891 1030 Iamitu’krielle of Criamon apparently passes into Final Twilight. Nevertheless she appears to magi thereafter to make strange prophecies. [HoH]
892 1031 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1031 at Coeris.
893 1032 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1032.
893-897 1032-1036 Stonehenge: Covenant Occulta founded by new magi, but withers in three years after failing to secure resources. [HtM]
896 1035 Stonehenge: London covenant founded. [HtM]
898 1037 Grand Tribunal of 1037: Quaesitores required to maintain accreditation in order to officiate at Tribunal, specifically the mage must be known to at least one other mage of the Tribunal, and must present a document of good standing signed by Primus Guernicus and dated not more than seven years past. [WGRE]
899 1038 Stonehenge: Blackthorn covenant declares Wizard’s War on Rosalba covenant. Rosalba is destroyed and all the magi killed. One Blackthorn mage is killed by magical defenses. The magically protected site is abandoned and eventually lost. [HtM]
899 1038 Rhine: Emperor Arnulf dies suddenly. Two hedge wizards are accused of inflicting stroke upon him and executed. [History]
900 1039 Loch Leglean: Diedne spells eradicate the Pictish language, possibly to support the conquest of Kenneth MacAlpine, a mortal king. [LotN] Further evidence of Diedne corruption.
902 1041 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1041 at Coeris.
907 1046 Rome: Calabria covenant disbands in Rome, citing unbearable Roman politics. The magi apparently scatter, or possibly move to the Theban Tribunal. [Rome] Calabria supposedly fled to Novgorod, but that Tribunal did not yet exist.
911 1050 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1050.
912 1051 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1051 at Coeris.
915 1054 Stonehenge: Covenant Lux Draconis founded in the Pennines. [HtM]
915 1054 Iberia: The fields of Iberia fail, causing widespread famine. [History]
917 1056 Iberia: Duresca covenant founded in Iberia. [Iberia]
919 1058 Iberia: A second famine in Iberia. [Iberia]
922 1061 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1061 at Coeris.
927 1066 Thebes: A famine rolls across the Byzantine Empire. [History]
929 1068 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1068.
930 1069 Loch Leglean: Loch Leglean echoes with rumor of Dav’nalleous’ return; they prove baseless. [LotN]
931 1070 Grand Tribunal of 1070: Magus Hernis of House Tytalus cast out at Tribunal and executed by Magus Fax Ignis of Flambeau, for abusing the right of Wizard’s War in declaring three such in the space of fourteen months. His reasons were considered insufficient, but he refused to consider the advice of his sodales. [WGRE] Hernis would have evaded this fate had he cooperated, but stubbornly refused to admit error or cooperate.
931 1070 Stonehenge: Covenant Sursum falls to a mortal king, Athelstan, for interfering in a mundane revolt. Evidence recovered by quaesitores points to Tytalus corruption. [HtM] This evidence was some of the earliest against House Tytalus.
932 1071 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1071 at Coeris.
937 1076 Iberia: The Duresca Scrolls are discovered; they seem to be evidence of a plot by Founder Guernicus to dominate the Order and the World. [Iberia] The details of this plot are either lost, unrecorded, or carefully kept.
C. 937 C. 1076 Eight Quaesitores, two of Guernicus, others of Flambeau, Tytalus, and Jerbiton, are dispatched to investigate the Duresca Scrolls. Three die en route, causes unrecorded. [Iberia]
938 1077 Stonehenge: Rector Novus founded on Isle of Man. Destroyed within the year, presumably by the Order of Odin. Alternately, this could be an early strike by Diedne. [HtM] The second failure to colonize Man.
C. 940 C. 1080 Normandy: The quaesitores uncover a plot by a Maga of Tytalus, masquerading as the Faerie queen Melisandre, apparently furthering infernal ends. [ON] This is another early piece of the Tytalus Corruption puzzle.
940 1079 Iberia: Panel of Quaesitores declare the Duresca Scrolls a fraud. This panel stays at Duresca and eventually joins that covenant. [Iberia]
941 1080 Greater Alps: Probable year in which Magus Nerius passes his Gauntlet to enter House Criamon. He goes on to be a most controversial and storied figure. [PD] Magus Nerius supposedly finished his apprenticeship in only five years.
942 1081 Thebes: Expedition by Michael of Amastris to found covenant in Kiev. [DatB]
942 1081 Stonehenge: Contact lost with London covenant, which had moved in the city repeatedly. [HtM]
942 1081 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1081 at Coeris.
943 1082 Normandy: Ergotism kills tens of thousands and leaves many more mad from visions. [History] This may have been a Faerie joke gone too far or the effort of some vicious mage.
946 1085 Stonehenge: Covenant Nova Roma founded in Kent. The strongly Latin magi quickly acquire a poor reputation among Bjornaer, Diedne, and Ex Miscellanea magi. [HtM] How they make enemies so quickly is not noted, although it may have been from generally poor manners.
947 1086 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1086.
951 1090 Rome: Sansaron covenant founded in the ruins of Carthage. [Rome]
952 1091 Stonehenge: Nova Roma magi report contact with magi of London covenant, in a clash over a vis site. No further contact with London covenant reported. [HtM] London covenant had always been mysterious. Its fate remains a secret, but they left no one behind to care.
952 1091 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1091 at Coeris.
954 1093 Loch Leglean: Caitlin Suil Uaine, half-sith maga aged 61, wins a faerie hill from the Prince of the Gray Jerkin in a shinty match. She founds the covenant of Crun Clach on the spot. [LotN] Praeco Caitlin continues to head Crun Clach to this day.
956 1095 Loch Leglean: Well of the Head sponsors Druids’ Dale, another covenant of Diedne. [LotN]
961 1100 Special Tribunal: Tasgilla Prima Tytalus, two other leaders of the House, and several members of Tytalus tried, convicted, and executed for Diabolism. This marks a turning point in the Order’s relations with Hell and a strict anti-diabolic interpretation of the Code. House Tytalus is severely reduced in numbers. The diabolists also drag down many members of other Houses, having corrupted them.
This event, more than any other, triggers a decline of the Order and an increase in intra-Order conflict, leading to the Schism War. [HoH] The execution of Tasgilla followed almost thirty years of investigation by Quaesitores.
Many other magi were exposed as diabolists: the other House that suffered greatly in this purge was House Bonisagus, some members led into diabolism through spells designed by fallen Tytalus magi.
The Twelfth Century of the Age of Aries. In this century, the tensions of the Order grew in the wake of the Corruption of House Tytalus. Tribunals were poorly attended, the quaesitores had lost their authority in spite of the exposure of Tytalus, or perhaps because of their extended investigations. House Bonisagus, never large, had suffered losses second only to Tytalus; the effect on magical thought was chilling. House Diedne, always secretive, was now seen as suspicious. Fear and recrimination grew, culminating in the Schism War. Fortunately, the spark of war seems to have burned itself out, as evidenced by the rejection of a war with the Order of Geonim in 1157, only a few years after the Schism.
962 1101 Thebes: Michael of Amastris, founder of a covenant in Kiev, retreats to Constantinople, fleeing local hedge wizards called “Volkvii.†Four other magi of the covenant have been slain by the various dangers of Russia. [DatB]
962 1101 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1101 at Coeris.
964 1103 Grand Tribunal of 1103. No important rulings noted. It may have been poorly attended in the wake of the Corruption.
965 1104 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1104.
972 1111 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1111 at Coeris.
977 1116 Loch Leglean: Giants destroy covenant of Uamh na Croig. Investigation shows that the magi of Uamh na Croig had hunted giants for sport, and no retribution is made. The magi of Loch Leglean are warned to leave the giants alone. [LotN] Surely these magi paid no attention to the history of the war against Dav’nalleous. Learn from their example, magus!
978 1117 Iberia: Estancia-es-Karida covenant founded. [Iberia]
982 1121 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1121 at Coeris.
