Etenos ex Guernicus
Hermetic Name: Etenos ex Guernicus
Levant Tribunal
Reputation: Honest Terram magus 2 (Hermetic)
Preferred Topics: Terram, Rego, Finesse
Etenos was trained near Rome, and had a strong pious bent. This belief often got him in trouble as a youth, and instead of being guided to Quaesitor status, he ended as an earth magus, and a Hoplite. He accompanied his elder Quaesitor when the latter was sent to the Levant to watch over the Tribunal, and with the Quaesitor's failing physical capabilities, Etenos acted as scribe and assistant to the man he also guarded. This lead into him developing a talent with the quill, and as the Quaesitor became less and less active, he turned to authoring books.
Earth and Stone by Etenos ex Guernicus, Terram summa in Latin, Level 18 quality 11
His final work, and an exhaustive one, Earth and Stone is also his best-known work. In his aging years, he accumulated a large volume of experiments and studies, and when he was bedridden he decided to work them together into a single work. In addition to discussing how to use the Art, it has a section discussing differing types of sand, loam, earth, minerals, and more, helping a magus decide on the correct representation of Terram for any particular use.
Practices in Accuracy by Etenos ex Guernicus, Rego tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
A series of training exercises and practices that Etenos used to increase his accuracy with magical spells. It includes utilizing clay-fired pots, spheres, and rods as tools to show a mastery of finesse and precision. At the storyguide's option, after reading this book, the reader may Practice finesse later in the same year for an additional +2 xp.
Peripheral Code Between Tribunals by Etenos ex Guernicus, Code of Hermes tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
Etenos's first real work, it was a report on the changes in the Levant Tribunal peripheral code, but developed into a study of the differences between it and the Roman Tribunal, and how it changed the Hermetic culture.
Manifold Earth by Etenos ex Guernicus, Terram tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
This book studies the numerous uses of clay in spellcasting - a malleable medium, a sharpened ceramic, hardened shards. While it does touch upon the uses of turning earth to clay, it is more specific in utilizing clay itself. It includes a sample spell called Field of Mud, which turns a large area of terrain into a sloshing wet clay to bind and restrict those trying to move within it.