Contents · Tales of Power

Introduction	6	Rinaldo Conti de Segni 20	The Tablet of Iron 38
		Sinibaldo Fieschi 20	Little Lost Brass Bottle 40
A Cardinal Decision 6 The City of Brass 7		Gil Torres 20	Jinn and Brass Bottles 41
Encroaching Dominion 7		Ghibelline Cardinals 20	The Brass Bottles of Solomon 41
Eustace the Monk 7		Rainiero Capocci 20	A Note on Jinn 45
A Gathering Storm 7		Giovanni Colonna 21	The Corporeal Forms of Jinn 47
		Robert Somercotes 21	Dramatis Personae 48
		Stefano dei Conti 21	Afdal-Kathir,
A Cardinal Decision	8	Absentee Cardinals 21	the Malik's Champion 49
Précis 8		Oddone di Monferrato 21	Amina, the Malik's daughter 49
Dramatis Personæ 10		Giacomo da Pecorara 21	Za'al-Zoresh
Oriens 10		Peter of Capua the Younger 21	the Grand-Vizier 49
Alyates of House Jerbiton 11		Settings and Locations 21	Ihab Ia'ara,
Meet Me at Midnight 12		The City of Rome 21	an 'Afrit Merchant 49
Forcing the Undecided's		The Aurelian Walls 22	Al-Malik 'Izz-Doresh al-Dahish
Decision 12		Piazza dei Satiri 23	ibn El-A'mash al-'Afrit 49
Borrow the Eyes of Another 12		The Septizodium 23	Expected Sequence of Play 50
Loss of a Lasting Day's Memory 12		The Faerie Regio 24	Part One: Into the Tale 50
Convince a Man he has		The Colosseum 24	Mythic Egypt 50
an Enemy 13			Al-Bawiti 51
The Cup of Carbonius 13		The Temple of Mercury 25 Expected Sequence of Play 25	As-Sahara-al-Gharbiyah 53
The Homeward Bound Bracelet 13		Approaching Rome 26	Encounters in the Desert 53
Buonacorsus of the Augustan		Crossing the Porta 27	Spectral Soldiers of Kush 54
Brotherhood 13		Outside the Septizodium 28	Specter of Prince Keshan 54
A Murder Is Planned 13		Inside the Septizodium 30	The Desert Bandits 55
A Murderous			The Blessed Oasis 55
Assault Will Befall You 14		First Impressions 30	The Scorching Sand 56
Escaping the Gloomy Places 14		The Animation 31	The Marble Palace 57
Stony Protection of the Hearth 15		The Afternoon Vote	Tombs of the Four Hundred 58
Suffer the Judgment of Jericho 15		and Evening 32	Interlude: Into the Myths 58
Summer's Sweltering Heat 15		Continued Deliberations 32	The Brass Horseman 58
The Hounds'		Forcing the Election 33	The Forgotten Road 60
Bay of Recognition 16		Catching Alyates 33	The Basalt Pillar 60
The Soldiers' Secret Ambush 16		Catching Annibaldi	Part Two: Into the City 60
Planetary Divinities 16		and Stopping Oriens 34	Passing the Gates 61
The Cardinals 17		Stopping the	In the City 61
Riccardo Annibaldi,		Planetary Divinities 35	The Malik's Eye 62
Diabolist Cardinal 18		Catching Buonacorsus 35	The Court of the Malik 62
Tommaso da Capua,		Rewards 36	Gaining an Audience 62
Pontifex Maximus 19			Rescuing the Hostage 63
Romano Bonaventura 19		The City of Brass	37 Denouement: the Journey Home 63
Goffredo da Castiglione 19		Motivations 38	Consequences 64
Guelph Cardinals 20		The Exotic Visitor 38	Rewards 64

