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When editing this page, list seasons in reverse chronological order so the most recent events appear at the top of the list.
 
When editing this page, list seasons in reverse chronological order so the most recent events appear at the top of the list.
  
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For each season, first list major historical events (wars, droughts, coronoations) if there are any. Most years, there won't be. Next, add links to any stories that occurred. Finally list the publicly-known activities of the player characters.
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For each season, first list major historical events (wars, droughts, coronations) if there are any. Most years, there won't be. Next, add links to any stories that occurred. Finally add local and covenant events and, optionally, any major publicly-known activities of the player characters.
  
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= Anno Domini 1194 =
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1209&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1209] =
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== Spring 1209 ==
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* [[Elfshot in Elm Wood]]
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* [[The King's Condition]]
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1208&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1208] =
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== Winter 1208 ==
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* [[Blood of the Innocent]]
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== Autumn 1208 ==
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* [[Sir Baldric's Dragon]]
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* [[Stonehenge Tribunal of 1208]]
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== Summer 1208 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Eustace]]'s daughter, Rachel, was born
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== Spring 1208 ==
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=== News of the Realm ===
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Pope [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_III Innocent III] placed England under [[interdict]] for King John's continuing, armed opposition the investiture of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton Stephen Langton] as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Rebel Without a Pater]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* The covenant suffered [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=685&sid=977a9300ac627b421ef0fadbded7d476 financial problem]s due to a royal tax and high local inflation
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* The faerie hound [[Amadán]] died; it was killed in battle.
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* [[Rhys]] and [[Randolph]] received lesser enchanted items from [[Alderic]]
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1207&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1207] =
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== Summer 1207 ==
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=== News of the Realm ===
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton Stephen Langton] was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_III Innocent III], but King John refused to acknowledge the new Archbishop or allow him to take office. In July, King John expelled the monks from Canterbury because they supported Cardinal Langton.
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=== Covenant Events ===
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A messenger from the Sheriff of Somerset visited Stranggore to announce a [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=663&sid=6b2d72a15703ebbd03309e51d05bc812 royal tax].
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== Spring 1207 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Picnics and Giant Infernal Tarantulas]]''
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* ''[[A Hero at Last]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Anges]] passed her Wizard's Gauntlet. She moved into Ozerk's former sanctum.
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Two senior grogs died this season. [[Junior]] finally died of old age; [[George the Bastard]] was [[A Hero at Last|killed in battle]]. The turb was re-organized as follows:
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* [[Bloody Bill]] was promoted to turb captain. [[Sandre]] released him from duty as his shield grog.
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* [[Eustace]] was given the keys to the armory. He was assigned as Sandre's new bodyguard.
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* [[Rhys]] and [[Joseph]] were officially designated as guards of Stranggore (that is, fighting grogs) and moved into Junior's old quarters.
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1206&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1206] =
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== Autumn 1206 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Loose Ends and Missing Pages]]''
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* ''[[Things That Go Bump]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* A magical owlet, nicknamed "Scruffy," [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewforum.php?f=122&sid=6b2d72a15703ebbd03309e51d05bc812 came to the covenant] to live with Agnes.
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== Spring 1206 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[A "Flight" of Fancy]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1205&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1205] =
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== Autumn 1205 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Shades of Stellasper]]''
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== Spring 1205 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Argus]] visited [[Avebury]] to [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=619&sid=6b2d72a15703ebbd03309e51d05bc812 investigate mystical events] there
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* [[Sandre]] and [[Marie LaMont|Marie]] welcomed a daughter, Matilda
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* [[Eustace]]'s son, Stephen, was born
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1204&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1204] =
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== Winter 1204 ==
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===News of the Realm===
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Word reaches England (and Stranggore) that the Fourth Crusade has [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Crusade sacked Constantinople]!
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Those Wicked Stones]]''
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== Autumn 1204 ==
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===News of the Realm===
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King John has issued a royal decree commanding every male over the age of 12 to join in a militia for the defense of the realm. He fears a French counter-invasion.
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== Summer 1204 ==
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===News of the Realm===
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King's John's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lackland#Loss_of_Normandy.2C_1202.E2.80.9304 war against France] has ended disastrously. Philip has captured the duchies of Normandy and Poitou, leaving John with Aquitaine as his only Continental possession.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Braid's Rune]]''
