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INTRODUCTION ..............
por lis
The Nature of Magickal Energies
.... I3
Temporal Engine) .
. 67
Ingenium Integrita
Integrity Engine)
..................
Ingenium Sustentaculus
L i
Sustenance Engine)
...........
The Theory
of
Harnessing Magick
...
14
Magick Through Mechanical
Contrivance
.......................
I6
.
...........
Ingenium Curareus
iscellany and Addenda
I8
BOOK ONE: 1495 ..............20 Healing Engine)
.. ............
74
Infundibulum Poten tia Ingenium Phlogiston
Draining Engine)
.................
21 Levitation Engine)
Imagum Illusorius
BOOK SIX: 1500 .
Optical Illusion Engine)
...........25
Via Peregreus
Imagum Melos Dimensional Engine)
Ingenium Perplexus
Ingenum Infernus Inferno Engine)
. 30
Cipher Engin
Ingenium Frigidus Glacial Engine)
. 32
Ingenium
Ma
Magnetic Force Engine
BOOK TWO: 1496 ............. 36
Censurum Veraceus
Ingenium Fascium
Imprisonment Engine)
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ingenium Confunderus
Ingenium Gnocereus Intellect
Embodiment Engine)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Ingenium Auditorius
Clairaudience Engine)
.............41
Ingenium Vedereum
Clairvoyance Engine) .............
43
BOOK THREE: 1497 ........... 47
Ingenium Meteoricus
Weather Engine ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Ingenium Alchymia
Alchemical Engine)
.......
Ingenium Deflexus E thereal
Interference Engine) ...............
52
BOOK FOUR: 1498 ............ 55
Imagum Somnus Dream Engine)
. . .
56
Ingenium Insanus Madness Engine) .58
Ingenum Vaderus Imparted
Auditorial Illusion Engine)
........
28
Ingenium Tulmultuosus
Dissolventum Universalis
Testudo ElementaIis
Earthshaker Engine) .......
Elemental Engine)
........
SORCEROUS AUTOMATA IN
THE GREAT GAME . .
MAKING A SORCERO US
Motion Engine)
...................
61
TIONS GAME STATISTICS ...... i 8
BOOKF IVE:
1499
.............
66
STAR IRO
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per
un
piccolo
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e
bellezzza del
wondo.
case h a s at
last
arrived , an d ust as he world about
is
in.fwed wi
are
my
puvsuits,
as my
benefactor has ncreased his benevolence.
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with g w t a-d
ge an tv s Ill\aximilian I now the
Ioly
R o m a n &peror/ with the passing
of
11 may
he
rest in peace, has ndeed invested our gra nd Lodovico
with theD uchy of milano, gracious city
of
the
Alps.
At last a duke,
no
onger a regent, to give Milano the place a m o n g the
cities
of
the
as she so richly d e s e r v e s . And 31
mora,
t hough bo rn bu t a
of a owly condo tt iere ,
is
how
royalty,
a n d i n d that his
i s n o w greater, and also that h a v e a c q u i r e d g r e a t e r
for my work among this Jtaly, for am
seen
as
onewo&y of being
by
the illustviousHouse ofsforza,which is as it should
be,
as here
s not on e whom 3 ind excels m e in any manner of
avt
or architecture,
let
ndustd ous invention an d
such
puvswits.
2 ust
also
m ak e men t ion
that
he that is /2/la,ximil ian has f aken
for a br ide
m aria Sforza. may fheir mar r iage be f;MiifuI a n d
a
oy to a l l . A n d
k i n g o f m a r r i ag e s , &e s fo rza
family
has f l t r he r e x p a n d e d their connec-
f a i l
to itl ill
the intent for which developed them, which, ine sca pa blB indi-
that
my observations
or
deductions a re at
times
ound wanting.This
most appalling, a n d thoroughly inexcusable. Fovtunately, theDuke
is
a
ent man with my dabblin gs.
h e
covered chariot w a s
t h e
d e v i c e w h ic h m o s t a p p e a l e d to
the
D u k e , a n d the one upon w h ich em bar ked mos t en thusi a s ti c a lly .
hen at
last had comple ted cons t ruc t ion of t h e first example of this
open in gs w h ich a l low the opera-
o t s i d e world . J
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my method
o f
Orga
must be org an ize d in this mannev
of
investigation, more so, J a d m i t ,
3
an
is my usual wont,
for
J
oo
readi ly
allow
my enthusiasm
to
overrun
a nd s tampede dow n my de libe ra tion , a nd as
a
resul t my work c a n suffer
f k m overs ights an d inefic iency , as J ave l ea rned anew
with
my invention
of
the
a r m o r e d chariot. J s h a l l here, then, apply
to
myself an unaccustomed
oPganization,
that
while
pursuing
is
heret fore unexplored sc ie ne ,
J
might
avo id the glar ing e r w r o fover look ing s ign if ica in my haste to reach
the
ends.
Tshusly shal l my newest
Codex
be o r d e
I
The v a h r e
The Theory
o f f l a m e s s i n
/ M e c h a n i c a l
ny and Addenda
Tshere.POWa m ovganized.
shall have to conduc t m y researches careful
spection, for His Holiness the
Pope JnnocentV
great circum-
a
papal bull
Sum mis Deside rantes condemning non-Church
witchcraft
a n d
sorcery only
ten years ago, an d S ta l i an s have a ong memory esp
11y
e pious
ones ,
Jt
is tragic to
see
ea r of
the
unknown imp ede
the explo
n of same.Or pel.-
h a p s
i t i s the
abuses
of
s o m e self-styled practitiomers of black
a ,
the like of
which abo und in
this
superstitious 1a nd .t h es e unhallowed few bring unwar-
ran ted disgrace upon
those
of
us
who, with scientific reasonimg,
a c M t e
percep-
tion a n d a clear conscience, s e e k to shed light upon
Mnivevsal
Force.
F o h n a t e l %
the old
goat
w a s
called ngrega te Direct S upe r io r a
few
years
ago at
the
ripe old age of
too
long,
so
pevhaps this bull will not be
prosec uted with as much energy as pe rhaps it would have befow.
Jndeed
h a v e hopes
t ha t filexandervl will be a more curious a n d forgiving Pope.
Mnfoviunatels
old
Rodrigo Borgia-no, h e no onger exists, indeed c\e is now
the pevfectfilexandevVI-hhas already revised
his
Jnte r cetera d iv ina within
two
months of
i t s
original pevfect incarnation, and
i t
w a s
by
a n d large
ignored any wa y. th is Pope may not have a ignificant imp act on history,
despite
appointing family membevs like his son Cesare
to
impovtant clergical
posts. f i t
l e a s t so3hope, for3
ind that those
who
impact
histo
in an njurious
manner.
e
hat
as t
may 3
ind 3 ave
attr
some atkention
the woman reputed to be a witch, a n d hen
11
have
to
shelve these
inspections for the nonceu
3
hall resume them wh
m a d o n n a
of
the
Rocks,
a n d
can
move
fL1l-y
d
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av e finished
the
m adon na of the Rocks, an d f ind now that theworld i s
at
hav e invaded Hu ngary an d Dalmat ia .l%is they did long
word took some time o arriv e in theseplaces. J n a imilar
CharlesVI11
of F r a n c e h a s sen t his h o p s a ga i ns t ztalia, a n d t ak e n
a n d
Roma.
t t t e Pope
is
said to have
not
see
he
he d
o ft h e c hurch thhreatened.
d to
Castel San t 'Ang elo .
a m
g lad for it/ for J
VATURE
OFjWAGJCK$ILE.ERG3ES
udicious eFamination, a n d n o
small
part of surreptitious and
secre-
tive meetings with
the
w om a n f r om the village, who at last, with
so m e plying of wine a M d gold, ha s c onde s c e nde d to s h a r e with
me
some of
her insights, although she has a endency to stray +m t h e
wbject at
hand
has demonstra ted to my satisfaction that
here
are
facets
of
the
magickal
powers
which pe rmea te
the
Gav&.Tlqis
is
3had surmised, for the e f fe rvescencewhich
these
powers e Fude can be
to
be of f ou r slightly
differing
aspects,
that
i s
color
and vibrancy, and ,
for
of
a better w ord,
taste,
indicating that they
indeed
are separate manifes-
ofthis unknown a n d
t i s
m y
belief, a n d by w a t c
theworld abowt, that the best naming of
these
acets is
at
they
are
piritual, natural, a n d mundan e, this being
the best
eFplanation
of
method by which
God
might cause these pow e r s to be appor t ioned
His creation.
e
method
with
which these energ ies inte rac t
4
mxw ly Power
of
k c a w e w l y Delights
eavenly pow er is
that
which flows
f rom
Heaven, borne upon the wings
L nge ls , a n d connec t s
the
ea to the divine. J a m uncer tain w hether
r not
the
heavenly
power may also
be u s ed
by
the
D e c ei v er a n d
his
minions,
be tween Heaven and Hell as though he poles of
a
magnet, o r
theLord smote S a t a n s uc h that he and his a nge l s m y o onger
the heavenly powevs . t leavenly p ow ers m ay
be
wh at divine spark
ains within
these
paltry a n d sinfMl
human
shells.
With
the
heavenly powe rs
one u p e r s e d e
e
limitations placed upon us by God as w e live within
Creation a n d p e rh a p s even +avel to
sit
at
t is feet.
ual m agicks are
those which
impinge directly upon the
human
spirit,
e terna l and inviolate pa rt of all
of
us granted to us or our e terna l sa lva-
by ourCreator.'tt.\e
health a n d state of ou r spirit i s of param oun t import
the health of o u r
bodies,
as
c a n
be demonstra ted by the dilapid ated posi-
of
hos e
mo st sinf..l a n d corrupt people, wh o then succumb
to
l eprosy an d
ailments.
With
spiritual mag ick s might
one
nfluence
o r
domina te the
activities
of the
pevson.6
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OMS
effovts
ofhuman o r
mechanical will
u p o ~
e
magickal enevgies, pre-
venting them from wnvav-
eling, s
is
their wont.
S in c e hamans ate
pc~
sessed of
weukness
mechanical
contvol
of
magi
ckal
energies
]MEctlfiJvJCfiL CON
have
studied
ca~~?fLllyhe manners in whi
t
e+*,
a s
i t is most illclsh.ative of the manner in which
Mzechanical
devices might c w t e w k aberrations n
the
lines
of
magi&l
fovce.
-these ave some methods by which believe we might be able to entangle &e
magickal ene-ies such that they shall pvoduce unusual resulf~ ,or the
w n t o r -
tion
of natural l ines ofm ag icka l energy shall itself cause
a
contohaon f the
C m t i o n about tfieentanglement, and hence what might be
termed a n
abnormal
situation, al ough
magick
is,
itsel5 natwral. /Much as credting
a n
alchemical re
cause s
an
abnormal heat, yet
all
is
perfectly natural.
SOMI
nor COn-
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that the
ireless appliccltion of the machine to the ask shall be balanced
discrimination, and
that
the result shall be as efficacious as
a n y as might be obtained
by
hu m an will a l o n e . A n d 3 have
no
raining in
mag ick thvough
the
application
ofthe
will
besides.
3
do not believe that the magickal energie s ave infinite in nature,
in given
time. For
although
they
m ay gvow,
A S doesthe
grass,
there
is never
a n infinite supply of gwss for
the
harvesting, either.CJt is unfortunate
that the
mechanical devices shall c ons um e the magickal en erg ies in the i y i m g o f
bindings,
or
knots,
o r
what ha ve you, and herefore that it shall be impossible
to
create
a
perm anen t magickal
effect, or
to h a v e
a
building suppov+ed
aloft
o n
ai5 by
m e a n s of
a
magickal contrivance, would
be
most impressive
to all,
a n d
sure
construction to d r a w
the
curious
f rom across the
continent,
and
bolster
trade.
A n d intewst in my works
shall be
widespvead indeed.11
jA ~oth er
ovMln iss ioM
to pa in t a vendit ion
of The
Last S uppe r .
monastery
of
S a n t a
maria
de ll e G r az ie has as ked , an d
the
sum
he
has ofered is most
wo.thY,
especial ly in the serv ice
of
these men ofGod.J
f ind it some what amus ing that they wish for me to pla
din ing hall of the ir monas teT. Perhaps
h e y
wis h
the
with
O u r Sav io r, o r pedqaps some of
them
prefer to think of their bvethven as
3 u d a s . J a m cer ta in ly mere ly jed ’ng , here. J p n d the mon ks m ost pious indi-
v iduals , q u i te un l ike h e i r sp i r itua l leader , f ilex an de r
VI.
J
ook
forwa rd gveat-
ly io this task, for J s h a l l e nd e av o r to exceed all my w ork s gone before with
this one, for their benept a n d approbat ion. they a r e suvely most intel ligent to
turn
to
m e for such
a
decorat ion,
as
none
is
my compare .
paint ing in &e
that they d ine
d that the
methods of
powering the magickal mechanisms which
all des ign a r e ew indeed , especially when 3 o
esirable
that themethod
of power rely
upon iving creat ure s,
like men, or mules, o r the
like.
J ha ve
at
my disposal water wheels,
an d c lockwork springs , a n d muscula r effovt as rom
a
t eam of ho-es. A n d 3
hav e counterweights as well, which, with
severe
gea r ing and &e ass i s tance
of
a
clocksmith, might
be
able
to
g e n e r a t e
a
steady,
though
small, amo un t
of f o r e for
a
lengthy period of time. Of
these,
only the clockspring is particu-
larly suited to being moved abotct, a n d the water wh-I not
at all.
3 shall h a v e to create new
methods
of powering these m a c
therance
of my testing an d experimentation.
3
visit from
UM old f r i e m d
icardo Del Cantone ,
t h e
philosophe9
is
in
T i
home
in Milan o. Good old reliable Ricardo How
often
w e
sat
upon the
cout+yard a n d prac ticed
o u r
percept ion
of
t h e
huma
pipit
bz
scrutinizing
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e irst
metho
It
r e a t i o n
of
many kno t s
of
m a g i c k a l
force,
tying them together
by
mechanica l means , in an e n d l e s s s u p p l y . T h e s e k n ot s shal l
be
tied to
have n o p a r t i c u l a r effects;
at least
3 know no t
yet
how
to
e n g a g e t he m
with effect,however , by the i r crea t ion ,
they
shall deplete
the
magicka l
po ten t ia l of t he region, cofisuming t h e m a g i c k a l e n e r g i e s in a M s e l e s s
fashion,
much as a f ire in t h e d a y t i m e b u r n s s c ra p wood to n o use o the r
than for its disposal.
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( O F t Y C f i L Y UWYO f l EJVG3flG)
iven that ha v e be en able to create an 3ngenium S olar is ,
a l though indeed
a
faulty a n d short- l ived version, for my o w n
metallccrgical
skills,
despite
m y
earnings,
a r e
less
than
expert,
it
should
be
possible,
to
create
an ngenium which
shall
create
n
ent i re image . Com prised
of
a
series of
J ngen i a Solarii,
e a c h
ofwhich
one
portion ofthe image, a s h a p e and projecting a ce r ta in color
light,
e a c h of which
pieces
is
seen o provide
a
portion of
the
whole
is, by carefLI a r r a nge m e n t of patches
of
light and color, a n ent i re
t-tstration m igh t be made .
has arisen, that
J
ma ke my render ing of The Last S u p p e r
of
a, instead
of
a s tanda rd pa in ting. t h i s will ceria in ly Cause the
to
be mo re
detailed,
to
have
a
more smoky aspect , &an
&e
norma l
paint ing method. f ind, s ince the vision so
created
shal l be
of
three-
nsiona l nature,
i t
shal l bet ter ap pe ar
that
O u r L o r d w e r e se ate d with his
in the
very
din ing
hall which
shal l be most pvofowndly mov ing, J a m
sure.
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the
en t i r e t y
of the
i m a g e s h a l l r e q u i r e
a
um, f a r beeer t han J a n p o s s ib l y c r e a t e here, a n d w o u l d
t a k e
much t i m e .
Fur thermore, i t i s doubt fu l that the monks , bei ng d i sp osed to follow
the
w r i t s
of
the Pope, will tolerate
such
a
piece
of
a r t w o v k , b e i n g m a g i c k a l l y c r e a t e d .
J m i n s te ad w o r k i n g with a n e w a n d e x p e r i m e n t al c o m p o u n d , of m y o w n
invent ion, a p a i n t which sha l l allow m e
to
t a k e m y t i m e, a n d r e n d e r t h e L a s t
S u p p e r i n g r e a t
detail
a n d r ea li sm , a n d
with &e
s m o k y pavor
which
o t h e r s
h a v e f o u nd s o a p p e a l i n g i n m y work. F r e s c o is
Of &kxgikaI
r i e s o ~ u ~ c e
i s my belief
t h a t the
flare of light, o r iIIum
eratea by the
nraveling of one
of
these ma gick al knots, is c a u s e d by
t he
magickal
r e s o n a n c e of friction as he magickal l ines of force p u
much as a m o n g m u n d a n e
ropes,
su ch f rict ion p rod u
to my best observations, t h e color of light so disposed
a
knot shall d e p e n d
upon ts
shape, which is
to say
wh a t additional
shapes
a r e
bound into
the
knot, beyond
the
basic
form w hich
produces
light. A n d
the
aspect
of
pa l e ne s s
or
deepness
of the light so
pr oduc e d
a g a i n s t
e a c h
other,
shall
d e p e n d on how much extra of the lines
is pulle
which
is to say,
how much
slack
is
afforded
t he kno
or intensiv, o r t r a ns l uc e nc e of t he light
so
created
s
the t ightness of the magickal knot so bound.3
3
ad originally believed t h a t it would be n e c e s s a
J n g e n i a S o l a r i i to
c a u s e a
detailed
i m a ge to
b e
created, linked
together
a n d c are fu ll y a r r a n g e d . B u t
MOW 3
ee that is
a
s ing le
device,
an
m a g u m
J l lusor ius
c a n
be
built
to
perform
the
w or k
of
m a ny 3nge n i a
Solarii,
by
the
addi t ion to
the Jv lgen iam
S o l a r i s of several adjustments, e a c h of
which
shall
affect
t h e c r e a t i o n of the knots which t h e
J n g e n i u m
pr oduc e s at tha t
moment, and ,
which
moving, cause
their
effectsto
wax a n d w a n e in
a
peri-
odic
f a s h i on . t he a d jus tm e n ts ofthis,
as Y
shall c a l l
it, J m a g u m Jl lusorius,
in
the ir
orbit and rotation a b o w t the centra l por tion where in the magickal knots
a r e tied, ef igend er di f fe rences be tween
t he
knots, and h e n ce c a n b e
so
cal-
ibrated,
through careful a n d s tudious e ffor ts , to c a u s e an m a g e of any sor t
which might
be
imagined, and the mo re consc ien t ious the ca l ibra t ion an d
al ignment
of
t h e s e
effectors,
t he
m o r e
detailed
a n d p l ea s ing
the
i m a g e
shal l
be to t h e eye. Given a sufficient
speed
of opera t ion of
the
J m a g u m
J l lusor ius , the
rapidity
with which the k no ts a r e
tied shall b e
of
such
great
moment that he created illusion shall
not be
s e e n
to
f l icker o r
pulsate,
much
as h e
wings
of
a hummingbird proceed
with
s u c h
swiftmess
that
a p p e a r to
be a
mist, a n d
n o t solid.
O n c e
3
h a v e found
a
suitable crafisman
h e r e in Milano, pe rh ap s 3shall pur s ue this for the
pleasure
of the Duke, for
3 ould create a statueof his father
far
greater than a n y
3
ould of metal
a lone .
J n he
meantime,
3
hall no t build
this
ingenium,
forJ
ind the
City
Watch
m a k e s f r e que n t
passes
by
my w
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i n c e h a v e d e m o n s t r a te d to my sa t is fac t ion ,
t h a t a n ingeni-
u m which sha l l create a v i s ua l i m a ge is comple te ly
feasible,
ev en within
the
cu rr en t l imits
of
t e c hn i c a l
expertise,
a l t h o u g h
preferably
e n g i n e e r e d by o n e m o r e practiced t h a n 3,
it
shall
b e
likewise possible to create a n i ngenium
wliich
sha l l
m a ni f e s t a n un r e-
ril s o u n d
fo r the
h e a r i n g a n d e n te r ta i nm e n t .
T h i s i ngen ium J most ce r ta in l y ca nn o t test, fo r the p res enc e of disem-
bod i ed voices
o r
sounds
wh ich a r e
no t seen
to
Le c a u s e d
by
an y na tu r -
al r es ou rc e shall i n d e e d c a u s e m e to be s e i z e d by t he au tho r i ti e s a n d
b u rn e d a s a sp i ri ti st , my repu ta t ion fo r i nven t ion no tw i ths tand ing . t h e
J t a l i a n s a r e a supers t i t ious lot, l ove them thoug h Jdo, but they a r e
offe n obtuse,
especially
w h e n
i t
c o m e s
to
mani fes ta t ion
of
exper imen-
tat ion, which they a r e at a loss to exp la in . J t
i s
c e r t a i n tha t the a v e r a g e
ept, my ex p l ana t i on
eas an t w ou l d no t unde rs tand , no r ev en wish
to
a
of
m a g i c k a l in ge nia , a n d e v e n w e r e J o m a k e su
n unde r tak ing ,
they s h o u ld s e i z e u p o n the w o r d m a g ic ka l, a n d the s a m e fate shou ld
befall m e a g a i n .
D e s i g ~
f- this Y ~ g e ~ i c r m
h e d e s i g n
of
this i ngen ium r e q u i r e s a di f fer ing so r t
of
m a gi c ka l
knot, which sha l l
be
as l lus t ra ted here , wi th the a l i gnm e n t of t h e
gea r s not
in right a ng l e s ,
as
with t h e
J m a g u m J I Iusor ius ,
but ins tead
at
a n a n g le of sixty degrees,
as llustrated here,
which
shall create
t h e
sor t
of
knot r equived .
While the J m a g u m J I I u s o r i u s s h o u l d
be
a visually
n e c e s s a r y
that th is
ingeniwm
be
of
a p l e a s i ng s ound , that is, that i t b e
forged of pm re st m e ta l s, a n d c a r e f u ll y e ng i n e e r e d t h a t the o p e r a t i o n
of
the i ngenium sha l l
be
p l e a s i ng a n d no t ja rriMg to the ear. Jndeed, it
m us t b e a well-turned
ingenium,
t h e
better
to s u p p o r t the no i s e s which
shall
e m a n a t e f r om
it. For
myself,
3
bel ieve
that
si lver
b e
t h e
best
of
mate r ia l s , o r
else
brass, both of w hi c h re m o s t p l e a si n g w h e n f o r m e d
into
bell shapes,
o r c a re fd l y
forged
to
be
the stuff
of
t ubu l a r bells
o r
G e r m a n i c g l o c k e n s p i e l s . t h i s also r e q u i r e s that
the pieces
of
t h e
J m a g u m /M e lo s
b e
of un if or m t h i c kne s s a n d c ros s - s ec t i on , a n d b e
test-
ed to r ing t rue . Or else that their diminishm ent in size o v e r t h e c o u r s e of
the i r l ength
b e
a g a i n d e s iq n e d for a p l e a s i nq
effect
o the ear.