983 1122 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1122.
984 1123 Stonehenge: Ungulus covenant founded in the Lake District by members of House Flambeau. [HtM]
C. 987 C. 1126 Loch Leglean: Clan Mac Gruagach joins House Ex Miscellanea. Covenant leader Callum Mac Lachlan begins sending his clansmen among the magi of the Order. [LotN] Evidently, Clan Mac Gruagach had not joined the Order along with the rest of the Ordo.
987 1126 Provencal: Calebais covenant founded. [BCC]
992 1131 Thebes: Rodnya Covenant founded in Kiev, sponsored by the Theban Tribunal. This is the first colonization attempt since Michael of Amastris failed. [DatB]
992 1131 Legend claims that in this year a Northman, Leif the Lucky, son of Eric the Red, journeyed to the lands west of Greenland. [History] Whether these lands are a Faerie kingdom or an unknown continent is a mystery.
992 1131 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1131 at Coeris.
993 1132 Rhine: Grand Silesia Covenant founded in Poland, sponsored by the Rhine Tribunal. [DatB]
994 1133 Transylvania: Pripet Maior Covenant founded on the south-western edge of the Pripet marshes, sponsored by the Transylvanian Tribunal. [DatB]
997 1136 Iberian Tribunal of 1136: Magus Pistulus of Flambeau punished with the loss of his familiar after slaying Magus Forcus of Tytalus. Pistulus believed Forcus to be threatening his laboratory and apprentice, but presented no good evidence of this intent. [WGRE] This is one of the few Tribunals to occur in the same year as a Grand Tribunal.
997 1136 Grand Tribunal of 1136: After the episode with Pistulus, the Tribunal rules that every sanctum shall be marked with a circle within a square, with straight lines connecting the square’s opposite corners, with a symbol of the owner accompanying the marker. [WGRE]
998 1137 Stonehenge: Lumen covenant founded. [HtM]
999-1003 1138-1142 Papacy of Gerbert of Aurillac; he reigns as Sylvester II. He is rumored to be a powerful magician, and to have had the advice of an animated bronze head, possibly the one that advised Vergil. [History, Legend] Some claim he was a diabolist, others that he was a mage.
C. 1000 C. 1140 Maga Ucerta of Criamon creates the Box of Wonders, a box said to contain fabulous treasure. [WGRE]
C. 1000 C. 1139 Some chroniclers report a great and widespread fear that the world is about to end. The churches are packed with the repentant and many give up their worldly goods to the Church. Other chroniclers make no mention of this phenomenon, indicating it may have been of limited scale. [History, Legend]
1001 1140 Rome: Literatus covenant founded with a grant from Pope Sylvester II. The relationship between this Pope and the Order is comparatively friendly. [Rome]
1001 1140 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1140.
1002 1141 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1141 at Coeris. This meeting immediately precedes the chaos of the Schism War. Coincidence?
1003-1012 1142-1151 The Schism War. The early stages of the war are simply chaos, with no known trigger. Mage battles mage, assassinations are performed, covenants turn on themselves, forests burned, plains wasted, and cities leveled in the war between Houses and Covenants.
The war ends with a declaration of Wizard’s War by Primus Cercistum of House Tremere on House Diedne. House Guernicus validates the declaration by Renouncing House Diedne.
House Flambeau enthusiastically allies with Tremere against Diedne. Primus Entisimon rallies his followers with an enflaming speech that remains stirring in the reading.
Primus Aldico of Mercere works in this period to restore peace. He was more successful after the Tempest. [HoH] Diedne had been mistrusted for years for its secretive ways and adherence to alien magic. If they had only opened their closed doors, in the tradition of the Order, they might have avoided their fate.
1003 1142 Stonehenge: Lumen covenant destroyed by a Diedne attack after only five years of existence. [HtM]
1004 1143 Normandy Tribunal of 1143: Probable Tribunal at which Magus Nerius of Criamon, the Pious Magus, who came to urge restraint in the Schism War, is tried for attempting to undermine the Order; he is challenged by Malvon of Tremere to certamen on the issue of his devout Christianity and refuses; he is therefore cast out of the Order for refusing to honor custom, and killed. [PD] It is said that Nerius had survived unscathed an attack by the combined might of many magi, and that he died only after delivering a final sermon.
Some regard Nerius as a saint, others as a heretic, theurgist, or madman.
C. 1004 C. 1143 Quaesitor Patrick of Dunderry, of Rodnya covenant, refuses orders to attack a covenant in the Carpathians. He leads first Rodnya, then the other Slavic covenants, on a peaceful path during the Schism War. [DatB] Q. Patrick is not know to have suffered any direct punishment for his rebellion.
1005 1144 Rhine: Restas of Jerbiton has used magic to aid him in negotiating prices for books, thereby acquiring a substantial library at little cost. He was found guilty of interfering with mortals, as book dealers would be wary of those seeking books and might bring suspicion on others who sought to buy them. He is punished by the loss of his library. [PP] This Tribunal seems to have been a year late, possibly due to the chaos of the Schism.
C. 1005 C. 1144 A conference of the leaders of the Houses is held. A senior Diedne magus publicly insults the Primus of Tremere. [HoH]
C. 1005 C. 1145 Primus Pietre of Jerbiton isolates his House from the Order and largely integrates the membership with mortal society. This policy continues throughout his Primacy. [HoH] This was almost certainly done to insulate the House Jerbiton from the disintegration of the Order.
1006 1145 Himinis the Mad of House Verditius begins to make cursed items. These items continue to surface centuries after his death. [HoH]
1006 (Autumn) 1145 (Autumn) The three Slavic covenants reconcile and unite against outsiders. [DatB] These three covenants had previously been at odds over issues of land and Tribunal authority.
1006 1145 A new star is sighted in the heavens. It lasts for several years before eventually vanishing. [History]
C. 1006 C. 1145 The quaesitores begin to investigate the Houses for diabolism, ostensibly to follow up on the many accusations flying about, and to check after the Corruption of Tytalus. The Houses resist, none more vehemently than House Diedne. Diedne accuses House Tremere of using the quaesitores to lay bare their magic secrets. [HoH]
1008 1147 New Slavonic Tribunal: Slavic covenants break ties with their sponsors and declare themselves the New Slavonic Tribunal. [DatB] Technically, the New Slavonic covenants did not form a full Tribunal, having only three member covenants.
1008 1147 Stonehenge: Nova Roma destroyed by Diedne magi. [HtM]
1008 1147 Loch Leglean: The Schism War comes to Caledonia. Many Magi Ex Miscellanea, particularly the gruagachan, join with Flambeau and Tremere magi against House Diedne. Holy Oak, Well of the Head, and Druids’ Dale, all Diedne covenants, destroyed. [LotN] Diedne had made itself the enemy of Ex Miscellanea for years. This support of the efforts of Flambeau and Tremere is little remarked on in those houses.
1009 1148 New Slavonic Tribunal: Rodnya covenant abandoned and destroyed by extra-tribunal covenants. The magi flee to the city of Novgorod. [DatB] These magi later found Three Lakes covenant.
1009 1148 Nuinsil of Criamon begins his travels through Muslim lands, the first of many such Criamon journeys in the Orient. Many of his House have done the same and brought back wisdom and strange philosophies. [HoH] It seems likely that his travels were spurred by a desire to escape the chaos of the War.