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== Spring 1204 ==
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===News of the Realm ===
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King John's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lackland#Loss_of_Normandy.2C_1202.E2.80.9304 war in France] is going poorly. Château Gaillard fell in March, and the King's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, died in April -- unraveling many of England's alliances.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Echoes of Lughnasadh]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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James spent much of the season summoning hounds, which [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=597&sid=438cc8556b2f2d6fb035ca5aeef6c270 caused some trouble] in the forest.
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1203&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1203] =
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== Autumn 1203 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Angus the Dragonslayer]] retired from active adventuring.
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* [[John the Pedlar]] left Stranggore's service and became [[John the Merchant]].
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* [[Sandre]] and [[Godwyn]] searched Ozerk's sanctum and found the key to [[Settasper]].
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* [[Alderic]] [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=575&sid=438cc8556b2f2d6fb035ca5aeef6c270 left his apprentice, Mot], at Stranggore for the season.
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* [[Aldiva]] of [[Caveam Khokhan]] [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=578&sid=438cc8556b2f2d6fb035ca5aeef6c270 visited Stranggore]
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== Spring 1203 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''The [[Thieves of Stamford]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[George the Bastard]], with some unenthusiastic help from [[Junior]], took inventory of the covenant's [[Stranggore_Armory#Arms_and_Armor|mundane arms and armor]]. He spent much of the season carting it around to area smiths to get it cleaned, repaired, sharpened, and generally fit for use.
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* [[Joan of Barstow]] left the covenant to join the Fourth Crusade.
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1202&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1202] =
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== Winter 1202 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Merewen]] had an episode of Wizard's Twilight that [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=551&sid=29cda8f20488810bb7e0ef210816374f lasted a Moon].
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== Autumn 1202 ==
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=== News of the Realm ===
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King Philip of France summoned King John of England to court to settle a dispute between John and the Count of Eu (in northern France). King Philip claimed authority over John because of John's several French titles, including Duke of Poitou. John refused to answer the summons, so Philip [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England#Le_Goulet_peace.2C_1200.E2.80.9302 stripped John of all his French titles] and granted most of them to John's nephew Arthur. Thus began the second war between John and Philip.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''The [[Witching Tree]]''
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== Summer 1202 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Valera]], the wife of George, gave birth to [[Stella|a girl]] with favorable stars and there is much rejoicing.
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== Spring 1202 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''The [[Shepton Challenge]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1201&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1201] =
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== Winter 1201 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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A New Tradition is started where every year a lock of hair is cut from all covenfolk who directly serve the magi and kept in the Armory.
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== Autumn 1201 ==
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===News of the Realm===
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His Holiness Pope Innocent III has declared a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Crusade Fourth Crusade] to recapture Jerusalem from the Mohammadeans. The Crusading army will depart from Venice, probably within the year. All Christian men of Britain are enjoined to take up arms. This was announced at the Tribunal of 1201 but the Order of Hermes is not formally involved. No magi announced plans to participate. Neither, apparently, is King John planning to led the English knights and sergeants after the glorious example of his brother Richard.
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=== Stories ===
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* [[Stonehenge Tribunal of 1201]]
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== Summer 1201 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Otho's Children]]''
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* ''[[The Duke's Siblings]]''
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== Spring 1201 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Ozerk's Revenge]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* At the end of the season, [[Sandre]] eloped with [[Marie LaMont]] and she moved to the covenant.
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* [[Joan of Barstow]] hired village girls to plant a [[Stranggore Resources#Orchard|pear orchard]].
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* [[James]] brought the giants' sheep from the story ''[[Ozerk's Revenge]]'' to Stranggore, along with their ram, [[Barnabus]].
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* [[Harry the Shepherd]] and some other refugees came to Barstow.
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* [[Randolph]] completed the kennel and acquired two bitches to breed to [[Amadán]]
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1200&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1200] =
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== Winter 1200 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Shortest Day]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Godwyn]] moved into the covenant, taking [[Peregrine]]'s old sanctum.
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* [[Paul]] became the covenant librarian.
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* Renovation of the stable and kennel were completed. The covenant bought [http://arsmagica.andrewgronosky.us/wiki/Stranggore_Mundane_Resources#Animals_.26_Transport hounds] to start breeding as a source of income.
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== Autumn 1200 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Godwyn]], [[Paul]], and [[Thomas the Poacher]] returned from their pilgrimage to Rome.
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* The covenant acquired four horses, captured in battle from the outlaw [[Osric the Black]]. The grogs renovated the stable building to house three of them, and the fourth is at [[Angus]]'s house in [[Barstow]].
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* [[Joan of Barstow]] hired five local girls from the village to clean the covenant for a whole season. The appearance of the place is much improved, and many old pieces of junk were patched up to usable condition or discarded.
