385YE Summer Solstice Synod judgements

Overview

During the Summer Solstice 385YE Summit, the Imperial Synod raised TBC judgements.

Considerations

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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.
Partner of Greatness: The National Assembly of Highguard can submit alternate mandates to mandates presented in any National Assembly. The National Assemblies of Urizen, The League, and Varushka are able to submit alternate mandates to those presented to the Highborn National Assembly. Lasts until the the end of the Winter Solstice 385YE. Link
A Peerless Kinship: The Highborn National Assembly can pass a statement of principle to call on their nation to support Dawn, Imperial Orcs, the Marches, Wintermark, or Varushka. Lasts until the end of the Winter Solstice 385YE. Link

Statement of Principle

Judgement 213

Assembly: Navarr
Raised By: Winifred Blackhawk
Judgement: Heralds of the Cold Sun are travelling the Empire with malicious intent. They are hostile, they are dangerous, they seek to destroy Imperial citizens. Citizens should not engage with them if they are able. Thorns and Vates, assume these entitles are enemies. They have proven powerful combatants. Be vigilant, ~~do not strike first~~
Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (322-0)

Judgement 214

Assembly: Dawn
Raised By: Lucille Balladeal
Judgement: The Cold Sun promises to extinguish all that makes us Dawn; our Love, our art, our glory. We call on the questing knights of Dawn take up arms against their heralds. These are recognisable as being those and similar that attacked the Hards of Astolat
Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (287-0)

Judgement 216

Assembly: Vigilance
Raised By: Lenochka
Judgement: The Cold Sun and its heralds walk among us. The heralds are sashed with blue. Their eyes are pits and they have no mouths. In the hot summer, on the dry ground, cold and ruthless fires are breaking out. They spread the unvirtuous purpose of purity and bring this to our places of great feeling. When they are seen by the Vigilant citizens of the Empire, urge your congregations to run. Do not engage them. Do not let them take one more from us.
Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (270-0), Primacy

Mandate

Judgement 16

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
Judgement: The Highborn Assembly sends Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower with 50 doses of liao to lead the Wayfarers and Pilgrims to Sulemaine's Tomb. We embrace our past and acknowledge that the Sword Scholars once met Wayfarers with the blade. But now we see the commitment from Urizen in their assurance that "Sulemaine's enemies are not our enemies" (Judgement 47, Winter 383YE). They have not been complacent in their words and met our Grey Pilgrims with spiritual debate. Inspired by Sulemaine's example, we will test what we've learnt and continue inspiring excellence in each other. As such, we have come to bear witness to Urizen's decision and spread word of it through Highguard.
Outcome: Upheld (443-265) this was a margin of 178
Enacted: The mandate ensures that everyone in Highguard will be aware that Urizen have been venerating someone who is widely considered to be murderous villain among the Highborn. It will likely result in a strongly negative response from the citizens of Highguard towards Urizen as a whole. As detailed in the Deepest Cut Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 28

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Isaac of Silent Tide
Judgement: Vigilance teaches us to seek out falsehood and reveal the truth. We send Isaac of the Silent Tide with 50 doses of liao to urge the unconquered and the priests of our nation to help the Seventh Wave root out the poison in our fields.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (834-0) this was a margin of 834
Enacted: For the next year the Seventh Wave will be able to root out a Grendel espionage ring from a Highborn territory by issuing the Guard the Gates order while in that territory. As detailed in the Rings and Crowns Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 31

Assembly: Dawnish
Raised By: Starac Orzel
Judgement: We have aimed high and pursued our dreams, now they are within our grasp at last. We send Starac Orzel with 50 doses of liao to urge Dawnish citizens to come to the Barrens and help rebuild this broken land. Cleave to what you know is true, even where others wish you to doubt..
Outcome: Failed (66-189)

Judgement 56

Assembly: Marcher
Raised By: Friar John of the Mourn
Judgement: Consequences are the price of Ambition. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 50 doses of liao to urge every citizen to contribute what resources they can spare to support the creation of a new Holy City at Bastion. Let our virtue echo through history for a thousand years.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (170-30) this was a margin of 140
Enacted. The Marches will find what white granite and funds they can spare and donate them to support the construction of a sacred city in Bastion. Every Marcher territory that is affected by this mandate will donate 4 wains of white granite and 8 crowns to support the commission each season for the next year. For the same period if it impossible to use a mandate to urge the Marches to support another commission or similar project that needed help. Any mandate in the Imperial Synod that urged Marchers to provide financial support to a different commission or cause will fail to affect the nation. Likewiseany statement of principle in their national assembly that asks the nation for their support in this way will fail to produce a mandate. As detailed in the Blood will thicken Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 57

