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Sum of the Parts

2025-09-05T09:31:06Z

Coolbeans:

==Rules==
{{Season|Autumn|15}}
===Performing the Ritual===
{{Casting time|2}} {{Target Character}}

The ritual also requires the participation of up to three additional characters, who must be present throughout, and must be both aware and willing.

{{enchantment}}

===Effects===
The target gains three additional ranks of [[Combat skills#Endurance|endurance]]. Participants in this ritual cannot also be the target of this ritual, although contributors can be either participants or targets.

As long as the enchantment persists, the target experiences a [[roleplaying effects|roleplaying effect]]: ''you feel infused with great waves of energy and vitality that fill you with confidence in their abilities, especially their ability to lead others''.

The participants contributing to the ritual experience a different roleplaying effect that lasts for at least an hour: ''you feel lethargic and tired, as if you had undertaken intense physical labour.''

{{Day Duration}}

===Additional Targets===
This ritual can affect additional characters from the same [[Groups#Banners|banner]]. Each additional character increases the magnitude by 10 and will require an additional three participants to offer their strength. Additional characters must be present throughout.
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==Description==
This ritual builds on Autumn concepts that an individual can exert greater power if they are part of a group. It draws vitality from the participants and transfers it to the target, creating a champion whose strength is drawn from their supporters. Interestingly, the lethargy that overcomes those contributing their health and vitality to the target can be overcome by the vital nature of those with [[briar]] lineage, making them excellent contributors to this ritual.

The ritual was proposed by the famously bellicose [[Varushka|Varushkan]] [[Varushka magical traditions#Cabalists|cabalist]], Juha, known as ''The Cave Spider'' due to his decision to live alone in underground caverns rather than among his fellow magicians. Some say he wanted it because he was simply too lazy to attend battles in person and preferred to send an empowered apprentice in his stead. A more charitable interpretation might point to the well-known tale of the Cave Spider's early life. Born with strong Ushka blood and with a physique more suited to study than battle, his mother dead in childbirth and his father a distant and unhappy [[Varushka military concerns|Schlacta]] known for his strength and power - perhaps it is no surprise that Juha expressed an interest in the enhancement of vitality such as this ritual provides.

This was the first ritual contributed to [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List|Imperial Lore]] by [[Dean of the Lyceum]] Simargl of the Circle of Zulgan-Tash, called ''the Empty One''. It became common knowledge following a [[Conclave session#Declaration of Acceptance|decision]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]] and added to Imperial lore by a [[Add "Sum of the Parts" to Imperial Lore|motion of the senate]] in Summer 377YE.

When the ritual was first formulated, ''Sum of the Parts'' weakened the participants contributing their strength to the enchanted individual sufficiently to cause injury. Between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice 387YE, however, researchers trapped at [[Dean_of_the_Lyceum#The_Lyceum|the Lyceum]] - [[Commonwealth]] ''zauberer'' and members of the [[Rod and Shield]] and [[Unfettered Mind]] with nothing better to do - [[Beat of your drum#Lyceum|identified]] that this was not actually necessary for the ritual to work. To the surprise of magicians from both great nations, the researchers discovered that the ritual works just fine if the support granted by the rest of the band is moral or inspirational. It is as effective to embrace, or show respect and support with words or symbols, as it is to actually transfer strength from one to another. Those involved are still left feeling tired or lethargic, but crucially the magic does not harm them.

==Common Elements==
As with many rituals that involve transference of power or enhancement of strength, a goblet of wine, loaf of bread, or some other consumable passed from hand to hand between the participants and the target is very appropriate. As a ritual developed by Varushkan magicians, promises of fealty are also appropriate, as is the giving of gifts between the participants; a [[Navarr]] magician might instead draw some blood from each of those contributing health and use it to paint the target or mix it with something that is then consumed.

The runes [[Lann]], [[Rhyv]] and [[Verys]] are all appropriate - although the rune [[Queros]] would also be appropriate to targets who have a hierarchical relationship to one another. The character [[The Captain]] or [[The Bishop]] might be appropriate for dramaturgy, as may evocations of creatures such as wolves who stand as symbols of the strength of a group.
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Limits of magic

2025-06-02T13:49:48Z

Coolbeans: /* Changing Qualities */

==Overview==
Magic has many fundamental limits that restrict what can be achieved. In the setting these limitations are well known - magicians have striven for centuries to find ways to overcome them. Some people have devoted their entire lives to researching these limits, but no-one has ever found a reliable way to overcome them. Having a good working knowledge of these limitations is one way you can represent your character being a skilled practitioner of ritual magic.

In the game, these are most of the absolute limits of magic that is possible within the rules for the game. While you might play a character that is striving to overcome one or more of these limitations, it is important to appreciate that that is not possible in the Empire game. Any arcane projection that attempts will automatically fail. For that reason, it is a good idea to check any arcane projection against these limits before you submit it.

==Restore Life==
The Spring realm is powerfully resonant with healing magic, but no Imperial magician has ever been able to create a ritual that restores life to the dead. Some Winter magics allow a magician to contact the recently departed, or even summon back a shade that can be questioned, but like the Spring realm it appears to be powerless to help those who have passed on. In Empire, once a person dies, they are dead for good.

Many magicians have spent their entire lifetime searching for ways to cheat death. None have ever found a way to restore the dead to life, but a few have found ways to cheat death, or at least postpone it for a while. Although there are no rituals of this kind in Imperial lore at this time, anything like this would definitely need to be cast on the target while they were still alive.

There are rituals that allow a magician to give a semblance of life to a corpse, the most famous of which is [[Quickening Cold Meat]]. However these rituals work by conjuring creatures from the realms, usually drudges, to inhabit the corpse and cause it to move. The Winter realm has a strong affinity for magic involving dead bodies, but rituals of this kind make use of the body to house a spirit of the realm, they do not restore the body to life in any way.

==Resist Effects==
It is possible to use the Winter realm to create wards that harm those who cross them, and Night magic can hide the true nature of something, but beyond this there are few if any rituals that can offer protection to a subject. No magician has ever been able to create a ritual that allows the subject to '''resist''' a magical effect such as that caused by the [[repel]] spell. Nor is it possible to use ritual magic to make a subject immune to the blows of swords, bows, or other weapons. There are many rituals that make a subject stronger, allowing them to suffer more such blows before they are defeated, but none that make it so that the subject can resist or otherwise ignore the effect.

==Mind Control and Silence==
Many rituals create powerful emotions, feelings, or sensations in those that experience the effects, either as a side effect of the magic or as the main purpose such as with the [[Chamber of Pallas]]. These rituals can have a powerful effect on those that encounter them, but all serious magicians agree that the nature of the target's response is fundamentally set by them, not by the magician who performed the ritual. Magic is simply not powerful enough to control the mind of another living being, forcing it to act as the ritualist desires.

Of course there are ways to use magic to control your enemies, using it to threaten, cajole, and coerce people. However these methods are not intrinsically more reliable or powerful than a threat of violence. Skilled magicians can use ritual magic very effectively to '''influence''' others, but they cannot control them.

In the same way, magic cannot compel someone to speak the truth, and it cannot read minds. This means that there is no effective "truth detection" magic in the Empire. It is possible to create an urge to be forthright or plain speaking, but it is not even possible to create a roleplaying effect that makes a character want to speak the truth. Nor is possible to remove the ability to speak from a person using ritual magic.
<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><box><big>'''Conjured Coastal Citadels'''</big> 
One topic that comes up regularly with the Day eternals is that of magically summoned fortifications similar to [[Frozen Citadel of Cathan Canae]] but created in regions with the ''coastal'' quality. This matter is raised with some of [[Phaleron|Phaleron's]] heralds, and they provide the following explanation as to why it is not possible for magic to create such a thing. By its essential nature, a coastline is partway between one thing and another. It is a liminal space, neither land nor sea, and defies classification. A fortification or castle, by contrast, has an essential nature of resisting, standing strong, and being immovable and impregnable, which is absolutely at odds with the mutable nature of a coastal area. Ritual magic runs afoul of the [[Ritual_theory#The_Law_of_Essence|Law of Essence]], and so it will never be possible to create a ritual that conjures a magical fortification using the ''coastal'' quality. From [[Hierarchs_of_sea_and_sky#The_Only_True_Treasure|Hierarchs of sea and sky]]</box></div>

==Conjuring and Summoning==
It is not possible to use ritual magic to force another being to appear before you, either a mortal or an inhabitant of the realms. There are Autumn rituals that allow you to send communications to another being, such as [[Call Winged Messenger]], but the target is free to respond as they choose. They are under no compulsion to respond and they would need to use methods of their own to appear if they were far distant at the time.

Likewise, there are rituals that allow you to contact certain named eternals, such as [[Swim Leviathan's Depth]]. Some of these rituals create an opportunity to meet with the being at a regio later. Almost always, the eternal will appear as requested, but it is well understood that the ritual itself does not compel the being to appear, rather it is the nature of the eternal that causes them to act in this way. Having long ago agreed to respond if called, they are bound to do so for all time by their nature, not by the ritual itself.

It is possible to create rituals that request or invite inhabitants of a realm to enter the mortal world - albeit only with their agreement - but it is not possible to summon them. Rituals like [[Knights of Glory]] work because Eleonaris has agreed to release her knights into the mortal world when called. Likewise, rituals that attempt to create, conjure, or summon fortifications, citadels, or other structures from another realm will not work without the agreement of an appropriate eternal. [[Frozen Citadel of Cathan Canae]] works because Cathan Canae has many frozen citadels - which she sends to the mortal world in response to the ritual.

There are rituals that appear to breach these limits, such as [[Forge the Wooden Fastness]] or [[Dripping Echoes of the Fen]] where the eternal in question was not recorded for many years. Knowledgeable magicians knew that there must be an eternal in question - such a ritual cannot work without the assistance or involvement of one - but for whatever inscrutable reasons their identity had remained secret. In recent history, the eternals sponsoring those two particular rituals were uncovered by [[Various_storms_and_saints#Fen_and_Fastness|scholars of the Unfettered Mind]].

