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Hermetic Diary - Past Years

This diary records the hermetic activities carried out by each Magus in Season.

Activities in bold are those that are undertaken as Covenant Service. Activities in italics are planned, and perhaps embarked upon, but uncompleted.

The Charter requires three seasons of Service per annum from each Magus, to be reduced (after three years at the latest) to a single season per annum. In 1222, service was reduced to 2 Seasons per year. In 1229, service was reduced to 1 Season per year.

1220

1220 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Saskia
Spring [1] Founding the covenant Founding the covenant Founding the covenant Founding the covenant Founding the covenant
Summer Preparing laboratory [2] Defending the Covenant[3] Preparing laboratory [2] Preparing laboratory [2] Preparing laboratory [2]
Autumn Making spare copies of covenant spells Preparing laboratory [2] Hunting for Vis Preparing laboratory [2] Preparing laboratory [2]
Winter Preparing laboratory [2] Preparing laboratory [2] Preparing laboratory [2] Hunting for Vis Learning the Aegis of the Hearth
[1]
The Spring season of 1220 was spent (much to the magi's distaste) in a variety of mundane tasks necessary to establishing the Covenant. Council voted that this should be allowed to count as service.
[2]
Preparing a Laboratory from scratch is a two season task. Due to the importance of rapidly establishing laboratories, Council has decreed that any Magus who uses their sole 1220 season of private study in preparing a laboratory is entitled to spend a second season to count as covenant service, in completing this task. All members of the covenant have chosen to take up this option.
[3]
Due to injury sustained defending the Covenant Maga Speranda was unable to complete her plan task for the season.
Given previous agreements this leaves no further options in how she should spend the remaining seasons of 1220

1221

1221 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Saskia Jimena
Spring Enchanting a Stone cutting knife Writing out known spells Study The Learning of Learning Enchanting a Vis Detector Wand   Writing out known spells & translating German-text spells  
Summer

Distilling Vis for self

(2 pawns)

Representative at Normandy Tribunal, plus chasing Statue Writing out spells Writing out spells   Fled the Covenant, threatened by Wizard's War  
Autumn

Distilling Vis as service:
(1 pawn)

[1] lost 13 days

Study Creo Summa as service, so can distill 3 Vim Vis per season Learn 'Gather the Essence of the Beast' as service Study Thoughts Made Solid

JOINS

Distill Vis as service:
(2 pawns)

[1] lost 18 days

...gone...

consider the "Libros del Saber de Astronomía"
Winter

Enchant an "Unseen Porter" gargoyle

learn 'Aegis of the Hearth' (extra service)

Distill Vis:
(2 pawns)

Distill Vis:
(2 pawns)

Write LQ on Vim (Isagogus in Vim Deo Datum) [2]

...gone...

the Doctor is busy...
[1] Constantine & Joach
At the Autumn Equinox, Joach walked the broken path from the Glade of Fire and fell into Normandy, and had to walk back home.
Near Mont St. Michel, he met Magus Constantine who agreed to visit LRC. They walked back together, and then Constantine had to clear Saskia's bedding and other junk from the IIIe floor Laboratory.
[2]
This is the first text composed by a magus working within the Covenant.

1222

  Reduced Service commitment to 2 Seasons per year.  
1222 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Jimena
Spring Hunting Vis... somewhere Study the Creo Summa Study the Vim LQ
lost study time, but Trained in Hermetic Law by Industria Quaesitoris [1]
Distill Vis as service:
(2 pawns)
writing out spells translating the "Libros del Saber de Astronomía"
Summer Enchant Iron ploughshare Study Magic Theory Summa Enchant a lock of Achilles' hair Study and complete Thoughts Made Solid

Vis hunting (preferably Creo or Ignem)

