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2020-05-09T09:20:42Z

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Isobel. Sometimes fixes typos. Mostly updates [[Seer of the Gateway#Publication_2|the Echoes of the Labyrinth uploads]].

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2020-05-09T09:20:11Z

Bluebottle:

Isobel. Sometimes fixes typos. Mostly updates [[Seer of the Gateway#Publication|the Echoes of the Labyrinth uploads]].

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2020-05-09T09:19:50Z

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Isobel. Sometimes fixes typos. Mostly updates [[Seer of the Gateway#Publications|the Echoes of the Labyrinth uploads]].

Seer of the Gateway

2019-07-07T09:39:30Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */ Update Echoes of the Labyrinth with vol 6a-6b

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
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When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.

===Publication===
The Seer of the Gateway is expected to compile and publish accounts of Imperial True Liao vision. During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Imperial Senate agreed to pay to [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|distribute]] copies of these documents to every foreign nation with which the Empire trades. This decision was [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|amended]] to exclude the [[Iron Confederacy]].

==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.

During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Senate agreed to [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions|fund the distribution]] of Echoes of the Labyrinth to foreign nations - or at least to the nations the Empire trades with. Some foreign nations have received the volumes enthusiastically, some a little less so. Details of the somewhat mixed response can be found [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions#Distribution|here]].
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|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
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|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/8d/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1.pdf Volume 1]
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|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/4/45/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2.pdf Volume 2]
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|Winter 378 YE - Autumn 379 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/7/75/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_3.pdf Volume 3]
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|Winter 379 YE - Autumn 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/f/f9/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_4.pdf Volume 4]
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|Winter 380 YE - Autumn 381 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf Volume 5]
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|Winter 381 YE - Spring 382 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth6.pdf Volume 6a-6b]
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File:EchoesoftheLabyrinth6.pdf

2019-07-07T09:37:59Z

Bluebottle: Echoes of the Labyrinth volume 6a-6b.

Echoes of the Labyrinth volume 6a-6b.

382YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements

2019-06-09T19:32:53Z

Bluebottle: /* Judgement 26 */ Dinah is from Jeremiah's Welcome (fixing typo)

{{CaptionedImage|file=Synod_Paperwork.jpg|caption=Ninety-three [[judgement|judgements]] were raised by the [[Member_of_the_Synod|members]] of the [[Imperial Synod]]|align=right|width=450}}
==Overview==
During the Winter Solstice 382YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 93 [[judgement|judgements]].

==Change of doctrine==
No [[change of doctrine]] was proposed during the Winter Solstice summit.

==Veto==
The [[veto]] was not sought during the Winter Solstice 382YE.

==Statement of principle==
The following [[statement of principle|statements of principle]] were presented to the assemblies of the Imperial Synod. Fifteen of these statements achieved a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]], meaning they will be distributed to appropriate assemblies.
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===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lev Unbound
* '''Judgement:''' Exemplars provide inspiration by their Virtuous deeds. Recognition of such persons by the Synod is not an exaltation, we must not worship or venerate them. Rather we should look to their lives and deeds and seek inspiring examples of Virtue applied in practice. Seeking inspiration in virtuous deeds of an Exemplar is not subsuming our will or our destiny.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1153 - 210)

===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' We join our voices with Veikko Bondforger to condemn Almodin Oktístis, the "Asavean Architect". His inclusion of blasphemous and idolatrous iconography in large scale constructions is an affront to Imperial Pride, which we ought to proclaim in every aspect of our lives.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (262 - 0)
===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen National
* '''Raised By:''' Alcuin of the Auric Horizon
* '''Judgement:''' Following a national debate on the subject it is the position of Urizen that: any individual dedicated to the principles of Urizen who wishes to join the nation should be considered be they human or orc.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (89 - 0)
===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Cimeies of Felix's Watch
* '''Judgement:''' The Imperial Synod recognises that orcs can have virtue but to exalt them as exemplars is to venerate an inhuman soul and thus idolatry. Exemplars are on the path to paragonhood and should be exalted as inspirations to those who come after them. We call for virtuous orcs to be referred to as such rather than exemplars.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (365 - 951)

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' Way Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' The Way Assembly recognises that the humans that travel with the Great Forest orcs are people who have been entrapped by the false virtue of Freedom. To do nothing to address this, to simply shun them would be to ignore the principles of Ambition, Courage, and Vigilance. The Assembly calls upon priests of the Empire to encourage civilians to be guarded against their heretical beliefs, but welcoming to them as people and offer them hospitality, where we will find means to bring them to Salvation, bringing the back into the Way and the Empire. The Way Assembly calls for a citizen to be nominated to take this message and the inspiration that virtue brings over the coming seasons.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (83 - 0)

===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Martin Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' We hold that Inquisition is an essential part of the Synod. It is the means by which we uncover truth. It is the means by which we exonerate and laud those who deserve it, and we do so in public. It is the means by which we challenge those unvirtuous who threaten the souls of all Imperial citizens. it is vital that due process of Inquisition be respected and supported by Synod. A judgement of Sanction should only be raised following an Inquisition, that priests may bear witness to the truth. Support your inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (684 - 17)
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen National
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise and thank the Generals of the League, Highguard, and Varushka for their Loyalty to Urizen in this time of need.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (78 - 0)
===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Medea Ruth
* '''Judgement:''' Medea Ruth's dog is a loyal and virtuous creature. Dog-ri Druj-bone is a highly trained assistant field physick. He has saved many Imperial lives by aiding Medea Ruth in finding and treating and evacuating patients in the face of the Druj invasion of Urizen. The dog was recently injured in defending Medea Ruth from Druj. The dog works tirelessly to his utmost to aid Medea Ruth. We recognise the dog's Loyalty. Virtuous dog.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (143 - 863)
===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Anaasdottir
* '''Judgement:''' Slavery is abhorrent and should be stamped out. No slave can truly follow virtue as their will is not their own - they cannot be Proud, Ambitious, or Loyal if they are bought and sold. An opportunity has arisen to strike the Grendel in Mareave and free up to 2000 slaves. The independent captains who take this action should be commended for their virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (823 - 294)

===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Zastyt the Feeder
* '''Judgement:''' The synod urges the virtuous citizens of the Empire to tear down all idolatrous statues and show Sumaah that we are true pilgrims of the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (566 - 355)

===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn National
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Ancel Watcher
* '''Judgement:''' We are the glorious heart of the Empire and the fire of our virtue is warmth to our friends and ruin to our enemies. We urge troubadours to venture forth to Ossium to bring tales of virtue and glory to burn away the lingering dread imposed by the verminous Druj. "''Troubadours to Ossium go / Let tales of virtue and glory grow / And in the light of Dawn they'll know / The Way now through this land shall flow.''"
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (126 - 0)

===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Clarice Novarion
* '''Judgement:''' The path of courage tells us to despise cowardice, not to inspire it. The use of torture, and cruel tactics, is predicated on inspiring terror and cowardice in the victim and in all who witness such atrocity. The assembly of Courage condemns the use of such tactics.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (128 - 20)

===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Gilah of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' Pilgrims visiting the shrine of the exemplar Zemress at Calvos Sound in the Brass Coast who are dedicated to the Way should be allowed to conduct their pilgrimage in safety regardless of their country of origin.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1115 - 0)

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Lilith of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' Pilgrims visiting the shrine of the exemplar Zemress at Calvos Sound in the Brass Coast who are dedicated to the Way should be allowed to conduct their pilgrimage in safety, regardless of their country of origin.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (76 - 0)
===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Lina of Felix's Watch
* '''Judgement:''' The Highguard Assembly urge those of all nations who are questioning their beliefs to turn to discussion with the Grey Pilgrims, not those of Foreign Nations or Idolatrous or Heretical beliefs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (392 - 40)

===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Mechior of Adina's Charge
* '''Judgement:''' Courage teaches us to despise that which leads to weakness and inaction. Pride teaches us to inspire others to greatness. Torture tears others down. Torture inspires fear and inaction. Our actions affect not only our own virtue but that of everyone we meet and who hear our stories. Torture is antithetical to the virtues of Pride and Courage and thus we condemn it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (204 - 80)
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' Brass Coast National
* '''Raised By:''' Mazo i Zabala i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' Pilgrims visiting the shrine of the exemplar Zemress at Calvos Sound in the Brass Coast who are dedicated to the Way should be allowed to conduct their pilgrimage in safety regardless of their country of origin.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (88 - 0)
===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen National
* '''Raised By:''' Calpurnia of the Scarlet Guard
* '''Judgement:''' To support the sending of a message to every Urizeni via an arcane projection so that a promise will reach those held captive by the Druj in Morrow and Zenith that the Empire has not forgotten them and is coming to free them, to give them Pride and Courage not to seek Kaela's Boon unnecessarily unless facing imminent torture and death.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (60 - 19)

===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka National
* '''Raised By:''' Nisha Strascovitch
* '''Judgement:''' People of Varushka; the Eternal Shafts of Time are held by Tomasz Strascovitch. The Night Quarry is held by Tomislav Strascovitch. The Hunt of Alderei the Fair is held by Bors. The Granites of Veltsgorsk are held by Vitaly Dukov. The Gift of the Dwindling Star is held by Pavel Novak. The Overseer of the Western Trade Route is held by Borys Strascovitch. All traditional Varushkan bourse seats are in Varushkan hands. In pride rejoice in the achievement of our Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (106 - 0)

===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches National
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' We, the people of the Marches, take great Pride in the vast bounty of our land. This land is kept ours by the armies that defend it. Many of these soldiers serve with the Ambition that they can own their own farms. We encourage the farm owners of the Marches to thank the soldiers who rest on leave in our lands. One night of food and rest a week, so that they may know what they fight for. An army marches on its stomach, and the Marchers are the ones to bring the bread.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (102 - 0)

===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka National
* '''Raised By:''' Amvis Juhan Menkovich
* '''Judgement:''' Ossium was conquered by the Empire. Although Varushka has been granted the role of managing the land we welcome the troubadours of Dawn led by Ancel Watcher in their glorious mission to cleanse the land of false virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (106 - 0)
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Luis i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The Courage assembly encourages priests to accompany Imperial Armies into Ossium with liao to remove the fear auras from the territory.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (128 - 0)
===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Leonora van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' The Courage assembly posthumously recognises the tireless and unstinting work of Levitia of Endsmeet (formerly Echostorm) of Urizen who strove always to support the Assembly's work.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (128 - 0)

===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Nina of Cantiarch's Hold
* '''Judgement:''' The Courage assembly nominates Melchior Adina's Charge to bear for the next year the artefact spear "Oathkeeper" given to the Empress by the artisan Tom of Upwold.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108 - 0)
===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches National
* '''Raised By:''' Friar William
* '''Judgement:''' We implore all members of the Marches to be ever watchful and vigilant. The Marches is in a prosperous time and it is our belief the Marches should not grow complacent. The Marches have always known their lands and our folk are good at beating the bounds be the threats vermin or Jotun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (102 - 0)

===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' League National
* '''Raised By:''' Eyrbia Melampus de Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly endorses the Witches' Ball Event and encourages all League citizens to assist in preparation however they can and participate with enthusiasm. This assembly approves that the Witches' ball will help forge bonds of Loyalty throughout the League and across the Empire, affecting all social ties, be they business, marriage, or friendship.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (96 - 10)
===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka National
* '''Raised By:''' Yevanshka Nicolaiova
* '''Judgement:''' We the Varushan National assembly recognise the virtue of all citizens of the Empire who provided the liao needed to fulfil mandate 66 particularly: Belakov, Wolf of Karsk; Father Nikolovich Drakov; Nisha Stracovich; Anastasia of the Sovereign's Head; Atla of the Imperial Orcs; Galene Netherwarch of Urizen; Mal Lassel Scechous of Dawn.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (114 - 0)
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc National
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Losak
* '''Judgement:''' The Imperial Orc national assembly invite the orcs of the Mournwold to share accounts of their beliefs with the Synod so that we may better understand them, and sends Bloodcrow Losak to seek out such accounts of thrall beliefs and evidence regarding them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (33 - 17)
===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Beodun "Warcrow" Snowlock
* '''Judgement:''' In recognition of the exemplary conduct of Severin von Holberg, I put it to the Synod that not only has he inspired us to work together, but has bettered our understanding of the Way like no-one since Britta's death.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (301 - 327)

===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Goran Sokolov Zaytsev
* '''Judgement:''' The newly conquered territory of Ossium has been awarded to Varushka, yet as it is one of the first newly attained territories, it does not have any infrastructure. As it is a territory of the Empire, we wish to raise support for any future acquisitions that will help shape it into a virtuous territory of the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (561 - 80)
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' Brass Coast National
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' Now that Freeborn citizens can choose their tribe, now more than ever we should affirm our Pride in the deep ties that bind us as a nation. We offer hospitality, care, and support in Loyalty to those we consider family, thus we encourage all citizens to extend those same courtesies to our countrymen refugees. Indeed, any of us might find ourselves in such need. Investment in refugees is important for the Prosperity of the whole nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (98 - 0; Primacy)

===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Hywel Summer Crow
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Nine invites the cities of Axos to send one or more priests to Anvil in the Spring of 383YE to discuss our respective religions and further mutual understanding.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (8 - 0)
===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane de Courdefer
* '''Judgement:''' We the Nine strongly support the potential building of the Lepidean Library, on the '''absolute''' condition that the added dose of true liao is given '''only''' to the Gatekeepers to disburse.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (7 - 1)

===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Onan of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Nine wish to register their congratulations on the progress of the Liberty Pact. We commend the work of: Eska Crowspeaker; Ianthe of the Suns of Couros; Thanmir Hrafnar; Atte Arrowtongue; and the Ambassadors. We reaffirm that slavery is abhorrent.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (8 - 0)
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Nine strongly condemn the reverence of eternals, in particular the building of idolatrous statues in places of virtue - such as the suggestion of building statues to Janon within Laroc cathedral.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (8 - 0)

===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Veikko Bondforger
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Nine ask the Silent Bell to investigate if anyone of the Empire is trading liao with the Iron Confederacy.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (8 - 0)
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches National
* '''Raised By:''' Bethany
* '''Judgement:''' Yes, we know the vates (they're kind of like Navarr Landskeepers) cast Rivers Run Red. They did it against the vallorn, what traps folks' souls. It were done with the consent of the people of that land, and they turned themselves in right away - no-one did this lightly. Conclave continues to support its Interdiction.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (92 - 0; Primacy)

==Mandate==
The following [[mandate|mandates]] were passed during the Winter Solstice. Where there are [[Mandate#Competing_Mandates|competing mandates]], the one that passes with the largest margin is successful and all other competing mandates are considered to have failed.
===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn National
* '''Raised By:''' Ranae de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' The green forest of Brocéliande is a wilderness like few others; now the vallorn that lies at its heart rises against our friends among the Navarr. The opportunity for glory here cannot be ignored; nor should the people of Semmerholm and Astolat ignore the sacrifices the Navarr have made to protect them against the malign force of the power that dwells there. The Dawn assembly sends ''Ranae de Rondell'' with 50 doses of liao to encourage knights and witches to offer their aid to the Navarr fighting to stem the green tide of the vallorn. Let knights-errant and questing knights alike face the challenge of the dark forest, and show the abhorrent power of the vallorn the might of Dawnish steel!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (102 - 0). Ranae de Rondell provided 50 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' The opportunity is detailed [[When_all_the_land_is_in_ruins#Dawn_:_The_Banners_of_Rucastle|here]]

===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:'''General
* '''Raised By:''' Eska Crowspeaker
* '''Judgement:''' The Way binds us together, guiding all citizens on a virtuous path. We send ''Eska Crowspeaker'' with 50 liao to spread the Way to those we have rescued from Dubhtraig to allow them to find a place for themselves in the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1388 - 36). Eska Crowspeaker provided 50 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' The opportunity is detailed [[A_hero's_welcome#The_Way_and_the_Virtues|here]].

===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Erasmo di Tassato
* '''Jugement:''' The Way was founded in Bastion, and the Sumaah were among the first to follow in our footsteps. We are not tyrants however; we do not seek to chain those who accept the truth of the Way to a single dogma. The Imperial Synod acknowledges Timoj as the equal of Bastion, and the Sumaah Houses of Virtue as equal to the Imperial Senate. Equal yet separate; we seek no dominance over them but likewise grant them no authority over those pilgrims who look to Bastion for guidance. We may be in opposition, but we are not enemies, and may gain as much together by cooperation as we do alone through ambitious pursuit of the truth. We send ''Erasmo di Tassato'' with 150 doses of liao to bring this message to the people of Sumaah, and the world.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (274 - 837)
* '''Notes:''' The opportunity is detailed [[Will_you_believe%3F#Appeasement|here]].
===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' All members of the Synod have a duty to represent their congregations. Those who are neither raising judgements in pursuit of their goals, nor voting in support of their understanding of Virtue, shame themselves. We send ''Rafe'' with 100 doses of liao to urge any priest in the Empire who does not make full use of their powers to take up arms and lead their congregations in heroic battle.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1006 - 204). Rafe provided 100 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' The opportunity is detailed [[Without_a_plea_for_mercy#Priests_of_All_Nations|here]]. This judgement is similar to [[#Judgement 10|Judgement 10]], but the two are not in competition. If both are enacted, however, their effects are not cumulative.

===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark National
* '''Raised By:''' Severi Jarlmarison
* '''Judgement:''' Those Winterfolk who are members of the Synod have a duty to represent their congregations. Those who are neither raising judgements in pursuit of their goals, nor voting in support of their understanding of Virtue, shame themselves. We send ''Severi Jarlmarison'' with 50 doses of liao to urge any priest of Wintermark who does not make full us of their powers to take up arms and lead their congregations in heroic battle.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (167 - 25)
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Without_a_plea_for_mercy#The_Priests_of_Wintermark|here]]. This judgement is similar to [[#Judgement 9|Judgement 9]], but the two are not in competition. If both are enacted, however, their effects are not cumulative.

===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Solas
* '''Judgement:''' The Way of Virtue is an enlightened faith; while we have Pride in its roots in Bastion, the Highborn discovery of True Liao, and the understanding this brought us, the true heart of the Way is anywhere discoveries are being made and understanding realised. Such events can happen anywhere and are not bound to any individual location in the Empire, Sumaah, or anywhere else. True pilgrims of the way, those who seek to understand and thus pursue Virtue, should challenge and combine their experiences and understanding so that the resulting faith is built on the strongest possible foundations. We send ''Solas'' with 150 doses of liao to bring this message to the people of Sumaah, and the world.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (405 - 661)
* '''Notes:''' The opportunity is detailed [[Will_you_believe%3F#Not_Bound_To_The_Empire|here]].

===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bartimaeus
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous build up their fellows, and take pride in their people. Rather than looking to line their own pockets, Imperial citizens should seek ways to strengthen their own nations - and by doing so strengthen the Empire as a whole. We send ''Bartimaeus'' with 75 liao to urge Imperial citizens to consider how best the bounty of their nations might be used for the benefit of their people.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (879 - 276). Bartimaeus provided 75 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Moving_mountains_is_no_easy_task#Loyalty_and_Pride|here]].
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ephron of Adina's Charge
* '''Judgement:''' The Way was founded in Bastion and the Sumaah follow in our footsteps. But the Proud seek to raise others up not cast them down. The Imperial Synod issues a challenge: if the Houses of Virtue wish the world to look to them for guidance, they must prove their claim. Send us not a trickle of missionaries but a flood. Let the vision of the Way that shines the brightest inspire the faithful. The Imperial Synod still leads the Virtuous and shall prevail. We send Ephron of Adina's Charge with 50 liao.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (548 - 549)
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Will_you_believe%3F#Not_a_Trickle.2C_But_a_Flood|here]].
===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Yarona of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' The purpose of our Pilgrimage is to save souls; certainly those who have fallen to the Vallorn, but also those who are in danger of being lost to false beliefs. We the Highborn Assembly acknowledge that no citizen follows the Way perfectly. We all have room to grow, and faults to address. We send ''Lilith of the Chantry'' with 25 liao to urge the Grey Pilgrims to act as guides for all the human nations of this great Empire. As they walk the trods in the years to come, let there be no dark corner into which they cannot shine the light of Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (410 - 192)
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Years_of_an_inch_and_a_step#This_Great_Empire|here]].
===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Jorma Steelhail
* '''Judgement:''' The Way was founded in Bastion, and the Sumaah were among the first to follow in our footsteps. For so long Bastion has been a single light in sea of savagery and ignorance - the Imperial Synod is heartened to learn there are now two with Bastion's counterpart in Timoj. Rather than seek division through political pettiness, the Imperial Synod has a grander vision and so sends ''Jorma Steelhail'' with 150 doses of Liao to urge the citizens of the Empire and the Sumaah Republic to seek common ground and focus on our shared Ambition in spreading the Way to the world.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (897 - 274). Jorma Steelhail provided 150 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Will_you_believe%3F#A_Sea_of_Savagery|here]].

===Judgement 22===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Josephine of Adina's Charge
* '''Judgement:''' The monstrous infestation that is the Vallorn is a danger beyond any other that now faces us. There is no sacrifice too great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. The walking of the trods will weaken the vallorn, but we must not be blind to the danger it poses to humanity. The time has come to raise sword and brand against it in defence of our allies - and to strike at the horror in Brocéliande before it becomes a threat to our own people. We send ''Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower'' with 50 doses of liao to urge the vigilant faithful of Highguard to aid the Navarr in the defence of Brocéliande.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (514 - 0). Hazelelponi provided 50 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[When_all_the_land_is_in_ruins#Highguard_:_The_Blade_of_the_Pilgrims|here]].

===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity Virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Edna of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' As Edna has declared, the building of the Cinderpath Exchange is a virtuous endeavour that both increases the Prosperity of the Empire as a whole, and ensures that those who sell white granite receive a fair and virtuous reward for their labours. We send ''Edna'' with 100 doses of liao to urge those Prosperous citizens who have white granite to refrain from auctioning it through the Bourse Auction at Anvil until such time as the Cinderpath Exchange is completed.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (160 - 14). Sister Edna of the Chantry provided 100 dose of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Moving_mountains_is_no_easy_task#Escalation|here]].

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr National
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire is beset on all fronts; sacrifices must be made. Brocéliande will not be one of those. The Navarr national assembly sends ''Corey Wayfarer'' with 25 doses of liao to urge the people of the steadings and stridings of Brocéliande to find the Courage in their hearts to take up arms against our ancient enemy and stand firm in the face of such horror. The Navarr are coming to aid you, remain firm till we arrive, we will hold it back.
* '''Outcome:''' Withdrawn at the request of the raising priest. When withdrawn there were 76 votes in favour and 0 against.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[When_all_the_land_is_in_ruins#Until_the_Bitter_End|here]].
===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Dinah of Jeremiah's Welcome
* '''Judgement:''' Highguard were those who founded The Way and first spread it to the peoples of the Empire's nations. They have now shown their Loyalty in kind for this great enlightenment Highguard gave to them, and it is time to spread The Way further afield through the people of foreign nations. We send ''Able of the Shattered Tower'' with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to convert traveling foreigners to The Way, so that they may go back to their lands and pass on the truth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (511 - 25) Able of the Shattered Tower provided 25 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Years_of_an_inch_and_a_step#Those_who_Founded_the_Way|here]].

