Dragon Eye Hall

Guardians of the Veil Caucus • London, England
Dragon Eye Hall has stood for as long as any records among the Awakened suggest they might have. Their earliest mention is part of the Consilium's Accords, when the fourth Draco Cruentis named the Watchers of the Dragon's Eye as their spymasters and silent watchmen. For much of the Dark and Middle Ages, the Awakened of Dragon Eye Hall weren't even permitted to dwell in London, as a means of keeping their loyalties to the work of the Hall and not to whomever they might befriend in the Consilium proper. This ended in the early Renaissance, when the Councilors of that time took advantage of a surge in their power over the hierarch to alter that trait, among many others. Today, the old crumbling keep about two hours by train outside of London, still serves the caucus house for the Guardians of London. But make no mistake, the Guardians of this caucus are well-situated in London's consilium.

Dragon Eye Hall maintains connections in the cutting edge of burgeoning intelligence communities that many other Guardians have taken notice of and infiltrated the world over. They are spymasters and secret police par excellence, and they are ever watchful. Rumors say that sometimes members of the Consilium disappear for days at a time when the Guardians have a few questions to ask of them; those that return always claim to have been called out of town on personal business, however, so this remains no more than a rumor (albeit one that most Awakened in London take to be some version of the truth).

Dragon Eye Hall's caucus has a great many old and lingering traditions that demonstrate their pedigree. The spiritual and esoteric aspects of the Guardians are in full bloom here, and a part of its traditions and systems of operations, rather than being restricted to personal endeavors as is often the case with so many younger Guardian caucuses. It is notable that the Guardians of London are not the only Guardians that belong to this caucus: Guardians throughout all of southwestern England are members. Moreover, the Hall also maintains a small population of long-term spies planted in other consilii around the world, and at any given time those mages might arrive here to deliver the results of their missions and prepare for the next one.

Caucus House: Dragon Eye Hall

Dragon Eye Hall • Ground Floor

Dragon Eye Hall • First Floor

A great old house, there is an extensive history of Pemmington House, as this crumbling structure is known among Sleepers, and all of it false. In previous days, the Pemmington family acted as the local gentry when it came to dealing with the locals in the small village (also named Pemmington) below the hills on which the great house is situated. In truth, this family is a bloodline of proximi, magic-wielding hereditary Sleepwalkers in service to the Guardians of the Veil.

By and large, the great house remains unoccupied, save by the Pemmington clan, and one or two Guardians at any given time. The Order sees no need to protect it, for when no Guardians are in residence, it is an entirely ordinary structure, without any magics, or Awakened treasures, that need guarding. Members of the caucus are always guaranteed a bed and meals should they require them for any length of time. Indeed, it is not unknown for Guardians who are abandoning one long-term Masque to come here for a few months in order to scour that cover life entirely before returning to London in a new identity, ready for continued service to the London Consilium.

The house is situated on a sloping, hilly part of the countryside, at the fork where two smaller streams meet and flow away. The Outer Courtyard has the main entrance, which is through a gate-and-tower that is called the Epopt's Tower, with interrogation cells on the ground floor, and a parlor, library and ritual room, and personal quarters on the tower floor above it. The Outer Court also connects to the old Servants' Wing, which is now the residence of the Pemmingtons who are in service at the Hall (as about half of them serve the Order in London proper).

Connected to the Servants' Wing is the Great Hall, with a common room in the floor above it. This forms the gate in the southern part of the Outer Court which acts as the passage to the Great Court, a great cobbled interior often used for training or rituals by the Guardians during their gatherings here. Attached to the gate is the Porter's Watch, for the Guardian who guards this entrance during gatherings, and also the Bath House, with two large pools used for bathing and relaxation by members of the order when in residence. There are three Dormitories – the North Dormitory, the South Dormitory, and the West Dormitory. These have multiple guest bedrooms of modest comportment, as well as Parlors on the second floor for socializing.

Finally, the two western domed towers are the Temple Domes, as the paired structures are called. On the first floor are empty vaults intended for the use of spellcasting or ritual workings (magical or esoteric). The chambers above the temples are libraries, although they contain no books on the occult or Awakened lore – they are simply books of reference and history.

Gatherings

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The Pemmington Family

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Titles in Dragon Eye Hall

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Cabals in Dragon Eye Hall

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