[lost ?? days]
Found 1 Pawn Corpus [2]

translating the "Libros del Saber de Astronomía"
Equinox
Constantine becomes a member
Autumn Gone to get a LP Distill Vis:
(3 pawns)
Distill Vis:
(2 pawns)
Study The Learning of Learning
Enchant Vine heater  
Winter
caught up by Dergorus at Septem Montes [3]
Study Magic Theory Summa
Study and complete The Regio in the Head of Man
Distill Vis as service:
(2 pawns)

Hunting Vis (Lanrodec Castle)
Wandering lost, looking for Vis;
found 1 pawn Aquam [4]

 
[1]
Iuris Perita found herself entirely distracted from her book studies by Industria Quaesitoris, who over the course of a stay lasting most of the Season, posed question after qesution about Hermetic Law. She was effectively engaged in Disputatio on Hermetic Law for this season.
[2]
Constantine went Vis hunting and found an abandoned castle near Lanrodec, but encountered "Lost Boy" faeries who peppered him with arrows. He spent some time being ministered to by Jimena. [Grin]
[3]
Joach has intended to return immediately, but Dergorus pressed him to stay and assist him in the Laboratory [Subservience] while he discoursed upon the means he applied to his enchantments [Hermetic Automata]
[4]
Constantine set out to raid the castle ruins at Lanrodec, but found the Wyrm and the massed ghosts more than he could handle; he spent the larger part of the Season wandering the woods hoping to find and pick up some stray Vis.

1223

1223 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Fulk
Spring
Distill Vim Vis for self
write Fundamenta moderationis
write A Commentary on The Regio in the Head of Man Studying "The Learning of Learning" master Arrow of Flame with the grogs  
Summer Enchant a Wooden Ploughshare copying Magic Theory Summa (part 1of 3) making 3 copies of A Commentary On The Regio in the Head of Man write A Commentary on Thoughts Made Solid write Creo Tractatus on Arrow of Flame Illuminate Fundamenta moderationis
Autumn
private enchantments
writing De Natura Aurarum
gone to Objurgator for LP
Study The Learning of Learning
write Ignem Tractatus on Arrow Of Flame
Illuminate Creo Tractatus on Arrow of Flame
Winter enchant alarm bells
copy Magic Theory Summa (part 2 of 3)
return and extract Vis (lab penalty)
Write LQ
games in Valley Of Mists,
and Hunted the Holy Rose
[1]
make copies of the Tractatus volumes
Illuminate A Commentary on Thoughts Made Solid
[1]
Speculor set out to write a book for the Library, but was called upon to attend Cierella's games, in competition with Fudarus. When he managed to escape the games and return, he was sent to investigate the Treasure that Iuris Perita had been told of, but not investigated.

1224

1224 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Fulk
Spring private enchantments distil 3 1 pawn of Vim vis
Rescued Cierella
[1]
Hunting Vis, went South East, met Urbanus Verbus (1 Pawn Rego) Study The Learning of Learning Hunting Vis, went North West (1 Pawn Rego)
accumulated free time
Summer Hunting Vis - found nothing! distill 3 pawns of Vim vis (LP) Distil 2 Pawns Vim Vis write LQ: A Primer On Intellego Distil 3 pawns Vim Vis for self Illuminate De Natura Aurarum
Autumn private enchantments copy Magic Theory Summa (part 3 of 3) Distil 2 Pawns Vim Vis devise [2] Sight Of The Elusive Vis Hunting Vis - 1 Pawn each Herbam, Imaginem, Rego Illuminate A Primer On Intellego
Winter
distil Vis (2 pawns)
distil Vis (3 pawns)
study the Rego Summa
Study The Learning of Learning
distil Vis for self
Illuminate Ignem Tractatus on Arrow of Flame
[1]
Following tradition, Speranda started the season distilling Vis, but was called upon to go to the Valley of Mists and rescue Cierella from the Tower.
[2]
This is the first spell devised by a magus working within the Covenant.

