Roman Tribunal Community Project
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In 2015, it was suggested on the official forum to organize a project to recreate a new, fan-created sourcebook for the Roman Tribunal, replacing and updating the ArM3 supplement Tribunals of Hermes: Rome. The discussion thread is here.
Mundane affairs
The mundane affairs of the Roman Tribunal have been unsettled and in a state of a great deal of fluctuation since the fall of Rome. For centuries the Byzantine Empire held on to portions of Italy, the rule of which has been contested by Saracens who had been seizing control of Southern Italy. In the eleventh century Norman soldiers removed both of these foreign powers from the shores of Italy, and established their own dynasties instead, which became integrated with the Holy Roman Empire by marriage towards the end of the twelfth century.
- Papal States
- Lombardy League
- A league of semi-independent city states in northwestern Italy fighting for what independence they can manage.
- Kingdom of Sicily
- This collection of states conquered from the Byzantines and the Saracens by the Normans before being joined with the German Hohenstaufen Dynasty by marriage is the largest and best organized state in the Roman Tribunal.
- Tuscany
- Ancona
- Corsica
- Sardinia
- Florence
- Northeastern Marches
- Maritime Republics
- Cathars and Catholics
- Fredrick II
Hermetic Affairs
- Tribunal Organization
- Vis Economy
- The Roman Tribunal is one which is well trampled by mundane with divine auras, and many ancient sites had Christian churches built upon them. What few natural vis sources remain are well known and claimed by the older covenants. More commonly vis sources refer to some form of trade or import- the Redcaps receive vis from their role as messengers and deal brokers, as well as banking. Verdi has an income from enchanting, some covenants maintain scriptoriums or other institutions where manufacture of hermetically needed items sustain their need for vis.