Famae Facinus

famae facinus (reports of infamy)
by Caleth (nee Tenellus) scholae Cristofer, filia Perfidius scholae Savacion.

A small volume, recently compiled by Tenellus of Annalum. The book itself has gained some infamy due in part to the nature of the text, but aided by the intimate acquaintance of the author with the subject. Her comments are that this information is all part of the public record, and that if anyone is qualified to record it with understanding, it would be she.

Famae facinus contains the story of various rogue hunts, incidents of murder and diabolism and great scandals of the order. The work begins with the discovery of Eleanor, recounting the facts of the Purge. Names and dates of trials and executions are listed, citing the covenant records and correspondence from which the information is derived.

The chapter that follows charts the events preceding the hunt of the Rogue Siccoculus, including the transformation of Perfidius. In this section, interviews with venerable mages such as Festinatio Diligens, and Quartus Oriens are cited and accompanied by maps of the regions of the hunt. The murders of Vertagus and Scolopax are recounted, including competing explanations for Vertagus' death and locations for Scolopax abduction. The
murder of Perfidius then follows, in similar dispassionate, though thorough detail, with Tenellus' own trial notes serving as the primary source for information.

Helde

Monedula

The remainder of the text is a series of profiles--reminiscent of speculum pro ducibus, though more straight-forward--of infamous figures such as Helde, Monedula and Javert. These pages are less an academic record of specific information, and more a narrative and description of these individuals as they have come to be known in order lore. For further color, miniature portraits have been reproduced in the text.

Though of minimal magical value (only mentioning in passing spells used for binding or hunting fugitives such as heart's-breadth tether from Lost in the Woods), this text may be useful to mages for educating apprentices on the failures, and triumphs, of the order in recognizing threats from within its own ranks. Joining Elias' corpus dolorosus as a record of some of the more dire aspects of the Cholaeic tradition, we shall see what the other members of the Gauntlet of 420 produce in time.