Glass
a n d
leas ing device , it is
-
I
-
tin should no t
b e
used, ne i the r lead.
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the
c a r e f u l
a t ten t i on
e r f u m e r ,
o f g rea t
dedication.
5
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tion
of
such a cont r ivance is c a r r i e d out, a n d i t i s engaged
to
ope r a t e ,
cr-eatea great
warmth,
as
hough
A
f i r e burned in
t h e
a i 5
but
without
i s d o n e by c rea t ing knots
which
p r o d u c e
heat, and not
light,
as
hey
pulled
apar t .
3 t
is
possible
to
-use
this
to
c r e a t e
a
ire,
just
as
plac-
a piece of wood
o n
the
top of
a
very
hot
f u r n a c e w ig h t c a u s e i t
to
though i t
not
be
in contact with a ~ yc tua l f lame.
ave in mind a method of pvoving great power, for
which
purpose i t is
which re l ies upo n this Jng en ium Jnfernus. J
call
i t
my
Jn fe rno
ssary to place an J ngen i um J n fe rnus
vers ion of the water wheel.9 s he Jngen ium Jn fe rnus
operates, which
have fo
be
for a l engthy t ime, a n d hence shall r equ i re
a
v e ry large
d pow er f lr l ma inspr ing , i t sha l l cause
the
wa te r w i t h in the sealed conta in-
the padd les of
the wheel, it
sha l l cause i t
to
rotate. A n d
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Ir
been cap tu red at
Rapallo,
and these pr izes which have been cap tured
might become suitable experiments for Jnferno-empowered vessels , which
shall
n o t
then
be forced
to rely upon oatrsmen o r he winds for th ei r mobility.
B u t
with
these
prizes
tests may
be
underta ken without removing a ny
ready
warsh ips f rom commiss ion .The des ign
of
s u c h a ve ss el will m e a n
tha t
the
J n f e r n o j M ec h a n i s m
shall propel a
sor t of
wa ter wheel, which instead of
using moving w at er to propel an engine, i t
shall
move the engine a long
sta-
t ionary w a t q propelling the ship forward.J n his m a n n e r might a vessel
run
directly
into the wind, without tacking, an d escape pursuit,
o r
ovevtake
those sailing
vessels
which i t p u r s u e s .
Similavly, while an enemy oarship
i l l be forced to contend
with
the exhaustion of
t h o s e
pulling strokes, the
vessel
powered
by an n f e r n o j M ec h a n i s m shall f ind g rea t e r energy n the
?
pwtrsuit, for leaving an area w h e r e its opera t ion had depleted
t h e
local
magicka l energ ies
shall
i n c r e a s e
t h e
efficacy
of t h e
i ngen ium.
7
BOOMo
jUaMk;Md
e
Z n fe rn o M e c h a n i s m c a n
also
be
used
for
the
hea t ing
of
build-
?
n g s . t h e p ip in g s w h ic h
e m a n a t e
f rom the M e c h a n i s m itself
shall
be
distributed a b o u t the building, an d shal l convey t h e s t e a m so p r o d u c e d by
t h e
M e c h a n i s m
to t h e
variows
r o o m s .
When ins ide
these
rooms, the s t e a m
shal l be
m a d e to
pass
th rough an
a r r a y of
thin pipes, the be t te r with
which
to c a u s e
the s t e a m
to
yield
M p
its
heat, a n d c o n d e n s e o n c e m o r e
into
w ate9
w hereupon
t h e
water shal l d r a i n
of
its o w n accord, a n d gravity ,
back
to the
bottom
of
the building, there to poMr ag a in into the ,Mechanism, where it
m a y
be heated
o n c e m o r e in to s t e a m , in a continuous
cycle.
J
e r i v e g r e a t e n jo y m e n t f ro m
the
fact
t ha t
A l e x a n d e r
VI
i s
be ing
owe
to
be i nef fec t iv e, a n d c a n n o t e v e n c o n t r o l o n e f i e r y F i r e n z a n p r e a c h e r ,
while
F e r d i n a n d is w a g i n g a v e r y e ff ec t iv e c a m p a i g n a g a i n s t the French .
For
i f i t
w er e no t fo r h is in ter fe rence, J hou ld be bet ter a b l e
io
pub li sh t h es e ft'nd-
i n gs o f m i n e, a n d g a i n
by the
e x c h a n g e of i d e a s
with
o t h e r l e a r n e d m e n .
J.
.S
Jave now heard tell
that t h e
F r e n c h h a v e
been
defeated utterlyj
that their a r m y has capitulated
at
N o v a r a , a n d t h a t
CharlesV1II
a n d
his
soldiers h a v e retreated back into F r a n c e . n i s h a s
s h o w n
t h a t
Ferd inand
I1 has m o r e
ofGod abo ut h im than
t h e
entirety of the self-proclaimed Holy League, for they cru m bled in battle,
while Ferdinand's
troops
enacted
t h e will
of God by driving t h e French
back home, a n d f ree ing Jtalia from their tyranny.
J
have
n o t h e a r d
t h a i t he Pope
h a s m a d e a n o m m en t o n
t h e
m a t t e
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has
run its c o u r s e , a n d CJ a m d ev o id of n e w a n d i n te r es ti n g ideas at
m o m e n t . t h i s i s m e t with m u c h a p p r o b a t i o n on my part , as i t will
m y ha nd s a be t t e r c h a n c e to
heal,
t h a t might
not
only write , but
continme t h e paint ing of’the Last
Suppet;
w hi c h J have had to
e m por ar il y , d u e
to
the
inc ident
of
w hi ch
3
h a v e a l r ea d y m a d e
8
n
ny event,
lack
of
m e
to
t h e
of
previous
to
an
i s simi-
re la t ion
dissolution, they
radiate
c o l d n e s s, w h i c h c a u s e s the
a r e a about t h e
to
i n c r e a s e in
the
a m o u n t
of
c o l d n e s s
i t
possesses.-this
is
b e c a u s e a l t h o u g h
the
knot i s vir tua l ly ident ic a l
to
t h a t
of t h o s e
heat,
t h e s e knots a r e
tied
in
a
m a n n e v which, stepwise, i s
the
of t h e
other;
a n d
thcts,
they e m i t c o l dn e s s w h i c h i n f us e s the s u r -
to t h e
point
of smmmoning f ro s t . O r
so
is my theory.
t is to t h e g r e a t c r ed i t o f Duke L o d o v i c o S f o r z a , of o u r
ci ty,
t h a t
is peace
o n c e
m o r e
i n fa i r
Jtal ia.
P e r h a p s
J
h a l l e n d e a v o r to
d o n e o f t h e s e f o r t he Duke w h i c h ef o rt s w o u l d m a k e him t he m o s t
n e d h o s t i n a l l t h e C o n i i n e n t , f o r J a m c e r ta in h e w o u l d p u t t hi s
J w a g u m i\;l
is
to
J m a g u m
‘ t h a t
it
is
a simi-
concept , but a di f fe r ing knot.J n his
case, as
the knots a r e dr iven
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is J n g e n i u m F r i g id u s is perhap s the most serv iceab le a
i l e
of the m ag ickal invent ions w hich
3
have yet created, and p er-
haps
as
we ll of those
3
have yet to create, for the m ore think upon it,
the more it becom es obvious, tha t
this
accompl ishes an effect wh ich
could augh t but be ca r r ied out by magicka l in f luence. that is, we have
mundane, o r non-m ag ickal, inventions an d methods,
by
which we can
readi ly produce
light,
or heat .
Or
pa int ing s and scu lptures.
O P
beautiful
music.And perhap s each of these m ethods is m ore eas i ly accom plished
than the des ign an d eng ineer ing and assemblag of a magicka l
i ngeni -
urn, an d some have the benefits of soc ial intera ct ion in the ir accom plish-
ment,
as
we l l. B u t here, w i th the
J ng eo i u m F r ig idus , 3
have c rea ted an
ef fect w hich
is
m ost difficult to obtain, an d is fa r the lig h te r for the effort,
wh ich is involved in the creat ion.
hut) in
the
mi ds t
of
the
city,
SAY
i n Roma,
w h e r e i t i s large a n d
thick,
a n d d u st y wi th
t he passage of ma ny people , and , with the
J ng en i um F r i g i dus engaged , in m i d -3u l y
o r
A ugus t ,
charge
to t he passers -by admiss ion
for the
oppo r t un i t y to re lax , however
briefly
a n d a cool b r e e z e
AS
f rom
early
spr ing . J
c o u l d also se l l f rom the o ther s ide
of
the hu t
bev e rages of a n y s o r t) a n d a l l s cold s
f r om
A
mounta in s t ream. Gve n inc lud ing
hot
tea, a l t hough i t w o u l d be a s if iced.
t h e Jngen ium Fr ig idus
can
also
be used in
f a
cold
voom,
which
3
hereby term a"fbigidatou;"as i l lustrated
best to iso late it rom the he at of the outside, an d surrou nd ed by thick stone
o r wood, an d tlTe w alls cov ere d w ith fmrs. 3 n h i s r igida tor m ight wine and
othe r foodstuffs be safely stored, and for a gre at len gth of t ime .
As
no
spoi lage w i ll occ ur w hen the c orrup t ion of the he at i s done
away
with.
fi smaller i ngenium) but w el l powered, m ight
lso
be used
to
proper ly
chi l l a bottle of wine, wh en events unforeseen nece ssitate the imm ed iate
replenishm ent of same when none
i s to
be had. W hich would be
a
grea t
em barrassm ent to any h ost.
of
a n y t o r c h or l an te rn which i s b r o u g h t with i
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irolamo Savon avola is a ga i n the talk ofthe own, even
this
fa r
f rom wh ere h e preaches. And, all tliings being tak en into con-
sideration,
a m
most pleased, an d shower
my
kudos
upon
his
name,
although J a m
cautious
o whom divulge my preferc
Friar
S a v o n a t b l a h a s been
qui te
n o t e w o h y these past
months,
a n d
his
are
always
well-attended. 3myself would attend him speaking
en eve r possible, were
back
in
Ptrenze,
howeve6 here in jUiIano , m y sta-
is comfovtable, and the kip to
Grenze
for a Sabbath s e w o n is too difficult.
i s h a m e i t
is,
for word has inally reached h e r e t h a t Sa vona r O l a w a s ac tua l-
oideved to Roma, by theP o p e, a n d =fused to go. tte has sta ted that ,
“3t
is
the will
of
God tha t 3 ea ve P trenze,”or
so
t
is
said.The P o p e is a ppa r e n t -
most anxious
to
h e a r
of
his
divine revelation,
with
which
t h e
friar
predic ted
punishment
of
the R o m a n Cutholic
ChMrch,
an d in fact all
Ztalia,
for
the
of
P op e AlexanderVI , which effects, n fact, are already being
in my opinion, for
t h e
corruption
spreads.
me,
hink
the
pr e s e nc e
of
highwaymen is more to the tvuth, both
in
remoti
of3talia a n d in theVatican itself, but cevtainly obedience to
filexander
Borgia
c a nno t be
said
to be
the
will of God, not
fvom
w h a t
3
h a v e
s e e n
heard. O t h e r
s tor ie s have been related
to
m e
as well, but 3
ind them less
For altlqomgh
3
h a v e it upon reliable resource tha t S a v o n a w l a ’ s
is
at
times
colorfLl,
there
are
stories
attvibmted
to
him whic h
sin-
doubt
that
s u c h
a good-hear ted and noble gentleman p reache r
d e ver convey to
his
pious aud ience. believe so m e
of
these stories
be deliberate
s landevs engende red by those w h o suppovt t he
Pope
ilexanderV1, whom S a ~ o n a ~ ~ l a
s
most vehement in denouncing.
ut
in contemplating these matters , 3
have
imagined a n ew a n d cre-
a t ive magickal ingenium/ which could be
m s e d to
r et ai n S a v o n a w l a
Firenze, Papal edicts to t h e c on t va r y . t h i s i ngen iam
sc\all
use h e
of t he magicka l
fo rces
to prevent
a
person om
cwssing
a ce r ta in
is
erected
by the p o w e r
of
the ingenimm, for the imprison-
ent. J t
shall
function n ot by c rea t ing
a great
steel wall, for
al though a m
it i s
possible , have
m o t yet
deve loped
my
theories e n o u g h
to
admi t
an nvention, but ins tead by t h e impressing of a state of mind upon
subjec t
to
its influence,
that they s t o m t l y
a n d wi thout r e se rve be lieve
they may
not
cross the
ba r r i e r so pr e s en t e d . F r a nc e s c a is a lway s fond
saying that only that which one believes is impossible truly is impossible,
this i n g e n i u m shall m a k e
those
people within its g ra sp be lieve exit
s so,
and it shall
be
so.
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to thir teen. ' there
shall b e a
gvouping of numerica l a r rangement plates
s ne c e s s a r y for the calculations expected fvom the Jngenium.
method
of opera t ion ofthe
Jngenium
upon the numbevs given
is
e na c t e d
the dial set to the right ofthe nccmerical plate, which can be set for addi-
c.
M d
M Wutbevs
most
L m p o r a l
ope
A l e x a n d e r
VI
forbade
Friar
Savonarola
f rom
the
pulpit
ear l ier
3 his
year,
we ll before Gaste r .J wonder if
i t
mig ht be possible
to
a
more compl icated Jn g e n iu m
Gnocereus,
which shal l
be
pos-
of a
capacity m o r e
a k i n
to
personal intel lect.
J n
this fashion, m igh t
von aro la speak w i th the Jngenium, and give the device homilet ic
and explanation,
and
then let the J n g e n i u m itself speak f rom the
in
his
stead.
no,
hi le i t may be possible,
J
do not believe that
churchgoers w i l l
consen t
to being lectured by a
machine,
espe-
af fer their lengthy
exposure
to the passionate and theatr ical
t
is
a
pity,
however,
for
the
Jngen ium
w o u l d
have
no
fear
of
execution,
or
the l ike.
t
may, however, be said that
von aro la l ikew ise evinces n o such feaps.4
J n
a
simi lar
manner
to this Jngenium, i t should be possible to create a n
Fatidicus, which, by means of a variety of protrusions, n o t unl ike
antennae
of insects, shal l
detect
the present weather conditions about,
calculate the future weather conditions which shal l occur . these ca l -
be
based upon w h a t t he surroundings
are currently
like,
for
t
is
evident that there
is
a
c a u s e
for
a l l
weather. And this J n g e n i u m shal l
to
m ak e
those
calculat ions,
and
predict,
for
example,
that here
rain, which a human being canno6
a t
least not
until
the
ra in
has
to fal l .5
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C L f i m U D 3 E j V E
EjWGYjWG)
is
now the S u n d a y after
Gaster,
an d whi le at tending services
this
that the
Fiar
Sa vona vo l a h a s continued to cause grief t o the Pope.
the story i s that Savon aro la , desp i te being enjoined f r om preach-
c o n t i n ~ e d
o
do
so all
thvough Lent,
and
with
more
pa s si on a nd fervor
before, as he is now qu i t e f iwly considered to
be
a eading figure in
the
Why, i t appeaw tha t the ent i re city of
Rrewze shall
rally unto him a n d
i t s back
upon
this
Pope, a n d no t a moment
too soon
or my opinion, for
A l e xa nde r i s so vile, tha t to
tmrn
a w a y f rom him is to e m b r a c e God.3 t is
that these protestevs
sought
to reform the church. Bcct 3 w onde r
what
very
mu ch longer.
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no o n e
knows),
h a s been
w e d
to juana
of
Castile. h a t i s , t h e
d a u g h t e r
of
King F e r d i n a n d
and Q u e e n Jsabel la
of
S p a i n .
f i n d
th is so
shor t ly
af ter t h e discovery of the f l ew
World
by the Span ish
expedi t ion , would
not
b e s u r p r i s e d
if
i t
i s
jus t
f o r
th is V ~ A S O M
t h a t
l \/ taximi li an a r r an g ed
t h e
m a r r i a ge , for it is well known that he, a
t l a b s b u r g , seeks to e x p a n d
his family's
power .
t l absburgs
ha v e r u l ed
the
tIo1y
R o m a n
E m p i r e s i n c e ,
3 believe,
1438,
a n d h a v e
held
t h r one s
about
the co n t i n en t
f o r
nigh
O M 300
y L a rs . Z J f j u a n a
is to
b e a r
to
him
a
son,
t he n
i t shal l
be ' cev ta in
t h a t a
t l a b s b u r g
shall also s i t
upom
the
t h r o n e of
S p a i n .
a m
n o t c e r t a i n
t h a t
a p p r e c i a t e
this
effort, for c e r -
tainly
the
m o r e
p o w e r
t h e
family
holds t h e
m o r e g r a v e the situation
for
the e n t i r e
continent. For in
m y
opinion,
no squabbles
a r e so
grand o r
vic ious as
h o s e
within one amily, an d a
family s q u
le of this nature
would be
so broad in
scope as could
embroil all of
us.
P
olumbus,
c.,
ha l l b e
the
sole
purv iew
of
S p a i n ,
t h e
J n t e r
C e t e r a
Divina notwithstanding,
no r
e v e n
paid heed,
a n d t h a t t h e re f o re
rh a p s jVIaximilian hopes t h a t t he e n t i r e ne w d i s c o ve r i e s
of
the
power of
the t l a bs bu rg family will the nc e be e x t e n d e d
across the
kl
Yklgekliclm
most Pleasiklg
e r e it
is, as
l lustrated upon t h e s e pages,
althoctgh t h e
mater ia ls
t hereof
m u s t
be of a most
p l e as i ng m a nn e r
to
the
eye,
which
is to say
a n y
gold
pr e se n t , a n d
all
meta ls
used
in
the
cons t ruc t ion
should
b e
of
gold,
must
be
most
highly polished, and
smooth
of
s u r f a c e .
And that the
wood,
which is used in
a r e a s , m us t
needs
be ca re fu lly sa nd ed
as
though
to
a
mirror , an d laye red wi th seve r a l appl ica t ions
of
lacquer ,
t h a t
i t
be
smooth
and glossy, as
well as d e e p and lusterful to t h e eye.T&e opera t ion
a w d a iming
of
the J n g e n i u m
shall
be
done
in a m a n n e r
much s imilar
to
that of the J n g e n i u m jE\udiforius.
Howevev) as t h e funnel brings
back
visu-
h t l a n t e a n Ocean.
J
h a v e
a l s o
noted
t h a t
F r e d e r i c k i s n o w
c
i n g of jVaples.
may
he
h a v e
a long a n d g l o r i ou s re ign w e l l i n to t h e nex t m i l l enn ium.
W h a t e v e r
the c a u s e of t h e
a r r a n g e m e n t
of t h e
m a r r i a ge , i t
is
c e r t a i n
t h a t
is
was
a
splendid
affaiu; n d
o n e
which
3
had hoped
to see,
for
the
p a g e a n t r y .
Perhaps sha l l
s p e n d
s o m e time, MOW, as t is
ra ining
out-
side,
and
qu ite heavily,
to
p o s tu l a te a n
J n g e n i u m
Vedereus
which
could
do j u s t that by
c r e a t i n g
a funnel
for vis ions
which
m a y
b e
piped
back
f ro m a f a q
as
hough t hey
w e r e w a te r.
al
images , and
not those of
sound,
t h e a iming shal l be
much
facilitated,
wi& visctal re fe re nc es for
assistance. h i s
also m e a n s that for those
O M
one side of t h e ingenium,
they
shall see in one
direction, while
those
u p o n
t h e o t he r shall
see
f rom
the
oppos i t e
side.
S o that it may
b e
ne c e s s a r y
fo r
all
a t tending
to
t h e i m a g e s
d i r e c t e d he r e t o
by
t h e
magickal effects
hal l
set
themselves
upon
the
s a m e
side
of
the
i n q e n iu m ,
for
viewinu.
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o
much
has
ha ppe ne d a l r e a dy
this yea5 it is
indeed
trouble-
some.
Worst
of
all
calamities,
is
t he
news
+m
Firenze
a n d
the
-Vatican, w h e r e
t he
spiritual
struggle
h a s
raged,
s ince
the
L
ominican Gi roIamo Sa vo na ro l a
first
b e g a n to
speak,
in
a
who poses to
b e n e Pope ileyanderV1, h a s
struck a blow
ag ain st him,
that
is,
S a v o n a ro l a , a n d all t hos e who a t tend
his
c hurc h , a n d a m c e rt a in
a t t e n d a n c e
h a s
never been
b e t t q
n o r
more
regulaq than
of
late.n\e Pope
notewovthy fashion,
for t he last
f ive
o r
en
years.
f ind now: Rod r igo
Borgia,
h a s ordered S a v o n a r o l a
to
s u r r e nde r to his autlqori%
to
a n s w e r for
his
continued preaching, in spite of t h e fact of his excommunication.
Worst upon
this, i s
that
the Pope has eveled a t h rea t against all Firenze,
which,
as
3
witmess
is
th is : tha t the
e n t i r e
city
of
Firenze,
o r
p e r h a p s
it
i s
the
e n t i r e Republic , for t h e s ins of their capital, shall
be
p l a ce d a n d
held
under interdiction, until
s M c h t ime as
hey yield up S a v o n a r o l a to be sacri-
ficed.
fis this
n e w s w a s old w he n i t reached my ears t is ce r ta in
that
h e
h a s already
suwevxdered,
1
ha ve now
heard tha t h e h a s
ind eed given himself up
to
the
civil auth oritie s
in Firenze , a n d
they
h a v e
dutifully,
though
a m certa in
with great regret,
turned him over to t he a us p i c e s of t he R o m a n Catholic Church .
3
ha ve
heard t h at h e h a s been
s e n t
back to Roma, to face t h e old holy hog himself.
M t
o n
top
of
everyihing
else,
3
nve
heard
that
there
i s also
fam ine in
I3
iremze
H o w c a n
this be?3s t he r e
no God? Cuuld
He
actually invoke
His
w r a t h a ga i ns t
Firenze at the behest of one ike Rodrigo
Borgia,
Pope
though
he
be?
J t
c a n n o t be
so
u t
a
famine
there is,
a n d
all
t h o s e kno w in
1 Firenze
a r e reported to
be
going hungry, an d suffer ing for i t . f i nd know
tha t
m a ny f e a r
t h e Wrath
of
God for
the
suppo sed s ins
of that
Dominican.
3
* Perhaps i t
h a s
been unseasonably
dry,
o r hot, o r he ra in has
t r am pl e d dow n t h e c v o p s .