===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Raziel of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' As Bartimaeus has already vouchsafed, virtuous people set prices for things which are fair, and buy and sell them accordingly. The Senate disagrees; it denies the virtue of engaging in trade in a virtuous manner. We send ''Raziel of the Shattered Tower'' with 25 doses of liao to urge those Highborn citizens in possession of white granite to refuse to deal with the greed embodied by the Bourse Auction at Anvil until such time as the Cinderpath Exchange is completed.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (436 - 14). Raziel of the Shattered Tower provided 25 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Moving_mountains_is_no_easy_task#Escalation|here]].
===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Severin von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' The Way is an ever-evolving faith, whose truths must be Ambitiously pursued. While The Way of Sumaah fails to alter its Doctrines to address The Imperial Way's Doctrines of the Howling Abyss and the Ancestors, the Imperial Synod considers them nonconformist to the Imperial Way, but not enemies. We claim no temporal authority over those who look to Timoj, and we will continue to spiritually aid all those who cleave to the true Virtues. We fully reject any notion that the Sumaah Houses of Virtue have any authority over those who look to Bastion. Where souls can be saved by Sumaah, we will aid them, if they hinder us in the salvation of others, we will resist them. We send ''Severin von Holberg'' with 200 doses of liao to bring this message to all nations of the world, excepting Sumaah.
* '''Outcome:''' Withdrawn at request of raising priest; when withdrawn there were 655 votes in favour and 321 against
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Will_you_believe%3F#Hinder_Us_Not|here]].
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Tulva
* '''Judgement:''' Skarsind offers a welcome home for the slaves liberated from the Broken Shore. Just as we once fought for our freedom, so you will have a chance to fight against those who once enslaved you. Those who do not fight, will still have a place, working to support our legions. We send ''Skywise Tulva'' with 50 liao to encourage the slaves to settle in Skarsind and let them know that those who choose to adopt our ways will be able to become Imperial Orcs in time.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld and passed (1203 - 54). This judgement competes with [[#Judgement 47|Judgement 47]] but achieved a margin of 1149. As such this mandate is considered to have been upheld. Skywise Tulva provided 50 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[A_hero's_welcome#Imperial_Orcs|here]].

===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Arno von Leche
* '''Judgement:''' Ambition is the lifeblood of the League. Near everyone who dreams of making something of their life, eventually finds their ways to one of the great cities of the Empire. We send ''Arno von Leche'' with 50 liao to encourage the slaves to settle in {named League city} and let them know of the many opportunities that await them there.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld but not passed (443 - 248). This mandate competes with [[#Judgement 34|Judgement 34]]. It received a margin of 195, and was defeated by the other mandate. It cannot be enacted.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[A_hero's_welcome#The_League|here]].

===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Brass Coast National
* '''Raised By:''' Tiana i Zaydan i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' Rescuing slaves is an act of great Virtue. Crushing a slave rebellion is an act that debases the Empire. We are born free, and it falls to us to uphold the right to a free life following the Way for all people. We send ''Tiana i Zaydan i Riqueza'' with 75 doses of liao to urge the people of the three tribes to take up arms and free not only the slaves of the Grendel, but those who had fought free who we condemned to return to their chains.
* '''Outcome:''' The Empress used her [[The_Throne#Custodian_of_Virtue|Custodian of Virtue]] power to require that this mandate reach a greater majority to pass. The judgement was upheld (86 - 16) but failed to achieve the required greater majority.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Without_a_plea_for_mercy#Free_More_Slaves|here]].

===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka National
* '''Raised By:''' Dovbravka Nadjaovna Vanek
* '''Judgement:''' Vasili Zoryakovich Zverokaz reminds us that slavery is unacceptable; Eska Crowspeaker urges us to open out homes to those who have found freedom. Yet in Varushka we cannot simply accept a stranger at face-value, and must be certain of the nature of those we invite into our homes. We send ''Belakov the Wolf of Karsk'' with 150 doses of liao to examine each of these strangers and determine whether each one is friend or foe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (106 - 0). Belakov Zakharovich Prochnost provided 150 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Between_peace_and_hate#What_to_do_about_Ivarsgard|here]].

===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard National
* '''Raised By:''' Shadrach
* '''Judgement:''' The purpose of our pilgrimage is to save souls, those who have fallen to the vallorn, but also those who are lost to malign forces and who bend the knee to eternals. We send ''Shadrach'' with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to preach the rejection of False Virtues and idolatrous behaviour.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (343 - 20). Shadrach of Felix's Watch provided 25 doses of liao to enact this mandate after the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Notes:''' This opportunity is detailed [[Years_of_an_inch_and_a_step#Mute_Mouth.2C_Broken_Tongue|here]].

==Evaluation==
The Synod made the following judgements of [[excommunication]], [[inquisition]], [[revocation]], and [[sanction]].
===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom virtue
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' '''Vindication'''. Vindication of Aethelric Earldnedason, he preaches no heresy and is virtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (76 - 0)
===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Genovera Barossa
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. Alderai the Rapacious is called to Inquisition at 3:30pm at the hub to answer for their actions at the Meeting Place with the Jotun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172 - 0)
===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Chainspeaker Snark
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I, Chaplain Consular, call Jarrigk Orzel to Inquisition in the Imperial Orc fighting pit, at 1:30pm in the Winter Solstice 382YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld
===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Vindictus
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. The virtue inquisitor of Vigilance wishes to inquisit the advisor for vallorn affairs (Sian of Navarr) for actions involving Imperial citizens receiving infections from Llofir and walking the trods. 3pm - Eternal family.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (487 - 0)
===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Father Drakov
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call to inquisition the following: Garston Wintersgrasp and Grenwatch of Wyvern's Watch of Wintermark. Inquisition to take place at 4pm on Saturday of Spring Summit 383YE at the Varushkan national hearth. They left a Varushkan to die, stepping over him as he bled out stating "Leave him he is not one of ours." They claim this was virtuous and wise.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150 - 0)
===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Yarona of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' '''Escalation:Vindication'''. Following thorough inquisition, I find Tarquinius Ankarien to be virtuous. I recommend the immediate reversal of his excommunication. His actions when dealing with slavers could be considered, in isolation, to be unvirtuous. However, to condemn him for this shows an incomplete understanding of the Prosperity inherent to his overall work towards ending slavery completely. This complicated matter perfectly illustrates the necessity of inquisition, prior to judgement.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (819 - 48)
===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Pan Edgestalker
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Emilia Ankarien to inquisition at 6pm Saturday at the hub to explain her actions during her tenure as Archmage of Winter, in regards to the ongoing tensions in the Conclave..
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (176 - 9)
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Medea Ruth to inquisition regarding her actions in Morrow. Occuring 6:10pm at the hub Saturday (or as soon as judgements read).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (794 - 0)
===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Ranae de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. Last season the architect Frederick di Sarvos offered an opportunity to the Cardinal of Ambition, Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn. He offered to design something impressive under the guidance of the Cardinal. The request was duly made by the Cardinal, with the full support of the Ambition assembly. His designs have now been presented an the Ambition assembly call Frederick di Sarvos to Inquisition to answer questions on these designs and his reasoning. Furthermore we ask virtue can be seen or not seen in his actions. We call him to inquisition in the Glory square in Dawn at 4pm on the second day of the summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (104 - 0); Frederick di Sarvos has [[Focused_and_methodical#Resolution|confirmed his attendance]] but until the Inqusition is completely resolved the projects he has proposed may not go forward.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Meredith
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. The Marcher Assembly calls Magistrate Ulrik to inquisition regarding the trial and subsequent execution of Froki, orc of the Mourn. The Inquisition will be held on Sunday, 13:30 at the Mandowla's Arms, the Marches.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (588 - 12)

===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Hugh of Bregasland
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. General Will Talbot of the Drakes to attend inquisition at 10pm on Saturday at the hub to give his account of the attack of Alderley.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (70 - 0); upheld with a Greater Majority.

===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' General.
* '''Raised By:''' Raelyn Holdfast
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Livia Cascade, seer of the Gateway, the Inquisition at 1:30pm on the Sunday of Winter Solstice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (488 - 0)

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Genovara Barossa
* '''Judgement:''' '''Sanction:Penance (Escalation)'''. Following his inquisition, it has been found that Alderei the Rapacious, intentionally destroyed the meeting place of the Jotun and the Winterfolk. As such, his penance shall be to have Winter magicians from Wintermark cast Freezing Brand of Irremais upon himself. The brand should state that "I deliberately destroyed an artefact of Winterfolk pride."
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (247 - 20).

===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rane Sherarding
* '''Judgement:''' '''Escalation:Vindication'''. Escalation of Jugement 55, Autumn 382YE. Yarrick did everything in his power to prevent disruption of the inquisition of Skywise Gralka, Winter 381YE, and to protect her during. Offers were made to relocate or rearrange the procedure. He discharged his duties as inquisitor professionally.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (721 - 10)

===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Rane Sherarding
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Franco i Erigo to inquisition for his failure to provide the liao to fund a mandate he passed in Autumn 382YE. Hub. Noon. Sunday.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (142 - 0)

===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' the Way
* '''Raised By:''' Bethany
* '''Judgement:''' '''Castigation'''. Ulrick apologises for his lack of vigilance regarding his words in the trial of Gaston Coerdefeur, where he gave the wrong impression that a) he had "accepted" a clemency plea that he didn't think sufficient, and b) he was still considering the clemency plea when asking about other mitigating circumstances. Discussions have been had, and the magistrates encourage those who have given failed clemency pleas to speak to them about what went wrong so that misunderstandings do not persist on either side.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (69 - 0)

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Vindictus
* '''Judgement:''' '''Escalation: Vindication'''. After inquisition Sian the advisor for Vallorn affairs was found to have acted with due vigilance and wisdom dealing with Llofir.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (681 - 10)

===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Yarona of the Chantry
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Ptolemy of Highguard to inquisition regarding his deal with the Whisper Gallery and subsequent actions. 9pm Friday next summit, Chantry tent, Highguard.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (246 - 56)

===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Giovanni di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. The assembly of Prosperity of the Imperial Synod call Bartimeus of Highguard, Overseer of the Vigilant Swan, to inquisition to account for the propriety of his conduct in office. Bartimeus is requested to provide relevant financial accounts at his inquisition to be overseen by Giovanni di Tassato of the assembly of Prosperity. Inquisition is to be held in the Civil Service hub at 18:30 at the Spring Summit of Anvil, Friday, 383YE
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (140 - 0)

===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Cesare Enzo di Trivento
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. We, the assembly of Prosperity of the Imperial Synod Esteban i Delrio Balnko i Guerra, the Imperial Fleet Master to inquisition to account for the conduct in office with regard to the spoils of the Dubhtraig raid. Inquisition to be held in the civil service hub, 2pm, Sunday Winter Summit 382YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (146 - 0)
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' '''Inquisition'''. I call Zofia Justywva Garnovska to inquisition at Spring 383 on Friday at 19:00 at the hub regarding events where she and her fellow magistrates came under threat of violence. Winter 382YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108 - 0)

==Recognition==
The following judgements of [[recognition]] were presented during the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Brodi Brackensong
* '''Judgement:''' Gerallt Brackensong, founder of Songs and Stories, should be recognised as an exemplar of Pride, as has already been agreed by the Pride Assmbly. Details on the board.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (713 - 130).

==Appointment==
At the Summit, the following [[appointment|appointments]] were proposed by the Assemblies of the Synod. You can find the names of citizens who currently hold Imperial titles in the Synod [[Current Imperial titles|here]].
===Judgement 1===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Onan of the Chantry of the Silver Skull''' was appointed with 134 votes. Cesare Enzo di Trivento received 66 votes.
===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hywel Summercrow''' was appointed with 117 votes. Atla of the Imperial Orcs received 54 votes.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of Barbs]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Meredith Nighthaven''' was appointed with 72 votes. Brat Umbral Path received 10 votes.
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rafe of Fjellraven Hall''' was appointed with 40 votes.
===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[High Exorcist]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun''' was appointed with 4 votes. Ozren de Orzel received 1 vote.
===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Galene Netherwatch''' was appointed with 118 votes. Cimies of Felix's Watch received 38 votes.
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Brass Coast
* '''Raised by:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Liaison to the Temple in Nemoria]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Franco i Erigo''' was appointed with 62 votes.
===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised by:''' Albert Fugglestone Copperhill
* '''Judgement:''' We the Marcher assembly reinstate Albert Fugglestone Copperhill to the position of [[Friar of Honour's Rest]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Albert Fugglestone Copperhill''' was appointed with 76 votes (primacy).

==Rewarding==
The following judgements of [[rewarding]] were proposed during the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' General Assembly
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' Salvation is a sign of the Exemplar and Paragon, and so all virtue should strive to expand the reach of the Way not just by the sword but also by affirming the faith of believers and bringing new ones to the path. There are Suranni followers of the Way, but they face persecution for their belief. Without access to liao to bolster them we may soon see them expunged, and their candle in the dark snuffed out. We have an opportunity to construct brokerages within the Empire where they may legally acquire liao for a fair bargain, that there will continue to be a presence of the Way and perhaps the chance to offer Salvation to more souls.We estimate to construct such endeavours will be of the order of 60 Thrones for the required 8 white granite and 8 weirwood. Respecting the other demands on the virtue fund, we would ask our fellows to provide 30 Thrones this season, and a second motion will be proposed next season for the remainder. Any unused funds would be returned to the virtue fund, and we would hope that any eventual custodian of the brokerage also remember their provenance should they result in prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (413 - 243); 30 Thrones provided by the Tribune

===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' General Assembly
* '''Raised By:''' Efenia i Maristella i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' The Axou confederacy is on the brink of civil war between pro slavery and anti-slavery factions. The Synod awards 25 Thrones to the Ambassador of Axos to lend economic aid to the citadels who wish to end slavery.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (550 - 71); 25 Thrones paid by the Tribune.

===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' General Assembly
* '''Raised By:''' Corwyn Leafstalker
* '''Judgement:''' As Imperial Inquisitor I have had the idea that I would like a sum of 30 Thrones from the virtue fund to be able to offer a bounty for any information that leads to the positive identification of a heretic. Even if I caught no heretics through this, it will make things harder for cults operating in Anvil. Is this a good use of the virtue fund? I think so but fortunately I get to check by putting the question to you. Thanks for your time. Corwyn.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (149 - 243)

===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' General Assembly
* '''Raised By:''' Solas
* '''Judgement:''' As High Exorcist I withdraw 7 Thrones from the virtue fund, pursuant to my duties. This is on the understanding that this reverts to a Senate stipend as soon as economically feasible.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld; 7 Thrones paid by the Tribune.

===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' General Assembly
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Fal
* '''Judgement:''' Myself an the consulate would wish to celebrate the virtuous actions of all of the Ambassadors and participants in the Liberty Pact summit. We have made history this season and virtue must be rewarded. I wish to reward; Thanmir Hrafnar, Tarquinius Ankarien, Lucia Sanguineo di Tassato, Accalon of Felix's Watch, Eska Crowspeaker, Ianthe of the Sons of Couros, Atte Arrowtongue, Rodrigo Barossa, and John Cooper the sum of 5 Thrones each totaling 45 Thrones.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (823 - 0); 45 Thrones paid by the Tribune

===The Virtue Fund===
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

{|
| ''Starting Value'' || Nil ||
|-
| ''Income'' || 110 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Income'' || 10 Rings || Donation from an anonymous citizen.
|-
| ''Income'' || 2 Thrones, 4 Crowns || Donation from an anonymous citizen.
|-
| ''Income'' || 4 Thrones, 6 Crowns, 5 Rings || Donation from Brat Umbral Path.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 30 Thrones || Rewarding to Chauntecleer Words following Judgement 7 being upheld.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 25 Thrones || Rewarding to Efenia i Maristella i Riqueza following Judgement 48 being upheld.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 7 Thrones || Rewarding to Solas following Judgement 77 being automatically upheld.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 45 Thrones || Rewarding to Skywise Fal following Judgement 81 being automatically upheld.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 10 Thrones, 2 Crowns, 15 Rings ||
|}

==Visionaries==
The following individuals received visions of their past lives.
* Atte Arrow-tongue
* Ulric Y'basden.

==Assembly Strength==
At the start of the summit the voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2598.

The final voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2949.

The Civil Service reminds citizens that determining whether a Judgement has achieved a Greater Majority counts from the estimation of the relevant Assembly strength when scrutiny on the Judgement closes, not the final Assembly strength at the end of the summit.

At the end of the Winter Solstice 382YE Summit the voting strength of the Virtue and National Assemblies were estimated to be:
{|
| '''Virtue Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Ambition || 270 || 290 || 146
|-
|Courage || 246 || 300 || 151
|-
|Loyalty || 379 || 431 || 216
|-
|Pride || 346 || 436 || 219
|-
|Prosperity || 252 || 272 || 137
|-
|Vigilance || 385 || 447 || 224
|-
|Wisdom || 309 || 331 || 166
|-
|The Way || 411 || 442 || 222
|-
| General || 2598 || 2949 || 1480
|-
|}

 

{|
| '''National Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Brass Coast || 178 || 188 || 95
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|Dawn || 182 || 256 || 129
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|Highguard || 842 || 902 || 452
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|Imperial Orcs || 123 || 134 || 68
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|The League || 264 || 306 || 154
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|The Marches || 82 || 142|| 72
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|Navarr || 240 || 270 || 136
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|Urizen || 105 || 127 || 64
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|Varushka || 188 || 198 || 100
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|Wintermark || 394 || 426 || 214
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| General || 2598 || 2949 || 1484
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[[Category: 382YE]]

The long march

2019-06-09T19:31:53Z

Bluebottle: /* The Mandates */ Dinah is from Jeremiah's Welcome (fixing typo)

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:383YE]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic>"Can't we just set off in a different direction in the morning? We could just tell them we've changed our mind. No - I don't mean that - I mean we could just change our minds. We could turn westward slightly and head for Void. We haven't been there for years."

Hywel smiled at his headstrong sister. She was always the same, always wanting to get there in a hurry. Sometimes he worried she might be a briar... she was always in such a rush.

"Well reach Opascari in good time - we're not changing course. We need time for the thaw to melt the mountain snows anyway - I want to try and press on this time, to go north. We need to walk the new trods to firmly establish them. We carry on as we are."

Megan wasn't remotely ready to give up the argument. "We'd have reached the border a week ago if we weren't slowed down by those two. If they can't keep up we should leave them behind."

Hywel looked at his sister disapprovingly. "Leave them behind? In Volodmartz? This isn't Reikos or Sarvos, it's not even Temeschwar. They don't have the faintest idea what they're doing, they wouldn't last a day on the trods of Varushka."

"So! That's not our concern! They're not Navarr. They've no business walking the trods. They should stick to their bathhouses. They're slowing us down."

Hywel tried to smile, but his sister's heartless words had wounded him. Time to nip this in the bud. He stood up and looked at the faces round the fire. "No... they're not Navarr... but they are walking the trods with us. That makes them my allies, as much as ''anyone'' here. Virtue knows we've few enough allies in these times. When are we going to learn that we can't do this alone? We either defeat the Vallorn as part of the Empire - or we try it alone and fail. This striding walks at the pace of the slowest. That's my rule - same today as it was when we first set-out. Nobody has to walk the trods with me."

Megan opened her mouth to argue, but Hywel wasn't finished. "Enough Megan. When there's fighting to be done - we follow your lead. But I decide where the striding goes. That's the way of it. Besides... a few more weeks and we'll reach the border. If they think it's cold now, then I doubt they've any stomach for the long march into Skuld. Maybe they'll choose to turn back then..."
</ic>
==Overview==
The great Highborn pilgrimage has now begun, with growing numbers of grey pilgrims seen walking the trods that criss-cross the Empire. The simple act of walking the trods will help the [[Navarr]] in their great quest to defeat the [[vallorn]], though their numbers are still small compared to the number of stridings walking the Empire, this is the biggest increase in travellers in anyone's lifetime. The vates predict the effects of this action will take time to build, but if enough Highborn take up the pilgramage then the impacts could be dramatic.

However, the Highborn are not content to simply walk the trods and the idea has quickly taken hold that the pilgrimage can serve another purpose. The goal is a second great flowering of [[the Way]], to bring more people to the true faith. At the Winter Solstice, the Highborn National Assembly endorsed a number of important mandates that will define the nature of the pilgrimage for years to come.

==The Mandates==
Three crucial mandates were passed, raised by Shadrach, Yarona of the Chantry, and Dinah of Jeremiah's Welcome respectively.
<div style="width: 500px; float: right; clear: right; margin-left:10px;"><quote by="Shadrach, Highborn National Assembly, Winter Solstice 382YE, Upheld (343 - 20)."> The purpose of our pilgrimage is to save souls, those who have fallen to the vallorn, but also those who are lost to malign forces and who bend the knee to eternals. We send Shadrach with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to preach the rejection of False Virtues and idolatrous behaviour.</quote></div>
===Heresy and Idolatry===
Shadrach asked the grey pilgrims to urge Imperial citizens to turn their back on false virtues and the veneration of eternals. This message is eagerly embraced by the pilgrims. The Highborn have long known of the dangers that dealing with eternals and are well placed to warn people of the risks and to keep an eye for those who have fallen into the clutches of these sinister beings. As a result it will be more difficult for eternals to gain a foothold in the Empire.

The pilgrims will also warn of the dangers of false virtues, preaching to all to turn their back on fear, hate, anarchy, peace, and vengeance. The most pernicious route for such false beliefs at the moment is the [[Faraden]] traders who travel the Empire who are known to espouse the virtue of vengeance to those who talk to them. But there are countless other important risks, there are anarchists believed to be amongst the [[Great Forest Orcs]] travelling the trods; and folk who cling to hatred in [[Tassato]] and Whittle. The grey pilgrims will warn people of the dangers of these false beliefs, making it more difficult for them to invade the Empire.

Perversely, although the grey pilgrims will categorically make it more difficult for heretical or idolatrous cults to be established and to spread, it may look like the opposite effect is happening. The civil service warn that the Empire has never had an organized body of people proactively searching for blasphemy - but with the grey pilgrims zealously pursuing this duty far more such cults are likely to come to light in the coming years than have been discovered in the past.

<div style="width: 500px; float: right; clear: right; margin-left:10px;"><quote by="Dinah of Jeremiah's Welcome, Highborn National Assembly, Winter Solstice 382YE, Upheld with a Greater Majority (511 - 25).">Highguard founded The Way and first spread it to the peoples of the Empire's nations. They have now shown their Loyalty in kind for this great enlightenment Highguard gave to them, and it is time to spread The Way further afield through the people of foreign nations. We send Able of the Shattered Tower with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to convert traveling foreigners to The Way, so that they may go back to their lands and pass on the truth.</quote></div>

===Convert the Heathens===
Able of the Shattered Tower has asked the grey pilgrims to bring the benefits of the Way to the people of foreign nations. Although the ideal of spreading the Way to the whole world appeals to many Highborn, there are significant practical problems involved. With one notable exception, the trods do not currently take the pilgrims outside the boundaries of the Empire. The opportunity for the pilgrims to spread the true faith are thus limited to their interactions with those foreigners they encounter in the Empire.

Of course that is still a significant number of people! There have been steadily increasing numbers of Faraden traders travelling the Empire in recent years. Although the Faraden claim to follow the Way they knowledge of the true virtues is iredeemably flawed. There are also Asavean and Jarmish merchants in every port on the Bay of Catazar, as well as occasional visitors from the Iron Confederacy, Axos, and the Commonwealth. These nations are hopelessly mired in false beliefs, their people are ripe for conversion to the true faith, and the grey pilgrims are looking forward to engaging with them.

