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!!The Dragon's Tears [[#Session29]]
Following the clues on one of the [[Attach:DragonsTears.pdf|parchments]]
and their [[Autumn1221#Session28|interpretation by Fahim]] [[Sertorius]],
[[Titus]], and [[Zeebebah]] set out to find another Vis source.
They followed the clues into the Pyrenees to a series of caves hidden
behind a waterfall. Here they found themselves mocked by illusions but
eventually found their way to a cave filled with stalactites and
stalagmites. They were just in time to catch five droplets of water
in a goblet where they turned into crystals, containing one pawn of
Vim Vis each.
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took [[Margot]], their new steward and a [[Bruyant|cook]] with his children.
!!Fahim [[#Session28]]
''10th - 14th November 1221''
The covenant was visited by Fahim ibn Hadi of House Criamon from the
covenant Carvea Orbis. His visit to the covenant was in response to
the [[Letter of Uncertain Doom|warning letter]] Titus had send to the
mountain covenants Carvea Orbis and Lupus Specus.
Fahim was intrigued by the [[Titus]]' dreams and eager to find out more.
He interviewed everyone who had [[Summer1221#Session22-1|shared one of Titus' dreams]].
Fahim offered his help in interpreting this and future dreams. He was
able to point out that the stone pillars they had encountered in the dream
were very similar to a stone formation in the Pyrenees and related them
to one of the [[Attach:DragonsTears.pdf|parchments]] the magi had found
in the remains of Fontis Niger.
Fahim also took an interest in Arwa and eventually Zebeebah agreed to
promise her as an apprentice to Fahim. They agreed that Arwa should stay
with her mother for a few more years, studying Latin, Magic Theory,
and other useful things during that time. Later she will join Fahim
at Carvea Orbis to be trained as an apprentice.
Fahim also showed some interest in the broken fountain. He left with the
promise to support the founding of Infractus Summus Redivivus at the
next Tribunal meeting.
!!Fahim [[#Session28]]
''10th - 14th November 1221''
The covenant was visited by Fahim ibn Hadi of House Criamon from the
covenant Carvea Orbis. His visit to the covenant was in response to
the [[Letter of Uncertain Doom|warning letter]] Titus had send to the
mountain covenants Carvea Orbis and Lupus Specus.
Fahim was intrigued by the [[Titus]]' dreams and eager to find out more.
He interviewed everyone who had [[Summer1221#Session22-1|shared one of Titus' dreams]].
Fahim offered his help in interpreting this and future dreams. He was
able to point out that the stone pillars they had encountered in the dream
were very similar to a stone formation in the Pyrenees and related them
to one of the [[Attach:DragonsTears.pdf|parchments]] the magi had found
in the remains of Fontis Niger.
Fahim also took an interest in Arwa and eventually Zebeebah agreed to
promise her as an apprentice to Fahim. They agreed that Arwa should stay
with her mother for a few more years, studying Latin, Magic Theory,
and other useful things during that time. Later she will join Fahim
at Carvea Orbis to be trained as an apprentice.
Fahim also showed some interest in the broken fountain. He left with the
promise to support the founding of Infractus Summus Redivivus at the
next Tribunal meeting.
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collected, hoping that it would again contain Auram Vis.
!!A Dark Fortress[[#Session27]]
''24th October - 5th September 1221''
[[Dominic]] and [[Zeebebah]] set out to investigate the [[#Session25_2|rumours]]
of a hidden fortress in the Pyrenees, taking four archers with them.
After a five day march they came across a small hamlet, hidden in a
remote valley. As they approached they noticed a group of ten armed men
on horses surrounding a house. Concealed by Zeebebah's magic Dominic
approached the house and it soon became apparent that the armed men
had set the house on fire, trapping people inside.
In a new magic disguise Dominic approached the group and was soon
intercepted by five of the men. They said that they were punishing some
peasants on behalf of Sir Bruyant and forced Dominic to leave.
Noticing that the screaming inside the house had stopped Dominic and
Zeebebah decided to hide in the forest and wait for the soldiers to
depart.
After the hut was burned to the ground the soldiers left and Dominic
and Zeebebah approached the remaining buildings. At the far end of the
village they found Esclarmond, an old woman apparently skilled in healing.
She told them that a man called Sir Bruyant had laid claim to this area,
forcing high taxes from the peasants. According to Esclarmond he is
living in a castle on the Black Mountain that was used by rogue Templars
in the past. The castle was build or rebuild by Sir Gui after [[#Session25_2|his retreat]] from the Templar stronghold near Toulouse.
Dominic and Zeebebah continued through the forest to the Black Mountain,
staying off the road as much as possible. When starting to climb the mountain
they were forced back onto the road and soon got a first view of the
fortress. Build on two peaks joint by a bridge the castle was looming
high above them and Dominic was overcome with a feeling that certain
doom awaited them there.