==Teleportation==
It is possible for magicians and others to move from the mortal world to a [[Regio#Portals_and_Chambers|chamber]], but they cannot travel on from there: they must return to the mortal world through the same door they entered by. It is not possible to move onwards from a chamber, nor to re-enter the mortal world in a different location. This limitation is a fundamental restriction of the magic of the realms - it cannot convey a magician from one place to another.

A ritual like Call Winged Messenger will convey a message to a target, but this ritual works by literally summoning a winged messenger from the Autumn realm to carry the message. It takes time for the message to reach the target; it does not travel instantly.

Interestingly, this limitation ''is'' violated by the power of the Sentinel Gate. The Gate is a magical item, and as such it is a thing of the mortal world only and does not draw on the power of the realms. Whether it is this that allows it to exceed the limits of ritual magic is unknown, but certainly all attempts to reproduce the power of the Gate using ritual magic have always failed.

==Invisibility==
Although Varushkan folklore is replete with stories of wolves that are invisible, undetectable to the mortal eye, most magicians consider these tales fit only for a child. There have been countless attempts to use Night magic to render an individual invisible, but none have ever succeeded. The Night realm can mask a thing, change its shape or appearance, but it always leaves something in its place. There is no realm that can be used to make something invisible.

Although Night magic resonates with glamours that change the physical appearance of something, as well as rituals designed to baffle divinations, it cannot hide itself. If an army is enchanted with a Night ritual to conceal it then a divination like [[the Eye of the High Places]] that is lower magnitude than the shroud will still reveal that there is a Night enchantment in place. Similarly, it is not possible to use Night magic to baffle a ritual divination so completely that it returns the wrong answer.

==Enchanting Bourse Resources==
Mithril, white granite, weirwood, and ilium are the most precious resources found anywhere in the Empire, so valuable that control of known deposits is closely regulated by the [[Imperial Bourse]]. Countless attempts have been made over the centuries to develop ritual magic that can increase the production of these resources, but all have failed. Even attempts to scry for unworked deposits have proved unsuccessful.

Urizen magicians who have studied the problem for many years have concluded that materials of this kind have a degree of raw magical power inherent in them. This power appears to be a fundamental part of the mortal world, rather than having any connection with the realms. When the materials are in their unworked state waiting to be harvested, they create an interference that confounds any attempts to use the magic of the realms to locate or gather it. Sadly this natural resistance to magic is largely lost when the materials are removed and refined or processed.

So potent is this natural effect, that it has on occasion proved useful. The deposits of white granite in the Brilliant Shore were discovered centuries ago by a young [[Wintermark_magical_traditions#Icewalkers|icewalker]] who took shelter in the area while the region was assailed by a magical storm conjured by the Thule. When the magician noticed that the storm passed over the cave where they were sheltering, they realised that something in the area must be weakening the curse. Further investigation of the cave discovered the white granite deposits, and provided the Wintermark people with a valuable resource.

==Supernatural Effects==
Magicians can use the magic of the realms to change the mortal world, but it has an inherent tendency to resist this change. The more unnatural the change, the greater the resistance. One way that a magician can create a completely unnatural effect is to bring some force or object from the realms into the mortal world. Powerful rituals like Quickening Cold Meat summon Winter spirits to inhabit corpses so that they follow the magicians' will. The fortress "created" by [[Frozen Citadel of Cathan Canae]] is in fact one of the many that exists in the Summer realm and the ritual brings it into the mortal realm for a season.

Experienced magicians appreciate that the best approach is to create magical effects that work with the essential nature of the target rather than trying to create something unnatural. If a magician wishes to burn a forest down, it is infinitely easier to create a forest fire than it is to create a rain of fire.

==Armies and Battles==
It is possible to use magic that enhances the effectiveness of an army - either by requesting magical warriors from the realms to fight alongside them or by enhancing their strength, insight, or bonds. Cursing armies is possible, but is difficult and crucially requires a powerful arcane connection to the army in question - usually the general of the army or a similar figure.

It is '''not''' possible to curse an area or an army so as to impede army or navy movement in any way. Ritual magic cannot, for example, stop an army or navy moving into, out, or through a territory, nor restrict how far armies can move if they start in or move through that territory. It is not possible to use ritual magic to pin an army in place.

It is possible to use magic to affect a territory to increase or decrease the number of casualties that result in from any fighting. Rituals like [[Rivers Run Red]] and [[Rivers of Life]] affect everyone in the territory in a way that makes them more or less likely to die. What is not possible is to use magic ''on a territory'' to directly affect the outcome of a three month long campaign in that territory. Strategic outcomes are too complex and too unpredictable to be influenced by magic in this way.

You can create magic that influences the fighting - you might fill an area with storms for a season - but that does not affect the outcome of the campaign, i.e. it does not affect the victory points assigned to either side. No matter how potent the magic on the territory, it will be indiscriminate, and that means it will create effects that both sides are able to take advantage of based on whatever actions they take.

You can create rituals that enchant or curse armies - to make them more or less effective. But any ritual that attempts to enchant or curse a territory with the goal of positively or negatively influencing the outcome of a military campaign that takes place there will fail.

==Economic Territory Effects==
It is not possible to use ritual magic to duplicate the effect of a [[great work]] - that is, to increase the production of all resources of a specific type in a territory.

==Seasonal Stacking==
The ritual enchantments [[Blessing of New Spring]], [[Strong Ox, Golden Sun]], and [[Gathering the Harvest]] have a unique synergy that allows each to build on the other. It has proved impossible to duplicate this synergy with rituals intended to be cast on resources other than [[farm|farms]] - the rituals remain peculiar anomalies.

==Transmutation==
It is not possible to turn most personal resources into a military unit using magic without the direct aid of an eternal. To be transformed, a resource must have some kind of innate magical power, either a [[mana site]], a [[forest]], or a [[mine]]. You cannot transform businesses, congregations, farms, herb gardens, military units, or fleets.

==Imperial Citizenship==
It is not possible to use ritual magic to sever the connection between a person and an [[egregores|egregore]]. The connection seems to be protected by the [[#The_Law_of_Essence|Law of Essence]]. A person can voluntarily choose to give up their connection to an egregore, but this choice cannot be forced using magic.
==Sharing Ritual Lore==
While rituals such as [[Shared Mastery of the Magician's Guild]] allow a [[coven]] to share [[spellcasting]] knowledge between its members, it is not possible to do the same with [[Magical_skills#Mastery|ritual mastery]]. While ritual magic can remove mastery (as seen with [[Infant Starts with a Blank Slate]]), it can never grant someone mastery of a ritual.

==Meta Magic==
It is not possible to use ritual magic to affect other rituals. There is one ritual in Imperial lore, [[Sign of Aesh]], that can be used to reduce the magnitude of a later ritual, but that is deliberately restrictive and not something possible to replicate on a larger scale. It is also not possible to use a ritual to affect the casting time of a different ritual.

==Changing Qualities==
It is not possible to use ritual magic to change the qualities of something - whether that be the special quality of an army - or the unusual qualities of a region or territory. You can't use magic to make a region coastal, or remove the haunted quality to make an army cruel.
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386YE Autumn Equinox Synod judgements

2025-04-21T16:19:54Z

Coolbeans: /* Judgement 5 */

[[Category: Synod]] [[Category:Synod Results]] [[Category: Synod Judgements]][[Category: 386YE Autumn]]
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==Overview==
During the Autumn Equinox 386YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 216 [[judgement|judgements]].
==Change of Doctrine==
One [[change of doctrine]] was proposed during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' New Doctrine: The Doctrine of Truth. In matters of spirit truth always takes precedent over dogma. Only by fully understanding the spirit can we move the world towards enlightenment.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (852-252)
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==Veto==
During the final [[Senate session]] of the Summer Solstice, Sabella of the Silent Tide declared her intent to seek the [[veto]] following the decision of the [[Imperial Senate]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Criminalise_Preaching_the_Way_in_Asavea|criminalise preaching the Way in Asavea]].
===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Sabella of the Silent Tide seeks the Veto as follows: I, your Cardinal of Loyalty, call for a Veto of the Senate motion to criminalize the Preaching of the Way in Asavea. The constitution says our destiny is to "spread across the face of Creation together in unity." Asavea is bound by slavers, denied its chance to grow. Aspar, former Cardinal of Wisdom, and Rafael barossa d'Apulian, Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path, call us to reach out to the people of Asavea, Senate would make that illegal. Senate has had its say, it speaks with caution, knowing the costs. We commit to paying those costs. Virtuous Priests have made clear, by nine separate judgements, that preaching in Asavea is a virtuous and necessary thing. If you are Loyal to these Priests and this destiny, or feel that this law is unvirtuous for any reason, I ask you to vote to veto this motion.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (2880-140); a greater majority for this judgement was 2366 votes
* '''Notes:''' The Synod vetoed the Senate motion, and it did not become law. Further discussion of the veto can be found in the [[Signal fire]] and [[Irreconcilable differences]] winds of fortune.

==Statements of Principle==
One hundred and three [[statement of principle|statements of principle]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
* '''Judgement:''' Synod exists to ensure the virtuous behaviour of the Empire. In any conflict between Synod and Senate, virtue lies with the Synod, regardless of individual Senators' reasons for voting a particular way. We should heed the General Assembly and the Throne: ”We must not allow voices of dissent to distract or weaken our purpose. We are one empire and we will strive together towards our shared future." - "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way and it is the Empire's duty to protect its citizens and its people." The people of the League should use all our cleverness, sophistication and skill to support preaching the way in Asavea, and the pilgrims already there, obeying the rules of the game as we do so.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (292-38)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the conflict between the [[Imperial Senate]] and [[Imperial Synod]] over the matter of preaching the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dagon of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Rafael Barossa d'Apulian called for every citizen of the League to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City in Bastion. Once again, the League rose to the challenge. Where others doubted, the League did not fear to act, matching their word with deed. The virtue of every citizen of the League who contributed will echo through history for 1000 years. There is nothing great without cost, and the Highborn recognise the courage in their commitment to building the greatest beacon of the faith the world has ever seen. We invite the League to send a delegation of bishops to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the way to pilgrims. Only through these bonds of kinship can the great inspiration enable the way to reach every soul in existence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (588-18)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[mandate]] raised by Rafael Barossa d'Apulian in [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_30|Winter 385YE]] urging [[the League]] to support the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Prince Bishop Jonah Yakovitch
* '''Judgement:''' Stories are inspirational, the rewarding of True Liao is inspirational. To guide fellow pilgrims on the road to virtuousness, let the reasons why a person is nominated for True Liao be recorded. Six years ago, Silvio de Tassato's loyalty to the Empire was questioned after he refused to give in to the demands of an eternal. For this he was excommunicated from the Way. Throughout his years in the wilderness, he cleaved to what he knew held his heart. He soul was at risk every time he took battle, his virtue tested/ Through hardship and misfortune he did not waver. Staying true to the courage of his convictions. He was welcomed back by the Synod, the first citizen in history to be re communicated. In the years that followed, the Loyalty Assembly passed a greater majority statement. To be truly virtuous, loyalty must stem from personal conviction and neither be presumed nor coerced. This was vindication for Silvio, the knowledge that the tests and trials he had injured had strengthened his soul. Let this message stand as an inspiration to all, pilgrims are to be guided by what is in their hearts and let us reward the truly virtuous with True Liao.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1132-176)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to ongoing efforts to find a satisfying way to allocate the dose of [[true liao]] provided by the [[Lepidean_Librarian#Lepidean_University|Lepidean University]]. See also [[#Judgement 3|Judgement 3]].