For a long time there have been some concerns about the impact of foreign beliefs on the Empire, with worries about the Asavean temples, the trading halls built by the Faraden and so on. The focus has very much been on preventing these false beliefs leading people astray. The grey pilgramage will give the Empire an opportunity to fight back - proactively engaging with visitors from foreign lands and attempting to convert them to the truth faith. This will bear fruit, but the civil service warn that in doing so, it may excerbate tensions between the Empire and the nations affected, some of whom will oppose this active attempt to proselytize their people to give up their false beliefs.

<div style="width: 500px; float: right; clear: right; margin-left:10px;"><quote by="Yarona of the Chantry, Highborn National Assembly, Winter Solstice 382YE, Upheld (410 - 192)."> The purpose of our Pilgrimage is to save souls; certainly those who have fallen to the Vallorn, but also those who are in danger of being lost to false beliefs. We the Highborn Assembly acknowledge that no citizen follows the Way perfectly. We all have room to grow, and faults to address. We send Lilith of the Chantry with 25 liao to urge the Grey Pilgrims to act as guides for all the human nations of this great Empire. As they walk the trods in the years to come, let there be no dark corner into which they cannot shine the light of Virtue.</quote></div>
===Room To Grow===
Lilith of the Chantry has urged the grey pilgrims to remember that no citizen follows the Way perfectly, that anyone's faith can be corrupted by superstition and false beliefs and that the pilgrims must leave no stone unturned as they question the faith of those they encounter. This mandate is already have a striking impact, causing Imperial humanity to question their beliefs and to search for deeper answers. Lilith's careful wording has ensured that the impacts of this have been felt in every human nation in the Empire which has meant a small decline in attendance at established congregations as people question accepted wisdom and seek out new answers.

It is impossible to say how long these effects will last. On the face of it they will endure until the nations of the Empire take clear steps to abandon their heretical beliefs. Now that the grey pilgrims have embraced their mission with zeal, it will be no simple matter to convince them that a nation no longer has room to grow, that it no longer has faults to address. It is possible that the effects may continue as long as the pilgrimage does, potentially years to come.

The only way it could end is if the Highborn National Assembly passed a statement of principle with a greater majority clearly identifying genuine faults and the steps that had been taken to address them. Provided the pilgrims agreed with their assembly on the matter, then that might create an opportunity to exempt a nation from the Highborn's exhortation to perfect human understanding and embrace the Way.

==A Step Too Far==
As mentioned, there is one notable exception to the limits of the Imperial trods. The Navarr took advantage of the peace deal with the Thule to negotiate an extension of the trods into the territory of Skuld in the Thule lands of [[Otkodov]]. That means it would be possible for the grey pilgrims to cross the border and enter the land of the Dragons as part of their pilgrimage. While there they could attempt to bring the Thule people to the Way.

Not all the pilgrims are currently fully convinced of the wisdom of such a move. There are some among the Highborn who retain mixed feelings regarding the inclusion of orcs within the Empire and the Way. They may be the minority and certainly few people are keen to only denounce the Imperial Orcs in light of their recent efforts on behalf of the Empire. But it is much easier to denounce the Thule orcs who appear to venerate their undying dragon rulers as something akin to gods. Cowed and fearful of their sorcerous masters, some people have difficulty seeing what possible benefits could come from bringing the Way to such people.

Others argue that the Way can have a positive impact on any mortal being. The Lasambrians were brought to the Way - and that had a profound on them. Admittedly it made them flee the Empire to join the Jotun - so the effects weren't entirely positive - but it's almost impossible to argue philosophically that accepting the revelations of the Way didn't have a dramatic impact on them. Like the Thule, the Lasambrians were cowed and weak, arguably the biggest difference was only their lack of powerful rulers. By embracing the Way they became Proud, Courageous, and Ambitious - they remembered their history and they dreamed of what might be if they could reclaim everything they had lost.

Not everyone agrees that it would be the best possible outcome if the Thule underwent a similar transformation. As a result there is some indecision on how to proceed. A clear mandate from the Highborn National Assembly could settle the matter.

{{Mandate|mandate=The Way of Virtue is the right path for all mortal beings. Our true legacy to the world is the Way, not the Empire. We send {named priest} with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to convert every mortal being they can to the truth faith regardless of the consequences.|assembly=Highborn National Assembly}}

Alternatively the Highborn could pass a more circumspect mandate.

{{Mandate|mandate=The Way of Virtue is the faith of the Empire. The strength of our true faith is what makes the Empire powerful. We send {named priest} with 25 liao to urge the grey pilgrims to bring all humanity to the true faith but to leave the orcs to find their own way across the abyss.|assembly=Highborn National Assembly}}

The civil service advise that if the Highborn choose to deliberately proselytize their faith to the Thule then this could impact relations with the Thule, once they realize what is happening.

==Not Just Highguard==
The grey pilgrims have responded naturally to the recent judgements by the Highborn Assembly due to their shared national identity and understanding. Under the leadership of the Assembly, the pilgrimage has evolved into a means to help the Empire fight false beliefs and spread devotion to the Way.

Of course such goals go far beyond mere Highborn interests - the entire Imperial Synod has a vested interest in the activities of the grey pilgrims. Now that the people of Highguard have made their decision on the nature of the pilgrimage, there is an opportunity for either the General Assembly or the Assembly of Nine to add their own blessing to this mission.

{{Mandate|mandate=The grey pilgrimage will help spread the Way and weed out the corruption of false beliefs in the Empire. We send {named priest} with 25 liao to spread the news that the pilgrims enjoy the support and blessing of this assembly|assembly=General Assembly or Assembly of Nine.}}

The mandate would encourage Imperial citizens to accept the sermons of the grey pilgrims which would make their mission more effective. But it would also remind the pilgrims that they act with the blessing of the entire Imperial Synod - and that the guidance of the entire Synod was available to them when needed. Any assembly that chose to pass the mandate would be viewed positively by the pilgrims, making it possible for that assembly to issue [[statement of principle|statements of principle]] that had a significant impact on the actions of the pilgrims.

After careful consideration, the Tribune has announced that these two mandates are not in [[Mandate#Competing_Mandates|competition]] - both assemblies could choose to pass the mandate if they chose, both assemblies would benefit exactly as described if they chose to do so.

('''OOC Note:''' When we talk of an assembly being able to issue statements of principle that have an impact on the grey pilgrims, we explicitly mean the NPC pilgrims. Player characters can accept or reject the statements of the assemblies as they wish, as always.)

Seer of the Gateway

2019-04-03T20:09:50Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */

Seer of the Gateway

2019-04-03T20:09:09Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */ Echoes vol 5 now contains Autumn 381

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
__TOC__

When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.

===Publication===
The Seer of the Gateway is expected to compile and publish accounts of Imperial True Liao vision. During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Imperial Senate agreed to pay to [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|distribute]] copies of these documents to every foreign nation with which the Empire trades. This decision was [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|amended]] to exclude the [[Iron Confederacy]].

==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.

During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Senate agreed to [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions|fund the distribution]] of Echoes of the Labyrinth to foreign nations - or at least to the nations the Empire trades with. Some foreign nations have received the volumes enthusiastically, some a little less so. Details of the somewhat mixed response can be found [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions#Distribution|here]].
{|
|-
|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
|-
|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/8d/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1.pdf Volume 1]
|-
|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/4/45/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2.pdf Volume 2]
|-
|Winter 378 YE - Autumn 379 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/7/75/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_3.pdf Volume 3]
|-
|Winter 379 YE - Autumn 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/f/f9/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_4.pdf Volume 4]
|-
|Winter 380 YE - Summer 381 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf Volume 5]
|-
|}
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File:EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf

2019-04-03T20:07:34Z

Bluebottle: Bluebottle uploaded a new version of File:EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf

Seer of the Gateway

2019-04-03T19:54:15Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */ Updated Echoes of the Labyrinth vol 3 to edition 3

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
__TOC__

When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.

===Publication===
The Seer of the Gateway is expected to compile and publish accounts of Imperial True Liao vision. During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Imperial Senate agreed to pay to [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|distribute]] copies of these documents to every foreign nation with which the Empire trades. This decision was [[Amend_distribution_of_Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth|amended]] to exclude the [[Iron Confederacy]].

==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.

During the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Senate agreed to [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions|fund the distribution]] of Echoes of the Labyrinth to foreign nations - or at least to the nations the Empire trades with. Some foreign nations have received the volumes enthusiastically, some a little less so. Details of the somewhat mixed response can be found [[Disseminate_True_Liao_visions#Distribution|here]].
{|
|-
|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
|-
|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/8d/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1.pdf Volume 1]
|-
|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/4/45/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2.pdf Volume 2]
|-
|Winter 378 YE - Autumn 379 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/7/75/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_3.pdf Volume 3]
|-
|Winter 379 YE - Autumn 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/f/f9/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_4.pdf Volume 4]
|-
|Winter 380 YE - Summer 381 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf Volume 5a-5c]
|-
|}
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File:Echoes of the Labyrinth 3.pdf

2019-04-03T19:51:24Z

Bluebottle: Uploading edition 3 of Echoes of the Labyrinth volume 3.

Uploading edition 3 of Echoes of the Labyrinth volume 3.

Seer of the Gateway

2018-09-02T14:00:52Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */ Echoes vol 5 now contains Summer 381

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
__TOC__

When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.
==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.
{|
|-
|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
|-
|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/8d/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1.pdf Volume 1]
|-
|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/4/45/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2.pdf Volume 2]
|-
|Winter 378 YE - Autumn 379 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/c/c5/EchoesoftheLabyrinth3-edition2.pdf Volume 3]
|-
|Winter 379 YE - Autumn 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/f/f9/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_4.pdf Volume 4]
|-
|Winter 380 YE - Summer 381 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf Volume 5a-5c]
|-
|}
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[[Category:Title]]

File:EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf

2018-09-02T13:58:42Z

Bluebottle: Bluebottle uploaded a new version of File:EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf

382YE Summer Solstice Synod judgements

2018-07-31T21:55:33Z

Bluebottle:

==Overview==
During the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 97 [[judgement|judgements]].

==[[Change of doctrine]]==
No change of doctrine was attempted during the Summit.

==[[Veto]]==

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Statement of principle]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|9 || Navarr || We recognise the support given to the Navarr in fighting the Vallorn by the Marches. As such we wish to reward the Generals of the Tusks and the Bounders with an appropriate Testimony. || Corey Wayfarer || Upheld 163 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==[[Mandate]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3|| Nine || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Jorma Steelhail || Upheld 7-0 (GM)
|-
|5|| General || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Bloodcrow Ergot || 1120 - 295 (Withdrawn)
|-
|7|| Highborn || The monstrous infestation that is the vallorn is a danger beyond any other that now faces us/ There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower with 500 liao to urge every Highborn citizen to consider if they could assist in defeating this threat by undertaking an extended pilgrimage to walk the trods. '''The Throne used their Defender of the Faith power to cause this mandate to require a Greater Majority.''' || Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower || 211 - 498 (Not Upheld)
|-
|}

==Evaluation==
The Synod made the following judgements of [[excommunication]], [[inquisition]], [[revocation]], and [[sanction]].
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3 || General || Inquisition: I summon Magnus Prochnost to Inquisition regarding what happened in Spiral and the actions and discussions that led to the Black Plateau waking up; on Saturday 1pm at the Military Council Tent. || Amahel || Upheld 345 - 50
|-
|6 || Pride || Vindication: Miriam o the Cenotaph's name was brought to me with claims she "saved Highguard" in battle. Initial investigations found no opposition to this.. Inquisition sealed it. As a runner she put herself in extreme danger to summon reinforcements to surrounded Highborn forces. This short judgement cannot do the tae justice, but I name it heroism. She named it her duty. I urge the Highborn to hear her story, and tell it as an example of these highest duties. Let them take Pride in their hero and use this as an inspiration to which they may aspire. Miriam herself is warmly reminded her next duty is to continue setting this example to elevate others with Pride. || Rane Sherarding || Upheld 214 - 0 (GM)
|}

==[[Recognition]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC. || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Appointment]]==
At the Summit, the following appointments were made by the Assemblies of the Synod:

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|1|| Wisdom|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Sariel of the Shattered Tower
|-
|2|| Courage|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Carice Novarion
|-
|4|| Nine|| Appointment of the Imperial Inquisitor. || Civil Service || Corwyn Leafstalker
|-
|}
Appointments by Cardinals:

The Cardinal of Ambition reappointed Corey Wayfarer of Navarr as their Gatekeeper, and Ranae de Rondell of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of Vigilance appointed Sela of the Suns of Courous of Highguard as their Gatekeeper, and Ser Ancél of House Vexille of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of the Way, Atla of the Imperial Orcs, appointed Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs to the position of Imperial Chaplain Consular.

==Rewarding==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|5 || General || I request 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund to purchase White Granite through the Cavabianca Dock Ministry. The intent is to give this White Granite to Axos to speed up their outlawing of slavery, to Severin of the House of Seven Mirrors. Use White Granite from Asavea to end slavery in Axos. The Cavabianca Dock in the League buys White Granite from Asavea, a nation that has slaves. There is no use this White Granite can be put to that will not bear the taint of slavery. Let the Synod purchase this White Granite, and use it to enable Axos to outlaw slavery. 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund puts Asavean “bloody granite” to a Virtuous use. If the purchase cannot be achieved, 48 Thrones will be returned to the Virtue Fund.|| Lieselotte Von Holberg || Upheld 734 - 246. Paid.
|-
|}
===The Virtue Fund===
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

{|
| ''Starting Value'' || TBC ||
|-
| ''Income'' || TBC || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
| ''Closing Value'' || TBC ||
|}

==Visionaries==
The following individuals received visions of their past lives.
* Lady Danica Vandale of Dawn
* Idwyn Splitroot of Navarr
* Sister Meredith Stellamaris of the Marches

==The Imperial Titles of the Synod==
{{Stub}}
At the end of the Summer Solstice 382YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by:
{|
| '''Virtue''' || '''Cardinal''' || '''Gatekeeper / Conscience''' || '''Virtue Inquisitor'''
|-
| [[Ambition]] || Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn || Corey Brackensong (formerly Wayfarer) of Navarr|| Ranae de Rondell of Dawn
|-
| [[Courage]] || Jorma Steelhail of Wintermark || Nina of Cantiarch's Hold|| Lucifer, Son of Cyrus of Highguard
|-
| [[Loyalty]] || Veikko of Wintermark|| Tess of the Marches || Corwin Leafstalker of Navarr
|-
| [[Pride]] || Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato of The League || Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra of The Brass Coast || Rane Jorunsdottir of Wintermark
|-
| [[Prosperity]] || Cesare Enzo di Trivento || Morgan Leafstalker of Navarr || Yarona of The Chantry of the Silver Skull
|-
| [[Vigilance]] || Irada von Temeschwar of the League || Sela of the Suns of Courous || Ser Ancel of House Vexille.
|-
| [[Wisdom]] || Abaddon De Rondell of Dawn || Amris of Varushka || Galene Netherwatch
|-
| [[The Way]] || Atla of the Imperial Orcs || Mel Greenhill of The Marches || Yarrick Ursan of Wintermark
|}
===Other Synod-Appointed Titles===
{{Stub}}
{|
| '''Title''' || '''Held By''' || '''Appointed By''' || '''Renews'''
|-
| [[High Exorcist]] || Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]] || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Imperial Inquisitor]] || Martin Orchard of the Marches || Assembly of Nine || Summer Solstice
|-
| [[Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial]] || Sister Magdalena of the Shattered Tower, Highguard|| Highguard National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[Imperial Chaplain Consular]] || Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs || Cardinal of the Way || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Seer of the Gateway]] || Livia Cascade of Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[High Bard of the Empire]] || Irina Akulineuna Kotor || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Voice of Barbs]] || Meredith Nighthaven|| Navarr National Assembly || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Curator of the Printer's Guild Museum]] || Taddea Ginori of the League || Cardinal of Prosperity || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication. When a new Cardinal of Prosperity is appointed they may choose to name a replacement.
|-
| [[Curator of the White City Museum]] || Apollos of Highguard || Highguard National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Watcher of Britta's Pool]] || Gunnbrand Ironwill of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Dean of Laroc Cathedral]] || Odelina de Rondell of Dawn || Dawn National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Crow Keeper of the Rest]] || Nils Bardstrom of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Guardian of Giselle's Tomb]] || Casimir Marcellino di Sarvos of the League || League National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Quaymaster of the Black Sails]] || Vacant || Loyalty Assembly || Autumn Equinox
|-
| [[Friar of Honour's Rest]] || Albert Fugglestone-Copperhill|| Marcher National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Claviger of the Basilica of Cora Holdfast]] || Jared of the Suns of Courous|| Loyalty Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Castellan of the Silent Sentinel]] || Rhesa of the Scions of Ravensfell|| Highguard Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|}

==Assembly Strength==
{{Stub}}
At the start of the summit the voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2607.

The final voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2930.

The Civil Service reminds citizens that determining whether a Judgement has achieved a Greater Majority counts from the estimation of the relevant Assembly strength when scrutiny on the Judgement closes, not the final Assembly strength at the end of the summit.

At the end of the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit the voting strength of the Virtue and National Assemblies were estimated to be:
{{stub}}
{|
| '''Virtue Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Ambition ||210 ||260 ||131
|-
|Courage ||258 ||304 ||153
|-
|Loyalty ||394 ||442 ||222
|-
|Pride ||399 ||419 ||211
|-
|Prosperity ||251 ||303 ||152
|-
|Vigilance ||285 ||368 ||185
|-
|Wisdom ||326 ||350 ||176
|-
|The Way ||484 ||484 ||243
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

 

{|
| '''National Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Brass Coast ||126 ||136 ||69
|-
|Dawn ||316 ||316 ||159
|-
|Highguard ||686 ||816 ||409
|-
|Imperial Orcs ||126 ||126 ||64
|-
|The League ||250 ||288 ||145
|-
|The Marches ||110 ||120 ||61
|-
|Navarr ||217 ||257 ||129
|-
|Urizen ||208 ||218 ||110
|-
|Varushka ||190 ||228 ||115
|-
|Wintermark ||378 ||425 ||213
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

[[Category: Synod]]
[[Category:Synod Results]]
[[Category: Synod Judgements]]
[[Category: 382YE]]

382YE Summer Solstice Synod judgements

2018-07-31T21:55:07Z

Bluebottle:

==Overview==
During the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 97 [[judgement|judgements]].

==[[Change of doctrine]]==
No change of doctrine was attempted during the Summit.

==[[Veto]]==

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Statement of principle]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|9 || Navarr || We recognise the support given to the Navarr in fighting the Vallorn by the Marches. As such we wish to reward the Generals of the Tusks and the Bounders with an appropriate Testimony. || Corey Wayfarer || Upheld 163 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==[[Mandate]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3|| Nine || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Jorma Steelhail || Upheld 7-0 (GM)
|-
|5|| General || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Bloodcrow Ergot || 1120 - 295 (Withdrawn)
|-
|7|| Highborn || The monstrous infestation that is the vallorn is a danger beyond any other that now faces us/ There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower with 500 liao to urge every Highborn citizen to consider if they could assist in defeating this threat by undertaking an extended pilgrimage to walk the trods. '''The Throne used their Defender of the Faith power to cause this mandate to require a Greater Majority.''' || Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower || 211 - 498 (Not Upheld)
|-
|}

==Evaluation==
The Synod made the following judgements of [[excommunication]], [[inquisition]], [[revocation]], and [[sanction]].
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3 || General || Inquisition: I summon Magnus Prochnost to Inquisition regarding what happened in Spiral and the actions and discussions that led to the Black Plateau waking up; on Saturday 1pm at the Military Council Tent. || Amahel || Upheld 345 - 50
|-
|6 || Pride || Vindication: Miriam o the Cenotaph's name was brought to me with claims she "saved Highguard" in battle. Initial investigations found no opposition to this.. Inquisition sealed it. As a runner she put herself in extreme danger to summon reinforcements to surrounded Highborn forces. This short judgement cannot do the tae justice, but I name it heroism. She named it her duty. I urge the Highborn to hear her story, and tell it as an example of these highest duties. Let them take Pride in their hero and use this as an inspiration to which they may aspire. Miriam herself is warmly reminded her next duty is to continue setting this example to elevate others with Pride. || Rane Sherarding || Upheld 214 - 0 (GM)
|}

==[[Recognition]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC. || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Appointment]]==
At the Summit, the following appointments were made by the Assemblies of the Synod:

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|1|| Wisdom|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Sariel of the Shattered Tower
|-
|2|| Courage|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Carice Novarion
|-
|4|| Nine|| Appointment of the Imperial Inquisitor. || Civil Service || Corwyn Leafstalker
|-
|}
Appointments by Cardinals:

The Cardinal of Ambition reappointed Corey Wayfarer of Navarr as their Gatekeeper, and Ranae de Rondell of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of Vigilance appointed Sela of the Suns of Courous of Highguard as their Gatekeeper, and Ser Ancél of House Vexille of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of the Way, Atla of the Imperial Orcs, appointed Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs to the position of Imperial Chaplain Consular.

