I really like how we're weaving a bunch of the character histories together. But am I the only one who's losing track? I think we should keep one timeline into which we can put the different elements to make sure we're all on the same page. We could do that here, copying previous versions and adding to them so the final version would have everything in it. How does that sound?
Sounds like a good idea to me. Sort of an interwoven timeline, where any event that affects two or more characters is added?
Not gonna HR this, but I don't mind a player coming up with one or two unique F&E bonuses for their Talisman. But I won't defend it if another player calls shenannigans.
But now that I look closer, it never says you have to stabalize the new components, just discover 7 new ones. This will only take a season or two, and you get to reuse these in your personal magic.
Tell you what I'll do. Spend at least two seasons but no more than four. Spend those xp (20 to 40) directly on new F&E bonuses. Cost equals the bonus value. Divide amongst at leat seven new items, and put any spare xp into Alchemy Lore or some such.
Refining should be easier than indicated, I do agree. How about this: instead of a # of successful experiments, how about a number of success points based on that formula? Each time you work to refine the bonus, treat it as an experiment and roll a die, accumulating points until the item is stabalized? This will still take 1 to 4 seasons per item, but is a lot faster.
OK. Here it comes. I don't love tables in the forums, but they do format well. What we can do is quote this, remove the quote tags, and edit it. Let's just have one date for each year and insert everything into the paragraphs beside that year.
[table][tr][td]1212[/td][td]Guillaume of Flambeau met Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1217[/td][td]After having seen Guillaume of Flambeau fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommended him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1227[/td][td]Guillaume of Flambeau and Carmen of Flambeau ran into each other again in Iberia while Guillaume was working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1229[/td][td]While at Doissetep Guillaume of Flambeau received a request from his fellow Knight of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra, which she discovered had fallen to a disaster. Guillaume of Flambeau spoke to magi at Doissetep and sent letters around throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.[/td][/tr][/table]
Looks great!
OK. Those were lab seasons. So I'll treat them as learning seasons but distribute the experience as you say instead. These will be limited bonuses at the moment.
So in the back of my mind now that I'm not worried about food, water, and electricity, I've been thinking about the companion idea I mentioned. I've been trying to refine things in a way that makes sense. Here's what I've got at the moment. How does it sound?
She was born (somewhere in northern Iberia) to parents who each carried faerie blood. Her mother is pretty and partly descended from sidhe (or something similar). Her father was a craftsman partly descended from dwarves. He worked his way up in the guild and has become a man of renown. Their faerie blood mingled and made her blood very strong. Not only did her faerie heritage shine through, but she was born with the Gift, too. Her parents were very frustrated due to the problems her Gift created. As much as they tried to control and limit her she fought back, only making things worse. Her parents were thrilled when an older man (a Verditius) arrived and offered them money to take her with him. But several years later, after her Arts had been opened and she was initiated into the first Verditius mysteries, there was a laboratory accident. Though the accident left her master intact, it damaged her Gift, mostly destroying it. Some remnant remains, and she can craft certain things extraordinarily well (Touched by Magic representing the lingering part of her Gift mixed with Verditius Magic). Her master returned her to her family and took back the money he had given them plus what he considered payment for having trained her and fed her for all that time, claiming she had been a nuisance all along by refusing many instructions and the like. Now her parents had her instead of much of their wealth. Fortunately she was older and pretty like her mother, and she no longer had the taint of the Gift. Her father used her beauty and her talent as bargaining chips to arrange a marriage between her and a powerful noble's non-inheriting son. The noble figured his son would be happy with her face while he would get his hands on a sort of lesser court wizard. Again she was faced with a chain she did not wish. But this time she was older and wiser. She slipped out in the night and went in search of something better. She stole along the way and found herself good at sneaking about and catching rumors, though not at defending herself. Eventually she realized she should seek out a covenant where she could trade her talent for a certain amount of freedom, and rumors eventually led her to Andorra.
