384YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

Overview

During the Spring 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 Spring Equinox.

• All Assemblies: Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective. Lasts until the end of the Summer Solstice 384YE. Link.
• All Assemblies: Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail. Lasts until the end of the Summer Solstice 384YE. Link.
• All Assemblies: Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire would risk causing dissent Lasts until the end of the Summer Solstice 384YE. Link.
• All Assemblies: Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in Urizen, 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. 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 Assembly: for the coming year statements of principle in the Highborn Assembly that do not directly address matters of orthodoxy and false beliefs in the Empire will be significantly less likely to result in a mandate. Lasts until the end of the Summer 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.

Change of doctrine

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

Veto

The veto was not sought during the Spring Equinox 384YE.

Statement of principle

The following statements of principle were presented to the assemblies of the Imperial Synod. Those statements which achieved a Greater Majority will be distributed to appropriate assemblies.

Judgement 2

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Storyteller Goran
• Judgement: As our knowledge of the Way expands and changes, so must the Imperial Synod. A reformation is required to determine how priests attend virtue assemblies/ The ability to perform liao ceremonies does not make a priest. The ability to be dedicated to a virtue does not confer knowledge of that virtue. Belief in the Way, and the will to guide others makes the priest. Dedication to a specific Virtue is not, and should not, be required to preach a Virtue to a congregation. We call upon the Synod to support this reformation - that all priests should be allowed to follow the call of their souls and spirits, and attend the virtue assembly that calls to them.
• Outcome: Upheld, 1063-610

Judgement 8

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Aspar
• Judgement: The virtuous apply what they have learned; Wisdom knows all knowledge is incomplete. Let every word you speak carry meaning; do not use forty when four can do. Wisdom is not always knowing the answer; Wisdom is finding the right question. Test what you learn; only fools accept hearsay as truth. Despise folly and chastise the fool that spreads it.
• Outcome: Upheld, 984-208

Judgement 9

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Galene Nethewatch
• Judgement: The Way teaches us to use what we have, and take action when needed. Many members of the Synod do not use their votes during Anvil summits, instead wasting them and putting the burder of acquiring larger majorities on the rest of us. Thus I propose that those who do not wish to vote during an Anvil summit declare themselves to the Civil Service beforehand, that their votes are eliminated from the total number.
• Outcome: Upheld, 1250-470

Judgement 11

• Assembly: Navarr
• Raised By: Quinn Eternal
• Judgement: We, the guides of the Navarr national assembly, encourage increased sharing of knowledge, tools, and resources with our Highborn siblings to further improve Highguard's effectiveness in fighting the vallorn. Only together can we look to vanquish the vaallron. The Highborn elected in loyalty and vigilance to change a part of their national identity over the course of 382YE. Since then, the Grey Pilgrims have taken up the mantle of walking the trods to aid in the weakening of the vallorn, helping combat the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire. But as a nation, Navarr can offer so much more to both the Grey Pilgrims and the people of Highguard. We encourage all Navarr to seek out and offer their collective wisdom, knowledge, and experience to all Highborn with how to most effectively equip and train themselves to fight the vallorn. This statement is considered to be complimentary to the statement raised in the Highguard National Assembly by Shiloh of the Dauntless Light.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Great Majority, 244-0

Judgement 12

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Shiloh of the Dauntless Light
• Judgement: Siblings of Highguard, we need to listen to and communicate with our colleagues in Navarr and be prepared to fight the Vallorn in the most effective manner possible. When we joined the virtuous fight with the Navarr against the vallorn, we uprooted our citizens in a dramatic change to our nation. Now, the Grey Pilgrims are settled into their new way of life, we need to be vigilant and prepare for the fight going forwards.Navarr are expects in combating the vallorn and we, as Highborn, need to recognise their knowledge and experience and learn from them. We encourage all Highborn to seek out a member of the Navarr and take the time to learn from them the tools and tactics for fighting the vallorn effectively. This statement is considered to be complimentary to the statement raised in the Navarr National Assembly by Quinn Eternal.
• Outcome: Upheld 326-0

