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April 10, 2016 - planning session

April 17, 2016 - Spring, 1314. Venator's mysterious invitation. (9 adv xp)

The young Magi, summoned by an invitation by Venator Ex Miscellanea, arrive in the port city of Ostia. Shenanigans ensue as they try to find their way to Vardian's Tomb in Rome, where they meet Venator.

April 24, 2016 - Summer, 1314. Vis hunt (8 adv xp)

The Magi track down old sources of vis recorded in the covenant's history. They first encounter Milo of Guernicus, Benedetti the Merchant, Brunisenda the Folk Witch, and St. Simon of the Pantheon.

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May 1, 2016 - Covenfolk recruitment throughout 1315 (6 adv xp)

The Magi recruit a Steward, Chamberlain, and Turb Captain.

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May 8, 2016 - The Capocci Family & The Leper, 1316 (8 adv xp)

A mysterious illness plagues the young son of a nobleman, Hugo di Capocci. The covenant eventually tracks down the responsible party, Aristocritus' beloved rival and former parents, Kylbutes of Tytalus. An arrangement is reached to spare the child his illness.

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May 15, 2016 - The Book Merchant & the Contis, 1317

Hugo di Capocci's steward asks the covenant to inspect some books he has ordered, that turn out to be on Infernal Lore & Hermetic Magic. The covenant allow the transaction to go through to make their own deal with the book merchant.

May 22, 2016 - The Book Merchant & Literatus, 1317 (7 adv xp)

The book merchant is arrested by the Conti family. The covenant breaks him out and traces the source of the books to nearby Literatus covenant, meeting Andronicus of Jerbiton and opening diplomatic relations.

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May 26, 2016 - Rat King, 1318

The covenant encounters a magical Rat King and its mundane servant causing trouble in the city. They reach an accommodation and find a new vis source at an old mill.

June 6, 2016 - Rat King part 2: Lair of the Spider Queen. 1318. (8 adv xp)

Per the agreement with the rat king, the covenant enters a regio inhabited by spiders and clears it out, giving the rat king a new home.

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June 19, 2016 - Murder in Ostia, 1319 (7 adv xp)

While traveling, the party is detained at an inn in the port city of Ostia and caught up in murders, mystery, and intrigue.

July 3, 2016 - Cupid & The Love Boat, 1319 (6 adv xp)

On the return trip, the boat the party is on falls under the spell of the powerful faerie Cupid. They encounter Bishop Savelli for the first time (traveling in disguise).

July 24, 2016 - The Great Famine, 1319

Famine strikes Europe, causing hardship in the city as elsewhere. The covenant works out an enterprise with Benedetti the merchant to magically aid transport of food from Egypt. The party also encounters Paul the Demagogue

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July 31, 2016 - The Case of the Prodigal Son, 1321 (7 adv xp)

Archibald of Guernicus is tasked to track down magical items belonging to a recently deceased redcap, now in the hands of his children. The covenant terrorize & murder, respectively, the two sons.

August 7, 2016 - The Affair at Pamphili Estate, 1321 (5 adv xp)

The covenant goes to Pamphili Estate in search of the last missing item and find a village near a magical forest, terrorized by wolves. They insult the local lord and get thrown out of their audience. Exploring the forest, they are menaced by a magical wolf and run away.

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August 14, 2016 - Infernal Aura in the Trastavere, 1322 (8 adv xp)

Investigating an infernal aura growing in the Trastavere, the covenant find the tormented serial killer Ombra Cadaveri, and track the infernal taint to a mysterious reliquary with Hermetic origins. The covenant takes possession of the reliquary for themselves and the aura begins to subside.

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August 21, 2016 - Tainted Vis, 1323 (8 adv xp)

Vis in the covenant's stockpile turns out to be Infernal in nature. The covenant investigates and finds corruption at their source of Vim vis, the Pantheon. They confront the demon Kabshiel and recover a Solomonic artifact.

August 28, 2016 - Proclus' Pilgrimage, 1323 (8 adv xp)

Proclus fears for his soul and pilgrimages from Rome to Canterbury.

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September 4, 2016 - The Faerie Games, 1324 (7 adv xp)

Lead by a tip from Klybutes, the covenant enters the faerie regio around Lake Garda and the masked games of the faerie queen Cierella. The contents devolve into cheating and hijinks and the party is victorious, winning a prize of vis. They then discover their opponents were led by the Hermetic Maga Heliste of Tytalus.

September 11, 2016 - The Pontine Islands, 1324 (7 adv xp)

The party set out to explore the nearby Pontine Islands, but are waylaid by supernaturally assisted Saracen pirates. They defeat the pirates and speak with a powerful watery Jinn that serves the pirate lord. The party returns to Rome, unable to seize the islands for now.

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September 18, 2016 - Hugo di Capocci's Tournament, Spring 1325 (8 adv xp)

The party attend the grand tournament of Count Hugo di Capocci. They meet & recruit Orsu the Learned Magician. They also first encounter the many strange members of Hugo's court, Hannelore the young noblelady, and Nunzio her suitor.

September 23, 2016 - Subiaco Abbey & the Well of Bonisagus, Fall 1325 (8 adv xp)

Pursuing a lead on the ancient story about Bonisagus' well in Rome, the covenant burgles the nearby Subiaco Abbey for a book to gain insight. They buy the house occupying the spot of the well and find the well itself, empty but for a mural of an ancient Temple of Mercury.

