Notes for Febuary 3, 2007

• Nydia predicts a deadly blizzard is coming in a week. It will be strong enough to bury covenant and the town in forty feet of snow and ice. The magi are concerned.
• The day of the blizzard comes and Xtopherous wards himself and flies out to see. He finds a blizzard as described, also he finds a huge (several barns) feathered worm that aprears to be flying inside of it, likely causing it. Xtopherous flies back.
• Silas summons the dead gypsy from hell and asks her about the worm with the help of Materia. They get little out of her and send her back.
  
• The magi agree to fly out and meet the threat head on. Murcurio gets to work setting up wards to protect the coventant from the storm if the magi fail.
• The magi fly back to the worm, invisible, except for Xtopherous who tries to talk to it. He gets eaten for his efforts. Materia tries to erase its mind but is unable to penetrate the beast's might. As it tries to snap at her, Silas sponts a spell that pulls Xtopherous from the beasts maw. He is gravely injured but manages to cast a spell that summons up a mighty torrent of wind that blows the blizzard away. The worm falls, apparently supported by the storm, and splatters to the ground.
  
• The lab equipment, tools, and furniture arrive early in the spring along with Enzo the Magister. The magi settle down for some "standard" Hermetic life. Xtopherous heals from his wounds.
  
• During the two seasons of study [Brent] asks for permission to trade the 3 pawns of corrupted vis for a pawn of Ingem vis that he needs for a magic item he is creating. The permission is granted and in exchange [Brent] offers to distill 8 Vim vis for the covenant.
• Xtopherous identifies the vis collected from the worm as a depressing 2 pawns of auram vis.
  
• [Brent]'s experiments go very well, and he crafts a magical lamp that shoots gouts of deadly fire. He sets off distilling vis. Murcurio finishes his Parma studies and takes a liking to Creo. Xtopherous learns Artes Liberales from Enzo. The remaining magi spend their time inventing spells.