Crypta Venatus

Tribunal: Normandy
Storyguide: Patrick Murphy (Alpha)
Setting: Dordogne Valley, France
Aura: lab 5, General: 5
Living Conditions Modifier (Magi): 2
Living Conditions Modifier (Companions): 1
Living Conditions Modifier (Mundanes): 1
Saga: Mortui Vivos Docent
Founder: Melita of Bonisagus, Vindicatus of Guernicus, William of Jerbiton
Year Founded: 1217, Current Year: 1226
Season: Spring, Power Level: Medium
Aegis of the Hearth: 30
Description
Commarque is a castrum – a collection of towers owned by several noble families for mutual defense, but also marked by maneuvering for absolute control over the site. A wooden tower was built on the basse cour by Garin, Abbot of Sarlat (1169-1181), and ever since, the inhabitants have owed fealty, and paid tithes, to the Abbey. Another wooden tower was erected across the ditch by their vassals and political rivals, the Beynacs. Both families began construction in stone soon after, with the de Commarque family tower being completed in 1195, and a keep occupied by the Beynacs in 1200. The des Escars family, political allies of the Commarques, constructed their own house on the basse cour in 1201.

The acrimonious, but stable, arrangement lasted until 1207, when Temeritus of Tremere entered the picture. He discovered the magical cave beneath the castle, and its strong magic aura. Seeking to make himself a home on the site, he began to use his magic to terrorize the Beynacs, convincing them their keep was haunted. They retreated to other holdings, and engaged Temeritus as their representative, to hold the keep in their name. For six years, Temeritus enjoyed a great deal of political clout, as well as abundant vis.

A Quaesitor and his young apprentice, Vindicatus, were dispatched to investigate the matter. During their investigation, it became clear that numerous breaches of the Code had been committed. At the Normandy Tribunal meeting of 1214, Temeritus was convicted of the High Crime of Interfering with Mundanes, but threw himself upon the mercy of the Tribunal. Possibly due to his political ties, Temeritus was not Marched, but stripped of his library and vis stores. Vindicatus was sent to found a new covenant on the site and tasked with undoing whatever damage Temeritus had done.

Several covenants of the Stonehenge Tribunal, looking to shore up the English political hold on Aquitaine, sent their recently Gauntleted magi to Commarque. The Normandy Tribunal looked at a covenant at Commarque as an anchor for its southern border, while the Provencal Tribunal has already made noise that it intends to dispute the matter at the Grand Tribunal of 1228. At the border of two Tribunals, numerous French and English nobles, and orthodoxy and heresy, the new covenant at Commarque must navigate a perilous path.
Reputations

Build Points

Build Points Total: 1363 / Starting: 1000
Starting Points Current Points
Library 871 917
Lab Texts 91 127
Vis Stocks 19 38
Vis Sources 100 100
Enchanted Items 6 20
Specialists 50 50
Laboratories -10 60
Money 22 51
Laboratories

Aureus’ Lab (20 Build Points): Upkeep: +4 (100); Usage: Typical × 1
Fortis’ Lab (20 Build Points): Upkeep: +4 (100); Usage: Typical × 1
Gaston’s Lab (0 Build Points): Upkeep: +2 (30); Usage: Typical × 1
Melita’s Lab (20 Build Points): Upkeep: +4 (100); Usage: Typical × 1
Vindicatus’ Lab (0 Build Points): Upkeep: +0 (10); Usage: Typical × 1
William’s Lab (0 Build Points): Upkeep: +0 (10); Usage: Typical × 1
Boons and Hooks

Minor Hook Alienable Land
Major Boon Aura (×2)
Free Choice Autocracy
Minor Boon Benefice
Major Hook Castle
Minor Hook Church Territories
Major Boon Curtain Walls and Mural Towers
Minor Boon Healthy Feature
Missile Weapons
Free Choice Peasants
Major Boon Regio (Boon) (Regio: cave)
Minor Hook Road
Minor Boon Tower Keep
Major Hook Tribunal Border
Unknown
Minor Hook Vis Lease (Source) (Category: Hook; Source: Source)
Minor Boon Wealth (Vineyards)
Totals Boons: 12, Hooks: 12
Loyalty