Or
p e r h a p s
the re
ha ve be e n floods, which have
killed the gra ins .3do
not know,
and the
information
3
hav e ga rmered
+om
t r a ve le r s w hom ha ve
m et
in
t h e
t ave rns
and
public
shops are dif-
fe ren t
stories,
all
s w or n
t r m e .
Perhaps it is that the Pope has also quietly ord ered merchants to avoid
selling foods tuffs to Firen ze und er pain of etern al damnation, o r perhaps
they have enacted this of t heir own accord ,
hav ing
themselves witnessed
the imp ending th reat of interdict ion, and thence avoiding the city a t all
costs,
s o
save their own
sor ry
hides, in
s u c h
cas e as interdict ion might
come.
t h i s
is a logical
c o n c lu s io n ,
that the Firenzen countryside has not
d,
but has instead been robbed of its food by th
I
h a v e
had
no
reliable repor ts
on t h e climate in
f i renze, n o r
t h e wenth-
i
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A m
m g e m ; u W L
Perma~utlAs
stead, 3 hall
consider
a
esser
version
of this,
a n
J n g e ~ i u m
rmuiaftts, which shall not alter
the
subs tance ofthemattev; but merely
its
manifestation.-this
i s
a
different matter
entirels
a n d
may be
accomplished
with this
constvuction, where
the plate
which
is
inserted into
the
~ g e ~ i u m
hall
c a u s e the material, whatever
it may be,
to
be
altered in shapeto&e new fom,
accord ing
to
the
carving
of the
plate .ne
material
to
be
altered
must
be
placed
in
the center ofthe
spherical cha mbe3 using
a
suppor t
to hold it
there,
if
s uc h is
~ C X E S S A V Y
for small
o r
limpid
objects.With this,
might
a
bm ke n
sword
be
m a d e
as
new,
a
a r g e
block of
c h e e s e evenly divid ed into pevfect
cubes, o r
s c r a p s
of
wood
be
m a d e
into
the best
of
tvays.3 s possible,
as
well, 3
believe, kat
a
bowl ofg ra iw
and yeast and
water
be
m ad e into
a loa w d y
for the
baking,
o r
possibly
that a small cat be
m ad e in to
a arge
rat,
though
for
what pctrpose cannot magine . Pe rha ps e reverse woctld be
bettecz
6
v e
jus t had word
back
f r o m Ricardo
Del Can tone , in
Firenze.
as
the
philosopheu;
a l though pers uas iv e in
his
a r g u m en t s a n d
vig-
o r o u s
in
his presentat ion , w as unable
to
s w a y the
city
coctncil of Firenze .
t h e y
h a v e had e nough
of trouble
with the Holy R o m a n
Catholic
Church,
and although 3 a m there
revered, the final decis ion w a s that,
t h e
ingeMium
i s said
to
work through
t h e
t r ans fe ren ce an d manipa la tion
of
magickal
powers,
which, they
believe,
is sorcery, which i t
is
not for
s o r c e r y is
a black
magic .ye t sorcery,
by
p ap al bull,
has
been condemned,
and
the
city shall
not
avail itself of
this
technology for th e mitigation of thei r famine, for
they
wish
not to run afoul of the Pope
a g ai n , a n d
risk
interdiction o n c e more. .
R i c a r d o
h a s said im
his m e s s a g e that
s o m e
present tkoctght
to
fuvther
appease
t h e
P o p e
by
revealing
to
him my dabblin gs
in
t h e s e
experiments,
blnt tha t he wa s able to
d i s c o u r a g e s u c h
a
C O L W S ~
f
action.
3
m glad
to
h a v e s u c h
a friend
as Del
Cantone.
T
OntinMe
to be
a w a z e d
at
t h e
a r r o g a n c e of ou r
AIexaHderVI.
No,
e
i s not ours really,
h e
i s
a
S p a n i a r d , for no
Jtalian
tha t
3
know
could act with shch
an
una s ha m e d a ba ndon , and
so fla-
grantly violate
the l aws
of
ethics.
He re
3
a v e
had
new s
t h a t t h e
P o p e
has
annul led
the
m a r r i a g e
of
Lctcrezia
of the
Borgia s ,
to
Giovanni
Sf o r za . tha t which the Pope
himself a r ranged is now annulled
H e has
with
a
Pick of
his
r inged hand,
declared t ha t all t h a t h a s
h a p p e n e d
between
Ciiovanni a n d L ucrez ia h a s neve r occur red
As if
he
had
the
power
to rew rite history.
- they
w e r e
only
marr ied
f o w years
ago.3
witnessed
t h e
c e r e m o n y . t h e y
e n t e r e d
togethev
t h e
bridal
suite,
after
m uch E.,,elry
of
c o ur se , a n d h a v e
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n together since. A n d M OW the Pope is going
to
pretend for
all
time
that
events never oc cu rred. must wondeu; w ha t
of
their consumm ation?
this annulment
of the m arr iage make Lucre z ia into an adulteress? O r
hat
been swept awa y
by
divine license
as
we ll? Perhaps she
s a
virgin
Next, the
Po pe may annul
the
fact
that the
w ind blows.
What then?
at all this, he
stil l
has he audacity
to
have Sa von arola arrested.
h e
is
to
stand trial, but have
no
hopes
that
right
will
w in out, for
h e
indeed
a
de vilish Pope .
3 t may
be blasphemy
to say it
for
the
Pope
is
to be infallible'by the gra ce of God, bu t it s true, and
3
shall say it.3
not, however; repe at it
to
others.
ruit. For no
s o o n e r i s
Lctcrezia's m arr iag e annulled,
than s h e
is
to Alfonso of N ap ol i . Her father a nd brothers k ick
her
about like
ba l l on the s treet An d with as much con cern for her happiness, or well-
Or
her respect,
for J
a m ce rtain tha t in the u ppe r circle of society
is
now looke d upon
as a
doing
o r a
pr ize
horse, to
be h ad for favors
to
Pope.
Ah 3 am
ncensed.
now
the
plot i s
s e e n
to thicken, and the plans o f
the Pope o
bear
f the F m i-e f i g a i m
have been wo nde ring
of
late
of th is
famine
inFirenze.Therehas
been
a
ap al bull against sovcery, w hich i s now in
its
thirteenth offourteenth
And who better
to
know about sorcery than the
Pope
who is the great
in the w ar aga inst dev iltry?And
they
say a man must know
his
enemy
of this has caused m e o wonder at the fortuitous timing of this famine
hich tortures my people.Jt cannot be
the
w ill of God, an d the possibility of
coincidence of
this
sort
is
far to
remote.
3
believe,
then,
that
it
s
the
Pope
has caused &ere to be a amine,
by
exercise of b lac k arts.
indeed the chance he would
be
caught, when all other pract ic ing
have abandoned their cra ft
or fled
across the M ed iterrane an .
none wou ld d are question him, at least not in the publ'C square.
e giure f i g a i m s t S o r c e ~ y
o
contest
this, 3 hall
here illwstrate the con struction of
an
ngen ium
hich shall de tect an d des troy any such evil spells which ar e cas t into
protective enc irclem ent.The diffcul* of this crea tion i s that
itmust
be
of
different construction of the aspects of magick,
that
is, a undamental
can no t be designed, for both the aspect of m agick against wh ich
seeks protection
must by its
very
nature
be itself em ployed
in
he
ense, a nd because the
knots
which a re produced of the ingevrimm
must
a
manner
in
w hich best
to
employ the auspices of each
the
w iths tand ing of assaults.
For
example,
the
kno ts prodmced
by
forces of na ture must be
stout
and inflexible, w hile
those
which
seek
to
the m ag icks of the mind are more slippery, like unto slipknots, and
allea ble.there fore, you need to bui ld a different
ingevrium
to defend
e a c h
differen t sphere of m agick.
7
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h a v e n ot b e e n a b l e to apply m u c h
effortto
this
Codex,
in
r e c e n t weeks,
as
h a v e b e e n e m b r o i le d
in
the complet ion of
Th e Last Supper in the m o n a s te t y, a n d a mighiy t a s k i t
is.
Gqxx ia l ly
s i n c e
3 a m assailed by the most
e f f er v e s ce n t a n d
odors
o f t h e
monks’cul inary skills all the day, w h ile a m
at
w o r k .
J
a m mos t defini tively fa vo re d of p l ai n a n d s i m p l e
cookery.
h e
m o n ks h e r e a r e m o s t k in d a n d g r a c i o u s
hosts
a n d
Godly
m en , a n d 3
believe 3 a v e put o n a hearty girth in the months,
which J h a v e b e e n at w o r k u p o n this project.
At
l as t c a n
see
he completion
of
he pai-tin
a
month mo re or so
to
see t
throccgh,
so3 ha
aside to
finish
this employment. 3t
is
x bea
have ever done . 3 am most pavticularly praud efthe composition of he entire
assemblage
of
disciples. A n d
of
O u r Lord
Himself,
J umbly believe
hat
even H e would find the vended
shall
fake
m e
but
a n d
other
works
a m most pleased.
J t is finished. J a m going back out o
t h e
plaza, for Giovanni , b l es s his
dough ty heart
i s relieved to
see
me completed at %e m o n a s t e r 3 that J
might de si gn fuvther buildings,
in
jVIilano, for to c h a l l e n g e his skills, a n d
has
v o w e d to dr ink me u n d e r t h e table this evening,
in
celebra t ion .
a m
cursed
a b o v e
all
people.
t h i s
is
h o r r e n d o u s o c c u r r e n c e .
no
J
o o n e r h a v e J c o m p l e t e d my m a s t e r p i e c e a t
the
m o n a s t e ry , t h a n 3
d i s c o v e r
t h a t
my most i nvent ive exp er imen ta l co mpound , tha t
with
which
coated the walls
of
the monastevy, the beiter to hold
the
paiat, a n d
allow m e
to
wo rk in light a n d
shadow,
in m y s m o k y t e c h ni q u e , w h i c h i s
M OW
famous, for
t h e
be t t e rmen t of real ism, that this c o m p o u n d is
a
fail-
ure
Ah maria
i n c a r n a t e What ignominy zt
has
b e g u n to
peel
itself
a w a y f rom t h e walls, cur l ing itself
up
into f l a k e s as a d a m a g e d insect ,
a n d c a r r y in g a w a y m y w o r k
of
t h e s e
past
three years u p o n
i ts
f e c k l e s s
b a c k
to
t h e
floor.
Why,
dea r God
in Heaven,
why?
3 t worsens , eve ry day, 3c a n see i t .
Others
cannot , they
am envisioning
the
worst , that i t i s but the
slightest
bit
worse,
a n d shal l
s o o n stop, for cer ta in , but
J
c a n see t .3see s t u d e n t s of art, a n d m o nk s,
s t a n d about, a n d r e n d e r my w o r k for themselves, for
the i r
o w n experi-
e n c e a n d
s t w d y ,
a n d k n o w that s o o n theirs
a e
only execut ions
of m y m a s t e r p i e c e left u p o n this E a r t h . J a m t or n
e e n a s k i n g t h em to
hurry, to comple te the i r s tud ies
of
my art, befor
i n s t ead asking t h e m
to be
patient , a n d copy
i t
p r e s e r v e
t h e
i m a ge a n d color for pos td ty .
3
tain that 3
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~
eye
poked a s u n d e r , fo r c a re le s s n es s . J n m y b r o w n
moods, J a m
i k e l y
to b e c a r e l e s s .
ing
to
the labels given, of dur a t i on j pa c e o r swi f tness of
'
color o r n shades o f g r ay j and t e m p o r a l basis, o r wh en in
inc luding fear, love, a n d en jo ym en t, a n d
J a v e n o t the f u n d s at t h i s t i m
e p a t i e n c e , to c re -
p o t e n t i al l y , n e it h e r s h a l l w o r k .
j VWDf lESS
Ef lGYNE)
at 3 w e r e not forced
to endure all that
has
t r ansp i red
h a v e ju s t n o w l e a r n e d
of the
fate which h a s befa l len the
D om i n i c a n
f r ia r
G i ro Ia m o S a v o n a r o l a , a n d
3am
o u t r a g e d
3 t
of
Pope
A l e x a n d e r
VI
a n d to f o r e ve r s i l e nc e
the voice,
of S a u o n a r o l a ,
which
called
him
to
task f o r his
e)ccesses,
a n d his s ins
3
m
c e r t a i n t h a t this
ecclesiastical
co u r t ,
which
h a s
c onv i c t e d
S a u o n a r o l a , m u s t
to
a
m a n
be
po i s one d of t h e mind
by
t h e
Borgia Pope, OILelse be
w r a c k e d w ith guil t
for
having
m a n
as
S a u o n a r o l a .
But, no
they sha l l su re ly mollify the i r
c o n s c i e n c e s with
the
fact that lie
did
i n d e e d preach,
despite
beiwg
b a n n e d f r o m
so
d o i n g
by
t h e
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tshal l render the subject with inc oh ee nt thought, in compensation for which,
brain
will
be forced
to
re ly upon those instinctive behaviors, which, given
sinful naii ire
of
man, an d &e Pope especially, shal l be ak in to madness.
f t h e operator of t h e d e v i c e w e r e to mount
it
upon a c e n t r a l axle,
t h e ingenimm a b o u t as it operated, t h e n the i ngen ium
h a v e
effects
upon all w h o s t a n d
about
it, s u c h t h a t it might s t r ik e
n e n t i r e c r o w d w ith
the
f r enzy . P e r h ap s shou ld build many
of
these
secret t hem in s ide
cr tes
a n d wagons a b o u t Roma n d d r i v e the
city
in to t he
m a d n e s s
which
l ives inca rna te in the va t i c an .
3
e r h a p s J am be ing
too
c rue l . Better st i l l , instead of inf l ic t ing chaos
if3 pon the rec ip ient , to imp lan t more c ohe ren t though by means of
the su bje ct. t h e n J c o u l d h av e the Pope fall u p o n his o w n
set t ings must be m a d e
t h i s J do no t recommend, for if the a l i gnmen t
i s
care less , the
t ma y
be
able
to
c a s t
off
the
efects.
no,
his sha l l never
work
for
rehand, o r e ls e c a re fu ll y a l i gne d du r i ng
Pope
d o e s n ot c a r r y a
sword,
c u r s e d be h is c le r i ca l res t ri c ti ons .4
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EjVGYjVE
o w m any m onths now,
h a s it
been, s ince 3 h a v e b r o w s e d
t h r o u g h th is Codex? a m not ce r ta in , for
a m
n o t in t he
habit
of
da t in g my thoughts, bu t ins te ad
of
re tu rn ing
to
pas t
pages a n d in sc r ib ing add i t iona l ideas o r i l lustrations as
od. do no t
therefore
know. J t has i n d e e d b e e n a long
me, however., jud gi ng by the last e n t r i e s w h i ch m a d e u p o n
these
e s , a n d
by
the dust which h a s accumula ted , upon t h e s e
pages,
t h a t
d a r k t im e a n d n ow . 3h a v e
healed
myself of my grief, and
pa iu ; a n d
self-reproach
for the
loss of
t h e L a s t S u p p e r ,
for
lose
it
eventually, but for t he nonce, it s t a n d s still, a n d elicits much in te r-
a n d e x ci te m e nt , a m o n g the
peoples
of&li lano, and all
t hos e
w h o
to view it. 3t
is
a ve ry
good
paint ing, a n d mo re po ignan t
still
t h a t
fades, e v e n before o u r eyes . 3 t i s in t h a t fashion, much like a summer.,
w e
sha l l
neve r
se
11
m u s t
eventual ly p a s th is Car th ,
and
it i s simp ly my i l l for tune,
3 shall
see
his p a s s , o r at
least
begin to do so. l o w 3 c a n b e t te r
t h e
grief
of those
w ho , th rou gh ca l ami tous acc iden t , lose
of
the i r ch i ld ren , before
they
a r e g r o w n .
ain, as t fades to au tumn .
ew Conazption
shall
move ahead upon these theories, and build new
ingenia, with
hich
to
h a r n e s s
1
forces
which enve lop
the
globe
in
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with spikes, for the impal ing
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m a d e of a s i z e
large
enough to s c a l e c i ty w a l l s w i t hou t as s is t anc e of
l a d d e r s o r s ie g e to w er s, a n d w o u l d
be
s tou t enoug h to res i s t every th ing
s h o r t
of
a direct s t r i k e with a c annonba l l, a n d then on l y
if
t he a r t i l le r i s t s
u s e d a n i n cr e a s e d
charge
of p o w d e r .
6
be
able
to m o v e
properly
a r r a n g e d , the
b a r r e l
of
the c a n n o n
o u l d be e l ev a ted
to
ang l es far
higher
pr op e l ex p los i ve she lls ,
as
rain,
o v e r the b a ttle m e n ts a n d d o w n u p o n
the
heads
of
t he enemy .
U p o n
the
defensive, in
the
res i s tance
of
a siege, the J n g e n iu m V a d e r u s c a n
be
u s e d
to
dec e i v e the enemy, as to
the
s t reng th of t he city g a r r i s o n .
t h e
i ngen ium sha l l be conn ec ted by t o r tuous l inkages , to a
plethora of
s pea rs
a n d p ik e s a n d o th e r a r m s , placed a b o u t the w a l l s f o r the city, a n d s et to
w a v i n g i n
the
sun
by
the
ac t i on
of
the
i ngenium.
n this fashion
shall
the garr ison app ear to
b e
doable o r more i ts s i
and the enemy,
set
to inaction for fe ar
of
the gre at garrison which
appears apon
the
walls, may b e s e t ctpon by sarprise
by the trcte
garrison
of
the city, and destroyed.
' t h e r e a r e le ss s a v a g e a p p l ic a t io n s
of
t h is J ng en i um V ade rus , a s well.
t
m a y be se t to a n y t a sk r e q u i r e d . t m a y be used in t he p l o w i n g of
land, for example , when
applied t9
an au toma ton s i m i l a r to
this
des i gn :
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(TejU-POTIJ\L
EjVG3jVE)
c o u r s e of rece n t even ts . Re la t ions be tw een the Du c h y of
M i l an o a n d F r a n c e are strained, a n d fear
t ha t
Lodovico
El
Moro,
despite all
that
h e
h a s d o n e for
his
people, will
head
into
a n o th e r f rui tl es s w a r mu c h
to the
dilapidat ion of t h e Duchy in gen era l .
a v e taken my leave,
to p u r s u e
a sabbatical in my home city
of
Firenze,
JIIustr ious D u k e himself, to r e n d e r his wife, Jsabella d’Este, fo r
purpose
of posterity, a n d p r es u m a bl y so hat h e might be
able
to rem-
b e n e a t h
its
feet, fo r even
h e
pyramids , though
they
s t a n d yet, s h o w
d e le t e r io u s effectsof time, as does
t h e
m o s t r e g a l
profile
of the
with
it,
as
h o u gh d o w n a s t r e a m,
o r
n s te a d an a q u e d u c t , wh ic h
a n ngen ium which shall o v e r c o m e
t h e
n a t u r a l c u r r e n t
of
time,
is to
s a y
s t a n d fast a g a i n s t i t s flow, s u c h t h a t
it
might be s e e n to
u se t ime within its effect o s t a n d
s t i l l .
3
i t
i s
obv ious
that
a n
ingenium
w h i c h is to
be
u s e d for
the
of t he f low of t im e m us t of c o u r s e c o n s t ra i n t h e
operator
with-
t excep t ion , f o r
i t
shaN e n c o m p a s s all a r o u n d . H o w e v e r , i t is
also
i l y s e en
that the
i n te r io r of the ingenium i t s e lf m a y n o t
be
affected
t he rnagickal b ind ings upo n the times , bu t ins tead be allowed to
f reely, for if
the ingenium
d o e s n o t e x p e r i e n c e
the
p a s s a g e of
i t m a y no t ope ra t e , henc e t im e
will
n o t be s to p p e d , a n d a c onun -
o r paradox bec om es ev iden t . t h e w o r k i n g s of t he i n t e r io r m ec ha -
o f t h e ingenium must t hus be s h i e l d e d a g a i n s t
the
m a g i c k a l
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a n d the ma g ic k a l
r e
nts the reun to would be c e r t a in to pre-
the
e mp lo y me n t
of
my 3 n f e r n o m e c h a n is m to t h e g e n e r a t i o n of suc l
as
he J n f e r n o m e c h a n is m itself
has
n e e d
of
m a g i c k a l p o w e r
as
shal l b e
consum ed in t h e r e v e r sa l of t ime.
ind 3h a v e n o
theoretical
o r o b se rv a t io n a l
basis
upon which to
the
effectsof s u c h a temporal treversal,
excep t
p e r h a p s
to
t h a t
the i m a g e s s e e n
through
s u c h a portal wo u ld th e mse lv e s
be
e r e i m a ge s , the
s tu f f of
d re a ms , in mu c h t h e
same
m a n n e r t h a t w h e n
e r e m e m b e r
events,
t h e people w h o m a re
seen
o o c c u p y o u r m e m o-
are
n o t t h e t rue
f le sh
a n d blood r el at io ns w e k no w. J n a like
m a n -
hope that by reve rs in g t ime,
w e do
not
c a u s e
p e o p l e to exist in
real m an ne r wi th in the
field,
for s u c h w o u l d
be an
mpossibility,
they
n g e x t a n t e ls e wh e re , a n d v e ry mu c h a l ive .
r e a t i o n of a m eans of pres erv in g the life of o n e
ill
o r m o r t a ll y
u n d e d u n ti l s u c h t i m e a s a c h i r u r g e o n m i g h t be f ound to adm in i s t e r a
J n t h i s fas hion , the pa t i en t i s l a i n upon a table, beneath which
i ngen ium p r oc es s es i t s m ag i c k a l k no ts . T hen , whe n
the
c h i r u r g e o n
s , a n d
al l
i s in readiness, the J n g e n i u m m a y be h a lte d , a n d the
t bec om es obv ious that for th is ingenium, a t i m e d m e t h od of e m p o w e r -
the
u n i t is r e q u i ~ e d , r else
that a
sh ie lded l i ne of c o n t r o l f rom t he
of the J n g e n i u m ,
be
ex t end ed t h r ou gh t he t im e - s topp ing
ec ts , a n d
to the
f u n d a m e n t a l s o u r c e of o p e ra t i on . d s e w i s e ,
i t
will
be
to
c o n t r o l
the
funct ion
of
t he mach ine , bu t me re ly
to
allow
i t
run i t s course , un t i l a t l a s t i t w i n d s d o w n , s p e n t of p o w e r , f o p a n y
e n d e a v o r e d to p e n e t r a t e
the
m a g i c k a l r e s tr a in t s w o u l d f i n d t h e ir
too, had been halted in i ts flow, a n d they w o u l d be u n a b l e to hal t
n e c o n c e i v a b l e u s e for the J n g e n i u m t e m p o r a l i s w o u l d be i n t he
3 n g e n iu m ' s p r o g r e s s .