September 30, 2016 - Ferris' Spiderquest

Ferris recruits the Spider Queen as his familiar.

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October 2, 2016 - Into the Bog, Spring 1326

The covenant is asked to look into a Magus who has gone missing near the town of Forli, and encounter a bog.

October 9, 2016 - Bog Part II, Spring 1326 (8 adv xp)

The bog turns out to be evil.

October 16, 2016 - Montcuq, Fall 1326

Lady St. Duane, an associate of Zita, asks the covenant to help her in a mystery in the town of Montcuq, where strange magic is affecting everyone's memories and an impossible child has been born. The covenant discovers this is the work of Galafre the Elder of Merinita and also encounter him spying on their activities.

October 24, 2016- Wrapping up Montcuq (7 adv xp)

The covenant arrange to save Lady St. Duane from disgrace by magically manipulating the memories of her husband.

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October 30, 2016 - Rescuing Hannelore, Spring 1327 (9 adv xp)

The covenant rushes to save Hannelore from the clutches of Nunzio in a hilltop villa.

November 6, 2016 - The Auction, Fall 1327

The covenant attends an auction of a dead collector of the arcane. They encounter Edwin Locke of the Capocci Court & Flavio Bonaccorso. They gain a book with a valuable lead on the fallen Temple of Mercury, but another party bids heavily against them. On the way back from Ostia, the covenant is attacked by a party of wolves lead by one of their victims from the case of the Prodigal Son, now in werewolf form.

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November 13, 2016 - The Rod of Kabshiel, Spring 1328 (7 adv xp)

Investigating the Rod of Kabshiel recovered in the Tainted Vis case, the party visits the Jewish Slum and the library of Sapienza University. They see a supernatural demonstration by penitents and meet Jehan the leper.

November 20, 2016 - The Tribunal of Rome pt I, Fall 1328

In Venice, the regular meeting of the Roman Tribunal of magi occurs. Many Magi are encountered. Schemes include a plan to create a new covenant at Mt. Etna, plans to ban raiding in Normandy, and Marco the Redcap's scheme to intimidate a merchant out of his debt.

November 27, 2016 - Tribunal pt II, Necromancers of Normandy pt I (6 adv xp)

Following the end of the Tribunal meeting, Venator tasks the party to go to Normandy and find the hideout of a deceased acquaintance, to clean it of arcane connections and old correspondence. En route, the Magi encounter a hostile Bjoarner necromancer who they dispatch with ease.

December 4, 2016 - Necromancers of Normandy pt II, Winter 1328 (9 adv xp)

The Magi reach the area around the hideout and meet the Bjoarner's accomplice, but the meeting is inconclusive. The Magi storm the hideout while its defenses are up and succeed in breaching it. They recover everything of value and destroy the lair. Raffanio the grog goes missing when he is separated from the group.

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December 11, 2016 - Spies & Catspaws pt I, Fall 1329

After being tipped off that the Contis have a spy in Vardian's Tomb, the Magi review security. They discover a massive theft of their impenetrable vault, and then find magically manipulated covenfolk spying on them. They use these covenfolk to relay a message back to their master, Flavio Bonaccorso.

December 18, 2016 - Spies & Catspaws pt II, Fall 1329 (8 adv xp)

Zita tracks Flavio in turn to his master, two ancient Mechanica of the magical lineage of Heron who are seeking protection from their former Hermetic owners. An impromptu parlay is held and a mutually beneficial agreement proposed. Back at the covenant, discussion of the Mechanica's fates gets heated.

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January 1, 2017 - The Forum, the Fallen Temple of Mercury, Winter 1330 (8 adv xp)

The Magi meet a newcomer to the area, Jeanne de Ys, who puts them on the track of the last key needed to unlock the entryway to the Temple of Mercury's regio. Unearthing it from the Roman Forum and repairing the ancient arch, they enter and explore the regio. They find various treasures, signs of recent previous other visitors, and attack then befriend the troubled Maze Beast.

January 8, 2017 - Orsu at the Pamphili Court, Spring 1330 (7 XP)

Orsu and grogs take up the invitation of Jeanne de Ys at the Pamphili estate. They attempt to explore the nearby woods, where Muzio the grog is devoured by wolves.

January 15, 2017 - Back to the Bog, Spring 1330 (See Below)

In search of their stolen gold, the party return to the infernal bog of Forli. They find the local nobles at war, and they killed a bunch of hellhounds.

January 22, 2017 - Back to the Bog, Pt II (10 XP)

The covenanters pursue some mercenaries to rescue a damosel's knights. They free the knights, but at a heavy price.

January 29, 2017 - Back to the Bog, pt III

After tending to their wounds and burying their dead, the covenanters research texts in the Grande Chise library and discover a nearby Infernal Regio. Armed with this knowledge and a retinue of local warriors, they enter the regio and free the captives. They don't get to keep all the money they find, though.

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February 5, 2017 - The Court of Capocci, Spring 1331 (7 XP)

More encounters with Count di Capocci and his court of Hedge Wizards, when old covenant associate Brunisenda is found harvesting a vis resource with guards. It turns out she has joined the court of hedge wizards. Zita tries to steal Brunisenda's hat-- her failure only steels her resolve.

February 12, 2017 - Fire in Anzio, Autumn 1331 (8 XP)

Archibald is tasked to investigate a fire in a nearby village and uncovers signs of spies and traitors in the order.