==Rewarding==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|5 || General || I request 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund to purchase White Granite through the Cavabianca Dock Ministry. The intent is to give this White Granite to Axos to speed up their outlawing of slavery, to Severin of the House of Seven Mirrors. Use White Granite from Asavea to end slavery in Axos. The Cavabianca Dock in the League buys White Granite from Asavea, a nation that has slaves. There is no use this White Granite can be put to that will not bear the taint of slavery. Let the Synod purchase this White Granite, and use it to enable Axos to outlaw slavery. 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund puts Asavean “bloody granite” to a Virtuous use. If the purchase cannot be achieved, 48 Thrones will be returned to the Virtue Fund.|| Lieselotte Von Holberg || Upheld 734 - 246. Paid.
|-
|}
===The Virtue Fund===
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

{|
| ''Starting Value'' || TBC ||
|-
| ''Income'' || TBC || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
| ''Closing Value'' || TBC ||
|}

==Visionaries==
The following individuals received visions of their past lives.
* Lady Danica Vandale of Dawn
* Idwyn Splitroot of Navarr
* Sister Meredith Stellamaris of the Marches

==The Imperial Titles of the Synod==
{{Stub}}
At the end of the Summer Solstice, 381YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by:
{|
| '''Virtue''' || '''Cardinal''' || '''Gatekeeper / Conscience''' || '''Virtue Inquisitor'''
|-
| [[Ambition]] || Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn || Corey Brackensong (formerly Wayfarer) of Navarr|| Ranae de Rondell of Dawn
|-
| [[Courage]] || Jorma Steelhail of Wintermark || Nina of Cantiarch's Hold|| Lucifer, Son of Cyrus of Highguard
|-
| [[Loyalty]] || Veikko of Wintermark|| Tess of the Marches || Corwin Leafstalker of Navarr
|-
| [[Pride]] || Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato of The League || Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra of The Brass Coast || Rane Jorunsdottir of Wintermark
|-
| [[Prosperity]] || Cesare Enzo di Trivento || Morgan Leafstalker of Navarr || Yarona of The Chantry of the Silver Skull
|-
| [[Vigilance]] || Irada von Temeschwar of the League || Sela of the Suns of Courous || Ser Ancel of House Vexille.
|-
| [[Wisdom]] || Abaddon De Rondell of Dawn || Amris of Varushka || Galene Netherwatch
|-
| [[The Way]] || Atla of the Imperial Orcs || Mel Greenhill of The Marches || Yarrick Ursan of Wintermark
|}
===Other Synod-Appointed Titles===
{{Stub}}
{|
| '''Title''' || '''Held By''' || '''Appointed By''' || '''Renews'''
|-
| [[High Exorcist]] || Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]] || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Imperial Inquisitor]] || Martin Orchard of the Marches || Assembly of Nine || Summer Solstice
|-
| [[Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial]] || Sister Magdalena of the Shattered Tower, Highguard|| Highguard National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[Imperial Chaplain Consular]] || Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs || Cardinal of the Way || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Seer of the Gateway]] || Livia Cascade of Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[High Bard of the Empire]] || Irina Akulineuna Kotor || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Voice of Barbs]] || Meredith Nighthaven|| Navarr National Assembly || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Curator of the Printer's Guild Museum]] || Taddea Ginori of the League || Cardinal of Prosperity || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication. When a new Cardinal of Prosperity is appointed they may choose to name a replacement.
|-
| [[Curator of the White City Museum]] || Apollos of Highguard || Highguard National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Watcher of Britta's Pool]] || Gunnbrand Ironwill of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Dean of Laroc Cathedral]] || Odelina de Rondell of Dawn || Dawn National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Crow Keeper of the Rest]] || Nils Bardstrom of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Guardian of Giselle's Tomb]] || Casimir Marcellino di Sarvos of the League || League National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Quaymaster of the Black Sails]] || Vacant || Loyalty Assembly || Autumn Equinox
|-
| [[Friar of Honour's Rest]] || Albert Fugglestone-Copperhill|| Marcher National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Claviger of the Basilica of Cora Holdfast]] || Jared of the Suns of Courous|| Loyalty Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Castellan of the Silent Sentinel]] || Rhesa of the Scions of Ravensfell|| Highguard Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|}

==Assembly Strength==
{{Stub}}
At the start of the summit the voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2607.

The final voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2930.

The Civil Service reminds citizens that determining whether a Judgement has achieved a Greater Majority counts from the estimation of the relevant Assembly strength when scrutiny on the Judgement closes, not the final Assembly strength at the end of the summit.

At the end of the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit the voting strength of the Virtue and National Assemblies were estimated to be:
{{stub}}
{|
| '''Virtue Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Ambition ||210 ||260 ||131
|-
|Courage ||258 ||304 ||153
|-
|Loyalty ||394 ||442 ||222
|-
|Pride ||399 ||419 ||211
|-
|Prosperity ||251 ||303 ||152
|-
|Vigilance ||285 ||368 ||185
|-
|Wisdom ||326 ||350 ||176
|-
|The Way ||484 ||484 ||243
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

 

{|
| '''National Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Brass Coast ||126 ||136 ||69
|-
|Dawn ||316 ||316 ||159
|-
|Highguard ||686 ||816 ||409
|-
|Imperial Orcs ||126 ||126 ||64
|-
|The League ||250 ||288 ||145
|-
|The Marches ||110 ||120 ||61
|-
|Navarr ||217 ||257 ||129
|-
|Urizen ||208 ||218 ||110
|-
|Varushka ||190 ||228 ||115
|-
|Wintermark ||378 ||425 ||213
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

[[Category: Synod]]
[[Category:Synod Results]]
[[Category: Synod Judgements]]
[[Category: 382YE]]

382YE Summer Solstice Synod judgements

2018-07-31T21:54:32Z

Bluebottle: /* Visionaries */ adding list

==Overview==
During the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 97 [[judgement|judgements]].

==[[Change of doctrine]]==
No change of doctrine was attempted during the Summit.

==[[Veto]]==

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Statement of principle]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|9 || Navarr || We recognise the support given to the Navarr in fighting the Vallorn by the Marches. As such we wish to reward the Generals of the Tusks and the Bounders with an appropriate Testimony. || Corey Wayfarer || Upheld 163 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==[[Mandate]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3|| Nine || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Jorma Steelhail || Upheld 7-0 (GM)
|-
|5|| General || The institution of slavery is a dark stain on the soul that will never wash clean. Evey citizen should take arms in defence of those who fight against slavery against any who threaten it. We send Jorma Steelhail with 150 doss of liao to tell every citizen of the Empire to reach out to help those who have been enslaved - all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. || Bloodcrow Ergot || 1120 - 295 (Withdrawn)
|-
|7|| Highborn || The monstrous infestation that is the vallorn is a danger beyond any other that now faces us/ There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower with 500 liao to urge every Highborn citizen to consider if they could assist in defeating this threat by undertaking an extended pilgrimage to walk the trods. '''The Throne used their Defender of the Faith power to cause this mandate to require a Greater Majority.''' || Hazelponi of the Shattered Tower || 211 - 498 (Not Upheld)
|-
|}

==Evaluation==
The Synod made the following judgements of [[excommunication]], [[inquisition]], [[revocation]], and [[sanction]].
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3 || General || Inquisition: I summon Magnus Prochnost to Inquisition regarding what happened in Spiral and the actions and discussions that led to the Black Plateau waking up; on Saturday 1pm at the Military Council Tent. || Amahel || Upheld 345 - 50
|-
|6 || Pride || Vindication: Miriam o the Cenotaph's name was brought to me with claims she "saved Highguard" in battle. Initial investigations found no opposition to this.. Inquisition sealed it. As a runner she put herself in extreme danger to summon reinforcements to surrounded Highborn forces. This short judgement cannot do the tae justice, but I name it heroism. She named it her duty. I urge the Highborn to hear her story, and tell it as an example of these highest duties. Let them take Pride in their hero and use this as an inspiration to which they may aspire. Miriam herself is warmly reminded her next duty is to continue setting this example to elevate others with Pride. || Rane Sherarding || Upheld 214 - 0 (GM)
|}

==[[Recognition]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|TBC || TBC || TBC. || TBC || TBC
|-
|}

==[[Appointment]]==
At the Summit, the following appointments were made by the Assemblies of the Synod:

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|1|| Wisdom|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Sariel of the Shattered Tower
|-
|2|| Courage|| Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Carice Novarion
|-
|4|| Nine|| Appointment of the Imperial Inquisitor. || Civil Service || Corwyn Leafstalker
|-
|}
Appointments by Cardinals:

The Cardinal of Ambition reappointed Corey Wayfarer of Navarr as their Gatekeeper, and Ranae de Rondell of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of Vigilance appointed Sela of the Suns of Courous of Highguard as their Gatekeeper, and Ser Ancél of House Vexille of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of the Way, Atla of the Imperial Orcs, appointed Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs to the position of Imperial Chaplain Consular.

==Rewarding==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|5 || General || I request 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund to purchase White Granite through the Cavabianca Dock Ministry. The intent is to give this White Granite to Axos to speed up their outlawing of slavery, to Severin of the House of Seven Mirrors. Use White Granite from Asavea to end slavery in Axos. The Cavabianca Dock in the League buys White Granite from Asavea, a nation that has slaves. There is no use this White Granite can be put to that will not bear the taint of slavery. Let the Synod purchase this White Granite, and use it to enable Axos to outlaw slavery. 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund puts Asavean “bloody granite” to a Virtuous use. If the purchase cannot be achieved, 48 Thrones will be returned to the Virtue Fund.|| Lieselotte Von Holberg || Upheld 734 - 246. Paid.
|-
|}
===The Virtue Fund===
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

{|
| ''Starting Value'' || TBC ||
|-
| ''Income'' || TBC || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
| ''Closing Value'' || TBC ||
|}

==Visionaries==
The following individuals received visions of their past lives.
* Lady Danica Vandale of Dawn
* Idwyn Splitroot of Navarr
* Sister Meredith Stellamaris of the Marches

==The Imperial Titles of the Synod==
{{Stub}}
At the end of the SumerSlstice, 381YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by:
{|
| '''Virtue''' || '''Cardinal''' || '''Gatekeeper / Conscience''' || '''Virtue Inquisitor'''
|-
| [[Ambition]] || Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn || Corey Brackensong (formerly Wayfarer) of Navarr|| Ranae de Rondell of Dawn
|-
| [[Courage]] || Jorma Steelhail of Wintermark || Nina of Cantiarch's Hold|| Lucifer, Son of Cyrus of Highguard
|-
| [[Loyalty]] || Veikko of Wintermark|| Tess of the Marches || Corwin Leafstalker of Navarr
|-
| [[Pride]] || Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato of The League || Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra of The Brass Coast || Rane Jorunsdottir of Wintermark
|-
| [[Prosperity]] || Cesare Enzo di Trivento || Morgan Leafstalker of Navarr || Yarona of The Chantry of the Silver Skull
|-
| [[Vigilance]] || Irada von Temeschwar of the League || Sela of the Suns of Courous || Ser Ancel of House Vexille.
|-
| [[Wisdom]] || Abaddon De Rondell of Dawn || Amris of Varushka || Galene Netherwatch
|-
| [[The Way]] || Atla of the Imperial Orcs || Mel Greenhill of The Marches || Yarrick Ursan of Wintermark
|}
===Other Synod-Appointed Titles===
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{|
| '''Title''' || '''Held By''' || '''Appointed By''' || '''Renews'''
|-
| [[High Exorcist]] || Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]] || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Imperial Inquisitor]] || Martin Orchard of the Marches || Assembly of Nine || Summer Solstice
|-
| [[Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial]] || Sister Magdalena of the Shattered Tower, Highguard|| Highguard National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[Imperial Chaplain Consular]] || Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs || Cardinal of the Way || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Seer of the Gateway]] || Livia Cascade of Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[High Bard of the Empire]] || Irina Akulineuna Kotor || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Voice of Barbs]] || Meredith Nighthaven|| Navarr National Assembly || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Curator of the Printer's Guild Museum]] || Taddea Ginori of the League || Cardinal of Prosperity || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication. When a new Cardinal of Prosperity is appointed they may choose to name a replacement.
|-
| [[Curator of the White City Museum]] || Apollos of Highguard || Highguard National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Watcher of Britta's Pool]] || Gunnbrand Ironwill of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Dean of Laroc Cathedral]] || Odelina de Rondell of Dawn || Dawn National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Crow Keeper of the Rest]] || Nils Bardstrom of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Guardian of Giselle's Tomb]] || Casimir Marcellino di Sarvos of the League || League National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Quaymaster of the Black Sails]] || Vacant || Loyalty Assembly || Autumn Equinox
|-
| [[Friar of Honour's Rest]] || Albert Fugglestone-Copperhill|| Marcher National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Claviger of the Basilica of Cora Holdfast]] || Jared of the Suns of Courous|| Loyalty Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Castellan of the Silent Sentinel]] || Rhesa of the Scions of Ravensfell|| Highguard Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|}

==Assembly Strength==
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At the start of the summit the voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2607.

The final voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2930.

The Civil Service reminds citizens that determining whether a Judgement has achieved a Greater Majority counts from the estimation of the relevant Assembly strength when scrutiny on the Judgement closes, not the final Assembly strength at the end of the summit.

At the end of the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit the voting strength of the Virtue and National Assemblies were estimated to be:
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{|
| '''Virtue Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Ambition ||210 ||260 ||131
|-
|Courage ||258 ||304 ||153
|-
|Loyalty ||394 ||442 ||222
|-
|Pride ||399 ||419 ||211
|-
|Prosperity ||251 ||303 ||152
|-
|Vigilance ||285 ||368 ||185
|-
|Wisdom ||326 ||350 ||176
|-
|The Way ||484 ||484 ||243
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

 

{|
| '''National Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Brass Coast ||126 ||136 ||69
|-
|Dawn ||316 ||316 ||159
|-
|Highguard ||686 ||816 ||409
|-
|Imperial Orcs ||126 ||126 ||64
|-
|The League ||250 ||288 ||145
|-
|The Marches ||110 ||120 ||61
|-
|Navarr ||217 ||257 ||129
|-
|Urizen ||208 ||218 ||110
|-
|Varushka ||190 ||228 ||115
|-
|Wintermark ||378 ||425 ||213
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

[[Category: Synod]]
[[Category:Synod Results]]
[[Category: Synod Judgements]]
[[Category: 382YE]]

382YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

2018-07-19T16:22:16Z

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==Overview==
During the Spring Equinox 382YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 91 [[judgement|judgements]].

==[[Change of doctrine]]==
No change of doctrine was attempted during the Summit.

==[[Veto]]==

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|75 || General || That the vote to create the Golden Bridge via Summer magic was not done with all the pertinent information. That in Conclave, the issue that Eleonaris in this construction was confirmed means that this Senator misinformed Senate. This squanders the Prosperity of the Empire, it lacks Courage in not telling the truth. This Motion must be vetoed. || Sammual || Not upheld 364 - 504
|-
|}

