Council Voting Records

Ars Magica: Nova Semitae Saga
GM
Mark
Game Start
Anno Domini MCCXX, hiems A.D. 1220, winter 5 Neanne 1, Hiems
Game Year
Anno Domini MCCXXXV, aestas A.D. 1236, summer 7 Aulus 2, Aestas
Magi of Nova Semitae
Geoffroy de Dreux of Jerbiton Joshua Levi of Verditius Magni of Flambeau Obscurus Ignis of Flambeau NPC Magi Aulus · Neanne · Fr. Thomas · Vitria Apprentices Ysabelo discipulus Aulus Esyllt discipula Geoffrey Sigrun discipula Magni Hermetic Status
Companions
Lady Angharad ferch Madog, Princess of Powys Fadog Ritter Sigmund, German ex-Crusader Sir Daniele d'Audrieu, Norman merchant Sir William Cornwell, English ex-Crusader
Other Characters
Covenfolk · Agents The Redcaps · Notable NPCs Chart of Languages Spoken Notable Animals
Guests
Hortense of House Bonisagus
The Covenant
Hermetic Covenant Charter · Membership Record Record of Offices · Covenant Service Council Voting Records · Hermetic Politics Stonehenge Tribunal Mundane Mundane Geography · Mundane Politics Village of Melverley · Melverley Castle Village Laws · Village Rumors Medieval Farming
Covenant Resources
Covenant Library · Varana's Tomb Hospital · Hospital Library Vis Sources and Stores Covenant Magical Items · Mundane Wealth Classes and Training · Covenant Experts Covenant Mechanics
Other
Ars Magica House Rules Ars Magica Expanded Notes Campaign Log · Loose Ends Ars Magica PC Reference
Player Resources (PDFs)
Experience Point Worksheet Character Sheet (Variant 1) Character Sheet (Variant 2) Experience Point Chart

All council decisions are recorded here by year.

• 1220s: 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229
• 1230s: 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239

Membership

The covenant charter defines several membership levels and officers. The membership levels are: Senior Member, Junior Member, Probationary Member, and Recognized Guest. The covenant leader is the Princeps, and rotates among the Senior Members. The Princeps cannot make unilateral decisions, but is charged with overseeing the implementation of the Council's decisions. The disceptator may cast an additional tie-breaking vote in Council meetings.

Princeps

Current: 1222-1229 Neanne of Verditius
Next: 1230-1236 Aulus of Bonisagus

Previous Office Holders:

• 1216-1222 Neanne of Verditius
• 1209-1215 Aulus of Bonisagus
• 1202-1208 Maribus of Mercere
• 1194-1201 Julissa of Criamon
• 1187-1193 Litha of Bjornaer
• 1179-1186 Maribus of Mercere
• 1173-1179 Aislinn of Tytalus
• 1170-1172 Justen of Tremere

Council Members

Full Members, in order of precedence

• Aulus, Senior Member
• Neanne, Senior Member
• Thomas, Junior Member
• Geoffroy, Junior Member
• Veloxia, Junior Member
• Obscurus Ignis, Junior Member
• Magni, Junior Member
• Joshua Levi, Junior Member

As of 1225:

Probationary Members
None

Protected Guests
None

Mundane Guests
None

Outstanding Issues

The following are issues pending the Council's decision. Your autocrat, Josef, offers his take to each as well. These are in no particular order, so read carefully!

Office	Request	Cost	Requester	Benefit	Josef's Notes
Princeps	Proposed Amendment to the Charter, Responsibilities of the Members of this Covenant. "The requirement to write a commentary for a completed summa shall not apply to the Foundation books of the Arts, namely: De Novo, School of Apromor, The Power of Command, Mobilis in Mobilii, This Too Much Mortal Flesh, Species and Speculation, Magic and the Sensitive Faculty, The Stuff of Magic." Neanne notes that primer books are intended as introductory texts and while commentaries can help expand this, their intent is to quickly raise a student's understanding in a given Art. And although she would not be impacted, she understands that this would allow other magi to position themselves as potential Masters sooner than later, as they would not be saddled with additional writing duties.	None	Neanne	Magi	Magus business only.
Princeps	Proposed Amendments to the Charter, Other Matters of Import. "Visitors who study from the library shall be subject to the minimum fees as those who use laboratories or copy volumes. A quorate Council, upon approval of a motion, may choose to waive or reduce any visitor fees for laboratory use or library use. The Council of Members shall not levy any fees to access to the Records of Stonehenge maintained by Tribunal Redcaps." Although the Council voted to waive traditional fees for Maribus, the Charter explicitly requires visitors who use its lab or who copy books to be charged a fee. The Council currently cannot waive this fee. These amendments corrects three areas: 1) It explicitly includes studying as a requiring a fee; 2) It permits the Council to waive or reduce fees at its discretion; 3) It explicitly excludes any fees for visitors who wish to access the Tribunal records maintained by the Redcaps, as the collection resides with the Covenant library and could conceivably be covered by the Charter requirements, which would upset the Redcaps who own the collection.	None	Neanne	Magi	Magus business only.
Magister	Leave to seek and then train/transition a candidate for position of Autocrat.	Approximately £2.5/yr (cost of a specialist)	Autocrat Josef ben Gavrel	Covenant	Josef ben Gavrel has faithfully served the covenant for nearly four decades and is eligible for retirement. He asks to train a replacement while he remains healthy enough to do so.

Visitor Requests

These are incoming magus visitor requests that have been delivered to the Magister.

Requester	Request	Income	Cost	Notes
Samuel Ex Miscellanea filius Julissa Criamonis	Protected Guest status for his stay, quarters and Lab space suitable for a magus, library access for one year	1 rook for one year (he is aware of Charter requirements for lab usage)	Budget cost to house guest magus	Born in Melverley, Samuel is a former apprentice and member of Nova Semitae, filius of Julissa of Criamon (missing), as well as the son of Jusef the Autocrat. He is visiting from Iberia Tribunal. He has been guilted into coming for a visit and has asked for full access for one year in order to fulfill his familial duties.
Ceilidh Ex Miscellanea filia Aislinn Tytali	Protected Guest status for her stay, quarters suitable for a magus, library access for one year	2 pawns per season (offered)	Budget cost to house guest magus	Ceilidh is a former apprentice and member of Nova Semitae, filia of Archmaga Aislinn of Tytalus (missing). She is visiting from Hibernia Tribunal. She requests library access to study her mater's summa on Auram in order to advance her studies.