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February 26, 2017 - Valentine's Day pt I, Spring 1332

Proclus goes missing after meeting his former beloved. The other magi investigate the Farnese castle in an inept manner and come to suspect Hannelore of supernatural wrongdoing.

March 5, 2017 - Valentine's Day pt II, Spring 1332

Lodewig shows up and guides the magi the Hannelore's secret infernal hideout, where the magi kill her and her maid. Proclus attempts to heal Hannelore in vain. Finally Farnese calls everyone together and ends the shenanigans by banishing everyone from his lands under penalty of death.

March 26, 2017 - Cupid Returns, Fall 1332

The grogs are dumb.

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April 2, 2017 - House Attack, Spring 1333 pt I

An animated house starts attacking the city of Rome.

April 9, 2017 - House Attack II / Severin and the Fae, Spring 1333 pt II

More houses show up. The covenant pursues their summoner and finds him embroiled in a plot between faeries.

April 16, 2017 - Spring 1333 pt III

The Magi accompany the time-lost Severin of Tytalus to confront his faerie tormentors, doing battle with the Cruciator in the ruins of Severin's old covenant.

April 23, 2017 - Spring 1333, pt IV

The battle against Cruciator is resolved, but Severin is wounded. The wizards explore the ruins of his covenant, then bring Severin back to Vardian's tomb for treatment.

April 30, 2017 - Spring 1333, pt V (9 xp)

After Severin has recovered, he sets forth to settle the score against his Faerie tormentors once and for all.

May 15, 2017 - Allumiere, Fall 1333

Tasked by Venator, the covenant is sent to the valley by the village of Allumiere, which Venator believes to be the site of a famed schism war battle between a Diedne and the infamous necromancer Averna of Tytalus. The troupe pays a visit to the village itself on their way before crossing into the valley, where they run up against a powerful faerie lord, the Silver Lady. They find a grove inhabited by faerie pixies, a strange tree in an otherwise lifeless field, and do battle against several reanimated corpses and ghosts. A grog dies in battle, and another unearthing some of the poison arsenic in the ground.

May 21, 2017 - Allumiere pt II, Fall 1333

Recovering from their injuries in the past excursion, the troupe makes another trip to Allumiere, approaching through a different route. The explore, the expedition comes across elementals made of the poisonous arsenic that taints the valley of Allumiere, losing a grog in the process. They find the ruins of Averna's old sanctum, and descend deep into the earth into a magical cave. An argument breaks out between the wizards over what to do with the mystical inscriptions on the wall.

May 28, 2017 - Allumiere pt III, Fall 1333

The argument is resolved through certamen, and more of the underground is explored. The covenant finds remains of the old Roman mines, and a cavern where they unknowingly release an old faerie menace. Above ground, they come across the resting place of a demon who tries to trick them into poisoning the village. Around this time, Prudenzio slips away invisibly, not to be seen again.

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June 4, 2017 - The Damned Monastery, Spring 1335

The covenant follows up rumors of a hidden treasure on the island of Zannone, site of the monastery of St. Sylvester. The monastery was destroyed years ago by the pirates of Ponza and the sole survivor lives in Rome today. The troupe explores the ruins and finds an entrance into a hellish regio, ruled by a demon trying to bargain for their souls. They escape and confront the survivor priest with suspicions.

June 11, 2017 - The Servants of God, Summer 1335 (8 xp)

Investigating the Cathedral of Santa Maria, home of Zannone's Father Guthrie and the Bishop Savelli, the troupe stumbles into the secrets of one Fabius ex Miscellanea, revealed to be the "spy" from their adventure in Anzio. The wizards consider how to handle the matter, and speak with both Milo of Guernicus and Fabius himself.

June 18, 2017 - The Wedding, Fall 1335

The Magi are invited to a wedding between the families of the feuding vicars of the swamp. Things quickly start to seem off kilter and the Magi investigate as best they can, and begin preparations to start an infernal plot.

June 25, 2017 - The Wedding pt II. Fall 1335

The Magi continue the investigation, then take direct action against one of the perpetrators of the plot. One of the Magi gets ahead of themselves, and Aristocritus pays the ultimate price.

July 2, 2017 - The Wedding pt III, Fall 1335 (9 xp)

The troupe expose the infernal conspiracy and save the day.

July 9, 2017 - The Tribunal pt I, Winter 1335

At the tribunal meeting in Venice, Archibald and Proclus take opposing sides on the legal case against Fabius ex Miscellanea. The matter of the Savelli canons is also argued.

July 23, 2017 - The Tribunal pt II, Winter 1335 (7 xp)

The magi get caught up in the ambitions of Severin of Tytalus, who becomes the new Praeco of the Roman Tribunal.

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July 30, 2017 - Lhude Sing Cuccu!, Spring 1336 (8 xp)

The troupe are recalled to Montcuq to save their noble ally Lady St. Duane once again, this time from the efforts of a malevolent fae known as Hork. They uncover the truth of her past and resolve to enlist her faerie ennobler, Queen Desdemona, to help. Travelling to Literatus, they sign a pact with Galafre the Elder, then access Devil's Lane, a regio with a faerie toy fair and access to cities across Europe. Artemisia gets married.

August 6, 2017 - Vikings pt I, Fall 1336

Every 100 years, ghosts of Viking raiders allegedly terrorize a small village. The magi investigate, follow up several dead end leads, argue a lot, and accomplish nothing in particular.

August 13, 2017 - Vikings pt II, Fall 1336

The player characters eventually get their act together and face off the initial landing of the vikings, smiting them easily. The victory is short lived as more longships appear.