5
(3IVTGGR3Ty
CNGYNE)
am no w visiting Ven ezia, t h e city of t he c a n a ls , a n d h a v e passed
many a n en joyab le
hour
tomring
at the
whim
of
th e gondoliers ,
a n d a tt e nd i ng the
ballets. 3 t
is a beautifml city, and 3 njoy
my
e c re a t io n here
greatly,
but the days re so u re d with
t h e
talk of
w a r w h ic h has broken ou t be tween theturkmen
of
the O t t o m a n
n d f a ir v e n e zi a .
d a rk e n in g of my relaxat ion i s doubled by w o r d of t h e
defeat of
the
at
S a p i e n z a , a l t ho u g h 3h a v e h e a r d
so
many v a r i e d
stories
t h a t
3
ai
which
a re
t rue .
Verily
do
these
common J t a l i a n s embell ish every
for J h a v e heard
t h e
sa m e p e r so n in f la te the d r a m a
of
his
discoutrst
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o v e r
t h e short
s p a n of one
day, and he
s w o r e t ha t
fleetat S a p i e n z a A4ayhap h e w a s t h e r e i n d e ed ,
head,
that
h e has g o n e silly.
J t s painful to m e to hear of
the defeat
of
the
fleet, with
so
w a s
s t ruck upon the
being upon t h e
coast,
w h e r e any ba r ba r ous
i n
may put as ho r e .
With
this
co nc er n in mind, 3w en t
to t h e
sh ipyard
to speak
with
t he
shipwrights,
a n d to e n d e a v o r to f ind the t ruth of the matter. As
t
befell, when 3 rr ived,
they were in the p r o c e s s of keeling a vessel for th
a n d they were putting about
the
task in a mos t un
k e of repairing her,
ly a n d inefficient
manner , t ha t 3 h a d to exclaim, as though to children, my astonishment.
t which exclamation, m o r e t h a n
one
of the w o r k e r s
at
the
d
great
offense ,
and brandished a boathook with which
extor t an po l ogy ou t
of me,
o r
blood,
o r p e r h a p s
bot
nate ly r ecog nized
by
a ea r ned man, w ho
c
3must remind myself
to
hold to my tongue
the fu ture with seamen, for
they
are roguish
rapscall'
A f t e r s peak i ng with
the
shipwright, for s u c h my defe nd er turned ou t
to
be,
des igned for them a sys tem of
l ines
a n d
pulleys
ly tvansfer t he f o r ces of thei r s t rength against the s
will
m o r e effective-
which
effovts they
w e r e
m o s t
gratefi.1, a n d tveated
r anc id establishment3
h ve
eve r
had t h e displeas
b r e a d w a s qui te coa-ely gr ound , and t h e
beef wa
though i t h a d
been
h a c k e d
off the cow with a ha l be r d . And
the
wine is
b e s t
leftwithout description, especially
the way
3 feel this morn.
inner, at
the m o s t
hile
inspecting t he
damage
to the vessel, of which 3 knew l i t t le , as3
h a v e
m a d e
no
s e r i o u s study
of n a ~ t i c a l
ciences ,
i t
occ
thut
a magickal ingenium empl aced upon a vessel could be used to e n h a n c e
its
durability
in battle, most
specifically against
the
p o w e r of
an
nemy ves-
sel stviking
i t
in the
side, below
the waterline,
with a
vam.
A
different
ngeni -
u m would
h a v e to
be used to
pro tec t
t h e vessel, a g a i n s t attack by Greek
fire,
o r
other pyrotechnical assaul ts , b m t shall
here
work upon
an
J n g e n i u m Jf i tegri tas, which
will
be employed
in the
d e f e n s e a g a i n s t raws,
collisions,
and
bombardments,
a nd would
also
be
useful
w e r e
the
vessel
to
b e
plying
t w c h e r o u s w at er s, w h e r e t h e re m ight
be rocky s
sctrface
oft he
wa ter, invisible reefs, 8tc.
t h e
method
by
which the ingenium sC\allw or k will
into a
webwork, l i k e undoing a net
o r
fabric,
the
gleaned by w at ch
those
skilled at knitting, a n d in
webworks,
one contained completely
within the
(of which 3h a v e one he r e be f o r e me) has a n nn
glass, and
i s hollow,
yet t h e inner
a n d o u te r
SM
like
m a n n e r
shall
the
w ebw or ks
of
magickal
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otheu;
yet
be
separ
the hull of the vessel, which
they
in tur shall
upon,
he better with
which it
shall keep its
shape , as a n y a t t a c k by
o r
r am
shall have to ove r come the durability of
t h e
magicka l
as well as he stvength of the hull of t h e ship.
the 'timkmeur
o afford
any
efect, this ingenimm must
by
m e a n s be very well powered,
s
o
protect
a
vesse l aga ins t
the
hostiliiy
of
theTurkmen
o r
the r v e -
of
an
underwater
rock,
half-measures
will be
woefully inadeqm ate.
any
vessel upon which this
ingenimm
might be employed, is
neces-
a larger vessel, and therefore may admit to a larger s o u r c e
of
pow er
this ingenicrm, for
its
increased
efects,
of which 3 elieve a mundane
of my previous Jv l ferno mechan ism for em pow erm ent might well be
for a l though s uch a motivator
is
unforgiving of damages inflicted
it,
i t shall be protected within t h e interio9 below decks, of a magickal ly
rced hull of a n J talian-buil t warship, a n d there is
no
place more
safe
that .
Prev ious incidents at Sa pi en za no twi ths tanding .
will req ui re that
a
f i v e o r s o m e a lchemical sou rce of h e a t
b e
employed
decks, but as3unders tand that fire
is
l ikewise used by
a
ship's
cook,
anno t see
hat
h e r e would be an y object ion
to
s u c h
an
q u i p p a g e . t h e
difficultyarises in that
if
it w e r e necess a ry ,
d M e to t he great
length
of a
naval battle, to buvn for consum ption unimpovtant portions of t h e
itself, the stvength of
the ingen;crm's
magick would prevent even hard y
+om
prying ornam ental planks o r woodwork f rom t h e hull
to
be
Mpon the o the r hand, i t
should be
noted tha t should the n g e n i u m run
of
fuel
a n d
cease
to
function,
i t
is
likely
tha t
the
vesse l in
a gr av e posi tion shall take d a m a g e f rom the enemy, which
shall
c a u s e
to be an mmediate supply of scrap a n d flam ma ble woodstmffs.
6
L X ESMS tEflllr\lVCE E f lGZ f l E )
per
3 had completed the des ign of my Jngeniuwr Jmtegr i tas,
3
r e t ~ ~ n e d
o the docks to display
my
nvention to
the
shipwright
w ho f avow d my cau s e
when
J ret visit& that
place.
Sad13 h e
w a s
not
receptive to my
ideas
f o v the impmvement
ofthe
s, an d in factwas appal led at the idea
of
employing
a
five-pow-
version of my
J n f e r n o mechan ism
below decks
of
a
warship
eng age d in
He
could
not see hat the J n g e n im m
J n t e g r i t a s
would protect itself,
with itselfalso e
c w w
a m d the
ship herself om ene my activities
as
as the mechanism's fire.
J t
s perhaps as well; h e r e are significantly
warships now, and a given one which were to emp loy my
JMtegritas
has
a
greater c h a n c e of being caphtre d
by
theTurkmen,
t which
t ime w e should
see all
e vessels ofthe Ottoman
+re
invincible.
The
Lost
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ingenium = l i e s upon the
technique
of infising additional
life
ene rgie s into he
even as
these
energies
ave extinguished
bywhatever
means.The
heat
the
m m c l e which pumps these enevgies
abomt
thebo it is
most
necessavy
the
ngenium
be held within close pvoximify to the heat ,or else
that
the inge-
be
of
lavge design.7
ingenia
sti steel,
and pvotected against water o r whatever elements might
i t s
fCcnction.So
made, the ingenium
shall allow the weclrev being the peec
affeded by i t s mgickal infctsions,
to
op em te in places under water, o r wheve
m a i n s but only
bad
a i9 as
n
a
mine shap
OF in
a
building
ablaze.
tIew3
tell that he ingenium only pvotecis the vital ovgans from beiy destv0ye.d by
or
poisons; it shall
not provide any
pvotectionagainst the inferno, which
be
safely
opemted
by
clockwork, with
a
mainspring
of
hall dive+
axme
theweaver's flesh to be roasted until it
no
onger fctnctions,
the weare?
by
the g r a c e of my
ingenium,
shall not be ovecow\e bythe
beforethe
ire.
a
arger
version, this ingenium might
be
o power
a
hip which would
h ~ v e l nder the
waves as do whales
and er
fish.Pockets
of
air must be
m i n t a i d in cases ofmevgen- and o allow forthe maintenance ofthe
ingeuium
itself,as
well
as any
smaller
ingenia which might
be
used for
personal depavtuves
from the
vessel
for explomtion, c.Such
a ves-
the CWoman Empire, and thence ewe to laun ch mines,
which shall goat
up,
a d x- brecldes to the keel
' t h i s und ersea vessel
has
a n
advantage
ovev my pevious
design for a
non-magickal
submersible cr~lf i heve-
is
vessel
is
not
vul-
erable to having its
W C k S O P o t h e r
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yf
the sea, as ts m a g i c k a l e ffe c ts p r e c l u d e ti
i n s i de
the
c r a f f .
S t a t i o n a r y e d if ic e s m a y a Is0 be c o n s t m c t e d ,
s i on of the w i n d m i l l c o m m o n in
the
l o w l a n d s
/vether lands, which mill,
by
us ing the force
u p o n it, m i g h t
afford a
c om f o r t ab le l iv i ng env ir onm en t w i t hou t unduly
dep le t i ng
the area
of m a g i c k a l p o te n tia l, a n d
n e vepc
i ng the o c c u p a n t s in
IuXury.
9
ith this ingenium, it might
also b e
pos
grea t he ights , w here the a ir becom e
normal human endt-trance, and t hen ce
to e
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This
modification of my previous JngeniMm
which,
by
inuerting
t h e
ratios a n d
real igning
t he mecha-
to w ork in the r e v e r se o r d e q wo uld f ro m
those
su rro un d in g , c a u se
vital fo rce to
be
depleted, ins tead of held buoyant. J n
his
fashion,
tlqe
s w ou ld g r o w w e a r y b e f o r e they colnld b o mb a rd me with their
3 hould have a moment’s peace.10
New
Work
to
C o m m e m c e
i s a better
day, now, a n d my t e mp e ra m e n t is less s to rmy th a n
i t
w a s
in t h e
prev ious days,
for
su re ly
MOW 3
r eap
t h e
benefi ts
of
my
in this t o w n. F i r e n z e i s building a n e w hall to h o u s e h e r
city
council,
t h e g o v e rn me n t has r e t ai n e d m e to decorate the walls of the n e w
with my works, r e p re se n t in g
the
ma n y F i r e n z e n v i c to r i es on
h e
of battle. 3 n light of rec en t even ts,
3
a n n o t
resist
but
to ba s e my
work
upon t h e Battle of An g h ia r i , wh e re in F i r e n z e n fo rc e s defeated
M i l a n e se a r m y s o m e sixty y e a r s previous.
3
h a v e c a r t o o n e d this
rk, a n d a m
pleased
by
my initial
resfilts, of
t e n se a n d f e rv e n t sold ie r s,
r am p a n t, a n d c l o u d s ofdlnst
kicked
u p by the tumult. 3
shall
h a v e
re v i se t h e plans, howeveu; a n d f ind a Letter m ethod of wo rk in g th a n
3
ha ve in mind a n e w p a in t wh ic h sh o uld su f f i c emy needs.
high
repute has a lso at t r acted the at tent ions of sev era l young and
emen, each of whom hopes to pa in t as J do . Ra f fae lo San t i
ise, but J ind t h at A n d r e a d e l S a r t o is yet too youn g. J
a/ that one ,Mich elang elo B uo narro t i i s interested in my
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heard
c o m p l i m e n t a r y r ep o r t s a b o u t
h is
s t a t u e s
of
B a cc h u s , a n d Pie+ t
St.
P e t e r ’ s . J m y s e l f
sh l l
w i t h h o l d j u d g m e n t u n t il J a n s e e h i s
w o r k
p e r s o n a l l y , w h i c h
J
h a l l b e
a b l e to do,
s i n c e
J
m
told he
also h a s
b e en c o m m i s s i o n e d to
help to
d e c o r a t e
the h a l l
of
the
city c o u n c i l .
u t my work on his painting
has
led m e to think of w a r f a re , a n d
w h a t
c a n
perhaps
a c c o mp l i sh
for
the
betterment
of
the
we l fa re
of
the
soldiers
of F i re n z e , a n d
J
hav e dev ised an o the r va ria tion upon t h e t h e m e
e lu c id a t e d
by
my
J n g e n i u m S u s t en t a c u l u s ,
which
by
infusion
of
vital
enev-
gies
i n to t h e
body of one w o u n d e d o r i l l as rom battle o r p la g u e , a n d
foc used in t h e m a n n e r
by which
t h e
J n g e n i u m J n t e g r i t as effects ts
works,
shal l
c a u s e the d e c r e p i t u d e to
be
flushed from the patient’s
sys-
tem,
that they
mig ht sp r in g wh o le a n d
h a l e
f ro m their
beds
a n e w.
J t is J f e a r a mo st diff icul t f i g e n i u m to d e si g n a n d calibrate, for insuf-
ficient infusion of vitality will no t h a v e t he desired effect, while
believe
a n
ex ce ss i ve infus ion
will
c a u s e
t h e
i l l
p e r s o n
to
evoke
s u c h
a
f e v e r as might p ro ve fatal,
or
else to
feel
c u r e d of
all
i l l s while yet
uuhealthy,
that is,
a w o u n d e d
man
might feel so
vital
t h a t
he arise
f ro m
the c h i ru rg i c a l table a n d
walk
away, with
h is a r m
yet d a n g l i n g f r o m the
socket,
a n d b l e ed ing , wh ic h wo u ld be most unseemly .
r
t h e
most accura te imparting of the effects n to t h e ailing person, the
effectsof
the
i ngen ium must be conveyed with a wrap ping woven skill-
fully
of
gold a n d s i lken th reads , which m a y c o v e r the pa t ien t all around , as
though a cocoon o r a s h r o u d . t h e silk should be of
t h e
brightest a n d mo s t
cheerful
colors
available,
that the
patient ma y not bel ieve
a
sh ro u d
it
i s
i nd ee d , a n d
thereby
p an ic a n d d a m a g e
the i ngen ium, which
is very delicate
by n a tu re a n d d es ig n , a n d poorly-disposed to a b r u p t shocks o r motions.
t h i s is b e c a u s e
of
the fact that the i n g e n i u m itself mu s t be blown
of
glass,
so
as o afford
itself
to b e
perfectly
u n re c e p t iv e of the e n e r g i e s it
p ro d u c e s , for an y build-up, w he the r in the i v rgenium o r
of
t h e
su r ro u n d -
ings themselves , c a n c a u s e a wave , which, su d d e n ly imp a r t e d u p o n t he
p a t i e n t by w h a t e v e r c i r cu m s t a n c e , c a n b e deleterious in effects s
yet
k n o w
of no
J t a l i a n s
so
well-versed in t h e ar t
of
glass blowi-g t h a t 3
d e e m t h em
skilled
e n o u g h
to
un de r ta ke t he p rodcrct ion
of
e c c e n t r i c
gea r s
a n d prec is ion -cas t m ec lqan ica t con t r ivan ces . Perhaps c a n per-
s u a d e t h e g o v e rn me n t to a n n o u n c e a
reward for
w h i ch e v er a r t is t c a n
p r o d u c e the
best
b lo wn -g la s s c lo c k wo rk s , a n d th e n e mp lo y that p e r s o n
in the p ro d u c t io n of this mo st merciful
J n g e n i u m
C u r a r e ~ s .
1
O n e
final
w o r d of wa rn in g : t h e m a c h i n e itself mu s t n o t only b e
of glass,
but
it
m M s t also necessar i ly
be
ke pt fas tid ious ly c lea n . t h i s c le a n l in e s s i s
not
for
the p l e a s u r e
of t h e
patient ,
for
c e r t a in ly his a w a r e n e s s will likely
not proceed
pas t the
wr a p p in g s in wh ic h
h e
is laid,
but
for
the
prevention
of
an y build-up
of
ma gick a l po ten tia l upon
the
e n g i n e
itself
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vention , a n
d a n d skilled in
a r t i f i c e . t he r e
w a s q u i t e
s om e
a r g u m e n t a m o n g
p r e s e n t
upon
which
of
t h e s e w or t h i e s stood i n d ee d a b o v e t h e oth-
a n d
while
t h e debate gvew m o r e
heated,
quie t ly exc us ed mysel f
paid a call u p o n o n e of the g e n t l e m e n whose n a m e had a r i s e n fre-
e p p o n e
3
ouiZd
a
m o s t i n te r es ti n g a n d e n e r g e t i c character. , a n d
h e
3 g r e e d a t
o n c e
to build a m a c h i n e
to
my
specifications. H e
e e m e d
mos t c u r i o u s m a n, a n d n e v e r ceased moving t h e e n t i re t im e w e s p o k e,
to
partake
of
wine,
which
h e
did
w hile w ork in g ~ p o n is lathe,
c u s t o m which J ound mildly alarming. 3 a v e him a n a d v a n c e sum,
n o d o u b t s but that h e shal l c o m p l e t e t h e
project
in the
stated
t ime.
is t h e
even i ng
of the day
M p o n
which
h e b e g a n
his
labors ,
so 3
sha l l
y h a n d s .
i n a ti o n
to
b e a r
a
g rea t r o c k aloft.
T h e
k i t e s ha l l c aus e t h e
to dr i f t
in
a downwind
direct ion,
w h i l e
t h e
J n g e n i u m s h a l l
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h o l d the
missile
alof t . B y manipu la t ing the k i t e
f r o m
the
ground, i t
s h a l l
be poss ib le
to a im
t h e r o c k
m o s t
ac c u ra t e l y .
B y a
ca lcu la t ion employ ing
t he t r i ang le
formed
by the
st r ing of
the k ite the eleva t ion
of
the kite
and
t he ang le
of elevation of
t he k i t e
s t r ing
i tsel5
the t r ue distance
f r om
t he ho lder of t h e
st r ing
to the
city
may be
readily
calcu la ted
and
the
roc k s i gh ted a lon g t he str ing to drop w h e r e
i t
wi l l .
Great
calamity
Befulls
is m os t cala mi tous effect wh ich ha s resmlted from Camillo’s en gi-
3eering my ingenium. t h e echnician ha s ta k e n the presumption
of
testing
i s
ski l ls by powering the
ingenium,
be f o v e informing
m e
of the
complet ion of
his
labors. 3 c a n o n ly a s su m e tha t he had th e d e v ic e
switched to maximum effect, si nc e that w a s the position in whic h
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o n l y two of each k ind,
each with a
f o r w a r d s a n d b a c k w a r d s m e ch -
J
a n e n s u re tha t rival i n v en t o r s s ha l l no t be
able
to s t ea l each
l e tt e rs , sa v ing on ly by t he f t of
the
c om pe t i to r s J n g e n i u m
us .
2
e J n g e n i u m
sha l l be
equipped with sev era l quil ls ,
e a c h
well-
t
q u ip p e d wi th
ink,
a c c o r d i n g t o t h e d e s i gn
for
an mproved quill,
J h a v e in a n o th e r C o d e x around , though 3 a n n o t f in d i t
at
this
t h e s e
quills shal l b e
set
in a ree-floating m a n n e 9 b a l a n c e d as
here, to
be
manipulated by the m a g ic k a l e n e r g i e s c a u s e d by
wri tten parc hm ent pass ing into
the c e n t e r of the
ingenium.
t h e s e
must
be mos t f inely balance d, as o r e a c t to the slightest pressure ,
sure ly
the
pressLtres
e n g e n d e r e d
by
the
magicka l
field
of
t h e
i ngen ium
b e
delicate i n de e d . A n d
t h e
ingenium m ust
be
operated o n a solid
f looq in a sealed ro o m
f r ee
f ro m drafts, o r in se ct s, a n d the o p e r a t o r
r e ma i n
perfectly still, lest
h e
also
reduce
the
ingenium s
w o r k to
by
j a r r in g one r m o r e of the quil ls . A n d a n J n g e n iu m S o l a i r s
be built inside, to illuminate the pages as hey are e n c ry p te d .
t is
also
poss ib le to s e n d d r a w i n g s e n c o d e d , a s the m a g i c k a l opera
of
the
J n g e n i u m o n l y e n c o d e s t h e p v es e nc e of lines; t he J n ge n iu m
k n o w s n o t a l ine of
a
l e t te r f rom
a
l ine of a d r a w i n g , h e n c e
a w i n g s a n d il lu s tr a ti o n s s h a l l l ik e w i s e
be
r e d u c e d
to
nonsense .
c
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t h e s h e e t s
of
p a r c h m e n t u p o n w h ic h t h e e n c i p h e r e d m a r k s sha l l be
m a d e m u st
be fed
individually, however.
For
i tems which
a r e of
utmos t
i m p o rt a n ce , s u c h as m e s s a g e s s e n t to c l e v e r a g e n t s o p e r a t in g in for-
e i g n cities, there c a n be
attached
s eve r a l t hi n blades, w hi ch shall
reduce the o r ig i n al p a r c h m e n t to r ibbons . B u t
3
n e e d not
his
m e
of secur i ty , for3 ntend to m a k e severa l copies
of
my Codex, twenty o r
more , for
t h e
se ll ing , a l tho ugh each shall
also be
g i ven with an
J n g e n i ~ m erplexMs,
which
shal l a t o n c e pro
No, this
3
a n n o t
do, for i t would
break
me, o
a n d p r o v e my work.
e h e fees
which
3
would b e
forced to
levy upon those, w h o
a r e
in te res t ed in my book,
to
pay, would d r i v e t h em a w a y , a n d a g a i n 3 shall ha
to share my enthus iasm. 3 shall h a v e to publish thi
c o u r s e , c e r t a i n c o m m e n t s
edited
out,
to avoid
t h e
f i n d also, 3 hall l e a v e c e r t a i n i n g e n i a o u t
of
thi
the Viu P e r e g r e u s . t h e copies shal l
be ready
in
h a v e t h o ug h t a g a i n u p on
the effects
of magne t i c axes
o f f o v c
c u r v e d
across t h e
l a n d s c a p e fr om one e n d of t h e earth to
other. ;In
his
3 ecalled
my vis it tov en ez i a , w he re
t h e ca
a r e plied by boa t s men , and where3 aw gondol ie r s at work,
a n d
also
provided t echnica l aid in the shipw rights in keel ing a vesse l for
r epa i r s . 3 n
his,
the
m a g n e t i c forces J believe a r e as invisible an d
u n b r e a k a b l e
ropes, bmt
de f o r med not
by
stresses in a d o w n
but actua l ly buoyed in
a
gr ace f u l
a r c
a b o v e t h e l an ds f rom
E a r t h to
t h e
other, w h e r e e a c h line of m a g n e t i c
force
is rooted o r
attached.
i go nd ol ie r pu ll ing
a
boat with
a pole
propels his craf t forward, a n d in
a l ikewise manner ,
do
m e n pull
at a boat
with
ropes.
