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The library contains 788 covenant build points' worth of books (including the casting tablets) and 17 build points' worth of laboratory texts.

Tomes on the Hermetic Arts

Due to our house rules for books, all the tomes in the library of Stranggore are tractatus.

The highlight of Stranggore's Hermetic collection is a complete fifteen-volume set of the treatises of Eudoxus of Bonisagus, a third-generation descendant of the Founder who undertook the ambitious task of writing an authoritative book on every Art. These works are still available and widely copied from the Great Library of Durenmar. Although later authors have written better texts on the individual Arts, Eudoxis's treatises are still considered important and useful works, albeit somewhat dated. Stranggore spared no expense in acquiring beautiful copies, each masterfully scribed, illuminated, and bound. Unfortunately these fine books were neglected in the early twelfth century and suffered some damage from worms and mildew.

Subject	Title	Author	Language	Quality	Notes
Animal	De Animalibus	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Animal	Animal A	?	Latin	9
Aquam	De Aqua	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Aquam	Aquam A	?	Latin	10
Auram	De Aura	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Auram	Auram A	?	Latin	10
Corpus	De Corpore	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Corpus	On the Humors	Theophilus of Jerbiton	Latin	10
Creo	Creo	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Creo	Creo A	?	Latin	10
Herbam	De Herbis	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Herbam	Of Fruits and Flowers	Christopher of Bonisagus	Latin	10
Ignem	De Igne	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Ignem	Liber de Lumine	Elaine of Flambeau	Latin	11
Imaginem	De Imagine	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Imaginem	Imaginem A	?	Latin	11
Intellego	Intellego	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Intellego	Intellego Ominum	Tysium of Jerbiton	Latin	11
Mentem	De Mente	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Mentem	Mentem et Manes	Demoria of Guernicus	Latin	10
Mentem	On the Hearts of Men	Alice Hartwick ex Miscellanea	Latin	8	on loan from Anne Knowlton since Spring 1199
Mentem	Beyond the Veil of Death	Anonymous	Latin	10	Acquired by Sandre Summer 1202
Muto	Muto	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Muto	Transformations of the Elements	Gerd of Verditius	Latin	10
Perdo	Perdo	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Perdo	Perdo A	-	Latin	10
Rego	Rego	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Rego	Seven Principles of Occult Action	Druscilla of Jerbiton	Latin	10
Terram	De Terra	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Terram	Non-traditional Combative Arts v.III	Percoles of Flambeau	Latin	9
Terram	Commentary on Volume IX of Pliny's Natural History	Jana of Bonisagus	Latin	9	Acquired by Sandre Summer 1202
Vim	De Vi	Eudoxus of Bonisagus	Latin	11	Skilled binder, illuminator, scribe; damaged (-1)
Vim	Vim Circuitum	Sorib of Criamon	Latin	9
Vim	Treatise on Ethereal Vibrations	Lanneus of Bonisagus	Latin	9	on loan from Anne Knowlton since Spring 1199

