Stonehenge Tribunal of 1236
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Late in 1235, Praeco Talion will send out invitations to Tribunal for the Summer Solstice of 1236.
In case you feel like reading about a standard Tribunal before the next game, there's an article on Tribunal Procedures.
Logistics
Other Activities at Tribunal
- Draag of Blackthorn organises the Bjornaer gathering which resembles a pagan midsummer festival. Very secretive.
- Edward of Milton, of Schola Pythagoranis, organises a Jerbiton gathering, which is a large formal dinner party, followed by a masquerade ball. Largely attended by Jerbiton, with the occasional 'civilized' guest invited to attend. Nearly every attendee has the Gentle Gift and impeccable manners.
- Scintilla of Burnham organizes the Flambeau Melee
- Aurelia of Nigrasaxa organises the Verditius Regional Contest, a smaller version of The Contest which takes place at Verdi every twenty-two years. She will be polling magi, primarily Verditius, on their level of interest in holding a regional content.
- Aulus of Bonisagus and Neanne of Verditius, both from Nova Semitae, organize a small colloquium for the scholastically-minded members to give lectures, share knowledge, and otherwise discuss magical theory and methods with other members. Although the number of Bonisagus magi is low, a wider selection of non-Bonisagus magi show up along with the occasional Bonisagus magus from the continent looking to promote their research and earn reputation.
- A general seller's market for enchantments, potions, books, longevity rituals, vis, and anything else magi will trade pops up. Very informal.
Tribunal Issues
Session 1: External Tribunal Issues
Interference with Mundanes and Endangering the Order
- Augustus of Guernicus v. Iohannes Don of Mercere
- Iohannes Don, a Redcap, had an affair with a married serf named Mathilde. She ran away with him and he has taken her as his apprentice. The lord of the manor from the fief she lived at learned of them after her husband complained. During the encounter, Iohannes stabbed the nobleman and they fled. The lord is making life difficult for Redcaps and any known magi traveling in the area. He is being charged with Interference with Mundanes and Endangering the Order.
- Iohannes Don’s defense is that a magus of the Order of Hermes has a right to defend his covenant, his property, and himself by any means against a hostile noble without it being considered either interference or endangerment. As he has taken Mathilde as his apprentice and has not failed to give her the required training under the Code, she is considered is ‘property’ per the Peripheral Code. His attack on him to take her away constitutes a deprivation of property which allowed him to defend against the loss of that property. The noble has nobody to blame but himself.
- VOTE: Iohannes Don is not guilty of Interfering with Mundanes as his rights as a magus were threatened by the mundane lord in question.
- VOTE: Iohannes Don is guilty of Endangering the Order and is ordered to pay a fine of 10 pawns of vis and to resolve the issue with the mundane lord by the next Tribunal.
Interference with Mundanes
- Golias of Tytalus
- Golias of Tytalus, Blackthorn, is seeking to challenge the idea that dealings with magi are illegal under mundane ‘disparagement’ laws. In this case, Golias has arranged his son to marry an heiress of local noble’s circle in exchange for undisclosed services. Quaesitores investigated but were satisfied he did not act as a court wizard.
- The heiress’ family is suing for disparagement to block the marriage. Golias, and possibly Blackthorn, are seeking to challenge the case all the way to the court of Henry III. If they win, this will allow all magi in England to take apprentices (as they would be considered free and not villeins, though a fee would still need to be paid for their removal), and that Hermetic courts would be an appropriate alternative to mundane or ecclesiastic courts to settle matters between Order members and others. Individual magi are divided if this is truly interference with mundanes or simply playing by the rules that exist in mundane society.
- VOTE: After much debate, the following process has been proposed and passed narrowly:
- - Trials may be conducted "by correspondence" with a Quaesitor responsible for ensuring that all sides are heard.
- - When face-to-face meetings are required with mundanes, a magus must be Gently Gifted magus or a magus must know and use the Gift Blunting fold for Parma Magica
- - A random selection of magi in the Tribunal shall serve as jury for the proceedings and be notified by the Quaesitor in charge of the proceedings.
Interference with Mundanes, Working as a Court Wizard
- Fredigisa of Guernicus v. Thamik of Verditius, Nigrasaxa
- Thamik of Verditius, Nigrasaxa is accused of interference with mundanes by providing arms made with craft magic to the Welsh, who were fighting his enemies (the Marshal family) at the time.
- Thamik's defense is that he observed the proper distancing by working through an agent and didn't provide the purchasing nobles with any actual magic.
- VOTE: Thamik is found not guilty of both charges as he has followed proper procedure in his dealings with mundanes.
Molesting the Fae
- Edward of Milton, House Jerbiton v. Phessalia of Merinita
- Edward of Milton accuses Phessalia of Merenita of meddling with the great faeries. He claims she has attempted to alter their story, and this has resulted in a noticeable change in the weather of the tribunal. While at present the effect is not severe, it is getting worse. Phessalia denies any connection between these faeries and the weather in the British isles.
- VOTE: The Tribunal finds Phessalia guilty of Endangering the Order and fines her 10 pawns of vis and orders her to address the winter issue by the following Tribunal.
Report on Missing Magi of Nova Semitae
- Neanne of Verditius
- Reporting on the locations and final fates Julissa, Aislinn, and Justen
- NOTES: House Mercere has recorded the fate of these magi for Tribunal records.
Apprentices and Swearing In of the Recently Gauntleted
- Aduro of Flambeau, Conventus Muri, announces that his third apprentice shall take the name Sarai and has passed her Gauntlet.
