The Fallen Covenant

The first confirmed military action undertaken by the Duke and his allies is the sacking of a small castle to the west of Verona. But that castle turns out to be a Hermetic covenant and the sacking was achieved through magic.

Castello del Selvaggio is a forgotten remnant of a failed covenant that fell under pressure from jealous and aggressive Hermetic neighbors soon after it was founded. Situated near Verona in a small castle on the shores of Lake Garda, the young magi of Castello del Selvaggio became involved in plots both Hermetic and mundane, including one disastrous encounter in which a magus from another covenant was accidentally killed. The resulting pressure was intolerable and the Selvaggio magi disbanded, each going his own way.

The only magus to remain was the resolute Tytalus magus Maximus Severis. He subtly extended his influence back into Verona, under the guise of the heir to the Selvaggio family fortune, using the city to protect the resources he had left. In time, he clawed back a number of minor vis sources and, careful to work through proxies, used his power to support Verona in her ventures, receiving favors in kind.

As Maximus' filia, Lucia grew up in Verona and Castello del Selvaggio at a time when Maximus had grown old and weakening. Her knowledge of Selvaggio's resources and her impatience at the continued survival of her parens undoubtedly contribute to her current ambitions.

The guards watching over the player covenant gates encounter a band of some twenty people carrying hastily clutched possessions and heading to the covenant. These are some of the former covenfolk