Items

Arete 8, Quintessence 40, Background Cost 5 pts.

Dr. John Dee was once a mortal member of the Order of Hermes, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth, and supposedly communed with Angels on a regular basis. He and his close associate Edward Kelly were constantly on the lookout for a new grift, and Dee’s greatest was a magickal working to establish a burgeoning British Empire by establishing colonies in the Americas. Us­ ing royal blood, a chip from Excalibur, soil from the New World… the rest of the ingredients are obscured in Dee’s private grimoire. After his embrace by the Tremere, Dee had no use for the book and stored it away in his library at Mortlake, which was subsequently sacked by fools who saw nothing more than a trove of money-making baubles. The Grimoire was lost to the ages but recently uncovered by the Arcanum and stored in their Chapter House in London. Beside the Rotes,

which this thing is full of, it’s also filled to the brim with bits and pieces of esoteric lore lost to the ages, including a full example of Dee’s angel-seeing board. Dee is barred from entering London proper, but he certainly has an interest in acquiring his old journal.

System

Any mage with a similar paradigm to Dee who reads this book may buy Occult, Cosmology, or Esoterica at half normal cost. Any determined reader may learn Enochian from this text. The grimoire’s owner may purchase one dot of the Spirit Sphere for 2 × current level. Further, they gain a supernatural affinity to the British Empire. Any British functionary, bureaucrat, or soldier they interact with views them as a figure of authority. Those with a negative view of the British Empire continue to hold that view and see this person as a valid target for their ire. This final Effect is elegant and only fades if the person loses possession of the Grimoire. The only person immune to this is Queen Victoria herself, who has a strong hatred of Dee and anything associated with him.