Thousand Caves

The covenant of Thousand Caves is mentioned in The Dragon and the Bear. It is a covenant in the Ural Mountains along the Chusovaya River. As the name suggests, it is built in a complex of caves.

The covenant has a "potent faerie aura" and good relations with the neighboring volkhvy. Politically, it represents the Harmonist side in the Harmonist / Wilderist controversy; its opponent is Pripet Maior.

A description of Thousand Caves is given in The Dragon and the Bear, pages 120-130, including full statistics, maps, an illustration, and magi.

1000 Caves Covenant (c1235)

The following is a fan-created version of the covenant according to ArM5 rules.

Symbol: A labyrinth Season: Summer Founded: 1185 (50 years on)

Members (9)

• Malincka Capcek (85): Bonisagus, founder and ideological leader.
• Nastasia Baromov (69): 'the Firebird': Bjornaer (Eagle Heartbeast), charismatic leader.
• Rehamchi Danichev (86): Volkhv. Ex Miscellenea.
• Pettya Danichev (65): Volkhv. Ex Miscellenea.
• Basyl Karrimichi (66): Merinita. Otto Rattstein (137): Bjornaer (Lynx Heartbeast).
• Yakim ibn Rassur (74): Flambeau (from Great Bulgar), Nastasia's lover.
• Narina Cheminov (60): Bjornaer (Horse Heartbeast).
• Krabava Amvrosii (53) Bjornaer (Bear Heartbeast)
• Obolen Sviatoslavna (27): Flambeau, Yakim's former apprentice

Apprentices (4)

• Stennya Vassanovna (15) Voice of Hermes, Malincka's apprentice
• Caska Milobratik (12): Pettya's apprentice
• Ladota Onkudinov (12): Rehamchi's apprentice
• Pravoi Pribyshinits (10): Narina's apprentice

Site Difficult access (minor boon) - sheltered mountain gorge beneath the Earth Crown Difficult access (minor boon) - caves in the side of the gorge, only accessible by flying Vivid environment (minor boon) - Earth Crown and surrounds a mystical site Faerie aura (minor hook) - Slavic aura +6, equivalent to +3 magic

Resources Indebted (minor hook) - 700GR in debt

Residents Hunter gatherer society (free) Strong community (minor boon) Rights and Customs (minor hook)

External Relations Local allies (minor boon) - friendly local villagers / tribes Local allies (minor boon) - friendly faeries (to 1235) Rival (major hook) - enemies of Pripet Maior (to 1235)

Enchanted items (30bp) Cloak of feathers (MuCo as Cloak of Black Feathers, Sun, 2xday, trigger, lvl 34 effect) 2xFire Javelin (CrIg as Pilum of Fire, once use, lvl 20 effect)

Laboratories (40bp) 9 standard laboratories (free) 1 exception laboratory (Size +1, 2 minor virtues)

Laboratory texts (240bps) 1200 spell levels (specialist areas CrVi, InVi & MuVi) Various wizards own spell texts

Library (560bp) Summae: Lvl 5 Quality 12 in all 15 arts Summae: Cr 8/8, In 9/8, Mu 7/7, An 8/7, Au 7/7, Co 6/8, Ig 9/8, Im 8/7, Me 8/8, Vi 9/9 Summae: MT 6/12, Pen 3/10, Parma 2/8 Tractatus: Cr (x3) 7,9&10 In 8 Mu 10 Tractatus: An (x2) 7&9 Au 10 Ig (x2) 8&11 Me 8 Vi (x3) 8,8 & 11 Summae: ML 6/10, FL 5/9, AL 4/10, Ph 3/11, CoH 3/10 Tractatus: ML (x2) 8&10, FL (x3) 9,9,10 Various others in personal collections notably Malinka's non hermetic works on Volkhv

Grogs/Covenfolk/Specialists (210) 10 grogs (free) 15 additional grogs (average ability 5) 20 covenfolk (free) 145 additional covenfolk 10 specialists (average ability 4) Total 200

Vis (370) 350 pawns stockpiled (An50, Aq40, Cr20, Co45, He40, Ig20, Te40, Vi35) + 10 in all others 60 pawns income (Cr4, An10, Aq8, Co10, He8, Ig 5, Te10, Vi5 Various personal stockpiles in hands of wizards and local Volkhv

Total 1450 pts (high)

References

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