Current Covenant Resources

Magical Resources:

Vis stocks:

• 4 pawns of Vim vis and 1 pawn of Rego vis (Allocated for the Aegis)

• 5 pawns of Creo vis [golden fawn] (Allocated for the Touch of Midas ritual)

• 2 pawns of Muto vis [heart of a demon] (Democnicly Tainted)

• 1 pawn of Corpus vis [gypsy corpse] (Demonicly Tainted)
  

Vis sources: None found as of current (fawn speculated as a source)

Enchanted Items: None

Aura Strength: 5

Mundane Resources:

Gold: Xtopherous of Ex Miscellanea knows the Touch of Midas ritual and is thus able to make gold. The vis has been provided and the ritual will commence as soon as the main covenant building is done.

Current Covenant Treasury: 3 lbs of Silver + 800 lbs of gold (6000 lbs of silver)

Amount currenty taken up by the budget: 2320 lbs

Net Treasury: 3583 lbs

Human Resources:

5 Magi: Murcurio of Merinita, Xtopherous of Ex Miscellanea, Materia of Flambeau, Aristocles of Criamon, and Silas of Bonisagas

1 Companion: Marek the Priest

10 grogs: 5 warriors (no captain currently), and 5 non combatants

Notable grogs: Helga the hunter grog, Shmitty the mute pickpocket and Hans shield grog

1 Specialist: Verdi the Architect

Library:

Arts Summae:

· Controlling Vis (Rego Level 15 Quality 12)

· Genesis (Creo Level 12 Quality 12)

· Grey’s Anatomy (Corpus Level 6 Quality 21)

Ability Summae:

· The Wizard’s Raiment (Parma Magica Level 4 Quality 10)

Lab Texts:

· Voice of the Lake (InAq 25) – Communicate with a body of water.

· Faerie Wine (MuAq(Me) 15) – Make hallucinogenic wine.

· Farmer’s Doom (PeAq 10) – Reduces a liquid to 20%

· Stings of the Unwilling Marionette (ReCo 25) – Controls a person’s movement.

· Captive Voice (ReAu 25) – Captures someone’s voice in a bag.

· Watching Ward (ReVi 20) – Stores a spell as a trap.

· Disenchant (PeVi 20) – Disenchants a magic item.

· Demon’s Eternal Oblivion (PeVi 5) – Reduces a demon’s might by 3.

· Blunt the Fangs of Magic (PeVi 5) – Reduces a magical creature’s might by 3.

· Thoughts within Babble (InMe 25) – Allows understanding of any speaker.

· Wound that Weeps (PeCo 15) – Causes an oozing Light Wound.

· Bind Wound (CrCo 10) – Prevents a wound from getting worse for a day.

Notes for January 25, 2007

• Murcurio and Aristocles decide to wait outside of town until the grogs report.
• Murcurio and Aristocles meet Silas of Bonisagas who is interested in joining the covenant.
• The grogs come back with a report that Aristocles stole a goat and the peasants were hunting him.
• The magi suspect magical influence and start hunting for tracks. They soon find tracks that match Aristocles's boots and walking pace.
• Silas was exhausted from his journey and Aristocles carried him with his floating disk spell.
• The tracks lead to a rather crudely dismembered and marked up goat body, sans head.
• The magi bury the goat (with a spell) and follow the new tracks that now match Murcurio's footprints.
• The tracks terminate at a shear cliff. After some searching the magi find an invisible ladder and climb it just as the angry mob arrives.
• Further tracks lead into the forest. Fearing an ambush the magi send Helga the hunter grog first.
• Helga reports seeing an old gypsy woman and her shapechanging accomplice at a campsite.
• An ambush plan is hatched and after a few preparatory spells are cast, the magi notice that a demonic aura is about the place.
• The ambush goes down without a hitch, the shapechanging demon is killed by poisoned arrow to the head, the gypsy hag by a water blast by Murcurio and her apprentice by Aristocles Earth's Carbuncle spell.
• A search of the premisis found a golden fawn with half a rook of Creo vis in it. The demon's heart had 2 pawns of Muto vis and the hag's body contained a pawn of Corpus vis.
• On the way back with the loot the magi find that the mob is still waiting and decide to wait them out at the hag's campsite.
• After nightfall, Silas creates a zombie out of one of the apprentices and buries it in the snow to retrieve later.
• The magi once again try to climb down to go home and find the owner of the goat still waiting at the frozen cliff.
• The magi have the grogs feed and thaw the man and convince him to go back to the village. After he is gone the magi return to the covenant.
• Xtopherous identifies the vis's forms and warns that the Muto and Corpus vis are demonically tainted. He demands they be traded or destroyed. Murcurio and Aristocles disagree and state that the covenant charter section on vis agrees with them. Xtopherous calls a covenant meeting.
• The meeting is held in the tent as the hall is not yet completed. The first order of business is to induct Silas. Since he has brought his own vis the issue is voted on and unanimously approved and Silas becomes the fifth member of the Tremain covenant.
• The issue of dealing with the tainted vis is brought up and a vote of 4 to 1 upholds the charter as written and the vis is thus added to the covenant stocks. Xtopherous states that he wants nothing to do with it and predicts doom to those who use it.
• With the 5 Creo vis necessary for the Touch of Midas ritual the meeting then addresses the budget of the covenant.