1009 1148 New Slavonic Tribunal: Grand Silesia covenant damaged in Schism War, refugees flee to Pripet Maior. [DatB]
C. 1010 C. 1150 Descendants of the sorceress Gyongy, of the original tradition that sired Bjornaer, join House Bjornaer for protection from the Schism War. The Line of Gyongy still runs strong in House Bjornaer, and all of that Line have the same heart-beast, a magpie. [Mysteries]
1011 1149 Stonehenge: The now Nameless Covenant, in Anglesey, is destroyed in one of the last major conflicts of the Schism War. Quaesitores investigating the covenant’s remains find something or some things in the ruins that lead them to obliterate the site entirely and destroy most of its records. [HtM]
1012 1151 New Slavonic Tribunal: Three Lakes covenant founded by Quaesitor Patrick of Dunderry and other former magi of Rodnya, in Novgorod. [DatB]
1012 1151 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1151 at Coeris. The records are unclear, but it seems likely that this meeting preceded the declaration of Wizard’s War by House Tremere on House Diedne.
1012 1151 The Quaesitores validate the declaration of war by Tremere on Diedne and renounce House Diedne and all her members for refusal of quaesitorial investigation. [HoH]
C. 1012 C. 1151 Iarna of Flambeau, a mighty maga, swears an oath to hunt down every last Diedne mage. She disappears in the midst of the Schism War. [HoH] Tradition claims that if Diedne reappears, so will Iarna..
1012 1151 Battle of the Tempest: Flambeau, Tremere, Tytalus, and quaesitor magi clash with Diedne magi in a final battle. The Diedne magi meet their enemies with summoned monsters and storms but are ultimately defeated. Most of Diedne’s surviving magi are slain in this great battle, said to have lasted a full month. [Tempest]
The leaders, including Primus Llewellyn, are believed to have escaped to an unknown land, possibly Faerie, possibly a far-off mundane land. [HoH]
Some claim that House Ex Miscellanea sheltered Diedne magi, but some Magi Ex Miscellanea are known to have fought Diedne with great vigor, particularly in Loch Leglean. [LotN] The records are confused in this period. Most chroniclers say the Schism War began as general chaos, culminating in the war between Tremere and Diedne, but some chroniclers seem to indicate that the Schism War was fought between Tremere and Diedne from 1142 to 1151.
1012 1151 The Schism War ends with the destruction of House Diedne. Houses Tremere and Flambeau have both suffered losses of half their number; House Mercere has lost at least twelve Redcaps. Fighting declines, and ends by the end of three years. The emblem of House Diedne is struck from all texts and records of the Order. Some claim that Tremere gained access to ancient Diedne secrets. If so, the evils of Diedne may yet continue.
1013 1152 New Slavonic Tribunal: Grand Silesia covenant resettled. [DatB]
1014 1153 Stonehenge: Blackthorn sponsors Tagelyn covenant in nearby caves, supposedly to begin repairing the social damage of the Schism War. [HtM] Here begins one of the great betrayals by Blackthorn.
1014 1153 Rome: The independent covenant of Vardian’s Tomb founded. [Rome]
1014 1153 Iberia: Jaferiya covenant founded. [Iberia]
1014 1153 Iberia: Jerbiton covenant of Barcelona founded. In the next four years the covenant repeatedly encounters the Jewish magicians called Kabbalists. The Kabbalists and Jerbiton magi live peacefully until the covenant of Val-Negra becomes involved. [Iberia] See 1157 regarding the Kabbalists and Val-Negra.
1016 1155 Provencal: Bellaquin covenant founded. [Covenants]
1017 1156 The Enameled Horse, a legendary enchanted statue, is seen in the court of a noble of Baghdad. [WGRE]
1018 1157 Iberia: The battles between Val-Negra and the Barcelona Kabbalists remain stalemated until a huge Jewish grog tears down the gates of Val-Negra with his bare hands. The Kabbalists are apparently ashamed of this action and offer a truce. [Iberia] The magic of the Kabbalists remains alien, but fortunately they seem unthreatening.
1018 1157 Iberia: Treaty of Barcelona made between Order of Hermes and Order of Geonim, the Kabbalist magi of the Jews. [Iberia] This is the first and only known peace between magical Orders.
1019 1158 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1158.
1021 1160 Epidemics of St. Vitus’ Dance sweep Europe. [History]
1022 1161 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1161 at Coeris.
1024 1163 Joseph Pietro, Bishop of Venice disappears, apparently into Faerie. [Faeries II]
1025 1164 Stonehenge: A Criamon sponsored covenant, Stellasper, is founded in the Scilly Isles. They remain aloof from the Tribunal. [HtM]
1028 1167 Provence: William of Aquitaine falls mortally ill, and a sorceress is convicted of inflicting the illness upon him. [History]
1030 1169 Grand Tribunal of 1169: “The Reconciliation.†This Grand Tribunal settles most of the remaining matters of the Schism War, and ratifies the existence of the New Slavonic Tribunal. [DatB]
C. 1030 C. 1169 Stonehenge: Covenant Castrum Antiquum mysteriously destroyed over the winter of 1169-1170. The site is annihilated, as if it had never existed. Rumors run rampant and a Diedne resurgence is feared, but no further events develop. [HtM] This remains an enduring mystery of the Order.
Among the lost magi at Castrum Antiquum was Agricola, a mage who could raise gold and gems from the plants of the soil.
1032 1171 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1171 at Coeris.
1036 1175 The Enameled Horse bought by the Covenant of Van. It was later ridden into the mundane world by Jukolus of Jerbiton, who was forced to abandon it to escape a danger. Its survival or location is unknown. [WGRE]
C. 1050 C. 1175 Primus Firento Ex Miscellanea attempts to convert his House to Hermetic traditions. He is killed on a quest for the Spinning Pearls, probably by members of his own House. [HoH] He may have forgotten his House motto.
1037 1176 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1176.
1039 1178 New Slavonic Tribunal: Grand Silesia destroyed by crusading anti-pagan knights, refugees flee to Pripet Maior. Rhine Tribunal begins agitating to gain Poland shortly after. [DatB]
1039 1178 Normandy: A new wave of ergotism strikes the Tribunal. Mortals go mad in droves. [History]
1040 1178 Thebes: Magus Helios of Flambeau accused of interfering with mortals by purchasing books from them. It was found that he used no magic in these purchases, and was acquitted. [PP]
c. 1040 c. 1178 Loch Leglean: The Steward of Mormaer and claimant to the Caledonian throne, MacBeth, defeats and kills his rival, Duncan, the enthroned king, with the aid of Pictish wizards and renegade Magi Ex Miscellanea. [LotN] Only one of many cases of magical meddling in Loch Leglean.
1042 1181 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1181 at Coeris.
1047 1186 Himinis the Mad dies. [HoH] May his many cursed items go unfound!
1048 1187 Loch Leglean: Rumors of Dav’nalleous’ return plague Loch Leglean. [LotN]
1050 1189 Rome: Covenant of Rellantalli gains land as fief from Pisa. [Rome]
1052 1191 New Slavonic Tribunal: Leczcya Covenant founded by some of the former members of Grand Silesia covenant. [DatB]
1052 1191 New Slavonic Tribunal: Many Grand Silesia members choose to stay at Pripet Maior, mostly Bjornaer. Strong links between House Bjornaer and Pripet Maior date from this time. [DatB]
1052 1191 The Apotropaic sect founded through agreement of Church and Order, and charged to slay demons. Pope Leo IX issues a secret bull on the matter and presents each of the original members with the Agnus Dei. [Maleficium] Possibly only legend. The inconsistent nature of the Church’s policies only serves to complicate the question.
1052 1191 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1191 at Coeris.
