Spring

Rhine Tribunal Gathering of 1366AA

Held a year earlier than usual to accommodate the Grand Tribunal next year.

• 10xp + 1 confidence
• Artal studies Bjornaer Lore - 13 SQ
• Andreas: 10xp (Bargain 5/Parma 5) + 1 confidence

Trouble at Home

Cast Jeppe, Siemer, Ingraham, + ??

While the magi are away, the covenant was expecting a shipment of glassware which did not appear. Jeppe was expecting supplies from the same vendor, known as Elof. Jeppe, Siemer, and Ingraham go into Stockholm to investigate.

When they get to Stockholm, they find Elof’s ship abandoned and his warehouse catches fire. The fire is easily extinguished, but breaking into the warehouse they find it empty, but for traces of a person, probably a child, having been held captive.

At Elof’s house, they find another merchant, Elric, arguing with the maid. Elof owes money to Elric, but the maid does not know where he is. The maid can say that Elof returned to town two weeks ago, and then disappeared 4-5 days ago.
No other properties of Elof’s are known, although there is rumour of one in Lübeck.

Allegedly, Elof has two children who have also disappeared two days ago, and the description of the daughter matches hair found in the warehouse. Elof’s wife died in childbirth, and according to the midwife, the children were stillborn. Other rumours are patchy, about children who never leave the house. Jeppe suspects demonic offspring.

Elof has paid for docking for the season and let the crew have paid leave. Unusual boot prints were found at the site of the fire, matching Elric’s boots.

Siemer breaks into Elof’s house at night to steal the ledgers. It seems that Elof buys junk and sells it off to some Aatto. Is that a Finnish name? THey also confirm the loan of £20 from Elric.

Inquiring about Elric, they find that he is known to lend silver which disappears before the debt is due, and pursuing the debt mercilessly as if it is genuine. Elof has no other known associates.

At the same time a crate with broken glassware washes up at the covenant. It has a sign which Ingraham identifies as belonging to a tradehouse on Saaremaa off the Estonian coast.

The party goes to Saaremaa to find the tradehouse, which turns out to be in the wilderness in the middle of the island. Aatto turns out to be a merfolk faerie. They come across him talking to the maid who runs off and escapes in the river when she sees them.

The children are Aatto’s, and Elof has kept them in a regio which both he and Aatto can reach, where they make the glassware. Now Aatto is blaming Elof for their disappearance. Aatto has been buying the trash which he finds interesting, from Elof. Aatto suggests that they talk to Guðrunn, a mermaid living near Stockholm. She is known to drown people.

Siemer stayed behind in Stockholm

• he saw someone escaping from Elof’s house in the night?

Summer

Gathering of Twelve Year

• Artal adventures (Gathering) - 7 xp, +2 Confidence (2 xp in Bjornaer Lore, 5 xp in Intrigue)

Autumn

• Artal learns The Voice of the Bjornaer Magus, from lab text (2 exposure in Muto)
• Andreas Invents Binding the Hermetic Codex
  • Train Honeystocker (8xp Magic Theory) Exposure 2xp Magic Theory

Winter

• Artal writes 100 spell levels (2 exposure in Magic Theory)
• Andreas Transcribes 100 levels of lab texts. Exposure 2xp in Latin