[tableborder][tr][th]1205[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap began his apprenticeship in the Rhine and Greater Alps Tribunals, and may have seen or met Carmen of Flambeau at her mentor's covenant, Juno's Spire.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1212[/th][td]Guillaume of Flambeau met Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1213[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap met Pythos of Criamon at The Cave of Twisting Shadows.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1217[/th][td]After having seen Guillaume of Flambeau fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommended him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria moved to Doissetep in the wake of a mysterious accident at her former covenant and became apprenticed to Ophilio of Mercere.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1220[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap moved to Doissetep and was hired by Pythos of Criamon to investigate infernalism in the Iberian Tribunal.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1221[/th][td]Mercuria was proclaimed a full maga at the Tribunal of 1221. She was later named a Priest of Mercury, which gave her a (non-voting) seat on Doissetep's governing council.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1227[/th][td]Guillaume of Flambeau and Carmen of Flambeau ran into each other again in Iberia while Guillaume was working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1229[/th][td]While at Doissetep, Guillaume of Flambeau received a request from his fellow Knight of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra, which she discovered had fallen to a disaster. Guillaume spoke to magi at Doissetep and sent letters around throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria, for reasons of her own, also planned to travel to Carmen's covenant in Andorra. She approached Loukas the Redcap and invited him to assist her in re-establishing a Mercer House there.[/td][/tr][/tableborder]
[tableborder][tr][th]1182[/th][td]Pythos is born as Periander.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1187[/th][td]Pythos begins apprenticeship under Aristeaus of Criamon in Thebes Tribunal. They travel to several different covenants, including the Cave of Twisting Shadows before he is done.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1202[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis completes apprenticeship, and spends the next several years navel gazing, possibly at Doisstep or the Cave[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1205[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap began his apprenticeship in the Rhine and Greater Alps Tribunals, and may have seen or met Carmen of Flambeau at her mentor's covenant, Juno's Spire.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1212[/th][td]Guillaume of Flambeau met Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1213[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap met Pythos of Criamon at The Cave of Twisting Shadows.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1215[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis meets Guillaume of Flambeau and Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere, as the Quaesitor futilely seeks help from Aristeaus. Guillaume manages to enlist the aid of naive Pythos instead.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1217[/th][td]After having seen Guillaume of Flambeau fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommended him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria moved to Doissetep in the wake of a mysterious accident at her former covenant and became apprenticed to Ophilio of Mercere.
[hr][/hr]Pythos, shamed by the limitations of his premonitions, moves to Iberia to help fight the Shadow Flambeau.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1220[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap moved to Doissetep and was hired by Pythos of Criamon to investigate infernalism in the Iberian Tribunal.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1221[/th][td]Mercuria was proclaimed a full maga at the Tribunal of 1221. She was later named a Priest of Mercury, which gave her a (non-voting) seat on Doissetep's governing council.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1223[/th][td]Pythos, at the urgings of Quaesitor Octavian, applies political pressure to take the next level of Mystery Initiation even though he is not ready.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1227[/th][td]Guillaume of Flambeau and Carmen of Flambeau ran into each other again in Iberia while Guillaume was working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1229[/th][td]While at Doissetep, Guillaume of Flambeau received a request from his fellow Knight of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra, which she discovered had fallen to a disaster. Guillaume spoke to magi at Doissetep and sent letters around throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria, for reasons of her own, also planned to travel to Carmen's covenant in Andorra. She approached Loukas the Redcap and invited him to assist her in re-establishing a Mercer House there.
[hr][/hr]Pythos experiences a powerful vision and informs Loukas that he will be joining him.[/td][/tr][/tableborder]
[tableborder][tr][th]1182[/th][td]Pythos is born as Periander.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1187[/th][td]Pythos begins apprenticeship under Aristeaus of Criamon in Thebes Tribunal. They travel to several different covenants, including the Cave of Twisting Shadows before he is done.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1201[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis passes his gauntlet and becomes a full, though lowly, magus at Doissetep.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1202[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis completes apprenticeship, and spends the next several years navel gazing, possibly at Doisstep or the Cave[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1205[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap began his apprenticeship in the Rhine and Greater Alps Tribunals, and may have seen or met Carmen of Flambeau at her mentor's covenant, Juno's Spire.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1212[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis met Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1213[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap met Pythos of Criamon at The Cave of Twisting Shadows.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1215[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis meets Guillaume Flambonis and Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere, as the Quaesitor futilely seeks help from Aristeaus. Guillaume manages to enlist the aid of naive Pythos instead.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1217[/th][td]After having seen Guillaume Flambonis fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommended him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite. Guillaume returned to Doissetep and remained based there while beginning his work as a Hoplite.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria moved to Doissetep in the wake of a mysterious accident at her former covenant and became apprenticed to Ophilio of Mercere.