Assembly: Urizen
Raised By: Lochias of Oblivion's Edge
Judgement: The Virtuous build up their fellows. We send Lochias of Oblivion's Edge with 50 doses of liao to encourage those Urizen magicians who with to stay to embrace a new future in the League. Let us share our values with them and make Apulian a city founded on philosophy, learning, and a vision for a better future.
Outcome: Failed (22-171)

Judgement 59

Assembly: Marcher
Raised By: Brother Geoffrey Orchard
Judgement: Better seek out the toadstool before it poisons the cattle. We send Brother Geoffrey Orchard with 25 doses of liao to encourage pilgrims of Vigilance who visit the consecrated orchard of Benson the Bellringer at Pickham to seek out the poison in their neighbour's field.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (162-0) this was a margin of 162
Enacted.Citizens of Upwold who are dedicated to Vigilance will start to proactively seek out blasphemers, desecrators, heretics, idolators, traitors, and other threats in the territory. Within six months the civil service would be able to compile a report of all active dangers in the territory of Upwold and present it to Martin Orchard or his proxy, at the Winter Solstice 385YE. If a position was created that was responsible for leading and guiding the National Assembly then the report would instead be delivered to them. Assuming there is anything going on. As detailed in the Pruning shears Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 67

Assembly: Urizen
Raised By: Lepidina
Judgement: All that is worthwhile is shared only with those who deserve it. The League has taken Spiral and even now discusses abandoning it's name and history. We send Lepidina with 50 liao to encourage citizens of Urizen to refuse to share the secrets of the block or provide any other aid to the League until they prove they are more than the pretty opportunists.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (358-0) this was a margin of 358
Enacted. The Urizen of Spiral will refuse to share the secrets of the Block with the other residents of the territory; any construction will require blocks of mithril. The deliberate prevention of aid also sees any taxation gained from the territory dramatically drop as food and other supplies would need to be brought in via ship. As detailed in the Fate of the many Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 74

Assembly: Dawnish
Raised By: Ser Dindrane
Judgement: Pride exalts and uplifts those who have been laid low by the wicked; we come to the Barrens not to conquer, but to liberate and restore those who have been trod underfoot by the Druj. We send Ser Dindrane with 50 doses of liao to urge Dawnish citizens not to settle beyond Dawnguard, but to rather put their words, steel, and coin to the cause of protecting and aiding the many inhabitants of the Barrens who have thrown of the yoke of the Buruk Tepel.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (233-46) this was a margin of 358
Enacted. those who had hoped to return to the lands they lost when they fled the Barrens will regain their estates in Dawnguard, but new settlers will hold back. There will be no benefits to Dawnish army support or to those looking to move to the Barrens, but it will ensure that the current hostilities with the septs who live here do not get any worse. It will shift the focus of the Dawnish in the Barrens towards appeasing the septs living there and will create an opportunities for ways the Dawnish might help and support the various factions. As detailed in the A glorious victory Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 75

Assembly: Wintermark
Raised By: Cynerik
Judgement: Wisdom knows all knowledge is incomplete. We don't know what fate might befall us if Yulia Kasimiova Voronov enters the Sovevann, but we are not cowed by uncertainty. We send Cynerik with a single dose of liao to inter her body alongside those of Wintermark's greatest heroes.
Outcome: Withdrawn

Judgement 76

Assembly: Freeborn
Raised By: Maria i Espiri i Guerra
Judgement: The battle at Braydon's Jasse was hard fought and we honour the courage of those who remained behind to face us. We send Maria i Espiri i Guerra with 25 doses of liao and 5 thrones to urge the people of Kahraman to raise a burial mound over the dead Jotun. Our traditions are what define us, we believe all should be offered the opportunity to follow those traditions, especially in death.
Outcome: Upheld (150-16) this was a margin of 134
Enacted: The bodies of the orcs who fell in the Battle of Fort Braydon, their weapons, and their armour will be gathered and a burial mound in the Jotun style raised over them not far from the site. It will earn a degree of grudging respect from the Jotun, though it won't completely erase the impact of the deaths inflicted in the recent Winter magic-fuelled rampage carried out by the Freeborn army (the Jotun are known to view ritual war magic that increases casualties as beyond the pale for any civilised foe). In addition in encourages Freeborn to recognise the traditions of all their enemies, within reason. They would be unlikely to try learning and supporting the customs of the Druj but they would endeavour to recognise the traditions of other enemies. As detailed in the Questions of virtue Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 84

