Contents

Introduction	6	Eliminate Geoffroi 20	Settling Out of Court34
Baron Geoffroi D'Arques 6		Persuade Geoffroi's	Verdicts Regarding the
Baron Giraud Le Cornu 6		Wizards to Move On 20	Covenant's Land Ownership34
Father Joseph of Napoli 6		Eliminate Geoffroi's Wizards 20	Resolving Military Conflicts 34
		Induct the Wizards 21	Capitulation 34
Bishop Orris 7		A Tribunal for All 21	Relocation34
Galerius of House Guernicus7		Sample Spells, Devices, & Formulae 21	Negotiated Settlement 35
The Infatuated Diabolist 7		Experimental Philosophy 21	Repercussions of the Settlement35
A Demonically Inspired Cult 7		Astrological Inceptions21	Vis Ownership35
The Divine Abbot 7		Alchemical Reagents21	Court Wizards?36
The Queen of Gold Glass 7 and		Pharmaceutical Theriacs22	Mundane Courts and Magi36
The Waimie 7		Magical Craftsmen 22
		A Most Noble Ring22	Father Joseph of Napoli 37
Baron Geoffroi D'Arques	8	A Blade of Virtue22
Background 8		Learned Magicians 23	Aims and Motivations 37
Relocating Geoffroi d'Arques 8		Amulets and Chartae23	Father Joseph is
Geoffroi's Family 10			Not a Holy Man 39
Geoffroi's Court 10		Baron Giraud Le Cornu 24	Background 39
The Magical Court 11			Father Joseph's Insights 39
Sample Hedge Wizards 11		Background 24	Moving Father Joseph 40
Learned Magician11		The Baron's Resources 24	Why is He not Dead? 40
Goetic Sorcerer11		The Baron's Household 25	Encountering Father Joseph 41
The Diabolist12		Lady Éloise Le Cornu25	A Visit 41
Itinerant Sahir12		Brother Henri Raoullin26	On the Road 41
Disguised Faerie12		Artur Le Cornu26	Rumor 42
Failed Apprentice12		Bertrand Gallain26	Tribunal 42
The Elementalist12		The Baron's Patron 26	Investigating Father Joseph 42
Additional Concepts12		Aims and Motivations 26	The Past 42
Aims and Motivations 13		First Encounter 27	Supernatural Powers 42
First Encounter 13		Methods 27	Worldly Power 42
Sample First Encounters 13		Expecting Favors and Gifts 27	Letters of Authority42
Methods 14		Property Rights 27	Authentication of
Geoffroi's Magical Research 14		Legal Action 28	Papal Documents43
The Library14		Agents 28	Loss of Letters43
The Hunt15		Alienating the	Methods 44
The Tournament15		Covenant's Friends 29	Discussion and Travel 44
The Council of Wizards16		Sowing Discord 29	Story Seed: Miracle of the Magi44
Stolen Resources17		Assisting Rivals 30	Story Seed: Host of the Church44
The Theft of Parma17		Defenses Against Magic 30	Story Seed: Pilgrimage44
Neglect of Geoffroi's Manors 17		Burglary 30	Story Seed: The Address44
Fines and Taxes17		Ransom 30	The Societas of
A Poor Ruler17		Warfare 31	the Mystical Christ 44
The Expulsion of Claude18		Investigation 31	Story Seed: Christ Underground45
The Peasants' Revolt18		Investigating the Baron 31	Story Seed: The Good News45
Investigation 18		Uncovering Agents 31	Hermetic Benefices 45
Infiltrate the Council 18		Researching Hermetic Law 32	Story Seed: First Rights46
Scrying and Spying 18		Resolution 32	Story Seed: Care of Souls46
The Lady of the Manor 19		Resolving Court Cases 32	Story Seed: The Tithe46
		Questions of Jurisdiction32	Synods and Tribunals 46
Resolution 19		Arguing the Case33	Story Seed:
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 19		The Value of Vis34	Slanderous Accusations46
Persuading Geoffroi 20