==[[Statement of principle]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|9 || Navarr || We recognise the support given to the Navarr in fighting the Vallorn by the Marches. As such we wish to reward the Generals of the Tusks and the Bounders with an appropriate Testimony. || Corey Wayfarer || Upheld 163 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|11 || Urizen || That all sword scholars unite under the banner of the disciples of the Tempest Jade Maiden to become an effective fighting force. || Edmundo || Upheld 116 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|12 || General || Can souls fly free of the Labyrinth of cross the Howling Abyss when the body is in chains? I ask every priest of the Synod to lead the foreign nation of Axos to outlaw slavery. To gather resources, and use their influence to further this aim. The opportunity is before us now - 100 wains each of mithril, weirwood and white granite will enable Axos to act decisively and swiftly to outlaw slavery. 300 wains of resources is insignificant when measured against the lives of generations of slaves. Let us act with Ambition, let us act with Benevolence. || Severin Teyhard von Holberg || Not upheld, withdrawn at the request of the raising priest 245 - 84.
|-
|13 || Highguard || The rebuilding of the Lake at the Vigilant Swan is a message to all that there is nothing the Druj can take from us. Souls will be reborn, and anything else can be rebuilt and improved. Death to the Druj. || Bartimaeus|| Upheld 264 - 0
|-
|16 || General || Imperial citizens should lead virtuous lives; they should have virtuous deaths. Any Imperial citizen who finds their home occupied by forces hostile to the Way must follow in the footsteps of Thrace and rebel against their oppressors, destroy their supply lines, harass their troops, and assist Imperial armies in driving them out. Citizens who perish do so for the Empire and the Way. The Synod recognises their sacrifice. A virtuous death will speed their spirit through the Labyrinth of Ages or their soul across the Howling Abyss.|| Chandrenos || Upheld 758 - 498
|-
|22 || Navarr || Aniera Exile’s End requests 75 crystal mana from the Vaults of the Sevenfold Path to assist Navarr armies in their virtuous fight against the Vallorn. || Aniera Exile’s End || Upheld 160 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|24 || Imperial Orc || We believe that Virtuous Ancestors should be able to be Recognised by the Synod. We identify the following signs of Virtue in having relevance in such a Matter: Sign of Legacy Sign of Inspiration Sign of Benevolence SIgn of Salvation Sign of Pilgrimage Sign of Miracle Sign of Revelation|| Bonewall Col || Upheld 83 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|30 || General || Priests and Mages of the Empire! You have the ability to Insight and Detect magic. Use these on those that are seeking Imperial positions - for the safety of the Empire. Those who have Imperial positions carry great responsibility. We do not want them to be under malign effects.|| Jericho || Upheld 1245 - 44
|-
|32 || General || The actions of Aarne Ceorling, Gatekeeper of Vigilance, in treating with The Whisper Gallery to obtain evidence to further our understanding of The Way, were motivated by Virtue. Whatever the outcome of his trial for treason, the Imperial Synod should make use of the evidence so obtained. || Aarne Ceorling || Not upheld 328 - 627
|-
|34 || General || The unique qualification for a Paragon is that they transcended the Labyrinth. The signs are a helpful tool that allows the virtuous to identify such souls so that we might inspire ourselves by their actions. The signs of Paragon should not inform our actions. Virtue should. To purposefully imitate the signs alone is misguided.|| Lev Unbound || Upheld 697 - 353
|-
|40 || Highguard || Citizens of Reikos, be Vigilant should you find any Spider Jars. Report the location and do not approach without a mage. If possible the Jar should be boxed and sent to Sybela Cross Physic Hall. Otherwise, report the location. || Sela of the Suns of Courous. || Upheld 632 - 10 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|44 || Highguard || We remember well the suffering inflicted by the Druj. The Highborn Assembly calls upon all citizens of Highguard to remember the Virtues of Prosperity, Loyalty and Pride. To throw open the doors of their homes to our cousins from Urizen and offer them safety and succour for as long as their homes lie in the hands of the Barbarian. || Able of the Shattered Tower || Upheld 550 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|45 || Highguard || The armies of Highguard - The Granite Pillar, The Seventh Wave and the Valiant Pegasus - have fought many wars against the enemies of the Empire. But no foe is more deserving of war than the Druj. The Highguard Assembly recognises the sacrifice and virtue of our soldiers and calls upon any citizens capable of doing so to lend their arm to the destruction of the Druj in Zenith and beyond. || Absalom || Upheld 456 - 48 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|46 || Highguard || Reikos may appear to be reborn, but a disease lurks in its heart. The Highborn Assembly calls upon all virtuous citizens of Reikos and beyond to REJECT and REPULSE the ETERNAL LLOFIR and do whatever is necessary to drive him from our home. We must STOP the ROT growing at the heart of the Empire WHATEVER THE COST. || Clariel || Upheld 318 - 224
|-
|47 || Highguard || “''...when someone falls in Vallorn miasma, they do not die, trapping their souls…” - Navarr National Assembly, Winter 381YE.'' The National Assembly believes that walking the trods to weaken the Vallorn now also has a religious calling, and that walking the trods should be encouraged for all nations to save as many souls as we can. || Malachi of the Shattered Tower || Upheld 538 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|49 || General || The Vallorn spawn husks have souls trapped with them, both human and orc, including Imperial souls. This can be observed by the use of Insight upon the husk. The Advisor on the Vallorn, Siân Eternal, has collated evidence of this. This, the Vallorn, is the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire.|| Raewyn Eternal || Upheld 969 - 213
|-
|53 || Imperial Orc || The best long-term way to encourage greater Virtue among Orcish souls is for the virtuous Orc souls to cross the Howling Abyss. To prevent Orcish souls from facing the Howling Abyss would deny the creation of new virtuous ancestors.|| Skywise Tulva || Upheld 72 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|54 || General || The degradation of Slavery denies slaves the exercise of Virtue. They must rebel to have Virtue and such rebellion is not anarchy. || Bloodcrow Ergot || Upheld 552 - 421
|-
|55|| General || We would like to celebrate those priests who are active in the Synod by the creation of a Synod Roll of Honour that records and publishes each season the number of times each priest votes within the Synod. || Skywise Gralka || Upheld 753 - 400
|-
|56 || Urizen || We believe that while it is important to reclaim Zenith from the Druj we must not do so at the expense of the human and orc souls trapped by the Vallorn in Liathaven. || Armenius Neverwatch || Upheld 110 - 10
|-
|58 || Urizen || The people of Urizen do not trust the Senate of the Empire to make decisions in the best interests of our nation and the Empire as a whole. (Based on the National debate and vote last Summit.) || Stilicho || Not upheld 20 - 104
|-
|60 || General || We, the Synod, hold that National Assemblies play a crucial role in the guidance and shaping of Virtue within the Empire. They provide an irreplaceable good for our nations, showing Pride in our different cultures and putting focus on matters of importance to the nation that can be solved no other way. Any usage of these bodies to promote schisms or disloyalty is an Abuse of Powers and must be prosecuted as such. || Casimir Marcellino di Sarvos || Upheld 649 - 425
|-
|61 || Prosperity || The Chantry of the Silver Skull are pleased to announce that the Prosperity of the Empire was greatly demonstrated during this year’s miser-smiting festival. Young citizens aged 16 or under are encouraged to apply to the ‘Young Benefactors fund” for the provision of: 13 Thrones, 2 Crowns, 12 rings. A selection of herbs & potions. 5 Artisan’s Oils. 6 Mana crystals. 12 Liao. 3 Ambergelt 1 Wain of mithril. || Tova of the Chantry || Upheld 135 - 0
|-
|62 || General || The General Assembly ask the Sevenfold Path to support the Arcane Projection of “Thought Imprisons the Mind” being put into Imperial Law. This ritual/curse would prevent a magician from using a ritual they had not mastered, and therefore could stop dangerous Arcane Projections (Territory level or other) from being used. Ciancus Archmage of Day is leading this process.|| Alys || Upheld 586 - 242
|-
|63 || Navarr || Sacrifice is in our blood. We, the National Assembly, urge all citizens to tighten their belts and offer all possible support to resupplying the Blackthorn’s Army. The Empire needs out might at full strength sooner rather than later.|| Harwyn Hollowatcher || Upheld 146 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|64 || Varushkan || Varushka recognises the virtue and integrity of Lycier of Phoenix Reach who, by his actions saved the lives of over seventy Varushkans and potentially hundreds of others. || Alderal || Upheld 64 - 0
|-
|68 || Freeborn || The rebels of the Iron Confederacy were heretics and bandits, who were offered refuge but refused and decided to use our territories as a base for their raids. Their treatment does not set a precedent for the treatment of Zemress settlers. || Immeldar i Ezmara i Erigo || Upheld 86 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|69 || Freeborn || Donating money and resources to support Imperial military action is not unprosperous. The gain is not monetary, but increased safety and security allows prosperous activities to proceed uninterrupted. || Figaro i Ignacio i Guerra || Upheld 86 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|70 || Courage || The Courage Assembly believes that Clarice Novarion has demonstrated inspiration in her Courage by showing the strength of the human spirit in her ongoing fight, after being cruelly broken. We are not defined by the actions taken upon us, but instead by the actions we take.|| Odelina de Rondell || Upheld 152 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|73 || Navarr || The Navarr will be casting “Wither the Seed” in Liathaven at the Summer Summit 382YE. This is done to fight our ancestral enemy and the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire. We do this in Loyalty to the nation, the Empire, and The Way. We urge all individuals to leave the territory before this to preserve their Prosperity. This is the will of the people. || Ranulf || Upheld 108 - 0
|-
|74 || League || We encourage the famed architect Menno van Ritsjhof to display his virtue by offering his architectural expertise to the Freeborn in constructing ambitious fortifications in Madruga. || Serrusto || Upheld 206 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|76 || Pride || It is an insult to the Pride of the Empire to allow slaves to be taken on Imperial soil. Whatever the legal technicalities, this was the consequence of allowing forces from the Iron Confederacy to assault the group of rebel slaves this season. We must do better than this. || Daniel of Jeremiah’s Welcome || Upheld 237 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|77 || Freeborn || The Freeborn take their virtues very seriously (though not in the absence of fun). Our prosperous trading traditions, and our honesty and directness, are ingrained in our everyday virtue. The Broken Wheel is an age-old tradition where the Freeborn perform a kind of mass performance art, showing what chaos would ensue if we did not cleave to virtue as we do. In the interest of fun and spectacle this counterpoint often takes the form of a humorous extreme - an aspect of the festival Freeborn are familiar and comfortable with, and an aspect we wish to help other nations come to understand. The following day all reflect upon the events of the Broken Wheel, with a renewed perspective and appreciation of virtue. The Sutannir of the Brass Coast take particular care to look to the souls of their congregations at this time. || Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra || Upheld 42 - 0
|-
|78 || Marcher || We the Marcher Assembly request any willing exorcists to visit Honour’s Rest in the Mourne to assist in guiding restless souls to the Labyrinth or across the Howling Abyss as appropriate. || Albert Fugglestone Copperhill || Upheld 80 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|79 || Nine || We the Assembly of Nine ask the Silent Bell to investigate the Freeborn of the Maw who are idolators. They worship Rhianos and Siakha, and commit human sacrifice. We ask that you find the names of their notable persons, find out where they are, and any information that could be used to bring them to account for their idolatry. They are believed to be in Fontargenta, Feroz. || Irada von Temeschwar || Upheld 7 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|80 ||Wisdom || Knowingly getting addicted to a substance manufactured by the Druj is worthy of Chastisement. || Osfrid of Wyven’s Watch || Upheld 136 - 0
|-
|82 || Freeborn || The Empire is made stronger by the diversity of its Nations united by the Way. National myths and traditions are not by the nature unvirtuous and we should celebrate our differences and be Proud of our heritage. || Mazo i Zabala i Erigo || Upheld 42 - 0
|-
|83 || Urizen || Meda Ruth Irremais, Belisarius Blackheart, and Tarquinius are to investigate the nature and effects of the Black Plateau, and to continue to counter its malign effects on Imperial Citizens through the use of Virtue. || Medea Ruth Irremais || Upheld 60 - 0
|-
|84 || General || There should be a clear record of upcoming inquisitions, detailing time, place and target, on the Synod board; so that interested parties - especially those busy on Imperial business - can attend. This should be updated by the priest raising the Judgement at the time of raising (or by their delegate) and marked as passed or failed when this is known. || Bethany || Upheld 863 - 49
|-
|85 || Navarr || The Navarr National Assembly would like to offer thanks to the mages of Urizen for the major casting of “Clarity of the Master Strategist” on the Marcher armies assisting in Liathaven. These Wise and Loyal users of magic assisted greatly. We invite Urizen to send a couple of these mages they choose to receive testimonies if they wish, recognising this effort and to show our gratitude. || Meredith Nighthaven || Upheld 116 - 0
|-
|90 || Navarr || Following the Assembly of Nine stating that the Vallorn are the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire AND that husks trap souls, we the Navarr Assembly believe that EVERY priest should preach that message to their congregation to warn off the threat. || Alban || Upheld 148 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|91 || Marcher || The Marcher Assembly requests 15 mana and 5 Dragonbone from the Sevenfold Path vaults, to pursue Good Walder’s inspiration of rewarding the deserving. You may view this true spiritual inspiration in the spontaneous true aura upon Bastard Tom of Stoke. || Martin Orchard || Upheld 80 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==[[Mandate]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|25 || Navarr || The destruction of the vallorn is our reason for existing. Created by our ancestors, it is our responsibility to deal with it, and to free the spirits it has trapped eternally between life and death. We have walked the trods, but now it is time to take up spear and shield against the vallorn of Liathaven. We send Elowen Exile’s End with 25 doses of liao to urge all the thorns of Navarr to join together to drive the vallorn from Liathaven, inasmuch as that is possible. || Elowen Exile’s End || Not upheld, withdrawn at the request of the raising priest 90 - 0
|-
|27 || Wintermark || We do not compromise even with ourselves. The mantle of the hero is not easily shrugged on and off again, it is a quality of the soul that endures beyond life. We send Gunnbrand Ironwill with 50 doses of liao to remind all the people of Wintermark of the path that we all walk. || Gunnbrand Ironwill || Upheld 236 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==Evaluation==
The Synod made the following judgements of [[excommunication]], [[inquisition]], [[revocation]], and [[sanction]].
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|3 || General || Inquisition: I summon Magnus Prochnost to Inquisition regarding what happened in Spiral and the actions and discussions that led to the Black Plateau waking up; on Saturday 1pm at the Military Council Tent. || Amahel || Upheld 345 - 50
|-
|4 || General || Excommunication: Magnus Prochnost, General of the Iron Helms, should be Excommunicated for this orders and actions to his army in Spiral this last season, specifically the use of the cabal to call upon the dark pact of the Sovereigns to awaken the Black Plateau. The accursed powers unleashed doomed thousands of souls to be lost in the Labyrinth, their minds twisted by the false Virtues of Fear and Hatred, and closed to Wisdom by the confusion and madness that followed. || Ozren Ivarovich Severyan || Not upheld 201 - 975
|-
|6 || General || [[Writ_of_Excommunication#Removal_.28Acceptance.29|Acceptance]]: The General Assembly of the Synod recognise Silvio de Tassato’s Virtue and welcome him back to the Way. He has shown great Prosperity, from gifting powerful rituals to Imperial lore to dedicating his soldiers to the Empire’s Wars. We believe that Silvio must be Re-communicated, his penance is done, he is ready to be a part of the Empire once more. || Cesare Enzo Di Trivento || Upheld 1504 - 167 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|7 || Ambition || Inquisition: The Ambition Assembly call the Imperial citizen Medea Ruth of Urizen to Inquisition. She is requested and required to attend for Inquisition in the Hub at 6pm on Saturday to answer questions regarding her actions in the name of Ambition, with a special focus on the placement of auras in public and significant places in Anvil. || Ranae de Rondell || Upheld 82 - 0
|-
|8 || General || [[Writ_of_Excommunication#Removal_.28Acceptance.29|Acceptance]]: After 2 years of penance, learning and dedicated work, it is time to acknowledge my Virtues and my return to the Way. I, Jonah von Holberg, will be found in the Hub while voting is open to discuss my journey with those who believe that Souls can be Redeemed.|| Jonah von Holberg || Upheld 1496 - 121 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|18 || Wisdom || Vindication: I, Sariel of the Shattered Tower, in reference to the inquisition of Diras Irameaus, do hereby vindicate the coven for the actions when casting Whispers through the Black Gate. I believe that through Wisdom they weighed all the options and acted virtuously for the betterment of the Empire. || Sariel || Upheld 132 - 0
|-
|20|| Wintermark || Revocation: We call for Revocation of Axhind, General of the Fists of the Mountain. Let it be clear that the masterful command and iron discipline that Axhind demonstrates is recognised and celebrated, as are the many victories his skill has wrought. Due to his absence, and only for this reason, do we call this Judgement. || Seaver || Upheld 164 - 0
|-
|21 || Vigilance || Penance: Following the Inquisition of Volfe Ashenhall I escalate to a Penance from my findings. Through Vigilance shall you be saved, Thorns and boughs in darkness braved, Let not our lands be rent and torn, Reclaim the knowledge, or slay Vallorn. So shall his soul be marked solely with the following, until he is redeemed through his penance in the eyes of the Vigilant: ”Blind Fool” || Ser Ancel Watcher || Upheld 95 - 20
|-
|28 || Wintermark || Inquisition: I call Nukilik Adamantine to inquisition, to be held at 6pm Saturday at the Rookery in the Wintermark camp, to discuss the matter of the Krampus. || Helka Ingesdottir || Upheld 146 - 0
|-
|29 || Wintermark || Inquisition: I call Qimmiq Swiftblade to inquisition, to be held at 6pm Saturday at the Sigehold Hall in the Wintermark camp, to discuss the matter of the Krampus. || Rafe || Upheld 144 - 0
|-
|31 || Wisdom || Inquisition: I call Ingar Rakshasa of Dawn to an inquisition regarding possible signs of Exemplarhood at 2p, Saturday, House Rakshasa in Dawn. || Galene Netherwatch|| Upheld 114 - 0
|-
|33 || Prosperity || Vindication: Following intense Inquisition, the Prosperity Assembly announce the VINDICATION of Prince Jonah of the Printer’s Guild. He has shown Prosperous Action, and as such is to receive the Testimony “Prosperous Citizen”. || Yarona of the Chantry || Upheld 102 - 0
|-
|35 || Prosperity || Inquisition: I call Tomasz Strascovich of the Vorazi of Varushka to inquisition at the Chantry of the Silver Skull, Highguard on the Saturday of the Autumn Summit 382YE at 4pm, to be conducted by Kerem, daughter of the Chantry. || Kerem of the Chantry || Upheld 134 - 10
|-
|36 || Prosperity || Inquisition: Ziva of the Chantry calls Brother Dagun of the Shattered Tower, Highguard to inquisition for this miserly actions. To occur at 1pm Sunday at the Chantry of the Silver Skull. || Ziva of the Chantry || Upheld 131 - 26
|-
|37 || Prosperity || Inquisition: Corvus of the Auric Horizon is called to Inquisition in the tent of the Chantry of the Silver Skull in Highguard at 1pm on Sunday of this Summit. He has been chosen by the Auric Horizon to answer accusations of miserliness against their Spire in the matter of refusing to enter certain rituals into Imperial lore. Inquisition to be conducted by Onan of the Chantry of the Silver Skull. || Onan of the Chantry || Upheld 157 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|38 || Prosperity || Inquisition: Yarona of the Chantry of the Silver Skull calls to inquisition Cesare Sanguinaeo Rezia di Tassato to answer accusations of miserliness, at the Chantry tent, Highguard, 1pm Sunday. || Yarona || Upheld 118 - 26
|-
|39 || Dawnish || Vindication: Having inquisited Griselda Silvertongue I find that the evidence of word and Insight exonerates them They are a Troubadour of Pride that we can be proud of, and the Order of Eternal Ambition are encouraged to heed Griselda’s teaching. Thank you, Griselda, for a pleasant and friendly Inquisition! Your pal, Ser Tom. || Ser Thomas Aurelius || Upheld 74 - 0
|-
|41 || General || Inquisition: We request an audience for Inquisition for the Asavean Architect Almodin Oktístis so we can better understand the commission brief and nature of his buildings within the Empire, at the Summer Solstice Summit 382YE, 3pm Saturday, at the Hub. || Veikko || Upheld 1020 - 31
|-
|42 || Vigilance || Inquisition: I, Ser Ancel Watcher, Knight Errant of Dawn call forth Solomon of the Shattered Tower for Inquisition, to discuss accusations of idolatry raised against him. We shall meet at 9:30 Saturday at the tent of the Virtuous Printer’s Guild in the League. May we meet as equals in this field of agreed || Ser Ancel Watcher || Not upheld 55 - 64
|-
|50 || Loyalty || Revocation: Revoke Illaria Notturno di Sarvos as Quaymaster of the Black Sails. She has left Anvil and does not intend to return.|| Tarquinius Ankerien || Upheld 128 - 0
|-
|51 || General || Inquisition: Bloodcrow Losak calls Lilian Unbound to Inquisition in the Imperial Orc camp at 5pm on Saturday of the Summer Solstice to answer for her accusations that the Synod have strayed from the way by admitting our people. || Bloodcrow Losak || Upheld 569 - 120
|-
|52 || General || Penance: I escalate my Judgement of Inquisition of Magnus Prochnost to Penance: to undergo Pilgrimage, the route determined by the Varushkan National Assembly. This must be taken in the next two seasons. He should also write an account of the Pilgrimage to discuss with myself and other priests, one the Pilgrimage is completed. || Amahel || Upheld 583 - 283
|-
|57 || Urizen || Inquisition: The Urizen National Assembly wishes to Inquisit Tanwyn Ankarien in relation to statements during a debate on the proposed Grendel Treaty. To be held at the Summer Solstice Summit 382YE, 3pm Saturday, Scarlet Guard Tent. || Sejanus || Upheld 102 - 0
|-
|65 || Wintermark || Castigation: Following Inquisition of Qimmiq Swiftblade by Rafe, I call upon Wintermark to CASTIGATE THEM. I ask that they be required to be placed under the guidance of a Stormcrow approved by the Assembly, to ensure they are educated in the Way and our traditions. || Rafe || Upheld 230 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|66 || Wintermark || Condemnation: Following the Inquisition of Nukilik Adamantine by Helka Ingesdottir. I call upon Wintermark Stormcrows to condemn Nukilik for their actions against the Krampus. The actions taken were, by their admission, unwise - lacking proper preparation and knowledge. They also showed a lack of Loyalty to their fellow priests by acting alone. || Helka Ingesdottir || Not upheld 111 - 129
|-
|67 || Freeborn || Inquisition: The Freeborn National Assembly call Gomez i Souza i Guerra to Inquisition on Sunday after the battle in the Star tent at 1pm regarding his actions as General, and specifically actions taken in Spiral. In the spirit of transparency, this will not be a private matter and anyone is welcome to observe. || Al-Cidi Margrace || Upheld 86 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|71 || General || Vindication: We find Adal de Guvadian and the Hand of Dumon despite differences have an understanding of the Virtues, and a desire to live Virtuous lives. The Empire should support them in their path to live Virtuous lives. || Palladius of Urizen || Upheld 419 - 81
|-
|72 || Dawn || Inquisition: To summon Ser Gwyn of the Order of Eternal Ambition for Inquisition at 3pm Saturday of the Summer Solstice Summit 382YE in House Rakshasa, Dawn. We need to answer the questions that we found together. || Savik Summerstorm|| Upheld 72 - 0
|-
|81 || Navarr || We call Willa on her request to Inquisition over her alleged actions within the Conclave and her declaration of Imperial intention. To meet Friday 7.30pm of the next Summit of attendance, at the Umbral Path Camp. || Brat Umbralpath || Upheld 96 - 0.
|-
|86 || Prosperity || Vindication: Following an Inquisition of Nicholas Reaper at the Winter Solstice 381YE, I find that his general activities are both Prosperous and more widely Virtuous. In particular he dedicates his time to helping all people of The Marches, from Lords to Yeomen, to get the most from their farms. This takes significant effort but helps the Prosperity of The Marches and the Empire. He is truly a Virtuous Farmer. There are more examples of his virtue. See me if you want them. || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Upheld 135 - 0
|-
|87 || Courage || Inquisition: Through the trial of Inquisition, Elanor Novarion shall be tested to show the strength of her soul. She has agreed to submit to this. Place: Highborn Chapel. Time - Sunday 10am. || Lucifer || Upheld 125 - 0
|-
|89 || Freeborn || Inquisition: An Inquisition of Chiara i Zidone i Riqueza in relation to the matter of the Iron Confederacy crossing our borders to kill their escaped slaves. To be held at 7pm on Friday of the Summer Solstice 382YE Summit at the Three Sister’s teahouse. || J’Zarr i Shartha i Guerra || Upheld 70 - 0 <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|}

==[[Recognition]]==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|19 || Prosperity || Following two inquisitions of Achilles of Damakan's Forge, we, the Prosperity Assembly, recognise him as an Exemplar of Prosperity. || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Upheld 109 - 32
|-
|23 || General || I put forward Asher of Felix’s Watch, former Cardinal of Courage, as a Paragon of Courage. His signs are thus: Inspiration: Many of the assembly and Highguard still carry Asher’s words as a guiding influence. Abbadon de Rondell and Clarice Novarion of Dawn come to mind as obvious names, as well as Imperial citizens across the Empire – most notably Highguard, Urizen, the Marches and Dawn. Legacy: Tom of Upwold created the spear of Courage known as Oathkeeper, which Asher placed a Hallowing of the Bull (strength of twelve priests) upon with True Liao. Asher also wielded an artefact zweihander called Daring Rescue that encouraged whoever used it to protect those that they had healed, no matter the cost. Miracle: Asher’s body spontaneously vanished from the chapel in Anvil, leaving behind a spontaneous Courage consecration of the strength of seven priests. His soul was also not traceable via Whispers Through the Black Gate when it was cast to speak with him after his body disappeared. Liberation: When Whispers through the Black Gate was cast to communicate with Asher on his death in Spring 380, rather than his spirit or other entity appearing, the Anointing known as the Purity of Courage spontaneously manifested upon all the ritualists souls with the strength of seven priests. This did not disappear as normal but has proven permanent. We hold that the inability to contact Asher’s spirit, his body’s disappearance and the spontaneous permanent auras upon the ritualists and the Chapel as evidence of Asher’s Liberation from the Labyrinth. Recognition: It has been confirmed that Asher was Ruth, wife of Permion, through his True Liao Vision. She was the one who hid the maps leading to the body of Permion with the body of Atuman. A Hallowed artefact brooch belonging to Ruth was recovered, and subsequently worn by Asher until his death. It is currently in the possession of Naomi of Felix’s Watch. Pilgrimage: Asher, following his vision as Ruth in Spring 377, committed to a two-fold Pilgrimage. First to recover the maps he hid as Ruth, then leading a band of Heroes to recover the body of Permion in Winter 378 || Levitia of Urizen || Not upheld 731 - 361
|-
|}

==[[Appointment]]==
At the Summit, the following appointments were made by the Assemblies of the Synod:

{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|1|| Ambition || Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Viviane de Couerdefer of Dawn was reappointed.
|-
|2|| Vigilance || Appointment of the Cardinal. || Civil Service || Irada von Temeschwar of The League was reappointed. <label type="success">Greater Majority</label>
|-
|15|| Assembly of Nine || Appointment of the High Bard. || Civil Service || Irina Akulineuna Kotor was appointed.
|-
|17|| Loyalty || Appointment of Cora’s Claviger. || Civil Service || Jared of the Suns of Courous was appointed.
|-
|26|| Highguard || Appointment of the Castellan of the Silent Sentinel. || Civil Service || Rhesa of the Scions of Ravensfell was appointed.
|}
Appointments by Cardinals:

The Cardinal of Ambition reappointed Corey Wayfarer of Navarr as their Gatekeeper, and Ranae de Rondell of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of Vigilance appointed Sela of the Suns of Courous of Highguard as their Gatekeeper, and Ser Ancél of House Vexille of Dawn as their Virtue Inquisitor. 
The Cardinal of the Way, Atla of the Imperial Orcs, appointed Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs to the position of Imperial Chaplain Consular.

==Rewarding==
{|
| '''Number''' || '''Assembly''' || '''Judgement''' || '''Raised By''' || '''Outcome'''
|-
|5 || General || I request 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund to purchase White Granite through the Cavabianca Dock Ministry. The intent is to give this White Granite to Axos to speed up their outlawing of slavery, to Severin of the House of Seven Mirrors. Use White Granite from Asavea to end slavery in Axos. The Cavabianca Dock in the League buys White Granite from Asavea, a nation that has slaves. There is no use this White Granite can be put to that will not bear the taint of slavery. Let the Synod purchase this White Granite, and use it to enable Axos to outlaw slavery. 48 Thrones from the Virtue Fund puts Asavean “bloody granite” to a Virtuous use. If the purchase cannot be achieved, 48 Thrones will be returned to the Virtue Fund.|| Lieselotte Von Holberg || Upheld 734 - 246. Paid.
|-
|10 || General || The General Assembly rewards Gunnbrand Ironwill the sum of 30 Thrones for his historic and current work in the promotion of Courage amongst the armies of Wintermark, and the wider Empire. It is the understanding of the General Assembly that these funds are to be used in the development of Wintermark’s capability to raise a fourth army, or in the commissioning thereof. || Kaisa Vieno Maegening || Upheld 546 - 439. Paid.
|-
|14 || General || To reward Lieselotte Von Holberg 10 Thrones for her good work as Master of the Mint in which she has provided clear guidance to the Senate. || Marcus Drommond || Upheld 591 - 356. Paid.
|-
|43 || General || As High Exorcist, I withdraw 7 Thrones, pursuant to my duties. This is on the understanding that this power is reverted to a Senate stipend as soon as is economically feasible. ''As a power of the High Exorcist this Judgement passes without a vote.'' || Solas of Urizen|| Upheld automatically. Paid.
|-
|48 || General || With my appointment as Imperial Chaplain Consular, I wish to withdraw my 5 Thrones to use SOLELY in matters of faith. ''As a power of the Imperial Chaplain Consular this Judgement passes without a vote.'' || Chainbreaker Snark || Upheld automatically. Paid.
|-
|59 || General || Reward Livia Cascade 5 Thrones to purchase Liao and accoutrements for the duties of Seer of the Gateway. ”As a power of the Seer of the Gateway, this Judgement passes without a vote. || Livia Cascade || Upheld automatically. Paid.
|-
|88 || General || To rewards Sagua of the Brass Coast 25 Thrones from the Virtue Fund for her ambition to regain Atun’s Ring (the ring, not just a ring). It was revealed to her in a Past Life Vision as she placed it for safe keeping in Ephisis’ Scales vault. She has proudly told her story and requested funds from nations, covens and sects. Her intentions once she has the ring are Virtuous. To have it investigated by mages and priests, and if found safe to use, to allow use by all of the Empire, starting by allowing the Academy to learn from it. || Hembeneth i Guerra || Upheld 493 - 288. Paid.
|-

|}
===The Virtue Fund===
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

{|
| ''Starting Value'' || 93 Thrones / 2 Crowns / 2 Rings ||
|-
| ''Income'' || 90 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Rewards'' || 5 Thrones || Rewarding made to Martin Orchard at the Winter Solstice 381YE Summit, Reference of the Synod 67, raised by Frances Preacher.
|-
| || 30 Thrones || Rewarding made to Sunhammer Dav, Irontide Vio and Bloodcrow Yargol at the Winter Solstice 381YE Summit, Reference of the Synod 75, raised by Cardinal Atla.
|-
| || 48 Thrones || Rewarding made to Lieselotte Von Holberg.
|-
| || 30 Thrones || Rewarding made to Gunnbrand Ironwill.
|-
| || 10 Thrones || Rewarding made to Lieselotte Von Holberg.
|-
| || 7 Thrones || Rewarding made to Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, High Exorcist.
|-
| || 5 Thrones || Rewarding made to Chainbreaker Snark, Imperial Chaplain Consular.
|-
| || 5 Thrones || Rewarding made to Livia Cascade, Seer of the Gateway.
|-
| || 25 Thrones || Rewarding made to Sagua of the Brass Coast.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 18 Thrones / 2 Crowns / 2 Rings ||
|}

==Visionaries==
The following individuals received visions of their past lives.
* Sian of the Eternal Family of Navarr
* Brendan Brackensong of Navarr
* Thomas of Upwold of the Marches

==The Imperial Titles of the Synod==
At the end of the Winter Equinox, 381YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by:
{|
| '''Virtue''' || '''Cardinal''' || '''Gatekeeper / Conscience''' || '''Virtue Inquisitor'''
|-
| [[Ambition]] || Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn || Corey Brackensong (formerly Wayfarer) of Navarr|| Ranae de Rondell of Dawn
|-
| [[Courage]] || Jorma Steelhail of Wintermark || Nina of Cantiarch's Hold|| Lucifer, Son of Cyrus of Highguard
|-
| [[Loyalty]] || Veikko of Wintermark|| Tess of the Marches || Corwin Leafstalker of Navarr
|-
| [[Pride]] || Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato of The League || Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra of The Brass Coast || Rane Jorunsdottir of Wintermark
|-
| [[Prosperity]] || Cesare Enzo di Trivento || Morgan Leafstalker of Navarr || Yarona of The Chantry of the Silver Skull
|-
| [[Vigilance]] || Irada von Temeschwar of the League || Sela of the Suns of Courous || Ser Ancel of House Vexille.
|-
| [[Wisdom]] || Abaddon De Rondell of Dawn || Amris of Varushka || Galene Netherwatch
|-
| [[The Way]] || Atla of the Imperial Orcs || Mel Greenhill of The Marches || Yarrick Ursan of Wintermark
|}
===Other Synod-Appointed Titles===
{|
| '''Title''' || '''Held By''' || '''Appointed By''' || '''Renews'''
|-
| [[High Exorcist]] || Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]] || Vauraus Korppitkotka || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Imperial Inquisitor]] || Martin Orchard of the Marches || Assembly of Nine || Summer Solstice
|-
| [[Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial]] || Sister Magdalena of the Shattered Tower, Highguard|| Highguard National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[Imperial Chaplain Consular]] || Chainbreaker Snark of the Imperial Orcs || Cardinal of the Way || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Seer of the Gateway]] || Livia Cascade of Urizen || Assembly of Nine || Until death, revocation or abdication
|-
| [[High Bard of the Empire]] || Irina Akulineuna Kotor || Assembly of Nine || Spring Equinox
|-
| [[Voice of Barbs]] || Meredith Nighthaven|| Navarr National Assembly || Winter Solstice
|-
| [[Curator of the Printer's Guild Museum]] || Taddea Ginori of the League || Cardinal of Prosperity || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication. When a new Cardinal of Prosperity is appointed they may choose to name a replacement.
|-
| [[Curator of the White City Museum]] || Apollos of Highguard || Highguard National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Watcher of Britta's Pool]] || Gunnbrand Ironwill of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Dean of Laroc Cathedral]] || Odelina de Rondell of Dawn || Dawn National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Crow Keeper of the Rest]] || Nils Bardstrom of Wintermark || Wintermark National Assembly|| Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Guardian of Giselle's Tomb]] || Casimir Marcellino di Sarvos of the League || League National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Quaymaster of the Black Sails]] || Vacant || Loyalty Assembly || Autumn Equinox
|-
| [[Friar of Honour's Rest]] || Albert Fugglestone-Copperhill|| Marcher National Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Claviger of the Basilica of Cora Holdfast]] || Jared of the Suns of Courous|| Loyalty Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|-
| [[Castellan of the Silent Sentinel]] || Rhesa of the Scions of Ravensfell|| Highguard Assembly || Sinecure; until death, revocation or abdication.
|}

==Assembly Strength==

At the start of the summit the voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2607.