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== Summer 1200 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Fredegisa]] the Quaesitor visited Stranggore for the season to teach the Code of Hermes Ability to [[Caballus]] and [[Sandre]].
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== Spring 1200 ==
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=== News of the Realm ===
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King John has made peace with King Philip of France after months of conflict with little actual fighting. The terms of the peace recognize John as undisputed King of England; his nephew Arthur has relinquished his claim. John made major concessions to Philip in return, abandoning his Continental alliances that contained French power. This has earned the new King the nickname "John Softsword" among the nobles of England.
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Godwyn]] embarked with [[Paul]] and [[Thomas the Poacher]] on a pilgrimage to Rome.
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* [[Peregrine]] left the covenant of Stranggore and moved to [[Manar House]].
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1199&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1199] =
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== Winter 1199 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[You are the Stars]]''
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== Spring 1199 ==
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===News of the Realm===
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A great calamity has struck! Good King Richard has been killed in battle in France, laid low by a commoner with a crossbow. The succession is disputed between Prince John and John's nephew, Arthur of Brittany. War is certain, and the future of the Angevin "empire" hangs in the balance.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Lost Along the Way]]''
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* ''[[I Shall Be First]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1198&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1198] =
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== Summer 1198 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Rescue of Ozerk]]''
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== Spring 1198 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Trail of the White Wizard]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=247&sid=d8a20453635f542163d539cdaa033fa7 Godwyn and Paul visited Cad Gadu]
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1197&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1197] =
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== Winter 1197 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Agnes]] set up the guest laboratory.
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== Autumn 1197 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Pilgrimage]]''
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* ''[[A Song for Aveline]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* With great difficulty, [[Hywel]] used the spell ''Freeing the Striding Tree'' to walk the covenant's enchanted pear tree halfway across Somerset, from the Weld to Stranggore. The tree now stands on the covenant grounds.
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* [[George the Bastard]] married [[Valera]].
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* [[Eustace]] finished his apprenticeship. He is now both a journeyman stonemason and a grog of Stranggore.
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1196&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1196] =
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== Winter 1196 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Twisted Web]]''
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* ''[[Judgement for Jonas]]''
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* ''[[Storm over Barstow]]''
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== Autumn 1196 ==
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=== Stories ===
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[http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=182&sid=d4c2c814d2ac33b79b5ab7477f6fbeb0 Frightened Villagers] - introduced [[Paul]]
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=== Covenant Events ===
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The covenant repaired the third-floor laboratory in the northwest tower. They also constructed a wooden gate across the opening to the rampart around the covenant.
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== Summer 1196 ==
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=== News of the Realm ===
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* Pestilence and Famine strike England.  [[Merewen]] works tirelessly to alleviate the famine and attendant sickness.
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Ghostly maga]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Peregrine]] [http://forum.andrewgronosky.us/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=159&sid=694093ca24a35d191e2b376f54246e2b departed for Scotland] to search for his love, Ellen. He took [[Edgar the Good]] with him.
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== Spring 1196 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[http://metropollywog.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/how-hywel-spent-his-spring/ How Hywel Spent his Spring]''
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* ''[[Trouble on the Doorstep]]''
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* ''[[Spring Cleaning]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1195&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1195] =
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== Winter 1195 ==
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Junior]] suffered his third Aging Crisis and was forced to retire as "doorman" (chief grog). He assumed the new ceremonial post of Master of the Armory.
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* The turb selected [[George the Bastard]] to replace Junior as leader of the turb. George proclaimed [[Bloody Bill]] as Champion of Stranggore.
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== Autumn 1195 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Here Be Dragons]]''
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* ''[[Godwyn's Gambit]]''
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Rhys]], then an eight-year-old orphan, joined the covenant and became [[Hywel]]'s ward.
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== Summer 1195 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Simon Says]]''
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* ''[[The Devil's Snare]]''
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* ''[[Release the Hounds]]''
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* ''[[On the Road to Saint Giles]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1194&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1194] =
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== Autumn 1194 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Butcher of Blackbury]]''
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* The [[Stonehenge Tribunal of 1194]] was held at Stonehenge itself on Salisbury Plain.
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=== Covenant Events ===
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[[Eustace]] received tutoring from [[Valera]], the foreign scholar living in [[Barstow]]. She began teaching him Latin. This was [[Brian the Mad]]'s idea; he noticed Eustace was smart and wanted to learn to read, so he started educating the lad.
  
