Normandy Tribunal

A full description of the Normandy Tribunal is found in The Lion and the Lily. The most distinctive features of Normandy are the system of lieges and vassals and the rulings on ownership of vis sources. It is also a place of strife, be it for sport, for honor, for gain, or for revenge. This Tribunal interprets the parts of the Code about dealing with mundanes more loosely than any of its neighbors. Any action not directly bringing significant loss or ruin to another magus, covenant, or the Order as a whole is unlikely to result in a conviction. The Soterists and Wächter have similar legal situations here, and significant freedom. However, vis sources are rare and valuable, so a threatened source should really get attention. Since not all vis sources in Normandy are permanently controlled by a covenant, the threatened source should probably be a seisin, as those sources are most valuable and give the player magi strong reasons to protect them.

The liege of the player covenant may have a great influence on the story, as might any vassals. The decisions of the player characters have the potential to anger lieges or alienate vassals, in addition to their results with respect to the village. The details depend entirely on your saga, but the player magi should not feel that their liege and vassals are paying no attention to their actions.

The five great lineages of magi in Normandy Tribunal have different opinions of the growing conflict between Soterists and Wächter. Relisius and the Soterist cause find many silent supporters among the Quaesitors of Confluensis, but they take care to not overtly speak on his behalf, let alone act, lest they be declared biased or even corrupt. Florum also supports the cause, and is more open about it. They can muster many younger magi with useful Imaginem and Mentem spells to work as agents to keep an eye on the village. Montverte is always involved in conflicts and conquest and this is as good opportunity as any.

On the Wächter's side of the conflict, only Oleron among the great lineages supports the cause. However, many individual magi from the lesser covenants find their way to this faction. The encroaching Dominion is obviously a problem in the Normandy Tribunal, and the least politically powerful covenants and magi often lose out

on vis sources due to lack of support, and many vassals get squeezed by their lieges. Throwing their lot in with the Wächter could seem like a good idea for many of these magi.

The Tytali of the line of Fudarus are, not surprisingly, undecided or at least divided. They seem to be enjoying the whole conflict greatly, and are trying to decide whether the gains from winning outweigh the challenge of siding with the underdog. Relisius is using much of his time to try to recruit supporters here, but he can never be wholly sure if they actually mean what they say. He feels that getting a fair number of them on his side, all properly motivated to finding a solution to harmonizing magic with the Divine, should do the trick. But the Tytali are an ever-changing wildcard to be used by the storyguide to ensure the story does not end prematurely before all its potential is used.