383YE Autumn Equinox Synod judgements

The sword scholars judge each mandate in turn.

Overview

During the Autumn Equinox 383YE Summit, the Imperial Synod raised 140 judgements.

Change of doctrine

No change of doctrine was proposed during the Autumn Equinox summit.

Veto

The veto was not sought during the Autumn Equinox 383YE.

Statement of principle

The following statements of principle were presented to the assemblies of the Imperial Synod. X of these statements achieved a Greater Majority, meaning they will be distributed to appropriate assemblies.

Judgement 4

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Rafael Barossa di Tasato
• Judgement: The Virtuous apply what they have learned: the Sword Scholars undermine this with their ruthless and indiscriminate opposition to the expressed will of the Synod. Their founder. Sulemaine i Taziel, taught them to browbeat, silence, and murder any who raised a dissenting voice. They would rather strike down a soul seeking the right question than face an unwelcome truth. We should stand against such narrow minded and dogmatic behaviour. Those of scholarly inclination should look to the Exemplars Kala Windward and Avigliana di Sarvos, not to Sulemaine i Taziel. Above all, we should not let the will of the Synod be stymied by followers of a lawless sect whose philosophy promotes silence, shame, and inaction.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (1535 - 321)

Judgement 9

• Assembly: Dawn National
• Raised By: Chauntecleer Words
• Judgement: The telling of tales within Dawn is one of our cherished traditions for instruction of the virtues. Dawn thanks all those who took part in the Summer contest of words for continuing this; in particular Claude Cutter, Roland Singer, and Tristaine Tiller for their joint entry that won the contest by the acclaim of our children.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (206 - 0)

Judgement 11

• Assembly: League National
• Raised By: Aureliana di Sarvos
• Judgement: We are one Empire and should act as such, particularly in light of the provenance of the curse on Holberg. The Memorial Orchard is a symbol of the Loyalty of the Marchers and should be recognised and celebrated as such.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (255 - 0)

Judgement 18

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Erasmo di Tassato
• Judgement: We know from a past life vision that Unveiling is a practice of Hatred, known as Purity. With love, we seek out the poison in our neighbour's fields. We call on Highguard not to be complacent, to root out this blasphemous remnant of the past from their culture, and eradicate the seed of corruption growing in their nation.
• Outcome: Upheld (1407 - 351)

Judgement 19

• Assembly: Highguard National
• Raised By: Sister Tabitha of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: The General Assembly has agreed that human souls may be reincarnated into trees. Being unable to move, trees are unable to perform virtuous deeds, leaving these souls trapped in a state of inaction that is through its passive nature unvirtous and preventing their progression through the Labyrinth. It is an affront to the teachings of the Way and an impediment to human destiny to leave these souls trapped, and action should be taken to free them.
• Outcome: Upheld (207 - 186)

Judgement 20

• Assembly: Highguard National
• Raised By: Elkiah
• Judgement: As so eloquently put by Tabitha in Summer 383, it is time for the Highborn nation to show our Prosperity to the world. We call on the Highborn people to consider how best to repurpose the structure of Britta's Tomb into a memorial of the virtous dead, those who gave their lives for our destiny, but could not be brought home and properly buried. Many brothers and sisters have been lost abroad, beyond proper burial rites, and a structure would exalt the virtue of memorialized and pilgrim both. This is a better memorial to Brittas memory than a forgotten, disused tomb.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (546 - 12)

Judgement 21

• Assembly: Brass Coast National
• Raised By: Comus i Zemress
• Judgement: The Freeborn assembly invites the people of Urizen and their sword scholars to consider our shared tradition of questioning the Way. To this goal we invite the Urizen to celebrate the Broken Wheel with us this summit, and to hold it in their hearts for the following year. Through vigilant questioning, the Way remains true.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (214 - 0)

Judgement 22

• Assembly: Brass Coast National
• Raised By: Finna i Fijadoz i Guerra
• Judgement: When the Grendel tried to raise the restless spirits of the Isle of Osseini, they were thwarted by Justicars. With the loss of Feroz, many of these priests have been killed or enslaved, and their unique knowledge and expertise in exorcism is in danger of being lost. We call upon the Freeborn to support the remaining Justicars to gather to rebuild and expand them into a force dedicated to laying the unquiet dead to rest.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (282 - 0)

Judgement 25

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Octavia
• Judgement: In these times of hardship, we must look to our future prosperity. We call upon the ambitious architects of Urizen to submit proposals for the improvement of the city of Cargo, that we might cement its place as a jewel of the Empire and a hub of international diplomacy and commerce.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (157 - 0); Primacy