[hr][/hr]Pythos, shamed by the limitations of his premonitions, moves to Iberia to help fight the Shadow Flambeau.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1220[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap moved to Doissetep and was hired by Pythos of Criamon to investigate infernalism in the Iberian Tribunal.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1221[/th][td]Mercuria was proclaimed a full maga at the Tribunal of 1221, at which Guillaume Flambonis was present. She was later named a Priest of Mercury, which gave her a (non-voting) seat on Doissetep's governing council.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1223[/th][td]Pythos, at the urgings of Quaesitor Octavian, applies political pressure to take the next level of Mystery Initiation even though he is not ready.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1227[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis and Carmen of Flambeau ran into each other again in Iberia while Guillaume was working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1229[/th][td]While at Doissetep, Guillaume Flambonis received a request from his fellow Knight of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra, which she discovered had fallen to a disaster. Guillaume spoke to magi at Doissetep and sent letters around throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria, for reasons of her own, also planned to travel to Carmen's covenant in Andorra. She approached Loukas the Redcap and invited him to assist her in re-establishing a Mercer House there.
[hr][/hr]Pythos experiences a powerful vision and informs Loukas that he will be joining him.[/td][/tr][/tableborder]
Save me the next space. Ot takes me forever to edit one of these things using the phone. i am in the middle of one and saved the draft to mention this (the longer the post, the slower the phone goes).
So wait!
Don't post yet! Because of the size of the document and limitations of the phone, I can only edit half of it at a time. The first one inserts Carmen from 1219 onwards (though some 1220 details were ommitted). I can sew it together later (unless someone wants to sew it for me ).
Coming up next is the insert for 1220 and earlier...
Great idea, although a shared google doc would be better.
Easier to access and to edit.
Cool! Looking forward to working with her!
Nous sommes des soeurs jumelles, nées sous le signe des géneaux
I will fix up my timeline entry this afternoon, so someone else can take it from there. I added Carmen mainly. Other crap includes history, hooks, and hints you may find useful to your characters.
This thing should cycle around again maybe, so people canmodify or add details as inspired by the material added by others.
I also wanna set it up where Pythos runs into Golda and/or others in Barcelona at some point between 1210 and 1230.
[tableborder][tr][th]1182[/th][td]Pythos is born as Periander.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1187[/th][td]Pythos begins apprenticeship under Aristeaus of Criamon in Thebes Tribunal. They travel to several different covenants, including the Cave of Twisting Shadows before he is done.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is born in Barcelona to Golda Simón, a Jewish seeress and party girl, and unwed mother. She brings the child to herfatherAntonio of Flambeau, who raises the child and has her baptized Carmalita Maria Perez.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1194[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau begins training as her father’s apprentice, showing aptitude and intelligece and a talent for Auram magic to rival her father’s.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1201[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis passes his gauntlet and becomes a full, though lowly, magus at Doissetep.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1202[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis completes apprenticeship, and spends the next several years navel gazing, possibly at Doisstep or the Cave[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1205[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap began his apprenticeship in the Rhine and Greater Alps Tribunals.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1209[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau passes an old fashioned Flambeau Gauntlet, left alone without supplies in an unknown location (Morrocco), she outwitted Berber bandits and liberated a jinni from an evil sorcerer, and was delivered home on a flying carpet. She begins her first Longevity ritual at age 23 to preserve her youthful beauty (and for biological convenience)[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1210[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis met Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1212[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau takes Pietro of Flambeau as her mentor. As the Antares of the Archmagi, he deputizes her as a Warden. She meets Loukas the Redcap in the Greater Alps at Juno's Spire, her mentor's covenant. Stuff happens. She started on Longevity right out of gauntlet 
.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1213[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap met Pythos of Criamon and Karandos of Flabeau at The Cave of Twisting Shadows.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is appointed as Junior Warden of Ultima Thule, assigned to Campus Ares where she participated in the war against Mogthrasir the Trollsynir.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1215[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis meets Guillaume Flambonis and Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere, as the Quaesitor futilely seeks help from Aristeaus. Guillaume manages to enlist the aid of naive Pythos instead.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1217[/th][td]After having seen Guillaume Flambonis fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommended him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite. Guillaume returned to Doissetep and remained based there while beginning his work as a Hoplite.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria moved to Doissetep in the wake of a mysterious accident at her former covenant and became apprenticed to Ophilio of Mercere.
