Hieronymous the Astrologer
Characteristics: Int +1, Per +1, Pre –1, Com +2, Str 0, Sta +1, Dex –1, Qik –1
Size: 0
Age: 60 (60)
Decrepitude: 1 (aging points applied to characteristics)
Warping Score: 0 (0) Confidence Score: 0 (0)
Virtues and Flaws: Clerk; Arcane Lore, Cautious with Artes Liberales, Temporal Influence, Protection (Duke); Ambitious, Ability Block (Martial), Incomprehensible
Personality Traits: Ambitious +3, Cowardly +1, Loyal **–**2
Reputations: Scholar (court of Casalmaggiore) 3
Combat:
Dodge: Init –1, Attack N/A, Defense –1, Damage N/A
Fist: Init –1, Attack –1, Defense –1, Damage +0
Soak: +1
Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious
Wound Penalties: –1 (1–5), –3 (6–10), –5 (11–15), Incapacitated (16–20), Dead (21+)
Abilities: Area Lore: Casalmaggiore 3 (politics), Artes Liberales 6 (astronomy), Awareness 3 (listening), Carouse 3 (staying sober), Charm 1 (courtly love), Civil and Canon Law 4 (laws and customs of Casalmaggiore), Concentration 4 (reading), Dominion Lore 2 (saints), Etiquette 4 (nobility), Faerie Lore 1 (faeries of the night), Folk Ken 5 (nobles), Guile 5 (false horoscopes), Infernal Lore 2 (curses), Intrigue 5 (plotting), Italian 5 (Casalmaggiore), Latin 5 (academic usage), Leadership 3 (mercenaries), Legerdemain 5 ("magic" tricks), Magic Lore 3 (creatures), Organization Lore: Order of Hermes 1 (personalities), Philosophiae 4 (natural philosophy), Teaching 3 (Artes Liberales), Theology 2 (biblical knowledge)
Equipment: Astrolabe, charts, books, and amulets
Encumbrance: 0
Appearance: Erect and robed in sumptuous dark velvet, Hieronymous observes the world from a head constant thrown back either in disdain or some feigned exaltation as he supposedly connects to the power of the stars. He lost his hair long ago, so he keeps his head covered with a cap and cowl, and his pointed gray-white beard is colored dark with herbal compounds.
Hieronymous is an influential coward. He is influential as he has enjoyed the ear of successive masters in his time, which has lent him a degree of protection and status, and a coward through the knowledge of how precarious his situation is should he fall from the favor of the next duke.
12+ Mutationis Patronus has been heavily Quaesitors and Tribunals
that he is slowly turning from the mortal path Al-'Aqrab the scorpion is a master of ritual magic
touched by the fae and some suspect
Al-'Aqrab had charges of depriving a magus of his magical power raised against him, but no case was brought as his accuser died in Wizard War a season before the Tribunal. The victor? Al-'Aqrab.
Some magi are likely at this point to want to involve the Quaesitores and see a case brought to Tribunal. These magi are perfectly within their rights and there is a case of mundane interference at least to investigate if not prosecuted.
But so far, Lucia and the Trattato can easily claim to simply be protecting their investment. Federico is to all intents and purposes a companion to Lucia's covenant and important to its survival. In all likelihood, the case would be referred to Tribunal where the actions and impact of Lucia's interference can be debated.
Taken on its own, the probable outcome is either acceptance by the Tribunal that Lucia's actions were justified or had no material effect, or the imposition of a fine or equivalent punishment. However, Lucia is careful to start her plan soon after a Tribunal meeting, extending the period she can operate before charges become an issue. She believes that by then, she'll either be dead or wield enough political power to make the problems go away.