387YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements
Mandate
Judgement 9
- Assembly: Highborn
- Raised By: Frater Pontius of Adoniram's Testament
- Judgement: Be alert to all dangers; within and without. We send Frater Pontius of Adoniram's Testament with 50 doses of liao to encourage our courageous soldiers to stand apart from these servants of eternals. Seek out falsehood and expose the truth.
- Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (678-12)
- Enacted Highborn soldiers will deliberately keep their distance from any heralds sent to fight alongside them.
Judgement 70
- Assembly: Navarr
- Raised By: Harwyn Eternal
- Judgement: The Terunael city of Hacynian has passed into history, ruined by the vallorn. We send Towlen Nighthaven with 25 liao to urge the folk of Hercynia. To swear an oath that neither they nor their ancestors will seek to rebuild Hacynian. Accept its passing as a sacrifice for future free of the folly of Terunael.
- Outcome: Upheld (223-16)
- Enacted: Kaela will provide her support for the construction of the Grim Pryamid in the Starless Vale.
Judgement 71
- Assembly: Navarr
- Raised By: Teleri Thornweaver
- Judgement: The Virtuous raise up their fellows. Any nation willing to raise arms and join the Vallornguard shall have our full support. We send Brynn Tendfallen with 50 doses of liao to lead our people in sharing everything we have with Urizen to prepare to finish the fight.
- Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (267-0)
- Enacted: Navarr from all walks of life will travel to the named nation looking for ways to help. This will generate at least one opportunity for a new Imperial title to help the Vallornguard prepare for the fight with the enemy.
Judgement 79
- Assembly: Freeborn
- Raised By: Azir i Shartha i Riqueza
- Judgement: Beware the seduction of the false virtue of Anarchy! We send Azir i Shartha i Riqueza with 150 doses of liao to rally the people of the Brass Coast to turn away from those who would revel in false freedoms. Reject Anarchy, lest your virtue be lost! Let virtue reveal the deceiver!
- Outcome: Not upheld (42-96)
Judgement 88
- Assembly: Highborn
- Raised By: Joran of Reikos
- Judgement: Seek out falsehood and expose the truth! We send Joran of Reikos with 25 doses of liao to rally the people of Highguard to use their well-earned skills to find those who betray the people of Sarvos. Let Virtue reveal the deceiver!
- Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (552-0)
- Enacted: Highborn congregations can lecture to citizens to investigate Sarvos.
Judgement 107
- Assembly: League
- Raised By: Viviane Barossa
- Judgement: Seek out falsehood and expose the truth! We send Viviane Barossa with 25 liao to rally the people of the League to use their well-earned skills to find those who betray the people of Sarvos. Let virtue reveal the deceiver!
- Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (552-0)
- Enacted: League congregations can lecture to citizens to investigate Sarvos.
Judgement 116
- Assembly: Marcher
- Raised By: Creighton Blackewater
- Judgement: Pride in small things, Loyalty to great ones. We send Richard with 50 doses of liao to encourage Marcher citizens to settle the land. War is a thrice-ploughed field.
- Outcome: Upheld (144-0)
- Enacted: For one year, Marcher citizens can change a military unit, fleet, herb garden, mine or forest to a farm of the same resource level in the same territory without incurring a cost. Players wishing to take advantage of this opportunity should plot@profounddecisions.co.uk.
Judgement 118
- Assembly: League
- Raised By: Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
- Judgement: Nothing great without cost. We send Frideswide Adelaar van Holberg with 50 doses of liao to encourage League citizens to invest in business. Coin counts and everything costs!
- Outcome: Upheld (230-0)
- Enacted: For one year, League citizens can change a military unit, fleet, herb garden, mine or forest to a business of the same resource level in the same territory without incurring a cost. Players wishing to take advantage of this opportunity should plot@profounddecisions.co.uk.
Judgement 124
- Assembly: Highborn
- Raised By: Exarch Aemon of the Suns of Couros
- Judgement: The Sarcophan folk of Alivetti estates celebrate their enclave, but we must all remain vigilant to the threats it may represent. While they seem to be honest traders, their ways are not our ways, and their faith is very different to ours. Their refusal to acknowledge Imperial law is a challenge to the Empire. We send Exarch Aemon with 25 doses of liao to urge all virtuous citizens who must attend this gathering to keep their wits about them and remain alert for threats within and without.
- Outcome: Upheld (338-54)
- Enacted: Sends a message to the Alivetti estates that while that nation tolerates them, they do not welcome further engagement.
Judgement 158
- Assembly: Imperial Orc
- Raised By: Skywise Rykana
- Judgement: Ambition is much more than lines on a map. We send Jim with 15 crowns to lead a delegation of mystics and shamans to discover more of the ancestors the Karass.
- Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (110-0)
- Enacted: Jim will lead a group of willing orcs in search of information and lore about the ancestors of the Karass.