1225

1225 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Fulk
Spring Study the Creo Summa, as service revisit Valley of the Mists (1 Muto, 1 Aquam)
+ distil 3 pawns of Vim vis
study the Intellego Summa write out Sight Of The Elusive Vis (+ march back from Nantes) visit the Nymphaeum - won 1 Pawn Aquam;
hunt wilds (1 Creo, 1 Terram)
accumulated free time
Summer private enchantment (animate)
Distracted into visiting Dextrovorsum [2]
learn Sight Of The Elusive Vis as service [1] study the Intellego Summa

called to judge dispute [2]
study Hermetic Law (punishment) [3] distil 3 pawns of Vim vis for self
Illuminate Isagogus in Vim Deo Datam
Autumn private enchantment (flight) [4] Visit Castellar [LP] [5] learn Sight Of The Elusive Vis study Hermetic Law (punishment)
Distil 3 Vim vis for self
Illuminate A Commentary On The Regio in the Head of Man (our copy)
Winter
Enchant the Gargoyle "Lord of the Pests"
Visit Castellar - copy texts
Write A First Primer in Muto
write Tractatus on Hermetic Law (punishment)
learn Sight Of The Elusive Vis
Illuminate the Book of Knowing About Astronomy
[1]
the aim is for all covenant magi to learn Sight Of the Elusive Vis, to make wilderness Vis hunts more effective.
[2]
Iuris Perita was called to judge a dispute between Odela (claimants) and Wirbelnia (holders) plus Fudarus (past holders) over ownership of a Vis site.
This also led to herself and Joachus visiting covenant Dextrovorsum in Britannia (where she found herself thrown into a murder mystery).
[3]
Speculor's punishment for annoying the Church by bursting through the Cathedral service and being arrested "as a demon", is to write a learned paper on "Transgressions Against Hermetic Law", for which purpose he must first study Hermetic Law...
As such he has been permitted to defer one season on service from 1225 to 1226
[4]
Joach required a Pawn of (Rego or Terram) Vis from the Covenant stores to perform the enchantment of Daedalean Flight. This led to agreement for a general disbursement of 1 Pawn per magus from stores
[5]
Speranda needs to make the extended journey to Castellar in Spain, and so has negotiated to defer a season of service until 1226

1226

1226 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Fulk
Spring Distil 2 Vim Vis service travel, then Kitten Sitting [1] study the Magic Theory summa Vis Hunt service: 3 pawns Vis Hunt service: 3 pawns
accumulated free time
Summer Visit Septem Montes [2] & steal a feather Distil 3 Vim Vis service study the Magic Theory summa Distil 3 Vim Vis service Vis Hunt service: found 8 pawns! [3]
Illuminate A Commentary On The Regio in the Head of Man (copy for trade)
Autumn
Make a second Vis Detection Wand
Distil 3 pawns Vim
Vis Hunt (with wand and Zane) service: 3 pawns
visit Petrusca for LP
private (pilgrimage)
Illuminate A Second Primer in Perdo
Winter
Study Isagogus in Vim Deo Datam
Distil 3 pawns Vim
Vis Hunt (with wand and Zane) service: 2 pawns
stuck at Petrusca [4]
visit Burnham for LP
private commission to Illuminate Speranda's Animal text
[1]
Speranda first travelled back from Castellar in Iberia, pausing to see (dimly) a Sea Monster in the Bay of Biscay; she then went on the the Valley of the Mists, to re-enact the rescue of Cierella (and claim her reward of 2 Pawns of Vis).
After this, she returned to the Covenant with her Faerie Kitten follower. Alacrita proceeded to escape all containment and wreck other magi's laboratories, until she was bound into a magical Circle, which put paid to her wanderings. Speranda is considering how to cope with this...
[2]
Joach went to present Little Saskia (the Flying Pig automaton) to his parens Dergorus. Dergorus then requested a "small service" of him, and asked that he extract a feather from the enchanted Phoenix at Fornacula, so that Dergorus and his sodales might determine if it be a beast, construct or automaton.
[3]
Constantine claims this was consummate skill (and so looks set to be called on to repeat the feat...), but others might just think he was lucky!
[4]
Speculor owed a IIIe season of service, but his parens required him to make an offering of service, once he had received his Longevity Potion. He must make up his service next year.

