Faith and Flame
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| Product Information | |
|---|---|
| Rules Edition: | Fifth Edition |
| Abbreviation: | FaF |
| Product Type: | Tribunal Sourcebook |
| Author(s): | Erik Dahl, Mark Faulkner, Lachie Hayes, Ben McFarland, Christian Jensen Romer |
| Publisher: | Atlas Games |
| Product Number: | AG0308 |
| ISBN: | 1-58978-149-X |
| Release date: | June, 2014 |
| Format: | Hardcover, 144 pages |
| Availability: | Hardcover |
Faith and Flame: The Provençal Tribunal is a supplement, announced on February 28, 2014.
Subject and Contents
This Fifth Edition sourcebook is the first full treatment of the Provençal Tribunal. Provençal was the default setting in ArM2.[1] but until 2014 had not been detailed in a book of its own. In fact, Provençal was the final Regional Tribunal to receive its own sourcebook.[2]
The product page contains the summary of the book's contents that is available before its release.
Chapter II: History & Culture
This chapter presents both the Hermetic and mundane history of the region, which in this Tribunal are intertwined.
Descriptions of fifteen lost covenants destroyed by the conflicts of the Tribunal -- the Schism War and the Albigensian Crusade -- appear on pages 10-11.
The Cathar (Albigens) heresy is described on pages 13-15. Compared to Second Edition supplements, this book takes a more balanced view of the religious strife in the region. It explains the differences of religious doctrine between the Cathars and the Catholic Church, including the Cathars' tendency to zealotry. The Order of Hermes has divided opinion on relations with the heretics (p. 15).
The major events of the Albigensian Crusade are laid out on pages 15-19. By 1220, a second crusade has begun. ArM5 canon only describes history up to 1220. For a summary of later (real-world) events, see wikipedia.
Chapter III: Hermetic Culture
The Provençal Tribunal is a relatively easy place to found a new covenant, as explained on page 21.
"The Provençal Tribunal has three main power centers. In the west, the Mercurian magi of Aedes Mercurii and the Mithraian magi of Castra Solis dispute the true legacy of Val-Negra and House Flambeau. In the east, the chapterhouses that compose the multi-site Coenobium attempt to prevent new covenants form forming.[3]
Chapter IV: The County of Toulouse
Chapter V: Gascony
Chapter VI: The Pyrenees and the Hispanic March
Chapter VII: Narbonnais
Chapter VIII: Arelat
Chapter IX: The Lost Covenant of Val-Negra
An entire chapter is devoted to the Lost Covenant of Val-Negra.
Covenants
Another covenant of note is Mistridge, mentioned in Chapter Two ("History and Culture").
While the Covenant of Doissetep does not exist canonicaly in Fifth Edition, it was located in the Provençal Tribunal as well.
References
- ↑ Ars Magica Revised Edition, pp. 132-145, "The Setting: Mistridge Saga"
- ↑ David Chart, forum post, 1 March 2014
- ↑ Faith & Flame: the Provençal Tribunal, p. 22, "The Covenants of the Tribunal."