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-====== Chapter Two ======
+====== Twilight Saga: Chapter Two ======
 The magi are now in control of their own lives, and
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+===== 1204 =====
+==== Spring ====
+Julia ex Jerbiton of Voluntas covenant visits, in order to trade for books and vis.
+==== Summer ====
+Fenaris and Hareb plus several companions, the Templar Jacques and Marcus of Thames Covenant set out on a trip around Europe, to seek knowledge of the Scarabae. They visit Vespian's Rest, where Justinian does what he can to aid them. They get a cold reception at Valnastium, where payment is demanded for any aid they request. At Venice, they meet Mercator ex Tytalus, who is beaten by Fenaris in a contest of arms, after he refuses a certamen contest. They obtain a book which mentions the Scarabae and Keepers. Heading on to Durmitor covenant in the Transylvanian tribunal, where they have heard the Tremere there are researching into vampires, they find only mindless blood sucking undead. The Tremere claim little knowledge of more intelligent vampyres.
+==== Autumn ====
+Continuing their travels, in Rome the Templar finds a church official in the Vatican library who has heard of the Scarabae, but the book he saw the reference in appears to have vanished in the last couple of years. He thinks it was last used by a Hypatio, who donated an excellent book on mathematics to the library. The magi think that possibly Hypatio is the Hypatia mentioned in Aelflaed's diary. They return via La Rochelle to talk with Gervase about the Scarabae found there. Eventually, by the end of the season, they get back to their covenant.
+Throughout their travels, Jacques - who had accompanied Hareb because of a previous promise to protect her - finds out from Hareb more about their mission, and the Scarabae. There is some friction between the two concerning how to deal with the Scarabae. Marcus comes very close to simply killing the Templar on occasion, but is willing to trust Hareb's judgment on him.
+==== Winter ====
+Spent in quiet study.
+//King Richard is killed in a hunting accident in Normandy, and John becomes King. Eleanor of Aquitaine dies a month later. After the death of his mother, John grows far more attached to his wife Isabelle.//
+===== 1205 =====
+==== Spring ====
+There is a severe winter all across England, which is followed by famine later on in the year. At the covenant though, life is pretty uneventful until the end of the season, when the Templar Jacques informs Hareb that he is taking the information on the Scarabae to the Grand Master Templar, since he believes a crusade against the Scarabae is required, and that Hareb and her kind are not doing enough. Hareb tries to convince him otherwise, but his mind is made up. She informs Fenaris what is happening, and that she is going to kill him before he can tell anyone, but Fenaris is not convinced that she is capable of going through with it, so sends word to Marcus at Thames.
+Failing in a last attempt to convince Jacques not to tell anyone, Hareb waits outside the Templar's chapel, planning to ambush him after he leaves. She falls asleep soon after dawn though, not waking until the afternoon. Hurrying after him, she catches up with him at a village some time after nightfall. Watching from the woods around the village, she sees a group of armed men attack the village, and burn the inn the Templar is in. He valiantly attempts to defend himself, but is finally brought down. The attackers steal his armour, plus anything else they can find in the village. Following the attackers, Hareb discovers they are possibly from Brittany, and may be followers of Arthur. Before they can reach the coast (after several more raids), they are caught by English knights, and either captured or killed.
+==== Summer ====
+The season passes without incident for the magi, though the end of Summer sees the arrival of Nuribn Azif al Sayid, a Malmaluke from Egypt.He was sent here by a lady of Egypt whose brother was freed from slavery by Hareb while she was in Italy a year ago.
+//There is trouble for King John in Brittany, when Arthur tries to make a claim to the throne. King John, accompanied by Isabelle, travels to Brittany to deal with his nephew. Arthur is captured, and though John wishes to have Arthur killed, Isabelle talks him unto letting him go, and extracts a promise from Arthur to serve John.//
+==== Autumn ====
+There is a severe thunder and lightning storm all across England, and the following morning, giant footsteps are found everywhere. In a village near to the covenant, a giant hammer is buried in a shattered tree. Magnus and Raymond retrieve the weapon, and take it back to the covenant. Investigation shows that it belongs to a giant who appears to live in a cloud castle. The magi decide not to pursue the matter further.
