Wild Coven¶

"Druidic practitioners of primal magic in Thornwood. They commune with nature and guard the old ways."

A loose grove-circle of druids and shape-callers based in the Thornwood. They aren't an academy - there are no robes, no rolls, no formal initiation. You're a member when the grove tells you you are. The Arcane Collegium thinks of them as untutored herbalists; the Coven thinks of the Collegium as people who memorized a book instead of learning to listen.

At a glance¶


HQ	Thornwood (the Heart-Grove, deep in the wood)
Member tags	mage, coven
Best class fits	Mage (primal/druid), Herbalist, Ranger
Major rival	Pale Order (−50% tension)
Soft rival	Arcane Collegium (−30%)

Rank titles¶

Rep	Tier	Title
< -100	Hostile	Outsider
-100 to -20	Unfriendly	Seedling
-20 to 50	Neutral	Sapling
50 to 200	Friendly	Warden
200 to 500	Honored	Druid
500+	Exalted	Thornmother

The plant-growth titles reflect the Coven's view of every practitioner: you grow at the pace of the grove that took you in. Reach Druid and you have the right to speak at moots; reach Thornmother and your word carries equal weight to any other elder in the wood.

Unlocks¶

Tier	What you get
Friendly	Herbal remedies, nature blessings
Honored	Grove access, shapeshifting lore
Exalted	Thornmother title, primal mastery

Herbal remedies at friendly are the cheapest reliable healing in the five-town network and don't carry the Temple's Faith dependency. Grove access at honored opens the deeper Thornwood paths - several hidden encounters and unique reagents gate behind it.

How to gain rep (generic)¶

Hunt invasive predators in the Thornwood (wolves, hill giants, anything trespassing the wood's natural balance).
Bring back rare reagents - moonpetal blossoms, fey-marked antler, water from a hidden spring.
Quest with Wardens. The grove sends quietly: lost apprentices, sick trees, a broken cairn.
Honor the moots. Attending a full-moon grove gathering passively raises rep, even without quest credit.
Don't fell living trees. Replant when you must.

How to lose rep (avoid these)¶

Casting necromancy anywhere in the Thornwood
:material-mask: Felling old-growth trees or poisoning water
Trapping or skinning fey-touched animals
Building Pale Order rep (−50% - fast tank)
Setting any fire in the wood without ritual cause

Rivals to watch¶

Pale Order - the standing −50% tension. Bone-magic is the one craft the Coven actively hunts.
Arcane Collegium - −30%. Not violent, but rep with one will cost rep with the other; pick a primary if you're going deep on Mage-tradition rep.

When the rep is worth it¶

Strong for primal/druid Mages - half the shape-shift lore in the game lives only in the Heart-Grove.

Mandatory for Herbalists going deep - the Coven trains reagent-identification past anything the Apothecary or Collegium will teach.

Natural fit for Rangers - friendly Coven rep grants Ranger allies free passage through grove paths normally hostile to non-members.

Skip if you're committing to the Arcane Collegium as your primary - the rep loss isn't catastrophic but it adds up.