Gormenghast

[Yair]

A little pressed for time today, so OOC.

Chronius & Diamon: the librarians conduct yet another ceremony, greeting Chronius to the library. They then take you to another book, which turns out to not to be to your liking.
By the end of the day you would be able to locate a Level 8 summa on Corpus. It also becomes clear the library doesn't have a higher-level summa on the subject, probably. You did run into several tractatus, however. You arrive at the following findings:
A Level 8 Quality 9 summa on Corpus.
Two Quality 4 tractatus on Corpus based on The Chirurgeon's Healing Touch, one Quality 3 based on Disguise of the New Visage, one Quality 5 of Bane of the Decrepit Body.

Sofia: The librarian smiles back, and in a short time manages to loacte a few spells of interest. They are all written by a magus with an apparant phobia to water. Amongst various other spells the grimoire includes several versions of Ward Agaisnt Faeries of the Waters. The grimoire contains the following spells:
Ward Against Faeries of the Waters ReAq 15
Ward Against Faeries of the Waters ReAq 30
Ward Against Faeries of the Waters ReAq 40, T: Boundary Ritual (effectively level 30)
Cloak of Duck's Feathers ReAq 5
Break the Oncoming Wave ReAq 10
Parting the Waves ReAq 30
The Cloudless Sky Returned PeAq 35

Tonight or tommorow I'll write up the grand speech, you'l choose who wants to go out to this adventure, and we'll really begin.

 

[Ghostknight]

Diamon gives a dissapointed look at the books in front of him.

Its a pity, but unfortunately none of these is really useful to me. Perhaps you have something about Muto magic- either summae or tractus?

 

[Someone]

Chronius´ reaction is the opposite. "Congratulate me" says, his creepy eyes flashing. "And our fellow librarians. This is exactly what I was looking for, and shall start to diligently study them..."

"...as soon we´re done with the formalities, of course"

 

[Yair]

The Grand Speech

Andereine clears his throat, and stands up.
I called you all here because I have made a mistake.
It has been more than two years since I heard from my parens, Ambrosius. For some time I thought little of it, but as the seasons passed by I grew worried. I have made some inquiries. For years now he has been spending much time in the city of Rostov. Yet his contact there informed me he has not seen him for more than a year and a half.
As you all know, there was a council meeting at the Equinox, and I attended it. I asked the council to lend me aid in investigating the matter, asking its permission to assemble a searching party. That was a mistake.
The members made it clear that the privacy of covenant members was sacrosanct. An intervention without clear evidence that Ambrosius wanted it is apparently against Custom. His faces strains at this, a pale mask for his contempt. Worse, Skylos passed a resolution forbidding me from visiting the city myself. Which is why I turned to you for help.

Ambrosius is not just my parens. He is a member of the Council, the Rex Peregrinus, in charge of foreign affairs. Without him, such things are neglected. Already alliances are breaking, valuable contacts are being lost. Gormenghast is being forgotten. And it cares not. All is Gormenghast, and Gormenghast is all.
Our covenant has lost the will, the curiosity, the daring of youth. I trust that you have not. For you are the youngest of this covenant, and our last hope.

Sodales, will you let Gormenghast be forgotten?

Ambrosius studies your faces, awaiting your response.
It is clear Andereine has some concise plan, but is waiting to see your response before fully committing. An EF 6 Gormenghast Organization Lore check will also reveal that taking grogs or covenfolk outside the covenant is not within your authority. An EF 3 (Novgorod Tribunal) Area Lore will reveal Rostov lies somewhere in the Grand Principality of Suzdalia to the south, an EF 6 result will reveal it is about 300 miles away, a long travel whether by river or foot.

 

[Yair]

Diamon gives a dissapointed look at the books in front of him.

Its a pity, but unfortunately none of these is really useful to me. Perhaps you have something about Muto magic- either summae or tractus?

It has taken you a day to check things out so far. Answering that question will take a few more days still, and I assume that in the morning you will be attending the meeting with Andereine. The librarians work hard, but not into the night.

 

[Yair]

Chronius´ reaction is the opposite. "Congratulate me" says, his creepy eyes flashing. "And our fellow librarians. This is exactly what I was looking for, and shall start to diligently study them..."

"...as soon we´re done with the formalities, of course"

In relatively short time you find yourself escorted to your sanctum by two librarians carrying the weighty tome you chose.

 

[Maerdwyn]

(Yesterday)

Sofia thanks the librarian for finding the grimoire. "Just the sort of book I was hoping to find today: quite useful. Now, I shall let you return to your book, and troubke you from it no further this afternoon. I shall return this to you here as soon as I am done with it. Good day to you," she says lightly, and withdraws back to her sanctum.

*********

(This morning)

Sofia listens with anticipation as Andereine speaks. A chance to do something of greater import to the covenent than mere ceremony, she thinks. It takes her a moment to place Rostov in her mind, and when she does, she has a moment of dismay as she realizes the best way for a group to travel there, like most distant places, would probably be by river boat. Unless I can take them all through Arcadia to get there, she thinks, half in jest. But she follows it with a mental promise: Someday I'll be able to say that and mean it.

Instead, when Andereine finishes, Sofia meets his gaze firmly and says, "Gormenghast will not be forgotten, and nor shall I forget the debt I owe the covenent for all I have learned here: All I can do to aid it, I shall."

ooc: OrgLore(Gormenghast)=5 (1+Int). AreaLore(Novgorod Tribunal)=12 (8+Int)

 

[Someone]

Chronius thinks for a long time. "You´re asking a big favor -seeing how it´s forbidden to carry on the slightest investigation on the matter..." says finally. "Our actions would have to be, hm, clandestine, at best. You have a good point, and make no mistake, I want to help the covenant as much as I can. Only that we would, er, risk a lot."

 

[Yair]

Andereine smiles as he hears sofia, but his smile thins as he listens to Chronius. Of course, not all of us need risk ourselves - I would not hold it against any of you should you choose to decline to participate in this particular endouver.
One must be careful in matters of Custom. Although I cannot assemble a mission to seek out Ambrosius, should one of you decide to seek out a vis source in Rostov I have the power, as a full member of the Senate, to authorize the allotment of men and supplies for this purpose. I happen to know from our contact there, a Jew by the name of Annan, that the prospects are good. Such a quest would be entirely in accordance with Custom.

OOC: Victor? Diamon? Where art thou?
I hope to ascertain in this meeting who goes, and to anwer any questions you may have. So feel free to ask. Any number of magi can participate (well, at least one is needed), so don't feel compelled to accept his offer. You can certainly refuse, and play a companion or other accompanying character.

 

[Ghostknight]

ooc: I will rarely post on weekends- I tend to spend weekends with the kids. Rotten of me, I know.

Diamon listens to the request, looking at the Jerbiton mage sceptically as they are tequested to do exactly as he has been forbidden to.

"You ask for us to go against CUSTOM. Surely you realise the difficulty this could create for us in working here in the future? Additionally, while I would like to work well with you, I find little in this request to divert me from my studies or the fact that this library seems woefully understocked in my area of speciality. If it is an issue of another magus' privacy, I find myself reluctant to go against the custom of both Gormenghast and the Order. For all we know we could end up walking into his laboratory inadvertently and placing ourselves into his power!

Currently, in this matter of going against Custom, decree and common sense, I do not see why should risk myself and my valuable time on such a quest.