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In addition, players may create a set of characters for use in different contexts.

A second assumption carried across most of the editions of the game is that the ' primary ' characters who study and utilize the magical arts will gather together in relatively small groups called " Covenants ", which may also refer to the structures in which said characters reside and research.

Such an environment, very similar to an isolated outpost of mundane humanity, requires a support staff to fulfill the various mundane responsibilities that the mages pass over in favor of their magical studies: cooking, cleaning, farming, physical security and so on.

The individual members of this staff are referred to as ' grogs ' and collectively as a ' turb of grogs ', and constitute a second context of characters which the players may generate and utilize within the game.

Ultimately, this allows the players to incorporate mundane mortals engaged in historically-accurate mundane occupations into the ' high fantasy ' setting of the game without sacrificing either the fantastic or historical elements.