Encroaching Dominion	65 Sabotage 84	Ploys For Fleet Battles 110
Précis 65	Hermetic Society 85	The Siege of Sark 110
Hooks 65	Countermeasures 86	Landing Points 110
Setting 66	Situation I:	Creux Cliffs 110
Rhine Tribunal 66	Alerting the Quaesitores 86	Warehouses 110
Normandy Tribunal 67	Situation II:	La Moinerie 110
Thebes Tribunal 68	Siding with the Soterists 86	Rewards 111
Dramatis Personae 69	Situation III:
The Soterists 69	Siding with the Wächter 87	A Gathering Storm 112
Relisius, Magus ex Bonisagus	Aftermath 87
(Ash Guild) 69	Soterists Win 87	Précis 112 Background 112
Relisius' Plans 69	Wächter Win 87	Adapting the
Additional Soterists 71	Inconclusive 87	Story for Your Saga 113
Magnus von Schwarzwald, Follower	Legal Repercussions 87	Opportunities for Magic 114
of Guernicus (Oak Guild) 71	Deprivation of Magical Power 88	Dramatis Personae 114
Augustijn van Eelderwolde, Follower	Slaying a Magus 88	The Covenant
of Jerbiton (Ash Guild) 72	Abide by Tribunal Decisions 88	of Trattato di Sangue 114
The Wächter 72	Endangering the Order 88	Lucia filia Maximus
Iselin, Maga ex Merinita	Mundane Interference 88
(Elder Guild) 72	Molesting the Fey 88	of House Tytalus 115
Iselin's Plans 73	Hidden Enemies 88	Avedutus Fabri
Additional Wächter 73		of House Verditius 116
Heike, Follower of Bjornaer	Eustace the Monk	Mutationis Patronus 89
(Hawthorn Guild) 73		of House Merinita 117
Neutral Parties 73	Changing the Story 89	Al-'Aqrab of Ex Miscellanea 117
	Dramatis Personae:	Expected Sequence of Play 118 Act One: Rain on the Wind 120
Wolfgang, Follower of Flambeau	The Forces of Evil 89	The Succession 120
(Oak Guild) 73	Eustace le Moine 89	A Ducal Request 120
Delia, Follower of Guernicus	Human Pirates 93	The Court of Casalmaggiore 121
(Apple Guild) 74	Stephen Crabbe 93	The Eve of Succession 122
Villagers,	Demons 93
Willehad-im-Wald 74	Expected Sequence of Play 93	A Meeting of Hermetic Minds 123
Dieter von Brandhöfen, Priest 74	Possible Hooks 93	Influencing the Election 125
Axel Gusseisen, Engineer 74	Aiding a Slighted King 93	Accusations and Successions 128
Bishop Emerich 76	In Response To A Raid 94	Potential Outcomes 128
Locations 76	In Response To Piracy 95	Investigating Trattato 129
Willehad-im-Wald 76 Expected Sequence of Play 77	Revenge For a Slain Redcap 95	What the Order Knows 129
Prelude: Preparations	Striking Back	Quaesitors and Tribunals 130 Act Two: The Darkening Sky 130
for the Village 77	at Eustace's Sponsor 95	Improving Fortunes 130
Act I: Settlement	The Winchelsea House, London	Sudden Wealth 130
of the Village 78	Palace, or Monastery of Samer 96
Year One 78	When You Have a Hammer,	Preparations for War 131
	Everything Looks Like A Nail 98	Magicians at Court 131
Year Two 78	Preparations For Confronting	Trade Disputes 131
Year Three 78	Eustace the Monk 98	The Fallen Covenant 131
Year Four 79	Accounts of	Refugees 131
Year Five 79	Earlier Use of Powers 98	To the Victor the Spoils 133
Year Six 79	Winchelsea 99	Confrontation 133
Year Seven and Onwards 79	London Palace 99	Signs of Weakness 134
Act II: A Church is Built 79	Samer 104	The Duke's Army 134
Act III: The Clay Pit 81	Sark: Lay of the Land 104	The City in Need 135
Act IV: Growing Tension 82	Starving Sark 107	Offers of Friendship 135
Act V: First Blood 83	Fleet Battle 107	A Political Game 135
Act VI: Open War 83	Tempting Eustace to Battle 107	Act Three: Storm Front 136
Investigation 83	Extent of Eustace's Forces 109	An Alliance Is Offered 137

The Spoiled Ground 137
The Siege of Verona 137
The City's Defenses 137
The First Engagement 137
The Siege Digs In 138
Undermining 139
Artillery assault 139
Escalade 139
Hunger 139
Illness 139

Stop Up The Wall 141
Holding The Courtyard 141
The Keep 141
The Fall of the Covenant	141
The Morning After the Storm 141
Experience Points	142
Other Rewards 142
Taking the Story Forward	142
Hermetic Relations	142
Mundane Relations	142