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to be holy, the Ordo Dracul makes it a priority to find
out why. Often, such areas were once holy ground,
and the energies have simply shifted. Sometimes,
though, the Wyrm’s Nest houses beings or energies
that the Lancea Sanctum considers unholy and feels
the need to protect. This, of course, only arouses the
Dragons’ curiosity. If the territory lies within a city
where the Sanctified hold power, the Ordo Dracul
typically sends in a coterie instructed to stay out of
sight, map and investigate the Wyrm’s Nest, and leave
before drawing attention. If another covenant holds
power, the Ordo Dracul instead sends in a diplomatic
coterie to negotiate an investigation of the area, and,
if that fails, resorts to skullduggery. Research is much
easier when one doesn’t have to look over one’s shoulder
constantly, after all.
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Rather than try to make sense of the myriad types of
energy and resonance that Wyrm’s Nests emit, the Ordo
Dracul categorizes places of power by their utility to the
covenant. Therefore, part of reconfiguring maps that
contain ley lines and Wyrm’s Nests is checking to see if
a Nest that the Ordo Dracul previously had no use for
has changed status.
The Ordo Dracul divides Wyrm’s Nests into the following
four categories: haunts, fontal nests, crucibles and
perilous nests.
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The Ordo Dracul defines a Wyrm’s Nest as a crucible if
it gives off energies that aid in learning, developing or
implementing the Coils of the Dragon. Such Nests are
easily the rarest of all Wyrm’s Nests, and the Dragons
guard those they find fervently. Unfortunately, the covenant
has found that crucibles often result from places
associated with faith, and this means conflict with other
factions, most notably the Lancea Sanctum and the
Circle of the Crone.
Not all crucibles are sacred to one faith or another,
however. Areas associated with chaos, including sites
of riots, mass hysteria or even large fires can aid in
studying the Coils. The Ordo Dracul must take care,
however, in researching or enacting the Coils in
places associated with unbridled chaos. Change, after
all, must have a purpose, but the energies left in
the wake of such events aren’t bent toward any particular
goal.
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A perilous nest, to the Ordo Dracul, is a Wyrm’s Nest
containing energies or entities that are actively harmful
to interlopers in general or Kindred in particular. Of
course, the Dragons acknowledge that danger is a matter
of degree. An abandoned building that for some reason
is defended by a pack of werewolves presents a much
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