Story Seed: Heretics46		Resolution 65		Confronting Hannelore 89
Story Seed:		Magic is Not Evil, Truly 65		Resolution and Consequences90
Opulent Council Chambers46		Full Disclosure 65		Hannelore's Revenge 91
The Bishop's Court 46		Disappearance 65		The Confinement 91
Story Seed: Authentic Miracles47		Killing the Bishop 66		The Escape 91
Story Seed: Possession47				The Showdown 91
Conversion and Baptism 47		Galerius of House Guernicus	67	Escaping a Burning Building92
Story Seed: The River Jordan47		Background 67		Timeline of the Fire93
The Grand Master 47		Aims and Motivations 68		Hannelore's Demise 93
Story Seed:		First Encounter 69		Hannelore's Final Gambit 93
Order and Anti-Order48		Galerius' Initial Suspicions 69
What Might the Magi Do? 48		Plausible Basis69		A Demonically Inspired Cult	95
Ridicule 48		Mistaken and		Background 95
Befuddlement 48		Fabricated Accusations70		Aims and Motivations 95
Enlistment 48		Meeting Galerius 70		First Encounter 97
In the East 48		Methods 71		Methods 99
Dominion 49		Disguise 71		Cells of Flagellants 99
My Enemy's Enemies 49		Invisibility72		Story Seed: A Traitor, an
Martyrdom 49		Familiar 72		Ambush, and an Easy Win99
Ada pting Father Joseph 49		The Investigation Begins 72		Story Seed: Demonic Attack99
		Questioning Mundanes 72		Shock to the Community 99
Bishop Orris	50	Investigation Immunity 73		Crop Failure99
The Bishop's Cathedral 50		Broadening the Investigation73		Story Seed: Protecting Crops100
Archdeacon Geoffrey51		Bodyguard 74		Plague100
Deacon Adam51		Requesting Cooperation 74		Ruining Reputations100
Father Peter51		Counter-Intelligence 75		Story Seed: Plague And Rumor101
Brother Theodoric52		Discovering Galerius 75		Processions Begin 101
What the Bishop		Galerius' Record		Story Seed:
Knows About the Order 52		and Reputation 75		Counter-Demonstrations101
Variations on a Theme 53		Preparing the Defense 76		Spread of the Cult 102
Not a Bishop53		Solving the Real Crime 76		Fabrico and Abaissier Clash102
Other Motives53		Resolution 77		Uniforms102
A More Powerful Bishop Orris53		Pleading Innocence 77		Story Seed: Attacking
A Weaker Bishop Orris54		Finding the Real Culprit 77		the Local Leaders102
First Encounter 54		Trial 78		Larger Processions 102
The Visitation 54		Choosing the Principals78		Flagellant Songs102
The Arrival54		Private Hearing78		Story Seed: Silencing Songs102
The Bishop's Court55		Counter-Claim and Settlement79		The Problem of
Compurgation56		Arguments and Penalty79		Superabundant Suffering102
Orris' Dilemma56		Future Charges 79		Story Seed:
The Bishop's Arsenal 57				Preventing Sins by Nobles102
Exerting Holy Influence 57		The Infatuated Diabolist	80	Inadvertent Sins 103
A Prudent Populace57		Variations on a Theme 80		Plague Carried By Processions103
Burning Bridges58		Different Motivations80		Story Seed:
Gathering Information 58		A Male Hannelore84		Plague-bearing Processions103
Blocking the Bishop's		Hannelore Pursues		Open Heresy 103
Sources of Information58		a Companion Character84		Replacement of Sacraments103
The Friars Preacher 59		A Weaker Hannelore84		Story Seed: Simony103
Blame the Witch59		A More Powerful Hannelore84		Claiming Miracles104
Attracting Unwanted Attention60		A One-Time Threat84		Story Seed:
Invoking St. John the Apostle60		A Chance Encounter 84		Attacking False Prophets104
Extreme Measures 61		Initial Infatuation 85		Blood–Soaked Rags104
Excommunication61		A Love Affair85		Story Seed: Manufactory
The Church Knights61		A Lukewarm Response85		of Bloodied Rags104
Against the Covenant62		Rejection86		Letter From an Angel104
Direct Action From the PCs 62		The Course of the Affair 86		Story Seed:
Investigating Bishop Orris 63		Ending the Affair86		Forging Notes From God104
The Bishop's Mistaken Identity63		Forced Apart86		Back From the Dead105
Discovering the Bishop's Curse63		Obsession and Corruption 87		Story Seed: Removing
Besmirching the		Hannelore Woos Her Love 88		the Saints of Flagellation105
Bishop's Reputation63		The Magus Rejects Hannelore88		Flagellant Civil War 105
Against the Black Friars 64 Submitting to the Bishop 64		The Magus Plays Along89		Story Seed: Discrediting
Prosecution by the Order64		Help from the Baron 89		Loyal Flagellant Groups105 Resurrecting the Cult 105