Assembly: Urizen
Raised By: Clytemnestra
Judgement: Despise the thieving bandit and those who take without giving. We send Hector of Tropaion with 50 doses of liao to encourage citizens of Urizen to remain apart from Apulian until a reckoning is agreed upon.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (330-0) this was a margin of 330
Enacted: The Urizen who currently reside in Spiral will remain, keeping to themselves in enclaves. Some of the spires and citadels will take up weapons and secede from the Empire, eventually claiming regionsf or themselves. As detailed in the Fate of the many Wind of Fortune.
'Notes: See also Judgement 127.

Judgement 90

Assembly: Urizen
Raised By: Galene Netherwatch
Judgement: The virtuous do not fear to act, and face unwelcome truths boldly. We send Galene Netherwatch with 10 doses of liao to provide support to the botanists of the Bleak Tower and help them face their fears.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (358-0) this was a margin of 358
Enacted. Helps empower those botanists of the Bleak Tower afraid to return to Zenith. If the Gardens of Pallas are rebuilt, some of the horticulturalists living at the Bleak Tower would move there, and offer their expertise. If the Gardens of Pallas were not commissioned, it would still offer spiritual support to the Zenith refugees living at the Bleak Tower, but would have no game effect. As detailed in the Restoration and renewal Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 92

Assembly: League
Raised By: Liliana di Sarvos
Judgement: Strive, toil and claim the just rewards of your labours. We send Lia Adelaar von Holberg with 50 thrones to lend to the Sand Fishers with which to buy the resources they need. No one knows what the morrow holds, but in this case it is a little under 8%.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (445-0) this was a margin of 445
Enacted. Lia AdelaarvonHolberg has lent 50 Thrones to the Sand Fishers, and will receive loan repayments from the orcs of 351 rings a season for the next ten years. The Sand Fishers will be able to complete their sawmills in Holberg. As detailed in the Half-time scoreWind of Fortune.

Judgement 94

Assembly: Dawnish
Raised By: Earl of Fools
Judgement: Our long toil to free the Barrens is complete, now we must claim the just rewards of our labours. We send Aramis du Froste with 50 doses of liao to urge our countryfolk to enjoy the fruits of our labour today.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (237-22) this was a margin of 215
Enacted. The focus of Dawn will turn inwards. The Dawnish people will relax their long vigil, satisfied that the Druj are beaten for now and the Barrens is freed. They will turn back to home and seek out ways to build up all of Dawn. It will turn the triumph in the Barrens into opportunities to make Dawn more prosperous. As detailed in the A glorious victory Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 101

Assembly: Urizen
Raised By: Able the Taller
Judgement: Strive, toil, and claim the just rewards of your labours. We send Bartimaeus of Zenith Ascendant with one dose of true liao to consecrate the Crucible of Fate to the virtue of Prosperity, to remind all who work there with no reward is beyond our reach if we strive for it.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (298-10) this was a margin of 288
Enacted. Apermanent stream of architects and crafters will visit the Crucible of Fate in Zenith, as well as merchants who come to trade there. The Architect of the Crucible gains access to additional, themed ministries. As detailed in the Fate and function Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 112

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Brother Aemon
Judgement: Highborn! Our Marcher siblings have vigilantly raised the cry to defend our great Empire from the malignant operatives of the Whisper Gallery. We send Brother Aemon with 50 doses of liao to urge Highborn inquisitors and magisters to take inspiration of our Marcher siblings. Our nation's bed rock is founded on human destiny, the parasites of the Whisper Gallery will not stop our realisation of the fact!
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (700-0) this was a margin of 700
Enacted: Inquisitors and magisters work to seek out the cultists of the Whisper Gallery in Highguard. Every mana site in Highguard will suffer a loss of one crystal mana each season until the start of the Winter Solstice 385YE but at the end of it would see the Highborn magisters and inquisitors have a chance at ensnaring a major agent of the Whisper Gallery in Highguard. As detailed in the Pruning shears Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 114

