio to find Nigel Healfdane. Players would be Father Lorencio and his companions seeking The Pebble and then finding Nigel Healfdane.

PCs:

Vignette: Albion falls and swans flee.
Vignette: A paladin errant from Dhun leads and uprising in a concentration camp in Stolzen.

10. The Angelic Host:
Nuntius sends brings word to the Swanmother and finds her deeply concerned. She bids him send three tests to certain of her special followers, bestowing special powers upon them to face what is coming. One group of angels is sent to find a tuxama in the deepest Guadaljono jungles. Players would be those angels seeking a specific tuxama and testing them.

PCs:

Vignette: Nigel is tested and shown the way to the Holy Matrix.
Vignette: Father Lorencio is tested and given a special holy symbol.
Vignette: One of the Vestals is tested and granted a significant increase to her holy powers.
Vignette: One of the Shield Bug shamans is tested and granted a spirit animal guardian.
Vignette: One of the Washerwomen is tested and granted the power of illuminating visions.
Vignette: A Staff of Justice is tested and granted the power of justice and mercy.

11. Alabaster:
The angelic chosen gather on the quest for the Holy Matrix and discover two Gifts they can Master in order to create it. Players would be the angelic chosen (see arc 10) seeking the needed Gifts and ingredients.

PCs:

Vignette: Herala Angelus joins Matrim Argent and Sewael in gathering Savants.
Vignette: Hielan Durrow meets another Aeonian on a river and speaks with them about how the Matrix and the Configuration connect.

12. Holy Matrix:
Now having the Holy Matrix, the angelic chosen and their companions must return to Dhun and Albion and liberate them. Connects to Kyriarchy.

PCs:

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Leaders of the Covenant include but are not limited to

The White Sword Alliance - find and protect the children:

• Sir Rickard Tanner, Knight of the Hill, Captain of the Knights of the Paladin King's Shining Elite, representative of the Paladin-King of Dhun Artur Caer and the Graysonite faith
• Dreda Maurakhaun, Shield-General of the Karmandian Armies, alabaster dwarf, representative of the Alabaster Thane Urdekh Balkhaun
• Ansantada, Priestess of Tienos, Lady of the Marshes, representative of Anjana Manifest Ejindanu
• Sister Eadgyd of the Washerwomen
• Sir Crispin Jamison, Demonslayer, gysylltiad, representative of the Servitors of the (deceased) Demonslayer Champion
• Tapeinotita, High Vestal, representative of the Sisters of Chastity, Ledean medusa

The Bright Isle Alliance - allow the children to grow on their own:

• Splendor Gloriae, representative of the Raphael Manifest Auriculus
• Cygna Castitate, Shield-Maiden Marshal of Albion, representtive of the Swan Queen of Albion, Rohese, and the Swan Maiden Manifest, Swanmay
• Benevellania, granddaughter and represntative of Benevorious, Bright Dragon Manifest, and the Disciples of the Golden Dragon
• Father Lorencio Compasion, Speaker of the People of San Selsian, golden empath, representative of the Swan faith of San Selsian
• Zhengyi Yingxiong, Staff of Justice, kua fu, representative of the Staves
• Sewael, Bright Elf Consequent

The Shining Shield Alliance - unity of the faiths at all costs:

• Eneida Yafemi, tuxama of a Yafemi tribe of Guadaljon, tamarinian, representative of all Yafemi tribes
• Helder Yafemi, tuxama of a Yafemi tribe of Guadaljon, human, represntative of all Yafemi tribes
• Patli, the couatl companion of High Priest Zolin, a human, of Juazo, representative of the people of Juazo
• Ekege Niotoc, kavaca, shaman from Ladrya, representative of the Shield Bug spirit (a manifestation of the Swanmother)
• Brother Wulfstan Mackan, Monk of the Order of the White Lion
• Herala Angelus, great talent, Mother Superior of the Maraddonian Candle

Other - neutral or undeclared:

• Nuntius, dominatio sometimes sent to observe
• Misericordia, alabaster dragon queen
• Mercy Driver, Warden of Mercy
• Bonitatius Lucidus, thaumar member of and representative of the Caldonumian Order
• Hielan Durrow, Prince of Shepherds, representative of the Coeligians at the Vestige
• The Pebble, Vicegerent of the Court of Swans, who never speaks at the Covenant meetings

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