Judgement 16

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Chauntecleer Words
• Judgement: The Black Knights embody the ideal that the glory of the deed or occasion takes precedence over the concerns of the individual, and by donning their guise Dawnish can work to exalt others free from considerations of their own renown. This is not limited to just the tourney field, Dawnish should be encouraged to adopt the guise of the Black Knight whenever opportunity exists for them to elevate the splendour of their countryfolk if appropriate. Reciprocally, the Black Knights should be acknowledged for putting aside personal fame for the benefit of all.
• Outcome: Upheld 220-36

Judgement 20

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Preceptor Yevanshka
• Judgement: I issue a spiritual call that echoes the political call of the Liberty Pact: that the total abolition of slavery across the known world is a commitment to all those who walk in Virtue share. Enslavement is a spiritual threat and all virtuous peoples must despise and act against the wicked enslaver and any who enable them to walk with them and do not prevent their foul deeds. To aid or abet this practice, to stand by and allow it, is akin to locking the manacles yourself. Slavery is an affront to virtue.Each of the paths of virtue are travelled through virtuous action. To remove the ability of a person to freely act is to bind them from Virtue. To vommit or to allow to be committed enslavement is to commit a spiritual crime; an unholy act that strikes against the heart of the Way of Virtue itself.
• Outcome:Upheld 1615-50

Judgement 23

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Bloodcrow Udoo
• Judgement: This Empire has a legacy of slavery, but your spirits do not. Take pride in this Empire that we have forged together free from chains. The Imperial Orcs undertake a great endeavour, to build an Ossuary, worthy of pilgrimage. To lay to rest the bones of those orcs who died in chains and fall in battle and welcome those of the Illarawm. We call upon the nations of the Empire to summon their pride andaid the Imperial Orcs in this endeavour. Let us forge an ossuary built with the immense Pride we all share in what this Empire has become, free from chains.
• Outcome: Upheld 1675-90

Judgement 28

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Skywise Fal
• Judgement: I would like to congratulate and celebrate the virtue of the citizens that have brought the former orcs of Axou home to us to start new lives as Imperial citizens. This is how our great Empire expands. This is how we bring the light of Virtue to all. Not through death and destruction, but by rescuing those capable of virtue and bringing them into the fold. By making the Empire the safest most desirable most prosperous place to live in the world. This is how we win. This is how we strive towards a virtuous future.
• Outcome: Upheld 1562-124

Judgement 29

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Silk Splinterspear
• Judgement: I would like to include the following school of thought in the available list of teachings within the way. Inherotism: there are a set number of human souls. On a long enough timeline all human souls will become paragons, and cease to reincarnate. In order for that to happen, established non-reincarnating people (orcs) will need to be there to support human destiny. These non-reincarnating people will inherit the Empire.
• Outcome:Not Upheld, 208-134

Judgement 30

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Bleakshield Rhak
• Judgement: We in the Imperial Orcs recognise the difference between a free person and a slave. We ask that the Empire recognise that a THRALL is a SLAVE.
• Outcome: Upheld, 1276-136

Judgement 32

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Deronica
• Judgement: The Knight of Flowers in an important role in Dawnish culture that has up until now unofficial and unrewarded. The title is one that is informally held in Dawnish culture as a part of the Spring flower festival, the Night of Flowers. Making the role an official national title would preserve it in perpetuity and ensure the official presence of the Knight of FLowers in the ferrying and decoding of flowers, as per their traditional role. The creation of this title would impress on our fellow Imperial citizens the full glory of our Dawnish culture. Therefore I propose the adoption of "the Knight of Flowers" as a national title awarded to a Dawnish citizen.
• Outcome: Upheld 206-50

Judgement 33

• Assembly: Wintermark
• Raised By: Saavi Aanasdottir
• Judgement: Lofyn Bloodcloak should have her name added to the chronicle of heroes. She worked tirelessly to restore the Bloodcloaks Army, leading it since it reformed in 382YE.She entered the bloodcloak schema into Imperial lore, making the knowledge available to all citizens. She sword an oath to return to Sermersuaq with her army which she has fulfilled.She is a hero, by word and deed. Raised on behalf of VeikkoBloodforger, Cardinal of Loyalty.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 348-0