Judgement 26

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Hastatus of Risen Sun
• Judgement: The Highguard national assembly has invited priests from across the Empire to share how the Way is followed in other nations. We call upon the rational and virtuous scholars of Urizen to accept this invitation. Let us demonstrate to the world that only through free debate and rational enquiry can we truly perfect our understanding of virtue.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (132 - 0); Primacy

Judgement 27

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Lina of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade
• Judgement: The assembly commends Galene Netherwatch for her excellent work as convenor of the national assembly. We do not intend to create the position as an Imperial title, as this would be incompatible with her existing duties but do not with her Virtue to go unrecognised.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (126 - 0); Primacy

Judgement 28

• Assembly: Wintermark National
• Raised By: Saavi Araasdottir
• Judgement: Heroism and stories of heroism are a key part of Wintermark culture. We, the WIntermark Assembly, encourage our scops and scholars to meet and share stories in our oral tradition. A hero has a name and their stories should not be forgotten.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (307 - 0)

Judgement 34

• Assembly: Pride Virtue
• Raised By: Mael Donjeon of House Remys
• Judgement: And though the foe may beat you down / And crush with fist a-clenched / Beneath the stars, that heavenly net / May your light shine unquenched. We laud the armies of the League and Highguard for their unyielding loyalty, but our Pride swells greater that Urizen itself chose to be part of this Empire. They have borne the tearing apart of their elegant spires and ancient libraries by barbarian paws with grace and poise, never ceasing to stand resolute against a tide of terror. Names like Tanwyn Ankarien, Achilles of Damakan's Forge, and Nicassia of Phoenix Reach should be sung down the generations.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (294 - 0); Closed early

Judgement 35

• Assembly: Highguard National
• Raised By: Brother Vashti of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: We recognise the importance of the Sign of Tamar in Reikos and the need to preserve and research it. We call upon any citizens who can aid with this to do so.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (573 - 42)

Judgement 36

• Assembly: Navarr national
• Raised By: Harwyn Hollowatcher
• Judgement: Actions have consequences; those who made allies of the Druj must face the repercussions for their actions. We urge those responsible for securing this alliance to deliver themselves for judgement by the SYnod, and we ask the Conclave to condemn the alliance between the eternal Arhallogen and the orcs of the Mallum. They have made themselves known to the Navarr assembly and welcome inquisition.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (183 - 0)

Judgement 46

• Assembly: Wintermark National
• Raised By: Vauraus Korppitikotka
• Judgement: A strong Wintermark goes hand in hand with a strong Empire. For Loualty, for Prosperity, the citizens of Wintermark should make use of all of the goods we have available. We call upon the citizens of Wintermark to build a trading hall in Valashal, Hahnmark and then for all Witnermark citizen, and traders from across the Empire, to bring their white granite and ilium for trade so that Wintermark and the Empire can prosper.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (330 - 0)

Judgement 47

• Assembly: Wintermark National
• Raised By: Rafe
• Judgement: Very soon those that have been in bondage to the Thule will be coming home. We must be ready to welcome them back to Wintermark. We must be ready to feed and shelter them so they can find work and build new lives amongst the Winterfolk/
• Outcome: Upheld witha a Greater Majority (290 - 0)

Judgement 48

• Assembly: Navarr National
• Raised By: Raewyn Eternal
• Judgement: We, the Navarr National Assembly, denounce any who seek to work to the interests of the eternal Yaw'nagrah. Their words and actions have been to spread the wicked soul-trapping vallorn, and to have any part in this is the religious crimes of idolatry and heresy. None may call themselves Navarr who assist in Yaw'nagrah's intent. Those who do are to be pursued and persecuted; they are to be rooted out and brought before the magistrates.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (160 - 0)

Judgement 51

• Assembly: Ambition Virtue
• Raised By: Ranae de Rondell
• Judgement: Do you see the star? / It's the light of Ambition / And it shines for all. The bracelet - Arete's Promise - was crafted by Nicassia of Urizen for Adelmar the Lion as a mark of his Ambition and so it stands. And as Ambition seeks to raise all about it, so shall its regalia. In order to facilitate this, we support the passing of Arete's Promise from one chosen holder to another to better share Ambition's flame. Each holder should then take the opportunity to use this honour to exalt and inspire other citizens, as Adelmar did with the creation of the Academy of Arms.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (124 - 0)

