The Crop Circle

* **Purpose:**As the initiatory group of those aligned with the Biodynamicist way of thinking, the Crop Circle exists to protect the land and deepen the connection between the land and those that work it. Largely its a conclave of desperately free-thinking rural magic users who are united in their attitude and circumstances if not their politics or actual magical views. Largely it serves as a mutual support group for farmers and other agricultural folk who live outside the big urban centers.
* **Headquarters:**Being a widely-spread group of isolationists and other fringe-folk, they don't really have a set headquarters, meeting out in the fields whenever they can, although in times of need (or winter) they will often congregate at some of the bigger Biodynamic communes around the Zone, with Centralia being the most common of these.
* **Membership:** Varies, although its thought that it usually averages somewhere around 20-30 at any given time. There's an 'Inner Coven' of thirteen that serves as the leadership and is made up of the most dedicated and active members of the Circle. While any tradition can join the Circle, the Inner Coven is almost exclusively Shamans and the leaders of the Coven have to be shamans. The Inner Coven is led by The Trine, a trio of Shamans (and they are always Shamans, usually of the Wiccan or western Pagan persuasion) who lead the Coven: the Mother (who is always a woman), the Hunter (who is always a man) and the Weaver (who can be of any identity). Currently the Mother is Karen Urlacher, a Troll and a local Great Mother Shaman who is rumored to have connections to the Baba Yaga Society, the Hunter is Robert 'Bob' Urlacher, her husband, a shaman of Odin (as the Horned Man) with a history of being active in the local Ascomanni scene and the Weaver is Sica, an Ork woman who is a Mide of Polecat and has ties to the local Roamer families. While not part of the Trine, Drycrafter and corporate executive Logan Offutt represents the major financial backer of the Circle, and this gives him a great deal of power within the Circle.
* **Strictures:** Attendance, Dues, Fraternity, Service
* **Resources:** Medium, the Circle maintains a commonly-held 'rainy day' fund of the Dues that members pay and donations from their friends and allies on the local farms. Its not huge, but none of the Circle go without, either. They also keep a fairly large stock of mostly locally-sourced talesma, the majority of which they grow and/or harvest themselves.
* **Alliances:** The Crop Circle was founded by, and explicitly for, members of the local Biodynamic food communes, and most of the members live with their friends and family in the communes, where they are viewed with the respect due to experts by the other farmers. This also gives them a lot of overlap with the Craftpunk and Roamer communities in the area, even keeping connections with a couple of local gangs. As far as bonds with other magical groups go, the strongest and most famous is with their Anishinaabe counterparts from across the border in the Wild Rice Lodge, although their interests may occasionally clash, their goals and methods are similar enough that they can usually be relied upon to help each other out whenever it is needed. Beyond that, the Circle is made up of practical folk, who deal with whoever they have to, from the Pontoppidans to the Riverwalkers  to the I-29ers to get the job done. In fact, about the only enemies the Crop Circle really has is the recent attacks on their places of power and magical duels with the Baba Yaga Society, although neither side will say what the cause of the rift between these two former allies is.

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