Judgement 36

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Sir Sidlorede Gauvain
• Judgement: The Dawnish National Assembly wishes to recognise Claude Cutter, yeofolk and knight-errant for acts of Pride. At the festival of Richilde, Paragon of Proud, Claude won twenty thrones for her Silverlark's story. From here,she marshalled funding to build the Arbour of Twin Roses, a library of stories of love and glory. Dawn's Pride. She even swayed the Senate when they would have voted against the commission. Her words are her pride; with her words she has won prizes, revealed Hate cultists, inspired senators, and called down texts from the Great Library, and for her quick questions Dawn made her Champioon of Wisdow. We now recognise her for her Acts of Pride.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 292-0

Judgement 37

• Assembly: Imperial Orc
• Raised By: Stormcrow Skred
• Judgement: As a stormcrow, I have an affinity with out seafaring cousins the Freeborn and, as Imperial ORcs, we are uniquely positioned to understand why the people trapped in Feroz - Freeborn and otherwise - must be freed. We urge all Imperial Orcs to assist the Freeborn in any evacuation efforts. We should not be afraid to show any who would be tyrants the virtue behind Courage and Loyalty nor to acknowledge the ambition of the Freeborn. As the examples of Thrace and Emperor Ahraz show us, the virtuous choice is to do what is needed to ensure our cousins live free.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 72-0

Judgement 39

• Assembly: Ambition
• Raised By: Animagus
• Judgement: Despite their unvirtous ways the Iron Confederacy remains olerated. They remain an unchallenged existential threat to virtuous, heroic Imperial citizens of the Empire. To not attempt to eradicate this threat or re-educate those of the Iron Confederacy who we clear(?) or lost of the Way, It is itself unambiguous thus an unvirtuous cult.
• Outcome: Not Upheld, 10-70

Judgement 43

• Assembly: Urizen
• Raised By: Able the Taller of Zenith Ascendant
• Judgement: The Urizen National Assembly recognises the Vigilance of Vincent Vexille, the Ambition of Sejanus of the Scarlet Guard, and the Pride of the Coven, Concordium of Pallas. Through their combined virtuous efforts, a seventh army, the Eastern Sky, was able to join the fight to retake Zenith and begin its restoration, thanks to the casting of the most potent Autumn Ritual currently in Imperial Lore
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 200-0

Judgement 45

• Assembly: Urizen
• Raised By: Verres Amastacia
• Judgement: The Tamazi are keen to learn the ways of magic and Urizen has a Proud history as teachers of the arts to those who request it. Virtuous magicians should seek out those who are eager to learn and make them welcome within Urizen, teaching magic to them, for the mutual prosperity of both the Tamazi and Urizen as a whole.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 142-0

Judgement 48

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Shacklbreaker Thanmir Hrafnar
• Judgement: The Empire was founded with the singular aim to bring the Way of Virtue to all of humanity. To achieve this we must be willing to preach the virtues to those outside the Empire's borders. We therefore encourage Priests of the Way to be inspired by the construction of the Cathedral of the Navigators and to travel to the Sarcophan Delves and preach the way to its people and support the faithful there.
• Outcome: Upheld, 1618-84

Judgement 52

• Assembly: Urizen
• Raised By: Tarquinius Ankarien
• Judgement: Urizen should be proud that its people engage and ask questions about Virtue. We now ask you to turn your minds to considering "what is the right question?" Earnest criticism is a way to build someone up. Asking the right difficult question could lead a mandate bearer to improve how they deliver the mandate or how they preach to their own congregation. Keep questioning, hold us to account and make mandates in the national assembly challenging, but seek questions that will spiritually strengthen our nation.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 176-0