August 20, 2017 A, August 20, 2017 B - Vikings pt III, Fall 1336 (8 xp)

A shitload of vikings die, again.

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August 27, 2017 - Spring 1337 (7 xp)

The magi are accused of several crimes. They find out Aristide is guilty of most of them and sell him into slavery to the Tremere to make up for it. Gulielmus talks to a tree. The culprits turn out to be Tytalans.

September 3, 2017 - Fall 1337 (7 xp)

The magi pursue a trail of mysterious infesting bats to find strange sites in the catacombs, then kill a demon, an infernalist, and rescue some lepers. They find the fabled King Arthur lake full of vis.

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September 10, 2017 - The Hermit, Spring 1338 (6 xp)

Foreign Magi come into Rome to hunt marched wizard Fabius for a bounty posted by Heliste, stirring up trouble in the covenant. The Magi split into different factions to deal with the issue. An unlawful fight breaks out between the player magus and the visiting Renard of Flambeau.

September 17, 2017 - The Tower, Fall 1338

3 old nuisances rear their head as Prudenzio, the fae of Allumiere, and the court of Capocci have joined forces. The covenant investigates and plots how to profit. Eventually, a mundane deal is struct with Capocci, Prudenzio is exiled from Italy, and the magi manage to curb Proclus' need to murder the fae, for now.

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September 24, 2017 - The Hospital's Due, Spring 1339

A nearby priory of Knights Hospitaller becomes a threat when they arrest 3 covenant grogs on suspicion of paganism and confiscate their cargo of lab items. The troupe first negotiate with the Prior of the Knights, then meet with their old colleague, Benedetti the merchant, who had betrayed the covenant to the knights. Aristide foolishly casts a spell in plain view on Benedetti, sending him off in a rage to the protection of the knights. The covenant hastily decides that Aristide needs to visit the knights and come clean about everything to avert disaster. Aristide then betrays everyone and the knights mobilize, ready to storm Vardian's Tomb.

October 1, 2017 - The Hospital's Due pt II, Spring 1339

The delegation of Wizards Who Don't Stink Of Evil meet the Knights, and try to talk them down. They tell Aristide that he has been marched for his actions. Aristide takes this poorly and tries stirring up more hostility from the Knights against the covenant. To shut him up, Beatrice is forced to use an arcane connection to remotely harass him with low level spells until he appears to be a sputtering, flaming demon. Everyone else plays along with the ruse that Aristide, and Aristide alone, was a no good diabolist and they are forced to let the Prior into the covenant to investigate. The investigation goes OK. Aristide is taken back to the Hospital for care, where Beatrice remotely murders him.

October 8, 2017 - Search for the Garden, Fall 1339

Pursuing the mythical vis garden of a fallen Bjoarner, the covenant first visit the new covenant of Vulcanal (Mt. Etna). Investigation leads them to the sanctum of a Bjoarner who has since fallen into twilight, and now in the form of a terrifying powerful giant owl. The troupe do battle and are victorious.

October 15, 2017 - The Hanged Man, pt I, Fall 1339 (8 xp)

Old covenant ally Marco the Redcap arrives, asking the covenant to help him celebrate his engagement to fellow redcap Constata. He directs everyone to a nearby vineyard that produces magically touched wine once a year, that is rewarded to the champion of a series of games. Through cheat and guile, the troupe manage to be the winners of the game, and party on the wine that grants them all strange visions. Some months after Marco departs, Consolata arrives, telling the covenant that Marco was never seen after leaving Vardian's Tomb ...

October 22, 2017 - Search for the Garden pt II, Fall 1339

The explorers in the Alps continue their search of the Bjoarner lab. They find clues pointing them to the garden's location in the Teutoberg forest, in the Rhine. Using Arcadian travel to warp there quickly, they meet several green wizards who have settled a covenant on the spot without knowing the true value of the garden regio. The magi persuade the wizards to let them explore the regio, and enter the garden.

October 28, 2017 - Search for the Garden pt III, Fall 1339

The magi explore the garden, resolving a conflict between the sentient plants who rule within. They steal some vis and cuttings of rare plants. The green magi accuse the Vardian's Tomb magi of overstepping their bounds and refuse to let them in the garden again. Richard Strabo, a hostile magus on the lam from Wizard's March, is still at large. The discovery has not yet been reported to the Bjornaer Council.

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November 5, 2017 - The Hanged Man, pt II, Spring 1340 (8 xp)

Accompanying Consolata, the troupe heads towards Marco's last known location. Zita scries on Consolata, learning some disturbing facts; Consolata gets tipped off and escapes while the troupe is investigating the small village of Milestone. Following a clue from the local guesthouse owner, they sneak up on a bandit camp located high in the mountains who had been kidnapping people. They force a fair settlement with the bandits, who lead them to where the kidnapping victims have been taken-- a ruin deep within a magically dark and foreboding wood. At the ruin, the party is ambushed by giant spiders but fight them off. They enter the ruin, which descends into a large underground tunnel complex, eventually leading to Marco, who was tortured both before and after death. Before leaving Vardian's Tomb he left behind a family heirloom that his torturers were trying to locate, a strange ugly claw. The PCs give Marco a proper burial and recover the claw.