 
== Summer 1194 ==
 
== Summer 1194 ==
  
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Story: [[The Certamen Tournament]]
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=== News of the Realm ===
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Spontaneous celebrations broke out across England as good King Richard returned from Crusade, putting an end to five years of misrule by his rebellious brother John.
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=== Covenant Events ===
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Three young magi were invited to the covenant of Stranggore. They will remain guests of the covenant for one year, after which the current members of the covenant will vote whether to admit them permanently. Exceptional service to the covenant may prompt the council to admit a member earlier than that.  Each newcomer is provided with lab space and equipment.
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* [[Hywel Mawr]] passed his Gauntlet and moved to Stranggore and arrived mid-season, too late to do anything else.
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* [[James]] (Caballus) joined Stranggore at [[Argus]]'s invitation. He arrived early in the season and spent the rest of the time studying the tractatus, ''Parma Magica''.
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* [[Peregrine]] also joined Stranggore at [[Argus]]'s invitation.
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And, the new magi came with grogs.
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* Caballus brought [[Angus]] and [[Randolph]]
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* [[Peregrine]] brought [[Edgar the Good]] and [[George the Bastard]]
  
 
== Spring 1194 ==
 
== Spring 1194 ==
  
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Story: [[Highland Holiday]]
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Certamen Tournament]]''
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1193&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1193] =
  
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= Anno Domini 1193 =
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== Winter 1193 ==
  
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== Winter 1193-94 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Highland Holiday]]''
  
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* [[Agnes]] was taught Latin by [[Torkel]]
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Edgar the Good]] received two Medium wounds in the story, [[Highland Holiday]]. He recovered but not in time for the Hermetic tournament at [[Stormwatch]] early the following season.
 
* [[Eustace]] got caught doing repair work at the covenant in violation of Stonemason's Guild rules -- apprentices are not allowed to work on their own. However Eustace's father decided to take over the job and Eustace is allowed to work alongside him.
 
* [[Eustace]] got caught doing repair work at the covenant in violation of Stonemason's Guild rules -- apprentices are not allowed to work on their own. However Eustace's father decided to take over the job and Eustace is allowed to work alongside him.
  
 
== Autumn 1193 ==
 
== Autumn 1193 ==
  
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=== Stories ===
 
[[Caballus]] passed his Wizards' [[Gauntlet]].
 
[[Caballus]] passed his Wizards' [[Gauntlet]].
  
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* [[Sandre Paen]] joined the covenant and began setting up a lab.
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Godwyn]] finally prepared his set of leather clothes for enchantment.
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[[Sandre Paen]] joined the covenant.
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* [[Agnes]] helped [[Merewen]] gather herbal ingredients (Exposure in Apothecary)
 
  
 
== Summer 1193 ==
 
== Summer 1193 ==
  
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* Story: [[The Intruding Magus]]
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=== Stories ===
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* [[Merewen]] taught Parma Magica to [[Agnes]]
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* ''[[The Intruding Magus]]''
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* [[Junior]] taught Great Weapon to [[Torkel]]
 
  
 
== Spring 1193 ==
 
== Spring 1193 ==
  
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[[Eustace]], an apprentice stonemason from [[Barstow]], began working on maintenance and light repairs of the covenant's main building.
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=== Stories ===
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[[Agnes]] and [[Eustace]] met the enchanted owl, [[Tobias]].
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A severe thunderstorm pounded the covenant with wind, rain, and hail. The northwest tower suffered some slight damage.
 