Prevailing Loyalty Score: -1
Base Loyalty: -20
Living Conditions: 10
Specialists: 1
Reputations: 0
Current Loyalty Points: -9
Inhabitants

Inhabitants Number Points
Magi 3 15
Nobles 6 30
Companions 3 30
Specialists/Craftsmen 8 16
Dependents 6 6
Grogs 26 26
Laborers 0 0
Servants 22 22
Teamsters 14 14
Horses 7 7
Totals 95 145
Magi

Fortis
Gaston du Rouergue
Melita Heranun
Companions and Nobles

Godefroi
Loefwen Brand (Kara)
Richard de Commarque
Roger de Commarque
Maria de Commarque
Jehans des Escars
Melisandre de la Rochenoire
Griou
Specialists

Bernard the Carpenter
Bernard the Scribe
Captain Ivor the Finger
Matheus
Mathilde the Blacksmith
Matilde
Regan
Sabine
Covenfolk

Matheus
Mathilde the Blacksmith
Matilde
Agatha de Ballard
Alayda
Alvise
Balthasar
Bernard the Carpenter
Bernard the Scribe
Broderick
Clarisse
Bertmund
Durand
Eadwyn
Esteve
Gerard
Hugo
Ivor "the Finger"
Madoc
Odette
Phillipe
Regan
Sabine
Theomund
Thierry
Thomas
Bertlinus
Celia
Deneil
Doolin
Ise
Olivia
Horses and Livestock

Roger’s Horse
Maria’s Horse
Richard’s Horse
Jehans’ Horse
Melisandre’s Horse
Fortis’ Horse
William’s Horse
Lands & Possessions

Vineyards
Weapons & Armor

Wealth

Money Reserve: 503
Total Income: 250
Expenditures (Before Cost Savings): 195
Cost Savings: -13
Total Expenditures: 182
Points of Inhabitants: 145
Points of Laboratories: 350
Points of Weapons and Armor: 797
Member Weapons Points: 797
Sources of Income

Vineyards (Typical), Current Income: 250.
Yearly Expenditures

Buildings: 22
Inhabitants: 15
Minor Fortifications: 2
Major Fortifications: 5
Consumables: 29
Inflation: 0
Laboratories: 35
Provisions: 73
Tithes: 0
Wages: 29
Weapons and Armor: 3
Writing Materials: 4
Magi: 3
Other Book Specialists: 1
Cost Savings

Buildings: -3
Bernard the Carpenter: Carpentry 5
Consumables: -3
Mathilde the Blacksmith: Blacksmith 4
Laboratories: 0
Weapons and Armor: 0
Writing Materials: 0
Provisions: -7
Matheus: Winemaking 6, Matilde: Baking 4
Enchanted Items
Effect Level
Arrow of Slumber 33
Creator: Zacchaeus; Created: Autumn 1223; Vis Capacity: 10; Charges: 2; Effect Name: The Call to Slumber; Effect Level: 33; Effect Details: R: Touch, D: Diam, T: Ind, Penetration: 45; Arts: ReMe 10; Design: Base 4, +1 Diam, +1 Touch
Orb of Invisibility 15
Creator: Zacchaeus; Created: Winter 1220; Vis Capacity: 2; Total Pawns Invested: 2; Effect Name: Veil of Invisibility; Effect Level: 15; Effect Details: R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ind, Frequency: 1/day, Concentration; Arts: PeIm 10; Design: Base 4, +1 Touch, +1 changing image
Total: Build Points: 20 48
Library Cost

