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Matt: Text replacement - "Synod" to "Synod"

2026-01-16T09:38:10Z

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	<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>
	===The problem of Hatred===		===The problem of Hatred===
	While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[~~Synod\|~~Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].		While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].

	The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.		The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

2026-01-15T21:30:36Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

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	<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>
	===The problem of Hatred===		===The problem of Hatred===
	While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[~~Imperial~~ Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].		While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].

	The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.		The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.

Twiggy at 19:10, 8 August 2025

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	The Marchers of Whittle are settling in in [[Tassato]], having secured the approval of the Tassato Chamber of Commerce to [[City_folk_and_country_folk\|create an enclave]] there. They have bought two streets in [[Tassato#Tassato Mestra\|Tassato Mestra]], providing fair recompense to the owners of each property, and then moved their people into the buildings. A significant number of the people living in the properties are older folk, children, and the parents of young children, but there are enough strong yeomen, ready and willing to work, to ensure that their community is looked after. One family opens a bakery at one end of the street, selling Marcher cuisine to anyone with coin. At the other end, a group of enterprising Whittle folk open a small pub - although the clientele are primary Marchers, they include Marcher folk visiting Tassato looking for a little slice of home away from home.		The Marchers of Whittle are settling in in [[Tassato]], having secured the approval of the Tassato Chamber of Commerce to [[City_folk_and_country_folk\|create an enclave]] there. They have bought two streets in [[Tassato#Tassato Mestra\|Tassato Mestra]], providing fair recompense to the owners of each property, and then moved their people into the buildings. A significant number of the people living in the properties are older folk, children, and the parents of young children, but there are enough strong yeomen, ready and willing to work, to ensure that their community is looked after. One family opens a bakery at one end of the street, selling Marcher cuisine to anyone with coin. At the other end, a group of enterprising Whittle folk open a small pub - although the clientele are primary Marchers, they include Marcher folk visiting Tassato looking for a little slice of home away from home.
	<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Erasmo di Tassato, League national assembly">Citizens of Tassato are reminded of their Pride in our traditions and their Loyalty to the League and the Way - the Whittle Marchers who have moved to Tassato should be welcomed and shown by example the worth of true Virtue, but the League must steel their hearts against any preaching of Hatred. </quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Erasmo di Tassato, League national assembly">Citizens of Tassato are reminded of their Pride in our traditions and their Loyalty to the League and the Way - the Whittle Marchers who have moved to Tassato should be welcomed and shown by example the worth of true Virtue, but the League must steel their hearts against any preaching of Hatred. </quote></div>
	A fair number of the younger folk were at Overton [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|when it fell]], and died fighting on the walls of [[Mournwold#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. The night the news came to Tassato, the Whittle folk held a vigil through the night for the spirits of those who fell - yet their ~~somber~~ ceremony was not one of great sorrow. Their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, died fighting the despised [[Jotun]] - they died trying to protect their fellow Marchers from [[orc\|orcish]] taint - and the people of Whittle are sure they will pass through the Labyrinth and be reborn swiftly. There is grief, but as the Marcher saying goes "You can't cure a ham without killing the pig."		A fair number of the younger folk were at Overton [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|when it fell]], and died fighting on the walls of [[Mournwold#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. The night the news came to Tassato, the Whittle folk held a vigil through the night for the spirits of those who fell - yet their sombre ceremony was not one of great sorrow. Their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, died fighting the despised [[Jotun]] - they died trying to protect their fellow Marchers from [[orc\|orcish]] taint - and the people of Whittle are sure they will pass through the Labyrinth and be reborn swiftly. There is grief, but as the Marcher saying goes "You can't cure a ham without killing the pig."

	Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.		Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.
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	The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.		The Whittle folk do not attempt to hide the fact, along with the traditional seven Virtues, they respect the power of Hatred. For all they claim that this spiritual power has gave them the strength to resist the [[Jotun]] during the thirty-year occupation of the [[Mournwold]], Hate is condemned by the Synod as a false virtue. They show no inclination to change - but also little interest in talking about it to the people of Tassato.