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Wildfyre of Balthazar's Vineyard
Judgement: Let us build up our fellows. We send Wildfyre of Balthazar's Vineyard with 25 liao to urge Highborn and Varushkan citizens to share what weapons and armour they can to spare the Dreamers of the Dark Forest. All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it.
Outcome: Upheld (351-164) this was a margin of 187
Enacted. Citizens of Highguard will support the defence of Ossium by providing the Dreamers with any weapons and armour they can spare - as the Highborn once provided weapons and armour to the Imperial Orcs. For the next year, military units from that nation will be able to undertake the action to Train the Dreamers to train them how to use the new arms they have been given. If the Imperial Senate pass a motion declaring it is acceptable to arm the Dreamers and either Varushka or Highborn chose to arm them then the region would no longer be under threat. As detailed in the Culling the threat Wind of Fortune.
Note: While the mandate attempted to urge Varushkan citizens to share weapons, it was raised in the Highborn assembly and has no ability to effect them. Even if it had, because it didn't achieve a greater majority, it would have been questioned and ultimately ignored by the Varushkans.

Judgement 121

Assembly: Imperial Orc
Raised By: Skywise Rykana
Judgement: We are loyal to the core. As other septs to join us, we must never forget our own proud history. We send Skywise Gralka with 10 doses of liao to encourage all Imperial Orcs to embrace a new name as we become the Sunstorm sept.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (74-26) this was a margin of 48
Enacted: a new identity will be forged among Imperial Orcs for those who embraced the idea of being part of the Sunstorm Sept, with all the Proud history that that name implies. By next year, the Imperial Orcs will be home to several distinct Septs. It will also beg another question: is now the time for the descendants of Thrace to find a new name for their entire nation? As detailed in the A lost king Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 125

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Eli of the Cenotaph
Judgement: The holy city of Bastion is extraordinary, but nothing is beyond our grasp. We send Eli of the Cenotaph with 75 doses of liao to urge every citizen of Highguard to support this, and only this, until all the materials are provided.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (639-0) this was a margin of 639
Enacted. This removes the benefit of a previous mandate, focusing all attention on the sacred city. None of the chapters will have materials to spare to support any other commission. Highguard will donate 25 wains of white granite and 50 crowns every season to pay for the construction of the new holy city, until the work is complete. Such devotion is not without cost however. Everything Highguard can spare will be devoted to this extraordinary project - there would be no resources available for other plans. As detailed in the Blood will thicken Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 127

Assembly: Loyalty
Raised By: Veikko Bondforger
Judgement: The Loyalty assembly sends Mazo with 25 liao to support the Urizen national assembly in their efforts to aid the Spiral Urizeni with the mandate reading: Despise the thieving bandit and those who take without giving. We send our priest with 50 doses of liao to encourage citizens of Urizen to remain apart from Apulian until a reckoning is agreed upon. The role of the Loyalty assembly in this is to reassure people that the Empire does not intend to endorse their destruction and to keep open the channels of communication necessary for a reckoning to be agreed upon. There is a future in which this results in stronger bonds within the Empire and it is upon those dedicated to Loyalty to achieve this.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (466-0) this was a margin of 466
Enacted: The Eyes of Loyalty will support Judgement 84.
Notes: The second half of the mandate will have no effect. It is not possible to define the role of the Loyalty assembly in this way with this power.

Judgement 138

Assembly: Pride
Raised By: Harwyn Eternal
Judgement: The virtuous inspire others to greatness. We send Eska Crowspeaker with 75 doses of liao to urge priests to engage with the Hylje to learn their ways to discover if we might bring them to the Way.
Outcome: Upheld (268-0) this was a margin of 268
Enacted. Sends Pride assembly priests to visit with the hylje and learn about their religion. As detailed in the Tooth by tooth Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 139

Assembly: Freeborn
Raised By: Rocio i Fijadoz i Guerra
Judgement: The Sumaah are our allies and we are united by our shared love of Zemress. We send Rocio i Fijadoz i Guerra with 50 doses of liao to urge the corsairs to thwart the Asavean blockade of the Sumaah coast. Harass their warships to let the traders reach the port of Zemeh!
Outcome: Upheld (105-0) this was a margin of 105
Enacted.Freeborn corsairs will be urged to fight the Asaveans in Sumaah coastal waters, to help break the blockade. This will remove the penalty to trade with Zemeh experienced by Imperial traders. This will also create an adventure for corsairs, called Thwart the Blockade. As detailed in the Questions of virtue wind of fortune,