The Fulgurous Form 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Auram; Language: Latin; Author: Scottus of Mercere
The Philosophy of Creating 25
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Level: 15; Topic: Creo; Language: Latin; Author: Gernex of Merinita
Using Dodecahedrons to Create 11
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 11; Topic: Creo; Language: Latin; Author: Zaccheaus of Verditius
Examinations of the Human Form 31
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 15; Quality: 14; Level: 16; Topic: Corpus; Language: Latin; Subject: Treatment of disease; Author: Galitus of Tremere; Glossed: +1
The Hidden Order of Nature 27
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 21; Quality: 21; Level: 6; Topic: Herbam; Language: Latin; Author: Adelphia of Tytalus
The Character of Ice 24
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 12; Quality: 12; Level: 12; Topic: Ignem; Language: Latin; Author: Valeterius of Ex Miscellanea
On the Revealing of Secrets 31
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 10; Level: 20; Topic: Intellego; Language: Latin; Author: Trutina of Guernicus; Skilled Binder
Knowledge of Knowledge 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Intellego; Language: Latin; Author: Roos of Criamon
Causing Reciprocal Changes 12
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 12; Quality: 12; Topic: Muto; Language: Latin; Subject: Muto; Author: Zacchaeus
Reclaiming Wayward Magics 11
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 11; Topic: Rego; Language: Latin; Author: Empedocles of Tytalus; Level: 15
Mystical Interactions of Silver and Steel 12
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 12; Quality: 12; Topic: Terram; Language: Latin; Author: Zacchaeus
Theologia Summi Boni 6
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 6; Quality: 6; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: Peter Abelard
The Patterns of Magic 5
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 5; Quality: 5; Topic: Magic Theory; Language: Latin; Author: Hripsma Khorenatsi Ex Miscellanea
Magic Theory, Vol 6 33
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 15; Quality: 15; Level: 6; Topic: Magic Theory; Language: Latin; Author: Bonisagus
Liber Vitae Maritorum (Book of Life’s Merits) 26
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 13; Quality: 13; Topic: Theology;Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Subject: Moral philosophy; Author: Hildegard of Bingen
The Manipulation of Aurae, Regiones and Vis 35
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 11; Level: 8; Topic: Magic Theory; Language: Latin
Sompniale Dilucidarium Pharaonis 3
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 3; Quality: 3; Topic: Magic Theory; Language: Latin; Author: John of Limoges
Ars Grammatica Minor 28
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 16; Quality: 16; Level: 4; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aelius Donatus
Of trade between nations 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: How bankers help nobles; Language: Latin; Subject: Bargain; Author: Giovani Dimatti
Ars Grammatica Major 12
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 12; Quality: 12; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aelius Donatus
Institutione Grammaticae 24
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 9; Quality: 9; Level: 5; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Priscian
De Inventione Volume One 14
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 14; Quality: 14; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Cicero
De Inventione Volume Two 14
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 14; Quality: 14; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Cicero
De Inventione Volume Three 14
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 14; Quality: 14; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Cicero
Categories 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
On Interpretation 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
Prior Analytics 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
Posterior Analytics 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
On Sophistical Refutations 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
Optics 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Euclid
De Sphera 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Robert Grosseteste
De Lineis, Angulis et Figures 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Artes Liberales; Language: Latin; Author: Robert Grosseteste
Digest 22
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 7; Quality: 7; Level: 5; Topic: Civil and Canon Law; Language: Latin; Subject: Civil Law; Author: Justinian
Decretum Gratiani 26
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 11; Level: 5; Topic: Civil and Canon Law; Language: Latin; Subject: Canon Law; Author: Gratian
Institutions 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Civil and Canon Law; Language: Latin; Author: Theophilius and Dorotheus
The City of God, Books 1-5 22
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Level: 4; Topic: Dominion Lore; Language: Latin; Author: St. Augustine of Hippo
Catonis Disticha 20
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Level: 4; Topic: Etiquette; Language: Latin; Author: Dionysius Cato
De Oratore 26
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 14; Quality: 14; Level: 4; Topic: Leadership; Language: Latin; Author: Cicero
Vita Apollonii 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Magic Lore; Language: Latin; Author: Philostratus
Liber Floridus 6
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 6; Quality: 6; Topic: Magic Lore; Language: Latin; Author: Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer
Canon Medicinae 26
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Level: 6; Topic: Medicine; Language: Latin; Author: Avicenna Ibn Sina
Metaphysics Book 2 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Theology, Pagan; Language: Latin; Author: Aristotle
Fons Vitae 23
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 11; Quality: 11; Level: 4; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Avicebron
The City of God, Books 6-10 28
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Level: 6; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: St. Augustine of Hippo
Scito te Ipsum ("Know Thyself") 13
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 13; Quality: 13; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Peter Abelard
Metaphysics Book 1 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Aristote
Metaphysics Book 3 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Aristote
In The Soul 10
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Aristote
Commentary on Timaeus 9
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 9; Quality: 9; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Boethius
The Consolation of Philosophy 9
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 9; Quality: 9; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Boethius
Questiones Naturales 9
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 9; Quality: 9; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Adelard of Bath
Cosmographia 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Philosophiae; Language: Latin; Author: Bernard Silvestris
Sic et Non ("Yes and No") 28
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 13; Quality: 13; Level: 5; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: Peter Abelard
The City of God, Books 11-22 28
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Level: 6; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: St. Augustine of Hippo
The Bible 19
Type: Summa; Total Quality: 10; Quality: 10; Level: 3; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: St. Jerome
Collationes 13
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 13; Quality: 13; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: Peter Abelard
Cur Deus Homo ("Why did God become Man?") 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: St. Anselm
Proslogion 8
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 8; Quality: 8; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: St. Anselm
Theologia Summi Boni 6
Type: Tractatus; Total Quality: 6; Quality: 6; Topic: Theology; Language: Latin; Author: Peter Abelard
Total 917
Lab Texts Level