They returned to the mountain village, staying with Esclarmond for the
night before they gathered their soldiers to travel back to Toulouse.
At Toulouse Dominic and Zebeebah met up with Titus and Father Clement.
The whole party returned to Bugarach and the covenant. With them they
took [[Margot]], their new steward and a [[Bruyant|cook]] with his children.
!!A Dark Fortress[[#Session27]]
''24th October - 5th September 1221''
[[Dominic]] and [[Zeebebah]] set out to investigate the [[#Session25_2|rumours]]
of a hidden fortress in the Pyrenees, taking four archers with them.
After a five day march they came across a small hamlet, hidden in a
remote valley. As they approached they noticed a group of ten armed men
on horses surrounding a house. Concealed by Zeebebah's magic Dominic
approached the house and it soon became apparent that the armed men
had set the house on fire, trapping people inside.
In a new magic disguise Dominic approached the group and was soon
intercepted by five of the men. They said that they were punishing some
peasants on behalf of Sir Bruyant and forced Dominic to leave.
Noticing that the screaming inside the house had stopped Dominic and
Zeebebah decided to hide in the forest and wait for the soldiers to
depart.
After the hut was burned to the ground the soldiers left and Dominic
and Zeebebah approached the remaining buildings. At the far end of the
village they found Esclarmond, an old woman apparently skilled in healing.
She told them that a man called Sir Bruyant had laid claim to this area,
forcing high taxes from the peasants. According to Esclarmond he is
living in a castle on the Black Mountain that was used by rogue Templars
in the past. The castle was build or rebuild by Sir Gui after [[#Session25_2|his retreat]] from the Templar stronghold near Toulouse.
Dominic and Zeebebah continued through the forest to the Black Mountain,
staying off the road as much as possible. When starting to climb the mountain
they were forced back onto the road and soon got a first view of the
fortress. Build on two peaks joint by a bridge the castle was looming
high above them and Dominic was overcome with a feeling that certain
doom awaited them there.
They returned to the mountain village, staying with Esclarmond for the
night before they gathered their soldiers to travel back to Toulouse.
At Toulouse Dominic and Zebeebah met up with Titus and Father Clement.
The whole party returned to Bugarach and the covenant. With them they
took [[Margot]], their new steward and a [[Bruyant|cook]] with his children.
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!!Zephyrus Returns[[#Session26]]
''13th October 1221''
Much to everyone's surprise the two faeries Bugh and Arach returned
to warn the occupants about the imminent attack of the West Wind
and to ask [[Zola]]'s help in defeating him.
All servants were evacuated from the mountain top, leaving only Zola,
[[Sertorius]], Sir [[Bertrand]] with his soldiers, and [[Rafi]] behind to defend
the covenant. Soon after the hasty preparations were finished the
faerie aura reappeared and a storm was gathering. The West Wind
manifested itself just inside the covenant walls and was immediately
attacked by the soldiers and Sertorius. Zola [[Autumn1220#Session16_2|again]]
managed to trap Zephyrus with giant hands of earth. The West Wind attacked
furiously sending Sertorius flying onto the roof of one of the houses
and striking another one with lightening but was eventually defeated
when Zola dumped lare amounts of earth on him.
From the rubble Sertorius' sword was recovered and a pile of ash was
collected, hoping that it would again contain Auram Vis.
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!!Changing Allegiance [[#Session25_1]]
''18th - 23rd October 1221''
[[Titus]] and [[Zeebebah]]stayed at Domus Liber, waiting to meet the
other members of the covenant. After a few days they were called to a
council meeting. After a round of introductions the magi of Domus Liber
offered to enter into an alliance with Infractus Summus Redivivus. They
pointed out that Mistridge has opposed the founding of a covenant at
the Pech de Bugarach before and is likely to do so again but that they
may be coerced into a less hostile position if the new covenant is a
useful ally. Titus indicated his support for the alliance and promised
to recommend it to the counsel of Infractus Summus Redivivus.
Later during the meeting Titus and Zeebebah found time for conversations
with individual magi of Domus Liber. Zeebebah was especially interested
in Nestor Aluredes, a former apprentice of Magnus Gregorius, inquiring
about his experiences with Magnus during the apprenticeship. Titus had
an interesting discussion about penetration and its applications in
relation to the art of Vim with Nicolates Scribanus. They also spoke
to Arsius Sorex noting that he might be interested in discussing some
Terram related topics with Zola.
!!Trail of the Templar [[#Session25_2]]
''18th - 23rd October 1221''
[[Dominic]] decided to investigate the Templar stronghold near Toulouse,
hoping to find out more about the Templar knight that was involved in
the church burning at Bugarach.