===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Alessi of the Basilisks of the Labyrinth
* '''Judgement:''' We accept the invitation of Illarch Maxatious to participate in the exorcism of the Spires of Solokha. Let us send our exorcists to work together to remove this spiritual taint from their halls in Axos.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (2380-30)
* '''Notes:''' Responds to an invitation from priests of [[Axos]] to take part in their project to [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|cleanse the ruins]] of the citadel of Solokha, as presented in the [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|Victory and unity]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Yarkin-Bo Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' We will not bow like Wintermark to meet the expectations of the Jotun Barbarians. They are proud, fierce and terrible, and we will continue to fight like this, as is our right to. Our prowess in battle strikes fear into the hearts of the Jotun. We should not adapt or change our ways to what the Jotun perceive to be honourable. They will never accept peace and if we fight on their terms, we invite invasion. Their hatred for us drives their unvirtuous beliefs and we will not bow to their call.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (32-222)
* '''Notes:''' May be a response to the “[[A_stone_for_a_stone#Resolve_The_Navarr_Issue|Navarr issue]]” laid out in the recent [[appraisal]] into ways to make peace more appealing to the [[Jotun]], as presented in the [[A stone for a stone]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 133|Judgement 133]].

===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Dr Lysimachus
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit a great many were afflicted, coming with the Cold Sun curse that would have made them explode into an ashen pile (heart first) if untreated by night's end. Since the Anvil Hospital relies on contributions, there was limited resources to treat everyone and by time of third skirmish returning it was possible, many would be suffering a severe case of cardiovascular combustion. Thankfully folk from all round came to the hospital to give aid, either donating much needed crystal mana, casting the rituals, running the entirety of Anvil to gather more aid and more in a fantastic show of loyalty, prosperity an such. Every Imperial citizen treated remained unexploded, for which the Anvil Hospital and all those who came to help's virtue should be noted. Tha's all bloody brilliant.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1620-10)
* '''Notes:''' May relate to the '''''seed of fire''''' curse laid by the ''[[Cold_Sun#Heralds|scions]]'' of the [[eternal]] known as [[Cold Sun]].

===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Sufyan i Zuhri i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' We commend our brave corsairs who evaded Asavean ships to bring virtue and freedom. We have at this single moment an opportunity to break the most slaver's chains since the rise of the Imperial Orcs. Guerra didn't let the patricians stop her freeing slaves when she knew she had the chance. We shouldn't let the Senate. Freeborn know everything has a price, but when freedom is on the line, we are ready to pay the price.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (136-0)
* '''Notes:''' [[The Brass Coast|Freeborn]] [[corsair|corsairs]] are heavily involved in supporting efforts to smuggle Imperial missionaries and [[wayfarer|wayfarers]] in [[Asavean Archipelago|Asavea]] to preach the Way, as first presented in last seasons [[Drumbeat_of_war#Price_of_a_Soul|Drumbeat of war]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Elkiah
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Darian Numbers called for every citizen of Dawn to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. The people of Dawn have chosen to stand up and inspire others to greatness to be a part of the greatest of deeds. The virtue of every citizen of Dawn who contributed will truly echo through history for 1000 years. The Highborn recognise the pride in aspiring to serve a higher purpose and invites the people of Dawn to send a delegation of troubadours to teach at Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard amd should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the way to pilgrims. Only through these bonds of kinship can the Grand Inspiration enable the Way to reach every soul in existence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (592-10)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[mandate]] raised by Darian Numbersin [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_216|Winter 385YE]] sending Pontus Figures to urge [[Dawn]] to support the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Sable
* '''Judgement:''' Dawnish Troubadours! The Loyalty Assembly has recognised Love as applied loyalty (Winter 385, Judgement 122). Inspired by this and noble Seri of the Twisted Rose becoming Voice of the Twin Roses, I ask for you to lend me your talents! Join me in spreading the word and bringing people to the path of loyalty through its facet of love and gathering stories of love from the whole Empire. We start at home in Dawn, where I encourage the troubadours to speak to all people who call our territories home. From the people of Dawn to the Sept of the Barrens and all else who call Dawn home. It is time to show we are different to the Druj and what was torn apart by their hate can be mended by the things we love in common.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (309-44)
===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Samantha "Tongs" Barossa de Tassato Regario
* '''Judgement:''' Adelmar's ambition was to master every weapon set. It is mine that his shrine shall give citizens the platform to have a teaching pool spanning all weapon sets, styles and techniques. I call upon the best weapon wielders of both the Empire and foreign nations and invite them to educate the pilgrims in their craft. Come and challenge me!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (346-28)
* '''Notes:''' [[Adelmar the Lion]] is an exemplar of [[Ambition]]; Samantha "Tongs" Barossa de Tassato Regario is the [[Prelate of Adelmar's Shrine]], an [[inspirational location]] dedicated to their inspiration in the mountains of [[Redoubt]].
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Athaliah of Athaliah's Handiwork
* '''Judgement:''' The ruination of the Great Unbound Steel Hall of Lost Chapters was an insult to the pride of not just all those who siblings fell in defence of Reikos, but in loyalty an insult to the pride of all Highborn. Times are difficult and we must in wisdom consider all spiritual needs of our nation and give to the cause most vital. Nevertheless, we recognise that the repair or revitalization of this monument is indeed of great spiritual import, and so we shall remain vigilant for the right moment and methods to bandage this wound.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (302-18)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Reikos#The_Unbound_Steel_Hall_(Ruined)|Unbound Steel Hall of Lost Chapters]] was [[To_the_last_syllable#In_Bastion_and_Reikos|destroyed]] by [[Cold Sun#Scions|scions]] of [[Cold Sun]].
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement:''' Rane Shard-Bearer asks in the Emperor's tongue what price we are willing to pay to free the souls of Asavea. We will not shrink from the cost of our ambition. Let every citizen dig deep and find whatever resources they can contribute to the Imperial Treasury to secure the Empire against Asavean reprisals while we complete our great mission of spreading the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1492-122)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[The Throne#Address the Empire|Imperial address]] delivered by Rane Shardbearer on behalf of Emperor Vesna, as laid out in the [[Signal fire|Signal fire]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Ada of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' Highguard needs new ideas. For too long power has been concentrated in too few hands and allowed to grow idle. Let us not confuse ambition with inertia. Wisdom and loyalty to our Empire, demands fresh blood. I petition the Highguard assembly to introduce a two term limit on imperial tiles.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (150-368)
===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Martin Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' The exemplars of vigilance lived and died in history, that of our nations, Their legacies are writ in stone, not story. You may visit the home of Major Benson, meet his descendants, stand up on his grave. You may see Berechiah's actions and his virtuous crimes in imperial record. Make pilgrimage to their tombs. Reflect that these were people like you, heroes, not legends. Renew your faith.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1730-130)
* '''Notes:''' Likely a commentary on the crisis surrounding [[Life of Vardas|recent revelations]] about the fictional nature of the paragon [[Vardas]], further discussed in the [[True faith]] wind of fortune. Both [[Pruning_shears#Benson's_Orchard|Major Benson]] and [[Berechiah]] are Imperial exemplars of [[Vigilance]].

===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' Our empire is founded on the destiny of nations working together to serve and protect our people, to prosper and achieve great virtue together. The Vallorn is a lurking threat to all. Left unchecked, it will destroy all peoples and nations around the Bay of Cattazar. The Navarr are founded on an oath to destroy it. They have worked and bled to contain it, but now have chosen to start the final steps towards their nations original ambition and a new future . Wintermark will support them to pay the consequences of this virtuous aim. No matter the cost to our own goals, we will join them in their focus on the vallorn until it is destroyed, as even the most impenetrable forest may fall one tree at a time. Let us not be shamed by compromising and inaction when we can build our fellow nation up.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (54-192)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 74|Judgement 74]].
===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Fintan Nighthaven
* '''Judgement:''' "Everything significant is either a threat or something to protect." What is more significant than virtue? I have revealed that the Empire has been blind to the influence of peace, also known as understanding, for centuries and that in ignorance citizens wield it constantly. This season the assembly of the Nine begin to test the truth of this non imperial virtue. The General Assembly calls for a symposium to be held at the summer solstice 387YE. Let theologians take the opportunity to learn of this non Imperial virtue until then, so that we may discuss the merits and threats of understanding and to raise a clear and decisive judgement.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1562-402)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the controversial decision of some [[Cardinal|Cardinals]] to receive [[hallow|hallowed]] items from an [[Axos|Axou]] priest during the Autumn Equinox. The [[Aura|auras]] draw on the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Peace|peace]], the propagation or endorsement of which is generally considered [[Religious crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way. The opportunity is discussed in the [[Victory_and_unity#Problematic_Priest|Victory and unity]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Pontius Figures
* '''Judgement:''' Our Cardinal Darian Numbers has publicly stated they will not stand in winter. In the three years they have been our Cardinal, the Prosperity Assembly has had the highest success rate of greater majorities of all assemblies bar the Nine. I would like to propose them for the Roll of Benefactors as this would not have been achieved without them spending on our and the Empire's behalf the most valuable commodity at Anvil - time. They have applied themselves tirelessly to ensuring the voice of prosperity is heard at the highest levels. As a founding member of the WNF&K organisation, they have been instrumental in achieving, via hard graft, the first Dawnish successes at the Bourse auction since Britta, and seeing those resources go to some of the most key commissions in the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (188-38)
* '''Notes:''' A [[statement of principle]] requires a [[greater majority]] before it can add someone to the [[Roll of Benefactors]], or receive the attention of the [[Roll_of_Benefactors#Order_of_the_Sack|Order of the Sack]].

