The Quest of the Montlhéry
Winter of 1234 - Adventure 44
Enrico Mauroceni asks the magi to help him find a missing Lombard girl of noble birth, called Constance de Montlhéry. He wants to find her in order to ingratiate himself with her uncle and his son, who are searching for her. As the girl is one of the future apprentices under the covenant's care, they arrange a meeting with the knights. During the meeting, Thubayta Al-Shafiyya uses her Solomonic magic to convince them that the girl fled north with a Bulgarian mercenary. They also learn that there is another one of the false Hermetic reliquaries located in the monastery of Aristion.
Participants:
- Charis
- Hyperides Hylas
- Eric d'Ancelin
- Thubayta Al-Shafiyya
Note: As per the tradition of the Theban Tribunal, all apprentice candidates are kept in the covenant of one of the apodektai (see The Sundered Eagle, pages 28 and 32). Both Thubayta and Hyperides got selected as archai in the last Tribunal, and ended up in the Treasury Council. Being from the same covenant, they were both charged by the tamias with taking care of any Gifted children found until the next Tribunal, as tutors. Each year, I give them a list of apprentices sent to them that year, with a brief description of their circumstances. This has generated a few very short adventures, such as this one. Also, note that this adventure was at the beginning of year 1234, not at the end. In our saga, we consider the year's seasons to be winter, spring, summer and autumn, since most of winter is actually in the beginning of the year instead of at the end.