Historical Events

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1224

• Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword defeat the Estonians and reconquer the captured strongholds on the Estonian mainland. With the surrender of the Tartu stronghold, only the islands of Saaremaa and Muhu remain under Estonian control.

Spring

• Andreas installs lab (2xp exposure in parma magica)
• Artal searches for Vis Sources (2 XP exposure in Area Lore : Sweden)
• Angelhart: Practise Swedish 8xp
• Claas reads Baltic Sea Lore
• Gesche: learning Swedish from Gertrude, SQ10
• Gertrude teaches Gesche Swedish (gains 2 Exposure in Teaching)
• Luciano practice Swedish 8 XP
• Jenico travels and explores (2 XP exposure in Area Lore: Sweden)
• Werner travels and works as a woodsman (2 XP exposure in Survival)

Summer

Basilus embarks on a quest provoked by his parens. He brings Angelbart as his shield grog. Andreas joins too, with Lerke as a shield grog, and Werner.

They returned to Öland to investigate the old fort-like ruins there. Angela, Basilus’ beloved rival, had been there before them. They found the witch unconscious.

The witch is called Gerda.

“To: Basilus, my Fili

I hope this letter reaches you in time, since you haven’t kept me up to date on where you settled.

Knowing your interests, I have sent forth messengers with three boxes to locations in the lands of the rumored Order of Odin. They contain remnants left behind by some of those invaders, and I wanted you to have a chance to have them. But to make sure you don’t take your sweet time, I am sending this to Angela as well, and the best of you get them.

Here’s the clue to the first location: In the heart is a fire burning, Captured by the hands of a woman And in the belly of the beast, Is a treasure one can’t melt.

Your Pater, Antonio did Bonisagus”

Second Clue:

“To: Basilus and Angela I see that you’ve found the first piece of the puzzle, and it doesn’t matter which of you found it first, this message is for both of you, to follow on your next clue.

In the sacred halls, Where the Faith first kindled, Lies a secret room, Where ancient secrets lie.

Your Pater, Antonio did Bonisagus”

Seasonal activity

Story Reward 15xp and 3 confidence for the story

• Artal: installs lab (2xp exposure in Magic Theory)
• Claas copies Corpus summa (18/18) and Auram Root
• Gesche: learning Swedish from Gertrude, SQ10
• Gertrude teaches Gesche Swedish (gains 2 Exposure in Teaching)
• Luciano practice Swedish 8 XP
• Jenico: Builds up his lab building and its setting (2XP Exposure in Carpentry)
• Werner: Adventure (Sweden Lore 5, Hunt 5, Bow 5)

Autumn

• Artal: installs lab (2xp exposure in Magic Theory)
• Angelhart: Practise Swedish 8xp
• Luciano work on shipbuilding 2 XP
• Gertrude practices Charm 4 XP
• Gesche: works on relations with Stockholm churchmen, Latin 2 Xp exposure
• Andreas: Setting up trade contacts. Practice: Area Lore: Stockholm area 7xp exposure

Winter 1224

The Beautiful Helena

Played 3 and 10 May 2022

Cast Andreas, Werner, Volkert, Honeystocker, Basilus, Angelhart, Lerke

The beautiful Helena turns up to ask a favour from Andreas, who receives her coldly but civil. The fiery wizard has turned up again, abducting Christian girls. They are held hostage a week or two Northeast of the chapter house. Pushed by Andreas, she apologises for the previous accusation and withdraws it, and Andreas agrees to help her attempt to rescue the hostages.

They travel to within a day’s march from where the hostages are held when they spot boars seemingly patrolling the forest. They make camp and find a small regio housing some strange faeries, half humanoid and half grasshoppers. The regio has two other exits to different places.

The grasshoppers have taken a human child, found by a red road just outside one exit. The road, they say, leads to where the fiery wizard dwells.

Continuing through the Regio and down the road, they see three boars searching for them. Werner decides to shoot, and they end up fighting them. One escaped, two were killed. They wore collars preventing them from suffering from wounds. When Basilus used Muto magic to turn the collar into air, they were a lot easier to kill. Lerke suffered a medium wound.

They found the mansion of the wizard, including a tower where they found two of the three girls. The third one, mother to the infant, had been taken away for punishment. Helena returns to the continent with the girls, using teleportation, while the party returned home on foot. Helena would not be able to teleport Honeystocker.

Advancement

Story 10xp and 2 confidence points

• Angelhart: Story 10xp (Awareness and Single Weapon)
• Artal: invents spells in lab (2 XP in Imaginem)
• Luciano work on shipbuilding 2 XP
• Gertrude practices Charm 4 XP
• Gesche: works on relations with Stockholm churchmen, Theology 2 Xp exposure
• Claas: Setting up lab. 2xp exposure in Magic Theory. Who is in most dire need for a lab?
• Jenico: Setting up lab (season 2). 2xp exposure in Magic Theory.