1053 1192 New Slavonic Tribunal of 1192: The Tribunal changes its name to Novgorod Tribunal. [DatB]
1054 1193 Novgorod: An emergency Novgorod conclave agrees not to oppose Vseslav, a prince and a Volkhv, who had recently come to the throne. The Volkhv hedge wizards were considered hostile to the Order, but a policy of non-aggression is adhered to. [DatB]
1054 1193 A new star appears, beginning about the twelfth night of the month of Cancer, and lasting for twenty-two months. [History]
1055 1194 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1194.
c. 1057 c. 1196 Loch Leglean: The mortal Caledonian King, MacBeth, is overthrown by Malcom Canmore, Duncan’s heir, with the aid of two unidentified magi. [LotN]
1058 1197 Stonehenge: Gruffyd ap Llewelyn, a mortal prince of Wales, lays siege to Blackthorn as part of a campaign against England. [HtM]
1060 1199 Stonehenge: Gruffyd ap Llewelyn sacks Cad Gadu, burning it to the ground. [HtM]
1061 1200 Rome: A Wizard’s War is fought in the streets of Venice between a Tytalus and Verditius mage. [Rome]
1061 1200 Stonehenge: Siege of Blackthorn relieved by King Harold Godwinson. [HtM]
The Thirteenth Century of the Age of Aries. This is a century of comparative calm but increasing tension between magi and mortals. Of particular concern to the Order is the Church’s acquisition of standing armies and its new willingness to use them to further its ends. This century also sees increasing concern over the availability of vis and the impact of mortals on the magic places of Europe.
In the aftermath of the Schism War, many covenants are founded that do not follow House divisions, and the covenants begin to wield considerable political power outside of the usual House and Tribunal social structure.
1061-1068 1200-1207 Rome: Quaesitor Iernilus tours the Roman Tribunal to investigate covenant interaction with mortals. He discovers that sale of enchanted items to mortals is epidemic in the tribunal. [Rome]
1062 1201 Stonehenge: Blackthorn seizes the caves of Tagelyn covenant as their own, a more defensible site than their old fortress. [HtM]
The magi of Tagelyn move to Hibernia and later found Ashenrise. [OoH]
Among the classic texts lost in the struggle is a copy of the rare Physiologus, a classic bestiary. [MB] It is generally assumed that Blackthorn had always intended this betrayal.
1062 1201 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1201 at Coeris.
1063 1202 Grand Tribunal of 1202: The Rhine Tribunal seeks to extend over Polish lands at Grand Tribunal, claiming that the territory is unclaimed after the fall of Grand Silesia; the New Slavonic Tribunal pushes through a measure granting final authority over settlements of all covenants in Slavic lands. [DatB]
The Primus of Jerbiton proposes that demons be declared Enemies of the Order in perpetuity; the Tribunal instead declares that demons cannot be Friends of the Order. [WGRE] This may be the Tribunal at which the “Larta mage†precedent was established.
Durenmar has proposed adjusting the boundaries of the Rhine and Novgorod tribunals at several Grand Tribunals since.
1065 1204 Stonehenge: Cad Gadu refounds and rebuilds, higher in its _egion. [HtM]
C. 1065 C. 1204 Iberia: Influx of Moorish sorcerers into northern Iberia, fleeing Almoravid persecution. The Almoravids destroy some southern covenants. After this period more non-Flambeau magi oppose the Moors in Iberia. [Iberia] The prior Moorish invaders had been reasonably tolerant of sorcery. The hard line of the Almoravids must have been quite a shock to the “Roman†covenants.
1066 1205 A great comet is sighted in the heavens. This is taken as a sign of victory by Duke William of Normandy, who conquers the kingdom of England under it. [History]
1067 1206 Provencal: Maga Consuelia founds Mistridge covenant, in the Pyrenees. [Mistridge]
1066-1068 1205-1207 Stonehenge: Harold’s Vengeance covenant founded in the Anglian fens to oppose the Norman invasion. It repeatedly and blatantly violates the Code and is Marched within two years, all its magi suffering death. [HtM]
1068 1207 Special Roman Tribunal of 1207: Treaty of the Roman Tribunal negotiated by Quaesitor Iernilus finalized and ratified after great debate. It limits conditions of sale of enchanted items to mortals, limits such items to limited uses, limits mercenary services, forbids revealing magi to mortals, and mandates a review at every Tribunal.
Since this time, all of the official covenants of the Tribunal are required to maintain lodgings in Venice, where this Treaty was finalized. [Rome] The treaty becomes a seminal precedent on sale of enchanted items in Peripheral Code, but is riddled with flaws. Most notably, the treaty governs only cash sales, ignoring barter and gift.
1071 1210 Thebes: Battle of Manzikert, between a Byzantine Christian army of 60,000 and an Arab army of 100,000. The battle ends Byzantine power in Asia Minor. In the aftermath, some local hedge magi join the Order for protection, including the original pater of Prima Ex Miscellanea Immanola. [HtM, History]
1072 1211 Special Iberian Tribunal of 1211: At Val-Negra, the Iberian Tribunal debates the presence of Barcelona covenant in the city of Barcelona. After many hours an agreement was reached for the Magi of Barcelona covenant to have Hermetic jurisdiction over the city and serve the interests of the Order in it, and for external magi to obey conventions of subtlety while visiting. [Iberia] Barcelona covenant had been situated for 58 years by the time this issue came up. The issue was probably spurred by inter-covenant rivalry.
1072 1211 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1211 at Coeris.
1073 1212 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1212.
1075 1215 Rhine: A Cologne woman is accused of sorcery for “bewitching†men with her art, and hurled from the town wall. [History] Almost certainly Plebian hysteria.
C. 1075 C. 1200 A Muslim sect of Arabian wizards found the Brethren of Purity, a mysterious group of religious magi. [Mysteries]
C. 1070-1073 C. 1209-1212 Loch Leglean: Horsingas covenant founded in Loch Leglean Tribunal by magi fleeing the Norman Conquest. [LotN] Sources conflict on the founding date. This is not surprising, given the covenant’s generally poor condition.
1082 1221 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1221 at Coeris.
1083 1222 Stonehenge: Voluntas covenant founded by Norman magi in Yorkshire. [HtM]
1085 1224 Iberia: Fall of Toledo to Christian forces led by the great mortal hero called El Cid. Toledo was an important center of classical and magical learning in Moorish Iberia and home to several libraries. Many important texts from fallen Rome are recovered from the libraries of Toledo. [History] The fame of Toledo as a center of magical learning extends even to mortals. Many famous non-Hermetic magicians learned their craft here.
1089 1228 Normandy: Another case of ergotism. This time only a small area is sent mad. [History] Who was sending these curses? A faerie lord, or one of our magi?
1090 1229 In the town of Votting, three women are accused of blasting crops. They pass a trial by ordeal, but the townspeople are unconvinced. They are whipped to make them confess, but maintain their innocence. They are finally burned alive. [History] Mortal justice in action.
1091 1230 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1230.
1092 1231 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1231 at Coeris.
1093 1211 Rhine Tribunal of 1211: Magus Borov of Jerbiton, who had trained his apprentice in the court of a mortal lord, is charged to bring his apprentice fully into the Order or risk Renunciation. [WGRE] Probably a special Tribunal, as it is out of cycle.
1095 1234 Rome: In this year, a census indicates that Independent Magi outnumber members of official covenants in Roman Tribunal. [Rome]
1096 1235 Grand Tribunal of 1235: House Jerbiton complains of Flambeau support of mortals in Iberia; the boundaries of Iberia are redrawn to place Val-Negra in the Provencal Tribunal, limiting the political power of Val-Negra in Iberia. [Iberia]
1096 1235 First Crusade begins. This is the first time the Church resorts to direct, aggressive warfare, although by proxy. The Crusade aims to gain the Levant from the Muslims, for religious reasons. [History]
1099 1238 First Crusade ends after some considerable success, including the capture of Jerusalem. The Crusaders found kingdoms in the Levant, to protect it from Muslim armies. [History]
1099 1238 Loch Leglean: German and Spanish Flambeau magi hunt non-Hermetic magi in Scotland; they are stalked and defeated one by one by Brude Deathless, a mighty gruagach, who strips them of their Gift. Threats to retaliate are met with unified Tribunal resolve to defend Loch Leglean hedge wizards against foreign magi. [LotN] This served only to enflame tensions between Flambeau and Ex Miscellanea. No action was taken against Brude for these act, a violation of his Oath. Of course, there is no record of Brude having taken the Oath.