Taking Father [[Clement]] and two archers with him he travelled to the
castle north west of Toulouse, finding it occupied by several knights and
sergeants with their servants. Sir Baldewyn, the knight in charge of
this commandery was unavailable so Dominic asked one of the other knights,
Sir Arnaud, about people posing as Templars in the area. Arnaud showed
some concern about this and promised they would be on the lookout for
impostors. He also agreed to inform Dominic should they learn anything.
An old veteran overheard this conversation ad took Dominic to a quiet
corner of the court yard to tell him about Gui. This former Templar knight
came to Toulouse after Jerusalem fell in 1187. There were several allegations
that he had led raids against his neighbours but there was no proof.
After several years he was finally forced to flee and withdrew to the
Pyrenees where he was said to have established a stronghold. A few years
later Gui was reported to be dead. The description Dominic gave of the
Templar matches Gui but he should be much older now if he is still alive.
The party returned to Toulouse the next day with Dominic making plans to
investigate the mountain fortress.
!!Changing Allegiance [[#Session25_1]]
''18th - 23rd October 1221''
[[Titus]] and [[Zeebebah]]stayed at Domus Liber, waiting to meet the
other members of the covenant. After a few days they were called to a
council meeting. After a round of introductions the magi of Domus Liber
offered to enter into an alliance with Infractus Summus Redivivus. They
pointed out that Mistridge has opposed the founding of a covenant at
the Pech de Bugarach before and is likely to do so again but that they
may be coerced into a less hostile position if the new covenant is a
useful ally. Titus indicated his support for the alliance and promised
to recommend it to the counsel of Infractus Summus Redivivus.
Later during the meeting Titus and Zeebebah found time for conversations
with individual magi of Domus Liber. Zeebebah was especially interested
in Nestor Aluredes, a former apprentice of Magnus Gregorius, inquiring
about his experiences with Magnus during the apprenticeship. Titus had
an interesting discussion about penetration and its applications in
relation to the art of Vim with Nicolates Scribanus. They also spoke
to Arsius Sorex noting that he might be interested in discussing some
Terram related topics with Zola.
!!Trail of the Templar [[#Session25_2]]
''18th - 23rd October 1221''
[[Dominic]] decided to investigate the Templar stronghold near Toulouse,
hoping to find out more about the Templar knight that was involved in
the church burning at Bugarach.
Taking Father [[Clement]] and two archers with him he travelled to the
castle north west of Toulouse, finding it occupied by several knights and
sergeants with their servants. Sir Baldewyn, the knight in charge of
this commandery was unavailable so Dominic asked one of the other knights,
Sir Arnaud, about people posing as Templars in the area. Arnaud showed
some concern about this and promised they would be on the lookout for
impostors. He also agreed to inform Dominic should they learn anything.
An old veteran overheard this conversation ad took Dominic to a quiet
corner of the court yard to tell him about Gui. This former Templar knight
came to Toulouse after Jerusalem fell in 1187. There were several allegations
that he had led raids against his neighbours but there was no proof.
After several years he was finally forced to flee and withdrew to the
Pyrenees where he was said to have established a stronghold. A few years
later Gui was reported to be dead. The description Dominic gave of the
Templar matches Gui but he should be much older now if he is still alive.
The party returned to Toulouse the next day with Dominic making plans to
investigate the mountain fortress.
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!!Taking the Long Way to Toulouse [[#Session24]]
''1st - 17th October 1221''
[[Titus]] and [[Zeebebah]] set out to Toulouse to meet the magi of
[[DomusLiber|Domus Liber]]. They were joined by [[Dominic]] who hoped to find more clues
about the church burning and the Knight Templar who had hired the
brigands in particular. With them they took [[Chretien]] and 8
soldiers for their protection.
They decided to take the route via Pamiers to pick up Father [[Clement]]
from the Benedictine Abbey and to investigate the events that had
happened there during [[Summer1221#Session22-2|summer]].
After a few days of uneventful travelling they arrived at Parmiers
and were welcomed at the abbey. They were unable to find out much more
about the dead magus but with Clement's help Titus, Zeebebah, and
Dominic managed to force a private conversation with the librarian.
After lots of bluffing and some threatening he agreed to show them the
book that his assistant had recovered from the corps. It turned out to
be a Tractatus on Parma Magica.After more bluffing and threatening they
gained access to the full collection of heretical texts at the abbey.
They found a summa on Magical Lore and a book that, according to Dominic,
feels unholy. There were about a dozen other books with heretical
contents that are of no particular interest to any of the characters.
After some more 'convincing' the librarian allowed them to take all the
books with them. The librarian was instructed not to burn any heretical
books and to inform Dominic at Bugarach about their existence.
