384YE Autumn Equinox Synod judgements

Overview

During the Autumn Equinox 384YE Summit, the Imperial Synod raised TBC judgements.

Considerations

The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Summer Solstice.

• All Assemblies: Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire would risk causing dissent. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. This lasts until some new turn of events changes things. Urizen Link. Varushka Link.
• All Assemblies: No statement of principle that is about Sulemaine i Taziel will lead to a mandate. Lasts until at least the end of the Winter Solstice 384YE and potentially longer. Link.
• Virtue Assemblies: Any statement of principle in any virtue assembly will not create a mandate for that virtue assembly. If any mandate does arise, then it will need to be passed by the General Assembly. Lasts until the end of the Winter Solstice 384YE. Link.
• Highguard and Dawn Assemblies: Statements of principle in either assembly that receive a greater majority may create opportunities in the other assembly. Lasts until the end of the Autumn Equinox 384YE Link.

Statement of Principle

Judgement 4

• Assembly: Wisdom
• Raised By: Aspar
• Judgement: The Synod were unable to unequivocally endorse the five tenets of Wisdom. If we cannot agree on established wisdom then we must reexamine it. If the Synod cannot or refuse to endorse the fundamental principles of Virtue, then either the mechanisms of the Synod are broken and politics and bureaucracy are held higher than Virtue, or the principles themselves are at fault. Virtue is not immutable. We must change our thoughts and actions based on the evidence available. To do otherwise is to stagnate and risk damaging te virtue of the Synod and the Empire as a whole.
• Outcome: Upheld 190 to 78

Judgement 7

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Bartimaeus
• Judgement: The General Assembly recognises Abel, Bursar of Conclave, Zenith Asendant, as Admiral of the Great Fleet sailing forth to cast down the Aerie of the Slave Loreds. A journey of this length, so far into the unknown, will be a battle of logistics as much as it will be a battle of swords. The Bursar is known across Anvil for his Prosperity and administrative acumen. Whether he is chosen as Admiral or not, Abel pledges 60 mana from his personal Prosperity towards the success of this venture. Two mana per fleet captain that pledges to join the raid and enchant their fleet to improve its effectiveness. If you intend to sail to the Aerie, seek out the tent of Zenith Ascendant to claim your share.
• Outcome: Upheld 1133 to 317

Judgement 8

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Fintan Nighthaven
• Judgement: The overuse of primacy should be considered for Abuse of Powers. Primacy is a tool to close judgements when there is demonstrable proof that enough Synod Members have given the issue sufficient consideration. More importantly - it enables Virtuous Acts of the Synod where delays would hinder them. It is not a tool of convenience. Nor is it essential for organised voting by an Assembly. If there is no urgency then there is no need for primacy. Scrutiny allows discussion. It allows those not present to vote. It allows those less confident to object, seek council, or change their vote.
• Outcome: Not Upheld 662 to 774

Judgement 18

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Estella the Wandering Artist
• Judgement: Highguard is working to pay their debts to repair the damage caused by the Hag Queen's petty schemes, however the fractured relations between out nations still needs to be addressed. I propose that during the Winter Solstice of 384YE that our two nations join to observe the Day of the Dead and Reapertide. Thus starting a new area with a grand celebration of pride and loyalty that will shine across the Empire.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 301-86

Judgement 19

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Isaac of the Silent Tide
• Judgement: The loyalties of your empire shall not waiver under the malign influence of the Eternals, least that of the Hag Queen. Highguard and League emerge from the virtuous ordeal of reckoning stronger, as sibling nations. I call upon the people of Highguard to support the plans presented to us last summit by our sibling Estella the Wandering Wayfinder of Holberg. Those plans being that: during the Winter Solstice of 384YE, our two nations join in celebration to mark the historic occasion of the Book of the Dead being hallowed on the Day of the Dead when both our nations remember our fallen. Allow us to share our traditions and remember our dead together. Thus beginning the new chapter of our joined history with clean hands and renewed loyalties.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 550 to 0

