Cowbird Lodge (terminology)

A cowbird lodge is a lodge which does not closely oversee its constituent shrines. Most of the time this is an insult; poor communities in the Band Territories sign up for a lodge they don't know is a cowbird and end up never receiving the help they thought they were guaranteed. However, for some shrines, the concept of a cowbird lodge is a godsend; if they don't check in, they don't know what strange medicine or pathetic characters you're entertaining.