Azhjur Covenant

Background

Old habits

Magic takes a long time to master. Speakers can easily spend decades practising on getting a particular incantation just right, and Conduits can go their entire lives without realising they have a stronger connection than most to a given Sphere.

No-one knows for sure why this is, but the vena who would become known as the Azhjur Covenant knew it to be true.

Conlanging

The Covenant created their own reconstruction of the Proto-Pfemban language, based on the theory that, if repetition and adherence to routine made magic stronger, then surely Speaking would be easier if they were using a similar language to the one that the first mages across Pfemba spoke.

Monopoly

Drake's Scar is world-famous. The crater, caused by some unkown cataclysm, is coated with a thick layer of magic-blocking nullrock.

This made it the perfect place for the founding of Azhjur University, itself named after the black crater and the reason that the Covenant, previously not officially named, became known as the Azhjur Covenant.

How convenient

Some people claim the Covenant caused the creation of the Scar, in order to create a safe place to practise Channeling.