The Legacy of Trotula
Summer of 1233 - Adventure 41
While at Sylva Quercorum they learned that Lady Cyndiana left when her son Andros disappeared, traveling east pressumably towards Urania, trying to get him back. So while on their way back to Thebes they decide to visit Magvillus, where Lady Cyndiana was first headed. When getting to the Roman Tribunal, Eric d'Ancelin, Cháris, Thubayta Al-Shafiyya and Alkides stop at the neapolitean Covenant of Cumae, where they meet a Quaesitor named Angelus Guernicus Maximus. He's about to travel to Salerno to investigate a case of infernalism, and they decide to go with him him to help, leaving Thubayta behind. Once there, they become involved through Lady Flavia Normana de Ruggiero with a tradition of hedge wizards called the Benandanti. Although they at first think those are infernalists, they eventually realize that they are a magical tradition that fights another hedge tradition, the Malandanti, which is infernal in nature. They then proceed to help them fight a group of these Malandanti. After this adventure, and once in Magvillus, they speak with Prima Bilera, who tells them that Lady Cyndiana died in the Cuman steppes trying to reach Urania, in the company of Quaesitora Aurora Borealis.
Participants:
- Charis
- Eric d'Ancelin
- Angelus Guernicus Maximus
- Alkides
Note: By this time I was already running another saga, set in the Roman Tribunal. One of the players, who plays Thubayta Al-Shafiyya, also plays in the other saga, so we decided to do a very small cross-over. They visited the other saga's covenant, and while Thubayta stayed behind to check some books, her player played with the character from the other saga, Quaesitor Angelus Guernicus Maximus. It was lots of fun.