===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Athiel Westerborn of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' The Synod exists to ensure the virtuous behaviour of the Empire. In any conflict between Synod and Senate, virtue lies with the Synod, regardless of individual senators' reasons for voting a particular way. We should heed the general assembly's choices and the Thrones voice. "We must not allow voices of dissent to distract or weaken our purpose. We are one Empire, and we will strive together towards our shared future" - Emperor Vesna. "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way and it is the Empire's duty to protect its citizens" - Emperor Vesna. People of Highguard!! Remember that we are the heart of the Way and virtue cannot be separated from politics. Use your integrity, faith, and unwavering strength to support preaching the Way in Asavea and the pilgrims already there, no matter the consequence.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (390-96)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the conflict between the [[Imperial Senate]] and [[Imperial Synod]] over the matter of preaching the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Shrike of House Du Beste
* '''Judgement:''' Once again we are called to action and to glory by our neighbours. The Navarr have committed to eradicating the Vallorn once and for all. The League and Varushkans have offered their aid. Dawn will not be found wanting. Great deeds are eternal; let us carve them into the bark of any vallorn who dares oppose us. The people of Dawn shall march with our siblings in the Way to destroy the vallorn now. Let us commit to a War of Thorns and Flowers.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (282-64)
* '''Notes:''' Responds to the [[opportunity]] presented in the [[The_Synod_speaks#The_Fate_of_the_Empire|The Synod speaks]] wind of fortune relating to the [[Navarr]] [[The first shot|decision]] to take the war to the [[vallorn]].

===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Enchantress Areloe Larmallevés
* '''Judgement:''' Hear this people of Dawn! The Empress, in her boundless Wisdom, alongside the Earls and Generals of this glorious nation, has declared that the Barrens is rightfully ours - Imperial land and Dawnish soil. By her decree, those who dwell there must be brought into the fold of the Empire. They shall embrace the Way, or they shall be driven from our lands, as is our right and duty. Now, let the Troubadours of Dawn rise! With words of fire and songs of Virtue, carry the Empress' message to the Barrens. Speak to those who might hear and bend, spreading the teachings of the Way. But to those who resist - cast them out with righteous force, for the Empress commands it, and Virtue demands nothing less! This is our charge: to safeguard the Empire, and to claim our destiny! Glory to the Empress! Glory to Dawn!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172-136)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ongoing complex situation in [[the Barrens]]. The most recent discussions of events there can be found in the [[Unspoken words]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Kezandro i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' Florina i Sol-Devorador i Erigo, the Singing Salve, selfless advocate of Freeborn physicks, deserves her quiet Pride to be exalted. In her own words, she "feels Pride at wounds healed, loved ones reunited, and hope restored." Uplift this virtuous Guiding Flame of our nation!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (185-0)

===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Khan i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn National Assembly beseeches our Generals to act with even-handed integrity regarding the Temple of the Black Bull. The inhabitants of the temple followed all restrictions placed on them while Feroz was under our rule and have shared in the strife brought on by Rahab's occupation. Virtue dictates that they be afforded safe passage home to Asavea, in Pride of our Imperial values, and loyalty to our previous arrangements.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (185-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the matter of [[Asavean Archipelago|Asavean]] priests who [[Glass_and_flame#The_Siege_of_Oran|surrendered]] to [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] [[general|generals]] in [[Feroz]], as discussed in the [[Authority_and_acceptance#Priestly_Prisoners|Authority and acceptance]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Lynneeve
* '''Judgement:''' We have walked the trods for centuries and in that time Navarr has become the lifeblood of the Empire spreading information and trade across the nations. While we prepare for the next step in the war against the vallorn and dream of what comes after we cannot ignore the importance of connections we have created and the importance of maintaining them and keeping our allies prepared so they may help us and themselves. In short, Strength to the Empire = Strength to Navarr.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (328-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the recent [[Navarr]] decision to take the fight to the [[vallorn]], as discussed in the [[The first shot]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Talon-of-the-Mark
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue demands more than fine words and good intentions. The Empire is mighty but it is finite. The Synod provokes war with Asavea and the vallorn at a time when our armies are already stretched too thin. The Empire's people will suffer the consequences. The people of Wintermark must prepare for the storm to come. We cannot support the Navarr at the exclusion of every other threat we face. Make ready for them all. Cleave to your loyalties, provision your halls and prepare for more hard winters. We will not be broken.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (266-34)
* '''Notes:''' A response to the [[opportunity]] presented in the [[The_Synod_speaks#The_Fate_of_the_Empire|The Synod speaks]] wind of fortune to respond to the [[Navarr]] decision to [[The first shot|take the fight to the vallorn]]. See also [[#Judgement 45|Judgement 45]].

===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Tocin
* '''Judgement:''' Never accept defeat; adapt your strategy and try anew. Jorma Steelhail Moralities Shield has dedicated themselves to identifying threats to the Empire, within and without and resolving them. Among their many heroic achievements they are responsible for creation of sanctions, reforming the way the Synod handles inquisition. They recovered Torch Brand leading to the creation of the first champion of Virtue which formed the basis for the others. They defended the virtue of those that stood with Dogri Thulebane, gaining clemency for them all. They were key to the creation of the Beacons if Wintermark which have since been instrumental in the defence of the nation. Now they have proved to be the most successful Imperial Seer in the history of that position, bringing greater insight, knowledge, and wisdom to the Empire on all manner of topics. We are proud to add them to the chronicle of heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (260-10)
* '''Notes:''' The name of Jorma Steelhail “Moralities Shield” has been added to [[Wintermark|Wintermarks]] [[Heroism#Chronicle_of_Heroism|Chronicle of Heroism]].

===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Jules von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' The Sandfishers, former Druj slaves given sanctuary in Imperial boundaries, have become good allies and could be more. We recognise their loyalty, first to each other and in their wish to explore a wider loyalty to the Empire. We encourage the Sandfishers to come and talk further of virtue and opportunities to strengthen our alliance, speaking to priests and notables of all nations.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (506-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Sand Fishers (most recently mentioned in the [[The_greatest_city_in_the_world#Flaxen_Pillars|The greatest city in the world]] wind of fortune]] following their discovery of the Flaxen Pillars [[weirwood]] grove) are a small sept of [[orc|orcs]] who now dwell in north-western [[Holberg]]. Some notes about the sept can be found in the [[To_see_what_you_sell#The_Sand_Fishers_in_Play|To see what you sell]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 106|Judgement 106]], [[#Judgement 123|Judgement 123]], [[#Judgement 148|Judgement 148]], [[#Judgement 149|Judgement 149]].

===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Athenus of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' The Way is in flux, let us use this opportunity to make a lasting transformation. The virtues are not set in stone, they can and have changed over time. Seize this moment, examine the virtues, and ask whether they are still a path to enlightenment or whether some have been subverted by self-serving individuals to use as cover for their own interests. Test the virtues and decide which are still for inclusion in the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (866-776)
===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised By:''' Maria i Espiri i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' Solokha was once a great city and now lies in ruins, none alive know how the calamity occurred - all we know is that the ruin is haunted by many souls now unable to pass through to the Labyrinth. These souls trapped within the mortal world are an anathema to the Way and should be free to traverse the labyrinth and be reborn. We accept the invitation from Ilarch Maxatious to help free the souls trapped within the ruins of Solokha.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (259-0)
* '''Notes:''' Discusses the invitation from priests of [[Axos]] to take part in their project to [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|cleanse the ruins]] of the citadel of Solokha, as presented in the [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|Victory and unity]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Caewel Novarion
* '''Judgement:''' The troubadours of Dawn would like to announce this year's champions - let their deeds inspire; Ambition: Catrina Words the Unbelievably Magical (Ambition 384, 385). Courage: Ser Soleil-Jolie Meadowlark (1st time). Loyalty: Enchantress Mirella of the Twisted Rose, Archmage of Summer (1st time). Pride: Earl Aurianna du Meravon and Myrna Orin (1st time both). Prosperity: Ludwig Barbadoro (1st time). Vigilance: Lord Commander Leohnar Gildaryn (1st time). Wisdom: Earl Aramis du Froste (1st time). Way: Lady Clarice and Lady Eleonar Novarion (Courage 381 and Love 382, 1st time). Love: Earl Ciagan de Rhys (1st time). Glory: Jean Abelard (1st time).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (334-0)
* '''Notes:''' Each year the [[troubadour|troubadours]] of [[Dawn]] celebrate those individuals they feel have best exemplified the Seven virtue, and the qualities of [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Love_and_Flowers|Love]] and [[Glory]].
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised By:''' Yosephus Morningson
* '''Judgement:''' We are the Assembly of the Way. This is our purpose: to bring new souls to knowledge of the Way, and lead them to full understanding. We will guide their Empire to follow the whole Way, we will equip their priests to preach the whole Way, and we will send them missionaries to proclaim the whole Way. Priests of the Way! Priests of the Empire! Study diligently all the virtues that you may impart knowledge to those in darkness. Seek with equal diligence those who are lost - go into the dark and distant places and bring them salvation!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (281-14)
* '''Notes:''' The Synod has [[Drumbeat_of_war#Resolution|chosen]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_12|focus missionary efforts]] on the [[Asavean Archipelago]],. As discussed in the [[Irreconcilable_differences#Doubling_Down|Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune, there is currently little interest in preaching the Way anywhere other than Asavea, at least until the followers of the faith are free to practice their religion openly.
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Silk Farkas
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom is not always knowing the right answer, but it is finding the right questions. Wisdom loves questions! The joy of curiosity and the reward of good work. There are agencies within the Empire where study, curiosity, and questioning are vital to development; magical colleges, runeforges, prognosticators office, and the department of historical research. I call upon dedicants of wisdom to aid these functions so we may see the rewards of the right questions asked.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (462-0)
===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eska "Ambition's Crow"
* '''Judgement:''' Britta Gilderling, the Young Empress, is an inspirational example of the heroic ideal of the warrior. Bold, brave, and possessed of a spiritual fire that burned so fiercely those who stood with here were smitten by her greatness. Her time as a general of Wintermark saw her lead a campaign to push the Jotun from Sermersuaq and Kallavesa before taking her personal warband to support the Dawnish in pushing the Druj from Semmerholm. She was unafraid to speak hard truths, criticising all the great houses of state for their failings. She did not just speak but acted, gaining support for her candidacy for the Throne, and when elected showed the starmetal will of a true Steinr, leading the charge in returning the Empire to its virtuous destiny. She died as she lived, leading by example in a daring bid to secure the borders of the Empire from the Darkness beyond its walls. We are proud to entertain her into the Chronicle of Heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (286-0)
* '''Notes:''' Britta Gilderling, [[Empress Britta]], has been added to the [[Heroism#Chronicle of Heroism|Chronicle of Heroism]].