[hr][/hr]Pythos, shamed by the limitations of his premonitions, moves to Iberia to help fight the Flaming Shadows.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1219[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau returns to Andorra and is made a full member with the rank of Mistress. The Antares (her mentor Pietro) appoints her as Warden of the Pyrenees (junior to her Father).[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1220[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap moved to Doissetep and was hired by Pythos of Criamon to investigate infernalism in the Iberian Tribunal.
[hr][/hr]Octavian of Tremere and Inigo of Flambeau lead an expedition to find the hidden location of Val-Negra. The quest leads them to Barcelona, where they meet Trentus of Flambeau and learn of his battle with Metron and the secret portal at the Silver Rooster. Before entering the portal, they are challenged by Erat Caecus of Tytalus, whom is defeated in Certamen by Inigo. Entering the portal, the magi arrive at a tiny villiage just outside of Val-Negra, where they discover the secret hideout of Metron of the Flaming Shadows (one of the few remaining renegades on the loose). Metron escapes and the magi go on to Val-Negra. Inigo learns of the Lumina Prophocey from the ghost of Vancasitum, while Octavian discusses the mystery of Metron with Abaddon.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau leads a different expedition, in her capacity as Warden, to explore the Caverns of Entropy in the West Pyrenees. The magi are beset and befuddled by faries and glamour dreamscapes; Carmen acquires introspective insight about herself that has a positive and empowering effect upon her future relationships with men.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1221[/th][td]Mercuria was proclaimed a full maga at the Tribunal of 1221, at which Guillaume Flambonis was present. She was later named a Priest of Mercury, which gave her a (non-voting) seat on Doissetep's governing council.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1222[/th][td]During the Drake Hunt of 1222, the magi of Andorra manage to take down a monstrous beastly firedrake called el Diablo Rojo by the locals it terrorized. Though on fair ground according to treaty, the Dragon Sigmundo stepped forth (in human form) to interceed on behalf of his favored child. Diablo Rojo was banished for 77 years, and the dragon still owes the covenant a favor.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1223[/th][td]Pythos, at the urgings of Quaesitor Octavian, applies political pressure to take the next level of Mystery Initiation even though he is not ready. Octavian had recently encountered and slain the escaped renegade Relegare, and was on the hunt for Metron, so he ruthless in his demand for divinations to ferret out the remaining Flaming Shadows.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is officially inducted as a Lady of Seneca, recieving a tiny brand from the Eternal Flame of Andorra.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1224[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau is abducted by the efreet Khyron, Malik of the Arc of Fire. The magi of Andorra mount the Burning Brass Expedition to recover her. In the course of events, they trap Khyron in a brass bottle, release Carmen from the Prison of Glass, become drawn into Taglyn by the Mirror of Infinity, and therein encounter Metron who is subdued and captured by Octavian of Tremere and taken back to Duresca. Afterwards, Carmen decides to tour the cities and covenants of Iberia with Estaban of Jerbiton (with her brother Alexandro as a chaperone).[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1227[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis and Carmen of Flambeau meet again in Iberia (Santiago de Compostella, near Duresca) while Guillaume was working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1229[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau parts ways with Estaban (on good terms). She and her brother Alexandro return to Andorra, and discover that it had been attacked and plundered and all of the inhabitants either dead or missing (her father presumably lost in twilight). She puts out a call through the Knights of Seneca and her mentor the Antares for assistance to recover from the disaster and seek out those responsible.
