Spring 1234
Pumillius greets the injured Gunther as he pops back home, and they discuss the concept of spiders, and end up with the name Damha-Allaidh. They search the guest quarters and find a necklace on which is threaded a claw. The claw is six inches long and deeply curved. It has the texture of polished horn and is a glossy black in colour.
The ask Victor in the basement what to do about it, and he advises destroying it to make sure. Pumilius thinks to watch the reaction of the captured demon, who doesn’t react when the suggestion of destruction is brought up, but then (maybe a fraction too late?) starts to see the demon get agitated.
After a few days sailing Galera arrives and wants to take the claw immediately to `an expert that she knows’ for safekeeping to which the magi say no. She takes this with spectacular bad grace and stalks off.
Olga follows her out side the Aegis, and observes her transforming into the shape of Martin. She then proceeds back into the covenant and tries to loot the sancta.
They catch up with her in Pumilius sanctum, and alas, she doesn’t win initiative. She is clobbered by a mace, a pilum of fire and a Hammer believed by its owner to be kin to Mjolnir. Pumilis Lab loses Highly Organized once again….
InCo spells cast on her after death confirm her as human, and on strping her of her magic items (a cloak, a shoe, a ring and her bow) she returns to the shape of Galera.
Wepwawet allows the whispers through the black gate to be heard and they interrogate her. She was working for Atorcoppe (old English for spider) who promised that he would restore her gift. The reduction of status she experienced from Gifted Mercere to redcap was clearly a major driving force for her. That and her son. She was severely agitated at any suggestion of harming the claw, and begged them to let it be.
The Council decide to send a letter to the appropriate authorities, drafted by Karl with help from the council, but were split on to whom it should be sent.
This quandary was resolved when Hector (a shield grog) spoke up and said that Magvillus, Harco and Cad Gau were the natural places, as they could not be sure how many conspirators Galera had had, and so trusting the local Mercere network was flawed. He also recalled that Rufus was descended from a companion of Pralix on her wars against the spider, and that might have where he got the claw.
(He was in the room and was run by a player, and hs OoH lore die exploded big time).
The magi thanked himm for his input, and agreed that what he had suggested was probably for the best. Orlaith would fly/stride to deliver the messages.
Then followed a Council Meeting (yay!!!!) where various plot points were noted.
They tried again near mid summer to find the egg-destroyer but it failed to go ping.
The Eggs are due to hatch in 1242.
They have a `legacy of Herrison’ in their hands
They have knowledge of a region in Leptis Magna which the cats might be able to help with.
The cats now have their magical dolphin Pelorus (room for two normal size humans inside) but he needs repair.
The Vast terriory of Greenland is just there…
They have a massive Tree
The Dwarven smiths are enjoying the beer trade.
Investigate Galdramen /native Icelandic magic.
The potions of the troll mother-in-law hve not been investigated
The unsolicited tractatus from Socrates aux Gernon ex Misc requested to correspond on the subjectof Animal : Martin agreed to so do (+1 in Animal any time Martin studies this art as long as the correspondence persists)
The question of what tribunal to associate themselves with (esp with a quasitor coming) was debated at length. The idiosyncrasies (esp cathachs and only having exclusive access to Vis sources within a days walk of the covenant shut down Hibernia as an option, and Loch Legan was the not-very-heartfelt consensus choice with Martin especially favouring Novgorod.)
The King of Norway is agitating to take Iceland under his control, and there have been skirmishes between the two sides, involving Snorri Thurlson. So far no-one has used magic on either side.
Also:
They have a magic portal to an Inn in Begorrah (from the basement in which Victor is training Brigit to fight the demon within).
The ship needs to be replaced (and maybe this time Pumillius could craft the nice sails for which they gave a lab text…)
Players please feel free to edit this if there any other points I have forgotten.
The next session will take place at the end of Autumn 1234 as the Magi go with the cats to investigate Leptis Magna in more detail.