Judgement 148

Assembly: League
Raised By: Emil Radana von Temeschwar
Judgement: All citizens should know the name of those who helped end the Vyig. We send Emil Radana von Temeschwar with 25 doses of liao to encourage citizens who prospered from their actions to reward these people for their work.
Outcome: Upheld (209-0) this was a margin of 209
Enacted. The Silver Rook Carta will publish their list of the folk who - in their eyes - have worked to decisively bring an end to the legacy of the vyig. As detailed in the Battle crie Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 151

Assembly: Marcher
Raised By: Aliss Thorn
Judgement: The prosperous are not selfish and the proud proclaim their virtue by actions not words. Let every Marcher yeoman and steward welcome to the orcs of the Mournwold, and treat them as they would any other young Marcher seeking hard work and fair pay. We send Aliss Thorn with 75 doses of liao to ensure everyone knows that it is our ambition to make one people out of two, and a job that never gets started never gets finished.
Outcome: Upheld with a greater majority (200-0) this was a margin of 200
Enacted. Welcomes the Mournwold Orcs to visit the northern Marcher territories. As detailed in the Sense and sensibility Wind of Fortune,

Judgement 163

Assembly: Varushkan
Raised By: Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
Judgement: Let us build up our fellows. We send Anatolij Paukov Zorkin with 25 doses of liao to urge Varushkan citizens to share what weapons and armour they can spare to arm the Dreamers of the Dark Forest. All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it.
Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (336-10) this was a margin of 326
Enacted. Citizens of Varushka will support the defence of Ossium by providing the Dreamers with any weapons and armour they can spare. For the next year, military units from that nation will be able to undertake the action to Train the Dreamers to train them how to use the new arms they have been given. If the Imperial Senate pass a motion declaring it is acceptable to arm the Dreamers and either Varushka or Highborn chose to arm them then the region would no longer be under threat. As detailed in the Culling the threat Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 187

Assembly: Marcher
Raised By: Henry Fletcher
Judgement: Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Henry Fletcher with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Bregasland know that this is the land of the Strong Reeds, and they will never abandon it.
Outcome: Withdrawn

Judgement 190

Assembly: Marcher
Raised By: Brother Marcher Orchard
Judgement: We are at war with the Whisper Gallery, and anyone who helps them must be rooted out. It falls to the threshers to harvest this field of sorcerers. We send Brother Martin Orchard with 50 liao to urge the threshers to turn their full attention on agents of the Whisper Gallery, and deal with them using whatever tools are necessary. Shriving and clemency will both be available whenever they are needed.
Outcome: Upheld (134-10) this was a margin of 124
Enacted: Inquisitors and magisters work to seek out the cultists of the Whisper Gallery in the Marches. every mana site and farm with a monolith in the Marches will lose one crystal mana from its production each season until the start of the Summer Solstice 385YE. It will also hopefully encourage threshers who visit Anvil to turn their attention on their fellow Imperial citizens, scrutinizing them for signs of Whisper Gallery corruption and doing whatever is needed to deal with them once they are identified. As detailed in the Pruning shears Wind of Fortune.

Judgement 195

Assembly: Highborn
Raised By: Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth
Judgement: The vigilant prepare for malice, lest malice takes us unawares. We will stand with the Freeborn to defend their homes and march with them as they take back what has been lost. We send Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth with 75 liao to urge the people of Highguard to support our Freeborn cousins in the coming war.
Outcome: Upheld (590-52) this was a margin of 538
Not Enacted. No liao was provided.

Alternative Mandates

Prior to the summit, the following alternative mandates were proposed by members of the Synod.

Member	Link to mandate	Notes
Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer	The deepest cut
Aspar	The deepest cut
Lochias Of Oblivion's Edge	The deepest cut
Elagabala	The deepest cut
Hazelelponi	The deepest cut
Konstantin Rabovich Bolotnikov	Pride and prejudice	A use of Partner of Greatness for the Varushkan Assembly
Velko Perunovich Razoradze	Pride and prejudice
Maria i Espiri i Guerra	Questions of virtue
Luca i Taziel i Riqueza	Questions of virtue
Soratio i Del Toro i Guerra	Questions of virtue
Tabris, Son of Armisael	Questions of virtue	A use of Partner of Greatness for the Highborn Assembly
Ser Dindrane	A glorious victory
Sam Wych-Elm	Welly boots
Dinah of Jeremiah's Welcome	Rings and crowns	A use of Partner of Greatness for the Highborn Assembly
Able the Taller	The fate of the many
Hector of Tropaion	The fate of the many
Martin Orchard	Pruning shears
Aemon of the Suns of Couros	Pruning shears	A use of Partner of Greatness for the Highborn Assembly