Once Per Generation

Some events bring a lasting change to the Great Tower, or threaten the status quo.

Hermetic Influence

The tower may become a center of Hermetic power, and as such, conflict may arise within the tower as magi vie for dominance. But conflict with Hermetic magi outside the tower is also possible as the Tribunal or individual Houses attempt to claim the tower, taking it away from those who founded and built it.

But not all Hermetic influence is destructive. The tower's spectacle and symbolism may attract great councils of magi, including the hosting of the Verdi contest, the meeting of the Tribunal, or even the gathering of the Grand Tribunal, held outside of Durenmar for the first time in its history.

The Tower Looking Inwards

With an army of craftsmen dedicated to the Great Tower, and a community of covenfolk dedicated to their magi, there is potential for conflict as both sides perceive the other as being favored and being granted undue benefit. One further aspect is the division of the magi. The Great Tower becomes so vast that the magical aura is unlikely to remain constant throughout the structure. Indeed, even where the strength remains constant, the aura may acquire different traits in different parts of the tower, enough to draw the magi apart. Eventually the saga might see them living their own lives with their own separate turbs and covenfolk — a single covenant in name only.

And as the tower grows ever larger, parts of the tower, especially the lower levels, begin to fall into disuse and disrepair. Accidents happen, even those with no supernatural cause, and endanger life and limb.