Alerting the Quaesitores

The player magi can easily gather solid evidence that the Code is being broken, and present it to the Quaesitores. The situation is certainly serious enough to warrant an investigation, and a Quaesitor is assigned to look into the problem.

Depending on how the story is unfolding, the Quaesitor could either be the more experienced Magnus von Schwarzwald from the Soterist faction, or the young and neutral Delia. Magnus stalls as much as he can from his position of power. He investigates but fails to find any damning evidence, according to his reports.

Delia, on the other hand, is more willing to act quickly, and her investigation involves the player magi to a greater degree.

Either way the investigations result in a dramatic dampening of magical support for the village, if not a total cessation. Soterist agents still monitor the situation and try to interfere with or expose any sabotage or otherwise harmful acts by the opposition. The Wächter most likely try to expose the situation with overt and inappropriate help to frame the Soterists and discredit their methods. Whether this works depends on how well the new aid is investigated.

The Quaesitors decide what crimes appear to have been committed, and how best to respond. For minor infractions the Quaesitors try to reason with both parties and have them settle their differences rather than take matter to Tribunal. Even if Tribunal action is appropriate, there are no actions in the early part of this story that merit an emergency Tribunal, so the magi are told to leave the village alone or face larger penalties. They might ignore that, and, in any case, ignoring a growing village is not a realistic option for the player magi. See the section Legal Repercussions for further information, as well as suggestions for penalties.