- Neanne of Verditius, Nova Semitae, announces that her first apprentice shall take the name Vitria and has passed her Gauntlet.
- Perditia of Flambeau, Conventus Muri, announces that she has taken Ricard as her apprentice.
- Geoffroy of Jerbiton, Nova Semitae, announces that he has taken Esyllt, his daughter, as his apprentice.
- Magni of Flambeau, Nova Semitae, announces that he has taken Sigrun, his daughter, as his apprentice.
Session 2: Internal Tribunal Issues
Voting Irregularities
- Fredigisa of Guernicus v. Covenant of Burnham, Aindread Ex Miscellanea, Sachicko of Merinita
- Burnham is accused of using the period the tribunal was inquorate to deceive it of their true membership. Aindread and Sachicko have never attended a quorate Tribunal. It is argued that they are not formally members of the tribunal unless they do so. Caitlin objects, but has few friends in the tribunal.
- VOTE: The Tribunal upholds the use of the voting sigils of these magi for this Tribunal period, but commands that the magi present themselves to a Quaesitor or to a Tribunal by the next Grand Tribunal for their votes to be counted.
- VOTE: Tribunals shall include announcements of magi who are no longer present in Tribunal to ensure that voting sigils are not improperly used.
Scrying
- Prelum of Tremere vs. Corvus of Bjornael
- Prelum of Tremere accuses Corvus of Bjornaer of scrying on her. Someone accuses him of scrying at every tribunal but nothing has ever been proven. It is unlikely this time will be different.
- VOTE: Corvus is found not guilty due to a lack of evidence.
Slaying of a Magus, Deprevation of Power; Becoming a Member of the Order
- Swan of Jerbiton v. Covenant of Voluntas; counter-charges Covenant of Voluntas v. Swan of Jerbiton
- On the first charge, the Covenant of Voluntas is charged with the illegal slaying of a member of the Order. During a visit to Voluntas, Swan of Jerbiton met an unGifted hedge wizard living with them who was forced to do nothing but make vis for the covenant each season. Swan offered membership in the Order to the hedge wizard; he accepted and swore the Oath on the spot. Members of Voluntas refused to allow him to leave with Swan and slew him during the confrontation rather than lose him.
- On the second charge, the Covenant of Voluntas charges Swan of Jerbiton with deprivation of magical power by removing a valuable hedge wizard.
- Cathaoire Ex Miscellanea, Quaesitor, brings a third question to Tribunal: Is swearing the Oath enough to make a hedge wizard, or indeed any apprentice, a full member of the Order of Hermes? Or does it require something more, such as the ratification of a Quaesitor or Tribunal? Can a member of the covenant be considered part of the covenant's property and does endangering that person count as depriving the covenant of its magical power?
- VOTE: The Tribunal holds that a swearing of the Oath before any member of the Order is both common in the Order's history and sufficient for a non-member to become a member of the Order, noting that the founder Flambeau had caused this to occur in his push to purge Moslem sorcerers in Iberia during the Founding period.
- VOTE: Corvus of Bjornaer, being the magus who slew the hedge wizard in question, is found guilty of slaying a magus outside a properly declared Wizard's War or a declared Wizard's March. The Tribunal fines him 20 pawns of vis to be paid to House Ex Miscellanea by the next Tribunal.
Deprevation of Power
- Covenant of Nova Semitae v. Phessalia
- The covenant charges Phessalia of depriving the covenant of its historical vis source. Despite not being registered, the covenant argues that common longstanding use matters.
- VOTE: Phessalia is found guilty of depriving Nova Semitae of its vis source and is fined 5 years of the average yield as this was an unregistered, but regularly collected, vis source. This is a 20 pawn vis fine. This sets a precedent that with sufficient records, the Tribunal can recognize vis sources for the purposes of recovering lost income due to the interference of a magus.
Clarifying a Tribunal Ruling
- Eirlys of Merinita v Fornad of Merinita
- Citing a recent Tribunal ruling stating the blood members have priority claim over Gifted family members, two magi both of whom have blood claims are challenging each other for the apprentice.
- VOTE: The Tribunal clarifies that the relationship weighs on distance by blood. The closest blood relation to the Gifted child has precedent for claiming him as an apprentice. If two or more magi are equally distant, then the first magus to Open the child's Gift shall claim him.
Stonehenge Tribunal Relocation
- Neanne of Veriditus
- Reporting on the region at Stonehenge, local rulers, issues with meeting at the site.
- VOTE: The Tribunal narrowly votes to organize a committee to investigate the suitability meeting at Stonehenge for Tribunal meetings.
Covenant of Vigil Changes
- Per the Extraordinary Grand Tribuanl of 1226, the Covenant of Vigil is being staffed with outsider Quaesitores until the number of domestic Quaesitores is equal to 8 or higher.
- Departing: Archmagus Augustus, Quaesitor of House Guernicus, Rome Tribunal (Traditionalist); Archmaga Angelica, Hoplite of House Tremere, Rhine Tribunal; Atlas, Quaesitor of House Tytalus, Normandy Tribunal (Transitionalist)
- Remaining: Hera, Quaesitor of House Guernicus
- Arriving: Metron, Archmagus of House Flambeau, Iberia Tribunal; Asmorn, Quaesitor of House Guernicus, Normandy Tribunal (Traditionalist); Tressa, Quaesitor of House Tremere, Transylvania Tribunal (Traditionalist)