	They have no interest in debating matters of faith, especially in the light of the judicial execution of one of their spiritual leaders. Friar Robin was [[condemnation\| condemned]] by the Marcher national assembly and executed for [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy\|blasphemy]] during the Winter Solstice. News of the execution saw the first public displays of grief that the Whittle folk had demonstrated since their arrival.Grief - and anger. Friar Robin was well respected - loved even.		They have no interest in debating matters of faith, especially in the light of the judicial execution of one of their spiritual leaders. Friar Robin was [[condemnation\| condemned]] by the Marcher national assembly and executed for [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy\|blasphemy]] during the Winter Solstice. News of the execution saw the first public displays of grief that the Whittle folk had demonstrated since their arrival. Grief - and anger. Friar Robin was well respected - loved even.
	<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Andrew Gifford, Marcher assembly (Autumn 380YE)">Condemnation. The Marcher National Assembly calls for a condemnation of Friar Robin of Wittle for spreading the auras of the false virtue of Hate. He has committed blasphemy.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Andrew Gifford, Marcher assembly (Autumn 380YE)">Condemnation. The Marcher National Assembly calls for a condemnation of Friar Robin of Wittle for spreading the auras of the false virtue of Hate. He has committed blasphemy.</quote></div>
	When a visiting Marcher [[The_Marches_religious_beliefs#Monks_and_Friars\|monk]] from [[Upwold]] attempted to discuss the importance of abandoning their traditions a week later, she was forcibly driven out of the area by the outraged Whittle folk. Other visiting Marcher priests have received similar short shrift. In no uncertain terms they are told that the people of Whittle are not interested in having priests tell them their traditional ways are wrong, no matter what Imperial nation they may call home thank-you-very-much.		When a visiting Marcher [[The_Marches_religious_beliefs#Monks_and_Friars\|monk]] from [[Upwold]] attempted to discuss the importance of abandoning their traditions a week later, she was forcibly driven out of the area by the outraged Whittle folk. Other visiting Marcher priests have received similar short shrift. In no uncertain terms they are told that the people of Whittle are not interested in having priests tell them their traditional ways are wrong, no matter what Imperial nation they may call home thank-you-very-much.

Emmanovi: inclusive language

2023-05-26T22:48:57Z

inclusive language

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	The Marchers of Whittle are settling in in [[Tassato]], having secured the approval of the Tassato Chamber of Commerce to [[City_folk_and_country_folk\|create an enclave]] there. They have bought two streets in [[Tassato#Tassato Mestra\|Tassato Mestra]], providing fair recompense to the owners of each property, and then moved their people into the buildings. A significant number of the people living in the properties are older folk, children, and the parents of young children, but there are enough strong yeomen, ready and willing to work, to ensure that their community is looked after. One family opens a bakery at one end of the street, selling Marcher cuisine to anyone with coin. At the other end, a group of enterprising Whittle folk open a small pub - although the clientele are primary Marchers, they include Marcher folk visiting Tassato looking for a little slice of home away from home.		The Marchers of Whittle are settling in in [[Tassato]], having secured the approval of the Tassato Chamber of Commerce to [[City_folk_and_country_folk\|create an enclave]] there. They have bought two streets in [[Tassato#Tassato Mestra\|Tassato Mestra]], providing fair recompense to the owners of each property, and then moved their people into the buildings. A significant number of the people living in the properties are older folk, children, and the parents of young children, but there are enough strong yeomen, ready and willing to work, to ensure that their community is looked after. One family opens a bakery at one end of the street, selling Marcher cuisine to anyone with coin. At the other end, a group of enterprising Whittle folk open a small pub - although the clientele are primary Marchers, they include Marcher folk visiting Tassato looking for a little slice of home away from home.
	<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Erasmo di Tassato, League national assembly">Citizens of Tassato are reminded of their Pride in our traditions and their Loyalty to the League and the Way - the Whittle Marchers who have moved to Tassato should be welcomed and shown by example the worth of true Virtue, but the League must steel their hearts against any preaching of Hatred. </quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 400px;"><quote by="Erasmo di Tassato, League national assembly">Citizens of Tassato are reminded of their Pride in our traditions and their Loyalty to the League and the Way - the Whittle Marchers who have moved to Tassato should be welcomed and shown by example the worth of true Virtue, but the League must steel their hearts against any preaching of Hatred. </quote></div>
	A fair number of the younger ~~men and women~~ were at Overton [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|when it fell]], and died fighting on the walls of [[Mournwold#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. The night the news came to Tassato, the Whittle folk held a vigil through the night for the spirits of those who fell - yet their somber ceremony was not one of great sorrow. Their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, died fighting the despised [[Jotun]] - they died trying to protect their fellow Marchers from [[orc\|orcish]] taint - and the people of Whittle are sure they will pass through the Labyrinth and be reborn swiftly. There is grief, but as the Marcher saying goes "You can't cure a ham without killing the pig."		A fair number of the younger folk were at Overton [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|when it fell]], and died fighting on the walls of [[Mournwold#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. The night the news came to Tassato, the Whittle folk held a vigil through the night for the spirits of those who fell - yet their somber ceremony was not one of great sorrow. Their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, died fighting the despised [[Jotun]] - they died trying to protect their fellow Marchers from [[orc\|orcish]] taint - and the people of Whittle are sure they will pass through the Labyrinth and be reborn swiftly. There is grief, but as the Marcher saying goes "You can't cure a ham without killing the pig."

	Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.		Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.

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	<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread her hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.		<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread her hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.

Rafferty at 15:31, 1 November 2018

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	<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread her hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.		<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread her hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.