1100 1239 Stonehenge: Lux Draconis enters Final Winter when its last member dies. Its property is claimed by Blackthorn over the objections of Voluntas. The covenant is otherwise undistinguished. [HtM] This property conflict is the foundation of the enmity between Blackthorn and Voluntas.
C. 1100 C. 1240 Provence: First recorded appearance of the mysterious Stormrider, in the Val du Bosque. This elemental being seems to be the rage of a storm in the shape of a black knight. [Stormrider, RotSR] The year is very approximate.
C. 1100-1200 C. 1225-1325 Gettra of House Bjornaer assumes the identities of many magi, for unknown reasons. She flees when discovered and has yet to face Hermetic justice. [HoH] The period of Gettra’s impersonation is difficult to research, and may be significantly shorter.
1102 1241 Normandy: Tyrmander of Flambeau, impressed by the recent Crusade, urges his sodales to march against the Saracens, both to crush them, who he sees as the enemies of the Order, and to take from the Church the mantle of protector of civilization, before the Church declares a Crusade against the Order. [MT] Tyrmander’s logic is serpentine.
1102 1241 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1241 at Coeris.
1103 1242 Provence: Magus Pierre de Galve of Jerbiton is accused of endangering his sodales by copying books out of his covenant’s library, and trading these copies to mortals. It was feared that texts of the Order may reveal the Order and cause bad feeling against magi. Magus Pierre was found to have only copied comparatively mundane books, not concerned with the Arts or magic theory, and was acquitted. [PP]
1104 1243 In Iceland, Mount Hekla erupts, spewing molten rock, smoke, ash, and poisonous vapors. Tales of this wonder filter back to Europe. [History]
1104-1107 1243-1246 Stonehenge: Blackthorn sponsors covenant of Blackrose on the north York moors, near Voluntas. It suffers multiple disasters, including crop failures and vanishing staff, and fails after only three years, the magi returning to Blackthorn. [HtM] Voluntas is widely considered responsible, but Blackthorn presents no evidence.
C. 1107 C. 1246 Provencal: Val-Negra falls into Winter after a mass exodus of its younger members, following the Grand Tribunal of 1235 AA. [Iberia]
1109 1248 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1248.
C. 1110 C. 1250 Provence: St. Fabia of the Roses works miracles in the Val du Bosque, and is eventually martyred by the Stormrider. [Stormrider, RotSR] Date is unclear.
1111 1250 Stonehenge: Blackthorn sponsors Magnantum covenant in Salisbury. [HtM] This is the second known attempt by Blackthorn to establish a filius covenant.
1112 1251 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1251 at Coeris.
1116 1255 Hibernia: Beginning of the 'Supplicants of Truth' cult in Hibernia. [WG]
1117 1256 Rome: The independent covenant of Feritel founded in Genoa. [Rome]
1118 1257 Iberia: Magi of Flambeau join an attack by Aragon forces against the Moorish city of Saragossa. A few Moorish magi of the Order defend the city to preserve the city library. In the battle, the Moorish magi are killed. [Iberia]
1119 1258 Iberia: Special Tribunal rules that the magi of Flambeau involved in the attack on Saragossa, in which their Muslim sodales fell, must pay the loot gained to the covenants of the victims.
Afterward the Quaesitores decree that magi may not aid mortal powers “overtly or with any sort of magic that can be detected by mortals,†leading to a covert state of the war. [Iberia,WGRE]
1120 1259 Hibernia: Aquae Desilientes founded on a small island off the southern coast of the greater island, by Enoch of Bonisagus and his sodales. [MS]
1120 1259 The order of the Knights of the Temple is founded in the Levant to escort pilgrims. The Templars come to be a powerful crusading army and to hold vast lands throughout Europe. [History] It is now also one of the great forces backing the authority of the Church.
1120 1259 Bernard of Clairvaux writes De Laude Novae Militiae, arguing that the Church is justified in using military force to achieve its ends, including conversion of pagans, opposition of the minions of Satan, and defense of the Church and Christendom. Bernard asserts that such defenders should be military orders of monks who have renounced the world and taken vows of poverty, humility chastity, and obedience as well as knightly vows. [History]
1121 1260 Pope Calixtus II speaks on the topic of Diabolism. [Maleficium]
1122 1261 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1261 at Coeris.
1127 1266 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1266.
1128 1267 Normandy: A “sorceress†of Ghent is eviscerated and her innards paraded around town. [History] Mob justice of the commoners.
1129 1268 Hibernia: Supplicants of Truth cult destroyed. [WG]
1130 1269 The order of the Knights of St. John, the Knights Hospitaller, established sixty years prior to defend pilgrims, is militarized to defend the kingdom of Jerusalem. [History]
C. 1130 C. 1270 Stonehenge: Geoffry of Monmouth writes several books regarding the magus Merlin. The popularity of tales of Merlin, his student King Arthur, and the realm of Enchanted Britain continues. [History]
1132 1271 Novgorod: Novgorodian covenants agree to limit more contact with the mortal House of Rurik. [DatB] This pact was to head off accusations of interfering in mundane affairs.
1132 1271 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1271 at Coeris.
1133 1272 Stonehenge: Natura Antiqua founded to study nature in the Anglian fens. [HtM]
1137 1276 Provencal: Calebais falls, despite its vaunted veil of illusions and the Bell of Ibyn. Its library is said to have included a faithful copy of the Physiologus, thereafter lost. [BCC, MB]
1139 1278 Iberia: Matlus of Jerbiton arrives in Barcelona and takes on the role of a cloth merchant. [Iberia] He comes to be Praeco of Iberia.
1141 1280 Stonehenge: Founding of Burnham covenant in Northumberland. [HtM]
1142 1281 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1281 at Coeris.
1143 1282 Stonehenge: Natura Antiqua covenant destroyed by a mortal, Geoffry de Mandeville, during a mundane war. [HtM]
1145 1284 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1284.
1145 1284 Partitio Monaviae: Repeated conflicts over vis sources on the Isle of Man lead to a conclave between Stonehenge, Hibernia, and Loch Leglean. They agree to stop harvesting vis on Man and that the island and its vis would go to whatever Tribunal could first found a covenant there. [LotN,FA] There have been at least three attempts to found a covenant on Man, all disasters.
This Pact instigated by Crun Clach?
C. 1145 C. 1285 Stonehenge: Burnham covenant given a grant of immunity by a mortal king, Stephen, later confirmed by the king Henry II. [HtM]
C. 1145-1150 C. 1285-1290 Magus Agnis Nestiphilis tortures and kills three apprentices. [HoH]
1147-1149 1286-1288 The Second Crusade assembles half a million soldiers, marches them on the Levant under the flags of France’s Louis VII and Germany’s Conrad III, and loses them to plague, starvation, and battle wounds. [History]
1147 1286 Iberia: Almohad invasion of Spain. [History]
1147 1286 Slaughter of Jews in France, Germany, and Bohemia in religious hysteria. [History] Does such a fate await magi if exposed?
1147 1286 Novgorod: Roslav Lavickovich summoned from Pripet Maior to Crintera, to assume Primacy of Bjornaer. [DatB]
1148 1287 Quaesitor Simprim of Guernicus founds the Transitionalist faction of House Quaesitor. The Transitionalists argue that the Code should be more flexible, and take into account circumstances that more traditional quaesitores would ignore. [HoH]
1149 1288 Emperor Conrad III issues a call for each scholarly institution to send a representative to his court. [Triamore, History]
1150s C. 1290 Novgorod: Expeditions as far as the Urals reveal vast reaches of little settled territories. Three Lakes Magi visit area where Thousand Caves covenant is later founded. [DatB] The vis wealth reported sounds staggering.
