Theban Tribunal

The Theban Tribunal (also called the Tribunal of Thebes or the Thebes Tribunal) is the regional Tribunal that includes the Greek peninsula and Asia Minor. In 1220, all of the Theban Tribunal is part of the mundane Byzantine Empire. The Theban Tribunal is unusual in that Greek, rather than Latin, is the language magi use for their Hermetic business and magical writings (tSE page 29).

The Theban Tribunal is a borderland of the Order; it is bordered on the north and west by the Transylvanian Tribunal but the territory to the east and southeast belongs to the Seljuk Turks and is considered to be outside the Order of Hermes altogether. The Theban Tribunal communicates by sea with the Levant Tribunal and could be considered its nearest neighbor. See the Map of Mythic Europe.

Current Edition Resources

The Fifth Edition sourcebook, The Sundered Eagle: the Theban Tribunal describes the Theban Tribunal in detail.

The Cradle and the Crescent is a sourcebook for the neighboring lands of the Middle East.

Current Edition Covenants

Sundered Eagle describes the following covenants:

• Aegea
• Alexandria
• Epidauros
• Erebos, first mentioned in Ancient Magic, containing several Perdo specialists and located near an ancient sanctuary of the Cult of Hecate in the Cambunian Mountains. They are in conflict with the Daughters of Erichto.
• Favonius
• Gigas, presumably this is the large Tremere covenant of the Theban tribunal alluded to in Houses of Hermes:True Lineages.
• Hedyosmos
• Ingasia
• Oikos tou Eleous
• Michael's Tabula
• Moero's Garden
• Polyagios
• Xylinites

Past Edition Resources

The Theban Tribunal received less attention than most other Tribunals until Sundered Eagle was published; therefore there are few resources for Fourth Edition and earlier.

Order of Hermes (book) mentioned there were eight covenants in the Tribunal (though this information is outdated in Fifth Edition canon) but did not name any of them. Most of its brief text on the Tribunal is devoted to the grandeur and importance of Constantinople. It does mention that the Thebes Tribunal is a magnet for Seekers and for magi of Houses Jerbiton and Bjornaer.

Non-Canon Resources

A thorough examination of the Hermetic population in the Theban Tribunal can be found in Sub Rosa #9 pages 6-7. Written by Yan Prado, it includes a spreadsheet listing every magus in the Tribunal and noting House, age, citizenship, covenant, and League membership.

Sub Rosa #4 (pages 22-26) details the covenant of Seuthopolis, built in the ruins of a Roman town located in Mythic Bulgaria on the border of the Byzantine empire, within the boundaries of the Tribunal. Author Ben McFarland includes maps of the site and pictorial reference.

Thebes Sagas

The following saga websites are set in, or otherwise related to, the Thebes Tribunal. Feel free to add your own site to the list; please insert it in alphabetical order.

A Measure of Sand

Purification Through Fire

A completed Saga that was played online through Yahoo! Groups.

References

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Based on material © Copyright David Chart 1997-2000. Used with permission.