Editing Nova Astrum (section)

=== La Nouvelle Étoile ===
The Covenant of the New Star, founded as a daughter covenant of Ad Astra Per Aspera some five years ago. Its purpose is to harvest vis resources in the New World, as well as to explore the magical potential of the region and establish a strong presence should AAPA eventually decide to move there wholescale. AAPA is a strong Autumn covenant, drifting, like most European covenants, into Winter. It was formally located in the French forests, but deforestation and settlement forced it, a century or more ago, to forcibly relocate into a regio, formally belonging to a powerful and ancient dragon. The dragon was slain by the magi of the day, and the covenant relocated to the regio, although they keep mundane houses in Paris and Marseilles.

Nova Astrum is based in a substantial town house - almost a manor house - on the edge of Schenectady, a settlement of around six thousand people. Beneath the house is a network of tunnels, some of which extend almost ten miles to hidden exits - including one in the town, one near the river, and one in the woods. The tunnels were partially built by the founding magi (visitors from Europe) using Terram, but based upon an existing network built by unknown hands. Strange pictograms can be found on some of the tunnel walls, and their full extent is unknown. Grogs patrol the tunnels on a regular basis, just in case. The tunnels have a Magic aura of 3.