+//Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies. The Church tries to elect Stephen Langton as successor, but the King refuses to accept the choice.//
+==== Winter ====
+Several apparitions are seen in the woods around the covenant by some of the Covenant's mercenaries. Magnus checks through their minds to see what exactly they saw and discovers that one, William is being paid by the Abbot of Amesbury to pass on information to him about the actions of the magi. This revelation prompts a scan of all the grogs minds, and a second grog (Stephen) is found to be passing information on to someone on a yearly basis. Magnus performs a raid on the Abby, to find out what Abbot Peter knows. He and another monk - Brother Andrew - are holding a lot of evidence on a lot of people, in preparation for blackmail. They have circumstantial evidence that the 'scholars' are up to unholy practices, but are currently sitting on the information. The Council met and discuss the problem and decide not to act as they would need the Covenant's Perdo specialist Hareb, who is in Wales.
+While trying to find physical evidence of the visions, Magnus discovers that someone (a villager named John) has gone missing from the village of Figheldean. Following tracks from the village, he is led back to a cleared area in the woods where a man has been sacrificed, and several large holes cover the ground. Following the tracks of many people, Magnus is led back to the burning Templar Chapel, which is desperately trying to fight off a horde of undead. He finds the man named John, watching from the shadow. An attempt to read his mind is stopped by powerful magical resistance, and Magnus flees back to the covenant. Moravia, Fenaris and Azif, plus several grogs, travel back to the chapel with Magnus. The survivors of the chapel have locked themselves in the tower, and the magi dispatch the zombies without too much difficulty. Magnus captures John, who is trying to hide, and Moravia destroys the chapel's alter. When the survivors come out of hiding, they are at first thankful to their saviours, until Moravia comments that God has obviously cursed the place. One of the men-at-arms takes exception to this (the Templars themselves are currently away), and demands that Moravia leaves. She responds with insults, which are met in turn. Eventually, he tries to forcibly evict her, but Azif steps in, and he and the other grogs are ordered by Moravia to kill all of them, which they do - even the servants who surrender.
+Meanwhile, Magnus and Fenaris find out that John had been possessed by a spirit named Norsan, a druid of old. He knows little, except that Norsan has a hatred for a woman named Britta, and also John's wife Sarah.
+On getting back to the covenant, the grogs are a bit shaken by what happened at the Chapel, as are the Magi as one of the witnesses to the incident was William the Abbot's spy whom the Magi now resolve to get rid of. Fenaris travels to the monastery to report to the Abbot what happened at the Templar Chapel, giving the story that it was attacked - probably by bandits - and that he and his companions were too late to save anyone. The Abbot sends some people to investigate, and though few bodies are found, and nothing appears to have been stolen, nothing incriminating is discovered.
+The following night, an assault is made on the covenant by several dozen undead. While the grogs hold them off, Nimin dispatches most of them with a powerful Dust to Dust spell. Moravia's mind is taken over by Norsan - who has found a new host body - but not understanding her capabilities, she is merely made to sit out of things. Fenaris slays Norsan's new host, and Nimin expends all of his vis to cast a spontaneous Lay to Rest the Haunting Spirit, destroying him.
+The bodies are cleared up, and things are returned to normal at the covenant, except for a small incident involving too much strangely potent (Muto Aquam) alcohol, a string of extreme good luck for the grog William in some gambling (Creo Imagonem), and a knife fight between the grogs in which William is killed after being accused of cheating (Rego Mentem). It was all most unfortunate.
+The magi find out that several more people have gone missing from the village of Figheldean, including John's wife Sarah, whose body is later found by the magi, at the site were the second group of dead were raised.
+The Abbot sends word to William to report on events, and finding that he is dead, is convinced by Brother Andrew to sent a report to someone, to have a full investigation performed. The Abbot, unwilling to have people snooping around in case his tolerance of the 'scholars' (for reasons of personal gain) is uncovered, sends a letter to Duncan, a priest at Sarum, who is treasurer at the cathedral, and also being blackmailed by the Abbot. The magi discover this information in time (due to Magnus' use of Peering into the Mortal Mind), and they send for Hareb to help them erase Duncan's memory of the letter, and take care of Peter and Andrew.
+The following morning, the monks at Amesbury discover Andrew and Peter in bed together. Brother Andrew is dead, with no physical signs of cause of death, and the Abbot seems to be insane. The Prior, Luke, has the events covered up, the Abbot taken care of, and takes over the running of the monastery. Due to his apathetic nature, Prior Luke does not investigate matters further, especially since no one else in the monastery knew what was going on.