1150s 1290s Roman Tribunal of 1290 or 1297: The Tribunal requires that all foreign magi, other than Quaesitores, passing through the Roman Tribunal must announce themselves to each of the Covenants at their embassies in Venice. [Rome] This requirement is widely ignored, particularly by magi passing through by ship.
1151 1290 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1290: The Covenant of Semitae, led by Magus Gerfallon of Criamon, appears at Tribunal and ask the quaesitores to note their attendance. They refuse to answer questions about their background. This may or may not be the same group as appeared at Cad Gadu over the centuries. [HtM] This is one of the few quorate Stonehenge Tribunals of the century.
1151 1290 Normandy Tribunal of 1290: Magus Agnis Nestiphilis acquitted of any wrongdoing in the torture and killing of three apprentices in five years, on grounds that apprentices are the property of the mage. [WGRE]
1151 1290 Rhine Tribunal of 1290: Durenmar fined ten pawns of vis to every other covenant in the Tribunal for plundering faerie sites of the Black Forest for vis, thereby making the Black Forest a hazard for magi, and restricted from taking further vis from faerie sites for fourteen years unless a peace was made with the fae. [WGRE]
Magi Anaxagoras of Tremere, Ulisterius of Jerbiton, and Forba of Bonisagus are granted a charter to form a covenant, Triamore, attached to the court of Emperor Conrad III. [Triamore]
1152 1291 Rhine: Emperor Conrad III dies, upsetting the plan for Triamore. [Triamore]
1152 1291 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1291 at Coeris.
1154 1293 Stonehenge: Magus Flumen of Tremere, of Blackthorn covenant, traps the Wild Hunt in an iron mine fitted with iron-bound doors, near Wales. The hills echo with their howls for weeks. [HtM]
1154 1293 Iceland’s Mount Hekla erupts for the second time in fifty years, again spewing molten rock, smoke, ash, and poisonous vapors. Rumor claims that the pore is an entrance to Hell.
1156 1295 The leader of the line of Ex Miscellanea witches opens their ranks to male magi. [HoH]
1158 1297 Hibernia Tribunal of 1297: Magus Caesus of Tytalus ordered to disband eight of his nine sancti, and reminded that he should have only one. [WGRE]
1158 1297 Thebes Tribunal of 1297: The apprentice of a dead maga of Merinita is awarded to another maga of Merinita, Mondrasine, instead of the amicus of the dead maga, Nykolis of Jerbiton. [WGRE]
1158 1297 In this year, Founder Merinita is rumored to be sighted alive in the wilderness. [HoH] Rumored, but not supported by witnesses.
1158 1297 Frederick Barbarossa grants the incipient covenant of Triamore a manor in Namur county. [Triamore]
1160 1299 Zurenzialle of House Merinita disappears, and is proved to have been an elf. His objective, if any, is a mystery. [HoH]
1160 1299 Stonehenge: Founding of Servus Maris on the Isle of Man. Destroyed within six months by a dragon. One mage is allowed to live to deliver the message to not return. [HtM] If the Order of Odin can control dragons, there is no assailing them. It seems unlikely to have been Diedne; there would be no warning.
1160 1299 Provencal: Passage of Magus Belraphazor of Jerbiton into Final Twilight at his covenant, Windgraven. [Mistridge] The Order is well rid of him.
The Fourteenth Century of the Age of Aries. The first half of this century sees the continuance of relative calm, although tension mounts within the Order, and friction between Order and Church grows. This period also marks a disturbing trend in the Church of Crusading: the Third Crusade to the Levant, the Albigensian Crusade, the continuing Crusade in Iberia, and the Crusade in the Baltic point to increasing Papal involvement in temporal matters and willingness to use force. Furthermore, the Church spends much of its energy in conflict with the Empire and other mortal kings. Some magi become concerned that this violent bent will inevitably turn against the Order.
C. 1160-1180 C. 1300-1320 Maga Susan of Wicklow, House Mercere, of the Line of Patrick of Dunderry, accompanies Sadko the merchant and Georgi Yurivich on travels across eastern Europe. She journeys from Sweden to Constantinople on her travels. [DatB] Susan’s forbear, Quaesitor Patrick, is likely to have been of Mercere as well, partially explaining his aversion to the Schism War.
1162 1301 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1301 at Coeris.
1163 1302 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1302.
1163 1302 Stonehenge: Stellasper covenant, in the Scilly Islands, destroyed by a cataclysmic storm of apparently magical origin. No bodies found. Whether the covenant was attacked, attacked something, or an experiment went wrong is undetermined. As the covenant had no allies and no friends, no further investigation was done. [HtM] Cultivate allies, magus. They may aid you in life, and even avenge you in death.
1164 1303 The Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, takes the Relics of the Three Magi from Milan. They are later installed in a golden shrine in the Cathedral of Cologne. [History]
1165 1304 Greater Alps Tribunal of 1304: Magus Snadstrich Ex Miscellanea ordered to establish no more than one sanctum per season, after complaints that he had established seven sancti in series. [WGRE]
1165 1304 Hibernia Tribunal of 1304: Magi of covenant Vigil claim the apprentice of one of their Passed sodales; the apprentice is also claimed by Magus Caerfloron, who had recovered the apprentice after his master’s Passage; the Tribunal rules that a mage of Vigil must duel Caerfloron for the apprentice. [WGRE]
1165 1304 Normandy Tribunal of 1304: Magus Stephios of Tytalus, of Burnham covenant, of Stonehenge Tribunal asks the Normandy Tribunal to rule on an issue, as his Tribunal is routinely inquorate. Normandy Tribunal declines to intervene. [WGRE] The failure of Stonehenge to reach a quorum seems to plague it through the first half of this century, but the records are spotty.
1165 1304 Provencal Tribunal of 1304: Maga Calonogi Ex Miscellanea tried for endangering the Order after preaching that magi are divine, as indicated by their Gift; her accusers also claim she has thereby blasphemed. On the latter count, no ruling; on the former, guilty. Ordered to cease this preaching, she refuses and is exiled for seven years. [WGRE] The Maga is most fortunate; this could have resulted in a death sentence.
1169 1308 Rome: Magus Kaldorias of Jerbiton banishes a demon which had been terrorizing certain villagers. [WGRE]
C. 1170 C. 1309 Stonehenge: The Primus Ex Miscellanea dies. Maga Immanola Ex Miscellanea arrives shortly after, claims the Robes of Dusty Dawn, and is given them, making her the Prima. [HtM] There is no internal mechanism for selecting the Primus Ex Miscellanea. The first apprentice of the previous Primus might have pressed a claim, but apparently chose not to.
C. 1170 C. 1309 Rhine: Roslav Lackovich, Primus of Bjornaer, dies. [DatB]
1172 1311 Iberia Tribunal of 1311: Magus Trentus of Flambeau is accused of killing several mortals and burning two ships in Barcelona during his gauntlet. The Quaesitor suggests that Trentus be held accountable as a mage for his actions in the gauntlet. The Tribunal rules that during a gauntlet an apprentice is not yet a mage and cannot be held to the Code, but cannot be guided by his parens either, and neither Trentus nor his parens is punished. [WGRE]
1172 1311 Normandy Tribunal of 1311: The Duke of Brittany is declared an Enemy of the Order, after extensively persecuting magi. A tribunal of quaesitores immediately after declares that any mage who acts against the Duke can be held accountable nevertheless.
A Redcap complains that magi of Fudarus covenant plundered his message bag while he slept as their guest. Fudarus is stripped of its rights to a certain magical site, these rights granted to House Mercere.