Judgement 53

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Mael Donjeon of House Remys
• Judgement: Dawn has wronged the Great Forest Orcs. We have hunted them like beasts through the trees. The Imperial Senate rejected the first hand they reached out to us, and we turned our armies upon them, massacring them in the Barrens. They could have been allies against our mutual enemies - the great spiritual threat of the vallorn and the great temporal threat of the Druj. They could have been swift scouts and clever guides to bring us through the enigmatic Forest of Peytaht. Together, might we have taken a glorious fight all the way to the Buruk Tepel and the Bitter Sea? Who can say? Instead, the Great Forest Orcs have learned to distrust us, and without them upon our flank, the Druj have taken the Barrens entire. Ignorant of what they could offer, of what we could have been to each other, we have trampled their Pride and besmirched their Worth. Now they dwell beneath the eaves of Therunin, under the protection of the Navarr, the last remnants of a proud tribe. People of Dawn, there is little we can do to make amends for this. But let us now at least show the respect that we should have before, had we known better, had our antecedents seen orcs as more than monsters or slaves. Let us show respect for the Great Forest Orcs, for their lives, their traditions, their way of being, in such ways as our skills and Virtue permit. We cannot redress the wrongs of centuries. We cannot undo what we have done. It is too late for that. But we can say "No more!" and start to rebuild the trust that we lost.
• Outcome: Upheld 202-50

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: Varushka
• Raised By: Anastasaiya Volkov
• Judgement: No priest can tell you who or what to be Loyal to, but can support you in those bonds. We urge pilgrims to know their heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Anastasiya Volkov with 75 doses of liao to warn pilrgims against those who seek to compel their loyalty and urge them to keep faith with those they are loyal to, whatever it takes.
• Outcome: TBC

Judgement 15

• Assembly: Vigilance
• Raised By: Gaelen Embercast
• Judgement: You don't call for the magistrate if your house is on fire. Threshers should deal with sorcerers by any means necessary. We send Gaelen Embercast with 25 doses of liao to remind everyone that the Vigilant despise that which threatens what they watch over.
• Outcome: Upheld 186 - 84

Judgement 31

• Assembly: Killian Mortére
• Raised By: Dawn
• Judgement: Pride demands the sternest measures in battle and crusade. We should stand shoulder to shoulder with our heroic comrades of Highguard and declare deathto the Druj and an ending of their empire. We send Killian Mortére with 15 doses of liao to encourage Dawnish military captains not to go raiding inSkallahn but instead to look east and the close and glorious conquest of the Barrens!
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (266 - 24)

Judgement 46

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Ranae de Rondell
• Judgement: Adelmar the Lion built the first Academy of Arms in Urizen. he knew Ambition transcended considerations of nation, and recognised only commitment to the zeal to be better. This Academy and all those others built across the Empire, shows the importance of leaving a lasting legacy to inspire others. We send Ranae de Rondell with a dose of true liao and four crowns to consecrate the shrine of the armsmaster on the slops of Mount Siluri.
• Outcome: Upheld 1060 - 164

Judgement 49

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Elagabala
• Judgement: The Courageous face unwelcome truths as boldy as a barbarian charge; Zenith needs the power of the armies and military units presently there to effectively establish a beachead. We send Elagabala with 75 liao to encourage those in Zenith to keep up with the virtous crusade begun by the Highborn and show that when strength is brought against weakness, victory is ours.
• Outcome: Upheld 984-176

Judgement 51

• Assembly: Wintermark
• Raised By: Severi Yarlmarison
• Judgement: The Dunsfall sinkole is a threat that needs to be faced by the bravest heroes of WIntermark/ We send Saavi Annasdottir with 25 doses of liao to urge those Winterwolk brave enough to risk the claws of the Trogoni to make a name for themselves.
• Outcome: Upheld 190-0

Judgement 54

• 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 Heilyn Bronwen's Rest with 25 liao to Therunin 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. To look at the forest, docks, and neighbours to fully realise the opportunities at hand.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 240-0