Story Seed: Cult Revival105
General Story Ideas 106
Attacking the Pious106
Angering Rival Demons106
Investigation 106
Ancient Records 106
Evangelism 106
Following the Money 106
Internal Strife 106
Redcap Network 106
Resolution 107
Combat 107
Damaging the Cult 107
The Divine Abbot 108
Background 108
Aims and Motivations 109
First Encounter 109
Conflict Over Vis 109
The Friars Approach 111
A Spiritual Encounter 112
Failing Resources 112
Methods 114
Investigation 116
Resolution 118
The Soft Way 118
The Hard Way 118
The Enemy of My Enemy 119
The Queen of Gold and Glass120
Background 120
Aims and Motivations 120
Methods 121
Preliminary Encounters
and Necessary Symbols121
Example First Encounters 123
Careful Selection of Minions124
The Eight Challenges 124
The Frame of Gold124
Animal: The Plague of Animals 125
Aquam: Unprecedented Flood125
Auram: Sickening Vapors125
Corpus: People are Corpus, Too126
Herbam: Stolen Child127
Ignem: The Ice Wyrm127
Mentem: The Obvious Liar127
Terram: We Did This Already!128
Investigation 128
Noticing Story Connections128
Noticing That Stories
Match Their Skills128
Detecting the Queen's Agents128
Searching for Previous Victims129
Resolution 129
Combat 129
The Distinguished129
The Undistinguished130
The Hazy Servants130
The Shadowy Minions131
Negotiations 131
Too Boring to Manipulate131 Too Clever to Manipulate131

Too Dangerous to Manipulate ..131

Baron Geoffroi d'Arques9	Hannelore's Demonic Patron87
Ability Block (Supernatural)9	Baron Hugo's Books87
Useful Resources10	Redemption89
The Lady Ysabeau11	A Little Bundle ofJoy?90
Claude de Fécamp12	The Nunnery91
Story Seed: The Ambitious Medicus13	Contingencies92
Where and When is	Hannelore, Vengeful Ghost94
the Tournament Held?15	Abaissier96
Story Seed: The Magical Swordsmith15	Bufonia97
Edwin Locke, the Elementalist16	Why Do They Care?98
What Counts as Interfering	Fabrico98
with Mundanes?19	Small Demons of Rot100
Story Seed: The Stolen Ring22	A Note on Plague100
Baron Giraud Le Cornu25	Malicia101
Names and Titles25	New Virtue: Font of Knowledge109
Contested Vis Sources	Naming the Dragon Abbot109
and Covenant Boons28	Rasa the Dragon Abbot110–111
Succession Planning29	How to Incorporate the Dragon113
Benefit of Clergy33	What Sort of Items?113
New Virtue: Commanding Aura38	Friar or Monk of the Abbey114
Father Joseph38	The Prior of the Abbey115
Holy Magic39	Penitent Knight116
Father Joseph's Books40	Notes for Troupes Not Using
Relic Powers43	Realms of Power: Faerie121
Other Hermetic Allies45	New Virtues and Flaws122
A Christian Mystery45	The Queen of Gold and Glass122–123
Saint Joseph49	Brief Note on the History of Mirrors 123
Bishop Orris51	Story Seed: Breaking the Story124
The Cathedral of St. John the Apostle 52	What if the Magi Don't Play Along?125
The Cathedral Chapter of St. John53	The Smoothfaces126
The Legal Status of Magic55	Ice Wyrm127
The Bishop's Magic Sensitivity56	Ghosts of Miners129
The Nature of the Bishop's Malediction57	Distinguished Knight130
The Three Friars59	Undistinguished Warriors131
Biblical Injunctions Against Magic60	Undistinguished Magi132
St. John the Apostle61	A Faerie Magus?132
The Bishop's Frame of Mind62	A Waimie By Any Other Name134
Anathema62	The Waimie134–135
Galerius the Quaesitor68	Size and Magical
Familiar: Nightwing, the Raven of Virtue 69	Qualities and Inferiorities135
The Powers of a Quaesitor72	Story Seed: The Queen's Vis136
Interrogating Mundanes with Magic73	The Rebellious Daughter136
Testimony of Mundanes73	The White Stuff138
Ingrid of House Tremere74	Story Seed: Wrong Side of the Fence139
A Friend in Need78	Story Seed: Not Alone139
Staging Tips for the Private Hearing79	Story Seed: The Serpent's Husband140
Hannelore the Diabolist81	Story Seed: Have We
Hannelore's Maleficia82–83	Made Things Worse?141
Hannelore's Lover85	Alternative: A Non-Violent Ending141
Hannelore, Spoiled Daughter86	Story Seed: Unwelcome Visitors141
Hannelore's Family86	The Waimie's Brood142–144

Too Involved in Other	Initial Encounter 136
Realms to Manipulate131	The Theft Spreads 136
Too Interesting to Manipulate132	Investigations 137
Too Powerful to Manipulate132	Local Lore 137
Too Useful To Manipulate132	Following a Serpent to Her Lair 138
	The Lair138
The Waimie 133	Besieged 138
	Final Showd n 139 ow
The Waimie and Her Brood 133	The Waimie's Cave 139
The Waimie's Brood 133	The Cave in the Magic Realm139
Variations on a Theme 134	Inhabitants of the Lair140
A Weaker Waimie135	The Serpent Map140
A Stronger Waimie136	Exits to Other Insulae141