1227

Elise has decided to contribute more regularly to the joint well-being of the Covenant, in return for access to the Library. Her activities now join those of the other magi.

Speranda & Constantine have agreed to do III seasons of service this year, to get books written to trade with Wirbelnia, and so are only liable for I season in 1228.

1227 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Elise Fulk
Spring study the Genesis Summa on Creo Distil 3 pawns Vim + visit Cierella study Beasts: Mundane and Arcane Distil 3 pawns Vim beaten up; study in bed*½ A Second Primer in Perdo

private Vis hunt

accumulated free time
Summer Enchant a Traveller's Tent visit Haeconius; study A Second Primer in Perdo Vis Hunt (with wand and Zane) service: 2 pawns Distil 3 pawns Vim Enchant a Healing Bed Write On Controlling the Undead illuminated the First Primer on Muto
Autumn distil Philosophic Mercury Write Confirmatio Formae study A Primer in Perdo Write A Shield Against Delusion Write The Joy Of Penetration Write The Bones Of Mortal Man illuminated Insights into Hermetic Law
Winter copy 3 Tractatus [1] write Elegantia Magicae copy 3 Tractatus [1] copy Beasts: Mundane and Arcane [1] write Trial by Fire private study (borrowed book) illuminate The Bones of Mortal Man
[1]
The Covenant agreed to trade texts with Wirbelnia, making copies of: in return for copies of

 

1228

Speranda & Constantine agreed to do III seasons of service in 1227, to get books written to trade with Wirbelnia, and so are only liable for I season this year.

1228 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Elise Fulk
Spring copy 3 Creo Tractatus visit Cierella, then travel to Montes Planis copy 3 Ignem Tractatus study Primer in Vim copy 3 Vim Tractatus

copy 3 Penetration Tractatus

accumulated free time
1228 Normandy Tribunal Attend Tribunal as LRC representative  
Summer Tribunal + copy 1 Tractatus at Montes Planis personal distil 3 Vim pawns personal personal Vis hunt Illuminate the Joy of Penetration
Autumn personal distillation of Philosophic Mercury return home from Montes Planis Vis Hunt: 2 Corpus, 2 Perdo study Primer in Vim personal Traded Vis for rights to read Regio in the Head of Man illuminate Perdo Secundus
Winter

personal distillation of Philosophic Mercury

distil Vim Vis study the Magic Theory Summa Learn The Inexorable Search for next season personal invent spell: Ring Of Warding Against Spirits illuminate Mens, Anima, Animus

1229

Council agreed that the improved Vis stocks in the library (re-balanced by Joach's successful trading at the 1228 Tribunal) mean that members of the Covenant need only perform I season of service per year..

1229 Joachus Speranda Iuris Perita Speculor Constantine Elise Fulk
Spring study Philosophiae: De Rerun Magorum study Second Sight with Amelle Vis Hunt with Zane & Wand enchant a Lens of the Inexorable Search personal... paid to read Regio in the Head of Man accumulated free time
Summer study A Primer In Intellego investigate Faerie Acorn Cup study Introduction To Herbam study Isagogus In Vim Deo Datam enchant a Lamp Without Flame personal Vis Hunt illuminate Trial By Fire (Finesse)
Autumn study A Primer In Perdo study Mastery Of The Elements (Rego) study Introduction To Herbam adventure to Nantes personal personal Vis Hunt illuminate Elegantia Magicae (Finesse)
Winter enchant Brooch Of The Feathery Body (ReCo GL5) study Shape Of Mortal Man (Corpus) recalled to Objurgator study Regio in the Head of Man personal paid to read Introduction To Herbam illuminate Shield Against Delusion (Parma)
 

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