Judgement 52

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Josephine of Adina's Charge
• Judgement: "Pride inspires others, it does not demean them." People all over the Empire judge and demean briars for what they are rather than what they do. This is a massive failing of Pride and we encourage everyone to challenge any who would demean or condemn Briars based on lineage alone. (There are solutions found and being worked on for historical issues. For more details see the extra sheet).
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (1555 - 222)

Judgement 56

• Assembly: Navarr National
• Raised By: Ranulf Farkas
• Judgement: After a historial research request we the Navarr national assembly as a matter of national Pride ask for citizens who have information regarding the abraxus stone known as the Vate's Shelter. This was worn by a vate known as Roswen Doublestep and was lost during the reign of Brannan.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (180 - 0)

Judgement 57

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer
• Judgement: The House of the Wanderer encourage all sword scholars to act within Imperial law in the prosecution of their virtuous challenged. With our increased responsibilities comes increased obligation to virtue.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (168 - 0)

Judgement 58

• Assembly: Brass Coast National
• Raised By: Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
• Judgement: Feroz is not lost. It is waiting.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (204 - 16)

Judgement 63

• Assembly: League National
• Raised By: Irada von Temeschwar
• Judgement: The Melfort should be a place of pilgrimage for those who are burdened by sorrow and prevented from virtuous action by that sorrow. The aura there is neither virtuous nor unvirtuous but can aid those who need it by helping them put their sorrow aside.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (202 - 22)

Judgement 64

• Assembly: Imperial Orc National
• Raised By: Chainbreaker Snark
• Judgement: The Imperial orcs are soldiers with a greater cause. We urge them to look towards the same inspiration that Highguard have, and take their matters of warfare with upmost virtue. With Pride we wish to become a new Imperial crusading storm. It shall strike awe into the hearts of the unvirtuous.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (53 - 27)

Judgement 65

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Palladius
• Judgement: The Druh are the greatest threat to Urizen, and should be driven from Zenith.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (130 - 0)

Judgement 66

• Assembly: Imperial Orc National
• Raised By: Bloodcrow Udoo
• Judgement: We, the Imperial Orcs, declare our ambition to claim the Barrens. With vigilance we know when to strike and a such we shall not abandon our allies within the Empire! Upon every battlefield, no matter the cause, and with every action we commit ourselves to in service to the Empire we do mark our intent, reaffirm our Loyalty, and fortify our Ambition to claim the Barrens.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (100 - 0)

Judgement 68

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
• Judgement: The greatest achivement of Empress Lisabetta is her bureaucratic reform of the Empire. The systems she put in place for greater communication between bodies of state and circulation of information have instituted a system of operation very much underpinned by the principles of Wisdom and Vigilance. Other notable projects worthy of Pride such as the fortification of the Empire, constitutional changes, and the Liberty Pact could not have occurred without the foundations she laid down. I hereby name her Lisabetta the Bureaucrat.
• Outcome: No Upheld; Withdrawn by Tribune at the request of the Priest (630 - 203)

Judgement 70

• Assembly: Highguard National
• Raised By: Ruth of the Cenotaph
• Judgement: We are sad to hear of renowned architect Frederick di Sarvos' intention to renounce Imperial citizenship. We feel his loss keenly. The Highborn chapter of the Cenotaph and Empress's Guild the House of Seven Mirrors petition him to reconsider his decision. In her will, Empress Lisabetta desired for a beautiful and useful structure "such that lessons of the past may be remembered by those who are yet to come." As a pilgrim of Wisdom, the Twentieth Empress was much taken with Frederick di Sarvos' plans for the Garden of Atun. We ask him to apply his inspiration and vision to her memorial so that it may stand equal to the tombs of the other august individuals who have held the Imperial Throne. If Frederick di Sarvos wishes to speak to the Cenotaph and the House of Seven Mirrors in Anvil, he would be most welcome. His costs and (??) would be recompensed in accordance with the rarity of his great skills.
• Outcome: Upheld (339 - 16)

Judgement 72

• Assembly: Varushka National
• Raised By: Belakov, Wolf of Echofell
• Judgement: We the national assembly of Varushka call for all Varushkan look to their vigilance and wisdom in remembering the Ways of the Nation's Hearth, from wolves to wards. And that like the Mora, that all are not as they seem. Look to the roads, wards, and hospitality of their own hearth, this message must be spread to all Varushkans in the new territory of Ossium.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (154 - 0); Primacy