Tomes on Abilities

Arcane Abilities

Subject	Title	Author	Language	Quality	Notes
Code of Hermes	Tribunal of Stonehenge, A.D. 1054, Vol. 1	some Quaesitor	Latin	9
Code of Hermes	Tribunal of Stonehenge, A.D. 1061, Vol. 1	some Quaesitor	Latin	8
Faerie Lore	The Fair Folk	Lyria of Merinita	Latin	10
Faerie Lore	The Mabinogion	translated by Morwith of Merinita	Latin	10
Finesse	Exercises for Improving Magical Focus	Apius of Tremere	Latin	11
Finesse	Techniques of Spellcasting, Vol. 2	Parania of Jerbiton	Latin	8
House Merinita Cult Lore	The Ballad of Quendalon'	Anonymous	Latin	7
House Merinita Cult Lore	Rendezvous with the Winter Queen; Quendalon's Second Excursion'	Anonymous	Latin	8
Infernal Lore	Seleucus' Journal	Seleucus the diabolist	Latin	9	James borrowed this book from Argus and has not returned it.
Infernal Lore	Numbering the Legion	Gilbert of York	Latin	8	This is James book and he will lend it out if asked.
Infernal Lore	Principles of Necromancy	Anonymous	Latin	8	This is James book and he will lend it out if asked.
Magic Lore	Aberdeen Bestiary	Anonymous	Latin	10	Skilled illuminator
Magic Lore	Ashmole Bestiary	Anonymous	Latin	10	Skilled illuminator
Magic Lore	The Dûn and the Weld	Anonymous	Latin	10	Donated by Godwyn, Autumn 1200
Magic Lore	Legends of the Round Table	Anonymous	Latin	8
Magic Theory	Commentary on the Ritual of Aegis of the Hearth	Druscilla of Bonisagus	Latin	10	Acquired by Merewen, Autumn 1201
Magic Theory	De Magia Sympathetica	Elaine of Flambeau	Latin	11
Magic Theory	Magia Universalis, Vol. 1	Bonisagus	Latin	10	Glossed +2
Magic Theory	Magia Universalis, Vol. 2	Bonisagus	Latin	10	Glossed +1
Magic Theory	Magia Universalis, Vol. 3	Bonisagus	Latin	11	Glossed +1
Magic Theory	On the Meanings of Names	Oxian of Criamon	Latin	10	Acquired by Sandre Winter 1201
Magic Theory	Saxon and Pictish Runes	Aelthred Ex Miscellanea	Latin	9	Acquired by Merewen, Autumn 1201
Parma Magica	Parma Magica	Bonisagus	Latin	11	Glossed +2
Parma Magica	The Invisible Fortress	Darius of Tytalus	Latin	5	Damaged
Parma Magica	Techniques of Spellcasting, Vol. 4	Parania of Jerbiton	Latin	8
Penetration	Techniques of Spellcasting, Vol. 3	Parania of Jerbiton	Latin	8
Penetration	To Give a Wizard Strength	Apromor of Flambeau	Latin	11	Glossed +1, skilled scribe

Academic Abilities

Subject	Title	Author	Language	Quality	Notes
Artes Liberales	Ars Grammatica	Donatus	Latin	11
Artes Liberales	Motions of the Stars and Planets	William Edgeford	Latin	9
Philosophiae	De Consolatione Philosophiae	Boethis	Latin	9
Teaching	Teaching A	-	Latin	9

General Abilities

Subject	Title	Author	Language	Quality	Notes
Area Lore (Britain)	Arthur Among the Britons	Celeres of Bonisagus	Latin	5
Area Lore (Britain)	Historia Regia Anglorum et Dacorum	Symeon of Durham	Latin	10	Glossed
Area Lore (Britain)	Historia Regia Anglorum	Geoffrey of Monmouth	Latin	9
Area Lore (Britain)	Chronicle of the Kings of Stranggore	Various, anonymous	Latin	8
Area Lore (Britain)	Historia Brittonum	Nennius	Latin	5
Area Lore (Somerset)	Somerset A	-	Latin	8
Civil and Canon Law	The Ecclesiastical History: Canon Law	Oderic Vitalis	Latin	7
Concentration	Concentration A	-	Latin	10
Concentration	Techniques of Spellcasting, Vol. 1	Parania of Jerbiton	Latin	8
Order of Hermes Lore	Tribunal of Stonehenge, A.D. 1054, Vol. 2	some Quaesitor	Latin	9
Order of Hermes Lore	The Life of Pralix the Founder	Cedric the Silent	Latin	7

Supernatural Abilties

Subject	Title	Author	Language	Quality	Notes
Sense Holiness/Unholiness	"Emanations of the Soul"	Cardinal Luigi Cavazzi	Latin	11

Lab Texts

Grimoire

The grimoire is the collection of lab text for spells (as opposed to lab texts for enchanted items). It totals 278 build points.

Spells that have been suggested by a player, but aren't immediately available to the characters, are considered misplaced and possibly lost. They are listed below but ~~stricken out~~.

Animal Spells

Piercing Lance of Bone (CrAn) L20 -- tLatL p. 60

Wizard's Faithful Hound (CrAn) L30 -- like the Wizard's Mount but summons a Size 0 hound