Judgement 76

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Tobias Field
• Judgement: To conquer the Barrens would bring Glory that will never be forgotten in our lifetime, to beat the Highborn to the prize would be a tale so glorious it will echo down the Labyrinth for generations. We send Tobias Field, with 50 doses of liao to urge every Dawnish soldier to embrace the greatest opportunity for Glory they will ever have!!!
• Outcome: Upheld 186-12

Judgement 79

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: Ser Dindrane
• Judgement: As our armies marched gloriously into the unknown when they lead the conquest of Ossium, so our heroes should seek glory in the unknown forests of the north. The wagon raiders of Varushka have shown us that there is treasure in the haunted woods of the Mallum - let us show them the greatest treasure of all: Glory! We send Ser Dindrane with 25 doses of liao to urge every Questing Knight, Knight-Errant, andevery seeker after adventure to test themselves against the Druj in Ossium and the Forest of Ulnak.
• Outcome: Upheld 104-80

Judgement 86

• Assembly: Urizen
• Raised By: Lochias
• Judgement: Wisdom teaches us to despise folly and chastise those who spread it. This raid is folly and we send Lochias with 15 liao to chastise any military captains who contemplate joining it.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 162-0

Judgement 93

• Assembly: Varushka
• Raised By: Father Drakov
• Judgement: Our land leaves us no time for fools or wastrels. We will give hospitality to those who do not have the full support of the Synod, but they can go when morning breaks. We send Father Drakov with 50 liao to urge every Varushkan citizen to heed only those mandates that have earned our respect.
• Outcome: Upheld with Primacy, 236-0

Judgement 94

• Assembly: Varushka
• Raised By: Boyarina
• Judgement: Prosperity tells us to despise the thieving bandit! The boyar of Isember has taken our wealth and betrayed us. We send the Boyarina with 25 liao to urge any Varushkan who can to join us and make the brigands pay the ultimate price.
• Outcome: Upheld with Primacy, 236-0

Judgement 99

• Assembly: Urizen
• Raised By: Aurum of the Nightingale Temple
• Judgement: Do not fear to act; only be shamed by inaction. We send Aurum with 50 doses of liao to spread the world that the Citadel guard has returned to Zenith. Let all who have the Courage to act join our banner - we will not depart this place until the Druj are defeated.
• Outcome: Upbeld with a Greater Majority, 134-26

Judgement 100

• Assembly: Marches
• Raised By: Jenny Arbor
• Judgement: The Empire has heard our anger; if a sorcerer curses the Empire again then Imperial justice will be swift and final. We send Jenny Arbor with 25 doses of liao to urge threshers, landskeepers, and Marchers to deal with sorcerers lawfully and to put their faith in the Empire.
• Outcome: Upheld with Primarcy, 142-0

Judgement 144

• Assembly: Navarr
• Raised By: Meredith Nighthaven
• Judgement: Wisdom teaches us to despisefolly and chastise those who spread it. The Skallahn raid is folly and we send Meredith Nighthaven with 15 liao to chastise any military captains who contemplate joining it.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 186-0

Judgement 151

• Assembly: Brass Coast
• Raised By: Raphael i Zamora i Riqueza
• Judgement: While raiding is a proud tradition of the Brass Coast, Vigilance calls to protect those you care about above all else. We send Raphael i Zamora i Riqueza with 15 liao to encourage the military captains of the Brass Coast to follow the example of Guerra and liberate all those who are held unwillingly in Feroz, instead of raiding for Profit.
• Outcome: Upheld with Greater Majority, 190-0

Judgement 153

• Assembly: Loyalty
• Raised By: Veikko Bondforger
• Judgement: No priest can tell you what to be loyal to. Using the Eyes of Loyalty we endorse the following mandate (99). Do not fear to act; only be shamed by inaction. We send Veikko Bondforger with 25 doses of liao to spread the world that the Citadel guard has returned to Zenith. Let all who have the Courage to act join our banner - we will not depart this place until the Druj are defeated.
• Outcome: Upheld with Primacy, 328-0

Evaluation

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

Recognition

There were no judgements of recognition during the Spring 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 Spring Equinox.