W e v e
t h e
ropes
to
b e g r o u n d e d m i le s away, itw o ul d m a k e
no
d i f f e r ence to t h e work of
t h e
s h ip w ri gh ts , a n d w e r e
t h e
gondol ie r ’ s pole to e x t e n d f r o m
t h e
e n d
of
t h e
e a r t h
to
t h e
e n d of the earth,
h e
c o u l d still ply
his
craf t by pulling
his
body a l o n g its length. J n his manner , i t c a n be readily s e e n that the
l ines of m a g n e t i c force, being
of
t hems e l ve s i nv io l at e a n d pe r manen t ,
m a y
b e
used ,
with
a n i ngen ium d e s i g n e d for s u c h a pur pos e , to pr ope l
a
craf t
ac r o s s the s mr f ace of
t h e
p l ane t in much
g ea r s
c a n be u s e d to
propel
l inks o f a c h a i n .
3ystem, which, us ing l ines of m a g n e t i c fo rce
hi
a r e in tangib le
a n d invisible, yet a p p r o a c h i n g t h e infinite in n u m b e r a n d of exq uis i te f in-
e r y of detail, m a y b e passed t h r o u g h its s y s t e m
repeatedly
a n d w i th o u t
n e s s e n c e , the i n g e n i u m will
act
as
t h o u g h i t w e r e
a
loss
of efficacy,e x c e p t i n g
by
which
the
i ngen i
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o r i en t a t i on of
the
d e v i c e is m os t eas i ly ac c om p l is hed , be ing m er e -
the d i r e c t i o n of the pu l leys
wi th
r es pec t to t he ingenium, tha t
is,
the
will
be d r a w n i rr e s is t ib l y t o w a r d s th e m a g n e t ic p u l le y s a s they
the e f o r t s on the m agne t i c l ines . J\s des igned here , the ingeni -
be
w o r k e d in r ev e rs e , f o r t he pu l l ey s rely upon t he t ens ion of
m a gne t i c l ines to d r a w t h em s e lv e s t o w a r d s th em , a n d in r e v e r s e d
by p u s h in g a g a i n s t t he e t h e r e a l rope, t he m a g n e t i c l in e s w o u l d
es s ly s na r led , m a gne t i z ing
the
ingenium b e y o n d u s e .
M e c k a w i s m
uch a n i ngen ium would n e c e s sa r i ly r e q u i r e t h e u s e of some sort of
l e v a tin g me c ha n i sm, in a v o i d a n c e of having
to
ovel*come t h e
of friction
p o n t h a t
which
is to
b e t r a n s p o r t e d .
J t
i s far
easier to
a craft
t h r o u g h the a i5
which is
f r ic t ion less , than t h ro ugh
the
i s filled with r e s i s t a n c e . t h u s , employing the J a g e n i u m
in to a s u s p e n s i b l e craf t of my ow n des ign ,
w e
find A vehic le
to
the
comveyance
of
people
rapidly
over
g r e a t d i s t an c e s .
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ind
t h a t
t h e b a l a n c e of su
d e v i c e is no n
ordeq
that used in
uch
a m a n n e r m i g h t rotate f o rw a r d , a n d
be
th rus t
in to
t h e grounc
t h e rocket as
h e
J n g e m i u m
/ \ / l agne t i cMs
pulls
m e
f o r w a r d .Truly
t h e
e a r t h sh o u ld be f a r easier on
he
consti tu tion tha n
P e r h a p s this sha l l b e m o r e b a l a n c e d .
his
would
be
a most undigni fied ma nn er
of transport.
shall h a v e
c o u nt e rw e i gh t a n d b a l a n c e
t h e
initial design. fib, but i f 3 w e r e to7
C
COf lFG5SYOf lGflGYflG)
v e had p len ty e n o u g h of the B o rg i a f amily 3 m fu rio us
h e s e v a l e n c i a n n o bl es -t he y a re mothing of
the
s o r t - h a v e
m a d e a c o m p l e t e m o c k e r y of
all t h a t
is tloly, let
a l o n e
all t h a t
is
Jtal ian.
We h a v e
heard tell that
t h e h u s b a n d of L u c r e z i a
i a, a n d this is her f i r s t hwsband , s in ce
t h e
other m a r r i a g e s w e r e
n u ll ed , a n d h e n c e n e v e r existed, h a s
died.
P r e s u m a b l y he died of
a
of the heart, which is
n o t
a s u r p r i s e s i n c e many h e a r t s h a v e
w e a k e n e d w h e n Cesare s k e w e r s t h em with a stiletto. With
bloody hands h e should
t ake
the n a m e C a r d in a l S i n . a m
f course,
Cesare
be ing a
Cardinal,
it is c e r t a in
t h a t
he shall d e M y any
i ng , a n d a s h e is an ordained m e m b e r of t h e
clergy,
he is inca-
of
lying, thus w e shall
all
h a v e to a c c e p t
his
inno cen ce in
t h e
mat-
t le is as nnocen t as
a
mongre l
dog,
o r a p la g u e - r id d e n ra t What
cou ntry needs, in factw h a t t h e e n t i r e
Catholic
Church a r o u n d th
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rs being the ra t io of five to seven,
this
being acco rding to my calcula-
t which w i l l
uth, witho ut the loss of the im pe rative to speak, fo r it does
no
good
someone to s pe ak the truth, i he w i l l not an swe r the quest ions
t to them.
f
course,
tr
r
as
possible, so it is requ i red that
i n g e n i u m
be create d of the pu rest ma terials possible, h owe ver sil-
shall be of no use. B ette r m uch that it be made of beaten gold o r
platinum, an d lubr icated w i th pure o i l o r pe rhaps holy water, if
r i m g f rom the im pera t ive f ield the opp ortunity for
is
as pure a m a
significamt amoun t can be h ad withoHt complaimt from the loca l
m ak e
thi
i s
my inte ntion to imstall
it
in
a
room o fa tower bu i lt among the banks
a ast-flowing stream, the rew ith to bu ild a water w heel w i th which to
the
i n g e d u w
a cons tant and unwaver ing source
of
motivation,
shall be
seen
to
invest most tho roug hly the
area
w ith the impera-
for ve racity. 3t w i l l be necessary to a dm it
a
disengagem ent m echa-
sm to al low the
imgen ium to
rest whi le the m agickal ene rgies of
the
are being restored.
g e n i u w
powevful in aspect and i rres is t ib le indominance,
Ydea
OM
m u s t
know, of
course , & a t
to
i n t e r r o g a t e a n y
of t he
Borgia f a m -
i n g ingenium wou ld c a u s e
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g r e a t c a l a m i ty
to
befall a l l wh o d e r t o o k the pu r s u i t of the L o r d ’ s t r u th
in
t he
m a t te r . E s p e c i a l l y if t hos e
w h o
q u e s ti o n e d t h e B o r g i a ( w h i c h e v e r
o n e i t w a s ) w e r e t he m s e lv e s u n d e r t h e i n fl u e n ce of m y C e n s u r u m
Veraceus , a n d t h e n ce s p o k e f re e ly a n d h o n es tly of their o w n d i s p o s i-
t i ons towards t hi s m o s t p o w e r f u l a n d c o r r u p t f a m il y . To hat end, i t is
bu t
a
s im p l e e n d e a v o r
to
m a k e
a
s e c o n d a r y in g e n iu m wh ich s h a ll w o r k
a t the
s a m e t i m e
as
t he
C e n s u r u m V e r a c e u s ,
a n d which s ha l l hav e
a
s i m i la r i m p a c t u p o n the person’s psyche,
by
u s i n g
a
d i f f e ren t cons t ruc -
t i o n of
wagickal
e n k r g i e s to in f luence the m e n t a l p r o c e ss e s o f t h e
per-
s o n. T h i s 3 n g e n iu m O b f u s c a r u s w o u l d c a u s e th o se so affected
to
f o r ge t
all wh ich
had o c c u r r e d while t he m ec han i s m of the e n g in e w e r e
e n g a g e d . Jt w o u l d
be
r e q u i r e d
to be
of s m a l l e r im pa c t in r ad ius, so a s
n o t to c a u s e the
police
to forget the c on f es s ion as well, a l t h o u g h the
inc lus ion of
a
l a r g e g l a s s le n s w o u l d be
e a ) ass is tance in caus ing
the effect to be f oc us ed in na t u r e .8
-day 3 a m d i s m a y e d by the s lo w p a c e with
which
bad n e w s
c a n s o m e t i m e s tr a v e l t h r o u g h
Jtalia.
J t i s suvpris ing to me,
as
- -
well, for J t a l i a n s a re fa in to talk at great a n d e x ha u st in g
leng th about
all
m a n n e r of subjects , and to g e s t i c u l a t e w i th
s u c h force t h a t t hey
cau s e your
inkwell to
spill
upon yomr pa pe rs . 3 t is in
j u s t s u c h a
m a n n e r
that
3 h a v e received
this
latest a n d
mo s t
~ n w e l c o m
bit of t idings.
3
h a v e b e e n g i v e n word
that
t h e F r e n c h
h a v e
r e t a k e n
the City
ofIl/\ilano
f rom t h e forces of the
Duke
Sfo rza of Milano , my form er pa t ro n , J t is
said that Lodo vico now languish es in p r i son , awai t ing the
pleasture
of
L o u i s
FII.
S u c h
a r e t h e
forttunes of
w a r
a n d poli ticking,
but 3 had
better
hopes
for
31
Mo r o , a n d n ow
i t
i s
a p p a r e n t t h a t
3
shall n e v e r
be
g r a n t e d
t h e p l e a s u r e
of
comple t ing
the
s t a t u e h e
wished of his
father. A n d
a
magnif icen t statue it would
be,
with not
its
e q u a l in all t h e world 3will
n o t re tu rn to
t h a t city
of M i l a n o a g a i n ,
for
3
a m
c e r t a i n that should 3
appear ,
the
Fr en ch will force m e into ma k in g
s om e
a r c h w a y c om m e m o -
ra t in g their trimmph
a t
the
city
gates, a n d 3 h a v e
no
desire
to
bring thei
t r e a c h e r y to qlory. Or p e r h a p s t he y would press
me
nto devis inq
a
n e w
m e a n s
of in te r roga t ing
the
Duke . Bah
c a n n o t be r
t h e
t h o u g h t of the S
h a s s o u r e d m y t o m ac h , a n d now 3 m u st a b s t a i n f ro m w i n e a n d
r z a s impr isoned
by
t h e F re nc h . 3 t
spicy
dishes,
a n d r e s t r a in my sel f to p a s t a s .
shall
h a v e to find a means
of
p u rg in g
myself
of
this
phlegmatism,
a n d
so
shall
p u r s u e
the
invention
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shall
affect but
a smal l port ion o t
can arrange for the
effects
of the i M g e M i u m to
b
of metal l ic cords,
so as o
erase m o r e evenly t
which
distribution
was designed and
tested
by
construct ing
a
man-
m e q u i n of
cantaloupes,
Necessari ly,
large people might r e q u i v e a
differ-
e nt distribution.Fdditionally,
a n
ndependentsot,wce
of
motivation i s
not
feasible,
as
an escapee
cann
especially
on a dark Nedite
be empowered by a mal l but vigor
ith the
distribution
of the tra
Z,
shown here,
the
smal l
effects of
the
imgef i ium wil l be distrib-
pe-d on
he blowing
of the wind,
i um shall have to
s
shown
in drawing
uted in an
arrangement such
that it
shall
conceal the en tirety of
the
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hile meeting with
Albert0
R iz z u t to
a g a i n ,
over d inner this
day,
h e c h a n c e d to bring to m e
s o m e
i l l tidings, which is
t ha t
t h e tmrk me n h a v e
at
last
wre s t e d
the
city
of
D u r a z z o
f r o m v e n e z i a n p r e s en c e , therewith robbing their a r m y of
its
s t ro n g e s t hold upon the l a n d s of
Asia
M i n o 9
south
of Dalmatia , which
could
be
said to
be
m o r e o f t h e B a l k a n s t h a n Asia M i n o r propen th i s
a la r ms m e g re at ly , for i t
is
a
possibility
now that th e t u r km en will launch a
great fleet,
with the intent
and purpose of
landing
upon
t h e v e n e z i a n
coast,
striking at t h a t fair
city,
a n d c o n qu e ri n g
her
at
once
or
subjug ation into
the Ot to ma n E mp i re . Or else that they m a y m a r c h along the
Adriatic
Coast,
moving aga ins t
Zara,
a n d d ismemberV enez ian hold ings piece-
meal
for
consumption
by
C o n s ta n t in o p le . th i s is worr isome
to
me,
for
the
effects
f the M o h a m m e d a n zealots l inger s t i l l in S p a in , a n d wodd i l l
see
t h a t h a p p e n to f a i r v e n e z i a .
E w g q i w e to Sm i t e the earth
n
p re p a ra t io n
for s u c h
an event, 3 must c a l c m l a t e enec essa ry engi -
neering
of
a device
of
magnificent destructiv e
capabilities,
with which
3
might b e a b l e to bring to a su d d e n d e m ise a n y Ot to ma n a sp i r a t io n s to
J t a l i a n
lands, whethe r by invasion of fleeto v m a r c h of army. h e
brightest
inspiva-
t ion have
had
is to create a n n g in e
which
acts
upon
the ground as
does
t h e
wind aga ins t ao
ll-rigged
sail, w h ic h c a u s e s
it
to whip
itself,that
s,
an
i ngen ium which shall, by its n a tu re , c a u se a
great
t rembling am ong
the ele-
mental forces
of
the earth, a n d
thereby
the tangible e a r t h propeu;
for
the
dis-
a r r a y a n d d isrupt ion oft h e enemy. Also
for
the destruct ion of
his fortifica-
t ions
a n d siege engines . J n w i h e s s of which, t h e
terror
of
his people
would
b e g r e a t s u ch that they would b reak at the sight of the approach
of
t h e
Venez ian a rmy, a n d
the
new m agickal eng ines of w a r e mp lo y ed by
s a m e .
J n his manneu; i t is n e c e s s a r y to c a u s e oscillations among the lines
of
ele-
mental
force.
Or
perhaps
ran do m vacillations would be better.
yes, t h a t
i s
the
solution,
for
al though
cyclic
forces
c a n
indeed
create
la rg e disruptions,
as ev idenced
by
t h e method
by
which children disrupt a piece of rope in a
regu la r fash ion to play at jumping
it
3
an
see them doing
so
outs ide my
window, and3 hope t h a t they will
cease
their squealing, the better to help
m e concentra te) , but in a similar fashion, it is
possible tha t
s u c h a disruption
will resu lt in
a
minou;
o r
even a pleasing effect,much
as
a violin strin g
is
set
to
vibrating
for
o u r ammsement. Furthe rmo re, r eg ul ar disrmptions dep en d in
large p a r t on he regularity of t h e medium of t ransmission, and the g ro u n d s
tyss
of
a
battlefield
a r e
ikely to be very
poor ly
homogenous,
a
mix of s to n e and
dirt
an d san d . 3 r r eg u la r s timulat ion
i t
must
be.
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inner suvfac e
of t h e i n g e n u m .
J cCZose s e v e n t e e n g r a p n e ls , s i n c e s e v e n -
t e e n is a p r i m e n u m b e q a n d n o t d i vi s ib l e by a n y other. A n d t he g e a r i n g
of t h e m a ny c a m s is s u c h
t h a t the
g r a p n e l s w ill
not
a l ign them se lves in
the
s a m e s e q u e n c e for s o m e sev eral thou san d revolut ions
ofthe
main dr ive
shaft which shall r equ i r e severa l houvs of continuous
effort, o n
e part of
he
ivlgeniuuur.the eat ings ofthe g r a p n e l s causes he sphere to vibra te
these
vibrations also facilitatethe continuing revolutions of the cams) . Fu emore,
the
e n g i n e
is
not
created
to
be
stable
in
aspect,
an d in fact
is
detachable
from
i t s stand. n c e the correct
vibratory
f equency is acheived,
e
bra ce s ho ld ing
the
ngenum
in place
are
=leased, a n d t he sphere set f e to bounce abou t
the
landsdcape, t ransmit t ing
its
vibrations into
the
very g round, a nd caus ing
it to convulse with t removs A S
the suvface
of the
sea
i s convcllsed
with
waves,
until such t ime as ts c a m s cease mtat ing . j+er the compete cycle
of
s e q u e n c e s is played out, i t is impossible
that
the ingenium shall be
seen
o be
stan ding in the s a m e position
as
w h e n
i t
w a s fbst begun
to operate, and
his
shall
continue
to cause
he mach ine to h a v e
an
r regular
effect.
w h e n
a
violinist
bows
t he
s a m e
notes but
holds
his
wrists
at
a
different
angle,
he
plays different string,
so
shall the Jngenium-tumuliuosus provide a
nevev-ending sequence of r a n d o m a n d a b e r r a n t pl uc k in g s
of
he lemental
as
fo rc es . A n d m u s i n g tvemovs as a result.
fter great t h o u g h t a n d m e d i ta t io n
upon
h e
a m u n a b l e to s e c u r e a su i t ab le t e s t ing loca t ion for my J n g e n i u m
ect, J ind +ha+ now
I fuosus. Jts effectwould b e
so
great, tha t an y nea rby wou ld su f fe r
n ee dle ss ly , a n d d o u b t l e s s c a u s e t h e full forc e of t h e law to fall upon my
balding
head.
Furthermore, after
great
concen t r a t ion , J a m Mnable to elu-
cidate t h e
m a n n e r in which 3 migh t t r ans por t t h e effectof my
ingenium to a
locat ion m o r e r e m o t e than that of the dev ice , f o r it w o u l d
be
an l l-advised
e n d e a v o r to c a u s e a t r e m o r of
the
eav-th
at
a n y loca t ion within
twenty
miles
of
t h e
ingenium, to
s a y
nothing
of
the ingenium being
the
v e r y c e n t e r
of t h e
t rembl ing .3 hal l h a v e to s h e l v e this d e s i g n Mntil
J
have a be t t e r
patron,
fund ing , and
s o m e o n e
m o r e
reliable t h a n
Cami l lo
to
do my engine er ing .
1
DYSSOLUTYOJV
EJVG
-
nce
a m
unable to
test m y n g e n i u m
t t , tmulfuosus, h a v e
r
-a
ins tead decided to undevtake a different approach to c rea t ing A M
effect ive ngenium for making wa r upon theTurkm en.n\ i s device ,
properly
deployed an d employed byVene2ian or Fi renzan tvoops
Id,
will hold inviolate Jt al ia n fvontievs a g a i n s t e
most
ingen ious inven-
tions
a n d
stvongest
forces
which
e
m o m a n
E m p i r e
array
agaiMst
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ng that thetu rkm en have so as o bring them to a peaceable and favor-
on of this w a r
With
tha t hought of end eavoring to create
irec t des truction of the ir fort if ications, instead of em ploying the indi-
ct method of shak ing their ue r y foundations through a qua king e arth.
f course, poor Rizw tto may have been take n somew hat aback, as he did
and w hereof
J
ejaculated my excitem en t of inspivation, an d 3
him a band oned in he plaza without e xplanat ion.Jt
is
unfortunate, a t
3
m ust w rite my insp irations imm ediately, lest org et them.
the rem ainder
of
my biscott i an d the b ott le of w ine
which 3
fov-
by the side of the table bo th will have served to solace my e ffrontevy.
device has a sm aller rad ius of invocation, a nd i s thereby consum-
ately easier to aim an d set off without Mndue effects
upon
the user of the
o r the dev ice mechanism pvoper For
i ts
effect itself, it
is
best
it imparts to the a ffected m aterial a n acute la ck of cohesion
e stuffs of w hich it i s made, causing it to fall into disarray, o r powdeu;
hough eaten by termites o r rusted throu gh completely, altho ug h even if
tem affected w ere not iron or wood, even w ere itstone o r g lass. the
reeks might say the targeted m aterial we re rendered into atoms.
dewice
is a i m e d
by
t he d i s h es m o u n t e d o n t o p
of
the c o n t r a p t i o n ,
, b ei n g g e a r e d
together
t h a t t hey a l w a y s m o v e in t a nd e m , a n d by
of t lqe
r ad i u s, a n d b ei n g p r o p e r l y a l i g n e d a s
to b e
s y n -
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c h ro n o u s , p r o d u c e a n i s o s c el es t r i a n g l e of p r o j e c t i o n , w h i c h p o i n t , b e i n g
t he f o c u s
of
a i i a c k , is r e n d e r e d d i s s o l u t e.
X’ime
Pvesses
i n c e
t h e
days a r e press ing upon the w e l f a r e o f v e n e z i a , 3 a v e
d e t e r m i n e d
that
J m u s t m a k e e v e r y e f fo r t
to create
and d e m o n s t r a t e
this d e v i c e for
the
benef i t of
the
city, a n d theveby a l l Jtalia. For
the
p u r p o s e
of
t h e
demons t r a t ion ,
i t
would
b e
most s e e m l y
were
the
d e v i c e
to
be
self
motivated, to which e n d
3 hall
u s e
a ightly
w o u n d s p r i n g of metal, as
a
mainspr ing ,
t he
tensi le power of
which shall
be e n o u g h to motivate the
m .
Of
c o u r s e ,
for
the winding
of
the spring,
3
hall h a v e to u s e a
<
l ev e r a r m of suff icient moment, but J believe
3
a n borrow a w r e n c h to
sui t my ne ed s from Ciniffa , w ho m ak es car r iages o u t s i d e of town.
D e s p i t e t he r e c e n t r e s u l ts o b t a i n e d by
t h a t
c a r e l e s s C a m i l l o , J
have
b e e n
a b l e
to r e t a i n the s e r v i c e s o f o n e f l e r n a n i Bellizzi,
a
v e r y
excel-
l en t m e t a l s m it h a n d m a k e r o f c l o c k s . Jt i s m o s t i m p o r t a n t tha t the
e n t i r e as s e m b l a g e
o f
t h is D is s o l v e n t u m U n i v e r s a l i s
be
m a d e e n t ir e ly
o f
c l o s e l y -
fitted
a n d s tu d i ou s l y c a l i b r a t e d m e t al s , f o r t he d e v i c e i ts el f s
t o l e r a n t
of
n o t h i n g i n t he l i ne
of
d e v i a t i o n ; e v e n the f lexib i l i ty o f w o o d e n
b o x e s i s too g r e a t fo r i ts a d m i s s i o n .
2
O n c e the d e v i c e i s tightly w o u n d u p o n t h e m a i n s
set u p i M
a
su i t a b le loca tion , it
is
o nly n e c e s s a r y to a i m
the
dishes
and
e n g a g e t h e m e c h a n i s m i nt o o p e r a t i o n .