The Wizard's Mount (CrAn) L35

Hunter's Sense (InAn) L30

Doublet of Impenetrable Silk (MuAn) L15

Blunt the Viper's Fangs (PeAn) L20

Cripple the Howling Wolf (PeAn) L25

Ward Against Beasts of Legend (ReAn) L20

The Gentle Beast (ReAn) L25

Aquam Spells

Enchantment of the Scrying Pool (InAq) L30

Auram Spells

Broom of the Winds (CrAu) L15

Charge of the Angry Winds (CrAu) L15

Wings of the Soaring Wind (CrAu) L30

True Sight of Air (InAu) L15

Whispering Winds (InAu) L15

Quiet the Raging Winds (PeAu) L20

Ward Against Rain (ReAu) L10

Clouds of Thunderous Might (ReAu) L30

Corpus Spells

Bind Wound (CrCo) L10

Purification of the Festering Wounds (CrCo) L20

Restoration of the Defiled Body (CrCo) L25

Sight of the True Form (InCo) L15

Whisper through the Black Gate (InCo(Me)) L15

Revealed Flaws of Mortal Flesh (InCo) L10

The Inexorable Search (InCo) L20

The Eye of the Sage (InCo(Im)) L30

Cloak of the Black Feathers (MuCo(An)) L30

The Wound That Weeps (PeCo) L15

Herbam Spells

Trap of the Entwining Vines (CrHe) L15

Wall of Thorns (CrHe) L20

The Bountiful Feast (CrHe) L35 Ritual

Intuition of the Forest (InHe) L10

Piercing Shaft of Wood (MuHe(Re)) L10

Aegis of Unbreakable Wood' (MuHe) L15 - HoH:Societates, page 46

Ward Against Faeries of the Wood (ReHe) L20

Freeing the Striding Tree (ReHe) L30

Calling the Council of the Trees (ReHe) L45 Ritual

Coils of the Entangling Plants (ReHe) L20

Ignem Spells

Lamp without Flame (CrIg) L10

Quench the Raging Conflagration (PeIg) L20

The Ear for Distant Voices (InIm) L20

Summoning the Distant Image (InIm) L25

Aura of Ennobled Presence (MuIm) L10

Notes of Delightful Sound (MuIm) L10

Veil of Invisibility (PeIm) L20

Mentem Spells

Words of Unbroken Silence (CrMe) L10

The Far-Speaking Voice (CrMe) L20 -- HoH:Societates, page 97

Posing the Silent Question (InMe) L20

Thoughts Within Babble (InMe) L25

Lay to Rest the Haunting Spirit (PeMe) L10

Ring of Warding Against Spirits (ReMe) L20

Coerce the Spirit of the Night (ReMe) L20

Terram Spells

Silvery Scales of the Knight (CrTe(An)) L 30 -- HoH: Societates, page 37

Earth that Breaks No More (MuTe) L20

Hauberk of Sublime Lightness (PeTe) -- HoH: Societates, page 38

Vim Spells

Wizard's Eye for Vis (InVi) L10

Piercing the Faerie Veil (InVi) L20

Piercing the Magical Veil (InVi) L20

Wizards' Communion (MuVi) L20

Wind of Mundane Silence (PeVi) L25

Aegis of the Hearth (ReVi) L30 - Ritual

Gather the Essence of the Beast (ReVi) L15

Maintaining the Demanding Spell (ReVi) L15, L20

Opening the Intangible Tunnel (ReVi) L15

Watching Ward (ReVi) L25

Lab Texts for Enchanted Items

Over the years Stranggore had created magic items for the Kings of Stranggore to aid in the defense of the realm. Many of these items have been lost, but a few remain and detail notes on how to create some of these items exist in the library and are collectively called the Armature of Stranggore or, informally, the Teeth.

Armor Tunics: Muto Animal 19
Mail of Stranggore: Perdo Terram 34
Charm of Dragon Slaying: Perdo Animal 30
Unbreakable Shield: Muto Herbam 19

Casting Tablets

Spell	Arts	Level
Cheating the Reaper	CrCo	30
Gentle Caress of Aesclepius	CrCo	30
Touch of Midas	CrTe	20
Aegis of the Hearth	ReVi	30