Judgement 73

• Assembly: Varushka National
• Raised By: Witold Petrous
• Judgement: We the national assembly call for the Wagon Raiders of Varushka to come and protect Varushkans and foreigners in Ossium and hunt the Druj in the territory.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (198 - 0); Primacy

Judgement 74

• Assembly: Imperial Orc National
• Raised By: Irontide Lok
• Judgement: Imperial orcs be vigilant. No evidence of reincarnation has ever been presented for our kind. Orcs have but one life. To think otherwise will invite apathy and the Howling Abyss. Stay vigilant in our ways. Guide those orcs new to our nation in our ways.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (63 - 18)

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Mandate

The following mandates were passed during the Autumn Equinox. Where there are competing mandates, the one that passes with the largest margin is successful and all other competing mandates are considered to have failed.

Some mandates were upheld by their respective assemblies but failed due to the intervention of the Wisdom assembly and the sword scholars. Judgement 7 (encourage Imperial citizens to find opportunities for cooperation with the eternals), Judgement 17 (encourage citizens to travel to Zenith and offer aid there), and Judgement 52 (encourage Marcher pilgrims to make a pilgrimage to Holberg) were all ineffective as a consequence.

Judgement 3

• Assembly: General Assembly
• Raised By: Genoveva Barossa di Tassato
• Judgement: The Imperatrix called on all her subjects to consider undertaking a pilgrimage - either physical, mental, or spiritual. We send Genoveva Barossa di Tassato with 50 liao to urge every citizen who is able to commit themselves to a pilgrimage of devotion and revelation found in the mandates endorsed by the Synod.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (1624 - 310). Enacted. It will be easier for the Synod to pass mandates following the Winter Solstice.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 7

• Assembly: General Assembly
• Raised By: Galene Netherwatch
• Judgement: We must not subsume our will to inhuman forces, but nor should we fear to act where cooperation with an eternal can support a virtuous endeavour. We send Galene Netherwatch with 100 doses of liao to reassure the people of the Empire that working with an eternal to achieve virtuous end is not idolatry.
• Outcome: Upheld (1367 - 151). Not Enacted. No liao was provided to enact this mandate. It would have encouraged citizens across the Empire to seek out opportunities to cooperate with eternals toward virtuous ends. Even if the liao had been provided, however, as the mandate did not achieve a greater majority, the Wisdom assembly and the sword scholars would have prevented it being enacted.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 10

• Assembly: Navarr Assembly
• Raised By: Corey Wayfarer
• Judgement: The people of Brocéliande stand guard against the vallorn, but they should not sacrifice their future to do so. The curse can be removed, but it will require a great working of magic to do so. We send Corey Wayfarer with 50 liao to urge all the people of the nation to identify ways that we might raise the magical might we need.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (190 - 0). Enacted. This mandate encourages Navarr citizens to seek out ways to help remove Wither the Seed from Brocéliande.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 12

• Assembly: Prosperity Assembly
• Raised By: Bartimaeus of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: The Prosperity assembly believes that it is vital that not only the Sand Fishers but all who deal with them respect the first tenet of Prosperity. We send Bartimaeus with 50 doses of liao to urge both foreign orc and Imperial citizen to set prosperous prices and trade fairly so that all may claim the just rewards of their labours
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (271 - 0). Enacted. This mandate encourages not only the Sand Fishers but those Imperial citizens dealing with them to engage in "fair" trading practices.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 13

• Assembly: Highguard Assembly
• Raised By: Lina of Felix's Watch
• Judgement: We the League National Assembly will not allow this stain to mar the beauty of Holberg, as such we send Lina of Felix's Watch with 25 doses of liao to convince business owners of Holberg to support the efforts to clean the waters of Holmauer
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (748 - 32). Enacted. Every business in each territory of Highguard will see a penalty equivalent to one rank in the following season, but the fouled waters of Holberg will be purified.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 15

• Assembly: General Assembly
• Raised By: Severin Teyhard von Holberg
• Judgement: The Imperatrix called on all her subjects to consider undertaking a pilgrimage - either physical, mental, or spiritual. We send Severin von Holberg with 50 liao to urge every citizen who is able to devote themselves to a pilgrimage of investigation and study to discover what we can about the Howling Abyss.
• Outcome: Upheld (981-676). Margin 305. Not enacted. This is a pilgrimage of the mind, in competition with Judgement 82, which received a greater margin. The mandate would have encouraged people to pursue insight into the Howling Abyss.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 16

