The Covenant of the Long Road
What players would know
In the desert, a banner doesn’t feed you. A road does. The Covenant of the Long Road is spoken of as an oath made from routes, wells, and mutual obligation—less a nation than a promise that caravans can travel without being bled dry at every crossing.
To city ears, it sounds almost boring: water rights, safe passage, shared rules for camps and markets. To people who profit from chokepoints, it sounds like revolution in polite clothing.
Common rumors
- A matriarch called “the Unifier” is getting tribes to speak with one voice.
- The Covenant’s law is carried in songs that list wells like saints.