(a few hours into the Jaunt, open broadcast)

[protect_and_serve]

[Joscelin's voice, sent across the network, is warm, dry, composed - instilled with enough confidence, he hopes, to reassure the new and uncertain.]

A calm beginning makes for a welcome change. We should still start sharing what we know. Who's with us, and who is missing? Who is infiltrating? What do we know about this world?

If this is your first Jaunt - and there were many new faces in Liminal Space - ask for assistance, and we'll give it.

I'll begin. This is Joscelin Verreuil. We're on the coast of an island, somewhere between Alba and Terre D'Ange- England and France, I think, locally. Magic of some sort appears to be open and commonplace. I can't make sense of their calendar, but we're in or just after the Twentieth Century, as.... Christians... reckon time. This is a port where foreigners are common and unremarked. I have clothes that fit the era, and in my pockets were ten five-pound notes. The Trumps don't mean for us to be spotted immediately, or starve, but I can't guess more than that.

Comments

[awitchdidit]

I can confirm that Solomon is the name of an ancient king and famed summoner and binder of demons - his ring and seal captured even Asmodeus, who at the time was considered the strongest of all demons (even if she's actually kind of a brat) and his writings form the basis for all modern demonology. His magical power made the ancient kingdom of Israel the wealthiest and most poweful nation in the world before he was eventually cast down for his hubris and idolatry.

Based on context, he may be just a namesake for this Ring, but given that the magic here purportedly relies on spirits very similar to demons, my guess would be that it's some means of controlling the Spirits and those the Empower.