[hr][/hr]While at Doissetep, Guillaume Flambonis received a request from the Lady of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra, which she discovered had fallen to a disaster. Guillaume spoke to magi at Doissetep and sent letters around throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria, for reasons of her own, also planned to travel to Carmen's covenant in Andorra. She approached Loukas the Redcap and invited him to assist her in re-establishing a Mercer House there.
[hr][/hr]Pythos experiences a powerful vision and informs Loukas that he will be joining him.[/td][/tr][/tableborder]
This list should specifically be how the characters interact with each other, right? It's going to get really long if we also include all the major events in each character's life... 
I didn't realize that at first
But it is just a tad, and will help others coordinate when and where their character could have met up with whome.
For example, I bumped Loukasmeeting Carmen to 1212 (after her gauntlet instead of before, and after Pietro becomes her mentor). I also allude to the fact that there may have been something.
Other stuff I added is for you guys. I included the drake hunt and the dragon favor as a hook for Vibria. I mention Golda because I liked Amuls suggestion of her knowing Python. I put in Shadow Wars stuff because many characters are tying ino that.
I say add some personal landmarks. Not your whole life story. Just major thngs others can use as a tie in (or perhaps to generate future stories).
And I cut a lot of extemperaneous crap! I am wordy. And a bad speller.
from the peanut gallery
Google spreadsheet, every PC gets a column. Insert a year as necessary for important events in PC's life...
That's what Fixer suggested. But I am torn. I do want to keep as much data here as possible, an open resource for any lurkers. But links work, and there is an old-old-old Andorra wiki that is waaaay outta date.
[tableborder][tr][th]1182[/th][td]Pythos is born as Periander.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1183[/th][td]Prince Loukas is born, and his mother set aside by the emperor.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1187[/th][td]Pythos begins apprenticeship under Aristeaus of Criamon in Thebes Tribunal. They travel to several different covenants, including the Cave of Twisting Shadows before he is done.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is born in Barcelona to Golda Simón, a Jewish seeress and party girl, and unwed mother. She brings the child to herfatherAntonio of Flambeau, who raises the child and has her baptized Carmalita Maria Perez.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1194[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau begins training as her father’s apprentice, showing aptitude and intelligece and a talent for Auram magic to rival her father’s.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1200[/th][td]Mercuria is born in a special Cult of Mercury ceremony.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1201[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis passes his gauntlet and becomes a full, though lowly, magus at Doissetep.
[hr][/hr]Loukas flees Constantinople for the Holy Roman Empire.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1202[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis completes apprenticeship, and spends the next several years navel gazing, possibly at Doisstep or the Cave[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1205[/th][td]After the fall of Constantinople, Loukas begins his apprenticeship in the Rhine and Greater Alps Tribunals.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1209[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau passes an old fashioned Flambeau Gauntlet, left alone without supplies in an unknown location (Morrocco), she outwitted Berber bandits and liberated a jinni from an evil sorcerer, and was delivered home on a flying carpet. She begins her first Longevity ritual at age 23 to preserve her youthful beauty (and for biological convenience).[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1210[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis meets Carmen of Flambeau at Campo del Martes while fighting in the Shadow Wars.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1212[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau takes Pietro of Flambeau as her mentor. As the Antares of the Archmagi, he deputizes her as a Warden. She meets Loukas in the Greater Alps at Juno's Spire, her mentor's covenant. Stuff happens. She started on Longevity right out of gauntlet .[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1213[/th][td]Loukas meets Pythos of Criamon and Karandos of Flambeau at The Cave of Twisting Shadows.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is appointed as Junior Warden of Ultima Thule, assigned to Campus Ares where she participated in the war against Mogthrasir the Trollsynir.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1215[/th][td]Pythos Criamonis meets Guillaume Flambonis and Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere, as the Quaesitor futilely seeks help from Aristeaus. Guillaume manages to enlist the aid of naive Pythos instead.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1217[/th][td]After having seen Guillaume Flambonis fight at Jafaryia, Quaesitor Octavian of Tremere recommends him to the Quaesitores as a potential Hoplite. Guillaume returns to Doissetep and remains there while beginning his work as a Hoplite.
