Pulse: Winter 1222

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==Declared Actions==
Declared actions for Winter	Declared actions for Winter
Ambrosius 	
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Ambrosius will spend the season studying the Aquam Elementals of the cave, specifically, attempting to learn their language and mannerisms. I'd be willing to write out a story if you'd like.
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Warren 	
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Warren will spend the season doing pretty much what he had been doing all along, but with the intent on practicing area lore in accordance with the practice rules on ArM5 p164. As before, he will continue to develop his relationship with the old poacher.
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Llewys 	
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Assuming she is willing, Llewys will study Artes Liberales under Alicia. 
:: Alicia was planning to spend the winter studying herself, then picking up with classes in the spring. It seems like an Artes Liberales class might be the way to go ... JBforMarcus 17:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
:: Alicia have not got any "free" season since the covenant was set up, should she not be alowed to study for her self by now? --Samuel<Talk> 00:23, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
:: I certainly can't begrudge that. My request is borne of two factors: I'd forgotten that though he speaks near perfect Latin now, without AL, he cannot read or write it (or any other dead language). Secondly, the Redcaps will be evaluating him this year (1222) which means he has much less time than I thought to get ready. Game mechanics-wise, he only needs a score of 1 in AL in order to R/W Latin at a rating of 4, if I understand it correctly, so waiting until spring is not a problem. He can spend a season studying on his own as well. --Tim 11:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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I was going to have him study Mnemosyne's tractatus...but then I remembered he can't read Latin...So, with Ambrosius away (down in the elemental garden for the season), Llewys will be at Issac's mercy doing odd jobs around the covenant.
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Bedo 	
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Your text here.
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Longinus 	
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Longinus composes a Magic Theory Tractatus (Quality 9, Ars Magica: Of Techniques and Forms) (delayed until spring, in order to allow copies made of existing Tractatus in time for Mnemosyne to take on the Tri-Covenants trip). Longinus reads the Animal Summa, Q14
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Geoffrey 	
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Geoffrey reluctantly goes back to check out his estate.
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Bartleby 	
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Speed copies both (all three when Bedo supplies his) Tractatus written last year.
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Marcus 	
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*Marcus settles in for the cold winter with a copy of Mundum Regere Debemus Nos Regere, trying to figure out why his spell experiment failed last seaason.
*Alicia is ready to do some studying. The library seems not to be up to date; did the books we went looking for last season arrive? Assuming that Ambrosius says yes, Alicia will study the Consolatio Philosophiae over the winter.
*Blathmac and Emma spend the winter tending the remaining livestock and doing the odd chores that need doing. Blathmac introduces Emma to the goats, as it were. They spend a lot of time in each other's company, and since there isn't a lot to do, they spend most of their time stumbling through each other's languages. This should count as practice (SQ=8) in Anglo-Saxon(English) for Blathmac and in Gaelic for Emma.
*Diarmait will , depending on the outcome of the chat with Geoffrey, either knuckle down to improve his Anglo-Saxon/English, or kibitz and "help" with the training of the grogs. (Practice Teaching.)
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Phaedrus 	
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Will set up his laboratory.
(I as a player have not really decied if it should be on level 2 or 3, but it ought to get done now.)
If anyone should be taught Magic Theory, Phaedrus can train him/her during this time. Should I stick this offer into the Council page?
As usual he will help out if anything needs to be "regoed".
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Mnemosyne 	
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Mnemosyne will study the Muto text, Quality (10+3)=13.
Gruffydd will train Rhianwen in the arts of the bow (Exposure for him, Training Quality 10 for her). Lleufer will practice along side them (Practice Quality 4). Meryl is sent off to Gertrude, ostensibly to help her with her weaving as a useful helper, but actually to improve her English (Practice Quality of 4 as she goes home in the evenings and ends up speaking Welsh with her family). Rhys is sent off to Edwyn to help him with his carpentry, but it turns out Edwyn is making furniture this season (Exposure). Arvel is put to work in the stables, but spends a fair amount of time hanging out with the grogs and showing off (Exposure). Anest told to help Emma out with the pigs, but spends most of time running free and enjoying making snowmen and other childish pursuits (Exposure).
