Stranggore Library
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 | The Nature of the Beast | Harold of Bjornaer | Latin | 10 | Gift from Alderic, Summer 1204 |
Animal | Charms of Fish and Fowl | Priscilla of Bonisagus | 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 | Intermediate Conjuration | Matthias of Bonisagus | 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 | |
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 | Liber de Tenebrea | Elaine of Flambeau | 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 |
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 | Pralix's War | Glyns verch Marc | Latin | 9 | Ghost written for Iudicium |
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 Houses of the Zodiac | Argus | Latin | 7 | Donated Winter 1205 |
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 |
Magic Theory | Seventy-Seven Incantations | Aurelian of Guernicaus | Latin | 9 | Acquired by Merewen, added to covenant library Spring 1205 |
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 | 2 Copies | |
Artes Liberales | Motions of the Stars and Planets | William Edgeford | Latin | 9 | ||
Philosophiae | De Consolatione Philosophiae | Boethis | Latin | 9 | ||
Teaching | The Noble Children | Francis d'Eumond | 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 | |
Bargain | Merchant's Guide to Somerset and Wiltshire | John the Merchant | English | 7 | Written Summer 1203 |
Civil and Canon Law | The Ecclesiastical History: Canon Law | Oderic Vitalis | Latin | 7 | |
Concentration | Oculum in Tempestatem | Marcus Bonisagus | 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 | |
Order of Hermes Lore | Pralix's War vol. 2 | Glyns verch Marc | Latin | 7 | Ghost written for Iudicium |
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.
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
Voice of the Sparrows (InAn) L20 -- allows caster to speak to songbirds, R: Eye, T: Ind., D: Conc. From Braid's grimoire, Autumn 1207.
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, p. 120
Commanding the Harnessed Beast (ReAn) L30, p. 120
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
Disguise of the New Visage (MuCo) L15. Donated by Godwyn, Autumn 1207
Gift of the Bear's Fortitude (MuCo) L25, p. 131. From Braid's grimoire, Autmn 1207
Cloak of the Black Feathers (MuCo(An)) L30
The Wound That Weeps (PeCo) L15
Lifting the Dangling Puppet (ReCo) L15. Donated by Godwyn, Autumn 1207
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
Twist the Living Tree (MuHe) 25, p. 139. From Braid's grimoire, Autumn 1207.
Allies' Ward Against Fey of the Forests (ReHe) L10
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
Imaginem Spells
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)) L30 -- HoH: Societates, page 37
Earth that Breaks No More (MuTe) L20
Hauberk of Sublime Lightness (PeTe) L30 -- 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
Circular Ward Against Magical Creatures (ReVi) L15
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.
- Amulet Against Demons
- Rego Vim 29; effective up to Might 9. Added Autumn 1207.
- 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 |