The final voting total of the General Assembly was calculated to be 2930.

The Civil Service reminds citizens that determining whether a Judgement has achieved a Greater Majority counts from the estimation of the relevant Assembly strength when scrutiny on the Judgement closes, not the final Assembly strength at the end of the summit.

At the end of the Spring Equinox 382YE Summit the voting strength of the Virtue and National Assemblies were estimated to be:

{|
| '''Virtue Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Ambition ||210 ||260 ||131
|-
|Courage ||258 ||304 ||153
|-
|Loyalty ||394 ||442 ||222
|-
|Pride ||399 ||419 ||211
|-
|Prosperity ||251 ||303 ||152
|-
|Vigilance ||285 ||368 ||185
|-
|Wisdom ||326 ||350 ||176
|-
|The Way ||484 ||484 ||243
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

 

{|
| '''National Assembly''' || '''Initial Voting Strength''' || '''Final Voting Strength''' || '''Final Greater Majority'''
|-
|Brass Coast ||126 ||136 ||69
|-
|Dawn ||316 ||316 ||159
|-
|Highguard ||686 ||816 ||409
|-
|Imperial Orcs ||126 ||126 ||64
|-
|The League ||250 ||288 ||145
|-
|The Marches ||110 ||120 ||61
|-
|Navarr ||217 ||257 ||129
|-
|Urizen ||208 ||218 ||110
|-
|Varushka ||190 ||228 ||115
|-
|Wintermark ||378 ||425 ||213
|-
| General ||2607 ||2930 ||1466
|-
|}

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Stings like the truth

2018-07-19T12:09:12Z

Bluebottle: rassin frassin smartquotes

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:382YE]][[Category:Recent History]][[Category: Summer Solstice 382YE]]
<ic>
The exarch stands in the library of the chapterhouse, lost in thought. She looks at the framed document on the wall with a pensive stare. The silence here is deafening; in this, the inner sanctum, none but her and the most trusted of the chapter ever venture. The books that line the shelves have never been read by the living; the chapter will fall before they ever will.

She stares and thinks, until suddenly there is a clatter at the doorway and a guardian dressed in gleaming armour emblazoned with the chapter symbol - a finger to a mouth, a silent exhortation - stumbles through. They’re panting.

“Have you seen, Zipporah?” It’s Lev, the Captain of the Chapter’s Guard. They’re clutching a set of papers in their hand. “Does this mean…?”

The exarch turns. “I have seen.” She gestures to the parchment framed on the wall opposite. It, too, is sealed with the seal of the chapter. “I’ve made my assessment. Yes; this is a breach. The oath compels us. Virtue compels us. We act. You will leave with my chosen delegates tomorrow for Anvil."

Lev stands to attention. “Ma’am.” They nod quickly, their long curly hair bobbing oddly; it would almost be funny were the solemnity of the act not so clear. “Thank you.” They’ve got their breath back, and turn to leave.

“Lev.” They turn back. The exarch speaks again. “If you fail, you know what it will mean.”

The guardian nods, grimly, and leaves their exarch standing once again in the silent library. Motes of dust spiral around her in the disturbed air, but she remains still, gazing once more at the oath before her.
</ic>

==Overview==
Many troubles have beset the [[Historical_research#The_Department_of_Historical_Research|Department of Historical Research]] in recent times. However, the recent reaffirmation of the [[Imperial Senate]] of the continued importance of this Imperial institution and the open publication of its findings mean that the past can once again shed light upon the present.

It is not just the Department for Historical Research who have been engaged in this business. For some years now, '''Livia Cascade''' has been the [[Seer of the Gateway]], diligently recording the accounts of those who have experienced the gift of [[Liao#True Liao|true liao]], who have sallied forth into the Labyrinth of Ages and - by their Virtue - been borne safely back again. These, too, are a light to be celebrated.

Then there are the [[Lepidus#Heirs_of_Lepidus|Heirs of Lepidus]], supported by the benefactors of Highguard in their quest to illuminate the lives of the exemplars and paragons, and restore those inspirations whose deeds have been lost to history to the light of day.

Finally, there is the [[Anvil Library]], perhaps the leading organisation in this new renaissance of truth. With their diligent archiving work, they are a first port of call for many at Anvil who want to read uncovered texts, new researches. For any new to Anvil, or those who are veterans of it, this work of this [[Imperial sodality]] represents a lantern at the heart of the Empire.

Not everybody agrees, however.

==War of Whispers==
<div style="float:right; width: 450px; clear: right;"><quote by="Aarne Coerling, Statement of Principle, General Assembly. Spring Equinox 382YE, Not upheld 328 - 627">The actions of Aarne Ceorling, Gatekeeper of Vigilance, in treating with The Whisper Gallery to obtain evidence to further our understanding of The Way, were motivated by Virtue. Whatever the outcome of his trial for treason, the Imperial Synod should make use of the evidence so obtained.</quote></div>
The Whisper Gallery - declared [[amity and enmity#Enmity|enemies of the Empire]] by the [[Imperial Conclave]] nearly three years ago - continue their campaign of woe against all those who facilitate the open publication of precious secrets. The [[archmage]] of Night, '''Elyssiathain of Endsmeet''', has taken steps to try and [[Bury_the_hatchet#Whisper_Gallery|resolve the situation]] with the [[eternals]] themselves - one way or another. In the months leading up to the Summer Solstice, however, the Whisper Gallery continue to prosecute their "war" against the Department of Historical Research (among others).

Happily, the [[Imperial Senate]] digs deep in its pockets each season to [[Assign_guards_to_historical_researchers|protect Imperial scholars]] from the predations of the Shadow Court - and it is just as well they do.

This season alone, a masked individual attempted to murder ''Leontes the Scribe'' (member of the [[Scrutiny#Constitutional Court|Constitutional Court]] and head of the Department of Historical Research) in his own garden. Swift intervention by the Senate-assigned bodyguard meant the assailant was forced to flee before they could complete their task, leaving the garrulous scholar still with a knife lodged in his side. "''It missed owt vital,''" he is reported to have said while being treated by a chirurgeon. "''Good thing Sellas saw t'buggers off afore they could go rootin' round inside me for summat important.''"

There have been other near misses. Tragedy nearly struck the family of adventurous [[the Marches|Marcher]] scholar ''Peter of Hintown''. At a family gathering in Hintown, his husband Dorcas was seriously poisoned when he accidentally drank from Peter's mug of beer instead of his own. Tragedy was averted thanks in part to the quick work of various family members - herbs were acquire to brew an antidote just in time - and to the fortunate happenstance that one of Peter's bodyguards (a [[Temeschwar|Temeschwari]] woman named Alva) recognised the symptoms of [[The_Winter_Moon#Virus_Lunarae|Virus Lunarae]] poisoning before they were too far advanced.

The militia believe the attempted assassin to be a [[the League|League]] [[Mountebank|mountebank]] named ''Antonia di Sarvos'', who is known for their mastery of [[Night magic]] and was identified at the gathering masquerading as a distant cousin. Militia investigation in Sarvos determines that Antonia has disappeared from their usual haunts. With a reputation for selling unwholesome secrets garnered through the [[Whispering Shadow Courtiers]] ritual, it is likely that this is the means by which they received instructions to murder Henry. They remain at large.

By all accounts, Antonia di Sarvos is not the only person still using the proscribed ritual. The high profile case of the late '''Aarne Coerling''', former [[Gatekeeper]] of [[Vigilance]] no less, saw him tried for treason after he used information explicitly garnered through Whispering Shadow Courtiers to make outlandish claims about [[Faraden#Religion|Faraden religion]]. If even a respected priest of the Vigilance [[assembly#The National Assemblies|assembly]] can be lead astray by the lure of secrets... Here, too, it appears the malefactor escaped justice - albeit by fleeing into the Labyrinth through the use of the sinister ''[[Secrets of the Empty Heart]]'' [[enchantment]] allegedly favoured by many Whisper Gallery agents who would rather die than give up their secrets.

This latter prominent scandal illuminates one of the problems faced by magistrates, and the bodyguards who protect the civil servants associated with the Department of Historical Research. The Whisper Gallery are continuing to wage their war against the Empire, but the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity|enmity]] under which they labour has simply meant that the [[eternals]] have shifted to using mortal agents instead of heralds. Agents that are much harder to identify, who could be anyone, anywhere. If even the ''Gatekeeper of Vigilance'' themselves can be subverted, how far might the rot have already spread?
===Shine a Light into the Shadows===
* '''The Senate could expand the power of the Conclave to restrict access to dangerous rituals'''
* '''The Senate could pass a law in support of the Conclave's declaration of enmity.'''
* '''The Synod could instruct the Silent Bell to root out agents of the Whisper Gallery.'''
Casting the ritual is illegal while enmity with the Gallery holds. This is clearly not stopping mortal agents using it illicitly to contact the Whisper Gallery, trade in secrets, and allegedly receive instructions to commit heinous acts. The ritual remains part of [[Imperial lore]] and it is quite legal to master it so long as it is never cast. The Conclave has done everything it can to limit the influence of the Whisper Gallery - and if they had not there is no question that the situation would be considerably worse.

Last year the Imperial Senate rejected a motion to|grant the Conclave [[Amend_powers_of_Conclave|the power to remove proscribed rituals from Imperial lore]]. It is no simple matter to remove a ritual that has been [[Imperial_lore#Declaration|placed into lore by the Conclave]]. The magistrates provided some guidance on how it [[All_along_the_watchtower#Lore|might be achieved ]] and the vote was close, but in the end it was rejected. Rumours abound that a [[senator]] openly stated on the Senate floor during the debate that the Conclave could not be trusted with the oversight of important magics needed by the [[Imperial Military Council|Military Council]].

As a result of that decision, it is illegal to perform Whispering Shadow Courtiers while it is interdicted, but it is not illegal to possess a [[ritual text]] for it. Thus the illegal ritual remains available to any Imperial magician who takes an interest in it and there is little the Conclave can do about that.

However it is also illegal to consort with the Whisper Gallery and the Senate could instruct the magistrates to take a more pro-active role in seeking out agents of the eternals of Night. With a suitably worded motion, similar to the [[Create_law_outlawing_the_Vyig|one used]] to make membership of the [[vyig]] a serious crime, they could encourage magistrates to investigate any rumours of involvement. The militia could to check up on those who were rumoured to be known associates before the "war of whispers" broke out in earnest, and take a proactive stance in rooting out the remaining influence of these eternals.

Such an action would not be without costs. Just as last time, a thorough investigation of all Imperial magicians would have repercussions. The Whisper Gallery and their agents are careful to hide from prying eyes so any attempt by the militia to identify them would need to be intrusive if it was to be effective. The civil service estimate that the overall impact would be a loss of two mana crystals from every mana site in the Empire for the next two seasons, while the search was carried out.

It is doubtful that every mortal who owes a favour to the Whisper Gallery could be identified and prosecuted, but many would be and that would significantly hamper the eternals' efforts. That would mean that the Empire would no longer need to pay for bodyguards to protect people from their mortal agents - at least while they remained under enmity. It would also send a clear message that the treasonous behaviour of those aiding the Whisper Gallery - for whatever reason - would no longer be tolerated. There are some risks - it might drive some agents underground, for example, but as with similar moves against the agents of [[Wendigo]] in the past it would eventually drive supporters of the Whisper Gallery out of civilization into the wilderness.

The [[Imperial Synod]] could also take a stand against the Whisper Gallery. The [[Assembly#The Assembly of the Nine|Assembly of the Nine]] could instruct the Silent Bell to root out groups who are still working with the Whisper Gallery. This sodality literally exists to root out internal threats to the Empire, in pursuit of virtuous [[Vigilance]], and while it would take many seasons to track down every group of agents or lone magician, they could certainly identify high-profile groups believed to be collaborating with the Whisper Gallery.

==The Problem of Livia==
The [[Imperial title|title]] of [[Seer of the Gateway]] was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate in the Winter of 379YE. Livia Cascade of [[Urizen]] was duly appointed by the [[Assembly#The Assembly of the Nine|Assembly of the Nine]], and has served with distinction ever since. The Seer is charged with safeguarding the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking of True Liao; recording details of the visions they experience; and disseminating their records and any conclusions. Few can doubt that Livia Cascade has fulfilled her responsibilities in an exemplary fashion.

Indeed, her critics do not complain that she has failed to live up to her duties; quite the contrary in fact.

===Hannah’s Silence===
* '''A concerned Highborn chapter suggests amendments to the power of the Seer of the Gateway'''
Hannah’s Silence is an obscure [[Highguard|Highborn]] [[chapter]] based out of the [[Necropolis#The Necropolis|Necropolis]]. They are few in number, and mainly recruit from within - although they are said to have had an influx of new blood after the fall of [[Reikos]] left so many chapterless. Their chapter icon is a finger held to a closed mouth and they are known to have a chapter oath that is not spoken of to outsiders - an oath which exhorts them to keep certain secrets, it is said. They are quite an old chapter, apparently created in the first decade after the founding of the Empire. Normally they keep themselves to themselves - but something has caused them to leave their chapter and sally forth.

The Exarch of Hannah's Silence, ''Zipporah'', has been seen in the streets of the Necropolis preaching. She speaks of the [[Schisms_and_Heresies#The_Yaelian_Schism|heresy of Yael]]; how it was enabled in no small part by the wanton publication of the most sacred rites and experiences of the Empire as if they were the common weather. She decries, in short, the work of the Seer of the Gateway and her ongoing publications - and the tendency for them to lead to [[historical research]] which prioritises grubby "facts" and speculation over the virtuous truth of events.

Zipporah has publicly announced a set of changes that they propose which if taken together could remedy this problem:
* Livia could be replaced, on the basis that another occupant of the position might take a different and more judicious approach to the sacred truths they uncover
* The Seer of the Gateway could be elected by the Highborn National Assembly, as first guardians of Virtue. A similar rationale is offered, but with more guarantee that the appointee is of Virtuous character. This suggestion - that the Highborn National Assembly cares more about Virtue than the Assembly of the Nine - is somewhat controversial, the Highborn assembly having comprehensively rejected foundationalism in recent times.
* It could be made illegal to publish the detail of past life visions except by the Seer - combined with one of the first two, it could help to ensure that publishing of past life visions happens in a more responsible manner.
None of these would individually stop the current Seer from continuing her work, especially given her publication deal is a private one, rather than tied to her office - but in combination they could limit the damage she could do.

Zipporah's ideas are causing some interested local discussion, but it is by the great and the good at Anvil that any decision must be made. As such, Zipporah has announced that a delegation from her chapter will come to speak to the Highborn at Anvil, to make their case and to lobby the nation's [[Senator|senators]]. They are due to arrive on the Friday evening of the summit.

===In Defiance===
* '''A publishing house suggests that rather than restraining Livia Cascade, her work should be made available to everyone'''
The Spider's Vantage Spire of Urizen, Livia’s publishers, are not ignorant of the current hostility to her work. Being [[Urizen_leadership#Torchbearers|torchbearers]] of an even more stubborn bent than usual, they have redoubled their efforts - and are offering to expand their operation if they receive Senate support.

At present, the work of the Spider's Vantage Spire is conducted privately, with no support from the Civil Service. This also means that its publishing endeavours are not tied to the Seer of the Gateway but to Livia Cascade personally. This certainly has some advantages - but it also limits the audience. While the well-connected people attending Anvil may well be able to easily get copies of Livia's work, volumes are not that widely distributed beyond these elite readers.

Spider's Vantage believe that they could expand their operation with only a little support from the Civil Service. For a cost of 2 thrones each season to the [[Imperial treasury]], they could see to it that the accounts of past life visions published by the Seer of the Gateway were widely distributed across the Empire, so that any devout citizen would secure a copy.

This would certainly increase the potential impact of the Seer's writings - comparable to the reach of a [[statement of principle]] with a greater majority. Indeed, there is a chance that these records might in themselves provoke [[mandate|mandates]] and [[opportunity|opportunities]] relating to the experiences recounted. There are any number of people in the Empire who know obscure facts about the doings of their beloved ancestors, for example, who might be inspired to come forward with their information if they knew of a vision concerning them.

If the Senate were to approve this expansion of the Spider's Vantage operation, however, it would be tied to the Seer of the Gateway officially. This would mean that even if Livia were to be replaced, the publication rights would pass to the next holder of her office.

This is not the limit of Spider's Vantage's ambition. For a cost of 10 thrones each season, their publication operation could be increased in volume and reach so that it reaches not just the people of the Empire, but all those that the Empire trades with. Copies of the publications of the Seer would become commonplace in ports across the world. The Way, of course, was initially spread by revelation - these reports of miraculous visions might in some small way help the missionaries who work to bring all of humankind into the faith.

This approach would also reinforce the Empire's position as the birthplace and the heart of the Way - the [[Sumaah Republic]] is silent on matters of past life visions, preferring to keep the details of those they undertake to themselves. This would be the Empire making a statement that the miracles of true liao were to be shared with all - it would be highly likely to increase foreign interests in the mysteries of true liao.
===Livia Cascade in Play===
Please bear in mind that Livia Cascade is a player character, and not a member of our NPC crew. The documents she collects and writes are created in-character using the tools available to her - she has no special access to plot or OOC information.

==Ruffled Feathers==
As if all that were not enough... in addition to the ongoing problems with the Whisper Gallery, and the new arguments against Livia Cascade, in the run-up to the Summer Solstice another eternal of the Night realm is showing signs of dissatisfaction with the Empire over these matters in some way.

[[Sung]], the Spiral Dancer, has never worried much about the pursuit of, and revelation of, secrets. Her concern is ''mysteries'' - those things which no-one knows, or, sometimes, things which are known by some but which, to others, are something they do not even know they do not know. Or... and so on. Ultimately, what it means is that Sung has never really been an enemy of those who uncover the truth - until now.

Now, the Feather on the Breeze is displeased. Exactly why is ''not'' clear - but those who have contact with the eternal have cautiously suggested that some mystery that she has enjoyed has been ''spoiled'' in one way or another by one of the groups seeking to uncover scholarly truth. Although ''which'' mystery, and ''which'' group of scholars is impossible to say at this time.

Regardless, her growing ire is obvious to those who deal with her or her heralds. Her answers to [[Clear Counsel of the Everflowing River]] have become more gnomic and obscure (if such were possible), and in some cases downright sarcastic. Several [[regio]] favoured by her have become harder to access, forcing those who wish to enter to answer mystical riddles of increasing complexity. Her heralds have become uncooperative, and even angry in some cases - and there has been a noticeable upsurge in sightings of the normally quiet and pleasant creatures around the Empire. Eternal-watchers are beginning to become concerned that another eternal is about to turn against the Empire... and they have no idea why.
====Breezes====
* '''A herald of Sung will be attending Anvil. Probably.'''
Exactly what has raised Sung’s displeasure is unclear. Some magicians have suggested asking her directly - using the [[Clear Counsel of the Everflowing River]] - but wiser mages tut and note that a direct question rarely gets much of use out of the Lord of Illusions even when it is not already irritated. Perhaps a carefully phrased indirect question may reveal a deeper mystery, however?

Regardless, one of her better-known heralds, a normally agreeable creature named ''Curious Breeze'' - has made known its intention to come to Anvil and see if a solution to the current problem can be achieved. “Probably” - it is said to have remarked off-hand to an volhov of its acquaintance - “I will arrive on the Saturday evening of the Solstice - unless something happens to mean that I do not. It may not, of course: who can say?”

Those who make it their business to know the affairs of the Whispering Wind might, therefore, do well to seek out Curious Breeze before the Archmage of Night is forced to use their [[Archmage#Plenipotentiary|plenipotentiary]] powers to try and mitigate the anger of yet ''another'' eternal of Night.

Stings like the truth

2018-07-19T12:08:32Z

Bluebottle:

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:382YE]][[Category:Recent History]][[Category: Summer Solstice 382YE]]
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The exarch stands in the library of the chapterhouse, lost in thought. She looks at the framed document on the wall with a pensive stare. The silence here is deafening; in this, the inner sanctum, none but her and the most trusted of the chapter ever venture. The books that line the shelves have never been read by the living; the chapter will fall before they ever will.

She stares and thinks, until suddenly there is a clatter at the doorway and a guardian dressed in gleaming armour emblazoned with the chapter symbol - a finger to a mouth, a silent exhortation - stumbles through. They’re panting.

"Have you seen, Zipporah?” It’s Lev, the Captain of the Chapter’s Guard. They’re clutching a set of papers in their hand. “Does this mean…?”

The exarch turns. “I have seen.” She gestures to the parchment framed on the wall opposite. It, too, is sealed with the seal of the chapter. “I’ve made my assessment. Yes; this is a breach. The oath compels us. Virtue compels us. We act. You will leave with my chosen delegates tomorrow for Anvil."

Lev stands to attention. “Ma’am.” They nod quickly, their long curly hair bobbing oddly; it would almost be funny were the solemnity of the act not so clear. “Thank you.” They’ve got their breath back, and turn to leave.

“Lev.” They turn back. The exarch speaks again. “If you fail, you know what it will mean.”