November 19, 2017 - The Shadow Senate, Fall 1340 (??? xp)

idk ask endrite

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November 26, 2017 - Justice, Spring 1341 (8 xp)

Infernal powers have corrupted the wolves of Pamphili, spreading mayhem and disease in their wake. The troupe finds the source of the problem, a grisly sacrifice scene in the woods that has opened up access to an Infernal Regio. Church authorities are alerted to the area can be purified. In the center of the woods, they come across the She-Wolf, an ancient daimonic spirit of vengeance. The wolf offers her gift to anyone who is interested in revenge against someone, most Magi refuse. On the way out, the Magi meet and befriend Josef the Redcap and Tethys of Tytalus, a researcher of plant diseases who is in the area to investigate the necrosis spread by the demons of disease.

December 3, 2017 - The Hierophant, Fall 1341 (7 xp)

Petrarch is in town to be crowned poet Laureate. Several Jerbiton come by for the occasion. Much shenanigans ensue with almost nothing of consequence happening. Lodewig attempts to kidnap Petrarch and is foiled by other members of the covenant.

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December 10, 2017 - Enemies of Geometry, pt I, Spring 1342

stuff happens in Ravenna -- boyer should recap here

December 17, 2017 - The Empress, Spring 1342 (8 xp)

The Faerie monarch of a regio inside the Colosseum has stolen the infant heir of Baron Frangipani, and slain the Lady Frangipani and 4 knights in the process. This monarch, the Empress Drusilla, has married the child and plans to kill the Baron so that the child will inherit the Barony and she can claim stewardship. The troupe finds the child itself in a strange regio level located in the darkest part of the Faerie Colosseum and full of webs that held the very sun in place, keeping time static. Beatrice burnt a bunch of web until she caused the sun to lurch forward releasing a pent up flow of stopped time, aging everybody by 1 year. The adventure is unresolved as the players take to the thread to discuss their next move.

December 31, 2017 - Enemies of Geometry, pt II, Spring 1342 (??? xp, ask boyrep)

conclusion of ravenna. Chaos Regio, Antmen, Anteater god.

The matter with the Frangipani child is resolved by swapping the child with an orphan and negotiating a peace. Lodewig takes the real Frangipani heir in his possession.

January 7, 2018 - Kidnap!, Winter 1342 (no xp)

Venator tries to call for peace among the magi, and sets the terms for future leadership of the covenant. Fiorella's mundane relative is kidnapped by Consolota in a scheme to get Marco's hierloom. The wizards pursue, and Zita and Beatrice corner Consolata in her hideaway, killing her. They recover her son, a gifted true-blooded Mercere.

January 14, 2018 - The Vardian's Tomb Massacre, Winter 1342 (no xp)

Discussing the aftermath of the Kidnap, an argument spirals out of control into an unlawful wizard's war. Proclus and Bialas are killed, Beatrice left on the brink of death in twilight, and Malachiasz slain by Venator when he takes to attacking the covenant.

January 21, 2018 - Tribunal, Winter 1342 (9 xp)

The remains of the covenant try to pretend everything is business as usual at the tribunal. Gulielmus' case is settled, Zita's case is deferred, and Severin wins a stunning political victory.

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January 23, 2018 - Burglars of Vardian's Tomb, Winter 1342 (no xp)

Zita and Hypatia try to steal an Arcane Connection to Venator. They break into Lavinia's lab, setting off a lethal boobytrap.

January 28, 2018 - The Demon of Blois pt I, Spring 1343

Gulielmus, serving Renard and accompanied by fresh faces, begins hunting a demon that has taken the french city of Blois through a demonic pact. The adventurers are caught up in a succession struggle between two rival factions in the city as the demon's prior charter is set to expire.

February 4, 2018 - The Demon of Blois pt II, Tiberinus Part I, 1343 (9 xp)

The Blois expedition draws out the demon and slays its corporal form. Back in Rome, the Tiber river has gained sentience due to prolonged warping, and is causing trouble for the covenant.

February 11, 2018 - Tiberinus Part II, Autumn 1343 (??? xp ask endrite)

The covenant investigates options for dealing with the Tiber. A secret mission is dispatched to stop a Capocci aligned elementalist from using the Tiber for their own purposes.

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February 18, 2018 - The Ultimate Redpilled Faerie Headshot, Spring 1343 (7 xp)

An invisible faerie is causing trouble in a nearby village. The covenant rolls up and shoots it in the head.

February 25, 2018 - The Ring of Verditius, Autumn 1344 (9 xp)

Given a lead by a client of the covenant, the troupe travels to Corsica to investigate a magical artifact that could be a fabled ring of the founder Verditius. They find it in the possession of a local noble family using it for unsavory deeds. The wizards use guild and a mock seance to infiltrate and weaken the family while Voda incites the angry peasantry to storm and slay the manor. The ring is recovered and returned to the Verditius.

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March 11, 2018 - The Battle of Ponza and the Herbam Rot, Spring 1345 (10 xp)

The Magi launch their assault on the pirate stronghold of Ponza and capture it, but the Sahir escapes with a captive Gulielmus, A strange rot begins to afflict Herbam vis everywhere.

March 18, 2018 - The Herbam Sickness, Summer 1345 (??? xp ask dfd)

The Magi investigate the trail of Richard Strabo in the wake of the Herbam disaster. An emergency tribunal is called in Venice to discuss response to the worsening magical crisis.

