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title: Annals of the Oculus Outpost 1230
categories: annals
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# Historical Events
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1224](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1224)
# Spring
+ Artal and Claas go to find Bastion, following a letter from his
dying adoptive father, Fridrich, in German.
+ Bastion lives with his brother Jäger
+ Bastion is about 9, Jäger about 30
+ The hut is warded with a ring of stakes
+ Transylvanian style
+ Jäger seems to be a vampire hunter, although the PCs don't
know of vampires
+ Friedrich had promised his second son to Johan, a vassal of the Wild Hunt.
+ hunting people
+ Jäger considers himself a hunter, both of prey and of knowledge
+ Source Quality 8
## Advancement
+ Claas: 8xp in Etiquette (5) and Swedish (3)
+ Andreas reads Corpus L18Q11 - 16xp assuming Ilse's body suffices for the study bonus
+ Honeystocker: Practice Finesse - 4 xp
+ Artal: 8 xp, 3 in East Norse, 5 in Concentration
# Summer
+ Claas teaches Latin to Bastion. SQ 20(-3 due to Gift)
+ Andreas: Longevity ritual CrCo 35 with help from Honeystocker
+ Spends 6p Creo + 1p Corpus
+ Exposure 2xp Magic Theory
+ Honeystocker: Help in lab, 2 MT exposure.
+ Artal invents spell "Melt the Knight's Accoutrement" - exposure in Ignem
# Autumn
Defeated Johann of the Wild Hunt.
+ Vis reward: 6p Corpus + 5p Corpus (added to covenant vis accounts)
+ Source Quality 10
+ Three confidence points
+ Artal spends 10 adventure XP (5 xp in Penetration, 5 xp in Brawl in Eagle Form)
+ Gertrude teaches Artes Liberales to Bastion. SQ 11(-3 due to Gift)
+ Claas writes a tractatus on Artes Liberales
# Winter
## Ilse's blessing
> In late Autumn 1230, Ilse tells you that her divine gifts seem to have deserted her. But she received a vision that she can restore them if she collects the blood of a saint. And it seems to be buried in a marble statue in a cave, but she has no idea where that cave is. Naturally, she is quite distraught. A few days into Winter, a message arrives from the mine, that they have come across a natural cavern, but there's some metal gate, and on it what appears to be letters in a strange language. Upon hearing this, Ilse will say this must be the cave from her vision.
### Session 2024-04-09
**Cast** Andreas. Werner. Honeystocker, Volkert
The mine is three days' travel from the covenant.
In the mine they find the metal gate, locked and in pristine condition.
Andreas opens the lock with a spell. Inside they find the skeletons of
four people, one fairly intact and the others more scattered.
The cavern is round, 3m diameter, with a cross carved
in the wall opposite the entrance. The wall around the cross is smooth,
in an area 1½m wide and 2½m high.
The cross marks a door which Honeystocker is able to open, after sensing
a room behind it, and the find stairs leading down to a square room, six
meters by six. A marble statue rises out of a hole in the floor, from
the floor below.
Stairs lead down to the floor below. About half way down there is a tunnel
leading away, that looks as if it has been dug out by some monster eating
through the rock.
Beyond the room with the statue, there is a small room with three
chests.
+ The largest one, a meter wide, contains coins, mainly silver, and a few
gems. The make of the coins is unknown.
+ One chest contains a sword and a silk shirt with divine powers
+ The last chest contains a book with obscure writing. It could be
a lab text, but probably not one useable to ordinary Hermetic magi.
Upstairs there is a short flight of stairs leading up into a room full
of wrecked furniture. There is a sanctum marker on the wall, but the
sigil is unknown, and the room is too small for an ordinary lab.
A book is found in the debris.
+ Holy Magic Summa L4Q8
+ **Source Quality** 8
+ **Confidence points** +2
+ **Duration** 8 days
## Downtime
+ Artal reads Perdo Tractatus "Occidere Magicis" 8Q8
+ Gertrude teaches Artes Liberales to Bastion. SQ 11(-3 due to Gift)
+ Andreas reads Imaginem L17Q9 where Claas is painting
+ 12 xp (book learner) + 2xp study bonus
+ Claas teaches THrown Weapon (Q11) to Gesche and Claas.
