Cornwall: The Lost Cities
When researching a new work, you collect bits of trivia until eventually they click into a structure. I think this chapter is the one which draws Hunt’s work together for roleplayers. I can’t detail it here, more research is required, but this is the chapter about Lyonesse, and for us, Lyonesse is the low hanging…
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The triops plague : notes from the dispatches of Aurelia of Mercere
1228 The magi of Qus have discovered a type of mite which eat vis. They were swarming about a mummy they uncovered in a freshly opened tomb. I am carrying samples of the magicophages to the magi of Alexandria. *** 1229 Andrea of Bonisagus notes that the triops mites have several fascinating properties. She first…
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Funereal biscuits
As I was watching older seasons of the Great British Bake Off, I learned of a custom I hope magi emulate: the sending of funereal biscuits. We know little of the funerals of magi. Tremere practice cremation, then pour your ashes into a hole that leads to Twilight. Criamon magi sometimes kill themselves, or fade…
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Dunsany: The Quest of the Queen’s Tears
Let us continue the conceit that the works of Lord Dunsany are the reminiscences of a retired redcap. This time, we have a queen, a quest for her hand, a hero, his servant, and a monster. What could better suit our purpose? My comments are in blue. Apologies for formatting errors: I need to change my work processes to stop this happening again. *** Sylvia, Queen of the Woods, in her woodland palace, held court, and made a mockery of her suitors. She would sing to them, she said, she would give them banquets,…
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Cornwall: Merrymaids
Merrymaids is one of those podcasts which is made of layers of inculcations. It makes more sense in a graphical format, so I hope you’ll pardon the jpgs extracted from the monthly digest.
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Cornwall: The Romance of the Rocks
Yet another bonus episode due to an early release. On the first pass this was the least promising chapter or Hunt’s book, but elements of it are useful as vis sources and environmental modifiers. It’s also our first introduction to Ambrose Merlyn, who we’ll need to keep an eye on. The stones The Cornish in…
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Cornwall : The Damned Soul of Tregeagle
.Following the tremendously long section on the tribes of the fae, Hunt, whose text we are following, narrows his focus to a single person: the damned soul of Jan Tregeagle. There is not a lot known about the life of Tregeagle. He is said to be one of the family that owned Trevorder, near Bodmin. He lived…
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The Extended Mind and Hermetic Magic
When the podcast does these episodes on philosophy, it’s often necessary to begin by explaining terms. In 1998, Clark and Chalmers released a book called “The Extended Mind” in which they posited that material objects beyond the skull or skin could be part of an environment which, when coupled with the mind, formed a system,…
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Games From Folktales 