Salve Sodale, I thank you for your letter which found me well, and fills me with much interest, and a few questions. Your timing is good, for while Durenmar has been a fine home, and my parens, the Archmage Caelicus a great tutor, it is time I should leave that place and take my search out into the wider world. Yet, I have questions that I must ask before I can agree to join you in this task. The first would be one of policy and of the nature of the covenant you seek to establish. You speak of being free from the restrictions and politics of older, more established covenants. Although my interest lie more in the works of Bonisagsus than of Trianoma, I do consider that a degree of organisation and control is necessary in the affairs of the order, and would like you to confirm that