Magus Anton Roettar of Tytalus asks to be relieved of his unending labor at Fudarus, assigned by his sodales; the Tribunal finds that the covenant has not violated its charter or the Code. [WGRE]
1172 1311 Roman Tribunal of 1311: Luctatio covenant founded, sponsored by Verdi. [Rome]
Magus Kaldorias brought to trial for banishing a demon, his accusers claiming that other demons may be moved to act against the Order; Kaldorias argues that the Order should be the enemy of demons (dismissed), that demons already work against the Order (granted), and that he had demonstrated that magi do not serve demons; Kaldorias convicted, but not punished. [WGRE]
1172 1311 Rhine Tribunal of 1311: Maga Tandaline complains that Magus Quintus Vergilius has denied her access to her own sanctum; the Tribunal rules that Quintus Vergilius has deprived her of magic power by keeping her from her sanctum and is punished through the loss of familiar and fined. [WGRE]
1172 1311 Rhine: The lands of Triamore covenant raided by mortal lords fighting over mortal issues. [Triamore]
1172 1311 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1311 at Coeris.
1174 1313 Provencal: Magus Questus of Criamon, Bellaquin covenant, disappears without explanation. [WGRE]
1177 1316 Greater Alps: Monstro of Criamon vanishes from his tower near the Cave of Twisting Shadows. [Faeries II]
1179 1318 Levant Tribunal of 1318: Magus Henry Le Barre of Jerbiton summoned to the Levant Tribunal charged with interfering with mortals by participating in a Crusade, and drawing the wrath of the Moors by using magic in the campaign; Henry argues that he fought to save his soul; the Tribunal allows that he may fight, but not use magic on Crusade, and fines him 20 pawns. [WGRE]
1179 1318 Normandy Tribunal of 1318: Magus Damon Le Mont accused of scrying on his sodales of Ad Vis Per Veritas covenant. Damon admits to spying on the covenant’s mortal servants, but that he had excluded the words of magi; the Tribunal rules that indirect spying constitutes actual scrying and fines him three pawns to each mage thereby offended against.
A maga is accused of a low crime by the magi of Fudarus. She is convicted in absentia, having been delayed to Tribunal by mortals. [WGRE]
1179 1318 Provencal Tribunal of 1318: Arch-Maga Ladkyis of Tremere complains that Magus Asidnael of Jerbiton had endangered her by claiming to mortals she was possessed by a spirit, as it could have led to her being brought to the attention of the Church; Magus Asidnael claims that she had been observed casting spells by mortals, and they had suggested that she was possessed, and that he claimed she was but that it was by a spirit that did no harm; each mage fined one pawn for endangering the other.
Magus Grimgroth of Mistridge fined Animal vis sufficient to heal a horse, for allowing his apprentice to go unsupervised and start a fire in a stable at the covenant of Bentalone. [WGRE]
1180 1319 Rome: Literatus covenant moves from Bologna to lands outside the city, but maintains facilities in the city. [Rome] Literatus is said to have the finest mundane library in the Order.
1180 1319 Novgorod: Pripet Maior, long the home of the Praeco, cedes right to host Tribunal meetings to Three Lakes. [DatB]
1180 1319 Provencal: Arch-Maga Ladkyis enters Final Twilight. Her body continues to function completely normally and behaves much as she had the day before her Passing. [OoH]
1180 1319 Rhine: Maga Alicia de Pahn Ex Miscellanea expelled from her covenant for consorting with mortals and bearing a child, in contravention of her covenant’s rules. [MND]
C. 1180-1200 C. 1340-1360 Rhine: The Bishop of Stettin requests aid of the Order against wizards of the Order of Odin, aiding local pagans. A covenant of a dozen magi is founded (name unknown), but fails within two years due to disagreement between magi Ignibus Impervious of Flambeau and Wilhelm of Tytalus. The covenant site is abandoned, and later becomes quarters for hedge wizards. These squatters are eventually killed in a pitched batte. [ME] The account of these events is very sketchy.
1181 1320 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1320: Won by Restitius of Doissitep, with his creation of a bronze dog which can bark, wag its tail, and urinate wine. It also has a paralyzing stare, useful for guarding. [OoH]
1182 1321 Iberia: Praeco Matlus of Jerbiton retires from Barcelona after 43 years playing “Louis the cloth merchant.†[Iberia] He remains Praeco, of course.
1182 1321 Stonehenge: Covenant Schola Pythangoranis founded in Norfolk, in the university town of Cambridge. [HtM]
1182 1321 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1321 at Coeris.
C. 1185 C. 1324 Novgorod: Malincka Capek achieves a key insight into Volkhv magic; that it relies on faerie and mortal interaction, particularly worship. [DatB]
1185 1324 Novgorod: Charter for a new covenant granted. Thousand Caves Covenant, in the Ural Mountains, is swiftly settled. [DatB] This covenant later fields theories that rock Hermetic theory.
1186 1325 Normandy Tribunal of 1325: A maga convicted of a low crime in 1318 appeals, bringing evidence that she was innocent; the ruling is reversed. [WGRE]
1186 1325 Hibernia Tribunal of 1325: A maga Ex Miscellanea submits a written request that she have a mortal translator present for the Tribunal, as she spoke no Latin; the Tribunal refuses, notes that she should learn, and rules that no mortals should be present at Tribunal. [WGRE] See the Grand Tribunal of 1334 for an additional ruling on this.
1186 1325 Iberia Tribunal of 1325: Magus Trentus of Flambeau is charged with killing at least one hundred mortals in several battles and raids with magic blatant and spectacular, thereby endangering the Order. Magus Trentus admits to slaying them, but that he had left no witnesses to identify him. He is acquitted. [HoH]
1186 1325 Provencal Tribunal of 1325: The magi of Windgraven and Mistridge accuse each other of scrying. Mistridge had captured an invisible spy of Windgraven; Windgraven had captured two scouting grogs of Mistridge. Mistridge is acquitted, as it had used no magic to aid the grogs. Windgraven convicted for making their spy invisible and fined 20 pawns.
Magus Hammas convicted in absentia for kidnapping pilgrims, thereby interfering with mortals; punished with the loss of his familiar. [WGRE] The Tribunal notes that Windgraven might simply have slain the Mistridge spies without breaking the Code.
1186 1325 Rhine Tribunal of 1325: Magus Antonio Manecis is accused of summoning a demon and negotiating with it; the Magus claims he had done so to protect his covenant, and that the agreement was to assure the safety of the covenant so long as they did not interfere in its plots against mortals; convicted and Marched. [WGRE] The Tribunal notes that the Magus’ intentions were worthy.
1186 1325 Iberia: Farusca of Jerbiton becomes head of the council of Barcelona covenant. [Iberia]
1187 1326 Levant: Saladin conquers Jerusalem. [History]
1187 1326 Stonehenge: Magnantum covenant disintegrates under internal tensions, and the magi remove to new covenants or Tribunals. [HtM]
1187 1326 Stonehenge: Master Flumen of Tremere, Blackthorn covenant, passes into Final Twilight. [HtM] Master Flumen is famous for capturing the Wild Hunt, in 1293.
1188 1327 Provencal: Magus Teslil of Jerbiton finds a Gifted girl and, having his own apprentice, sells her to Magus Gentric of Jerbiton. [WGRE] See 1331 for additional developments.
1189 1328 Iberia: Baruch becomes head Quaesitor of Iberia Tribunal. [Iberia]
1189 1328 The Third Crusade begins. Many of the great mortal kings, princes, and nobles of the age join. It is generally successful, but ends after its forces dwindle away in a desert. [History]
1189 1328 Loch Leglean: Pact of Crun Clach forbids magi from dabbling in politics, aiding kings or invaders, and sets rules on raiding. [LotN] Naturally, this Pact only reinforces the Code as it stands.
C. 1190 C. 1329 Novgorod: Stolitzya "The Swimmer," a famous and respected Maga of Bjornaer, loses herself in Final Twilight. [DatB] Her giant turtle Heart-Beast is said to have roamed the marshes for decades.