===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' Highguard, our kinship with Navarr is Peerless. Our Loyalty to them has been acknowledged and praised. So we shall continue our actions in Pride. I once again call upon us to use Peerless Kinship to aid in Therunin as we once did in Brocéliande. They have asked, we MUST answer. Show that we deserve to raise the Grey Pilgrim army. Aid our ally.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (486-0)
* '''Notes:''' [[Highguard]] offers [[Full_of_sacred_sound#A_Peerless_Kinship|peerless kinship]] to the [[Navarr]], to help them [[Imperial_army#Recruitment|muster a new army]] in [[Therunin]], potentially in conjunction with the opportunity discussed in the [[The_first_shot#Therunin|The first shot]] wind of fortune. This represents the final opportunity to extend peerless kinship offered by the [[Kith_and_kin#The_Right_Question|Kith and kin]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Merari
* '''Judgement:''' The Senate says that the Empire is not Prosperous enough to be able to give the magistrates fines to the Synod despite the fact the virtue fund is often used to reward those who undertake ambitious projects that benefit the Empire at their own expense. If the Senators cannot bring us Prosperity, then we must help to bring it to the Empire ourselves! Until the Senators realise the error of their ways, the Prosperity assembly call on the architects and builders of the Empire look to the Prosperity Assembly for guidance on which project will best bring wealth to our citizens.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (228-36)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the disposition of fines levied by Imperial magistrates, initially laid out in the Winter 385YE [[Forwards_and_Rewards#Fines_and_Funds|Forwards and rewards]] wind of fortune. The Prosperity assembly upheld a [[mandate]] to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements|encourage the faithful to withdraw their labour]] until the [[Imperial Senate]] allocated the funds raised to the Virtue Fund, a situation that is still ongoing.
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' The telling of tales within Dawn is one of our cherished traditions for the instruction of Virtues. Dawn thanks all those that took part in the Summer Contest of Words for continuing this - in particular our joint winners Oberron Stony Brook and Magari i Morates i Riequeza as judged by the acclaim of our children. Seek them out to be inspired by their tales.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (300-0)

===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Casey Elderleaves
* '''Judgement:''' We the citizens of Therunin urge the Thorns of Navarr to keep fighting against the Druj. Our ambitions to remove the vallorn can only be accomplished if we completely remove the Druj.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (210-110)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the recent [[Navarr]] decision to take the fight to the [[vallorn]], as discussed in the [[The first shot]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 94===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rosie of Goatsbridge
* '''Judgement:''' We the priests of the Marches extend a formal invitation to Sadogua and his heralds to participate in Wassail. Come and partake in drink, food, and celebration alongside us across the Marches. We also invite Sadogua to relocate the door to the Well of Shadows to the Marches if he so wishes.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (106-12)
* '''Notes:''' Extends an invitation to the [[eternal]] [[Sadogua]] and his heralds. Sadogua currently enjoys the [[Alignment#Amity|Amity]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]].
===Judgement 98===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Jafud Dunsealc
* '''Judgement:''' Like Bolstering Bill and the teachings (??) [[Auras_of_Loyalty#Hallowing_of_Bolstering_Bill|Loyalty hallowing that carries his name]], Winterfolk do not abandon their comrades, friends, family but seek to defend the ones they love no matter the cost. The Suaq people gathered together at Spring Equinox 386YE and swore a binding oath to protect our cousins the Hylje from any that should seek to do them harm. If any further harm is one to the Hyljie then the Suaq will honour the tradition and seek weregild to settle the matter. The weregild that will be demanded by the Winterfolk will be as though the Hyljie are as like members of our own halls. The Hyljie are family to the Suaq and shall stand by them.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (272-0)
* '''Notes:''' The ''hylje'' are enigmatic creatures that live in parts of [[Wintermark]] and claim kinship to the [[Suaq]]. The [[Mediator of Hyljehal]] is [[Mediator_of_Hyljehal#Responsibilities|charged]] with maintaining good relations between Winterfolk and hylje.

===Judgement 99===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Halkyon of the Myriad Stream
* '''Judgement:''' People of Redoubt, watch the coast and prepare for the malice of the Children of Wrecks and the Grendel. Turn your striving to the organisation of your defences. Build up your bonds with your fellow spires and make assurances to share this watch. Hone your courage and do not fear to act. Keep watch upon the Ribbon of Salt and Evenstar. They must not fall into wicked idolatrous hands. Let Urizen's virtue be a light against their darkness.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-0)
* '''Notes:''' Warns of a potential attack by the [[Children of Wrecks]] and [[Grendel]] in [[Redoubt]].
===Judgement 100===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Cousin Cedric
* '''Judgement:''' The Mourn has fallen and Bregasland could be next. But fear not we of Bregasland have been through this before and we know how to prepare. We encourage the citizens of Bregasland to take up their tools and fortify their land from the enemy by any means. Break the ditches, flood the fields, block the roads, and spread the swamp. Through Loyalty to our and your home, we will prevail.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (118-16)
* '''Notes:''' Refers both to the [[The wild wind rises|invasion of the Mournwold]] by the [[Jotun]], and the [[orc]] presence in [[Bregasland]] following their [[Only_forward#The_Only_Dry_Ground|conquest]] of [[Bregasland#Graven March|Graven March]].

===Judgement 101===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' To reach utopia we must bring the light of virtue to the world. Urizen supports the efforts of the Sevenfold Path and all Imperial missionaries to bring this light to Asavea. Our senators all voted against the Senate motion to make this preaching illegal. We stand together and light the Way for all.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-12)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the conflict between the [[Imperial Senate]] and [[Imperial Synod]] over the matter of preaching the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 102===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth
* '''Judgement:''' With the Grey pIlgrims returning home, Highguard calls for the Thundering Tide to be reborn upon their banner. Highguard looks to the legacy of its past to forge its future!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (446-60)
* '''Notes:''' The Thundering Tide was a Highborn army disbanded during the reign of [[Empress Mariika]]. In recent years there has been some concern over claims that the army may have been infiltrated by a sect devoted to the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual force]] of [[Malign spiritual presences#Hatred|Hatred]]. Highguard is in a position to raise a new army following their decision to support open war against the vallorn, as laid out in last seasons [[The_final_countdown#A_Time_To_Sing|The final countdown]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 103===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Edward Watcher
* '''Judgement:''' Over the last year the Synod has been called on to vote on 788 judgements (excluding appointments). Of these, only 30 were not upheld. A further 13 were withdrawn. Is the Synod truly so united? Or is this the symptom of a dysfunctional system? Within these upheld judgements are examples of an Assembly saying one thing one season, and the opposite the next. Is our time spent voting worthwhile, if in the vast majority of cases the outcome is determined simply by reaching the Synod board? We ask the Civil Service and Constitutional Court to explore ways of making our voting process more effective and meaningful.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1358-352)
* '''OOC Note:''' The Imperial Synod's strength lies in communicating with priests and virtuous citizens. A statement of principle cannot be used to petition for reform of the voting process - but the game team regularly review different parts of the game and all players are welcome to send feedback to [mailto:feedback@profounddecisions.co.uk feedback@profounddecisions.co.uk] at any time.

===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Luciana Valesi
* '''Judgement:''' Pride teaches us to never be complacent, but to always strive for excellence in all that we do. The Sandfishers former Druj slaves, have taken sanctuary within our Empire. They have refused all charity, but instead have accepted and developed trade relationships with us. They have acted with Pride - no one could call them half-hearted or uncommitted, and this assembly encourages them to visit Anvil to further strengthen our virtuous relationship.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (480-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 77|Judgement 77]].
===Judgement 108===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Kaspar Yakovitch von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' The Bishops of the League support the establishment in Holberg of a trading enclave with the Faraden, contingent upon the creation of an Imperial title with the responsibility to oversee the enclave and resolve any cultural misunderstandings. This enclave would not be extra-territorial and would remain subject to all parts of Imperial law both secular and religious.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (254-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to be a response to [[Faraden]] interest in a trading enclave in the city of [[Holberg]], as mentioned in the [[Where_five_winds_meet#Distant_Caravans|Where five winds meet]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 113===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Delmora i Ruilobz i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' When the Freeborn needed help, our prosperous allies came through for us. Let us never forget the bonds that join us or those who helped us along the way. For providing us with the mithril to upgrade the Burning Falcon army quality and enable them to burn ever brighter, we the Freeborn Assembly extend our thanks to the Vor'Azi of Varushka, Able the Taller of Zenith Ascendant, and Bakar i Riqueza, Hakima of the Coast.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (102-0)