• Assembly: Highguard Assembly
• Raised By: Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: The vallorn of Brocéliande remains a threat, as do the Vallorn that lay throughout the Empire. The Highborn National assembly applauds the Courage of our Pilgrims and calls upon all the faithful to redouble our efforts to destroy the greatest spiritual threat faced by the Empire. We send Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower with 50 doses of liao to encourage the priests of Highguard to continue aiding in the fight against the vallorn..
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (752 - 0). Enacted. This mandate encourages Highborn congregations to continue supporting the efforts against the vallorn.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 17

• Assembly: General Assembly
• Raised By: Cimeies of Felix's Watch
• Judgement: The Imperatrix called on all her subjects to consider undertaking a pilgrimage - either physical, mental, or spiritual. We send Cimeies of Felix's Watch with 50 liao to urge every citizen who is able to devote themselves to a pilgrimage of travel and exploration following the trods to Zenith.
• Outcome: Upheld (813 - 442). Not enacted. No liao provided. This mandate would have encouraged Imperial citizens to make pilgrimage to Zenith. Even had liao been provided, the intervention of the Wisdom assembly and the sword scholars would have prevented it having effect.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 24

• Assembly: Urizen Assembly
• Raised By: Maximillian
• Judgement: We must not subsume our will to inhuman forces, but nor should we fear to act where cooperation with an eternal can support a virtuous endeavour. We send Maximillian with 50 doses of liao to reassure all the people of Urizen that working with an eternal to achieve a virtuous end is not idolatry..
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (122 - 20). Margin 371. Enacted. This mandate encourages citizens of Urizen to seek out opportunities for virtuous cooperation with eternals.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 40

• Assembly: Vigilance Assembly
• Raised By: Aneira Exiles End
• Judgement: Vigilance teaches us to seek out the poison in our neighbour’s fields, lest your own crops be blighted. We send Aneira Exiles End with 50 liao to urge every vigilant citizen to remain alert for signs of idolatrous worship of Yaw'nagrah, or reverence of the monstrous vallorn and bring their suspicions to the attention of their priests.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (241- 0). Enacted. This mandate encourages virtuous citizens to actively seek out followers of Yaw'nagrah or those they suspect might have connections to the Heirs of Terunael.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 41

• Assembly: Highguard Assembly
• Raised By: Able the Taller
• Judgement: The empire is our manifest destiny. We send Able of the Shattered Tower with 75 doses of liao to urge every citizen serving in the Highborn armies to be filled with the zeal to virtuously drive the enemy before them
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (610- 14). Margin 596, in competition to Judgement 43. Enacted. This mandate gives the Highborn armies the Crusading Storm special order.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 43

• Assembly: Highguard Assembly
• Raised By: Jada
• Judgement: The Druj are motivated only by their own vile wickedness. We send Jada with 75 doses of liao to urge every citizen serving in the Highborn armies to be filled with the zeal to put these barbarians to the sword
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (391- 217). Margin 174, in competition to Judgement 41. Not enacted. This mandate would have given the Highborn armies the Put them to the sword special order.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 53

• Assembly: Marches Assembly
• Raised By: Landon of Longridge
• Judgement: The miraculous preservation of the Memorial Garden and the Apple Grove are a testament to the {virtue} of General Flowers. We send Landon with 25 doses of liao to encourage Marchers to undertake a pilgrimage to Holberg to view this wonder for themselves.
• Outcome: Upheld (94 - 74). Not enacted. No liao provided. This mandate would have encouraged a Marcher pilgrimage to Holberg, but it was rendered ineffective by the intervention of the Wisdom assembly and the sword scholars.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 61

• Assembly: Highguard Assembly
• Raised By: Yarona of the Chantry
• Judgement: All laudable human qualities have their roots in the seven Virtues. We send Yarona of the Chantry with 50 doses of liao to show people that love and glory are to be celebrated for the ways in which they drive the faithful to greater acts of Virtue.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (522 - 42). Enacted. This mandate immediately removes the penalty affecting Dawnish congregations; Grants one additional liao and two additional votes to Highborn and Dawnish congregations for the next two seasons; for the next year the priests of both nations may gain the chance to support, oppose, or otherwise react to statements and mandates of importance to the other nation.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 69

