Winter 1237

I return to the chapter house from the Theben tribunal. I have learnt that a magical catastrophe have befallen all our coven folk that was in the area, while I was g. Their bodies have been transformed to be attuned to the element of earth, their bodies having taken the appearance of being made out of un-fired clay. Apparently it was as a result of an experiment that Valerius and Vulcan had undertaken.

Helatia of House Tytalus from the roman tribunal. She was looking for Vivianne. She is interested in joining this tribunal. Either looking for Attila resting place or the tombs of the Thracian kings. She turned out to be Viviannes daughter. Apparently there is some bad blood between them. Helatia challenged her mother to certamen and the had their contest. Great clouds of a wolf and a giant struggled for a while. Helatia yielded when her defeat was inevitable.

It was revealed that Viviane abandoned her husband and family when they the daughter was young. Vivianne was ill treated from her Tremerite housemates. The other Tremere called Vivianne the most un-Tremere Tremere ever. First, with a bit of humor, but as time went on with more and more derision. Viviannes family was a refuge from this harassment. By mystical chance, Helatia was born with the gift a grater blood connection to founder Tremere. Vivianne resented that her daughter would be accepted by her house far more than she was. Also to spite her house she wanted to get her husbands house, which was not Tremere, to bring up and train the child, thus depriving her house to get this. She basically disappeared in the night. But there was also some concern that Viviannes reputation would be a burden to Helatia during Helatias apprenticeship. This was the first time the Vivianne told Helatia her reasons for leaving.

There seems to be a temporary truce and for now the storm is over.

Helatia decided to stay a day or two. She is going to stay in Agusta Domina for her time here. I offered to give her a tour of the magnificent city.

Before heading over there we decided to tak a look att the rift that goes down to where the Jotuns are imprisoned. I tossed a coin down the hole and soon after that an earth elemental came rushing up the crack.

It ignored our party completely and headed straight for the fort where we live. As if searching for an entry en washed around the walls until it found our gate and then smashed it down. We had to leap in to action to defend the lives within and our homes and possessions. Valerius imitatively started smashing away great big chunks with his iron fists while Vivianne jumped to gather reinforcements. My attempts att spell casting did little when I tried to diminish the ententes might. Tanya transformed into her raven form and she and her raven friend Ugin harassed the lumbering behemoth from the air. To see if another creature summoned from magic could influence the situation I called forward my mystical bird from the ether. But soon the beast laid crushed beneath the beast.

When we got to Agusta Domina a lynching was almost taking place. Damir, one of the coven folk of the Jotuns Rift chapter house was almost getting killed by the coven folk of Agusta Domina because of his, now strange, appearance. I managed to persuade the crowd that it was the man they all knew and just a magical accident that caused his condition. We spent the rest of the time in a tour of the oppida. At the end of Helatias stay she implied that she might come back, and not to battle her mother.