The Bynnewalle Saga takes place near Newcastle England, beginning in the year 1220 A.D. The winter Covenant of Bynnewalle has fallen and all of its magi are dead, missing, or incapacitated. The players must determine what fate befell the covenant, assess any threats to the Order as a whole, and establish a new covenant in its place.

Upcoming Games: March 24 (Saturday)
All games are noon - 5pm unless otherwise noted.

Saga Info

• The Players
• Dramatis Personae
• A Timeline of Events
• The remains of the Covenant Library
• Nearby Places
• Covenant Layout
• Covenant Charter
• Other Covenant Inventory

Story Log

• Session 1 - The characters join together to begin their investigation into the fall of the Bynnewalle Covenant. (Played Feb 27, 2010)
• Session 2 - The party splits; half setup a base of operations at the covenant's silver mine while the other half perform a survey of the covenant itself and make a harrowing escape. (Played March 27, 2010)
• Session 3 - The party returns to the covenant, meets some of their neighbors, and binds Nicholas' ghost. (Played April 24, 2010)
• Session 4 - The characters fully move into the covenant and begin to setup defenses and explore it more systematically. (Played June 20, 2010)
• Session 5 - A delegation is sent off to visit the local Baron and his men who introduce them to someone unexpected. (Played July 17, 2010)
• Session 6 - The party collects books from the Baron; Cuirc escapes trouble and makes a new friend. (August 22, 2010)
• Session 7 - A messenger from Asketil leads the characters to the vampire den, which they bring to a firey destruction. (Played Sept 19, 2010)
• A list of Winter 1220 activities. (Played Nov 13, 2010)
• A list of Spring 1220 activities.
• A list of Summer 1220 activities.

• Isaiah's Journal

Helpful Things

• House Rules
• Formulae reference
• How to use the auto-calculating Arts and Combat tables
• Small Spells suitable for sponting or filling out a season of spell invention.

External Links

• Ars Magica 4th edition (atlas-games.com)
• The Order of Hermes (wikipedia.org)
• Hermes Portal (Ars Magica e-zine)
• Hermes Web (index of web-content for Ars Magica)
• Ars Magica Discussion Boards — mostly focused on the current 5th edition, but specify you're using 4th edition rules and most folks will be able to work with them.
• The Net Wizard's Grimoire (fan-created spells, virtues, & flaws) — also mostly geared to 5th edition, but you can adapt accordingly.
• Durenmar (archive of other fan-created material)
• The Book of Beasts, an unpublished supplement with plenty of stats for animals in Ars. Chapter 2 on Familiars is not at Durenmar, but Charles has the relevant Mythic Perspectives issue.
• Musica Antiqua (period musical instruments)
• St. Gabriels' English Names from the Conquest to 1300 (names from other times and places are in other areas of this site)
• Pages about Condercum: Roman-Britain.org (maps!), Hadrians-Wall.info (photos!), Hadrian's Wall Camera (photos, maps, and excavation maps!)
• Example Charters: Le Blanc, The Great Tree, Haunted Springs, Saxum Caribetum, Severn Temple, and Vidua Vista.
• The Medieval Manuscript Manual, for most of what you ever wanted to know about the how and why of medieval manuscripts.
• Historical Prices for items you might want to buy.

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