March 25, 2018 - Sansarron and the Herbam Death Moon, Autumn & Winter 1345 (7 xp)

The magi take up an old invitation to visit Sansarron in light of recent events. They meet the colorful characters such as the seer Mighri of Criamon, the Old Man Amayyas, and the shifty Al-Qasim ex misc. A meeting is arranged with the regional vizier of the Order of Suleiman to discuss Gulielmus' situation, but no agreement is struck yet. Worldwide, the Herbam crisis deepens as plants die off and unpowered Herbam spells cease to function.

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April 1, 2018 - The Hunt for Strabo, Spring 1346 (8 xp)

The Magi hunt down and capture marched Magus Richard Strabo in the garden of Henrisson. To be safe, they also cut off his hands.

April 8, 2018 - Autumn 1346 (7 xp)

Penitents, poison, perishing

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April 15, 2018 - Camelot, Spring 1347 (8 xp)

The troupe explores King Arthur's Faerie Regio under the catacombs and challenges their way into knighthood to get ahold of faerie food.

April 29, 2018 - The Rebellion of Cola di Rienzi, Spring 1347 (9 xp)

A populist revolt breaks out in Rome. The covenant is drawn into matters by two requests: One from their allies, the Mechanica, and one from the new leader of House Conti with a lead to magical resources. They investigate the Torre di Conti, a stronghold that has been taken over by rebels and who they have been told holds the gateway to a hidden regio held by a magician of long ago.

May 6, 2018 - The Rebellion, the Procession, the Fallen Maga, Spring/Summer 1347 (7 xp)

The troupe concludes their business in the Torre di Conti, leaving in control of the rebels and looting the hidden lab regio. In the summer, they help Bishop Savelli with a religious procession meant to counter the flagellants by countering supernatural hindrances then opposing a violent interruption by the flagellants themselves.

Gulielmus investigates Tethys of Tytalus and learns that she twilighted in a terrible lab accident prior to the Great Herbam Rot.

May 20, 2018 - Goat Woman of Vulcanal, Autumn 1347 (7 xp)

The companions and Criamon help Anson of Bonisagus deal with his faerie problem by tricking several goat women into coming to Rome.

May 27, 2018 - Aristocrat's Siege pt I, Winter 1347

Faustus Galerius is interrogated and the Magi learn clues about Damhan-Allaidh. The aristocracy return to Rome to besiege it. The magi contemplate chances to get caught up in the mundane struggles.

June 3, 2018 - Aristocrat's Siege pt II, Winter 1347 (9 xp)

Rienzi's Fae patron is slain and the Magi lay low. They avoid the pitched battle, the collapse of the revolution as Rienzi flees the city, and the retribution by nobility once the nobles storm the gate. The covenant's podesta ally is among the dead in the reprisals.

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June 10, 2018 - The Montcuq Saga pt III, Spring 1349 (5 adv xp)

The long suffering Lady St. Duane of Montcuq has gone missing along with her husband, and strange magic seems to be influencing the mind of the cuckoo child Valentin. The Magi investigate as Valentin sieges a rebellious baron. They then fuck up and get into a massive fight after attacking a disguised Galafre.

June 17, 2018 - The Bjorner Inquisition, Fall 1349 (7 adv xp)

The magi are summoned to Crintera to meet the elders of house Bjoarner, who press them about Henrisson's garden and Richard Strabo. They avoid a witchhunt persecution by the zealous wilderist primus of Bjoarner.

1350
June 24, 2018 - The Emperor, Spring 1350 (8 adv xp)

An antiquities dealer with contacts to Archibald goes missing in the town of Isernia and the covenant investigates. They find the city recently conquered by the Duc di Colonna and the cutthroat Great Company of mercenaries. They uncover the trappings of an infernal plot, confront a corrupted scholar, and defeat a possessed statue.

July 1, 2018 - The Great Tribunal, Fall 1350 (8 adv xp)

The Order of Hermes convenes a great tribunal, open to all Magi in the order everywhere, to discuss the Corpus Blight /and the Great Pestilence in general. The Magi meet some old friends and witness an Order in disarray. Fiorella replaced the Ghost of Beatrice as co-consul of Vardian's Tomb.

1351
July 8, 2018 - Subiaco & the Swamp pt I, 1351

Following the trail of some recovered Etruscan artifacts, the covenant investigates Subiaco abbey and its project to drain swampland in the Pontine Marsh. They are attacked by infernal creatures.

July 15, 2018 - Subiaco & the Swamp pt II, 1351

The covenant finds the source of the artifacts and a new source of vis, but investigates the larger conspiracies surrounding the swamp. They suspect but cannot prove the new Prior of Subiaco's guilt in murdering the last prior. They learn the secret of the engineer Berenger, that he is seeking some sort of Mercurian structure buried in the swamp.

July 21, 2018 - Subiaco & the Swamp pt III, 1351 (10 xp)

The structure -- a stone octagon -- is the boundary point for a magical regio containing a Mercurian temple and its ghostly inhabitants who have been going through the motions for centuries. After clearing out a pair of meddling demons Archibald is awarded the title "Corax" and the players are send to perform routine maintenance on a Roman Trireme stuck in another regio layer. The Trireme is holding the Grass Crown -- an immense Roman laurel wreath and a powerful Infernal artifact. The Magi choose to take the Trireme back to shore, and in doing so, the ghosts of the regio vanish. The crown is theirs.

July 28, 2018 - Volcanos and Titans, Autumn 1351

The Magi respond to a distress call at Vulcanal and find Anson of Bonisagus dead, and a fae titan threatening to erupt Mt. Etna.

