378YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements

The Imperial Titles of the Synod

At the end of the Winter Solstice, 378 YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by:

Virtue	Cardinal	Gatekeeper / Conscience
Ambition	Bishop Olek of the League	Silent John of the Marches
Courage	Asher of Felix's Watch in Highguard	Agnieszka Katrinova Prochnost of Varushka
Loyalty	Jared of the Suns of Couros, Highguard	Oberon Caeli Rezia di Tassato
Pride	Elka Nadyanova Gremani of Varushka	Samson of Cantiarch's Hold, Highguard
Prosperity	Peter Keeper of Kingstoke, the Marches	Edythe Dunne of Wintermark
Vigilance	Vacant following the demise of Marrok de Carsenere of Dawn	Abraham of the Shattered Tower, Highguard
Wisdom	Agnetha De Rondell of Dawn	Livia Cascade of Urizen
The Way	Beodun Snowlock of Wintermark	Lisabetta Giacomi von Holberg of the League

Other Synod-Appointed Titles

Title	Held By	Appointed By	Renews
High Exorcist	Solas of Urizen	Assembly of Nine	Winter Solstice
Auditor of Senatorial Accountability	Vacant following the demise of Autocephalous Tolya Orbardenko of the League	Assembly of Nine	Until death, revocation or abdication
Imperial Inquisitor	Petra Petrivna Melikov of Vauruska	Assembly of Nine	Summer Solstice
Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial	Ira of Felix's Watch, Highguard	Assembly of Nine	Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication

Appointments

At the Summit, the following appointments were made by the Virtue Assemblies of the Synod:

Appointment of the Cardinal of The Way

Candidate	Votes Received	Outcome
Beodun Snowlock	108 votes	Appointed as Cardinal
Atla	40 votes	-
Shadorak	30 votes	-
Harald Johnson	10 votes	-
Lucifero Figlio	10 votes	-
Cardinal Snowlock appointed Lisabetta Giacomi von Holberg of the League as Conscience of the Senate	-	-

Appointment of the Cardinal of Prosperity

Candidate	Votes Received	Outcome
Ynez di Caricomare	62 votes	Ynez reappointed as Cardinal
Soratio	16 votes	-
Ynez retained Peter Keeper as Gatekeeper	-	-

Regrettably, Cardinal Ynez died on Saturday evening and it was necessary to carry out the appointment process again

Candidate	Votes Received	Outcome
Peter Keeper	30 votes	Peter Keeper appointed as Cardinal
Soratio	20 votes	-
Bertolli	10 votes	-
Edythe Dunne	10 votes	-
Peter Keeper appointed Edythe Dunne as Gatekeeper	-	-

Synod Judgements

At the Summit, the following judgements were made by the Assemblies of the Synod:

Number	Assembly	Judgement	Raised By	Outcome
1	The Way	Appointment of the Cardinal	The Civil Service	Beodun Snowlock of Wintermark was appointed
2	Vigilance	Condemnation of Thelonius Kade for rejection of the Doctrine of Human Destiny	Jon	Upheld 130 - 0
3	General	Rewarding of 10 Thrones to Landan of Applewood Arms for the great personal expense incurred in recovering holy items for the benefit of the Synod	Helena	Not upheld 220 - 216
4	Assembly of Prosperity	Appointment of the Cardinal	The Civil Service	Ynez di Caricomare was appointed
5	General	Inquisition of Thulun Silent Step of the Navarr, and his Coven	Yarrick Ursan	Upheld 450 - 10
5a	General	Escalation of Thulun's Inquisition to Condemnation for Idolatry	Yarrick Ursan	Upheld 322 - 0
7	General	Veto of the Senate Motion to repeal the ban on the use of the Scorpion Sting	Thaddeus	Did not achieve the majority required
8	The Nine	Inquisition of Syn Truthwalker Nighthaven	Marrok de Carsenere	Upheld 6 - 0
9	Ambition	Inquisition of the Architects of the Law of Delegate protection passed Autumn 378 YE	Severin Von Holberg	Upheld 79 - 0
10	-	Judgement was withdrawn by the raising priest	-	-
13	Highguard National	Inquisition of Lucifer, son of Cyrus, at his behest, to show purity of purpose in seeking the Mask of the Visionary, and show that none should fear inquisitions.	Lucifer	Upheld 218 - 0
15	General Assembly	Rewarding of 15 Thrones from the Virtue Fund to assist in the raising of a new army for Dawn in recognition of their ceaseless support of the other nations in reclaiming lost territory	Veli Gar Wulfson	Upheld 73 - 56
22	Prosperity	Election of the Cardinal	Civil Service	Peter Keeper was appointed
24	Varushka	The Revocation of Senator Dusan, Senator for Miekarova. It is the finding of the Imperial Inquisitor that he is grossly unworthy of his position due to a fundamental lack of Virtue, specifically Wisdom	Petra	Not upheld 42 - 28
32	Vigilance	The Condemnation of the four Anarchy Cultists, captured and returned from Miekarova, for the crime of Heresy	Vitomir Vardov	Upheld 136 - 0
33	The Nine	The Recovation of General Olaf of Varushka for disloyal and unwise conduct in the execution of his duties as General	Elka Gremani	Upheld 6 - 0
34	General	A Rewarding as per the dying wishes of Almerich Metri von Temeschwar to reward Arsenio of the Gilded Horn with the sum of three Thrones in recognition of his donation of ilium towards the Banner of the Three Rings to help the people of Wintermark overcome the curse affecting them	Tancred De Rondell	Upheld 323 - 148
35	Highguard	The Inquisition of Abraham of the Shattered Tower for teaching non-Doctrine principles; to take place in Spring on Saturday 3pm, Highguard Chapel	Naomi	Upheld 194 - 0

Statements of Principle

The Imperial Synod made the following Statements of Principle:

Number	Assembly	Statement of Principle	Priest	Outcome
6	General	As Followers of The Way, we have a duty to save souls even at the cost of lives. We support the actions of Urizen in Spiral.	Upheld 393 - 78
11	Highguard National	Providing the grave goods of Empress Britta to an inhuman entity within the Kallavesi Swamp goes against the Doctrine of Human Destiny, insults Imperial Pride, questions Imperial Courage, lacks Prosperity in the waste of Britta's tomb, and lacks Vigilance in agreeing to the demands of an inhuman and unknown entity	Esau of Felix's Watch	Upheld 196 - 0
12	Highguard National	The Nation of Highguard owes thanks to all those who assisted in the safe recovery of Permion the Navigator, Exemplar of Courage.	Asher of Felix's Watch	Upheld 208 - 0
14	Imperial Orc	When I see the Winter Sun battle, it is something for the entire nation to be proud of. I see in the heat of combat, every virtus displayed and it fills my heart with Pride. I feel the Winter Sun are a fine example of orc battle tactics and warfare and that it would be good to share this experience, wisdom, courage and vigilance with others so that our nation, our Empire, can prosper from our Loyalty. Our Ambition should be for all to benefit from our strength and ability, for what is knowledge if it is not used or shared.	Atla	Upheld 10 - 0
16	Pride	The Assembly of Pride would like to recognise the success of the Brass Coast in reclaiming their lost territory	Lilian	Upheld 47 - 10
17	General	Statements of Principle should only make one single point	Wyr of the Navarr	Upheld 196 - 96
18	General	When any person stands for a Synod position, on the judgement form where they put themselves forward for election, they must clearly state any condemnations that have been passed against them	Irada-Catchie Von Temeschwar	Upheld 367 - 70
19	General	The Denigration of a Relic is to be treated as equal to the denigration of the Paragon and is therefore blasphemy	Yael of Felix's Watch	Upheld 186 - 138
20	General	That which is good for the true pursuit of The Way of Virtue is good for the Empire. If revelations on the nature of The Way should come into conflict with the principles of the Empire, it is the Empire that must change	Isaac Carlino di Sarvos	Upheld 319 - 36
21	General	The claiming of souls by the Eternal Kaela must be acted upon by the Conclave	Harald Johnson	Upheld 259 - 56
23	General	In the interests of wisdom and vigilance within the Synod, experimental theologians are encouraged to inform the General Assembly of the results of their experiments	Noah	Upheld 245 - 23
25	Marcher Assembly	It is commonly held that some briar burials taint the land, yet a Marcher must be buried in Marcher soil. These conflict. We declare that this taint is not inherent to briar nature. Instead, it is the product of malign spiritual presences of Hatred and Vengeance, which are encouraged through life as a Marcher Briar. A Virtuous briar can overcome this and, as guardians of Marcher souls, it is our duty to aid them in this. Priests of the Marches must ensure that briars have an appropriate resting place, with dignity. Dependent on local circumstances, suggestions are within the hedgerows, in an orchard surrounded by flowing water, a normal orchard or burial of ashes	Edward Watcher	Upheld 62 - 0
27	General	High Inquisitor Petra stated that "Senator Dusan, Senator for Miekarova, has been found unoworthy of their position due to a fundamental lack of virtue", at 2.30pm on Sunday in a document circulated by Falstino Toliccu von Tassotto, upon her request and payment, before the Synod vote on the matter closed. Three others were named also; some of which were not inquisited directly	Fr Drakov	Outcome needs checking
28	Loyalty	We the Assembly of Loyalty wish to recognize the Loyalty displayed by the fighting citizens of Dawn, the Marches, Navarr, the League and the Imperial Orcs for their successful and valiant defence pf the vulnerable and besieged ritualists at the Battle of Reikos	Oberon Caeli di Rezia	Upheld 113 - 0
29	Courage	Lazarus of Cantiarch's Hold and all our departed brothers and sisters who have fallen in Reikos and have been unable to enter the Labyrinth due to the actins of the barbarian orcs: You have not been forgotten. Have Courage	Nina	Upheld 94 - 0
36	General	The General Assembly does not intend to veto the Senate Motion to address the boggart issue in Morrow	Hector de Rondell	Upheld 350 - 10
37	Vigilance	Naming Vitomir Vardov of Varushka as the priest responsible for coordinating consecrations and exorcisms across Miekarova to act against the Anarchy cultists in that area	Abraham	Upheld 94 - 0

The Imperial Synod did not make the following Statements of Principle:

Number	Assembly	Statement of Principle	Priest	Outcome
30	General	The Synod supports the creation of more priest sinecures to enable long serving priests who have armed their congregations in support of the Empire to continue functioning as priests.	Tarquinius Ankarien	Not upheld 242 - 211
31	General	The role of High Inquisitor is to initially offer recommendations to only the parties that could act on the findings, e.g. a recommendation of revocation of a senator to be given to the relevant National Assembly	Agnieszka Katrinova Prochnost	Not Upheld 330 - 138

Synod Funds

The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

Starting Value	56 Thrones / 3 Crowns / 2 Rings / 5 liao
Income	80 Thrones	The price paid in the Bourse Auction by Dr Ferrero
	5 Crowns	Donation of proceeds from Private Bourse Auction by Xepicotl, Sumaah Priest of Ambition
Rewards	15 Thrones	Rewarding made to Dawn
	3 Thrones	Rewarding made to Arsenio of the Gilded Horn
Closing Value	119 Thrones / 2 Rings / 5 liao

Visionaries

The following individuals received visions of their past lives:

• Nicassia of Phoenix Reach, Urizen
• Archmage Iulian Shatterspire, Urizen
• Twyll of the Eternal Family, Navarr
• Senator Henry Ward, The Marches
• Mordecai of the Suns of Couros, Highguard
• Captain Vraalbuka Straskovich, Varushka