A cart was bought from a local peasant and they decided to bring the
books back to the Covenant before continuing to Toulouse. Back at the
Priory Dominic began to carefully examine the infernal book. He found
that it described several demons in some detail. The books considered
to be interesting by the magi were added to the covenant library while
the other heretical texts were handed over to the scribe for recycling.
The next day the party set out for Toulouse again, this time travelling
via Carcassonne and Castelnaudary. While spending the night in an
Castelnaudary inn they heard that some [[Winter1220#Session19|strange events]]
during the siege of the city gave the defenders an opportunity to destroy
heavy siege equipment and ultimately led to the breaking of the siege.
Arriving at the gate of Toulouse they were informed that they would
not be allowed to take their weapons into the city and were forced to
leave half of their soldiers outside of the city to guard their
equipment.
Following the instructions they had received from Ash Titus and
Zeebebah, accompanied by Chretien and four soldiers made their way to
the covenant of Domus Liber while Dominic and Father Clement went to
the cathedral. At the cathedral they were informed by a priest that the
bishop had decided to leave the city. They received directions to a
Dominican priory in Toulouse. There they were welcomed and Dominic
learned that the closest Templar stronghold is about a days ride west
of Toulouse.
At Domus Liber the magi were welcomed and assigned to rooms while the
soldiers were asked to take rooms at a nearby inn. Magnus Gregorius
greeted them and showed them the library where they payed for several
books that Domus Liber will copy for them and deliver within two seasons.
During dinner they met a bad humoured Tremere magus from Coeris.
Exchanging pointy remarks with Titus he was seemingly upset and left.
Magnus invited Titus and Zeebebah to stay a dew more days to meet the
other magi of the covenant.
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!!Requests and Offerings[[#Session23]]
''24th - 29th September 1221''
In early Autumn the covenant was again visited by Ash. She delivered a
letter to [[Sertorius]] and brought a visitor for the magi. Julius of
House Jerbiton had been encountered by some inhabitants of the covenant
at the gates of Carcassonne during [[Summer1220#Session13|last year's summer]].
Julius introduced himself as a member of the covenant of [[Bellaquin]] and
told the magi about its destruction by the crusaders and the intentions
to reform it. He proposed an alliance between the two covenants to
increase the chances for both to covenants to be successful at the next
Tribunal, despite the expected opposition from [[Mistridge]] and its allies.
The council of Infractus Summus Redivivus agreed to this, hoping to
increase their chance for formal recognition at the Tribunal.
Julius also asked for information about an old Mithraeum in the area.
The magi knew nothing about this but suggested the ghost in the silver
mine might know more about it. Finally Julius was able to get some answers
from the Roman ghost that haunts Sir [[Bertrand]]. As a former member of
the Roman army he was a member of the Cult of Mithras and claimed to
know the location of the temple. In long conversations Julius was able
to convince the ghost that he is worthy to be a member of the cult but
unfortunately they were unable find any other cultists so that it was
unable to perform a proper initiation ceremony. Since the ghost was
unwilling to lead Julius to the temple without this ceremony, the
magi decided to wait for Father [[Clement]] to return from Parmiers to use his
knowledge of the area to locate the temple.
Julius left, promising to return for the Storytelling festival at the
Winter Solstice.
!!Requests and Offerings[[#Session23]]
''24th - 29th September 1221''
In early Autumn the covenant was again visited by Ash. She delivered a
letter to [[Sertorius]] and brought a visitor for the magi. Julius of
House Jerbiton had been encountered by some inhabitants of the covenant
at the gates of Carcassonne during [[Summer1220#Session13|last year's summer]].
Julius introduced himself as a member of the covenant of [[Bellaquin]] and
told the magi about its destruction by the crusaders and the intentions
to reform it. He proposed an alliance between the two covenants to
increase the chances for both to covenants to be successful at the next
Tribunal, despite the expected opposition from [[Mistridge]] and its allies.
The council of Infractus Summus Redivivus agreed to this, hoping to
increase their chance for formal recognition at the Tribunal.
Julius also asked for information about an old Mithraeum in the area.
The magi knew nothing about this but suggested the ghost in the silver
mine might know more about it. Finally Julius was able to get some answers
from the Roman ghost that haunts Sir [[Bertrand]]. As a former member of
the Roman army he was a member of the Cult of Mithras and claimed to
know the location of the temple. In long conversations Julius was able
to convince the ghost that he is worthy to be a member of the cult but
unfortunately they were unable find any other cultists so that it was
unable to perform a proper initiation ceremony. Since the ghost was
unwilling to lead Julius to the temple without this ceremony, the
magi decided to wait for Father [[Clement]] to return from Parmiers to use his
knowledge of the area to locate the temple.
Julius left, promising to return for the Storytelling festival at the
Winter Solstice.
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