Rafferty at 18:35, 13 June 2017

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	<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread ~~his~~ hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.		<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread her hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.

	"I understand that, I understand it all. But at the end of the day the Synod does not agree. Hatred is a weakness. By cleaving to Hatred, you are condemning yourselves and your children to never find your way through the Labyrinth. I don't want to call you a cult ..."		"I understand that, I understand it all. But at the end of the day the Synod does not agree. Hatred is a weakness. By cleaving to Hatred, you are condemning yourselves and your children to never find your way through the Labyrinth. I don't want to call you a cult ..."
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	Friar Angela was taken aback.		Friar Angela was taken aback.

	"It's not like that it's -" she tried, but he could feel her own temper rising.		"It's not like that it's -" she tried, but she could feel her own temper rising.

	Again, the butcher cut her off.		Again, the butcher cut her off.
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	"That for your blasphemy!" shouted the butcher. She put her face close to Angela's flecks of spittle in the corners of her mouth as she ranted. "Where was the assembly when they came for Friar Robin! I'll tell you where - they were standin' round noddin' their heads about how wicked he was. Did you offer to hold the magistrate's axe when they came to execute him? Did you? A good man, a wise man, and a brave man. Did you think that you could have him killed and then come here and tell us it was all done and now we could all be happy friends again - as long as we condone the murder of a good man and abandon all our traditions because you ''tell'' us to? GET OUT!"		"That for your blasphemy!" shouted the butcher. She put her face close to Angela's flecks of spittle in the corners of her mouth as she ranted. "Where was the assembly when they came for Friar Robin! I'll tell you where - they were standin' round noddin' their heads about how wicked he was. Did you offer to hold the magistrate's axe when they came to execute him? Did you? A good man, a wise man, and a brave man. Did you think that you could have him killed and then come here and tell us it was all done and now we could all be happy friends again - as long as we condone the murder of a good man and abandon all our traditions because you ''tell'' us to? GET OUT!"

	There were approving shouts from the crowd. Several clapped. Some twenty Marchers, red-faced, muttering. The Whittle friar had hold of one of them, talking quickly and quietly. The faces of the crowd - her fellow Marchers - were twisted masks of fury and grief. The Upwold priest stopped backing up. She planted ~~his~~ feet firmly on the cobblestones. Robed in Courage, she squared her shoulders and looked the butcher straight in the eye, showing none of her fear.		There were approving shouts from the crowd. Several clapped. Some twenty Marchers, red-faced, muttering. The Whittle friar had hold of one of them, talking quickly and quietly. The faces of the crowd - her fellow Marchers - were twisted masks of fury and grief. The Upwold priest stopped backing up. She planted her feet firmly on the cobblestones. Robed in Courage, she squared her shoulders and looked the butcher straight in the eye, showing none of her fear.

	"I'm not done. I've still got things to say and you're not going to shut me up! You may not want to listen to me, but you are ''damn well'' going to hear what I have to say!"		"I'm not done. I've still got things to say and you're not going to shut me up! You may not want to listen to me, but you are ''damn well'' going to hear what I have to say!"

Rafferty at 17:21, 13 June 2017

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	<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread his hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.		<ic>Friar Angela shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them again with a sigh. She spread his hands, trying to communicate with her body how worried she was.

Rafferty at 17:20, 13 June 2017

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	Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.		Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.
			<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>
	===The problem of Hatred===		===The problem of Hatred===
	<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>
	While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].		While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].

Rafferty: /* The problem of Hatred */

2017-06-13T17:19:57Z

The problem of Hatred

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	Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.		Their vigil is as much about celebrating the twenty thousand dead orcs as it is remembering the dead Whittle folk - and their ceremony also praises the soldiers of [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Drakes\|the Drakes]] who fought like "true Marchers", refusing to cede an inch of the Mournwold to the orcs. Disturbingly, at one point, one of the celebrants actually ''denounces'' those other Imperial forces who lost warriors in the defence of Overton - claiming that due to the weakness of those foreign generals in giving [[Army orders#Give Ground\|orders to retreat]] before the Jotun, those fallen soldiers will be condemned to be reborn as rats or crows. The response is muted ... but nobody condemns them for their words.
	===The problem of Hatred===		===The problem of Hatred===
	<div style="float:~~right~~; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px;"><quote by="Martin Orchard, Marcher assembly">The friars and monks of the Marches reject hatred, it is a false virtue. It was hate and isolationism that led to the terrible divisions of our civil war. We encourage the folk of Whittle to return to the traditions of the marches by following the true seven Virtues that will aid their souls </quote></div>
	While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].		While the Tassato Chamber of Commerce may welcome the Whittle folk, [[the League]] assembly is not quite as sanguine, and neither are the friars of the Marcher assembly. There are significant concerns in the [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] about the false spiritual power of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred\|Hatred]].