Vis Stores

(Last update: 19/9/96)

The Covenant's Vis stores are maintained by the new praefectus, Salamandrus. He is responsible for ensuring that Vis is harveseted at the correct times, and for the distribution of Vis. Upto half of the Vis stores may be given out at the Council Meeting of the Winter Solstice to those Magi that have performed Covenant work in the previous year. Also, Vis from the stores may be required at other times; for Covenant approved projects and for emergencies, such as the healing of incapacitated consors.

The only source of Technique Vis has been partially restored - we now get a Rook of Rego Vis every Winter. Corpus Vis is usually in demand, but we now have a new source from the crypt of the cathedral in Perpignan. A source of Vim Vis was found by Saeed in the Mountains at a plateau called Home by the wolves which lived there. Although the stores were reasonably healthy in the dim and distant past, we never seem to have enough these days. Vis is always being used up for emergencies, and to replace all the items that have been disenchanted.

The old praefectus, Callidus, was never happy unless the total amounted to at least a Queen, and he was renowned for his greed. The previous praefectus, Odette, voluntarily relinquished this post after a vote of no confidence was threatened and Fionn stepped in to take charge. He authorised the expenditure of three pawns per year, over fifteen years, to stop the inhabitants of Ceret from attacking Malinbois, needless to say this was not a very popular decision even though the majority voted for it. Speculation is rife over the "integrity" of the current praefectus, Salamandrus, but Imanitos in particular is always keen to quell these rumours.

Current debts in the covenant are as follows:

Helena Vitalis is owed 1 pawn of Creo, Corpus or Vim for loan of vis.
Maria Medica is owed 4 pawns of Creo or Corpus for services rendered.

Art	Indivisible	Divisible	Total
Creo	-	-	0
Intellego	Lark's vomit (2 pawns)	1 pair of butterfly wings	3
Muto	-	-	0
Perdo	-	4 Black powder	4
Rego	-	1 icicle from Queen Amoenitas	1
Animal	-	-	0
Aquam	-	4 baskets of moss	4
Auram	-	a skin of blue smoke	1
Corpus	1 left femur (2 pawns)	1 right femur	3
Herbam	-	-	0
Ignem	1 tongue (4 pawns)	1 jar of fireflies 2 rocks	7
Imaginem	-	12 sets of nodules from the Apple Garden	12
Mentem	a greasy lump (2 pawns)	-	2
Terram	-	crystals from Ferrun's Reservoir (11 pawns) Ben Dearg (1 pawn)	12
Vim	large diamond (7 pawns) 3 medium pearls (2 pawns each)	1 small pearl	14
TOTAL	23	40	63

Total

The total of 63 pawns of Vis is correct as of Winter 1239.

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