T h e
a i m i n g of t h e dishes involves
d e t e r m i n i n g tiie d i s t a n c e
of
the height of
t h e
t r i a n g l e f o r m e d
by
the i r
foci,
t h e
e s t i m a t i o n of w h i c h is difficult for e v e n experienced artillerists.
H e n c e
3
h a v e
also
desigMed
A
s y s t e m
of
r e fl ec t in g m i r r o r s a n d lenses ,
w h i c h l e n s e s are m o u nt ed a b o v e the dishes,
b u t
so
close
in aspect to
the i r posi t ion
as o
be near ly i d e n t i c a l , a n d which t r a n s m i t the f o c u s of
the
dishes to their var io us r e f l ec t ing mi r ro r s , which g u i d e the
light
to a
s i n g l e
plate,
t hu sl y g e n e r a t i n g a d o u b l e i m ag e , w h i ch c a n
therefore
b e
u s e d
for
a iming
t h e device. For
w h e n t h e i m a g e
on h e
viewing
plate
i s
least
distorted by
the
tw in image s , t hen t he operator
of
the
D i s s o l v e n t u m
U n i v e r s a l i s k n o w s t ha t t h e d e v i c e
is
properly a i m e d u p o n tha t spot.
E ~ o r t i ~ ~obbery
y
mother
t h e
p r i c e s w h i c h
t h a t
t l e r n a n i Bellizzi
has
levied
a g a i n s t m e fo r this project are exorbi tant Gvident ly h e has had a
m that ra sc al Camillo, who J c a n o nly a s s u m e g a v e h im a heavily-
e m b r o i d e r e d v e r s io n of the incident,
and
t hough be ing disposed of a b a n -
d o n i n g
t h e job
thromgh Camil lo’s detractions, non ethe less found h imself
u n a b l e
to
r e n e g e u p o n his w o r d, a n d in p u r p o s e of fo rc ing
m e
to a b a n d o n
his serv ices , raised his
prices
to levels w hich h e t h o u g h t J w a s u n a b l e to
afford.
He h a s unde res t ima ted me, howeve6
for
3 a v e s e q u e s t e r e d q u i t e
a fair re se rv e in my years, a n d paid his inflated prices , in
surpr ise
of which
h e
v o w e d
to
p e r fo r m fo r m e
his
f ines t c r a f t sm ansh ip .
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L .l .ll
c
__cI_
.
- I .̂
bloody hands.
Perhaps
h e thinks Louis will n o t r e m e m b e r his resis tance to
his cous in
Charles.3
do not p r e t e n d to understaMd
tlqat
m a n ' s m i n d .T h e r e
is no elling to
what
depths
A l e x a n d e r
the
Borgia
will MOW stoop.
/Michelangelo
Buoncxrroti
confides
to me
tha t he aspires to
paint a
f resco
next to those of Botticelli, Signo relli , e t al; in t he S i s t i n e Chapel. tle
is a
dreamer
and J myself would distance my work f r om that o f the church.
t h e
n e e d
for
this
Testudo
€lementalis is now greater than e v e 5 for w e fin d
omvselves SurroMnded with enem ies, f rom th etc trk m en to the F r e n c h to e
Church .
With B i a n c a maria Sforza s m a r r i a g e to &Iaximilian I the tIoly
R o m a n E m p i r e i s s t il l on o u r
side,
a l th o u g h e v e n h e i r v alm e is qmestioned
at
this
time, wi th Sw i tz er l an d
MOW
s t a n d i n g in sove re ign tes timony to t he
tloly R o m a n Gm pire 's ineffectuali ty in enf orc ing thei r will th m u g h military
means . With
these notif ications in mind ha ve con stru cted t h e d e s i g n for
Yur F m u r c t i o u r
s
illustrated
in
drawing
a, he
t ransmission pod of
the
sur round my invention. J n this, the
ci rcumscr ip t ion
of
the
rod
must Ly its
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t h r o u g h the c r e a t i v e
io the m o t i o n o f the r od ,
that
a n elliptical p e r i m e t e r
to
t h e
u d o € lem e n ta li s c a n
b e
d e r i v e d , the
b e i t e v io
p r o t e c t
a
l i ne
o f
m e n
n e e d l es s w a s t e of m a g i c k a l en ev g y a n d ab r o g a t i n g t he e x p a n -
o f
t h e p r o t e c t i o n
to
i n c o r p o r a t e em p t y s p a c e i n f ro n t
of the
so ld ie rs ,
wh i c h a body
of
b r a v e e n em i e s m ig h t b r e ac h a n d c a u s e h a v o c .
e n t r a l m e c ha n i s m
of
this
i n g e n i u m
is,
as
i l lus t ra ted h ere ,
the
c r u -
w h i c h c on t a i n s
t h e
mater ia l
to be
c o n s u m e d by
t h e i ngen ium, which
shall be sekn o ffect he
e lemen ta l mani fe s ta tion
of the
output
of
device ,
thereby
d e te rm i n in g w h a t m a n n e r
of
wall
shall
be
erected, for
pro tec t ion .
3
must consul t w i th
t hose
vers ed in
the
a l c he m i c a l
ar ts to
exactly which
mate r ia l s a r e
best
su i ted
to the
c o n s e c r a t i o n
of
i n g e n i u m
to
ce r ta in e lements , a l thou gh f rom conve rsa t ion s with
a
3
a m
ed
to believe t ha t bile, blood,
phlegm, an d ur ine
a r e the
l i c a t i o n
of a
t v am m e l o r o t h e r su c h e l a b o r a t e
3
~
associated mo st e f f icac ious ly.4
s
Msuges
e
ingenium,
being des ig ned
foe
a n d e m i n e d y s u ite d
to, the
pvotection
of
a ody
of
soldievy,
in maneuvevs ag ain st
the foe,
i t
shall be
obvious
that i t
is
powered
by manual
eyevtions,
which
a r e
most r e ad i l y
obtained
by soldiery.
his
fashion,
the ngen ium
MM
be
ca r r ied
upon the back
of
one ofthe
soldievs
allow
fo r maXimal povtability, or
else, should the
size
afthe
device be
prohibi-
asmight be
the
case or
a device large
e nough
to protect
a fLllregiment, it
n
e
povted
a bou t in
a small
w a gon de s igne d for
that
purpo se, with
a
modi-
c r an k m a d e
expressly f o v the
use
by two or
four
men,
or
possibly
mules.
now
3have indeed on ce more , at great personal expense an d consid-
diff;culty, ob tai ne d the mate ria ls n eeded for
the
constvuction of this
for with it
3
a n p ro v e o n c e a n d for
all
t ime that indeed my
are
sound.
No
m or e will
the
craf tsmen
here
build of
these
engines in
completeness, but instead
3
w a s
forced to
dispevse
the
pieces
of the
among several craftsmen,
n d undevtake
the
completion of
the
s a n d
the
a s s e m b l a g e
of
the
i ngen ium
myself.
3 t appeavs that
w or d
of
roof
a n d
Bellizzi’s
w or ks hop
has
spvead
rapidly
a bou t
the city,
a n d
othevs
will risk their
o w n houses .
F u ; m v e .
..
e
exper iment
is a
ailure.
After
c ranking
the
handle
ofthe ngen ium until
3 m y r m s
ached, no
ctwtain
of
fire
a r o s e
in testament
to
my
labors.
3
ved abo ut a n d
felt the
g r a s s
at
the rad ius
ofthe t e s t u d o E l e m en t al i s
h should hav e ar isen, ac cord ing
to
my calcuIations, an d
felt
a bou t
w i h
hands.-e
grass
was
mo st cevtainly parched an d withe red , an d
a rev
ring
of
browned
grass stood
a bou t me
but
unfovtunately
this is not
o forestall an
enemy.
J
e nde a vor e d
to
w a k e a n oth er s h n g e r s prin g
wlqiclq
to wind
the
inaeMium, bu t du rin q
the
c rankinq
the
linchpin
split
d u e
inferior constvuction.
v
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r e c e iv e d w o r d th is day that JV(aximiIian I
t h e
E s t e e m e d Holy
o m a n
€mperor,
has , i n w h a t i s n o w k n o w n
as
h e Peace of
Trent,
r e c o g n i z e d
the
F r e n c h o c c u p a t i o n
of
h e r
c o n q u e s t s in
our a i r 3talia
as
egi t imate . 3 t i s n o w o b v i o u s that tttalia
is
b r o k e n and d i v i d e d - l a n d , which both a n g e r s a n d s a d d e n s me, a n d m o r e
so
that s h e shall not h a v e t h e b e n e f it o f f o r e i g
F r a n c e . Jtalia shal l h a v e to d r i v e out
h e
Fre
a s s i s t a n c e
to
d e f e a t
h
hers elf , e ve n if i t t akes
twenty y e a r s , b u t d r i v e t h e m out w e s h al l
Ordinarily
3
do
not like
to
lose my temp er ,
rou t ing t h e F r e n c
the n e w s f r o m C iio va nn i w h i le b r e a k i n g
fa
er,
e v e n
as
3did so,
3 w a s able
to
draw
e x p l o s i o n
of
r ag e
a n d
that
w h i c h i n d e e d
shall
b e
most
prod uc t iv e in
h f r o m the field.
3 t is s u c h a s i m p l e v a r i a t io n of my o w n p r e v i o
a n d less d e s t r u c t i v e
to
h o m e s t h a n
t h e
J n g e M i y y I ~ I~ ~ . L o s ~ s ,h a t 3
w o n d e r
that
had not prev ious ly inven ted its m e c h a n i s m . H o w e v e r , 3
f ind t h a t my th o u gh t s a n d s u c c e s s e s
both
flow m o r e
readily
w h e n
J
am
OM the c o n t e m p l a t i o n of m a t t e r s m a r t i a l in na t u r e . 5
e i ngen ium shou ld
b e
c o n s t r u c t e d
of
pu res t i ron,
t h e better
to f o c u s
a n d a m p l ik
t h e
d e s t r u c t i v e forces w h i c h
this
sha l l u n le a s h, a n d a im -
ing
may
be
effected
h r o u g h
t h e
manipu la t ion
of
the
scope
m o u n t e d
OM
top
of t h e d e v i c e . 3 2 keep ing wi th t h e necess i ty
of
military i ngen ia to be
p o r t ab l e a n d i n d e p e nd e n t of wate r , w ind , &c, a n d o t h e r s o u r c e s of exte
n a l power , it is n e c e s s a r y to turn the c e n t r a l
axle of
t h e
ingenium
manual ly
however , w i ih a proper
series
of gears, this m e t h o d of e m p o w e r i n g
t h e
d e v ic e c a n be calibrated to a n y s t r e n g t h
o r
rapidity of fire desired. J esti-
m a t e that in o r d e r to b o m ba rd a n d destroy a city wall, with a series
of
fiery project i les
like
unto a
storm, t h a t
a e a m of
twenty horses o r
m o r e
might
be
r e q u i r e d ,
but
a l t h o u g h lesser a m o u n t m i gh t
not
strike d o w n t h e
rock,
the
conf l ag ra t ion wou ld
cause
great fea r
a n d c o n s io n a m o n g
+he
d e f e n d e r s . J m u s t also someday test this device, however , to e n s w e t h a t
i t does no t
heat
u p
as a
resul t of g e n e r at i n g s u c h
temperatures
itself.6
t
last
t h e
w o r s t e v e n t w h i ch h a v e
feared
has c o m e
s t a n d i n g only
t h a t
of being b
as
c r u e l a n d u n s e e m ly
a
f a s h i o n
A l e x a n d e r VI, that v ile s c h e m i n g u s w p e r of
the
n o b l e of m o r t a l m a n
and
the C h u r c h , h a s now ordered, by papal bull, for
all
books
w h i c h
a r e
said
to
b e
set
a g a i n s
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the C h u r c h , t h r o u g h fiat of his o w n p e r s o n a l distastes J a m c e r t a i n , to b e
burned ,
as
hough in the
f i r e s of Hell
itself. F o r e m o s t
of
these books
w hic h a r e to
b e
c o n s u m e d
by
flames r e
t h e
m e r e two
dozen copies
of
m y o w n latest n o t e b o o k w h i c h J
h a v e
p u b l i s h e d , a n d a t my o w n e x p e n s e
a n d great t r a v a i 1 . t h e o ff en s e
which
my book h a s c a u s e d is so great,
a n d e n g e n d e r s s u c h tr em u lo u s fee l ings
in
t h e
hearts
of
the
c h u r c h ,
t h a t
t h e pope
has
o r d e r e d ,
as
well, with g r e a t s ol em n it y of p u r p o s e , that
no
w r i t t e n r e c o r d of m y n o t e b o o k s h a v i n g
existed
is to
be
m a d e ,
and
all
k r \ o w l e d g e of th is Cudex h a v i n g been created is to b e smi t t en from the
m i n d s
of
m e n for all t ime , un de r pena l ty of e x c o m m u n i c a ti o n , e t e r n a l
d a m n a t i o n , p u r g a t o r y , c.
my Cudex
is to b e
struck
f r o m t h e pages of
history, destroyed utterly as w e r e
the
untold volumes
of the
Library
of
A l e x a n d r i a . A l t h o u gh J myself facecharges of
heresy, this 3
a n n o t
a l l o w
to
h a p p e n ,
for J
h a v e s p e n t my y e a r s in t ir e le s s q u e s t
for t h e
u n c o v e r i n g
of
m u c h k n o w l e d g e
to
the
b e t te r m e n t a n d e n jo y m e n t
of
the
c o m m o n man, a n d to tMrn my back so upon my own d i s c o v e r i e s i nt o this
most myst i ca l of p o w e r s i s
a
b u r d e n m o r e h e i n o us and w e a r y i n g to m e
t h a n a n y other. 3 c a n n o t let
it
b e so.
h a v e i t em s of s u c h
grea t
p o w e r as his i ngeM ium of f i r e a n d
br ims to ne in
the
h a n d s of t h e u n s c r u p ~ l o u s orgias w o u l d
c a u s e g r e a t c a la m it y, u p o n the rest of Jtalia, a n d perhaps
all
of E u r o p e .
A g a i n s t
those
w h o w o u ld c o n s ig n k n o w l e d g e
to
oblivion,
as
hough
i t
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The
ob jec t ive is to
s n a v e a
l in e o f m a g i c k a l fo r c e
and
r a w
i t
t o w a r d s t h e
i M g e M i M m
i t sel f , but w i tho ut consmming
i n t he ac t o f c ap tu r i ng it , muc h
a s a fish
i s
c a p t u r e d a n d
d r a w n in
to
the
f ish er’s vessel,
by
m e a n s
o f
a
b a r b e d h o o k
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l ine itself, p r e s e n t i n g a t ang en t i a l li ne to t h e ingeni -
urn,
with grea t
amount of
additional power d u e to
the
stresses
i m p a r t e d u p on t h e elasticity of the
force,
a n d
h e r e shall be
i l lus t ra ted
t h a t i n g e ~ i u m
w h ic h c a n d r a w m a g i c k al p o w e r s in to t h e
area
f r o m l a n d s f a r beyond .
.
o f a s
F U M C t i O M
UMd
Jvu.tcrwe
ne
b e g i n s w it h s n a r e s , w h i c h shall b e as
hooks, b u t f o r m e d in c o m p l e t e c i rc l e s , a n d
t u rn e d o n c e a r o u n d b a c k u p o n th e m s e l v e s a n d fashioned of p u r e s t
gold, to afford t h e
greatest
p r o t e c t i o n to t h e u s e r . t h e s e are w o u n d i n
t h e
m a n n e r so llustrated, in d r a w i n g s b t h r o u g h
e,
or the m a k i n g of
t h e
s p o o l -tself is i n tr ic a te , a l t h o u g h s c h e m a t i c a l l y
i t
i s difficult to illumi-
l w d l so,
U U S t
Close
ven thowgh my burn ing of w y n o t e b o o k w a s s e e n , a l t h o u g h
bered to b e f o r g o t t e n by t h e m o s t f e a r i n g of the p io u s, i n d e e d the s u s p i -
rough
papal
edict not r e co r de d , a n d
even
deliberately r e m e m -
c i o u s a n d u ntr fis tin g m a n n e r of t h e Pope a n d his
e v i d e n t s t i l l . r e t u r n e d to my
domicile
last w e e k , a n d u p o n e n t er in g ,
f o u n d
t h a t t h e
s a nc t i t y of m y d o m a i n
had
i n d e e d b e e n v i ol at ed , a n d m a n y
of m y w o r k s in p r o g r e s s h a d b e e n t a k e n a n d r e m o v e d . F or tu na te ly , J
practiced
foresight, for i n d e e d
3
had o b s e r v e d t h a t s u c h
an
e v e n t m i g h t
t ake
place, a n d had
taken
care
to
hide
this
m a n u -
s c r i p t b e n e a t h t h e a s h e s in
t h e
fireplace,
w hi ch
is
a b o v e all the
last
place
one might expect A
stu-
* d i o u s a n d c a r e fu l m a n
s u c h
as
3
o
s e q u e s t e r
i n v a lu a b l e d o c u m e n t s . my
a i n e d h e n c h m e n
is
stolefi w o r k s h a v e bee@ o w r e t u r n e d to me, peremptor i ly ,
by
an
u n n a m e d p r i es t,
but
as
he
v a n d a l s
acted
u p o n
the
g u i d a n c e
of
t h e
most
obnox io f i s Pope,
hey
offered, a-d in fact r e q u i r e d ,
no
e x p l a n a t i o n of
the i r
act ivi t ies.
c a n n o t a b i d e t hi s t y p e of hound ing , to
be
t rea
to h a v e my p r o p r i e t y a n d p r i v a c y vi ol at ed , a n d w i th s u c h
a
c a s u a l dis-
regard for m o r a l i t y . t ru l y n o w
do
u n d e r s t a n d better t h e w o r d s of the
Christ w h e n
+le
s p o k e to the Phar i sees
of
his time, althowgh c a n n o t
r e m e m b e r exactly w h a t they w e r e, a n d 3
do
n o t w i s h to m isqu o te Him in
these p a g e s , so
3
ha l l h a v e to
look
u p the pas s age in qmestion this
e v e n i n g .
But
s u f f i c e
t
to
s a y
t h a t
J
agree
w i th t l i m
t h a t
t h e
holy
m e n
of
Without respect, a n d
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t h e
day w e re , a n d for
m e
yet are,
c o r r u p t
i nd i v idua l s w ho hold
not God
s a c r e d ,
but
i n s t e a d r e v e r e m o r e
their
p o w eq a n d
t he i r
privilege,
and their
Why, the word i s that
the P o p e
has
s i r e d a n o t h e r
child. B y
a c u l a t e conc e p t i on , 3a m w r e , s i n c e he
is
u n w a r r i e d .
c a n
only
this Pope
A l e x a n d e r V I and
his
s c he m i ng o ff s p ri ng r e c e i ve
r j u s t
r ew ar d s
both in
this
w o r l d a n d in
the I~ereafteu;o r the s o o n e r
r e a p the t r e a c h e r y a n d c o rr u pt io n they h a v e s o w n , the sooner
3
be a b l e
to
c o n t i n u e
t h e s e
studies.
J n act,
w e r e
t h e P o p e to die next
be
m o r e elated.
m a y
perhaps
k n o w w h y
t h e s e
illegal
and
a f f ront ing s e a r c h e s w e r e
a d e
upon
my
h o u s e . J
h a v e had w o r d
t h a t a n i r a b
m e r c h a n t
h a s
one
copy of
m y m a n us c r i p t to d i s a p p e a r .
H e
l a i m s to h a v e
t he p a p e r s u p o n h e a r i n g
of the
edict,
bat
the c h u r c h a u t h o r i t ie s
his word
as he is
m e r e l y A h e a t h e n and not
at all a
C h r i s t i a n . T h e y
his
h o u se a n d
t h o s e
i t ems
which he
w a s s h ip p in g
back to his
bu t they f o u n d not my
book.
H e l a i m s t h a t it c a n n o t b e
f r o m t h e
fires
w h i ch c o n s u m e d
it,
a n d
so is held
in pr ison
at
t i m e
a t the Pope’s
1e i s w r e . T he r e
a r e t h o s e
w h o
s a y
he c o n s o r t s w i t h
forces,
a n d m a y h av e us ed d a r k
arts
to secrete
my
Codex
h a t e v e r
t he t ra th of that sfory, will
l e a v e
t h e s e
m a g i c k a l
researches to
l i e
fa l low
for t h e
p re se n t t ime, until
t he Papal
f i r e s
na t ion
are
cooled. p e r h a p s 3 c a n d i v e r t my o w n a t t e n t io n f r om
i a r i y e t aw ai t s m y
br us h .
have also
r e c e i v e d
n o t i c e
f r om t h e
m e r -
a n t C ii a co n d o that h e w oul d
like m e
to r e n d e r
his wife, Lisa,
for
pos-
hope this
will
h e lp
d i v e r t
me,
although
t h e
f a s h i o n
of
s h a v i n g
eyebrows does
not
e n d e a r f i r e n z a n w o m en
to m e .
P e r h a p s w e r e
o
i nc l ude
m o r e of h e r in the
d r a w i n g ,
this farcical
dep i la t io n will
not
e as
n o t i ce a b l e, a n d
the
pa in t ing
will also look less like a
d e c a p i t a t i o n
do so
m a n y
portraits. B u t t h e s e are
t h o u g h t s
for
a n o t h e r
day. 3
m u s t
sequester this
Codex
among
my
m o s t
p e r s o n a l b el o n gi n gs , a n d
10
in k a g a i n u p o n
i t no more .
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~ are pretty predictable,
although
I
can tell you that
they are not all alike. Not
1
even the engines we use for
our aerodreadnoughts, all
made to the same plans, are
I
alike. That’s because of the
way they are built and
W h e o
+he
PVOPeV e M e V -
q i e s are used,
e),, Mike. You’re probably
wondering all this stuff is
stLlcli at the back ofthi s book.
well, there’s two reasons.
there, though not many.
1
ended up malung a
bunch of little slips of paper, each with the name
of one engine,
and
sorting the list that way, and
then copving it over by hand again. Sigh. Well,
stuff to write down all the game mechanics
for these things, wondrous as they are.
Second, when you’re playing a role-playing
really
getting popular over here), you real-
ly shouldn’t worry about petty things like
difficulty numbers.
We don’t in real life,
right?
We
just make
a
reckoning of the odds
So, when someone
in the Great Game
wants to make a mag-
ickal engine, o r if he
finds a copy of the
Codex, o r just
a
page,
or whatever, you can
hand him the book,
and use a heavy-duty
clip to hold these
pages shut. That
way,
he’ll deal with the info
as he would in real
life, without suits and
feat difficulty num-
bers and required
skills. It’ll make suspension of disbelief
eas-
ier, role-playing more realistic, and what
the heck, it lets you, the Host, fiidge
all
the
numbers if you have to for the sake of dra-
matic interest. Speaking of dramatic inter-
est, I have
a
dinner date with Marianne
tonight, and-well, never mind.