Inquisition
Writs of Inquisition
The following writs of inquisition were issued this summit:
| Called by | Subject | Judgement or Title | Matter |
| Iniska Ashwood | Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost | Inquisitor of Prosperty | Their Prosperity |
| Maarit Suvidottir | (the Face of) the Earl of Fools | Inquisitor of Courage | Taking True Liao |
| Arvel Tendfallen | Silas of the Cenotaph | TBC | Canvassing against a Judgement at the previous summit |
| Brother Geoffrey Orchard | Ibiss Briarheart | Inquisitor of Vigilance | Spring, its perils & lessons, at the Spring summit |
| Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost | Ser Guy of the Twisted Rose | Imperial Inquisitor | Their dealings with Irra Harah |
| Cato Hypation | Severus of the Blinding Sun | TBC | His creed |
| Vauraus "Prosperity's Forge" Korppitkotka | Natalia "The Falcon" Barossa | Auditor of Senatorial Accountability | Their work as Quartermaster General of the Imperial Armies |
| Galene Netherwatch | Mirella of the Twisted Rose | Arcane Inquisitor | Her work as Archmage of Summer, especially with regards to Knights of Glory |
| Jedediah Boon | Brother Geoffrey Orchard | Inquisitor of Pride | Words and acts of questionable virtue |
| Alfred Eawolfson | Tristan Ramson von Holberg | Basilisk of the Bourse | Virtue and Economics, at the Spring summit |
| Eevi of the Gadrai | Bloodcrow Rasp | Inquisitor of Loyalty | Bonds built across the Empire |
Special Considerations
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Winter Solstice.
| Assembly | Consideration | Link | Duration |
| All Assemblies | Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective. | Eyes of Loyalty | Ongoing |
| All Assemblies | Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail. | Eyes of Loyalty | Ongoing |
| All Assemblies | Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent. | Eyes of Loyalty | Ongoing |
| 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. | Urizen Link Varushka Link | Ongoing |
| All Assemblies | Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Wintermark unless enacted by the Wintermark Assembly. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in the nation, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. | The final cut | Ongoing |
| All Assemblies | Statements that stress the need to follow Imperial law rather than virtue will be unlikely to lead to a mandate. | Knocking on every door | Ongoing |
| League Assembly | No statement of principle raised by the League Assembly that calls on citizens to support a different cause will have an effect. | The war of thorns and flowers | Until Winter 387YE |
| Varushkan Assembly | No statement of principle raised by the Varushkan Assembly that calls on citizens to support a different cause will have an effect. | The war of thorns and flowers | Until Winter 387YE |
The Virtue Fund
At the start of the Winter Solstice 387YE summit, the Virtue Fund stood as follows:
| Money | Mithril | White Granite | Weirwood | True Liao |
| 88 thrones, 15 rings | 6 wains | 8 wains | 16 wains | 1 dose |
Total donations made were:
| Money | Mithril | White Granite | Weirwood | True Liao |
| 65 thrones, 7 crowns, 16 rings | nil | nil | nil | nil |
The total amounts carried forward to the next summit were:
| Money | Mithril | White Granite | Weirwood | True Liao |
| 104 thrones, 11 rings | nil | nil | nil | nil |
Click Expand to see a list of donations received prior to the start of the summit.
- 1 throne, 2 crowns at the counting house of Reikos
- 2 thrones at the counting house of Tassato
- 1 throne, 3 crowns at the counting house of Semmerholm
- 1 throne, 4 crowns at the counting house of Karsk
- 6 wains of mithril, 8 wains of white granite and 8 wains of weirwood from various donations
Click Expand to see a list of Rewardings made at the summit.
- 10 thrones to Ioan Longshadow following Judgement 12 being upheld (margin 1136)
- 5 wains of white granite to Cyrus of Athaliah's Handiwork following Judgement 103 being upheld (margin 458)
- 40 thrones to Laurencio Lemmini di Sarvos following Judgement 8 being upheld (margin 196)
- 3 wains of white granite to Anatolij following Judgement 87 being upheld (margin 194)
- 6 wains of mithril to Xandor Trodbroker following Judgement 121 being upheld (margin 155)
- 16 wains of weirwood to Oleander Ashwood following Judgement 90 being upheld (margin 45)
Click Expand to see a list of donations made during the summit.
- 65 thrones for the Bourse dose of True Liao from Umbar
- 6 crowns from Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
- 1 crown from Berith Martel
- 16 rings in small donations
Doses of True Liao
Six doses of True Liao were disbursed this summit:
- One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as the Throne
- One dose in connection to the Lepidean University to Caleb of the Cenotaph via Judgement 3
- One dose to Umbar by purchase in the Public Auction
- One dose to Ashborn Trosk by decision of the Gatekeepers
- One dose to Ingrid Talon-of-the-Mark by decision of the Gatekeepers
- One dose to Amberlain P. Black by decision of the Gatekeepers
Assembly Strength
The table below shows the size, total voting strength and greater majority thresholds for each assembly as calculated at the start of the summit.
| Virtue Assembly | Assembly Size | Total Voting Strength | Greater Majority Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition | 53 | 742 | 372 |
| Courage | 41 | 492 | 247 |
| Loyalty | 61 | 788 | 395 |
| Pride | 36 | 440 | 221 |
| Prosperity | 42 | 513 | 257 |
| Vigilance | 47 | 532 | 267 |
| Wisdom | 41 | 554 | 278 |
| The Way | 29 | 320 | 161 |
| General | 350 | 4381 | 2191 |
| National Assembly | Assembly Size | Total Voting Strength | Greater Majority Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brass Coast | 15 | 166 | 84 |
| Dawn | 51 | 672 | 337 |
| Highguard | 74 | 940 | 471 |
| Imperial Orcs | 9 | 138 | 70 |
| League | 36 | 514 | 258 |
| Marches | 22 | 250 | 126 |
| Navarr | 43 | 499 | 250 |
| Urizen | 27 | 314 | 158 |
| Varushka | 31 | 398 | 200 |
| Wintermark | 42 | 490 | 246 |
| General | 350 | 4381 | 2191 |