The covenant currently has 5 laboratories, although only 3 of them are in regular use (and current)
Up until recently, Hygwald’s laboratory was a moderately well-ordered chamber cluttered with all the usual desks, books, alchemical equipment and various accumulated tools and apparati, that one would expect of a young magus. In short, this was a wholly unremarkable laboratory, typical of any hundred others. The chaos caused by Rufus, Hygwald's hex-prone apprentice has now fortunately ceased, replaced by the more general calm of his current apprentice Andreas plus a familiar(Assistant: General Quality +7). Hygwald's servant Anne - brought in to counteract Rufus's malevolent influence - tidies his laboratory twice daily and attend him at his work as well as for his normal daily needs (Servant: +1 Safety, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Me).
Increased Refinement in 1256, gains Gaudy (Upkeep -1, Aesthetics -1, Imaginem +1) and Opulent (Upkeep +1, Health +1, Aesthetics +2, Teaching +1)
Size 0, Refinement +1, General Quality +7, Safety +1, Warping 0, Upkeep +2, Health +1, Aesthetics +2
Specialisations: Imaginem +1, Mentem +1, Teaching +1
Personality Traits: none
Virtues & Flaws (Total +1): Opulent (Minor Virtue); Assistant (Free Virtue), Servant (Free Virtue); Gaudy (Free Flaw)
Cost: 0 BP
The Laboratory of Lucas Carnifex has seen few changes over the years, The corruption of Azenis next door did not leave this laboratory unscathed. On top of that the waking energies of Perdo constantly swirling around the room have imbued themselves into the very stones themselves. However recently ghosts have started to make themselves better known in the room and the aura has taken on a more malevolent feel as their energies and the infused Perdo energies begin to mingle (Haunted: +1 Warping, -1 Aesthetics, +2 Me). Any attempt to keep the room bright and cheery has failed as paint peels form the walls, diagrams, tapestries and artworks rot where they stand and spices and herbs burned in the room do little to cover the inevitable stench of Carnifex's own sigil, this too now infusing the walls like the smoke of the fire (Decaying: -1 General Quality, -1 Upkeep, -1 Safety, -1 Aesthetics, +2 Pe). Even Carnifex's own plans for long term refinement has met with disaster as his own ideas for improvement would be met with the decay and degradation of any equipment he left in the chamber. Despite this, the lab is slowly improving.
Lucas has spent a season in 1242 improving his laboratory, increasing the Refinement by 1 and acquiring the Highly Organised Virtue (+1 General Quality).
Size 0, Refinement +1, General Quality 0, Safety -1, Warping +1, Upkeep -1, Health 0, Aesthetics -2
Specialisations: Mentem +2, Perdo +2
Personality Traits: Angry +1
Virtues & Flaws (Total 0): Highly Organised (Free Virtue); Haunted (Free Flaw); Decaying (Free Flaw)
Cost: 0 BP
Currently partially empty
Servant: Apple (+1 Safety, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Me)
Person: Sir Aline (–1 Safety, +1 Co)
Idyllic Surroundings (+2 Health, +1 Aesthetics, +1 He)
Exposed (-1 Safety, +1 Upkeep, -2 Health, -1 Aesthetics, +1 Au)
Lesser Feature (+1 Aesthetics, +1 He)
Size +1 (0), Refinement +1, General Quality 0, Safety –1, Warping 0, Upkeep +1, Health 0, Aesthetics +2
Specialisations: +1 Auram, +2 Mentem, +2 Herbam
Personality Traits:
Virtues & Flaws (Total +1): Lesser Feature (Lesser Virtue); Idyllic Surroundings (Free Virtue), Person (Free Virtue), Servant (Free Virtue); Exposed (Free Flaw)
Cost: 0 BP
Servant: Magdelena (+1 Safety, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Me)
Deformed (–1 Safety, –1 Aesthetics, +1 Mu)
Size 0, Refinement 0, General Quality 0, Safety 0, Warping 0, Upkeep 0, Health 0, Aesthetics 0
Specialisations: +1 Mentem, +1 Muto
Personality Traits:
Virtues & Flaws (Total 0):
Cost: 0 BP
This laboratory was put together by Azenis Tytalus he quested for ever-stronger methods of prolonging his life. As befits the laboratory of an archimagus, it shows a superior level of organisation and sympathetic layout than Vidua Vasta's other laboratories (Refinement +1). In the centre of the laboratory is a cluster of preserved corpses hanging from chains; each one died at a different point in their life. This counts as both a Lesser Feature (+1 Aesthetics, +1 Longevity) and a Focus (-1 General Quality, +2 Longevity), for the whole activity of the laboratory is clustered around these corpses; and when using this lab, one must sleep and eat amongst the corpses, for the space for these arrangements have been left unconstructed. Azenis brought much of the lab equipment with him from his old covenant, these Superior Tools need maintenance by a skilled craftsman (+1 Upkeep, +1 Safety, +1 Items)
Size 0 (-1), Refinement +1, General Quality -1, Safety +1, Warping 0, Upkeep +1, Health 0, Aesthetics +1
Specialisations: Longevity +3, +1 Items
Virtues and Flaws (Total 0): Lesser Feature (Minor Virtue); Superior Tools (Free Virtue); Lesser Focus (Minor Flaw)
Cost: 10 BP (Virtue)
Set up by Elaine in the stone circle, it was intended to be enclosed, but the Gospatrics refused permission.
Size 0, Refinement 0, General Quality -5, Safety -1, Warping 0, Upkeep -1, Health -2, Aesthetics +3
Specialisations: Vis Extraction +10, Auram +3
Personality Traits:
Virtues & Flaws (Total 0): Greater Feature x 2: Still and Cauldron (Major Virtue), Natural Surroundings (Major Virtue); Elementary (Major Flaw), Greater Focus: Cauldron (Major Flaw), Outdoors (Major Flaw)
Cost: 0 BP
A basic laboratory for France's natural magic experimentation.
Size 0, Refinement 0, General Quality 0, Safety 0, Warping 0, Upkeep 0, Health 0, Aesthetics 0
Specialisations:
Personality Traits:
Virtues & Flaws (Total 0):
Cost: 0 BP
The covenant also has one laboratory which is currently unused. The components and fittings have been cannibalised for the outfitting of the current labs. It is Basic (Free Flaw) and have minimal upkeep.
Calum's Laboratory
Calum has occupied the laboratory that previously belonged to Hachim of House Criamon. The creative magics preferred by the previous occupant had infused into its very walls, and upon moving in Calum noticed a distinct lack of decay; many of the components left behind by Hachim still retained their freshness and potency (Preserved: -1 Upkeep, +1 Warping, +2 Health, +1 Aesthetics). However, most of these benefits have been nullified by the alterations performed by Calum and his apprentice (Assistant: General Quality +4, currently). They have removed the glass-paned observatory which the astrologer-magus had built into the roof, and then widened the hole in the ceiling to render the laboratory largely open to the elements. Only key areas in the laboratory are now protected from the rain and the wind of Manor Head (Exposed: Upkeep +1, Safety -1, Health -2, Aesthetics -1).
Size 0, Refinement 0, General Quality +4, Safety -1, Warping +1, Upkeep 0, Health 0, Aesthetics 0
Specialisations: Auram +2, Creo +1
Personality Traits: Methodical +1
Virtues & Flaws (Total 0): Assistant (Free Virtue), Preserved (Free Virtue); Exposed (Free Flaw)
Cost: 0 BP
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