===Judgement 115===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Val
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome all pilgrims from both the Empire and Faraden to visit the Azure Chorus to celebrate what we share and what unites us. We also aks that the Azure Sutannir protects all pilgrims and travellers to the Chorus as part of their responsibilities.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (146-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the interest of [[Faraden]] musicians in visiting the [[Azure Sutannir#Azure Chorus|Azure Chorus]] in [[Kahraman]] mentioned in the [[Where_five_winds_meet#Music_and_Laughter|Where five winds meet]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 117===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Mael
* '''Judgement:''' "Loyalty is not displayed by words or deeds alone but by the unity of both". The Great Cathleon is complete, the Barrens liberated and the Druj forced back - but! The great work continues. Across the continent souls wither, crushed beneath the barbarian boot - the citizens of the Mourn, the septs enslaved by the Druj, among others. Let us be united in a new crusade - a crusade of Loyalty! Let the words of our Synod priests and the swords of our armies ring with one voice - let us bring the warmth and light of the Way to those who shiver in darkness.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (432-32)
* '''Notes:''' The “Great Cathleon” refers to a challenge involving some nations, issued during the early days of the recent conquest of the Barrens, discussed in more detail in the [[Set a twisted thing straight]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Telyn Stormtree
* '''Judgement:''' The Vines at Anvil would like it known that they see themselves as distinct from simply healers as they always work with a partner whether that be through the Sentinel Gate or at the Anvil Hospital. The Vine oath says "we will work with out Vine partner to heal all those who would fight against the vallorn." They see these as partners in the ever-shifting Great Dance. The Vines welcomed the visit of Megan on Friday of the Autumn Summit and will provide their final answers to the questions they have been posed at the next Winter Solstice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (290-10)
* '''Notes:''' ''Vines'' is a name taken by some Navarr healers. Discussion about what that name means has been ongoing within the nation for some time. More information about which can be found in the Winter 384YE [[Scuppernong]] wind of fortune,

===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Barty Lynes
* '''Judgement:''' Caterina Words the Unbelievably Magical would like to offer an invite to any Heralds of Meraud that are abroad in Dawn in the season following her birthday this summit. They are invited to a picnic or afternoon tea, and a discussion of the amazing things you can do with magic. Dawn has a proud history of offering hospitality to Heralds to strengthen our bonds of friendship and it would be nice if others in Dawn also looked to reaffirm this tradition by offering welcome to the Heralds of Meraud. Further picnic or tea invites in forthcoming seasons will be made, as it would be very rude not to present the same opportunity for all the Eternals of Summer eventually, but it's too much to ask for them all to turn up at once.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (210-12)
* '''Notes:''' Invites the eternal [[Meraud]] and his heralds to visit [[Dawn]]. Meraud currently enjoys the [[Alignment#Amity and enmity|Amity]] of the Imperial Conclave. The ability of the Imperial Synod to make such invitations is quite limited, even without a greater majority; most eternals have limited awareness of Synod judgements except where specific [[opportunity|opportunities]] have been presented which may be the case here. This [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Concord:_Dealing_with_Lions|Conclave declaration]] may also be relevant to this judgement.

===Judgement 120===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Martha i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' At the advisement of the Hakima we warn the Freeborn of Quzar to avoid the heralds of Tharim. Do not engage or provoke them. Continue to live with passion and joy despite these grim guests. We intend no offence to them. Their business is theirs - and our business is our own.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (134-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the cohort of dread knights, belonging to the eternal [[Tharim]], currently camped in [[Madruga]], highlighted in the [[Hey_now_how_you_doing%3F#And_Finally_(Tharim)|Hey how you doing]] wind of fortune. Tharim currently enjoys the [[Alignment#Amity|Amity]] of the Imperial Conclave.
===Judgement 121===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of the League! Join the Mistress of Ceremonies as we celebrate 250 years since Holberg joined both League and Empire. In that time the city has survived flood, fire, and Drug, has raised walls the envy of the world, created dishes beyond the dreams of gastronomy, and stands acknowledged as the greatest city of the League. As the Empire welcomed Holbeg, so Holberg and the League welcome other kindred spirits that we together become yet greater still.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (276-10); the greater majority for this judgement was 279
* '''Notes:''' The [[Mistress of Ceremonies]] is a [[the League|League]] [[Imperial title]] charged with coordinating the guilds and groups of the League to ensure cohesive participation in the pageantry of the nation's festivals and any other celebrations or ceremonies that require a response from the nation as a whole.

===Judgement 123===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Lia Adelaar
* '''Judgement:''' The Sandfishers, former Druj slaves, have become close allies of the Empire. Our virtue assemblies recognise their virtue, and wish to guide them further, and the General of the Towerjacks welcomes their aid. The Rebeshof Roadwarden, Prince of the Misericorde Market, and priests of the League invite them to visit Anvil to discuss any impediments to fully entwining our destinies. In this the 250th year since the Empire welcomed Holberg and the League welcome the Sandfishers.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (326-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 77|Judgement 77]].
===Judgement 124===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Caoimhe Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' The Way assembly recognises the importance of judgement 20, revoking the recognition of Vardas as a paragon of Vigilance. Paragons and Exemplars provide us with proven footsteps to follow in the Way of Virtue. Inspirational stories about fictional characters cannot achieve this.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (185-12)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 20|Judgement 20]].
===Judgement 128===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Aneira Exiles End
* '''Judgement:''' The great forest orcs fight alongside us in Therunin, sacrificing their lives with Navarr to defend our homes. We honour their commitment to oaths and strengthening the bonds of Loyalty. There will always be a space for you around our hearths.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (280-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Navarr]] and the [[Great Forest Orcs]] enjoy a close relationship, especially following the recent powerful oath sworn by Navarr [[Thorn|thorns]] (among others) to [[Poetry_and_prose#Great_Forest_Orcs|treat the orcs as family]] discussed in the [[Poetry and prose]] wind of fortune, the involvement of orc warriors in the [[Blood and mire|defence]] of [[Therunin]] against the [[Druj]] and support offered to help Navarr muster a new army laid out in the [[The_first_shot#Therunin|The first shot]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 143|Judgement 143]].

===Judgement 129===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Brynmor Rootround
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise the Great Forest Orcs fight alongside us, and call you more than siblings, we welcome you as Navarr. One hearth together.
* '''Outcome:''' Withdrawn
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 128|Judgement 128]].
===Judgement 130===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Lady Laudine du Lac
* '''Judgement:''' The assembly recognises that leaving the empty lands in the Barrens to waste serves no one. We call on the Dawnish to settle these empty lands to bring prosperity and look for threats with vigilance in order to protect and uplift all those that live in the Barrens.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (260-54)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ongoing complex situation in [[the Barrens]], including the Dawnish assembly's earlier injunction to focus on celebrating the victory rather than settling the territory. The most recent discussions of events there can be found in the [[Unspoken words]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 132===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Ira Ashes Blaze
* '''Judgement:''' The Vigilance assembly have no reason to doubt the authenticity and accuracy of the research commissioned by the Lepidean Librarian, Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower, and we stand by its conclusions. The virtuous seek out falsehoods and expose the truth. In revealing the fiction behind story of "Vardas", Hazelelponi has done a great service to the Way and to the followers of Vigilance. Their example should inspire more than that of "Vardas". The Way is an evidence-based faith and correcting the mistakes of the past is an act of virtue our Empire should take Pride in.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (348-0)
* '''Notes:''' Discusses the recent crisis surrounding the publication of ''[[Life of Vardas]]'' at the behest of the [[Lepidean Librarian]], detailed in the [[True faith]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 20|Judgement 20]].
===Judgement 133===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Rhisiart Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' Navarr rejects compromise of our culture by the call of cowards who play to the tune of our foes. Liathaven is a tomb of our people exterminated by Jotun hands, yet fools would see our nation change to meet their demands. Our Nation is born from the chaos of Terunael's fall, and we take pride in our history, actions, and in our Oaths. War is cruel, brutal, and best ended by any means necessary, for what is glory or honour to a corpse? Better a war's swift ending than eternal conflict. Navarr did not seek to bring the malice of war to the Jotun, they sought our annihilation so can now reap the whirlwind of our fury. You cannot betray your foes, nor will we let those who claim to be our friends betray our culture.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (105-128)
* '''Notes:''' Likely a response to the “[[A_stone_for_a_stone#Resolve_The_Navarr_Issue|Navarr issue]]” laid out in the recent [[appraisal]] into ways to make peace more appealing to the [[Jotun]], as presented in the [[A stone for a stone]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 16|Judgement 16]].

===Judgement 134===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Eurydice Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' The Navarr show Courage in their Ambition to remove the threat of the Vallorn for good. In Loyalty and Courage, we are being called to support this by taking Pride in our magical prowess to support the creation of their army in Miaren that focuses on a mage based front.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150-0)
* '''Notes:''' Responds to the [[opportunity]] presented in the [[The_Synod_speaks#The_Fate_of_the_Empire|The Synod speaks]] wind of fortune relating to the [[Navarr]] [[The first shot|decision]] to take the war to the [[vallorn]].

===Judgement 141===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' We thank the League and Varushkan assemblies for there support in the fight against the Vallorn. We note in particular the strength of their statements in relation to their hearth magics and welcome their support.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (206-0)
* '''Notes:''' Discusses decisions made by the League and Varushka to join the fight against the [[vallorn]] laid out in the [[The_Synod_speaks#The_Fate_of_the_Empire|The Synod speaks]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 143===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Meredith Summergleam
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit, Vargas and the Great Forest Orcs danced with us. As our cultures merge, we wish to integrate their Dance with our own and learn their steps.
* '''Outcome:''' Withdrawn (88-28)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 128|Judgement 128]].
===Judgement 145===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Heroes' Champion
* '''Judgement:''' There is no heroism to be found in whispered rumours, spreading disinformation throughout Wintermark. Our traditions of Mediator and Stormcrow are the path to resolving these issues. Mediators to help with our disputes, Stormcrows to advise and guide. We do not waste out words with idle gossip. It is not the way of the hero.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-0) ''
===Judgement 147===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Ironvigil Rikke the Relentless
* '''Judgement:''' The war with the vallorn approaches, sooner or later. When it does, the Empire must act with clear eyes and awareness of consequence. However great the cause, we must act with vigilance not foolhardy haste. We must not ignore all other threats we already face.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (232-24)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the Navarr decision to take the fight to the [[vallorn]], discussed most recently in the [[The first shot]] and [[The Synod speaks]] winds of fortune.
===Judgement 148===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Dolce di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Sandfisher orcs, former Druj slaves, have become close allies of the Empire, and responsible guardians of the Flaxen Pillars of Misericorde. One sign of their excellence in Prosperity being their specific request for a loan to build the sawmills for the Flaxen Pillars. They have virtuously maintained their repayments. We invite the Sandfishers to discuss any impediments to fully entwining our destinies. Let us become yet greater still.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (114-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 77|Judgement 77]].
===Judgement 149===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Novella di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Sandfisher orcs, former Druhj slaves, have become close allies of the Empire. Their Ambition in taking an unexplored region of Misericorde and transforming it into a home, as well as discovering the Flaxen Pillars, is incredible It should be our Ambition to welcome the Sandfishers to the Empire and merge our cultures. We invite the Sandfishers to discuss any impediments to fully entwining our destinies. Let us become greater still.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (270-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 77|Judgement 77]].
===Judgement 150===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Iza Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' We, the Black Scar, are proud to call ourselves Navarr. Pride empowers our Courage to act, strengthens our Loyalty to our oaths. We are proud of our actions past, present, and future; of the corpses left behind us of the consequences that we will always face for what must be done. We are Proud of the Navarr who died headless in Mournwold and the balance we have started to ensure. We're here, we are Proud.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-42)
* '''Notes:''' May be a response to the “[[A_stone_for_a_stone#Resolve_The_Navarr_Issue|Navarr issue]]” laid out in the recent [[appraisal]] into ways to make peace more appealing to the [[Jotun]], as presented in the [[A stone for a stone]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 16|Judgement 16]].

