Once the council is convened, Marcus addresses them.
"My amici, I am in need of assistance. I have a problem that exceeds my capacity to solve it. You see, many years ago, before coming to Mons Electi, or even to Normandy, I was in Novgorod for a time, exploring places of power. I had been pursuing membership with a covenant there, and had been investigating places of power. These places were Fae, and I was hoping to discover more about them, and was researching things in the covenant's library, when the Disceptator convened a council meeting and summarily dismissed me from the covenant. As I wasn't a member, and no allies on the council, I left, and abandoned my investigation, which truthfully had barely begun. And so it was a few days ago, I received this letter, from the acting Disceptatrix. She indicates that the Disceptator is in Twilight and had written my name repeatedly on a wax tablet, and that the fae in the neighboring forest are calling for me. I need to borrow or trade some resources. And I'm wondering if anyone is interested in coming with me. If Viscaria were here, I'd ask her, with her knowledge of the fae being rather useful."