August 5, 2018 - Volcanos and Titans, Autumn 1351

The titan is slain and Anson's final work is recovered.

1352
August 12, 2018 - Bismaximus pt I, Spring 1352

The covenant investigates a lost magical item in a plague-free village.

August 19, 2018 - Bismaximus pt II, Spring 1352

The bandits near the town are dispatched.

August 26, 2018 - Bismaximus pt III, Spring 1352

The covenant interrogates the ghosts of the fallen and learns more about the slain magi.

September 2, 2018 - Return of the Emperor pt I, Winter 1352

Berenger warns the covenant of an impending attack by Duc Colonna, now possessed by the spirit of "The Emperor," who seeks the grass crown to top his bronze colossus. A party investigates Isernia and finds the city corrupted. They return to Rome quickly as Vardian's Tomb comes under attack by Colonna bannermen.

September 9, 2018 - Return of the Emperor pt II, Winter 1352

The magi confront the Emperor at his court in Isernia. The ghost of Nero is destroyed along with his cult and his colossus.

1354
September 16, 2018 - Easter Festival in Ponza, Spring 1354

September 30, 2018 - Festival of the Damned pt II

October 7, 2018 - Festival of the Damned pt III

The covenant helps the construction and consecration of Hazm's new church on Ponza, meeting the colorful locals, including many sinners and a secretive coven of folk witches. The church construction is repeatedly harassed by infernal forces. Over the course of the week, many are tempted by sin. The forces of hell launch an all-out attack of demons of the 7 Sins, before seven of the villagers who had signed pacts revert to horrible shapes and flee. The relic Hazm intended to consecrate the church with, donated by a Bishop, turns out to be a sick hoax.

1355
October 14, 2018 - Venice pt I, Spring '55

October 21, 2018 - Venice pt II

The covenant investigates disturbances in Venice, encountering the trail of Prudenzio and a scheming Augustan, Felipe Calendar. Felipe is saved from the fatal fate of his co-conspirators by the covenant's actions.

October 28, 2018 - Return of Rienzi, Fall '55

November 4, 2018 - Return of Rienzi pt II (7xp)

Cola di Rienzi returns to Rome and begins making his presence known militarily. The covenant uncovers a plot by Edwin Locke, Capocci's steward, to use alchemically created gold to pay mercenaries to oppose Rienzi. Mortis murders the Capocci family in a blatant act of betrayal.

November 11, 2018 - Tribunal 1355, Winter '55 (7xp)

1356
November 18, 2018 - The Many Necromancers, Spring '56

November 25, 2018 - The Many Necromancers pt II

December 9, 2018 - Spider's Showdown, Spring '57 (8xp)

Archibald's apprentice, haunted by visions of his past, flees the covenant and searches for his childhood home. The trail leads him and the magi to a trap led by the Spider, who intends to sacrifice Simon to complete a ritual that will allow him to reincarnate. Giraldo slays Simon before this happens, leaving the Spider stuck in a state between life and death once again.

1357
December 16, 2018 - The Friendly Jew, '58

A stranger impersonates Yusef Saitzmann, one of the Jewish necromancers of last year's adventure, to lead Mortis into a trap. Mortis survives unscathed and retrieves one of the Canaanite tablets, while an inn full of innocent people dies. (The stranger was actually an agent in employ of Felipe Calendar, attempting the murder at the suggestion of Lavinia... but no one needs to know that.)

December 30, 2018 - The Coliseum Battles, '58

January 6, 2019 - The Coliseum Battles II, '58

The flagellant cult, now with its hooks into the Baron Frangipani, has turned the coliseum into the site of bloody death matches. Bolad joins the cult to battle its demonic champion, while the Magi free Nevio and slay the Baron Frangipanie.

1358
January 13, 2019 - The Jacquerie, Summer '58

Following a lead from a member of Venator's old necromancer cult, the magi explore the remains of Mont-Mercure in France, but find the area still populated. Meanwhile the French countryside is embroiled in a peasant revolt.

January 20, 2019 - The Jacquerie II

The Magi explore Mont-Mercure and its inhabitants of warped covenfolk, a wounded nobleman, a folk witch's apprentice, and a ghostly steward.

January 27, 2019 - The Spymaster pt I, Summer '58

The characters still in Rome take up a request from Andronicus of Jerbiton to eliminate an old foe who has taken a new identity at Subiaco Abbey. The assassination becomes a bungled kidnapping and the Magi must work to clean up the mess.

February 3, 2019 - The Jacquerie pt III, Spymaster, pt I, Summer '58

Rosario attempts to storm a french castle to rescue a folk witch, but fails.

The Magi scramble to undo the damage at Subiaco.

February 17, 2019 - The Spymaster III, Summer '58

Dusan and some grogs free Nevio from the dungeon of Lord Bufalini. Both Nevio and the spymaster monk have their memory magically altered.

February 24, 2019 - Mortis' Invitation (Fall '58)

The crimes of Cola di Rienzi and Mortis of Rome finally catch up to them.

1360
March 3, 2019 - Bee Death, Summer '60

Guy's bees are vandalized by a Maga. He rounds up some people to help investigate, the trail leading to Piethene of Jerbiton at Literatus covenant.

March 10, 2019 - Bee Revenge, Autumn '60 (8 adventure XP)

Guy retaliates by murdering a Mage illegally, who turns out to have been the persona of Pallas of Tytalus. Unfortunately his crime was noticed by Lavinia, who takes to blackmailing him.