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There was a story this season involving [[Agnes]] and [[Eustace]].
 
  
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* [[Torkel]] taught Latin to [[Agnes]]
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* [[Godwyn]] extraced Vim vis.
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* [[Eustace]], an apprentice stonemason from [[Barstow]], began working on maintenance and light repairs of the covenant's main building.
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* [[Sandre Paen]] passed his gauntlet.
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* A severe thunderstorm pounded the covenant with wind, rain, and hail. The northwest tower suffered some slight damage.
 
* [[Peregrine]] passed his gauntlet
 
* [[Peregrine]] passed his gauntlet
  
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= Anno Domini 1192 =
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1192&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1192] =
  
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== Winter 1192-1193 ==
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== Winter 1192 ==
  
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=== News of the Realm ===
 
Good [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England King Richard] was captured by Duke Leopold of Austria while returning from Crusade in the Holy Land. This is a great calamity for England because wicked Prince John rules as regent, and now the people despair that his tyranny will ever end.
 
Good [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England King Richard] was captured by Duke Leopold of Austria while returning from Crusade in the Holy Land. This is a great calamity for England because wicked Prince John rules as regent, and now the people despair that his tyranny will ever end.
  
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* [[Agnes]] helped [[Merewen]] invest ''Unraveling the Fabric of Mentem'' into her Talisman
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=== Covenant Events ===
 
* [[Junior]] suffered his first aging crisis and was bedridden for a month.
 
* [[Junior]] suffered his first aging crisis and was bedridden for a month.
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* [[Godwyn]] finished setting up his laboratory
 
  
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== Autumn 1192 ==
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1191&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1191] =
  
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* [[Torkel]] taught Latin to [[Agnes]]
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== Winter 1191 ==
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* [[Godwyn]] extracted Vim vis.
 
  
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== Summer 1192 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Two Faces of Love]]''
  
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* [[Agnes]] helped Merewen improve her laboratory by adding specimens (potted herbs, roots, and fungi)
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== Autumn 1191 ==
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* [[Godwyn]] studied 1 pawn of Vim vis, substantially increasing his formerly pitiful Vim score.
 
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* [[Junior]] taught Great Weapon to [[Torkel]]
 
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== Spring 1192 ==
 
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* [[Agnes]] formally became Merwen's apprentice as Merewen began her tutelage in the Hermetic Arts.
 
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* [[Godwyn]] extracted Vim vis in his lab.
 
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= Anno Domini 1191 =
 
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== Winter 1191-1192 ==
 
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* Story: [[Two Faces of Love]]
 
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* [[Merewen]] branded [[Agnes]] with the mark of her clan and initiated her into the secrets of Mythic Herbalism.
 
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* [[Godwyn]] finished setting up his lab in the cave.
 
  
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== Autumn 1191 ==
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[The Horror of Wookey Hole]]''
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* ''[[A Gentle Abduction]]''
  
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* Story: [[The Horror of Wookey Hole]]
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=== Covenant Events ===
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* Story: [[A Gentle Abduction]]
 
 
* [[Agnes]] is taken by [[Merewen]] to Stranggore.
 
* [[Agnes]] is taken by [[Merewen]] to Stranggore.
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* [[Torkel]] taught Latin to [[Agnes]]
 
  
 
== Summer 1191 ==
 
== Summer 1191 ==
  
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* Story: [[Blood on the Stones]]
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=== Stories ===
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* Story: [[A Covenant Denied]]
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* ''[[Blood on the Stones]]''
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* Story: [[Black Beast of the Weld]]
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* ''[[A Covenant Denied]]''
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* ''[[Black Beast of the Weld]]''
  
 
== Spring 1191 ==
 
== Spring 1191 ==
  
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=== Local Events ===
 
The bodies of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere were reportedly found and exhumed at Glastonbury Abbey. Some dispute the claim on the belief that Arthur was transported to Avalon and will one day return, so he could not possibly be buried in England.
 