I’ve taken the time to alphabetize the
list of engines described in this book, and
reference them all by the page number
lvhere they appear. And let me tell JTOU,
Have fun-
HOW
SORCEROUS Ef lCiJ f lES
game, especially the Great Game (which is WORK
Jfl R E A L
LXE
npredictably No, wait, that’s not what I
meant to say. Actually, sorcerous engines
types of sorcerous automata: spontaneous and
continuous. Spontaneous engines gather up
enough power to fire off an instant spell, and
when they have it, the spell gets cast.
An
exam-
ple of
a
spontaneous magickal engine is the
destruction engine on page 104: Crank it up,
and a few moments later a blazing fireball vom-
its forth to smite the enemy,
as
Morrolan would
put it. I<eep the destruction engine running,
and fireballs will continue to be spit Out
at
slightly irregular intervals, depending on the
tuned and maintained; har-
monics can be different for
each one. Furthermore,
utkenfions there is some unpredictabil-
f
ity in
a
magickal engine,
E
because the energies it con-
[
sumes
to
do its work can
peu.fectjy bOMnd
cause some strange effects.
1
Unlike gasoline back there,
+he mechanical
create
-
which is pretty much uni-
form, magickal power varies
Anyway, there are two
energ ies
t
greatly.
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enough power to create
a
temporary change in
conditions, enact that change, and then they’re
done. They act just like wizards do, drawing up
power and using it-except they cannot selec-
tivelv eliminate unwanted power. The brainless
things just use it all.
Continuous engines are different. They
weave a complex and long-lasting spell, creating
all these subethric ltnots which can redefine the
reality around the machine. Since these Imots try
to unravel themselves, the magickal engine has
to
hold them together, which it does by contin-
uing
to
run.
It
keeps the tension off the knots
so
they won’t untie, if you want to think
of
it that
w a y
So
what they
do
is gather up large quanti-
ties
of
energy, larger quantities than the sponta-
neous engines do, and use them to alter the
qualities of the world immediately around them.
The reason they need to
usc s o
much energy is
that the spells must be able
to
last for a lot
longer.
The curious thing is t h a t the engine itself is
what does the work, not the magickal power.
The engine uses thc magicli
as a
catalyst, but
when i t is shut off,
it
releases the magicltd ener-
gy back into its surroundings. This means that
when
a
continuous sorcerous automata starts up,
it gathers up a bunch of power, depleting the
area. When it’s shut off, the power returns pret-
ty rapidly. However, if you moire the magiclcal
engine, the power it has accumulated
goes
with
it, held by its mechanical arms. If it’s shut down
somewhere else, that place will have more power
than normal.
We haven’t done much experimenting on
what happens when
a
place
has
more than a nor-
mal amount of magickal energy. Me r all, we’ve
only had these aerodreadnoughts a short while,
and we’re keeping the few other engines we’ve
built securely under guard back a t Falkenstein.
So
what happens when
an
area
is
ovcrstoclted
on magick?
It
could be that anyone casicing a
spell in the area gathers more power than
intended.
You
could simulate this in the game,
if
you like. Take your normal sorcerv deck, and
shuffle in extra cards from another deck. When
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someone draws a card from the sorcery deck,
and the top card on the deck after they draw
is
a
card from the extra deck, they automatically
draw that card too, and add
i t
to their hand. If
the top card after that is
also
an extra card, they
draw that one too, and so on, until the top card
is a normal sorcery deck card. Perhaps the wiz-
ard has the option of discarding these extra
cards forced upon him or her, or perhaps not.
Not is definitely more fun., and
I
think
it’s
more
realistic. Casting
a
spell in an area supersaturat-
ed with magick would seem
to
be as risky as
lighting
a
torch in a fireworks warehouse.
Especially if there’s another joker or
two
in
the
extra cards.
You could take
a
simi-
lar approach when some-
one fires up a magickal
engine in an area where
there’s a lot of magickal
power.
You can imagine that
as magickal engines
become more common,
whatever wizards are in
the area are going to get
peeved. The things will
suck
up
the energy and
keep it, perhaps-if they’re
a
magnetic force engine or
some hin g-even carry
that energy away. This
might be incidental
to
the
engine operator’s purpos-
es, or the user of the
engine might even
do
it
deliberatelv,
to
disarm the
have to wait for the normal regenerative proper-
ties
to
generate enough extra magick before we
can leave. Not a terribly great situation, espe-
cially since this means that our magnetic force
engine is a sitting duck for the capture. I’ve
brought this problem to the attention
of
the
king, and suggested we install auxiliary pro-
pellers on the front of our aerobattleships as an
emergency propulsion system.
HOW SORCGROMS
EflCiJflCS
WORU
J f l
GfijMGtERNS
very sorcerous automaton has an associated
activation level, which is the amount
of
magiclcal energy the engine needs
to
cast the
t i n fo
v e s e e n
magickal mani-
festations may
c o m e
into
being
spell it’s designed for. If you
look over the list at the end
of these pages, you’ll notice
that continuous engines
require
a
lot more energy to
activate than do sponta-
neous engines. This is due
to
the effects
I
described
above. However, there are
spontaneous magickal
engines which require more
power than a mage would
to
do the same thing with
a
spell. For example, the
transformation engine takes
16
points of power to acti-
vate, while a Templar can
change the shape of an item
with a 12-point spell. This is
because the effects of the
Templar’s spell will fade, but
the spontaneous engine’s
-
local mages. Let me tell you, when we launched effects are permanent Once a transformation
the airships from Bayern, we were magickally engine changes the shape of
an
item, it will for-
destitute back in Munchen. It was bad. ever be that new shape-that’s its new natural
This also means that continuous magickal condition.
engines can be used to trap or disable other con- When a magiclcal engine is switched
on,
the
tinuous magickal engines. For example, imagine
Host begins to draw cards for it from the sor-
one of our aerobattleships resting at anchor. cery deck, one card per round (or
a t
whatever
Someone comes in with another magickal frequency the Host deems suited for dramatic
engine
and
sucks
LIP
all the power in the area for effect). All cards are added to the engine’s pile;
its effect.
Now
our aerobattleship can’t gather the engine cannot refuse any card. Once the
up enough power
to
get out of there; there sim- value of the cards in the engine’s pile equals or
plv
isn’t enough power left around, and we’ll exceeds the engine’s activation level, the mag-
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pull the Star Iron-laced control arm back to nor-
aton and apply any harmonics that are For spontaneous engines, backlash is
a
popu-
the
indi- lar approach
to
take-the destruction engine
al casting of the spell for spontaneous fires off such a powerful fireball that i t also melts
and they will be- sustained with the itself in the process, that sort of thing.
to use
AJMJflCi 4SORCEROMS
bits no harmonics at
t ha t
time.
ociated with them, depending on how well it’s best if these fireballs hit the target.
Therefore, you have to aim them.
to the number of Aiming an engine is different from calibrat-
Of the appropriate Suit that were drawn for ing it (calibrating an engine is covered under
purposes
of
determining harmonics. Thus, if Making a Sorcerous Automaton). Consider aim-
two
cards of the appropriate ing the magickal engine
to be
like steering a car,
t, and three cards Of another suit, it would while calibrating it is like tuning h e engine and
hibit the harmonics of that second aligning the wheels. This is an especially appro-
t. However, if the engine had a craftsmanship priate simile for things lilre magnetic force
two,
it would have effectively drawn four engines, which are used
to
move and steer the
netic force, you need
to
be able
to do
it in
a
con-
do human mages. Continuous engines
e deck temporarily; when a continuous
broi led n combat, We just dump the whole
Aiming a magckal engine requires that the
operator undertake
a
Tinkering feat, and the
more difficult the job ofaiming, the tougher the
feat becomes. Also, the more important it is that
the magickal engine not affect anything else
nearby,
the
more difficult
the
task becomes. For
example, it’s easy to aim a destruction engine to
ct on the engine itself. The second time we
Vakyrie, one of the knots of mag-
l energy got itself caught around
the
control
maximum. Suddenly We found ourselves
rth Sea headed straight for the Arctic in win-
orphanage on the other.
I haven’t bothered to note which engines
need to be aimed; it’s pretty obvious which Ones
they are. Besides, players are
so
clever, they
might think of a new way around such restric-
tions.
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c
r skim a
Madckal En&, is not
as
”
easy
as
it might seem.
This
is because
J the technology, the knowledge of
.how
to
create one, is not known to
the
world at large. Unlike malung
a
new-fangled
device with Tdiering, which relies on commonly
held knowledge,
the
possibility of creating magick-
al
engines is an idea
unknown
to many. It’s sort
of
like trying
to
make an atomic bomb in 1950;you
can only get the technology &om the Soviets or the
American-British Manhattan Project. Yeah, right,
and good luck to you.
This
means the dramatic characters have to
gain
access to the knowledge
of
how
to
build mag-
ickal engines through their
own
activities. That’s
right: This isn’t invention by feats, this is Creation
Through Adventure.
Creation Through Adventure requires that the
dramatic characters jump through five hoops:
1) Get the Plans
2) Get the Materials
3) Build the Engine
4)
Tune the Engine
5)
Determine
Its
Efficiency
I’ll explain each of these in order. There may be
one or
two things
you don’t understand
at
the
moment I explain it, but
al
shall be made clear, so
stick it out.
G E T T t l E
PLANS
bviouslv, you ain’t a-goin’ nowhere untd
you
do this. You can obtain copies
of
the plans
fi-om my
copy
of Leo’s
Codex,
or discover
a
long-
lost page
of
Leo’s
original notebooks in some
widow’s attic in Genoa, or acquire the plans from
someone else who, by hook, crook, or genius,
has
a
copy
of
his own. Or, hardest of all, you can
design your own magiclial engine (don’t even t ry
untd you’re Excellent
a t
Sorcerous Engineering).
Getting the plans must be played through in
the game. We
of
the Inner Circle are loathe
to
give
up our secrets, as would
be
anyone else the Host
decides
has
a plan for
a
magickal engine. Unless the
dramatic characters have ingratiated themselves to
no end with the leaders
of
Bayern, they’ll have
to
come up with a darned interesting scheme to get
hold
of
the plans.
f l EW
SKJLL:
SORCERO~S
E N G J N E E R J f l G
e)
his is the ability to design and tune sorcer-
ous
automata (building them in and of
itself is
a
Tinkering feat).
A
Poor Sorcerous
Engineering skill means you are technically illit-
erate with magiclial engines; you don’t know
how to operate them, and if you tried to design
or
tune one, others nearby would
run
for very
solid cover from the impending blast. Good
Sorcerous Engineering
is
still not particularly
good; you
can
probably adjust very simple
devices, but your designs are only the most
basic, and are still unreliable at best. Tuning
complex magickal engines is
still
a nervous
undertaking. Great Sorcerous Engineering
ability allows you
to
readily design very simple
engines, and even undertake some more com-
plex ones. Tuning engines is something which
you perform with confidence. Those with
Exceptional Sorcerous Engineering skills
can
design
a
wide variety of engines, and tune them
quickly and efficiently. Characters with an
Extraordinary ability at Sorcerous Engineering
can
create any magickal engine imaginable, and
tune even the most temperamental and explo-
sive engine without
a fuss.
Those with such
skills are on par with Leo himself, and are prob-
ably bent on global domination besides.
Designingan engine from scratch involves a
Sorcerous Engineering feat. Use the complexi
ty of the engine
as
the difficulty of designing it,
i.e., the harder it is to build, the harder it is to
design as well, right? If the engine being devel-
oped is
a
new one, use our complexities as
guidelines. If it’s a combination of engines
given in this book, you might want
to
take the
higher difficulty and add half the lower to
determine how tough
a
feat it is.
There are several restrictions on the use of
Sorcerous Engineering. First, anyone with the
skill
must also have Sorcery at
a
level equal to
or
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than
didn’t work well, but that was after Bellizzi lost h s
You have to
be
able to
see
the disintegration engine-and, presumably, swept up
knots
to
be
able to adjust the way the
his Star Iron and threw it away.)
YOU can
Only adjust
ron you must have to build
ngine as Well
as YOU can
e e the
knots.
(well, the magickal engine depends on its size and the base
SOrneone
with
a @magician for a men-
complexity of its construction. This chart shows the
be able to deign an engine to tie spe- sizes of engine which can be created, how much
b o @ ,
but he
C
COuldn’t tune the
Star Iron is required for each one,
and
the increase
ce it’s built-) second, dramatic CharaC- in the engine’s base cost given as a result of its size.
cannot take &mxmus Enginering as their Big engines get very, very expensive.
Poor
skill
without the permission
of
The amount of
Third, dramatic characters cannot have
ous Engineering
skill
greater than
Good
ut having a great background story (feasi-
, or at least interesting and fun) which the
st accepts. Generally, characters should only
to improve their Sorcerous Engineering
beyond Good through game play-and
aordinary activities,
as
well. The only method
of
in New Europa to
leam
this skill is
g a member of the Bayernese Inner Circle,
is
composed
of
Ludwig, Rhyme,
rrolan, Auberon, and myself. We don’t even
Engine Comparison Complexity Range Cost
ize Guide - Y Increase
Tiny Toy
1/2
oz.
2
oz. 40z.
x0.5
Small Chest
xl
Medium Desk
x1.5
Large Carriage 8oz.
1Ib. 2Ib.
x3
Locomotive 1 b.
2
lb. 4 lb.
x8
2Ib. 4 Ib. 8 Ib.
x20
Key:
S
Simple Difficulty
-20).
M Moderately Complex Difficulty
1-50).
V: Very Complex Difficulty 1+).
Obviously,
this
is just a guidehe. For better
suspension of disbelief, the Host should adjust the
the better* numbers for engines at the edges of the complexi-
a character must either
join
ty
range, and promote or inhbit the development
of
those engines which are deemed dangerous.
Also, remember that the character building the
engine can subtract 100 times
his
Tinkering ability
or
glass that fi-om the base cost of the sorcerous automaton
a shop- increase
due
to size*
expedition to the hardware store usually isn’t
exciting. The persons involved in the creation
wth
a lot of cash at this
all
likelihood.
Aside &om the mundane materials, it’s also
to work, otherwise the
l assembly will be unable to actually seize
(As
an
Leo was lucky enough
to
have
his
from his previous efforts,
his
engines generally
Or
in
On the
saeq at
not much. The fewer who
to the
Opefullythe former*
whatever
other
materials
fie
lot oftJGs can be donewt
before mdtiplfing
COSt by the engine’s price
uilding a sorcerous autom
B
uilding a steamtech invention, as I covered in
the basic game rules I sent last year.
First you have to figure out how difficult the
engme is
to
b d d . Take the complexity of the mag-
iclcal engine as gven under Sorcerous Automaton
Definitions at the end of thls section. This is the
’
base difficulty. This base difficultv might be
increased by the duration of its power source, and
the reliability of the power source, as shown in the
following tabies:
.
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~~Power Source
source the magiclial engine
uses,
although one
must be chosen. You never know when some cir-
cumstance might make
it
impossible to power the
engine. Pick any of the ones you \vmt from the
base rules [that’s
Cnstle Fmlhenstein
page
210-
Mike]. The Cost increase is added
to the
base cost
of the engine after all other adjustments have been
made-after subtracting for the slull of the builder,
multiplying
by
the engine size, etc.
Tinkering Description
of
L e v e l C o s t P e a t
the Craftsmanship
Gross
0
10 Within
a
mile or
two,
ponderous control,
a
lot of interfeknce
Poor 1 8 Within a thousand
yards, sluggish
control, high
background
Good
2 6 Within a hundred
yards reasonable
control, some slop
Fine 3
4
Within ten yards,
room-by-room
control, a little
static or noise
control, no
interference at
all
Exact 4 2 Perfect aim, precise
Thus London-bombing destruction
engines can have
gross
control, because even
if they miss the Tower of London by a few
his kitchen well done by a magickal howitzer
Reliability is not defined here. Pretty much,
and the desired effect of terror will be
it’s up to the Host
to
determine how unreliable
achieved. Our Bayernese aerobattleships have
a n unreliable power source is. Generally,
good controls on their magnetic engines
Thev can maneuver effectively on the battle
though, unreliable means that the engine’s
operation can be interrupted relatively easilv;
field, but their ability
to
drop bombs on
Prussian Landfestungen is marginal (thank
the steam pressure must be kept hgh,
so
the
God for our excellent pilots ). Victorian
boiler
is
very susceptible to rupture, for esam-
medicine would love to have
an
exactin
ple, or the hand crank has a tendency to slip off
clairvoyance device to allow for interna
the main camshaft. Escellent means that the
exams.
power source is very difficult for an enemy to
disable; perhaps it is very simple or well
It
is Possible to upgrade Craftsmanshi
armored. An indestructible power source is just by one level.
YOU
Cannot g o more than that
that; perhaps the magickal engine runs off a because
YOU
can only improve on bad en€$-
radium pile or a giant well-armored battery or neering by
SO
much before You’re alread
geothermal power or something.
rebuilding the thing from scratch with al
new parts.
To
upgrade, calculate cost and
Next we must talk about craftsmanship. This
time
as
if you were making the thing from
determines how easily the engine can be direct-
scratch, but cut the time involved to one hal
ed or aimed, or how tight the controls are. The
normal and the cost to one tenth normal.
actual mechanics
of
the control device are not
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Engine
ize
Complexi
Immense
Yes,
immense magickal engines get very
New
York when fired
Subtract the character’s Tinkering slull from
it
will take to manufacture the parts and
ttE EjVGJflE
nce the magicltal engine is all put together,
no one’s going
to
guarantee it’s gonna
on
his first engine, we thought
a
goner. After an engine is built,
got
to tune it. This requires
a
sorcer-
i t could be done by the guy ~ l 1 0uilt it,
But before
you
can tune
it,
you’ve got
to flip
to be and power it up. And hope for the
Magiclial engines are very temperamental
So
add
1/5
the value
to play at this time to this
two
points). Once the players have played
top card
of
the Fortune Deck and compares
to
this table:
F
U
Tinkering
t Sorcerous Engineering
0-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
21-24
A
K-A
A A Q-K 10-Q
A K-A
10-K
9-K
6-J 3-9
I<
J-Q
8-9
6-8 4-5
2
9-Q 7-10 5-7
4-5
3
2-8 2-6
2-4 2-3 2
Key:
SE: Superefficient
E:
Efficient
WP. Works
Fine
R E
RunsPoorly
1
DW: Doesn’tWork BU: BlowsUp
The result of the draw of
a
joker is entirelv
up
to the Host.
Once the machine is running, and wth any luck
hasn’t blown
vou
to pieces, the magician must make
a Sorcerous Engineering feat equal in difficulty
to
the activation ofthe spell to bring it into good run-
ning form.
DGTERjMJjw n s
PAl?jIjwtERS
ow that it’s built and running, we need
to
take
note of exactly how it works,
its
activation
level, range, etc.. Every magiclial engine has
an
acti-
vation level noted for it under Sorcerous
Automaton Definitions. Ths activation level
is
how
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Effect
is what exactly the magickal engine
does. If the engine can be adjusted in effect, it
will be noted here. These effects are based upon
the illustrations Leo gave’in this Codex.With a
little bit of ingenuity, you can engineer the sor-
cerous automaton differently to alter the effect it
has-you know, customize it.
odd materials. After an engine is calibrated, i
will only alter the substance for which it is pre-
pared; if you calibrate the engine to change lead
to gold, and put steel into the conversion cham
of the spell, which is the amount
of
power it
goes off. Finally, I give the suit aligned
to
the
engine’s spell. Engines require aligned energy
just like human mages do; when drawing from
EflGJflG Pgn
28)
the sorcery deck for an engine, non-aligned
Effect:
This creates sounds-
Making a Sorcerous Automaton, above.
simple
toot
is easy, but a good rendition of a
crowns. The cost covers materials and costs asso-
Operation:
Continuous,
16
points Y )
ciated
wt
crafting the device. If the dramatic Investment: Difficulty
20,
Gost 1500
characters farm out the
job
to a contractor dwarf
or something, or else
hire
a wizard to do the
Effect: This engine transforms the material put
ed in
this fashion
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Spontaneous,
16
points
e)
Difficulty 60, Cost 6000 c
E f l G J f l E (pg,41)
This engine creates a magickal pipeline
a t
a distant location back
to
the
so that the operator can hear it.
It
does
without eliminating the sound
a t
the source.
a
large ball room,
a small engine will eavesdrop on just one
so, the amount of energy used by
Continuous,
18
points
(4)
Difficulty
30
Cost
3500
c
f lGJ f lE (Pg, 43)
This creates an extradimensional gate,
to
another gate
a t
the engine
allows
people at the engine to
see
opposite walls of the place the far
of light, yet it does not diminish the
at
the location being spied upon.
Continuous, 20 points
(4)
Difficulty 3 5 , Cost 4000 c
flGJflE {pg.89
This causes all persons within the field
of
to
want
to
speak the truth, no more
to start the spell, modified by the Host if
is
particularly large. Evasions and half-
a
slight decrease in the diff-
a
large and powerful
l be nigh irresistible in its sodium pen-
truth, no matter what, and n o matter how trivial
or pithy the remark. “Gee, that’s
a
terrible coat
you have. You should really have it tailored. And
you nicked yourself shaving again, you maladroit,
but
I
should have guessed by the stumbling way
you m7altz.” “I shall ignore your contemptible
babbling. You’re always cutting me down, old
chap, because you’re so conceited, and insulting
someone as much more handsome than you as
I
am makes 370u feel better.”
Oooh.
Trouble.
Operation:
Continuous,
20
points
Y )
Investment:
Difficulty
60,
Cost
7000
c
DeTTRMCTJOfl
G f l G J f l G (139,104)
Effect:
This unleashes blazing wads of doom,
much akin to explosives or fireballs. It’s not
exactly either, because it’s magickal in nature-it
just tears stuff apart in
a
kmd of photon-torpedo
mix of all the elements. Like maybe it engenders
a molecular-level steam explosion like the one
that took St. Helens apart up in Washington in
1980. The amount of damage the shot causes is
equal
to
the amount of energy used in the cre-
ation of the fireball.
It
is possible to build this
engine with a higher
or
lower activation level,
and in fact, it’s recommended that smaller
engines have very small activation levels. You
don’t want to hold onto something when it
unleashes
a
fireball that’d take apart the World
Trade Center.
Operation: Spontaneous, 16 points e)
Investment:
Difficulty
35,
Cost
3500
c
D J f l E f l S J O f l f i L
G f l G J f l E
1 3 ~ ~ 8 2 )
Effect:
This creates
a
dimensional gate between
the engine and whatever plane
it
is built for.
Although it can be aimed
a t
any place in the tar-
get plane,
a
dimensional engine, once built, can
only access that particular plane.
