Pulse: Autumn 1221

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==Declared Actions==
Declared actions for Autumn	Declared actions for Autumn
Ambrosius 	
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Ambrosius will study the Q9 Tractatus on Magic Lore: Elementals.
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Warren 	
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Warren will, at the request of Alicia, seek out books for the school, using whatever funds...or means...are necessary.
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Llewys 	
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Ambrosius needs to know what the letter from Harco said before telling Llewys what he needs to do this season.
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Bedo 	
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Bedo accepts the idea of composing a Tractatus, but considers that the only Art in which he has any right to write is currently Intellego. He will therefore produce a minor volume - "The Shallows of Discernment". 
:If Bedo is at a loss as to what to do with his season of service, Mnemosyne would support the writing of most tractatus; particularly Herbam, Corpus and Intellego. --Perikles 19:33, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
:: :-) Longinus will argue for Tractatus in Arts we already have, or even better, Magic Theory. Arts we don't have should be traded for in some matter. Tractatus should be saved for Arts where good books have run out. 
::: Ahhh, Intellego you mean? Note that one of the beauties of it being Ars Magica is that even the relative beginner (Lvl 5) can have an insight that an acknowledged expert can learn much from. --Corbonjnl 03:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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Longinus 	
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Longinus reads Of Form and Shape. Muto Q10
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Geoffrey 	
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Geoffrey will continue his exploration of the surrounding area.
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Marcus 	
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Marcus was in the lab working on a spell, Me Non Noce! Didn't work out too well.
*Alicia - would like to get some books in for the school. A few of the authorities would be needed. Perhaps Warren could help? A good copy of Logica Vetus and Logica Nova, De Inventione, and some Priscian and Donatus (cf. Ars 5th pg. 62) would be useful, if not neccessary for the school.
:This is what Warren was born for. He would be happy to help. The Area Lore practice can be put off to next season if Warren is needed. --Tim 17:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
*Blathmac - getting the animals ready for winter, which inlcudes, probably, culling the herd unless we have a good store of winter fodder. Continue to befriend the goats.
*Diarmait - with Marcus in the lab this autumn, Diarmait spends his days rambling. This should be 7xp in Area Lore (Long Mynd) or (Mynd Regios).
*Emma - getting her animals ready for dinner, err, winter. Probably some of her pigs are destined to be salt pork.
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Phaedrus 	
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Reads a book. Rego. Phaedrus spends the mornings reading with Bartleby in view, while Bartleby scribes. And from time to time he tries out various (ReAn and ReAq) sponts to make things easier for the scribe.
(If it seems to be disturbing Bartleby he will share his parma for those hours.)
As usual Phaedrus will take the time to help out when anything needs to be "Regoed".
And he takes long walks while digesting his reading to get a good feel for the local area and see if there is anything with potential to mins/refine.
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Mnemosyne 	
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Mnemosyne writes a magic theory tractatus, The Hermetic Laboratory, at quality 12.
Gruffydd and his Merry Munchkins set out to secure books for Ambrosius, preferrably Local Lore texts to aid in Llewys' training, and do some general provisioning during the harvest for winter supplies. He also keeps his ears open for rumours of magic, strange beasts, or odd happenings which may interest Ambrosius.
Nenya will continue her usual kitchen duties, but in Autumn turns her particular attention to the brewing of ales from the grain harvest, to lay in a stock for the winter and following year (Exposure). She puts Wirt to work helping out with the cooking, and specifically making jams, preserves and preparing durable foodstuffs for the winter months - keeping a close eye on him at the same time, and taste testing (Practice Source 5). Gertrude will be creating warm clothes for the needy and working on some perhaps salable items (Exposure). Edwyn is asked by Mnemosyne to turn out a couple of pieces of furniture - a chair and chest - and tends to general Covenant maintainance (Exposure). Fergus reaps what he sowed, dragooning in whoever he feels neccessary to bring in whatever harvest there is. If he has time by the end of it all he will work more on his exciting system of dry stone walls (Exposure).
Geraldous continues practicing his martial skills with the grogs while Geoffrey is off, following the general training program he laid down, and trying to establish a common language with them. He perserveres with the Welsh for the time being. (Practice Source 4 - Split)
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==Results==
Results for Autumn
Longinus indulges in another book. He really is settling into this arduous job of reading what he likes in the comfort of his own little kingdom, and not being disturbed by anyone. He can't help but feel that this is all far, far too good and that something must surely soon happy to ruin his mood. Still, his apprenticeship was not easy, and this certainly counts as a just reward, right?
Geoffrey enjoys riding around the area. Over time the peasants stop gawking at him and get used to seeing him about the place, but he learns that some other noble has been abroad on the land looking to see who this interloper is. Geoffrey has broken no laws and is not overly concerned about the territorial jealousy of this stranger, but ensures thence that he always has at least two men-at-arms with accompanying him on his travels in case there are difficulties.