[hr][/hr]Pythos, shamed by the limitations of his premonitions, moves to Iberia to help fight the Flaming Shadows.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria moves to Doissetep in the wake of a mysterious accident at her former covenant and becomes apprenticed to Ophilio of Mercere. There she meets Guillaume and Pythos, though they generally move in different circles.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1219[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau returns to Andorra and is made a full member with the rank of Mistress. The Antares (her mentor Pietro) appoints her as Warden of the Pyrenees (junior to her Father).[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1220[/th][td]Loukas the Redcap moves to Doissetep and is hired by Pythos of Criamon to help investigate infernalism in the Iberian Tribunal.
[hr][/hr]Octavian of Tremere and Inigo of Flambeau lead an expedition to find the hidden location of Val-Negra. The quest leads them to Barcelona, where they meet Trentus of Flambeau and learn of his battle with Metron and the secret portal at the Silver Rooster. Before entering the portal, Erat Caecus of Tytalus challenges them, and Inigo defeats him in certamen. Entering the portal, the magi discover the secret hideout of Metron of the Flaming Shadows (one of the few remaining renegades), who escapes. Inigo learns of the Lumina Prophocey from the ghost of Vancasitum, while Octavian discusses the mystery of Metron with Abaddon.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau leads a different expedition, in her capacity as Warden, to explore the Caverns of Entropy in the West Pyrenees. The magi are beset and befuddled by faeries; Carmen acquires introspective insight about herself that has a positive and empowering effect upon her future relationships with men.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1221[/th][td]Mercuria is proclaimed a full maga at the Provencal Tribunal of 1221, at which Guillaume Flambonis is present. She is later named a Priest of Mercury, which gives her a (non-voting) seat on Doissetep's governing council.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1222[/th][td]During the Drake Hunt of 1222, the magi of Andorra manage to take down a monstrous beast called el Diablo Rojo by the terrorized locals. Though on fair ground according to treaty, the Dragon Sigmundo steps forth (in human form) to intercede on behalf of his favored child. Diablo Rojo is banished for 77 years, and the dragon still owes the covenant a favor.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1223[/th][td]Pythos, at the urgings of Quaesitor Octavian, applies political pressure to take the next level of Mystery Initiation even though he is not ready. Octavian had recently encountered and slain the escaped renegade Relegare, and was on the hunt for Metron, so he is ruthless in his demands to ferret out the remaining Flaming Shadows.
[hr][/hr]Carmen of Flambeau is officially inducted as a Lady of Seneca, receiving a tiny brand from the Eternal Flame of Andorra.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1224[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau is abducted by the efreet Khyron, Malik of the Arc of Fire. The magi of Andorra mount the Burning Brass Expedition to recover her. In the course of events, they trap Khyron in a brass bottle, release Carmen from the Prison of Glass, become drawn into Taglyn by the Mirror of Infinity, and therein encounter Metron who Octavian of Tremere subdues, captures, and takes back to Duresca. Afterwards, Carmen decides to tour the cities and covenants of Iberia with Estaban of Jerbiton (with her brother Alexandro as a chaperone).[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1227[/th][td]Guillaume Flambonis and Carmen of Flambeau meet again in Iberia (Santiago de Compostella, near Duresca) while Guillaume is working as a Hoplite and simultaneously doing some Quaesitorial training.[/td][/tr]
[tr][th]1229[/th][td]Carmen of Flambeau parts ways with Estaban (on good terms). She and her brother Alexandro return to Andorra, and discover that it has been attacked and plundered, with all of the inhabitants either dead or missing, and her father presumably lost in Twilight. She puts out a call through the Knights of Seneca and her mentor the Antares for assistance in recovering from the disaster and seeking out those responsible.
[hr][/hr]While at Doissetep, Guillaume Flambonis receives the request from the Lady of Seneca Carmen of Flambeau to come help restore Andorra. Guillaume speaks to the other magi at Doissetep and sends letters throughout the year to recruit other magi to join him in assisting Carmen of Flambeau.
[hr][/hr]Mercuria makes plans to travel to Carmen's covenant in Andorra, there to fulfill her dying mother's last wishes of seeing her home village one last time. She also approaches Loukas the Redcap and invites him to assist her in re-establishing a Mercer House there. He agrees.
[hr][/hr]Pythos experiences a powerful vision and informs Loukas that he will be joining him.[/td][/tr][/tableborder]