• Assembly: League Assembly
• Raised By: Ophelia Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
• Judgement: The people of Whittle are not evil, they are misguided. Their hatred of orcs is founded on decades of fighting the Jotun and not just their faith. Their embrace of hatred is no more problematic for civilised folk than the false idols of the Asaveans. As such the League assembly sends Ophelia Sanguineao Rezia di Tassato with 50 doses of liao to offer the Whittle folk sanctuary in Tassato, in the Little Mournwold district that they helped to found. While the people of Tassato accept orcs as citizens of the Empire, there are no orcs vying to become citizens of the League and so the Whittle folk may live peacefully in Tassato Mestra without compromising their beliefs - as long as they accept that preaching the false virtue of Hatred will not be tolerated.
• Outcome: Not upheld (114 - 142). Not Upheld.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 82

• Assembly: General Assembly
• Raised By: Veikko Bondforger
• Judgement: The Imperatrix called on all her subjects to consider undertaking a pilgrimage - either physical, mental, or spiritual. We send Veikko Bondforger with 50 liao to urge every citizen who is able to commit themselves to a pilgrimage of dreaming, to reveal the truths found in their own soul and beyond.
• Outcome: Upheld (719 - 342). Margin 377. Not Enacted. No liao provided. This is a pilgrimage of the mind was in competition with Judgement 15, but received a greater margin. It would have encouraged pilgrims to seek out inspiration in magical dreams.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 100

• Assembly: Urizen National
• Raised By: Aurum of the Nightingale Temple
• Judgement: The Paragon of Blades is the perfect epitome of the Urizeni spirit - pure calculating reason unhindered by emotion or pity. We send Aurum of the Nightingale Temple with 50 doses of liao to encourage every Urizeni to embrace her teachings. Let us bring strength against weakness and victory will be ours.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (154 - 65). Enacted. This mandate further solidifies support for the sword scholars. It will create the opportunity for the Empire to fund the creation of more sword scholar temples across Morrow. In addition their implacable opposition to the influence of the Imperial Synod would make it harder for statements of principle passed by the Assembly of the Nine or the General Assembly to affect Urizen. It would not be impossible - but the impact of any statements would be attenuated.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 124

• Assembly: Assembly of Nine
• Raised By: Sariel
• Judgement: In Wisdom the Synod judges liao trade with the Axos to be an acceptable activity that is neither virtuous nor unvirtuous. We send Sariel of the Shattered Tower with 25 liao to reassure the citizens of the Empire that selling or trading liao with the people of Axos is as virtuous and Prosperous as any other trade.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (8 - 0). Primacy. Enacted. This mandate makes it clear it is acceptable to sell liao to the Axou.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Judgement 125

• Assembly: Assembly of Nine
• Raised By: Ser Ancél Watcher
• Judgement: The practice of Hatred in the Mournwold cannot be tolerated any longer. We send Sister Meredith Stellamaris with 25 doses of liao to lead the Silent Bell in tracking down those whose heart has turned to Hate with the aid of the Grey Pilgrims.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (7 - 1). Primacy. Enacted. This mandate sends the Silent Bell to look into the Whittle situation and report their findings.
• Notes: The opportunity is detailed here.

Evaluation

The Synod made the following judgements of excommunication, inquisition, revocation, and sanction.

Recognition

There were no judgements of recognition during the Autumn Equinox.

Appointment

At the Summit, the following appointments were proposed by the Assemblies of the Synod. You can find the names of citizens who currently hold Imperial titles in the Synod here.

Rewarding

The following judgements of rewarding were proposed during the Autumn Equinox.

The Virtue Fund

The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

Starting Value	Nil
Income	1 Ring	Donation by Lysimachus.
Income	1 Crown	Donation by John of Meade.
Income	70 Thrones	The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
Rewarding	7 Thrones	Rewarding to Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun following Judgement 105 being automatically upheld.
Rewarding	5 Thrones	Rewarding to Livia Cascade following Judgement 107 being automatically upheld.
Rewarding	10 Thrones	Rewarding to Franco i Erigo following Judgement 33 being upheld.
Rewarding	4 Thrones	Rewarding to Meredith Nighthaven following Judgement 39 being upheld.
Income	1 Crown	Donation by Tarquinius Ankarien.
Rewarding	5 Thrones	Rewarding to Aureliana Perpetua Nicasia Saverio di Sarvos following Judgement 136 being automatically upheld.
Closing Value	39 Thrones, 2 Crowns, 1 Ring

Doses of True Liao

Four doses of True Liao were disbursed this summit:

• One dose to Nessetta Constanta by purchase in the Public Auction
• One dose to Viviane de Coeurdefer by decision of the Gatekeepers
• One dose to Tarquinius Ankarien by decision of the Gatekeepers
• One dose to Asher Holt by decision of the Gatekeepers