The Thirteen Tribunals

 

Tribunal of the Greater Alps

Region: The region encompassed by or adjoining the Alps, including Bavaria.
Covenants: Valnastium, Domus Magnus of House Jerbiton; Cave of Twisting Shadows, Domus Magnus of House Criamon; plus five others.
Summary: Autumn and Winter Covenants that have known peace for over 400 years. Valnastium is renowned for its extensive library covering all aspects of mundane history and knowledge.

 

Hibernian Tribunal

Region: Hibernia (Ireland) and nearby isles.
Covenants: Circulus Ruber, Ashenrise, Elk's Run, Vigil, Cliffheart, Lombard, Caefloron.
Summary: Hibernia is a highly magical place with much unsettled land and a large population of faeries.

 

Iberian Tribunal

Region: All of Iberia (the Spanish peninsula) including the southern lands, which are controlled by the Moors.
Covenants: Barcelona covenant, Duresca, and eight others.
Summary: This Tribunal is best known for its involvement in the Reconquista, the reconquest of Iberia from the Moors.

 

Tribunal of the Levant

Region: Christian Palestine, as well as scattered covenants throughout the region, including Asia Minor, Egypt, and Syria.
Covenants: Sixteen.
Summary: Thick with arcane lore, esoteric history, and strange mysteries, this ancient land has proven to contain much of benefit to the Order.

 

Loch Leglean Tribunal

Region: Scotland and the northern isles.
Covenants: Fourteen.
Summary: The Highland moors of Scotland host many covenants simply because of the highly mystical nature of the area and because the local populace is so accepting of the wizards.

 

Normandy Tribunal

Region: France, including Burgundy and the Low countries.
Covenants: Fudarus, Domus Magnus of House Tytalus, plus eleven others.
Summary: This land is heavily populated and highly civilized though culture has not reached the heights of sophistication to be found along the Mediterranean coast.

 

Novgorod Tribunal

Region: Slavic lands to the east and Nordic lands to the north of the Holy Roman Empire, including the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Principalities.
Covenants: Six.
Summary: This Tribunal is spread out over vast, cold lands.

 

Provencal Tribunal

Region: Lanquedoc, including Gascony, and the Pyrenees.
Covenants: Mistridge; Windgraven; Doissetep; Val-Negra, the current domus Magnus of Flambeau; Lariander; Bellaquin; Berinor; Bentalone; and three others.
Summary: The cultural center of the Order, and perhaps the true political center as well.

 

Rhine Tribunal

Region: The Holy Roman Empire north of the alps (Germany and the Rhine valley).
Covenants: Durenmar, Domus Magnus of House Bonisagus and the location of the birth of the Order; Crintera, Domus Magnus of House Bjornaer; Irencillia, Domus Magnus of House Merinita; and six others.
Summary: When the Order was founded, this area was mostly wild and not very civilized. Unfortunately for those covenants founded here, civilization has grown to full force over the last four hundred years and they now find themselves in the Holy Roman Empire.

 

Roman Tribunal

Region: The southern part of the Holy Roman Empire, the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples (these three areas cover the Italian peninsula); Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, plus one covenant on the northern coast of Africa.
Covenants: Verdi, Domus Magnus of Verditius; Harco, Domus Magnus of House Mercere; Magvillus, Domus Magnus of the House of Quaesitoris; Rellantali; and four others.
Summary  : Long ago, this area was rich in magic and power and the Cult of Mercury held sway over beings mundane and magical.  As Christianity grew within the Roman Empire, however, the Cult of Mercury began to decline.  Today, the area controlled by this Tribunal is the poorest known land in terms of raw magical power.

 

Stonehenge Tribunal

Region: England, Wales.
Covenants: Cad Gadu, Domus magnus of Ex Miscellanea; Blackthorn; and nine others.
Summary: Other than Blackthorn, there are few large or well established covenants in the Stonehenge Tribunal.

 

Tribunal of Thebes

Region: The Bynzntine Empire (the Greek Peninsula, the islands of the Aegean Sea, and Asia Minor).
Covenants: Eight.
Summary: The center of this land is Constantinople, one of the most extravagant and extraordinary cities in the world.

 

Transylvanian Tribunal

Region: Most of Bulgaria (especially the more mountainous areas), and the Kingdom of Hungary (including the Kingdom of Croatia).
Covenants: Coeris, Domus Magnus of House Tremere; and four others.
Summary: This has always been a very stronly magical region and thus a haven for many magi.