@@ Line 208: / Line 208: @@
 ''Cripple the Howling Wolf'' (PeAn) L25
-''Ward Against Beasts of Legend'' (ReAn) <s>L10</s> L20 <s>L30</s>
+''Ward Against Beasts of Legend'' (ReAn) L20
 ''The Gentle Beast'' (ReAn) L25
 ==== Aquam Spells ====
-<s>Voice of the Lake (InAq) L25</s>
 ''Enchantment of the Scrying Pool'' (InAq) L30
-<s>Push of the Gentle Wave (ReAq) L15</s>
-<s>Chaos of the Angry Wave (ReAq) L30</s>
 ==== Auram Spells ====
@@ Line 231: / Line 225: @@
 ''Whispering Winds'' (InAu) L15
-<s>Sailor's Foretaste of the Morrow (InAu) L20</s>
-<s>Talons of the Winds (MuAu) L20</s>
 ''Quiet the Raging Winds'' (PeAu) L20
@@ Line 248: / Line 238: @@
 ''Restoration of the Defiled Body'' (CrCo) L25
-<s>Cheating the Reaper (CrCo) L30</s> -- we have a [[Stranggore_Library#Casting_Tablets|Casting Tablet]] for this
 ''Sight of the True Form'' (InCo) L15
@@ Line 260: / Line 248: @@
 ''The Eye of the Sage'' (InCo(Im)) L30
-<s>Disguise of the New Visage (MuCo) L15</s> ([[Godwyn]] knows this spell so we can get it for free if he joins the covenant)
 ''Cloak of the Black Feathers'' (MuCo(An)) L30
-<s>Dust to Dust (PeCo) L15</s>
 ''The Wound That Weeps'' (PeCo) L15
-<s>Rise of the Feathery Body (ReCo) L10</s> ([[Godwyn]] knows this spell so we can get it for free if he joins)
-<s>Seven-League Stride (ReCo) L30</s>
 ==== Herbam Spells ====
@@ Line 279: / Line 259: @@
 ''The Bountiful Feast'' (CrHe) L35 Ritual
-<s>Hunt for Wild Herb (InHe) L5</s> (too low level; any magus can invent this!)
 ''Intuition of the Forest'' (InHe) L10
-<s>Converse with Plant and Tree (InHe) L25</s>
 ''Piercing Shaft of Wood'' (MuHe(Re)) L10
 ''Aegis of Unbreakable Wood''' (MuHe) L15 - ''HoH:Societates'', page 46
-<s>Curse of the Rotted Wood (PeHe) L5</s> (too low level; any magus can invent this!)
-<s>The Great Rot (PeHe) L25</s>
-<s>Strike of the Angered Branch (ReHe) L15</s>
 ''Ward Against Faeries of the Wood'' (ReHe) L20
@@ Line 303: / Line 273: @@
 ''Coils of the Entangling Plants'' (ReHe) L20
-<s>The Treacherous Spear (ReHe) L25</s>
 ==== Ignem Spells ====
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 ''Quench the Raging Conflagration'' (PeIg) L20
-<s>Soothe the Raging Flames (PeIg) L20</s>
-<s>Ward Against Heat and Flame (ReIg) L25</s>
-<s>Phantasm of the Talking Head (CrIm) L10</s>
 ''The Ear for Distant Voices'' (InIm) L20
@@ Line 324: / Line 286: @@
 ''Notes of Delightful Sound'' (MuIm) L10
-<s>Image Phantom (MuIm) L20</s>
 ''Veil of Invisibility'' (PeIm) L20
-<s>Silence of the Smothered Sound (PeIm) L20</s>
-<s>Wizard's Sidestep (ReIm) L10</s>
-<s>Image from the Wizard Torn (ReIm) L30</s>
 ==== Mentem Spells ====
@@ Line 339: / Line 293: @@
 ''The Far-Speaking Voice'' (CrMe) L20 -- ''HoH:Societates'', page 97
-<s>Memory of the Distant Dream (CrMe) L20</s>
 ''Posing the Silent Question'' (InMe) L20
@@ Line 349: / Line 301: @@
 ''Ring of Warding Against Spirits'' (ReMe) L20
-<s>The Call to Slumber (ReMe) L10</s>
-<s>Aura of Rightful Authority (ReMe) L20</s> (this one is overpowered; if players want it I think they should have to invent it. --AG)
 ''Coerce the Spirit of the Night'' (ReMe) L20
@@ Line 365: / Line 313: @@
 ==== Vim Spells ====
 ''[http://spellswiki.wikidot.com/intellego-vim#Wizard's_Eye_for_Vis Wizard's Eye for Vis]'' (InVi) L10
-<s>The Invisible Eye Revealed</s> (InVi) L20
 ''Piercing the Faerie Veil'' (InVi) L20
@@ Line 376: / Line 322: @@
 ''Wind of Mundane Silence'' (PeVi) L25
-''Aegis of the Hearth'' (ReVi) L30 <s>L60</s> - Ritual
+''Aegis of the Hearth'' (ReVi) L30 - Ritual
 ''Gather the Essence of the Beast'' (ReVi) L15