Judgement 25

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Addam FLowers
• Judgement: I call for the General Assembly to appoint the Imperial Fleetmaster Ezro i Alvera i Erigo to the position of Raid Admiral against the Aeries of the Slave Lords of Rachnesgrab.
• Outcome: Upheld 529 to 469

Judgement 27

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Konstantin Rabovich Bolotnikov
• Judgement: The Synod reaffirms its position from winter 376YE. Lucidianists and those who follow or teach other aura-averse beliefs within the Way engage in neither heresy not blasphemy when they reject the use of auras. Provided they do not preach in favour of desecration, their beliefs are not in conflict with doctrine.
• Outcome: Upheld 919 to 440

Judgement 29

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Genoveve Barossa di Tassato
• Judgement: For too long, orcs of the Empire have been limited to citizenship in a single nation regardless of their values, ideals, or inclinations. The thoughtful magical scholar and the heroic warrior alike are forced to build their identity solely on their shared heritage of oppression and liberation, while human citizens have the luxury of changing Nation to fit their outlook and circumstances. How can we demand that foreigners bring orcs fully into their nations if we can't do the same? We should preserve the Imperial Orcs' nation and territory, but offer the ability to join any Imperial Nation, if that is their wish. Whether Imperial Orcs, Sand Fishers, or any who may in future vecome Imperial citizens - if they value competition, rules, and loyalty, we will welcome them as citizens of the League. If they understand that everything has a cost, and everything is on show, we welcome them. Be they orc or human, let the audacious, the clever, and the cunning, they should be welcomed into the League.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 292 to 25. Closed early at request of raising priest

Judgement 32

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Alfredo Barossa di Tassato
• Judgement: The pen that was used to sign the Liberty Pact spontaneously developed a Hallowing of the False Virtue of Anarchy. For an object of such historical wright to hold a blasphemous aura is an affront to Empire and its allies and to the Way itself. Genoveva Barossa di Tassato was awarded a dose of True Liao by the Gatekeepers last summit, which she will use to perform a Hallowing on the pen. This will replace the blasphemous aura with one of Pride. We applaud and endorse this decision, recognising that it is made in Virtue. The ceremony will be conducted in the Senate building at 3.30pm on Saturday this summit.
• Outcome: Upheld 1225 to 302

Judgement 33

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Azir i Shartha i Riqueza
• Judgement: Esteban i DelRio Blanco i Guerra, Legendary corsair worked with vigilance during his tenure as Imperial fleetmaster. he would be an ideal admiral for the raid against the slavers of the Rachengrab.
• Outcome: Withdrawn by raising priest.

Judgement 36

• Assembly: Wintermark
• Raised By: Ilhelm
• Judgement: The Priests of Wintermark respect the traditions of our nation and encourage others to respect them too. Specifically the role mystics play in choosing the champion of the Mark. Should it be made an Imperial title the mystics should still choose the bearer. The Stormcrows will not choose the champion of the Mark.
• Outcome: Upheld 287 to 12

Judgement 37

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Tabris, Son of Armisael
• Judgement: Ever since the First Empress passed the Test of Mettle set by King Rodric of Astolat, the nations of Dawn and Highguard have shared a certain friendship and understanding. When the Grey Pilgrims first set out on the trods and began to encourage those they meet to question their beliefs and the beliefs of those who preach to them, it was only fitting that the Dawnish respond in kind. As the shared closeness of our National Assemblies comes to an end, the direct result of the camaraderie of our itinerant priests, we the people of Highguard thank our Dawnish cousings for their Virtue, and anticipate even greater cooperation in the future, as we continue our campaigns to exterminate the Druj and liberate those who are cruelly oppressed by them.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 530 to 12