===Judgement 151===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Cadoc Thornwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We commend the Throne for their initiative to strengthen defences on the southern border in areas that are not yet directly threatened. We call on all those able to lend support to this work, which demonstrates ambition and vigilance. Our Empire will show courage against the threats from the south.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (984-98)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Metztli i Phovas i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' The Artisans Guild sharpen the blades of the Empire. They have summit after summit ensured the warriors, mages, and priests of the Empire are equipped for the task of spreading the Way. They have shown Loyalty to the Empire and this should be acknowledged by us all.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (280-38)
* '''Notes:''' The Artisan's Guild is an Imperial sodality represented by the [[Guildmaster of the Artisans]].
===Judgement 155===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Iniska Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Spiritwoods call out to our friends in Axos, and offer our aid in their fallen city, as they have supported us in understanding Visokuma. All Navarr exorcists available to assist in Soloka are welcome to join us should the Axou accept our offer.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-10)
* '''Notes:''' Responds to an invitation from priests of [[Axos]] to take part in their project to [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|cleanse the ruins]] of the citadel of Solokah, as presented in the [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|Victory and unity]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 162===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Eirlys Ashes Blaze
* '''Judgement:''' Thorns - your guides see your sacrifice in the tireless fights against out enemies. Your courage and strength is a core of our nation, and when the next chapter comes it will be achieved by your efforts. We will not sacrifice your souls for victory. Guard your souls against hate and vengeance, let us help you, so that we may stand together as one as we step out of the vallorns shadow.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (222-0)
===Judgement 163===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Ardwyn Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' To help someone find their way does not demand a guides oath. To fight when it is required does not demand a thorns oath. To take lead of those around you should not demand a brands oath. Our oaths bind us to purpose, give us direction on the journey of life, lead us in the great dance, they should not be taken lightly. When we mark a cause on our skin we give it higher meaning, a deeper connection to our purpose. When taking a position of authority it should be up to the individual whether they feel ready to take the brand. It is unvirutous to demand another take an oath they may not want or cannot fulfill.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (237-48)
===Judgement 166===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Damascius
* '''Judgement:''' Hate is born in fear. Purity is the fear of those around you. Cleave to what you know to be true, and do not allow others to cause you to doubt. Together, we have the Courage to hold the true virtues to heart and reject the false promises of Hate. Support your fellows. Seek support if you need it. Hatred has no home in our Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (212-0)
* '''Notes:''' [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred|Hatred]] is a recognised [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] or “false virtue”, and propagating or endorsing it is widely viewed as [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious_crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way.
===Judgement 167===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Keziah
* '''Judgement:''' The signs of the Paragon call on us to offer salvation and benevolence. Those we can redeem, we must redeem. To those we cannot redeem, we owe a swift and merciful end. To senselessly torment or mutilate a fallen foe is an act of hatred and venegance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (330-32)
* '''Notes:''' [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred|Hatred]] and [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Vengeance|Vengeance]] are recognised [[malign spiritual presences]] or “false virtues”, and propagating or endorsing them is widely viewed as [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious_crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way.
===Judgement 169===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Kazimir Syrota Molchan
* '''Judgement:''' The actions of the leaders of the Ore Hills Rebellions 326YE have echoed into the present. In Pride and Loyalty we the Varushkan National Assembly celebrate the courage of the Miners fight against the Jotun of the Mournwold.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (286-14)
* '''Notes:''' [[The Ore Hills Rebellion]] took place in the [[Mournwold]] in 326YE, and was the subject of recent [[historical research]].
===Judgement 170===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Soratio i Del'Toro
* '''Judgement:''' A large portion of Madruga is now a swamp, altered by Spring, Night, and Winter, the magics of Adversity. The Wise gather information, then act. Let those with the expertise to do so map the land, before we seek to reclaim it. A few months wait is a small price to pay to preserve your lives.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (112-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the recent [[Where_the_river_rises#Annihilation_and_Transformation|transformation]] of southern [[Madruga]], and efforts to understand the changes there laid out in the [[Where the river rises]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 171===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Hujaani Forgebairn
* '''Judgement:''' Hark! Hear the saga of the one we call Twice Born. Arrow-dodging. Curse-forger. Hero of the Mark. Hear the story of the Dread of Patricians, his saga, his flame, to blaze in the dark. Ice-waking, winter-wise, wielder of words, rune written endings fuel agonies rite. Follow our tales as we speak of his virtue, follow his virtue, his skein shining bright.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (128-22)
===Judgement 172===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Clarice Novarion
* '''Judgement:''' The Imperial Synod has spoken; we must save the soul of Asavea, heavy though the cost may be. We must work to shoulder that cost. Priests should stop raising and supporting judgements of Rewarding to fund group or individuals, and the Virtue Fund be redirected to support the war effort. The Synod has committed to this war. We should fund it. Neither virtue nor victory comes without sacrifice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1102-186)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the conflict between the [[Imperial Senate]] and [[Imperial Synod]] over the matter of preaching the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 173===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Donald Talbot
* '''Judgement:''' Hue and cry! Mitwold and Upwold the Stone Circle seek to empower Winter regios to cause destruction. Call to action! Guard the old places of power. Vigilance of what is yours! Vigilance of our land and homes!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (104-0)
* '''Notes:''' May refer to the ''Circle of Stones'', a cabal active in [[the Marches]] active between 240YE and 360YE dedicated to the wicked eternal [[Agramant]]. The cabal has recently been mentioned by the [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]] following the investigations in [[Upwold]] detailed in the Winter 385YE [[Hear_your_footsteps#The_Silent_Bell_and_a_Silent_Bell|Hear your footsteps]] wind of fortune. See also [[#Judgement 197|Judgement 187]].

===Judgement 174===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Emmeline Weaver
* '''Judgement:''' Mareave is the latest territory to join the Empire, though it will take hard work and time to secure its Prosperity and safety against the looming threats both within and without the Territory. The Virutous do not shy away from hard work, and the Vigilant seek out poison in their neighbour's fields, lest their own crops be blighted. We call for the vigilant in Mareave, and travelling pilgrims to seek out the perfidy of those working in Grendel interests before the flowers of their treachery bloom, and safeguard the native inhabitants who share the Empire's vision for Mareave.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (228-0)
* '''Notes:''' [[Mareave]] is a former [[Grendel]] territory recently allocated to the Imperial Orcs. Recent attempts to consolidate the Imperial hold on the territory are laid out in the [[Here to stay]] and [[We all stand]] winds of fortune.

===Judgement 175===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Kellin Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' We stand at the start of a long road. The way ahead may not be as clear as we would like, but the journey has nevertheless begun. We owe it to our nation, to our Empire, to each other, to Navarr and Thorn... we owe it to them to look to our Loyalty, set aside debate over whether this was a good or bad choice, and commit to stand together in the face of uncertainty. We are the Empire's lifeblood. Strength to the Empire, strength to Navarr!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 72|Judgement 72]].

===Judgement 177===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Bryce the Hare
* '''Judgement:''' When the Jotun last occupied the Mournwold, they never took thralls in Alderly - they pushed us up against the trees, but the darkest forest and the people within threw them out. No Marcher living in Alderly has ever been a thrall within it. House Leveret and Alderly offer or hospitality to all those who would reject a Jotun's boot on their neck. Any Imperial soldier that seeks to rest in our lands will find ready a bed and a bowl. The vigilant prepare for threats to come.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the conquest of the [[Mournwold]] by the [[Jotun]], most recently discussed in the [[The wild wind rises|The wild wind rises]] wind of war. During the three-decades long domination of the territory by the western orcs, [[Mournwold#Alderly|Alderly]] was conquered only in theory - the Jotun controlled the grasslands beyond the forest, and the edges of the woodlands, but they did not go too deep.

===Judgement 180===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Verres Aurispire
* '''Judgement:''' The Urizen people would be delighted to accept an inviation from the Imperial Orcs (assuming they choose to do so) - to investigate the Urizeni people who used to live in Mareave. As Urizeni, we honour our dead by recording their lives and sharing their stories, but for those Urizeni, those stories have been lost. We should take this opportunity to recover the stories and truths of the Urizeni who lived there, and share then with the current residents, so that we may all be witness.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (234-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Imperial Senate]] and the [[Minister of Historical Research]] have the ability to commision [[historical research|research]] into the past. See [[#Judgement 196|Judgement 196]].

