Covenant

The Covenant is an alliance of mages whose aim is the promotion of peace between the northern kingdoms of Faerûn and to prepare them for future conflicts with the orcs.

Founding
The School of Wizardry in Neverwinter was founded in 457 DR by four mages, Aganazzar, Ilyykur, Presper and Grimwald they began taking on apprentices from all over the continent. Over 200 years later in the Year of the Covenant (673 DR) the powerful mages form the organization named after the year. They gather powerful mages to their side and base themselves in the School.

The Uthgardt Alliance
In 705 DR they begin to manipulate the various Uthgardt tribes. By the end of the season all the tribes stand united and ready to battle the goblinoids of the Savage Frontier. These Uthgardt were tasked, in 715 DR, to hunt down and kill as many orc chieftains as possible. 20 are eliminated over the next five years, preventing the formation of a horde. Another 80 years pass and the Alliance goes from victory to victory over orc and goblinoid forces but heavy losses, including the almost complete annihilation of the Elk Tribe cause the dissolution of the Alliance in 802 DR.

Orcgates Affair
The Covenant loses a great amount of prestige in 955 DR when, after a huge army from all the settlements of the North gathers to combat an orc horde from the Spine of the World, the horde fails to show up.

Against the Red Wizards
in 976 DR the Covenant discovers the involvement of the Red Wizards of Thay in the Orcgates Affair that was so disasterous to their reputation and start to subtly work against them. Their plans are set back when a senior member of the Covenant, Ruelve, goes insane and slays Ilyykur, one of the Four Founders. The Red Wizards also discover the Covenant's hand in some of the problems they have been experiencing over the last century, enraged, they attack the Neverwinter School of Wizardry in 1081 DR. During the assault, Aganazzar is killed, sparking a wizardwar of epic proportions. After 20 years of open conflict, Presper and Grimwald leave Faerûn through portals, trying to take as many Red Wizards as the can with them. They lead them into magical traps and ambushes but don't come back themselves, leading the Thayans to believe the Covenant destroyed. The remaining Covenant members go underground.