Beast of Outlandish Size MuAn15
Ward Against the Beasts of Legend ReAn20
Circling Winds of Protection CrAu20
The Chirurgeon’s Healing Touch CrCo20
Gentle Caress of Aesclepius CrCo30
Disguise of the New Visage MuCo15
Dust to Dust PeCo15
The Wound that Weeps PeCo15
Rise of the Feathery Body ReCo10
Endurance of the Berserkers ReCo15
Gift of Berserk Fury ReCo25
Aegis of Unbreakable Wood MuHe15
Pilum of Fire CrIg20
Summoning the Nearby Image InIm10
Aura of Ennobled Presence MuIm10
Wizard’s Sidestep ReIm10
Agnosia PeMe10
Loss of But a Moment’s Memory PeMe15
Bane of Weapons ReTe20
Wall of Protecting Stone CrTe25
Pit of the Gaping Earth PeTe15
Hands of the Grasping Earth ReTe15
Obliteration of the Metallic Barrier PeTe20
Sense the Level of Mystical Power InVi3
See the Magic Aura InVi15
Piercing the Faerie Veil InVi20
Piercing the Magical Veil InVi20
Wizard’s Communion MuVi15
Wizard’s Communion MuVi30
Wind of Mundane Silence PeVi25
Aegis of the Hearth ReVi30
Lab Text: From lamb to wolf MuAn15
Lab Text: From lamb to wolf MuAn15
Lab Text: Beast of Outlandish Size MuAn15
Lab Text: The voice of the Bjornaer Magus MuAn15
Lab Text: Soothe the Ferocious Bear ReAn10
Lab Text: Image of the Beast InAn5
Lab Text: From lamb to wolf MuAn15
Total: Build Points: 127 633
Vis Sources
Pawns
Fish from the Grand Beune: Aquam 1
Physical Form: Fish; Location: Covenant; Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn
Insects from the Cave of Lights: Rego 1
Physical Form: Insects; Location: Covenant; Seasons: Spring, Summer
Crystals from the Womb: Vim 5
Physical Form: Crystals; Location: Lascaux; Seasons: Winter
Flowers from the Venus: Creo 5
Physical Form: Flowers; Location: Cap Blanc; Seasons: Spring
Insects from the Cave of Lights: Perdo 1
Physical Form: Insects; Location: Covenant; Seasons: Autumn, Winter
Paint from Lacaux: Animal 3
Physical Form: Paint; Location: Lascaux; Seasons: Summer
Total: Build Points: 100 16
Vis Stocks
Pawns
Fish from the Grand Beune: Aquam 36
Physical Form: Fish; Location: Covenant
Insects from the Cave of Lights: Rego 24
Physical Form: Insects; Location: Covenant
Crystals from the Womb: Vim 51
Physical Form: Crystals; Location: Lascaux
Flowers from the Venus: Creo 32
Physical Form: Flowers; Location: Cap Blanc
Insects from the Cave of Lights: Perdo 22
Physical Form: Insects; Location: Covenant
Paint from Lascaux: Animal 24
Physical Form: Paint; Location: Lascaux
Total: Build Points: 38 189