The bodies of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere were reportedly found and exhumed at Glastonbury Abbey. Some dispute the claim on the belief that Arthur was transported to Avalon and will one day return, so he could not possibly be buried in England.
  
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* [[Godwyn]] studies [[The Dün and the Weld]] a two century old book about magical places of Sussex and Wessex.
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= Anno Domini [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=1190&country=9&cols=3&df=1 1190] =
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= Anno Domini 1190 =
 
  
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== Winter 1190-1191 ==
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== Winter 1190 ==
  
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* Story: [[Of Mice and Monks]]
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=== Stories ===
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* '' [[Of Mice and Monks]]''
  
 
== Autumn 1190 ==
 
== Autumn 1190 ==
  
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* Story: [[Godwyn Sets Out]]
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Godwyn Sets Out]]''
  
 
== Summer 1190 ==  
 
== Summer 1190 ==  
  
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* Story: [[Godwyn's Gauntlet]]
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=== Stories ===
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* ''[[Godwyn's Gauntlet]]''
  
 
== Spring 1190 ==
 
== Spring 1190 ==

Latest revision as of 09:04, 20 March 2015

This is a listing of important events in the Saga of Stranggore. It includes the activities of the player characters, especially stories, as well as major events in the Stonehenge Tribunal and England.

Note: This page is a timeline of fictional events for the fantasy role-playing game Ars Magica. The game is set in a fantastic version of medieval England. Events in the story line of the game have only slight relation to real-world history and should not be considered factual.

When editing this page, list seasons in reverse chronological order so the most recent events appear at the top of the list.

For each season, first list major historical events (wars, droughts, coronations) if there are any. Most years, there won't be. Next, add links to any stories that occurred. Finally add local and covenant events and, optionally, any major publicly-known activities of the player characters.

Anno Domini 1209

Spring 1209

Anno Domini 1208

Winter 1208

Autumn 1208

Summer 1208

Covenant Events

  • Eustace's daughter, Rachel, was born

Spring 1208

News of the Realm

Pope Innocent III placed England under interdict for King John's continuing, armed opposition the investiture of Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Stories

Covenant Events

Anno Domini 1207

Summer 1207

News of the Realm

Stephen Langton was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Innocent III, but King John refused to acknowledge the new Archbishop or allow him to take office. In July, King John expelled the monks from Canterbury because they supported Cardinal Langton.

Covenant Events

A messenger from the Sheriff of Somerset visited Stranggore to announce a royal tax.

Spring 1207

Stories

Covenant Events

Anges passed her Wizard's Gauntlet. She moved into Ozerk's former sanctum.

Two senior grogs died this season. Junior finally died of old age; George the Bastard was killed in battle. The turb was re-organized as follows:

  • Bloody Bill was promoted to turb captain. Sandre released him from duty as his shield grog.
  • Eustace was given the keys to the armory. He was assigned as Sandre's new bodyguard.
  • Rhys and Joseph were officially designated as guards of Stranggore (that is, fighting grogs) and moved into Junior's old quarters.

Anno Domini 1206

Autumn 1206

Stories

Covenant Events

Spring 1206

Stories

Anno Domini 1205

Autumn 1205

Stories

Spring 1205

Covenant Events

Anno Domini 1204

Winter 1204

News of the Realm

Word reaches England (and Stranggore) that the Fourth Crusade has sacked Constantinople!

Stories

Autumn 1204

News of the Realm

King John has issued a royal decree commanding every male over the age of 12 to join in a militia for the defense of the realm. He fears a French counter-invasion.

Summer 1204

News of the Realm

King's John's war against France has ended disastrously. Philip has captured the duchies of Normandy and Poitou, leaving John with Aquitaine as his only Continental possession.

Stories

Spring 1204

News of the Realm

King John's war in France is going poorly. Château Gaillard fell in March, and the King's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, died in April -- unraveling many of England's alliances.