The guardian nods, grimly, and leaves their exarch standing once again in the silent library. Motes of dust spiral around her in the disturbed air, but she remains still, gazing once more at the oath before her.
</ic>

==Overview==
Many troubles have beset the [[Historical_research#The_Department_of_Historical_Research|Department of Historical Research]] in recent times. However, the recent reaffirmation of the [[Imperial Senate]] of the continued importance of this Imperial institution and the open publication of its findings mean that the past can once again shed light upon the present.

It is not just the Department for Historical Research who have been engaged in this business. For some years now, '''Livia Cascade''' has been the [[Seer of the Gateway]], diligently recording the accounts of those who have experienced the gift of [[Liao#True Liao|true liao]], who have sallied forth into the Labyrinth of Ages and - by their Virtue - been borne safely back again. These, too, are a light to be celebrated.

Then there are the [[Lepidus#Heirs_of_Lepidus|Heirs of Lepidus]], supported by the benefactors of Highguard in their quest to illuminate the lives of the exemplars and paragons, and restore those inspirations whose deeds have been lost to history to the light of day.

Finally, there is the [[Anvil Library]], perhaps the leading organisation in this new renaissance of truth. With their diligent archiving work, they are a first port of call for many at Anvil who want to read uncovered texts, new researches. For any new to Anvil, or those who are veterans of it, this work of this [[Imperial sodality]] represents a lantern at the heart of the Empire.

Not everybody agrees, however.

==War of Whispers==
<div style="float:right; width: 450px; clear: right;"><quote by="Aarne Coerling, Statement of Principle, General Assembly. Spring Equinox 382YE, Not upheld 328 - 627">The actions of Aarne Ceorling, Gatekeeper of Vigilance, in treating with The Whisper Gallery to obtain evidence to further our understanding of The Way, were motivated by Virtue. Whatever the outcome of his trial for treason, the Imperial Synod should make use of the evidence so obtained.</quote></div>
The Whisper Gallery - declared [[amity and enmity#Enmity|enemies of the Empire]] by the [[Imperial Conclave]] nearly three years ago - continue their campaign of woe against all those who facilitate the open publication of precious secrets. The [[archmage]] of Night, '''Elyssiathain of Endsmeet''', has taken steps to try and [[Bury_the_hatchet#Whisper_Gallery|resolve the situation]] with the [[eternals]] themselves - one way or another. In the months leading up to the Summer Solstice, however, the Whisper Gallery continue to prosecute their "war" against the Department of Historical Research (among others).

Happily, the [[Imperial Senate]] digs deep in its pockets each season to [[Assign_guards_to_historical_researchers|protect Imperial scholars]] from the predations of the Shadow Court - and it is just as well they do.

This season alone, a masked individual attempted to murder ''Leontes the Scribe'' (member of the [[Scrutiny#Constitutional Court|Constitutional Court]] and head of the Department of Historical Research) in his own garden. Swift intervention by the Senate-assigned bodyguard meant the assailant was forced to flee before they could complete their task, leaving the garrulous scholar still with a knife lodged in his side. "''It missed owt vital,''" he is reported to have said while being treated by a chirurgeon. "''Good thing Sellas saw t'buggers off afore they could go rootin' round inside me for summat important.''"

There have been other near misses. Tragedy nearly struck the family of adventurous [[the Marches|Marcher]] scholar ''Peter of Hintown''. At a family gathering in Hintown, his husband Dorcas was seriously poisoned when he accidentally drank from Peter's mug of beer instead of his own. Tragedy was averted thanks in part to the quick work of various family members - herbs were acquire to brew an antidote just in time - and to the fortunate happenstance that one of Peter's bodyguards (a [[Temeschwar|Temeschwari]] woman named Alva) recognised the symptoms of [[The_Winter_Moon#Virus_Lunarae|Virus Lunarae]] poisoning before they were too far advanced.

The militia believe the attempted assassin to be a [[the League|League]] [[Mountebank|mountebank]] named ''Antonia di Sarvos'', who is known for their mastery of [[Night magic]] and was identified at the gathering masquerading as a distant cousin. Militia investigation in Sarvos determines that Antonia has disappeared from their usual haunts. With a reputation for selling unwholesome secrets garnered through the [[Whispering Shadow Courtiers]] ritual, it is likely that this is the means by which they received instructions to murder Henry. They remain at large.

By all accounts, Antonia di Sarvos is not the only person still using the proscribed ritual. The high profile case of the late '''Aarne Coerling''', former [[Gatekeeper]] of [[Vigilance]] no less, saw him tried for treason after he used information explicitly garnered through Whispering Shadow Courtiers to make outlandish claims about [[Faraden#Religion|Faraden religion]]. If even a respected priest of the Vigilance [[assembly#The National Assemblies|assembly]] can be lead astray by the lure of secrets... Here, too, it appears the malefactor escaped justice - albeit by fleeing into the Labyrinth through the use of the sinister ''[[Secrets of the Empty Heart]]'' [[enchantment]] allegedly favoured by many Whisper Gallery agents who would rather die than give up their secrets.

This latter prominent scandal illuminates one of the problems faced by magistrates, and the bodyguards who protect the civil servants associated with the Department of Historical Research. The Whisper Gallery are continuing to wage their war against the Empire, but the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity|enmity]] under which they labour has simply meant that the [[eternals]] have shifted to using mortal agents instead of heralds. Agents that are much harder to identify, who could be anyone, anywhere. If even the ''Gatekeeper of Vigilance'' themselves can be subverted, how far might the rot have already spread?
===Shine a Light into the Shadows===
* '''The Senate could expand the power of the Conclave to restrict access to dangerous rituals'''
* '''The Senate could pass a law in support of the Conclave's declaration of enmity.'''
* '''The Synod could instruct the Silent Bell to root out agents of the Whisper Gallery.'''
Casting the ritual is illegal while enmity with the Gallery holds. This is clearly not stopping mortal agents using it illicitly to contact the Whisper Gallery, trade in secrets, and allegedly receive instructions to commit heinous acts. The ritual remains part of [[Imperial lore]] and it is quite legal to master it so long as it is never cast. The Conclave has done everything it can to limit the influence of the Whisper Gallery - and if they had not there is no question that the situation would be considerably worse.

Last year the Imperial Senate rejected a motion to|grant the Conclave [[Amend_powers_of_Conclave|the power to remove proscribed rituals from Imperial lore]]. It is no simple matter to remove a ritual that has been [[Imperial_lore#Declaration|placed into lore by the Conclave]]. The magistrates provided some guidance on how it [[All_along_the_watchtower#Lore|might be achieved ]] and the vote was close, but in the end it was rejected. Rumours abound that a [[senator]] openly stated on the Senate floor during the debate that the Conclave could not be trusted with the oversight of important magics needed by the [[Imperial Military Council|Military Council]].

As a result of that decision, it is illegal to perform Whispering Shadow Courtiers while it is interdicted, but it is not illegal to possess a [[ritual text]] for it. Thus the illegal ritual remains available to any Imperial magician who takes an interest in it and there is little the Conclave can do about that.

However it is also illegal to consort with the Whisper Gallery and the Senate could instruct the magistrates to take a more pro-active role in seeking out agents of the eternals of Night. With a suitably worded motion, similar to the [[Create_law_outlawing_the_Vyig|one used]] to make membership of the [[vyig]] a serious crime, they could encourage magistrates to investigate any rumours of involvement. The militia could to check up on those who were rumoured to be known associates before the "war of whispers" broke out in earnest, and take a proactive stance in rooting out the remaining influence of these eternals.

Such an action would not be without costs. Just as last time, a thorough investigation of all Imperial magicians would have repercussions. The Whisper Gallery and their agents are careful to hide from prying eyes so any attempt by the militia to identify them would need to be intrusive if it was to be effective. The civil service estimate that the overall impact would be a loss of two mana crystals from every mana site in the Empire for the next two seasons, while the search was carried out.

It is doubtful that every mortal who owes a favour to the Whisper Gallery could be identified and prosecuted, but many would be and that would significantly hamper the eternals' efforts. That would mean that the Empire would no longer need to pay for bodyguards to protect people from their mortal agents - at least while they remained under enmity. It would also send a clear message that the treasonous behaviour of those aiding the Whisper Gallery - for whatever reason - would no longer be tolerated. There are some risks - it might drive some agents underground, for example, but as with similar moves against the agents of [[Wendigo]] in the past it would eventually drive supporters of the Whisper Gallery out of civilization into the wilderness.

The [[Imperial Synod]] could also take a stand against the Whisper Gallery. The [[Assembly#The Assembly of the Nine|Assembly of the Nine]] could instruct the Silent Bell to root out groups who are still working with the Whisper Gallery. This sodality literally exists to root out internal threats to the Empire, in pursuit of virtuous [[Vigilance]], and while it would take many seasons to track down every group of agents or lone magician, they could certainly identify high-profile groups believed to be collaborating with the Whisper Gallery.

==The Problem of Livia==
The [[Imperial title|title]] of [[Seer of the Gateway]] was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate in the Winter of 379YE. Livia Cascade of [[Urizen]] was duly appointed by the [[Assembly#The Assembly of the Nine|Assembly of the Nine]], and has served with distinction ever since. The Seer is charged with safeguarding the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking of True Liao; recording details of the visions they experience; and disseminating their records and any conclusions. Few can doubt that Livia Cascade has fulfilled her responsibilities in an exemplary fashion.

Indeed, her critics do not complain that she has failed to live up to her duties; quite the contrary in fact.

===Hannah’s Silence===
* '''A concerned Highborn chapter suggests amendments to the power of the Seer of the Gateway'''
Hannah’s Silence is an obscure [[Highguard|Highborn]] [[chapter]] based out of the [[Necropolis#The Necropolis|Necropolis]]. They are few in number, and mainly recruit from within - although they are said to have had an influx of new blood after the fall of [[Reikos]] left so many chapterless. Their chapter icon is a finger held to a closed mouth and they are known to have a chapter oath that is not spoken of to outsiders - an oath which exhorts them to keep certain secrets, it is said. They are quite an old chapter, apparently created in the first decade after the founding of the Empire. Normally they keep themselves to themselves - but something has caused them to leave their chapter and sally forth.

The Exarch of Hannah's Silence, ''Zipporah'', has been seen in the streets of the Necropolis preaching. She speaks of the [[Schisms_and_Heresies#The_Yaelian_Schism|heresy of Yael]]; how it was enabled in no small part by the wanton publication of the most sacred rites and experiences of the Empire as if they were the common weather. She decries, in short, the work of the Seer of the Gateway and her ongoing publications - and the tendency for them to lead to [[historical research]] which prioritises grubby "facts" and speculation over the virtuous truth of events.

Zipporah has publicly announced a set of changes that they propose which if taken together could remedy this problem:
* Livia could be replaced, on the basis that another occupant of the position might take a different and more judicious approach to the sacred truths they uncover
* The Seer of the Gateway could be elected by the Highborn National Assembly, as first guardians of Virtue. A similar rationale is offered, but with more guarantee that the appointee is of Virtuous character. This suggestion - that the Highborn National Assembly cares more about Virtue than the Assembly of the Nine - is somewhat controversial, the Highborn assembly having comprehensively rejected foundationalism in recent times.
* It could be made illegal to publish the detail of past life visions except by the Seer - combined with one of the first two, it could help to ensure that publishing of past life visions happens in a more responsible manner.
None of these would individually stop the current Seer from continuing her work, especially given her publication deal is a private one, rather than tied to her office - but in combination they could limit the damage she could do.

Zipporah's ideas are causing some interested local discussion, but it is by the great and the good at Anvil that any decision must be made. As such, Zipporah has announced that a delegation from her chapter will come to speak to the Highborn at Anvil, to make their case and to lobby the nation's [[Senator|senators]]. They are due to arrive on the Friday evening of the summit.

===In Defiance===
* '''A publishing house suggests that rather than restraining Livia Cascade, her work should be made available to everyone'''
The Spider's Vantage Spire of Urizen, Livia’s publishers, are not ignorant of the current hostility to her work. Being [[Urizen_leadership#Torchbearers|torchbearers]] of an even more stubborn bent than usual, they have redoubled their efforts - and are offering to expand their operation if they receive Senate support.

At present, the work of the Spider's Vantage Spire is conducted privately, with no support from the Civil Service. This also means that its publishing endeavours are not tied to the Seer of the Gateway but to Livia Cascade personally. This certainly has some advantages - but it also limits the audience. While the well-connected people attending Anvil may well be able to easily get copies of Livia's work, volumes are not that widely distributed beyond these elite readers.

Spider's Vantage believe that they could expand their operation with only a little support from the Civil Service. For a cost of 2 thrones each season to the [[Imperial treasury]], they could see to it that the accounts of past life visions published by the Seer of the Gateway were widely distributed across the Empire, so that any devout citizen would secure a copy.

This would certainly increase the potential impact of the Seer's writings - comparable to the reach of a [[statement of principle]] with a greater majority. Indeed, there is a chance that these records might in themselves provoke [[mandate|mandates]] and [[opportunity|opportunities]] relating to the experiences recounted. There are any number of people in the Empire who know obscure facts about the doings of their beloved ancestors, for example, who might be inspired to come forward with their information if they knew of a vision concerning them.

If the Senate were to approve this expansion of the Spider's Vantage operation, however, it would be tied to the Seer of the Gateway officially. This would mean that even if Livia were to be replaced, the publication rights would pass to the next holder of her office.

This is not the limit of Spider's Vantage's ambition. For a cost of 10 thrones each season, their publication operation could be increased in volume and reach so that it reaches not just the people of the Empire, but all those that the Empire trades with. Copies of the publications of the Seer would become commonplace in ports across the world. The Way, of course, was initially spread by revelation - these reports of miraculous visions might in some small way help the missionaries who work to bring all of humankind into the faith.

This approach would also reinforce the Empire's position as the birthplace and the heart of the Way - the [[Sumaah Republic]] is silent on matters of past life visions, preferring to keep the details of those they undertake to themselves. This would be the Empire making a statement that the miracles of true liao were to be shared with all - it would be highly likely to increase foreign interests in the mysteries of true liao.
===Livia Cascade in Play===
Please bear in mind that Livia Cascade is a player character, and not a member of our NPC crew. The documents she collects and writes are created in-character using the tools available to her - she has no special access to plot or OOC information.

==Ruffled Feathers==
As if all that were not enough... in addition to the ongoing problems with the Whisper Gallery, and the new arguments against Livia Cascade, in the run-up to the Summer Solstice another eternal of the Night realm is showing signs of dissatisfaction with the Empire over these matters in some way.

[[Sung]], the Spiral Dancer, has never worried much about the pursuit of, and revelation of, secrets. Her concern is ''mysteries'' - those things which no-one knows, or, sometimes, things which are known by some but which, to others, are something they do not even know they do not know. Or... and so on. Ultimately, what it means is that Sung has never really been an enemy of those who uncover the truth - until now.

Now, the Feather on the Breeze is displeased. Exactly why is ''not'' clear - but those who have contact with the eternal have cautiously suggested that some mystery that she has enjoyed has been ''spoiled'' in one way or another by one of the groups seeking to uncover scholarly truth. Although ''which'' mystery, and ''which'' group of scholars is impossible to say at this time.

Regardless, her growing ire is obvious to those who deal with her or her heralds. Her answers to [[Clear Counsel of the Everflowing River]] have become more gnomic and obscure (if such were possible), and in some cases downright sarcastic. Several [[regio]] favoured by her have become harder to access, forcing those who wish to enter to answer mystical riddles of increasing complexity. Her heralds have become uncooperative, and even angry in some cases - and there has been a noticeable upsurge in sightings of the normally quiet and pleasant creatures around the Empire. Eternal-watchers are beginning to become concerned that another eternal is about to turn against the Empire... and they have no idea why.
====Breezes====
* '''A herald of Sung will be attending Anvil. Probably.'''
Exactly what has raised Sung’s displeasure is unclear. Some magicians have suggested asking her directly - using the [[Clear Counsel of the Everflowing River]] - but wiser mages tut and note that a direct question rarely gets much of use out of the Lord of Illusions even when it is not already irritated. Perhaps a carefully phrased indirect question may reveal a deeper mystery, however?

Regardless, one of her better-known heralds, a normally agreeable creature named ''Curious Breeze'' - has made known its intention to come to Anvil and see if a solution to the current problem can be achieved. “Probably” - it is said to have remarked off-hand to an volhov of its acquaintance - “I will arrive on the Saturday evening of the Solstice - unless something happens to mean that I do not. It may not, of course: who can say?”

Those who make it their business to know the affairs of the Whispering Wind might, therefore, do well to seek out Curious Breeze before the Archmage of Night is forced to use their [[Archmage#Plenipotentiary|plenipotentiary]] powers to try and mitigate the anger of yet ''another'' eternal of Night.

Seer of the Gateway

2018-06-19T22:39:44Z

Bluebottle: /* Publication */ Added Spring 381 YE Echoes

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
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When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.
==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.
{|
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|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
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|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/8d/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1.pdf Volume 1]
|-
|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/4/45/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2.pdf Volume 2]
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Hunter of stars

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<IC>Something got between Jorgen and the sun. The civil servant frowned, glancing up from his paperwork to find two tall figures looming over him. Both were wrapped in leather and fur, wearing masks that looked to have been crafted from animal skulls. Jorgen wrinkled his nose slightly - they were surrounded by a strong smell of sweat and a kind of rank, earthy musk strong enough to make his eyes water, almost.

He closed his book around his quill, and stood up from his bench. He barely came up to their shoulders.

"Can I help you gentlefolk?" he asked in neutral tones.

They did not look like citizens. They were human enough in outline but their eyes were the eyes of beasts. Golden iris, massive black pupil, like owls perhaps. They had horns too - although the civil servant knew of no people who had both stag-like antlers and ram-like horns on the same head. He was keenly aware that they were well-armed - each had a six-foot spear, and a number of knives.

The two figures continued to watch him for several moments. One turned its head from side to side, looking at him first with its left eye then its right eye, then looking at its companion for confirmation of something. Jorgen began to feel uneasy - a creeping awareness that these creatures were weighing him up against some set of criteria he was not privy to. He could not shake the suspicion that if he made any sudden moves one of them would stab him with its spear. Flint spears, he noticed incongruously.

"Is everything alright?" There was a rough semicircle of militia behind the two hide-bound visitors. Beyond them a small crowd of interested onlookers were beginning to gather. The more inquisitive of the two visitors turned slightly to the side and gazed impassively at the crowd behind them. It shifted its hand slightly on the haft of its spear. The militia captain made it clear she was ignoring it, and made a great show of focusing her attention on Jorgen.

"Everything is fine, captain, yes. I am sure these two gentlefolk just have a question...?"

"Are you the archmage of Spring?" the taller of the two spoke suddenly, its voice rumbling and low like a growling bear.

Jorgen considered for a moment. This might explain what was going on though. "No. I'm a civil servant. Do you have a message for the Archmage?"

The figure nodded slowly..

"A message was sent. To Capradan. Asking for a meeting."

"Oh, that explains it then. A plenipotentiary from the Archmage. Is that what this is about?"

They stared at Jorgen for several moments, then the taller continued as if Jorgen had not spoken.

"That one will not speak with you. That one has not been given leave. The one we all serve does not care for you people. Send no further messages."

Jorgen opened his book again, made a note. The shorter of the two watched intently as his quill scritched across the page. It reminded the civil servant of the way his cat watched a beetle skittering hither-and-yon across the floor.

"And who is the message from?"

Neither creature replied. They just watched Jorgen, as if waiting for him to do something, as if his words had no meaning.

"Is it from ... Yaw'nagrah? Arhallogen? Ira Harrah? Llofir? Or - now what is it, oh yes - Siakha? One of those? The oneyou serve?"

The larger one blinked slowly. It narrowed its eyes. Its voice when it spoke again was flat, unimpressed, cold.

"The message comes from the one we serve. The one Capradan serves. The one who does not care for you people. Send no further messages. Do you hear what has been said?"

Jorgen nodded. Swallowed, his throat suddenly, unaccountably dry.

"Then the task is done. We will leave now."

The two turned on their heels and walked back along the road at an easy pace, neither fast nor slow, trailed by the militia and some of the interested onlookers. The rest went back to their business preparing for the influx of guests who would soon arrive at Anvil for the Spring Equinox.

Jorgen grumbled under his breath, and went to tell someone that the Archmage of Spring's plenipotentiary reply had arrived.</ic>

==Plenipotentiaries==
* '''Ylenrith, Estavus, Sorin, Adamant, and the Boar King have publicly responded to plenipotentiary messages.'''
* '''A plenipotentiary from the Spring Archmage has been declined.'''
Each [[archmage]] has the ability to send a [[Archmage#Plenipotentiary|plenipotentiary]] message to an [[eternals|eternal]] once during each summit. Following the Autumn Equinox, six [[eternals]] have responded to these messages and either confirmed that they accept a formal parley, or declined to attend a meeting with the archmage.

In each case, the eternals have specified the topics about which they or their representatives will discuss. Within the bounds of the parley, they are likely to refuse to discuss matters that fall outside the potentially rigid list of things they have agreed will fall under the purview of the parley. It is still possible to try and bring up topics outside of the matters agreed on in advance, but there is absolutely no guarantee the representative of the realms will want to discuss them - and some of the more formal entities might well be annoyed enough to end the parley early if they are badgered by (for example) a crowd of magicians all wanting ''their''opportunity to explain why the eternal should pay attention to them.
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===Capradan===
A week before the Spring Equinox, a pair of strange heralds arrive in the Hall of Worlds. They are humanoid in outline, each with a pair of stag-like antlers surmounting a pair of curling ram-like horns. They are dressed in scraps of leather tied to their rail thin frames, and their faces are concealed behind masks made from the skulls of unfamiliar animals. Each is armed with a flint spear decorated with feathers, talons, teeth, and bones. Their manner is quiet and contained, but everyone who interacts with them receives the impression that at any moment they might explode into bloody violence.

A message has been sent, they say, to a creature called "Capradan" by the Archmage of Spring. Capradan has not been given leave to respond to this message; their mutual master does not wish to parley with the magicians of the Empire. It is not clear who they represent, but the heralds do not seem to serve [[Siakha]], [[Yaw'nagrah]], [[Arhallogen]], [[Irra Harah]], or [[Llofir]].
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===Boar King===
A week before the Spring Equinox, a message is delivered to the Civil Service hub in Anvil. It arrives late at night, brought to the desk by a short, bald, wizened creature with eyes like saucers. It has large protruding boar's tusks that make it hard to understand what it is saying. The message claims to be a reply to "Little Owl of the Academy, the Archmage of Night" or possibly "Little Owl ''and'' the Archmage of Night." The message is from the entity calling itself the Boar King, an eternal of the realm of Night. It agrees to a formal parley, and asks that the Archmage ensure that Little Owl, Sovica of the Company of the White Fame, and anyone else who has business with the King of the Boars attend said parley at nine o'clock on Saturday night.
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===Ylenrith===
A herald dressed in the manner of a Highborn wearing a deep red surcote over a white tunic appeared in the Imperial regio shortly after the Winter solstice, representing the Eternal Ylenrith, called the Swan. It politely announced that the Eternal Flame would be pleased to attend a parley with the Archmage of Day during the Spring Equinox.

