The Order is not powerful here; only six Covenants exist within its borders, although some have tried to build here and failed. The land is riven by division and conflict both mundane and magical, and it is often a challenge for Magi to obey the Hermetic rules against interference with mortals. But, too, enforcement in these hinterlands is difficult at best, and some come here who would not find welcome elsewhere in Mythic Europe. With a history little more than two centuries old, the Novgorod Tribunal does not have long experience to draw upon like most other Tribunals. All too often the Tribunal of Novgorod has found itself embroiled in conflict and scrambling to preserve, if not its independence, then at least its survival. But as the supplies of raw vis are drying up in Central Europe,