Wirt continues to practice his cooking skills (Practice Quality 5), with Nenya's oversight. Nenya meanwhile is keen to try some of the dishes she has heard about from some of the foreign covenfolk, Irish and French particularly and spends the Winter practicing new styles of cooking (Practice Quality 4). The quality of the Covenant's cooked meals may not be up to the usual standard this season - though the ale brewed in Autumn may make up for it. Gertrude spends the season weaving as per usual, with the help of her apprentice and hopefully continues to lay in stores of usable and/or salable cloth (Exposure). She spends a good amount of time gossiping with helper. Edwyn is kept busy with various other furnishings for the Covenant - stools, chairs, tables, shelves, boxes and the like, along with his helper (Exposure). Sturdy functional items. Fergus spends the cold season quietly, tending some to the livestock, and socialising with the smallfolk (Exposure).
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==Results==
Results for Winter
Ambrosius disappears into the strange mound on the first layer near the beginning of the month, and does not reappear. Food is left before the door each day, and is usually gone by the time the grog returns the following day to deliver more.
Warren spends time exploring the local countryside and ingratiating himself with the old poacher. The poacher reciprocates by showing Warren a couple of the more subtle ways to get around the vale, and Warren begins to get an appreciation for the subtle undercurrent of illicit trading and tavern-dealing going on in the area.
Llewys, the Redcap aspirant spends a season improving on his knowledge of all things written under the stern eye of Alicia. Alicia petitions the Steward for acknowledgement of her efforts, and Isaac promises to do something about it.
Longinus has a rather beastly time reading the Animal Summa, though by the end of the book he finds himself oddly curious about the feral manner of expression employed by the author.
Geoffrey reluctantly goes back to check out his estate, and finds things much as he expected them to be. So far from home, much has been allowed to slide or remain undone that should have been done, and his season is one of busy effort getting his affairs back into order.
Bartleby the scribe speed copies tractatus, only for the fruits of his labours to be greedily whisked away by impatient magi. Still, this the nature of a scribe's lot.
Marcus settles in for the cold winter with a copy of Mundum Regere Debemus Nos Regere, trying to figure out why his spell experiment failed last seaason. Partway through the season he realises the nature of his mistake, and quite rightly embarrassed, finds that nothing of the sort is likely to happen next time. He spends the rest of the season lost in the Rego summa while tucked up next to the fire.
Blathmac and Emma spend the winter tending the remaining livestock and doing the odd chores that need doing. Blathmac introduces Emma to the goats, as it were. They spend a lot of time in each other's company, and since there isn't a lot to do, they spend most of their time stumbling through each other's languages. The goats are now quite friendly and bleat to Blathmac when they see him. The practice of feeding the goats is paying off.
Diarmait does as Geoffrey requests, and makes good use of the Winter months to practice his English skills.
Phaedrus works away in his new building on the construction of his lab. He doesn't see much of the covenfolk during this time, mainly due to the weather, but the few he does espy working without greatly appreciate his help. Generally, he finds the covenfolk acting rather nicely toward him.
Mnemosyne sits in her study and reads a book. Her chair is broken in by the end of the season, and considerably more comfortable than when it was new.
Gruffydd teaches archery, drawing the attention of Geraldous the Turb Captain on the few occasions he ventures onto the third layer, while Gruffyd's flock industriously practice and pursue all manner of things through the Winter months.
Wirt and Nenya cook a range of interesting meals for many in the covenant over the Winter, and their food becomes so popular that the grogs jostle to consume it rather than the stuff that has been purchased from further afield.
Gertrude and Edwyn go about their craft activites while Fergus does as Fergus does during the winter months.