1190 1329 Rhine: At Triamore covenant, the apprentice Pietre is found to have scried upon Maga Daria of Tremere. The boy flees before being punished. Pietre is expelled from the tutelage of his master, Aline of Bonisagus. [Triamore]
1190 1329 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa dies on Crusade, while crossing the river Calycadmus. [History]
1190 1329 Rhine: A fire at Triamore kills Forba of Bonisagus. Not long after, the covenant is besieged by the army of Henry of Brabant, a mortal lord who wishes the covenant’s land and castle. The siege is broken through intervention of the new Emperor, Henry IV. [Triamore]
C. 1190 C. 1330 Novgorod: Leczyca Covenant fined heavily for providing Silesian nobles with intelligence about German raids. [DatB] This was presumably at either the Tribunal of 1325 or 1333.
1191 1330 Magus Avarret of Bonisagus elevated to Primus of his House. [HoH]
1191 1330 Provencal: Magus Questus of Criamon returns to his covenant, Bellaquin, and claims seventeen years of vis and monies, per the covenant charter. The covenant refuses to pay. Magus Questus complains; Quaesitor Jerines called in to settle the matter, and after reviewing the charter rules in Questus’ favor. [WGRE] Beware of the hidden traps and agreements in your covenant charter, magus!
1191 1330 Stonehenge: Monks at the Abbey of Glastonbury claim to have discovered the Tomb of King Arthur on Glastonbury Tor. [History] The claim is disputed.
1192 1331 Provencal: Lariander covenant founded in a Faerie forest, five Tremere and one Merinita. [Covenants]
1192 1331 Provencal: Magus Gentric dies. His property is disposed of in the manner of his covenant, and his apprentice taken by Magus Alarmon of Tytalus. [WGRE] See the Provencal Tribunal of 1333 for additional developments.
1192 1331 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1331 at Coeris.
1193 1332 Hibernia: Lombard covenant reprimanded for interfering in mortal affairs. [OoH]
1193 1332 Third Crusade ends after being reduced by an ill-fated journey in the desert. [History]
1193 1332 Tribunals delayed one year to allow preparation for the Grand Tribunal of 1334 AA.
1194 1333 Hilden, the Pious Magus, writes on the nature of Heaven and Hell. [Maleficium]
1194 1333 Iberia Tribunal of 1333: A magus formerly of Barcelona covenant accused of theft of fifty marks during his departure; the covenant argues that such theft diminishes the covenant members ability to study; the Tribunal orders the magus to repay twice the amount taken. [WGRE]
Magus Trentus is charged with slaying a magus near but outside Trentus’ sanctum; Trentus claims the other was intending to steal from his sanctum and that he was defending himself; the Tribunal convicts, but instead of slaying him only takes his familiar. [WGRE]
The issue of support for combatants in the Reconquest of Hispania is debated, ending in dissension between Reconquista and Roman covenants. [Iberia] Magus Trentus may have been better served to wait until the mage had entered his sanctum, where he could have slain his enemy without fear.
1194 1333 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1333 at Blackthorn inquorate and no representatives sent to the Grand Tribunal of 1334. [HtM] Very much to the embarrassment of the Tribunal!
1194 1333 Normandy Tribunal of 1333: Quaesitores bring proof that the maga convicted in 1318, acquitted in 1325, was kidnapped by mortals under the influence of Fudarus. Fudarus covenant is fined 24 pawns for misleading the Tribunal and wasting its time.
Magus Damon Le Mont complains that his former apprentice, now Magus Aramin, had wasted six pawns of vis and destroyed mundane artifacts in anger, and demanded compensation from the new mage. The Tribunal rules that a mage is responsible for his apprentice’s actions and that he has only himself to blame.
Magus William Fireheart of Flambeau, of Ungulus covenant in Stonehenge, accused of killing three knights by use of magic, enraging the nobility of Normandy and endangering the magi of the Tribunal. Magus William is fined sixty pawns against his Renunciation.
Magus William Fireheart is also accused of killing an apprentice of another magus and destroying valuable laboratory equipment in her care. William claims he was ignorant that she had been an apprentice and that she was killed and the equipment destroyed accidentally while she stood near a mortal he did seek to kill. The Tribunal rules that, intent aside, he had reduced the mage’s magical ability and fines him three pawns. [WGRE]
1194 1333 Loch Leglean Tribunal of 1333: The Tribunal declares the Knights Hospitaller to be Enemies of the Order following a feud between those knights of the Priory of Torphichen and certain magi. [LotN] See the Grand Tribunal of 1334.
1194 1333 Greater Alps Tribunal of 1333: After slaying many faeries while seeking the release of valued grogs and covenfolk from a faerie lord, Valnastium covenant accused of molesting Fae. Valnastium argues that they have the right to protect their servants. They are narrowly acquitted.
Magus Syrestus of Bjornaer, of the Rhine Tribunal, accused of endangering his sodales while a guest of other covenants by killing the livestock of nearby mortals while in the shapes of several animals. Fined ten pawns. [WGRE] See the Rhine Tribunal of 1333 and the appeal of 1334 for additional events on Syrestus.
The Syrestus case leads to an important precedent in inter-Tribunal rulings.
1194 1333 Provencal Tribunal of 1333: Bentalone covenant accused of aiding a mortal lord against another; Bentalone claims that one mortal served their interests while the other opposed them, and they should be permitted to back one against the other. The Tribunal rules that so long as the magics used were not detected the Code was not violated.
The magi of Bellaquin are accused of preventing a Redcap from taking an announcement of Tribunal to the magi of Lariander. The Tribunal refuses to condemn or punish Bellaquin.
Magus Teslil claims that the former apprentice of Magus Gentric, died 1331, should be granted him, as Gentric had been of his House and he had found the girl to begin with. The Tribunal rules that Teslil, having sold the girl, had given up all claim. [WGRE] See the Grand Tribunal of 1334 for an additional ruling on the Redcap complaint.
Regarding Magus Teslil, the Tribunal noted its disapproval of selling apprentices, but did not forbid it.
1194 1333 Rhine Tribunal of 1333: Maga Marguerite of Flambeau charged with endangering the Order for attacking a mortal baron and his household. Marguerite claims she had done so to punish the mortal for the murder of a Redcap. The Tribunal rules that Redcaps must be protected, and acquits.
Magus Taedetus of Bonisagus accused of stealing vis; he sends word that he cannot appear because of a delicate experiment requiring his attention, and asks for a postponement. The Tribunal rules to allow a delay to the next Tribunal, but threatens to fine him ten pawns if he does not bring proof of the need for a delay.
Magus Syrestus of Bjornaer, of the Rhine Tribunal, accused of endangering his sodales of the Greater Alps while a guest of other covenants by killing the livestock of nearby mortals while in the shapes of several animals. Fined three pawns. [WGRE] The Tribunal also notes that starting a feud with the baron would not improve relations.
Magus Syrestus is also tried in the Rhine Tribunal; see the Quaesitorial Ruling of 1333 for its resolution.
1194 1333 Quaesitorial Ruling: Magus Syrestus appeals his convictions to the quaesitores, saying that he should only be subject to the fine of his home Tribunal, where he was fined three pawns. The quaesitores rule that he should pay the fine of the Greater Alps, where the crimes were committed, not the Rhine. [WGRE]
1195 1334 Grand Tribunal of 1334: Regarding the declaration of Loch Leglean that the Knights Hospitaller are Enemies of the Order, the Grand Tribunal rules the declaration too broad, and that only the knights of Torphichen Priory be considered enemies.
The Grand Tribunal orders Bellaquin covenant to pay seventy pawns to House Mercere for interfering with a Redcap.
Avarret, Primus Bonisagus, proposes that Tribunals conduct business only in Latin; the Tribunal criticizes Loch Leglean for often conducting business in Gaelic, but refuses to compel tribunals to conduct themselves in Latin. [WGRE] Regarding language, the quaesitores note that they must use Latin to officiate.
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