Judgement 38

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Mael Donjeon of House Remys
• Judgement: Ever since the First Empress passed the Test of Mettle set by King Rodric of Astolat the nations of Dawn and Highguard have shared a certain friendship and understanding. When the Grey Pilgrims first set out on the trods and began to encourage those they meet to question their beliefs and the beliefs of those who preach to them, it was only fitting that the Dawnish respond in kind. As the shared closeness of our National Assemblies comes to an end, the direct result of the camaraderie of our itinerant priests, we the people of Dawn thank our Highborn cousins for their Virtue and anticipate even greater cooperation in the future as we continue our campaigns to exterminate the Druj and liberate those who are cruelly oppressed by them..
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 262 to 0

Judgement 39

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Mercia Chainbreaker
• Judgement: Vote Emilio Ventura for Raid ADmiral to lead the attack on the slave lords of Rachensgrab. He is building an international army and fleet to commit to the assault.
• Outcome: Not Upheld 314 to 625

Judgement 42

• Assembly: Brass Coast
• Raised By: Rocio i Fijadoz i Guerra
• Judgement: The Thule have just outlawed slavery in their nation. This is an immense step in Virtue and should be encouraged. They have done this because they want our help, because they are in danger from the Jotun. We the Freeborn Assembly believe that it is more Virtuous to reward them for their Virtue and provide that aid, than it is to travel to Kahraman to kill wounded Lasambrians.
• Outcome: Upheld with Primacy 174 to 0

Judgement 43

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Redhand Nirak
• Judgement: In Sermersuaq, between the Winter Solstice of 382YE and Spring Equinox 383YE many Imperials fought atop the Atkonartoq lake. During this daring assault on the Jotun lines the frozen lake sheared under their feet. The local hylje saved as many humans as they could but couldn't tell Jotun from Imperial Orc. Now with Sermersuaq reclaimed we ask the hylje to recover the bodies and items of worth from the bottom of the Atkonartoq and return them to us so that we may honour them properly.. After speaking with the Mediator of Hyljehal, Raal Dunn, I come to understand the hylje to be a deeply practical people who will have trouble knowing what items of worth are. I offer myself to work alongside Raal Dunn to help them understand what items of worth mean to us and help recover them. For the Jotun bodies and items of Worth I ask, if the Jotun desire it, we recover them and return them as a sign of mutual respect.
• Outcome: Upheld 1442 to 29

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Mandate

The following mandates were passed during the Spring 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.

Judgement 5

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Mazo Zabala
• Judgement: All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. We send Mazo Zabala with 50 doses of liao to urge every citizens who has wains of white granite, mithril, or weirwood to sell to contribute to the Great Library by offering them to the Advisor on the Vallorn first..
• Outcome: Not Upheld 893 to 1175

Judgement 12

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Alessi di Trivento
• Judgement: The Virtuous apply what they have learned. I send Alessi di Trivento with 25 doses of liao to urge the vigilant and the wise to gather every scrap of information on the vallorn to help establish a centre of learning at the Great Library of Hacynian.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 399 to 0
• Awaiting Liao This will speed the effect of researching the vallorn at the Great Library of Hacynian once it is completed. As detailed in The Bones of what you Believe winds of fortune.

Judgement 44

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Agravain of House Meliora
• Judgement: The Virtuous inspire other to greatness. We send Ser Argavain of House Meliora, Adjutant of the Hounds of Glory, with 50 does of liao to urge the Knight of Dawn to prove to the Barrens that they will do all they can to free those held captive by the Druj, no matter the cost. Let our deeds light this glorious path.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 278 to 0
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will greatly increase the penalty Dawnish armies suffer to take territory in the Barrens as detailed in the Throw back the echoes Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 50

• Assembly: Highborn
• Raised By: Lysimachus
• Judgement: The vallorn represents the greatest spiritual threat to the people of the Empire. We send Lysimachus with 50 doses of liao to urge the priests of Highguard to listen to our allies in Navarr, and to share any insight into the challenges that faces us all.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 368 to 26
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will share judgements between the Navarr and Highborn, allowing the chance to create responses in either nation from the other nations statements of principle as detailed in the The bones of what you believe Wind of Fortune