Stories

Covenant Events

James spent much of the season summoning hounds, which caused some trouble in the forest.

Anno Domini 1203

Autumn 1203

Covenant Events

Spring 1203

Stories

Covenant Events

  • George the Bastard, with some unenthusiastic help from Junior, took inventory of the covenant's mundane arms and armor. He spent much of the season carting it around to area smiths to get it cleaned, repaired, sharpened, and generally fit for use.
  • Joan of Barstow left the covenant to join the Fourth Crusade.

Anno Domini 1202

Winter 1202

Covenant Events

Merewen had an episode of Wizard's Twilight that lasted a Moon.

Autumn 1202

News of the Realm

King Philip of France summoned King John of England to court to settle a dispute between John and the Count of Eu (in northern France). King Philip claimed authority over John because of John's several French titles, including Duke of Poitou. John refused to answer the summons, so Philip stripped John of all his French titles and granted most of them to John's nephew Arthur. Thus began the second war between John and Philip.

Stories

Summer 1202

Covenant Events

Valera, the wife of George, gave birth to a girl with favorable stars and there is much rejoicing.

Spring 1202

Stories

Anno Domini 1201

Winter 1201

Covenant Events

A New Tradition is started where every year a lock of hair is cut from all covenfolk who directly serve the magi and kept in the Armory.

Autumn 1201

News of the Realm

His Holiness Pope Innocent III has declared a Fourth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem from the Mohammadeans. The Crusading army will depart from Venice, probably within the year. All Christian men of Britain are enjoined to take up arms. This was announced at the Tribunal of 1201 but the Order of Hermes is not formally involved. No magi announced plans to participate. Neither, apparently, is King John planning to led the English knights and sergeants after the glorious example of his brother Richard.

Stories

Summer 1201

Stories

Spring 1201

Stories

Covenant Events

Anno Domini 1200

Winter 1200

Stories

Covenant Events

  • Godwyn moved into the covenant, taking Peregrine's old sanctum.
  • Paul became the covenant librarian.
  • Renovation of the stable and kennel were completed. The covenant bought hounds to start breeding as a source of income.

Autumn 1200

Covenant Events

  • Godwyn, Paul, and Thomas the Poacher returned from their pilgrimage to Rome.
  • The covenant acquired four horses, captured in battle from the outlaw Osric the Black. The grogs renovated the stable building to house three of them, and the fourth is at Angus's house in Barstow.
  • Joan of Barstow hired five local girls from the village to clean the covenant for a whole season. The appearance of the place is much improved, and many old pieces of junk were patched up to usable condition or discarded.

Summer 1200

Covenant Events

Fredegisa the Quaesitor visited Stranggore for the season to teach the Code of Hermes Ability to Caballus and Sandre.

Spring 1200

News of the Realm

King John has made peace with King Philip of France after months of conflict with little actual fighting. The terms of the peace recognize John as undisputed King of England; his nephew Arthur has relinquished his claim. John made major concessions to Philip in return, abandoning his Continental alliances that contained French power. This has earned the new King the nickname "John Softsword" among the nobles of England.

Covenant Events

Anno Domini 1199

Winter 1199

Stories

Spring 1199

News of the Realm

A great calamity has struck! Good King Richard has been killed in battle in France, laid low by a commoner with a crossbow. The succession is disputed between Prince John and John's nephew, Arthur of Brittany. War is certain, and the future of the Angevin "empire" hangs in the balance.

Stories

Anno Domini 1198

Summer 1198

Stories

Spring 1198

Stories

Covenant Events

Anno Domini 1197

Winter 1197

Covenant Events

Agnes set up the guest laboratory.

Autumn 1197

Stories

Covenant Events

  • With great difficulty, Hywel used the spell Freeing the Striding Tree to walk the covenant's enchanted pear tree halfway across Somerset, from the Weld to Stranggore. The tree now stands on the covenant grounds.
  • George the Bastard married Valera.
  • Eustace finished his apprenticeship. He is now both a journeyman stonemason and a grog of Stranggore.