It
is possible
to
design the engine to create a different gate
which will access a different plane, but frankly,
we’re not going
to
play hunt-and-peck with a
transdimensional doorway. You never know; the
way things run around here, I’d expect
to
open
a gate
on
Cthulhu himself? Whatever the case,
when you draw a joker while operating this gate,
expect company.
Operation: Continuous, 24 points (4)
Investment: Difficulty 25, Cost 2000 c
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DJSSOLUtJOfl Ef lGJ f lE Pg.98) EjYlTttlStlfi
targets can resist the effects, both by force of which is dependent upon the amount
of
mag-
solution). The dissolution engine requires a
I’d
recommend that an exceptional Athletics
variable amount of power, depending on the feat be required to shut one down before it runs
from there. The amount of power required also
you want it, for example
into component atoms.
Investment:
Difficulty
70,
Cost 7000 c
DRAJf lJ f lG
GflGJflG (Pg. 24)
leech, used
to
disarm those sorcerers and wiz- is, the more difficult the engine is to build and
ards who might oppose you. With a joker, you calibrate (the stats I give here are for
a
circular
might consider having the magickal knot get wall). The strength of the wall is equal
to
the
tangled in the engine, growing bigger and big- power put into it
by
the engine, though the
ger until something has to happen ... exact effects depend on the elemental manifesta-
Operation: Spontaneous,
1
point (any suit) tion. Earthen walls take damage equal to the
power before they are temporarily breached,
Investment: Difficulty 15, Cost 1000 c
while walls of fire will burn anything that tries to
DRGAjM GflGJflG (139.56)
to
ill
the person’s sleep.
This
can be used in psy-
choanalysis,
to
help someone resurrect suppressed
memories.
It
can be used as a punishment or
GflGJflG (pg .52)
Operation:
Continuous, 16 points Y )
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by the amount of
e engine has accumulated to trigger the
a joker is drawn, perhaps the area
a permanent deflection against that type
l, or perhaps the engine draws in a11 the
Continuous,
14
points (any suit, by
Difficulty
3 5 ,
Cost
3500
c
JLLMSJOjV EjVGJjVE
The engine is
a
vehicle for casting illu-
to
the engine, because
mechanisms
to build than a
of
that type, but the cost and
Continuous, 16 points 0)
Difficulty
40,
Cost
2500
c
15,
Cost
1200
c for an illusion mod-
20,
Cost
1500
c for a moving illusion
ule (any q p e )
(any type)
This causes everything \;rrithin the area of
in temperature,
ng with the hottest items, &e torches, lamps,
in the icy grip of a glacial engine
will
to
which
the
As
illustrated here
in
the
the lever runs from about 4O0 F to a good
se decrease in temperature, although their spirit’s
as
a bit of a buffer. Stay inside a glacial
too long, though, and you’ll die
a clue: When you no
il you’re sweating like a pig.
Continuous, 14 points e)
Difficulty
20,
Cost 2000
c
tlEJ\LJjVCi EflCiJjVC
(Pg.
74)
Effect: This causes all wounds and illnesses to be
removed from the person wrapped in the gold
and silk shroud of the engine. The amount of
power the engine requires depends o n how
badly injured the person is. It takes one point of
power per wound incurred to heal someone,
plus extra power as determined by the Host
to
compensate for illness or poison. Once the acti-
vation energy is acquired, the actual healing
process is impossibly fast. If a person is healed
with a joker, he gets hyperactive for a long while,
and demands immediate action in all situations.
Operation:
Spontaneous, variable points
(+)
Investment: Difficulty 70, Cost 7000 c
JLLUjKJflfiTJOfl E f l G J j W
(Pg.
23)
Effect: When activated, this engine creates light
all around it. It does not glow of itself;
i t
causes
all itcms within its radius of effect to be illumi-
nated, in essence to reflect a magickal light. The
light has no source, so there are no shadows
within its area of effect. The magick causes items
outside its radius to be lit as well, simply because
there is some reflected light from items within
the engine’s radius. However, this reflected light
is scant a t best. By the way, you’ll notice that this
is
a
hearts spell; it’s psychic magick.
I
think this
is because the engine doesn’t actually cause real
light, just the illusion of it. I’m not sure why it
works that way, and Morrolan is tired of trying
to
explain it to me, s o just accept the fact.
Operation:
Continuous,
14
points 0 )
Investment:
Difficulty
15,
Cost
1500
c
Effect: This causes whatever device to which
it
is
attached to move in
a
manner determined
by
the
operator of the engine. This engine cannot be used
on its own, but must be mechanically connected to
whatever it is that the operator wants to move. In
h s ense, the imparted motion engine is much like
a magickal internal combustion engine.
And
when
a joker is drawn, your accelerator gets stuck on 111
power The difficulty of the Tinkering feat required
to
control the engine’s effects depends on what
kind of mechanism
is
being moved. A go-cart
is
easy, but
a
giant robot battle suit is very difficult.
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Operation:
Continuous,
14
points
(+)
Investment: Difficulty 40, Cost 4000 c
J ~M I J S o l V lM@J~
f l G J W (Pga
37)
Effect:
On further discussion between Auberon
and Morrolan, it was decided that Leo was
wrong about the action of th is engine.
It
actual-
ly
creates a sort of dimensional barrier, an invis-
ible, intangible, but nonetheless very real wall,
which is all but impossible
to
pass through.
That’s how it’s possible to weave it with spikes;
the spikes are there, and the person feels them,
Colder items are the first to be affected. Allowed
to
increase enough, and lacking any means of
dissipating that heat, eventually something
under the influence of an inferno engine wll
melt or burn or whatever. The mc&num tern-
perature to which the inferno engine heats the
surroundings can
be
set with a control lever. As
Leo designed it, the lever runs from about
200’
F
(boiling water) to just Over 450O (burning
wood). Humans inside its effect will
likewise
increase in temperature, and although their
willpower and the body’s natural mechanisms
well, actually a sphere, which traps intelligent
deep yogurt.
to the amount of power drawn by the engine.
Operation: Continuous, 16 points (4) Effect: This engine reinforces the natural
Investment:
Difficulty
35,
Cost
3500
c
,
like the walls of a
J N t G G R W GflGJflE (Pg.6 9
tower or the hull
forms of attack. Add the energy accumulated by
the integrity engine to the natural strength of
whatever structure is reinforced. For example, if
you’ve determined that a particular wall is
strength
15,
so that it’ll take a strength 16 blast
from
a
destruction engine to breach it, and
someone fires up an integrity engine which gath-
ers ten points of power before it activates, then
the new wall strength will be 25, and the attack-
er will have
to
come up with a 26-point fireball
from the destruction engine to put a hole in the
defenses.
Effect: This causes all within its grasp to forget
everything
t h a t
occurs while the engine is oper-
ating.
I
mean everything. It’s as if those affected
by the engine are in a continuous state of com-
plete confusion. Memories and training which
occurred before the engine was switched on may
still apply, so someone would probably remern-
ber that he is facing his arch-enemy, although
the moment someone turns his face away from
his long-hated nemesis, he’d forget that person
was there.
While
under this engine’s effects, acts
engine’s spell’s power. Yeah, use Courage for
this, because it represents the difficulty in forc-
ing your brain to work against all the effects of GNGJf l c (Pg. 39
Europa’s answer to the TI-59. It’s a calculator,
pure and simple, and gives very accurate answers
very quickly, even if the operators don’t exactly
know the math involved. To generate an answer
to any equation, no matter
how
difficult, the
Operation: Continuous, 16 points
Y )
Investment: Difficulty 50, Cost 5000 c
JjvFGRflO GNGJjVG (Pg.
30 )
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the Perception feat. [i
Other senses are not affected; it's every bit as
to explain and obtain-
easy to hear an invisible person as a normal guy.
gravitational contestant is simple. This makes it very important to calibrate an
th ickness
of
steel necessary to invisibility engine properly. Finally, lower the
nd vac and provide protection feat difficulty for someone close at hand. And
nearly impossible, since no with a joker, it might be fun to have the invisi-
e here really knows what's involved. bility field deflect all light, making the persons
the intellect embodiment engine within perfectly invisible, no chance to be seen at
all, but also blind as a bat.
Spontaneous, 6 points Operation: Continuous, 20 points e)
Difficulty
35,
Cost
3500
c
Investment:
Difficulty 25, Cost
2500 c
I
G f l G J f l E Pgm
1)
This creates an artificial human Dersona.
LeVTtj4tJOfl EflGJjW (Pg.77)
Effect:
This engine causes itself and evervthina
onality of which depends on how the attached to it to rise
up
in the
air,
o r
else to
grind
-
-
was tuned. You might ge n antisocial
ly
religious
able that with an abject failure
of
tuning, you
to
I suggested
ach
a
Morse code key to make things eas-
All information gathered from an intelligent
should b gathered through role-play,
through fea and cards. It is, after all,
r intelligence.
Conti
itself firmly into the ground. The amount an
individual engine can rise up depends on its area
of effect; if all of the vehicle can't
fit
into the area
of effect, it probably can't be held up. The more
energy the engine gathers to activate the spell,
the more rapidly it can cause its vehicle to rise
and fall. Yeah, these are loose definitions, but I
don't want to bog the Host down with all sorts
of strict and exacting definitions about vehicles,
size, shape, mass, and stuff like that. Even if
I
did, the players would just find a loophole and
pilot an aerobattleship through it.
Operation:
Continuous,
18
point
Investment: Difficulty
45,
Cost 4500 c
Difficulty 80, Cost
8000
c
ERIGJflE
(Pg-
This engine causes the light to flow
about i t at the periphery of its effect, though not
uite all light, or
else
the person made invisible
never
be able
As
Leo
invisibility field,
t
en through the which might poicon
nr
drown or ~ ~ ~ f f - ~ee-
to warble bout, as it coa- ple; don't coun,
__
__-- I
sces back into a natural state. Kind of like it did the inside of a volcano, because you'll burn like
Predator, although in that movie the light
a
fl re
as
as
you
ht the lava. But against
seemed less fluid and more like it was refracted smolte and water and poison gas, it's great.
T~
through crystal. At longer distances, it will defend against smoke and thin ai
ppear to an observer that the invisible field is
a
must gather
20
points
or shadow or dim spot, because nerve gas require 3
ome of the light which strikes the field is held ered
for
activation.
o that those inside can see. To spot an Operation:
cor+:-,7n,,o
to
Investment:
Di
Effect:
This engine turns all environments it
encounters
to
c n p
n1;t.lhlp
n,- hiirnan
hqhita-
tion. other
that's fatal to
something that's non-fatal.
As
I
to
those to
understand the engine, it
will
only affect that
J
-- -ZY------
ints of power to be gath-
A ~~y~
fficulty 50, Cost 5000
c
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M A D N E S S
EflGJflE ( P g u 8 ]\/1ESjVER NGJf lE
(139.61)
Effect: This causes the basest measures of a man
Effect:
This is a variant of the madness engine,
to
come out to play. Essentially, it instills a sort of but instead of creating random chaos in the vic-
immediate mob mentality on people, where tim’s brain, it imposes commands instead, and
human ethics and social mores are suddenly no allows the operator
to
control the victim. The
longer a consideration. The way each person engine must be calibrated for each command or
reacts
to
this will vary from autism
to
cavorting to set of commands, but it is a flexible enough
mayhem or murder. It’s up
to
the Host
to
decide design that it can deliver almost any
type
of con-
what exactly shall happen. A person may resist the trol the owner wants. Despite its name, the mes-
effects by making
a
Courage or Charisma feat
mer engine does n o t allow for post-hypnotic
which beats the strength of the spell. But if the
suggestion. When its effects are ended, the vic-
engine draws a joker from the deck ... tim returns to normal. The only after-effect is
Operation:
Continuous, 20 points
V )
Investment: Difficulty 60, Cost 6000 c
that it might be possible to cause the victim
to
immediately forget all events while under the
control of the engine, although that’s doubtful,
NfiGflctJC FoRCc Ef lGJ f lE (pg,86) because then he’d also immediately forget the
Effect:
When fired up, this engine causes itself commands the operator had given to him.
and the vehicle in which it’s installed to move Operation: Continuous,
22
poi
about, pulling itself along the magnetic force
Investment:
Difficulty
70,
Cost 7000 c
lines of the Earth. The amount an individual
engine can push around depends on its size; the
bigger the engine, the bigger the vehicle that
can be hauled about. Yes, you can use under-
sized engines in
a
vehicle, if you want something
that moves ponderously slowly. The more ener-
gy the engine gathers to activate the spell, the
more rapidly it can move itself about. Yeah, as
wth
the levitation engine, these are loose defin-
itions, and for much the same reasons. Just use
your common sense.
Operation:
Continuous,
16
points
(+)
OLFjlCtQRy JLltZSJOfl
EflGJflE (Pg . 29
Effect:
This creates smells for the amusement of
all. Obviously, some
will
choose to flood their
apartments with nice smells; others, to flood the
apartments of their enemies with foul stinks.
Since it is the illusion of smell, and not the real
smell itself, the bouquet (be it fair or foul)
remains as fiesh with every breath as it was for
the first. One of the worst tortures I can imag-
ine would be to have an ever-changing foul
Investment:
Difficulty
45,
Cost 4500 c
MGGAPtlQNE G f l G JW (Pg 42)
Effect: This engine creates a magickal pipeline
of extradimensional nature which carries the
Investment: 20, Cost 1500
sounds made
a t
the in8eniztm to a distant loca-
tion. The area of effect and the amount of ener-
g y used by the engine determine the quality of Q p t J c f i L J L LM S J Q fl E f l G J f l E
the sound: volume, static, distortion, minimum
audible sound, etc. If
a
joker is drawn, tlie
megaphone engine might
dl
sound awa),
from the source, leaving the operator unable to
communicate with those close at hand. Plus
there’s the difficulty of speaking when you can’t
hear yourself do it-your volume and tone may
take on weird characteristics.
Operation: Continuous,
18
points
a)
Investment: Difficulty 30, Cost 3000 c
stench illusion gagging some hapless prisoner
for hours on end. This way, the foul bouquet is
ever-fresh and ever-new. Yeaugh.
Operation:
Continuous,
16
points (0)
Difficulty 25, Cost 2500 c for a moving illusion
(Pg .
25)
Effect:
This creates an optical illusion, a mag-
ickal hologram sort of thing. The exact illusion
enerated depends upon how the engine is cali-
g
brated more than on its engineering, although
certain engines might not have enough flexibil-
ity in their controls to allow them to create any
illusion one might imagine. Ordinarily, the illu-
sion will not move. With extra effort, though,
a
moving illusion can be created.
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Continuous, 16 points
Y )
Difficulty 20, Cost 1500 c
25,
Cost 2500 c for a moving illusion
EflCiJflE (Pg. 45)
This combines the effects of the clairau-
a
derivation of the cipher
perceives for future .playback. When the
a
recording back, it creates an opti-
the delayed imparting of the images
of
the
Continuous,
24
points
4)
Difficulty 50, Cost 5500 c
EflCiJflE
(Pg .
39
The inversion of the imprisonment
to keep people out
a magicltal barri-
to
the out-
eely, but they may not reenter. If
1
under-
a person half in and half
t of the barrier will be unable to get back in-
e thing ~ o r l t sort of like those tire spikes they
to have at drive-ins. To overcome the
wall,
the persons who wish to
s must make a Courage or Etherealness feat
difficulty to the amount of power drawn
trying to rush the cvall en masse, but not a
so we’ll leave i t to the Host to deter-
a small engine
as
com-
to a huge one.
Continuous, 16 points (4)
Difficulty
35,
Cost
3500
c
GjVCiJjVE
( P g ,
42)
This engine dampens sound within its
also
that those within the sphere of influ-
be
less able
to
hear sounds made out-
To simulate this in game
s, add the amount of energy the engine has
to
the difficulty of any Perception
within the engine’s effects, as ~7ell
s to
those
outside trying to hear what’s going on inside.
Operation:
Continuous,
16
points (+)
Investment: Difficulty 20, Cost 2000 c
TEjUPO&ilL
E f lC iJ f lE (Pg. 67)
Effect: Wlien activated, this engine dramatically
slows
the passage of time for
all
within
its
grasp.
The amount that time is slowed depends
on
how
much power the engine gathers to do its work; for
each point, time slows by
a
factor of one. Thus, if
a temporal engine activates with 30 points of
power, then for each
30
minutes of real time, one
perspective minute will pass within the grip of the
engine. It’s possible (a t least in theory) to make
a
personal harness which will protect you from the
engine’s effects. This lets you move through the
engine’s field normally. Thus, in the above exam-
ple, you’d be able to move thirty times
as
fast
as
the people who were trapped in the temporal
amber.
Operation:
Continuous, 28 points
(4)
Investment: Difficulty 90,
Cost
12,500 c
Difficulty 40, Cost 5000 c for
a
protective harness
WflSFOR&lj4tJOjV EflCiJfiE
(Pge52)
Effect:
This
takes any item and alters
it
in shape
to
something else.
It
does no t make any chemi-
cal changes to the item; something which starts
as
wood ends as wood. The shape of the item to
be made is determined by a carved plate which is
inserted into the machine (this also requires cal-
ibration of the engine), but once the shapc to
be
made is determined, anything can be trans-
formed. Given the shape of
a
sword, you could
put sawdust and make
a
wooden sword,
a
book
to
make
a
paper sword, or a chandelier to make
a
glass sword.
It
works this may because the
engine doesn’t actually change the molecules, it
just rearranges them.
It
doesn’t even break mat-
ter down
to
the molecular level, I don’t think,
just
to
small chunks.
Operation: Spontaneous, 16 points 4 )
Investment: Difficulty
45,
Cost 4500 c
LtLtJjVj4tE EjVciJNE
( P g ,106)
Effect: Although this
w a s
not completely
described in the Codex, I thought I’d indude it
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ZfRoIV:
W t l A t
JS J t
tar Iron, also la ow n
as
Cold Iron, is the
key ingredient for a magickal engine-
without its effects, a magickal engine
cannot manipulate the raw power of sor-
to me, iron
iron is iron, right? Chemical symbol Fe, and
I remembered from my chem-
It rusts, it melts, is presses clothes
to take some
_ -
But no, I was very wron
to demonstrate
me. See, over here, Mike,
two
types of iron:
as we speak. Normal
cts on magick, too. The
as Auberon took
C I gveat
ivon,
well, that’s something different.
n s vAtLRG
s its name implies, Star Iron is extraterrestri-
in origin (I had to explain that word to
I first used it, but now it’s
c among the salons). And Star
a great effect upon magicli, far more
so
To hear Auberon explain it,
a
lot like plutonium to the Faerie.
Faerie can actually die j u s t by being too close
o it-they don’t even have to touch the stuff
No
one knows why Star Iron has these effects.
nets out there d o not have magick. That may
or may not be, but it’s almost certain that there is
no magick in deep space. Since the iron here has
been exposed to the Earth’s magick for thou-
sands ofyears, its suppressive effect on magick has
been reduced over time. It’s been denatured. But
Star Iron, Morrolan thinks, has never been
exposed to a magickal field, and so has a very seri-
ous effect on magick. Over a few hundred thou-
sand years or
so,
he thinks Star Iron will be indw
tinguishable from normal iron. This sounds pret-
ty
reasonable
to
me;
I
mean, the planet is sup-
Dosed to have been made
by
a whole bunch of
iron-nickel asteroids mushing
together, right? So, in theory, all
the iron on the planet is Star Iron
if you
go
back far enough. And
since it doesn’t act that way, that
indicates that maybe Star Iron can
be denatured by chronic exposure
to magickal energies.
Whatever the case, Star Iron is
needed,
so
Star Iron the characters
must get. As you might figure, you
just can’t go trot on down to
Fred’s Convenience Store on the
corner and pick up half a pound of
Star Iron. While it is possible to
buy it fi-om time to time horn col-
lectors and governments, i t
is a
rare instance indeed, and very very
expensive besides. Instead, the dramatic charac-
ters must find a way to go where some Star Iron
may be found, and get it themselves.
t o w
o C i G t J-t
ou have
to
go
somewhere
to
get the Star
Y
ron. This can either be a meteorite crater
or a museum which has a meteor on display.
Whichever the case, the dramatic characters
must first figure ou t where the stuff is. This can
be accomplished through interviews, research,
spying, or whatever, depending on what sort of
Star Iron source they’re trying to pursue. For
example, it might be easy to determine that the
Smithsonian Museum has a few meteors o n &s-
play. But crossing the Atlantan
to
the
New
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Amount
Ari7 ~na rater 50 Ibs.
Hudson Bay unknown
e d i n k h e
Stadtvwseurn 10 lbs.
Smythe Estatej
Festung Falkenstein
3
lb.
South
Africa
2-4
OZ.
Siberia Unknown?
Chateau Mousseau 7 oz
Tokyo
2
Ibs.
_ _ _
ow
to k t
t
Prospecting a lo t of
small
rocks, but the
stuff
is only
1/4
effective
If the Bay
is
really a
crater, go diving
a t
the
center and look
Grand theft, defying
the impeccable Prussian
security
Pay a lot of money for
his
meteor
Have a good reason,
work
for the Bayern
Inner Circle
Wait for the meteor (?)
to hit in
1908
Break into Mousseau’s
private estate
Steal the Emperor’s
katana, rumored to
be
forged of a meteor
Add your own ideas, and change
these
listed
here
so
your players can’t get
an
unfair advantage.
There is no known way to refine iron ore or
steel to extract the Star Iron which mav be
er-the better the character’s sorcery, the easier
it
is to
identify the subethric changes Star Iron
causes.
The
easy
way
to
tell if
a
chunk of ore has Star
Iron in it
is to
walk
up
and bonk a Faerie with
it. If the Faerie vaporizes, it’s Star Iron. Then
it’s time to run like Hell before the rest of the
Faerie roast your body alive.
Gwects
OF S t f i R
rrriofl
tar Iron has a nasty effect on Faerie, Seelie
S
nd Unseelie alike. This table shows what
kind of effects Star Iron has
on
them. The effect
depends on the amount of Star Iron present, and
the Faerie’s range from the Star Iron. Star Iron
which
has
been denatured over time (very
old
Star Iron, in other words) should be treated
as
a
lesser amount, in proportion to its effectiveness.
d
Amount
Disturbing
0
-
4
oz. 2 f t
4 -
8 oz. 5 f t
8 - 16 OZ. 10
ft
1 - 2 Ib. 25 ft
- 4 b. 50 t
4
lb. and up
100
ft
Painful
Deadly
l f t
touch
2ft l f t
5ft
2 f t
10 f3 5 f i
25
ft 10 ft
5 0
t
2 5 f t
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Y
- - - -
eople
will
k ll fo
them. Wizards will
sell
their
souls
for
hem. Wars could
be
e
wrong hands.
Beyond the Faerie
l
L
mes everyone in
the Secrets con
ained inside this