Memorable Quotes:
"Don't dig up the graves on your first day here." - Murcurio on Necromancy
"You see a Dragon... Nope, sorry, trick of the light. Its Hans." - Jason (GM) on mistaken identity

Notes for January 15, 2007

• Four magi meet on the 8th of January, 1250.
  
• Locals warn that mountains are cursed.
• Magi travel to the covenant site and set up tents, have first covenant meeting to create charter and name covenant.
• The next day, magi talk to Verti the Architect and make plans for the main covenant building and the outer wall. With the help of Xtopherous and Materia the whole building will be complete in an estimated 2 weeks. Verti is overjoyed.
• The other two mages head to town to look for potential Vis sources.
• Murcurio gets ripped off by a Gypsy.
  

Current Covenant Resources

Magical Resources:

Vis stocks: 3 pawns of Vim vis and 1 pawn of Rego vis (Allocated for the Aegis)

Vis sources: None found as of current

Enchanted Items: None

Aura Strength: 5

Mundane Resources:

Stone Quarry: Due to magical assistance the magi can quarry stone at a fast rate, aiding in the construction of the covenant buildings and wall. It is unlikely that the magi will be able to sell any of the stone (perhaps as marble) due to the difficulty moving it any great distance.

*Gold: Xtopherous of Ex Miscellanea knows the Touch of Midas ritual and is thus able to make gold if given enough (5 pawns) Creo or Terram vis. There have been speculations on how to use said gold without raising suspicion from the mundanes. A gold mine story or a private trader is a possibility.

*Food and payment for the grogs is a current problem, the grogs are loyal, but hunger is a good motivator for abandonment.

Current Covenant Treasury: 3 lbs of Silver

Human Resources:

4 Magi: Murcurio of Merinita, Xtopherous of Ex Miscellanea, Materia of Flambeau, and Aristocles of Criamon

1 Companion: Marek the Priest

8 grogs: 4 warriors (no captain currently), and 4 non combatants

Notable grogs: Shmitty the mute pickpocket and Hans shield grog

1 Specialist: Verdi the Architect

Library:

Arts Summae:

· Controlling Vis (Rego Level 15 Quality 12)

· Genesis (Creo Level 12 Quality 12)

· Grey’s Anatomy (Corpus Level 6 Quality 21)

Ability Summae:

· The Wizard’s Raiment (Parma Magica Level 4 Quality 10)

Lab Texts:

· Voice of the Lake (InAq 25) – Communicate with a body of water.

· Faerie Wine (MuAq(Me) 15) – Make hallucinogenic wine.

· Farmer’s Doom (PeAq 10) – Reduces a liquid to 20%

· Stings of the Unwilling Marionette (ReCo 25) – Controls a person’s movement.

· Captive Voice (ReAu 25) – Captures someone’s voice in a bag.

· Watching Ward (ReVi 20) – Stores a spell as a trap.

· Disenchant (PeVi 20) – Disenchants a magic item.

· Demon’s Eternal Oblivion (PeVi 5) – Reduces a demon’s might by 3.

· Blunt the Fangs of Magic (PeVi 5) – Reduces a magical creature’s might by 3.

· Thoughts within Babble (InMe 25) – Allows understanding of any speaker.

· Wound that Weeps (PeCo 15) – Causes an oozing Light Wound.

· Bind Wound (CrCo 10) – Prevents a wound from getting worse for a day.

Current Charter

Charter:

“This is the Covenant of Tremain, part of the greater effort of the Greater Alps Tribunal to further the knowledge and power within the Order of Hermes. All decisions included within this charter were voted on by a council of members. Going against any of the decisions in the charter will result in the revocation of member rights and placing the member on probation status until a time deemed by a vote of the remaining members. A second offence will result in expulsion from the covenant.”

1. A member is a magus inducted into the covenant by passing any trials or tests included in this charter and voted to be via unanimous decision of current members. All members have equal right to bring forth and vote on issues in meetings in which they attend.
2. Any potential member will be put on probation status, thus not allowed to join in covenant meetings or bring forth or vote on issues, until such a time that they have spent one season distilling vis for the covenant. This probation period can be avoided if the potential member brings vis with them.
3. All vis will be stored on covenant grounds and used for the good of the entire covenant. Individual allocation of vis must be voted on.
4. All books in the covenant that have worth for the covenant as a whole will be stored in the covenant's main library when not in use by a member.
5. All members of the Covenant must attend a yearly meeting on the date of the covenant’s creation.
6. All votes of the covenant in the tribunal shall be made with a pool of all the sigils of all the members. A meeting shall be held before each Tribunal to decide upon the issues.