Anno Domini 1196

Winter 1196

Stories

Autumn 1196

Stories

Frightened Villagers - introduced Paul

Covenant Events

The covenant repaired the third-floor laboratory in the northwest tower. They also constructed a wooden gate across the opening to the rampart around the covenant.

Summer 1196

News of the Realm

  • Pestilence and Famine strike England. Merewen works tirelessly to alleviate the famine and attendant sickness.

Stories

Covenant Events

Spring 1196

Stories

Anno Domini 1195

Winter 1195

Covenant Events

  • Junior suffered his third Aging Crisis and was forced to retire as "doorman" (chief grog). He assumed the new ceremonial post of Master of the Armory.
  • The turb selected George the Bastard to replace Junior as leader of the turb. George proclaimed Bloody Bill as Champion of Stranggore.

Autumn 1195

Stories

Covenant Events

  • Rhys, then an eight-year-old orphan, joined the covenant and became Hywel's ward.

Summer 1195

Stories

Anno Domini 1194

Autumn 1194

Stories

Covenant Events

Eustace received tutoring from Valera, the foreign scholar living in Barstow. She began teaching him Latin. This was Brian the Mad's idea; he noticed Eustace was smart and wanted to learn to read, so he started educating the lad.

Summer 1194

News of the Realm

Spontaneous celebrations broke out across England as good King Richard returned from Crusade, putting an end to five years of misrule by his rebellious brother John.

Covenant Events

Three young magi were invited to the covenant of Stranggore. They will remain guests of the covenant for one year, after which the current members of the covenant will vote whether to admit them permanently. Exceptional service to the covenant may prompt the council to admit a member earlier than that. Each newcomer is provided with lab space and equipment.

  • Hywel Mawr passed his Gauntlet and moved to Stranggore and arrived mid-season, too late to do anything else.
  • James (Caballus) joined Stranggore at Argus's invitation. He arrived early in the season and spent the rest of the time studying the tractatus, Parma Magica.
  • Peregrine also joined Stranggore at Argus's invitation.

And, the new magi came with grogs.

Spring 1194

Stories

Anno Domini 1193

Winter 1193

Stories

Covenant Events

  • Edgar the Good received two Medium wounds in the story, Highland Holiday. He recovered but not in time for the Hermetic tournament at Stormwatch early the following season.
  • Eustace got caught doing repair work at the covenant in violation of Stonemason's Guild rules -- apprentices are not allowed to work on their own. However Eustace's father decided to take over the job and Eustace is allowed to work alongside him.

Autumn 1193

Stories

Caballus passed his Wizards' Gauntlet.

Covenant Events

Sandre Paen joined the covenant.

Summer 1193

Stories

Spring 1193

Stories

Agnes and Eustace met the enchanted owl, Tobias.

Covenant Events

  • Eustace, an apprentice stonemason from Barstow, began working on maintenance and light repairs of the covenant's main building.
  • A severe thunderstorm pounded the covenant with wind, rain, and hail. The northwest tower suffered some slight damage.
  • Peregrine passed his gauntlet

Anno Domini 1192

Winter 1192

News of the Realm

Good King Richard was captured by Duke Leopold of Austria while returning from Crusade in the Holy Land. This is a great calamity for England because wicked Prince John rules as regent, and now the people despair that his tyranny will ever end.

Covenant Events

  • Junior suffered his first aging crisis and was bedridden for a month.

Anno Domini 1191

Winter 1191

Stories

Autumn 1191

Stories

Covenant Events

Summer 1191

Stories

Spring 1191

Local Events

The bodies of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere were reportedly found and exhumed at Glastonbury Abbey. Some dispute the claim on the belief that Arthur was transported to Avalon and will one day return, so he could not possibly be buried in England.

Anno Domini 1190

Winter 1190

Stories

Autumn 1190

Stories

Summer 1190

Stories

Spring 1190

Nothing happened. Godwyn was still finishing up his apprenticeship, Torkel was still a prisoner in Faerie, and the covenant of Stranggore was still slowly and stoically crumbling to pieces.

Before A.D. 1190

For events that occurred before the player characters joined the story line, the Stranggore History and Stonehenge Tribunal History pages.

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