March 17, 2019 - Time of Decisions, Winter 1360 (No adventure XP)

The council convenes to discuss the covenant's next move in the face of the crisis of the Magic Blight. It is decided to investigate the potential of the City of Brass, in or near the Realm of Magic itself. The Magi visit Sansarron figuring it a good source of aid into knowledge of the lands of Araby, only to find that the covenant has been destroyed -- provoked by the aggression of Gulilelmus' mentor, Reynard of Flambeau, who had undertaken a crusade against the Order of Suleiman. Only one Magus there remains, the unpleasant Al-Qasim, Mercurian ex Misc, now in possession of a Brass Bottle of Solomon. He informs the covenant that Reynard is possibly alive, but in captivity. With Belzer's help, he is negotiated to trade the bottle for the magical site on Ponza. The bottle contains a friendly Djinn, Jawal, who says he lives in the City of Brass and asks the covenant to bring him (And his bottle) there in exchange for his help as a guide.

1362
March 24, 2019 - Wood Block Attack, Winter '61 (7 adventure xp)

The Aegis ritual is disrupted, and the covenant is rocked by the warped experiment of Bismaximus gone awry.

March 31, 2019 - Towards the City of Brass, Summer '62

Their preparations made, the Magi head into Egypt and the desert. They encounter harsh conditions, tricky bandits, a helpful oasis, and a menacing sandstorm jinn, Soresh.

April 7, 2019 - The City of Brass, pt I, Summer '62

The Magi meet the wild Jinn Soresh once more and finally defeat him. They find the Marble Palace of the King of Kush and the dusty road in the magic realm that leads to the City of Brass. They make initial impressions and meet some strange people.

April 14, 2019 - The City of Brass pt II, Summer '62 (10 adventure XP)

The Magi gather information before entering the court of the Malik. Rosario charms the Malik's daughter, then impresses the Malik himself with a show of Certamen against a surprise opponent, an imprisoned Maga from Mont-Mercure known as Cyra of Flambeau. Asking a boon of the Malik, they secure Cyra's freedom. They learn the road to the Twilight Realm is across the perilous desert that surrounds the City and that they are not ready yet to face it, so depart, resolving to return.

April 21, 2019 - The 1362 Tribunal of Rome, Winter '62

Politics and schemes dominate the tribunal as Vardian's Tomb enjoys its new status as a Summer covenant. In a conference between Magi, the players accidentally let slip much of what they know about Tethys' role in the blight without naming her outright. Many other Magi are mad that they have been left in the dark and want in on the invasion of the Arcana Centrum. Praeco Severin seems to be losing it mentally, much to the consternation of people who are worried about his successor. They also learn that mundane interference is a major problem in France and a bjoarner Quaesitor has gone missing. Aurora's census reveals a Tribunal in decline. A scheme is hatched to repopulate Etna and reclaim Sansarron with the help of hedge wizards, who will manage the local vis sources and deliver them to the Tribunal to decide what to handle them with. To secure support for this, the covenant agrees to Luctatio's own scheme, asking free reign to deal with the Milanese nobility in their struggles.

April 28, 2019 - Fiorella's Trial, Winter '62; Atlantis, pt I, Spring '63

Belzer argues in Fiorella's defense in a pre-trial settlement. A deal is reached where Fiorella will recompense Aristocritus with 4 seasons of labor, 10 pawns of vis, and some mundane favors. On the way from the Tribunal, the Magi spot a dead mermaid captured by local fishermen. They follow up on this lead to find a strange conflict under the sea.

1363
May 5, 2019 - Atlantis, pt II, Spring '63 (7 adventure XP)

The covenant bluffs their way out of Atlantis safely and frees the prisoner, Anna of Verditius, now indebted to them. They check out the strange underwater covenant but find no sign of the missing elder Maga.

1364
May 12, 2019 - Felipe Calendar's Last ride, Spring '64 (9 adventure XP)

Augustan Oaf Felipe Calendar hatches a poorly thought scheme to destroy the Ducal Palace of Venice, which was haphazardly finished and looks ugly after Felipe had to abandon its construction to flee the city. Lavinia enlists the help of the covenant's career criminals and potion masters to make an even better scheme and obliterates the palace with Chinese Salt, winning Felipe's heart.

May 19, 2019 - The Black Bishop, First Encounter, Autumn '64 (7 adventure XP)

The covenant meets the evil diabolist known as the Black Bishop, raising hell in Zannone. Father Hazm meets his fated destiny and dies. Giraldo and Dusan stop the Bishop from devastating Ponza, and Giraldo has his eyes burned out by maleficia for his trouble. The covenant also meets the helpful and knowledgable bard Santino, who promises to aid them in their quest for revenge.

1365
May 26, 2019 - Into the Realm of Magic, Spring '65

The covenant prepares an expedition back to Egypt to enter the realm of magic and confront the Great Blight. They are joined by other Magi, including Severin. They battle Might Jinn in the realm of Ignem, and cross into the Twilight Sea. They find themselves unexpectedly in a strange magical palace with no devil corn in sight. The palace has many mysteries remaining to be solved ...

June 2, 2019 - The Conti Brothers, Summer '65

While the Maga are saving the world, the covenfolk back in Rome are tormented by mundane forces. Sabotage disrupts the palazzo building effort, and Bricco "The Mighty" di Conti shows up to challenge the Magi to a duel. Even with magical help, Octavia (disguised as Rosario) is knocked out.]]

Campaign ends