I will start two new threads today. One with the expedition to Kolberg where magi and companions report and the other one is for those who stay att the covenant.
Mariella will stay at the covenant not being all that keen to negotiate with mundanes
In a day or so I write the finishing piece on the council meating. So say something if you wish while the discussion is going.
Ardath will stay, while alberich will accompany the party as a shield grog (if frederick agrees, of course)
By the way, is Horst, the representative of the covenfolk before the council, the same horst that was wounded on the forest scouting expedition?
And is this horst well?
Nope they are two different men.
Yes Horst the Hunter recovered it was just a light wound.
Good to know.
Curses somebody else got the bandits, they get all the fun
Yup, it seems you really haven't any luck 
Really enjoying the judgement story arc 
Lucky that Yannick isn't back at the covenant...
Even though I see a shapeshifting finger pointing my direction as a player, the woman would be more trouble than shes worth to Yannick.
[color=red]Pf, hang her. Shes a killer and she wont be any better as a maga. She's way to old any way. And none of us could train her. 
This would surely cause trouble...
I do very much like Andrews approach to the problem. Thumbs up!
I will go away for the weekend, I will read and write upon further posts on Sunday evening (Swedish time that is).
Thanks all for giving me one of the best gaming sessions of my gaming life.
/Max
And thanks to you, too, I'm really enjoying this a lot Haven't been that much fun for a loooong time.
Yannick and alberich... Gloups...
Erm,... nothing we can't handle... the situation is under control...
I just hope the other half is witches... 
Unfortunately I'm unavailable until monday
As Yannick is not so much the patient guy, here's his plan, so you can fit it in, if need be and if I'm not back in time:
-Do a little more small talk
-[color=red]Your lineage and mine may have more in common than you think...
-Shapeshift into Beast-of-outlandish-sized-Adder Form
-Shapeshift back
-Start negotiating
Pretty good idea, although, as this is mostly your story, I'll wait with pleasure.
Btw, this is strange, I have no problem accessing the atla forum, save for the Ars Magica subsection, which I can't
What alnguage do the locals speak? I don't recall if we have them trained to understand latin yet. It occurred to me after reading ardeth's speech as I am not sure how many of the magi speak german
Ops! My misstake, perhaps the speach where frther impaired by a translator working to translate the speech from latin to german. 
I thought that perhaps some of the locals spoke a slavic dialaect we are on that edge of germany
Oups... yes, must have been that, forgot the fact too 