The Conclave Arcanum of Dyvers

An influential guild, particularly in the adjacent Kingdom of Furyondy which sports no

other significant magical guilds. This city is of course, the major trade link between the east and
west along the Nyr Dyv and the mostly navigable Velverdyva, thus making it an important trade
and travel center. The long-lived magical organization here is generally considered to be in
decline, directly in proportion to the rise of the Greyhawk guild in it's fast growing and petulant
sister city to the east. The Conclave is many centuries old (at least as old as the Sagacious
Society of Nyrond) and was perhaps the first modern guild to be established in the Flanaess. It
currently occupies a series of low towers in the hills above the main districts of the City of Sails
(these were constructed about two and a half centuries ago, just prior to the rise of Zagig
Yragerne), though the guild still holds significant influence on the streets and wharves of Dyvers,
itself. The Conclave also maintains an impressive meeting hall on one of the many islets in the
Lake Quarter, linked only to the mainland by a single invisible bridge that is said to be highly
unnerving to negotiate, keeping most save the initiated from paying unwelcome visits to the
group.
Many credit (or blame, as the case may be) the Conclave Arcanum for the city's decision
to declare itself free and independent of the Kingdom of Furyondy in CY 525, because the then
Magister of the city, Ghorannus, was also head of the Conclave and leader of the opposition to
the growing Velunese influence in the city's affairs. Just as the city's Magister is chosen, so does
the Conclave choose its leadership by a quasi-democratic recognition of merit. This assures that
the best and wisest usually rise to the top, but that has not always been the case (a certain amount
of haughtiness pervades the organization.) While the list of the Conclave Arcanum's membership
is impressive, many note that the list of those denied a place in the society is equally impressive.
Zagig Yragerne, Keoghtom, Karzalin, Otiluke, and even the puissant mage, Mordenkainen, were
all denied access at one time or another.
The guild currently suffers from a total lack of self confidence (probably owing to a
near-complete lack of distinction in recent years), allowing itself to be drawn into squabbles with
Greyhawk and certain intrigues with the Cult of Iuz, believed to be gaining a foothold in the
undercity.