Marcus spends a whole season in the comfort of his laboratory. After all his chasing around looking after the sick and needy, listening to sermons, asking for school donations, teaching choirs, etcetera, etcetera, to indulge in a little labwork is a very pleasant break for him. Given that Diarmait is away, he enjoys quite a bit of peace and quiet, bar occasioanl banging and falling drifts of sawdust from above. The craftsmen finish installing the viewing balconey around the circumference of the upper level, and he imposes on them a little by getting them to adjust the height of some work surfaces while they are there. All in all, the place looks rather good. 
Alicia continues to teach, and sends Warren on his way with a request for books she can teach with.
Blathmac does his farmerly thing, and also sets aside plenty of hay for the goats to chew through over winter. They get increasingly used to him being in the field, linger longer when he is around and generally start showing a bit of an interest in what he is up to.
Diarmait and Warren travel a lot during the course of the season, and both learn much more about the lay of the land than they intended. Warren comes into the possession of a certain book in his troubles, which for reasons known only to himself he deigns to have recovered and retooled in a much finer jacket. He then trades this and some silver for a book entitled "Ars Grammatica" by Donatus. The book is a Latin (Grammar) summa of level 4, and quality X. Warren infers that the owner wasn't overly pleased about the way he conducted the transaction, and that he won't be returning to that particularly part of town for a while.
Emma handles her little pets with skill. When it comes to the task of putting some in the pot, she seems rather sad until some little piglets are handed to her by Gruffyd. When asked where they came from, Gruffyd tells a tall tale of how he rescued the little piglets from a pen outside a slaughter house, and Emma starts crying again. There really is no pleasing some people.
Phaedrus spends the season with a copy of the Rego summa.
Mnemosyne, feeling quite creative after a season of Creo study, decides to write up a tractatus. She decides to jot down a little about magic theory, and settles upon the title of "The Hermetic Laboratory". The end product is a fairly scholarly read, though compared to the book she has just read, she feels her work still has a long way to go before it will impress anyone. Still, a good tractatus is a good tractatus, and this is certainly worth adding to the library if not trading for something better.
Gruffydd and his Merry Munchkins set out at the beginning of the season, but he does not return until the season is almost at an end. Most of the children return earlier in the season with the cart and assorted consumables. There appears to be enough food on the cart to keep two or three entire peasant families fed throughout the winter months.
Gruffyd returns later with one of his lads, upon horses. They both look tired from their travel, but eagerly proffer a jumbled bag of parchment and vellum. Within, Ambrosius finds a couple of codexes - one of which is a vellum octavo pertaining to latin ("Disticha Catonis, volume 1, by Cato - a text on moral behaviour and suitable for latin tuition" )), and the other a copy of "Consolations of Philosophy" (Consolatio Philosophiae) :(Philosophiae tractatus, Quality 9) by Boethius. 
:Does Ambrosius feed these into the library?
Also in the bag is a goodly quantity of loose parchment containing crabbed notes in latin. The notes seem to concern a Christian chant in Chaldean, and while the sheets appear to be just a portion of randomly acquired papers, there is a good half hour to two hours worth of words noted and discussed in the text.
:The following presumes that religious looking, music-related documents would be shown to Marcus, otherwise ignore.
:The chant in Chaldean: Due to the way it is laid out on the scroll, Marcus is able to tell with cursory inspection that it is in a dead language that none of you, I believe, actually read or write. However, the notes surrounding the chant allow you to infer that it is a Christian or Judaic chant praising god. Many of the notes seem to relate to cadence and pronunciation rather than meaning, so it is clear that they were written by someone fairly fluent in Chaldean, and for their own personal use as many of the notes are abbreviated, fairly cryptic, and spare little ink on explanation. 
:It counts as a tractatus of quality 4 in Chaldean for anyone with at least Latin 3, due to the latin notes scribbled all over it. In short, you can glean some vocabulary, and get some basic familiarity from the sheets.
Nenya and Wirt help toward keeping the covenant fed in the Winter months. Gertrude weaves. Edwyn makes furniture, and oversees some of the work in Marcus's laboratory. Fergus reaps, along with those who don't know a man looking for farmhands, willing or no. The reaping goes without hiccup, and he sets about building stone walls again.
Geraldous spends time training with the turb, becoming their Turb Sargeant, while the Turb Captain, Geoffrey, goes galavanting around without them. Two of the turb are excused from drills to keep the Captain from harm.
Ambrosius has a very interesting month learning the foibles of elementals, mostly focusing on air and earth elementals. He finds the book quite fascinating.
Marcus has a bad season in the laboratory and nothing seems to go his way. Such bad luck might be interpreted as an ill omen, but Marcus takes it in his stide.