Judgement 51

• Assembly: Highborn
• Raised By: Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: The virtues demand that we face the greatest spiritual threat faced by the Empire at this time. We send Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower with 75 doses of liao to urge the priests of Highguard to support the attempt to reach Terunael whatever the cost. Let us piece the black heart and thwart its malice.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 346 to 22
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will cause every congregation in Highguard to lose 2 liao and 4 votes in the coming season, but provide considerable assistance to the raid on Terunael. See the The city asleep Wind of Fortune for more details.

Judgement 56

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Rooslan Stanvich Prochnost
• Judgement: The Paragon Zoria represents the unending drive to understand both the self and the world around us. Anyone who walked the twisting paths of the Maze of Zoria knows that it embodies the search for Wisdom. Every follower of the Way should consider a pilgrimage to Mieriada to seek the questions that elude them. We send Illya Nikovitch Volkov with 1 dose of True Liao and 4 crowns to consecrate the heart of the maze in the name of Wisdom.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 1633 to 157
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will consecrate the Maze of Zoria with true liao as detailed in the Three celebrations and a funeral Wind of Fortune for more details.

Judgement 65

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Naomi Felix Watch
• Judgement: Seek out the poison in your neighbour's fields! We send Naomi with 25 doses of liao to urge everyone to turn their focus to the miasma, the tortured souls and the restless dead that are the Druj's legacy in Zenith. Let us uproot this threat before it can spread.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 476 to 56 (margin of 420)
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will cause the Highborn armies to turn their attention from slaughtering the Druj toward rooting out the threat of the orcs from Zenith, as detailed in Into tired shadow.

Judgement 66

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Sela of the Suns of Couros
• Judgement: Consequences are the price of Ambition. We sed Sela with 50 doses of liao to urge every Highborn soldier to commit themselves to the destruction of the Druj Empire, Let us take the fight to their heartland and destroy them utterly. Death to the Druj!.
• Outcome: Not Upheld 74 to 404 (Greater Majority)

Judgement 83

• Assembly: Prosperity
• Raised By: Darian Numbers
• Judgement: There are three things that should never be made: food that goes uneaten, coin that goes unspent and magic that goes unused. We send Darian Numbers with 25 liao to Zenith to urge all prosperous citizens to seek out new opportunities for commerce and development in their lands putting forward their proposals for consideration at the next summit. Take this opportunity for the prosperous to show the Druj we will not be torn down and build back greater and better than ever before.
• Outcome: Upheld with Greater Majority 218 to 13.
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will cause the Prosperous to propose ways that the economy of the territory of Zenith could be improved as detailed in the Apples_from_a_tree#An_Unspent_Coin Winds of Fortune.

Judgement 102

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Belial
• Judgement: Only fools accept hearsay as truth - we seek a future free from the threat posed by the vallorn. We send Silas of the Cenotaph with 25 doses of liao to urge every archivist, curator, and gray pilgrim to create copies of any document relating to Terunael and the struggle against the vallorn. .
• Outcome: Upheld with Greater Majority 218 to 13.
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will urge the Highborn to share documents with the Great Library of Hacynian, speeding their research into the vallorn, if the project is completed. See the The bones of what you believe Wind of Fortune for details.

Judgement 140

• Assembly: Varushka
• Raised By: Nikolovitch Drakov
• Judgement: The Semmerlak is not be trusted. Dho'ula waits in its depths o claim those who foolishly come too close. We send Father Drakov with 25 liao to discourage any Varushkan from foolishly claiming the trinkets left behind by the receding water.
• Outcome: Upheld with Greater Majority 202 to 0.
• Awaiting Liao If enacted this mandate will remove the benefits to businesses in territories belonging to Varushka bordering the Semmerlak, but give Dawnish businesses bordering it an addition 2 crowns as detailed in the Light upon the water.