As a state of enmity exists between the Empire and the Pure, it suggests a place of parley that is neither of the world nor the Realm - a chamber - and invites the Archmage to bring as many as eight other people with them should they agree to attend. Servants of Ylenrith will be in the Hall of Worlds at eleven o'clock on Friday night to transport the Archmage and the rest of their party to the chamber. Conditions of a formal parley would, of course, exist during the meeting.
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===Estavus===
Halfway between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, a messenger brings a missive from the eternal Estavus. A squat construct of brass and porcelain in the shape of an oversized child, it delivers its message in a clicking, off-kilter voice.

The Forgemistress agrees to another parley with the Empire. It will meet with the Archmage and no more than four others. Estavus will send two representatives to the meeting. They will allow Imperial citizens to trade personal materials for Autumn vis - Estavus desires them to bring [[materials#Ambergelt|Ambergelt]] only. She will give them one pouch of ashes for every five measures of ambergelt they bring to trade.

She has no interest in arranging a long-term trade deal or arranging for ashes to be made available by any means other than the ritual [[Before the Throne of Estavus]] which she has already shared with the Empire. There will be no discussion of this matter. There will be an opportunity to discuss the matter off the lost art of the blacksmith; she anticipates this will make up the bulk of the meeting. The meeting will be a formal parley; as such there will be no fruitful discussion of other matters.

Assuming these stipulations are acceptable to the Archmage, a guide will be sent to the Hall of Worlds at one o'clock Saturday afternoon.

'''OOC Note:''' As this is taking place in a chamber of Estavus, the meeting is likely to involve some smoke, and some walking from the Hall of Worlds to an encounter tent.
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===Adamant===
A ''koboldi'' messenger of [[Adamant|King Adamant]] delivers a proclamation written in a neat cursive hand on fine parchment to the Timekeeper of the Conclave a week after the Winter Solstice. Dressed in a beautiful moonsilver mantle, the short herald is excruciatingly polite and reads the proclamation in a reedy, chirping voice before handing it over to the civil servant. King Adamant confirms that he will send a representative to treat with the Summer Archmage during the Spring Equinox. The ''King on the Granite Throne'' expresses some mild disappointment that in most cases the boons the Empire request are boons he has already offered in one form or another and had declined, but he is minded to be magnanimous.

His representative will speak on four topics: the Throne of Stone and its construction; the Walls of Holberg; the fortification Remember Exile; the mines of Skarsind. The herald will indicate the actions the Archmage can make to secure the boons that have been asked for, but should be aware that the King is not a common peddler or mendicant tinker and is disinterested in haggling over minor details. The boons come in return for the acts required - the ''Silent Mountain'' is confident the Summer Archmage understands this.

Formal parley with a high-ranking representative of the ''Court of the Gnome King'' shall begin at eight o'clock on Friday night.
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===Sorin===
The staff at the Castle of Thorns recognise the soberly dressed Draughir with dark red hair when she arrives at dusk one day midway between Solstice and Equinox. Ania of Necropolis is once again bearing word from the Heralds of the Silent Kingdom, and this time they speak for The Tomb King himself. The message she hands over is from a Herald known as Evanesce. It states "Since misconceptions about the nature of the Silent Kingdom abound in the Empire, from smallest child to proudest Archmage, The Empty One will respond to the plenipotentiary message sent, under formal Parley. Be prepared to receive the wisdom of The Hungry Wolf and his Heralds within the Hall of Worlds at 3 o'clock on the Saturday of the Equinox." Ania also hands over a list of people expected to attend. Others might have been apologetic, where she was not, because the list is not short.
* Archmage Emilia
* A representative of those who claim to know better than the Hungry Wolf himself what was fair and right punishment for the Chapter of The Frozen Oak
* Syn Nighthaven and any three Imperial Generals, who should bring with them the Testament of Ahasaver
* Ursa of Wintermark and at least two others who suffer from a curse from the same source
* Eleanor Novarion
* General Jack of the Marches
* Bloodcrow Shettehs
It concludes with a note: the Heralds may engage in discussion with others not named. It should be firmly understood that ''The Empty One'' will not do so and will only speak on the matters directly raised in the plenipotentiary.

'''OOC Note:''' We intend to use low levels of smoke in this encounter, please let us know if this is a problem for you personally and this encounter is important to you and we will make adjustments. Some of the Sorin and Herald costumes make lip-reading impossible and some speech in this encounter will be via loudspeaker. Please let us know if you expect to be at the centre of the encounter and rely on lip-reading we will ensure that the parts most relevant to you are not delivered through the horse head masks.

==Timetable==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Day !! Time !! Eternal !! Realm !! Formal Parley
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| Friday || 8pm || Adamant || Summer || Yes
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| Friday|| 11pm || Ylenrith || Day || Yes
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| Saturday || 1pm || Estavus || Autumn || Yes
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| Saturday || 3pm || Sorin || Winter || Yes
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| Saturday || 9pm || Boar King || Night || Yes
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Setting a test

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One of the most important roles of the earl is setting Tests of [[Dawn Culture and Customs#The Test of Mettle|Mettle]], [[Dawn Culture and Customs#The Test of Ardour|Ardour]] and [[Dawn Culture and Customs#The Test of Resolve|Resolve]]. This ability underpins most of the power of an earl, and allows the Dawnish system of noble houses to operate. Make sure that you understand the tests and how they work, they can be a very powerful tool in helping you control your house as well as making awesome stories!

The key thing to appreciate about a test, is that in creating a challenge for another player you have a massive impact on their game - if PD created that challenge for that player we'd call it "plot". Creating a good challenge - something enjoyable and rewarding to attempt is not easy. Pick something easier than the player wanted and you sell them short - but something that is impossible for them is no fun either. On the face of it - tests are all about political and social accomplishments - but that's the in-character truth. Out-of-character they are a device designed to allow players to help each other create cool stories.

Within the setting, a test can be almost any challenge. It can take years to complete - or hours. It can be dangerous - or not. It can be difficult - or not. The parameters are so open and wide it can be hard to define.

What makes a good test? For a test of mettle - it should literally ''test the mettle'' of the character who is attempting it. Mettle is "a person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience". To be consistent with the setting a test should be difficult; it should be challenging or dangerous - though even in-character it doesn't have to be both of those things. Crucially the real out-of-character goal is that the test should be enjoyable to attempt - and as cool as you can make it. When someone asks them afterwards what they did for their test of mettle - do they have a cool inspiring story of what their character did to respond with?

Within the setting, it is common to tailor your test to the applicant. A test is supposed to be challenging - it's not ''normally'' supposed to be impossible. Challenging a non-combatant healer to defeat a Jotun champion is effectively impossibly difficult but that doesn't make it a good test. The ideal test reflects a character's strengths - it may challenge them to do more than they have done in the past - or make them find new ways to achieve their best - but the best test fits the character like a glove.

If you have the opportunity it is also useful to tailor your test to the ''player''. Some players will want an epic test that will form the main goal for their character for years to come. Some people will want a simple goal that they can achieve in a day that gives them a moment of challenging but fun roleplaying. If a player wants a milestone for their character, a test to jump over the moon is a poor fit. If a player wants an epic quest that will take years - a test to jump over a spoon is a poor fit.

In all cases, it is worth talking to the person involved to get an idea of what their expectation is. There are no hard and fast rules for this sort of thing, it is down to the individuals and how they feel about it.

A test of mettle should test the mettle of the character - it should be challenging, it can be dangerous, it can be difficult. But underlying all that - the real goal is that it should be enjoyable. If the recipient who completes your test has an OOC sense of accomplishment and an IC cool story to tell then you've given them a great test.

==Involving Others==
It can be cool to involve other player-characters in a test you have set. Challenging a knight to defeat the Wintermark champion in single combat is cool - but whether or not the player succeeds is then out of your control. It is better to avoid involving other characters in tests you set unless you are confident how they will respond or happy to run with whatever they decide.

Careful thought can involve another character in your test without making them the decision maker. "Defeat the Wintermark champion" is very different to "Challenge the Wintermark champion" which is very different to "Prove yourself in combat against the Wintermark champion". In the first case, success or failure will be dependent on the skills of the other champion. In the second case, the errant knight automatically passes by attempting the challenge. In the third test... you get to decide if the character has proved themself or not.

==Downtime Tests==
Most players who are seeking a test of mettle to become a noble have chosen that path because they want the challenge of attempting a test. There are some exceptions however. Young players who have come of age in-character ''may'' not be specifically looking for a difficult challenge, nor may characters who have joined from another nation. It could be as simple as a player who created a yeoman thinking it would be fun, but has realized they really want to play a noble.

There are lots of reasons why a player may not want their character to undertake a test for some reason. The player may be nervous or shy, they may simply find the prospect too daunting. Empire is primarily dependent on the hard skills of the player to succeed but everyone who roleplays is ultimate a weekend warrior - none of us are ''actually'' Merlin or Lancelot. Anyone can choose to play a Dawnish noble - the test of mettle is there to make cool stories - not to check that a player is confident enough to become a noble.

In these cases, it may be appropriate to set a test that is conducted "between events" if the player wishes. Roleplaying that the house set the noble a test of mettle to (for example) kill an ogre and then roleplaying that they did it in downtime allows for character development and doesn't make real world skills an absolute bar to entry for being a noble.

==Impossible Tests==
In Dawn, a noble house cannot refuse a request for a test of mettle. In theory anyone can ask to join your group. In practice, as the earl setting the test, you are free to make it as difficult as you like. An impossible test is a very normal response to a demand for a test of mettle from a character that you have not encouraged to join your house. If you don't want someone to join your house - then you can make the test impossibly difficult to complete. If you do this - it is worth making clear that their demand is unwelcome - so that they do not misunderstand what is happening.

Any character who receives an impossible test of mettle is free to seek out another test with another house. Shopping around for an easy test is the opposite of glorious - but Dawnish characters understand that an earl who doesn't want a character in their house may set an impossible test, so there is less stigma in passing on such a test and seeking one that can be gloriously completed.

Equally if you think a test is too easy - if you wanted something more difficult - don't be afraid to act on that. Most Dawnish characters only get one test of mettle, this is your character's defining moment that you have chosen to roleplay through. If a test is too easy - if you imagined yourself spending events or even years trying for something cooler - then demand another Test from the earl - or from another house. You don't have to do the first test you are set.

==IC and OOC Disdain==
Dawn is written to have a degree of rivalry and competition between noble houses. In theory each noble house is striving to be as glorious as possible - and the earl is the captain of the team - picking their nobles for their glorious qualities. Houses that boast of how glorious their tests is very on-brief for Dawn - and it is not off-brief to be disdainful of "lesser" houses (all other Dawnish houses are less glorious than yours is pretty much the starting point for the average Dawnish noble house).

But it is worth being careful and ensuring that a sense of IC superiority doesn't turn into OOC disdain for the tests of other earls. Setting tests is hard, and the real goal is help a player create an exciting story for them and their character. It is very hard to distinguish IC disdain for a house, its tests or individual nobles from OOC disdain for the roleplaying of other players.

Roleplaying is ultimately its own reward. A good test gives a player as much challenge as they will enjoy coping with - but if a player doesn't want that, then all that has happened out-of-character is that they have missed out on something that was designed to be fun for them to roleplay. There is no out-of-character requirement for a test of mettle - it isn't a question of play balance or fairness. So there is no basis for out-of-character criticism of the tests. For that reason it much better for the IC boasts of a Dawnish house to concentrate on how wonderful they are - rather than how terrible anyone else is.

==Working With Profound Decisions==
Setting a test of mettle is often a challenging proposition. Any earl who needs to set a test of mettle is welcome to take advice from the Dawnish [[egregore]]. They will give some help and advice and as they are a member of our crew they have resources available that player characters do not - the ability to create quests and trips through the [[Sentinel Gate]] for example.

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Loyal Stanchion

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===Description===
Usually hanging from a stout oaken shaft, a Loyal Stanchion allows the banner bearer to renew the fighting spirit of their allies and stave off death for another day. They are particularly popular among both the [[Yeomen of the Marches|yeomen]] of [[the Marches|Marcher]] [[Marcher_household|households]] the [[Highguard_military_concerns|cataphracts]] of [[Highguard]], and the warriors of the [[Imperial Orcs]] for their ability to allow a soldier in full harness to provide much needed healing and support to their allies. The banners themselves are usually woven of sturdy wool strengthened with [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggars lye]] and [[Materials#Ambergelt|ambergelt]], with a straightforward sigil enhanced with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|vibrant dyes]]. The oaken banner pole will be reinforced with [[Materials#Green Iron|green iron]] and ambergelt varnish, and decorated with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] embellishments.

The banner bearer can draw on the standard to keep their allies on their feet. There have been several notable Loyal Stanchions in Imperial history - for example, during the reign of [[Empress Teleri]] the Marcher assembly gifted the [[Cardinal]] of [[Loyalty]] was an [[Magic_items#Artefacts|artefact]] standard [[hallow|hallowed]] with [[Liao#True_Liao|true liao]]. Named ''Duty'', for over a century the Cardinal would bestow custodianship of the standard on a [[Bands#Banners|banner]] possessed of exemplary integrity and loyalty. Unfortunately, Duty is believed to now lie at the bottom of the Bay of Catazar, lost along with the then-Cardinal Jocelyn Rosewood when the [[Emperor Barabbas|Barabbine Fleet]] was destroyed.

Several armies have made good use of Loyal Stanchions. Both the heavily armoured [[Dawn_military_concerns#The_Golden_Sun|Golden Sun]] of Dawn, and the adaptable [[Varushka_military_concerns#The_Army_of_the_Golden_Axe|Golden Axe]] of [[Varushka]] have been known to equip core contingents with these banners, for example, but they are also popular with the [[Jotun]] and [[Imperial Orcs|Imperial]] [[orc|orcs]]. As with many such regimental standards, the magical stanchions are reforged over and over, with each successive [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisan]] adding a new embellishment, or replacing an element that has worn out. These Loyal Stanchions technically contain no element of the original banners at all - but nobody who has ever borne one into battle is left in any doubt as to the power that courses through them, reinforced by decades or centuries of holding the spirit of the warrior band.

Bearers of a Loyal Stanchion, particularly one that has been reforged multiple times, often hear a supportive voice encouraging them. This voice is especially strong when they are afraid, or uncertain. Many bearers report that the voice reminds them of that of a trusted family member or close friend, especially one that is long departed. Others believe that the voice is that of the banner itself - that its magic somehow senses when the bearer is faltering and needs a word of support or validation. A few [[Imperial Orcs]] have claimed that the Loyal Stanchion talks to them in the voice of an ancestor, although it is not clear whether this is down to the standard or the [[orc]] themselves.

===Rules===
{{Magical Standards}}
* '''Effect:''' Five times per day you may use [[Heroic skills#Get It Together|get it together]] as if you know it without spending any hero points.
* '''Roleplaying Effect:''' Each time you take hold of this banner you are reminded of home and family. While wielding it you sometimes hear a supportive voice encouraging you.
* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Loyal Stanchion requires seven ingots of [[Materials#Orichalcum|orichalcum]], thirteen ingots of [[Materials#Green Iron|green iron]], nine measures of [[Materials#Ambergelt|ambergelt]], fifteen measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], seven measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]] and seven measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.

<ic>"I, Franz Schweinsteiger von Holberg, being true in Virtue and strong of heart, do on this day voluntarily enlist myself as a soldier in the Company of the Bright Plume, in its service and that of the Empire. I swear my oath to defend the city of Holberg and the territory which it rightfully controls.

"I will bring low my enemies, wherever and whenever I find them. With my bow and my sword I will lay them low.

"I submit myself to the articles of service of the said Company. I accept the rate of its pay. I accept without reservation the conditions of its service for the five years of my pledge.

"I take my oath beneath the banner which has made us great. I bond myself to it of my own free will. I understand its power and the responsibilities that follow. I will not flee from battle, nor submit to weakness in my hour of need. I will stand and fight until I am dead or victorious.

"With my brothers and sisters in battle I make my oath. Beneath the standard we stand as one. We will be reliable, unquestionable, unbreakable and unbroken.

"With Virtue and magic we make our bond. So let it be!"</ic>

Hallow

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Bluebottle: the ilium page uses "artefact" so this probably should too

==Overview==
By hallowing an object, the priest creates a potent [[Aura#Item_Aura|item aura]] drawn from their virtue. Item auras produce a roleplaying effect which can influence the way the character with the item acts, but they do ''not'' act as a source of spiritual strength so they cannot be used to overcome other roleplaying effects.

An item may only have one aura on it at once, so creating a new aura automatically replaces any existing standard aura. A durable aura is more difficult to remove. Characters with the same virtue can [[Religious skills#Cooperation|cooperate]] to create a durable hallow or to remove or replace an existing one.

The hallow ceremony is not the only way that an object may acquire an influential aura. There are many stories of an item used in a significant, dramatic way acquiring a spontaneous aura associated with spiritual power - although such events are hardly common. Some curses and dangerous spirits have the ability to create effects similar in effect to hallow, especially on items central to the nature of the malediction or ghost.

{{Aura Links}}

==Performance==
* '''Requires a dose of liao and at least ten seconds appropriate roleplaying'''
* '''Requires the presence and assistance of a referee'''
* '''It is not possible to use hallow to create an aura on large immobile objects.'''
* '''The priest must choose which aura they are creating during the ceremony'''

Hallowing an item uses a dose of [[liao]]. Performing the ceremony requires at least ten seconds of appropriate roleplaying and the item must be close enough to touch throughout.

After you hallow an item it is infused with a standard [[Aura#Item_Aura|item aura]] that makes the bearer subject to a [[roleplaying effect]] chosen by you. You must choose one aura from the list available for the virtue you are dedicated to. It may take a short time for the aura to form completely.

You must have a referee to perform a hallowing. The referee will take your liao. You should then go to GOD to exchange your ribbon for the replacement with the hallow effect added.

You can use hallow on any item - even if it does not have a ribbon.

==Effects==
* '''Hallow creates an [[aura#Item Aura|item aura]] on a mundane or [[magic items|magic item]] and names the item'''
* '''A hallow on a bonded magic item lasts as long as the item remains enchanted; a hallow on a mundane item lasts for a year (until the start of the Profound Decisions Empire event four events from now).'''
* '''Anyone who examines the item will be able to sense the presence of the aura'''
* '''[[Orc|Orcs]] are affected by hallowed items just like any other character'''
* '''Hallow does ''not'' provide a source of spiritual strength for overcoming roleplaying effects.'''
Hallowing a bonded magical item creates an item [[aura]] that lasts as long as the enchantment on the item. A mundane item can also be hallowed, in which case the aura lasts until the start of the Profound Decisions Empire event four events from now.

In addition the item receives a unique name chosen by the character performing the hallow - this name appears on the ribbon for the item and is any player who handles the item may choose to have their character able to discern the name as a strong impression received while handling it. Comedic names or names which are ''obviously'' taken from existing works of fiction are not appropriate for item names in Empire and will be rejected when identified.

A hallow on any item that does not have an expiry date already lasts a year. The roleplaying effects from a hallow expire when the item expires.

The [[Religious skills#Ceremony Strength|strength]] of the hallow determines how difficult it is to remove or replace.

==Removal==
* '''A hallow on a bonded magic item lasts for as long as the item retains its properties.'''
* '''A hallow on a mundane item lasts for a year.'''
* '''The hallow skill can be used to remove an existing hallow.'''
As with any aura, an item can only be under the effect of one item aura at once. Hallowing an item that is already under the effects of a standard aura will automatically replace that aura. A durable aura is more difficult to replace - the new hallow must have a strength at least equal to that of the existing hallow of the ceremony will fail.

Any character with the hallow skill (including one who is not dedicated to a Virtue) may attempt to remove an existing hallow rather than replacing it. In the case of a durable hallow, the ceremony must still have a strength at least equal to that of the existing aura.

The hallow skill can also be used to remove item auras arising from other sources, including those created by some magical [[enchantment|enchantments]].

If a bonded magic item is reforged, any hallow present is removed.

==True Liao==
* '''True liao can be used in place of liao to perform the hallow ceremony'''
* '''An artifact can ''only'' be hallowed using true liao'''
* '''A true item aura allows the use of one additional dose of liao when performing a ceremony'''
You can use true liao in place of normal [[liao]] to hallow an item. This will create a true aura, it can only be replaced or removed using true liao or something of similar power. An artefact ''cannot'' be hallowed except by using true liao to create a true aura.

A true aura on an item allows the character carrying the item is able make use of one additional dose of liao whenever they perform a ceremony, allowing them to create effects with greater [[Religious skills#Ceremony Strength|strength]].
{{Ceremonial skills further reading}}

Seer of the Gateway

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Bluebottle: Adding Echoes volume 5a

{{CaptionedImage|file=Livia_played_by_Isobel_Hooper.jpg|title=Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade, first Seer of the Gateway|caption=The Seer of the Gateway ensures the safety of citizens experiencing a [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] vision and records their experiences.|align=right|width=300}}
==Overview==
The position was [[Create_title_of_Seer_of_the_Gateway|established]] by the Senate at the Winter Solstice summit of 379YE. The Seer of the Gateway exists to ensure the safety, and record the experiences, of citizens returning from a past life vision.

The first Seer of the Gateway was Livia of the Spire of the Celestial Cascade of [[Urizen]], appointed in Winter 379YE by the Assembly of the Nine. No other candidates were considered. Livia is a skilled Torchbearer with years of experience helping visionaries to recall every last detail of their vision, as well as dealing with the side-effects of the process. Even before being appointed to the title, she would often approach visionaries to ask for permission before their vision, and wait for them to emerge afterwards.

==Responsibilities==
The Seer of the Gateway has four main responsibilities. Firstly, to safeguard the well-being of visionaries and guide priests partaking in [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]]. They are also expected to record the visions, and experiences, of visionaries and guide priests, as well as to publish and disseminate their records and any conclusions. Finally, they are expected to be able to purchase [[liao]] and other paraphernalia in support of their duties.
==Powers==
===Withdraw funds===
The Seer of the Gateway may remove up to five Thrones each season from the [[rewarding|Virtue fund]] without requiring a vote. To use this power, the Seer of the Gateway must still place a judgement before the Synod, but it is considered to pass automatically at the point it is presented. Judgements to remove money from the Virtue Fund are in addition to any existing judgements they have raised normally.
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When using this power, the Seer of the Gateway should still indicate the group or individual that is to be rewarded.
==Appointment==
The Seer of the Gateway is [[appointment|appointed]] by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].

Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. The Seer has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the Assembly of the Nine.
==Publication==
In the Spring of 380YE Livia struck a publication deal with the Spider's Vantage Spire of Redoubt, who published her accounts of visionaries' experiences across the Empire. You can find the existing ''Echoes of the Labyrinth'' texts below; the Spider's Vantage Spire have let it be known that they intend to publish more after each Anvil summit.
{|
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|'''Dates of Visions''' || '''Volume'''
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|Winter 376 YE - Autumn 377 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/7/73/EchoesoftheLabyrinth1-edition7.pdf Volume 1]
|-
|Winter 377 YE - Autumn 378 YE || [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/a/ac/EchoesoftheLabyrinth2-edition3.pdf Volume 2]
|-
|Winter 378 YE - Autumn 379 YE || [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/c/c5/EchoesoftheLabyrinth3-edition2.pdf Volume 3]
|-
|Winter 379 YE - Autumn 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/85/Echoes_of_the_Labyrinth_4a_4b_4c.pdf Volume 4]
|-
|Winter 380 YE|| [https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/8/87/EchoesoftheLabyrinth5.pdf Volume 5a]
|-
|}
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