===Judgement 181===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Lithagons of the Lightouse at Nikephoros
* '''Judgement:''' In virtue, we seek to inspire the Asavean rebels to greatness. Through art, song, and letters, we must clearly declare our unambiguous pride in these new followers of the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (185-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to Imperial efforts to empower followers of the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], most recently discussed in detail in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 182===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous strive for action but the forest falls one tree at a time. I call on priests of the Empire to not disapate their Ambition, dividing it in many ways. Consider the first tree to cut and look for ways to focus the will of the Synod.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (456-352)
===Judgement 184===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Tree
* '''Judgement:''' Marcher waters now hold secrets of the Asaveans that could reveal lessons and horrors from our foreign enemies. The Marcher mation assembly calls for the investigation of the ship the Asavean raiders sank in Meade Harbour. Marcher Virtue will see secrets revealed where other nations have struggled. We must know what the Asaveans were so willing to destroy to keep it from the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (110-0)
* '''Notes:''' Likely refers to the scuttling of the Asavean warship ''Leaping Bull'' during the recent [[Harvest_of_infamy#The_Poacher's_Lament|attack on Meade]].
===Judgement 186===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Vigilance Athan Icarion
* '''Judgement:''' Hate is born in fear. Purity is the fear of those around you. Cleave to what you know to be true and do not allow others to cause you to doubt. As one, we must be vigilant against the false comfort of hate, and those who exploit it to their own ends. Hold the true virtues to heart. Support your fellows. Seek out support if you need it. Hatred has no home in our Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (124-0)
* '''Notes:''' [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred|Hatred]], sometimes called “purity”, is a recognised [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] or “false virtue”, and propagating or endorsing it is widely viewed as [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious_crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way.
===Judgement 187===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nicodemus of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' We will defeat both the Druj and the Hate that follows in their wake. The Synod calls on all Vigilant priests to challenge cries of "Death to the Druj" with this wisdom: the courageous soldiers of the Empire bring virtue and the Way, not revenge and death.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (418-190)
* '''Notes:''' [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Hatred|Hatred]] is a recognised [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] or “false virtue”, and propagating or endorsing it is widely viewed as [[Religious_crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious_crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way. In Winter 384YE, the General Assembly upheld a [[mandate]] [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_15|proposed and enacted]] by Fintan Nighthaven that strongly discouraged Imperial [[general|generals]] from calling for “death to the druj”, although [[The_silent_page#The_Fate_of_the_Wicked|its effects]] were quite short lived.
===Judgement 188===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Asier i Elia i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire stands alongside Sumaah in Virtue, against Asavea, and Imperial fleet captains continue to sail to protect trade between our two allied nations. However, Sumaah is not the only victim of Plenum piracy. We should act in Loyalty with the Commonwealth and Sarcophan Delves to alleviate the burden imposed by Asavea upon their two nations in a similar fashion to Sumaah. A chain is not comprised of just one link; we stand beside our allies!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (938-66)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the efforts of [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] and [[Highguard|Highborn]] captains to help protect trade between the [[Sumaah Republic]] and the Empire, as well as the decision by the [[Asavean Archipelago|Asavean Plenum]] to place a bounty on ships trading with Imperial waters discussed in the [[Authority_and_acceptance#Red Sails|Authority and acceptance]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 189===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Arianwen Thornfield
* '''Judgement:''' Unrestful souls wander Therunin unable to find the labyrinth due to the horrid massacre and inaction of this assembly. We call to our siblings in Highguard to help us lead the souls to their rightful places.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (190-28)

===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Soramy Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' The Druj stop us from our ambitions with the vallorn, are a constant war front and prevent us from liberating those they enslave and bring them to virtue. Navarr must commit to removing the Druj completely, so we can focus on the vallorn.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (90-126)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the decision of the Navarr nation to take the fight to the vallorn (most recently discussed in the [[The first shot]] wind of fortune), and the [[Druj]] invasion (and current conquest of) Therunin most recently detailed in the [[Blood and mire]] wind of war.
===Judgement 191===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Orchard Gildryn
* '''Judgement:''' The Deadwood Knight, champion of the Howling Queen has been vanquished! We anticipate her call. Her howl for a new champion. Any person who answers this call commits treason against the Empire. I call for the combined wrath of all nations to put to death anyone who answers this call. Many lives were saved this day, innocents of Varushka and Dawn let this not be in vain.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (488-368)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the apparent defeat of the Deadwood Knight (also known as the Schlacta of Rot), following events detailed in the [[Tourney of the Damned]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 192===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Neala Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' Brothers and Sisters of the Great Forest Orcs. Navarr will do everything we can to liberate our siblings the Druj have taken and bring them home. Navarr will work to remove the threat of the Druj from you, our family, and from the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (228-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Druj]] invasion (and current conquest of) Therunin most recently detailed in the [[Blood and mire]] wind of war.
===Judgement 195===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Palladius Ravenspire
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly supports Silas of Cenotaph actions to test his knowledge of "understanding".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (170-18)
* '''Notes:''' Likely refers to the controversial decision to receive [[hallow|hallowed]] items from an [[Axos|Axou]] priest during the Autumn Equinox that draw on the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Peace|peace]], the propagation or endorsement of which is generally considered [[Religious crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way. See [[#Judgement 48|Judgement 48]], among others.
===Judgement 196===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Gralka
* '''Judgement:''' Light in the darkness. Urizen it is with Pride that the Imperial Orcs invite your people into Mareave in order to allow them chance to discover histories lost to them. There is worth in this act and our people know more than any a loss of history and what that means. Shine bright Urizen. Be witness to your ancestors worth in our lands - we invite you with all our virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (54-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 180|Judgement 180]].
===Judgement 197===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Kennett the Mummer
* '''Judgement:''' Hue and cry! Hue and cry! The Servants of Agramant are abroad in Upwold and Mitwold! Their offers are never worth the price! Reject them and look to Vigilance!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (48-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to be a warning about agents of the wicked eternal [[Agramant]] active in [[the Marches]]. See also See also [[#Judgement 173|Judgement 173]].
===Judgement 198===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Anatoly Vtorov Kovalevich
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous face unwelcome truths and despise falsehood. Vardas, beloved native son, has proven to be myth. Spurn this falsehood, but before that, remember the source of his inspiration and celebrate it: the fruits of our grandparents labours. Do not mourn a myth. Instead take pride in our traditions and seek the wisdom of the past. We follow the Way, stick to road and strive forward in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (782-0)
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 20|Judgement 20]].
===Judgement 199===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane Barosse de Couerdefer
* '''Judgement:''' To build a greater empire, to strengthen us in our fight by showing Axos our dignity, I carry a hallowing of a false virtue. In vigilance, I commit to my Assembly's scrutiny and judgement. I stand ready for inquisition and will share my journey with guardians. I believe the gain for the Empire be worth the price, and put in place these defences. This must not be done by any other. Consequences are the price of Ambition, I will not have another pay my account.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-70)
* '''Notes:''' Likely refers to the controversial decision to receive [[hallow|hallowed]] items from an [[Axos|Axou]] priest during the Autumn Equinox that draw on the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Peace|peace]], the propagation or endorsement of which is generally considered [[Religious crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way. See [[#Judgement 48|Judgement 48]], among others.
===Judgement 203===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' The Highborn assembly support the Imperial Synod in their work with the Axou. Let our inquisitors, stewards of the dead and the students of the school of exorcism assist in all ways that we can with the expeditions to the spires of Solokha.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (168-0)
* '''Notes:''' Responds to an invitation from priests of [[Axos]] to take part in their project to [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|cleanse the ruins]] of the citadel of Solokah, as presented in the [[Victory_and_unity#The_Solokha_Project|Victory and unity]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 209===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Teleri Thornweaver
* '''Judgement:''' The intervention by the Throne in deployment of the Quiet Step was done by request of the generals of the Black Thorns and Isaellas Dance and the Senators for Miaren and Hercynia. The general of the Quiet Step was suspected to not be in sound state to make the necessary tactical decisions. This was the right and virtuous course of action and the nation supports it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (294-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the decision of [[Empress Vesna]] to employ the [[the Throne|Throne's]] power, [[The Throne#Defender of the Empire|Defender of the Empire]], to assume control of the [[Quiet Step]] army and displace the current [[general]].
===Judgement 212===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Nine is committed to the war of faith in Asavea. We recognise the need to pay the price. Each season a statement of rewarding will be raised for 62 Thrones to be greanted to the Senate budget to assist with the war effort. We call on all priests in Anvil to vote in favour of this judgement above all other rewardings, until the war is won.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (9-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the conflict between the [[Imperial Senate]] and [[Imperial Synod]] over the matter of preaching the Way in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in the [[Irreconcilable differences]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 213===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The Council of Nine directs the Silent Bell to investigate the actions of the Hand of Dumon and any of their efforts around the Black Plateau.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (9-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]] will investigate the illegal organisation known as the Hand of Dumon, and any activities in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 214===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Sabella of the Silent Tide
* '''Judgement:''' We, the Assembly of Nine, appoint Tarquinius Ankarien to the Doctrine Reform Counil.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (9-0)

==Mandate==
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Herminius of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' Be alert to all dangers; within and without. We send Herminius of the House of the Wanderer with 50 liao to encourage the Vigilant to watch for the evil that seeks to enter our lands. Let us thwart malice before it strikes against us.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-0)
* '''Enacted:''' Defends the borders of [[Morrow]] and [[Zenith]], increasing the number of [[Campaign_outcome#Victory_Points|victory points]] required by the [[Druj]] to claim a [[War#Beachheads|beachhead]], but also reduces taxation to the [[Imperial treasury]] by ten thrones. If a new Urizen territory gains a border with the Druj for some reason, the National Assembly can use the same mandate to ask the people of that nation to take up a new patrol. If a territory ceases to share a border with the Druj then the citizens will stop their patrols. As detailed in the '''[[You_could_be_happy#Protective_Measures|You could be happy]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl Cerys de Rosier
* '''Judgement:''' Be alert to all dangers; within and without. We send Ser Tunic of the Barrens with 50 liao to encourage the Vigilant to watch for the evil that seeks to enter our lands. Let us thwart malice before it strikes against us.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (352-38)
* '''Enacted:''' Defends the border of [[the Barrens]], increasing the number of [[Campaign_outcome#Victory_Points|victory points]] required by the Druj to claim a [[War#Beachheads|beachhead]], but also reducing taxation to the [[Imperial treasury]] by five thrones. If a new Dawnish territory gains a border with the Druj for some reason, the National Assembly can use the same mandate to ask the people of that nation to take up a new patrol; if the Barrens ceases to share a border with the Druj then the citizens will stop their patrols. As detailed in the '''[[You_could_be_happy#Protective_Measures|You could be happy]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement:''' The Virtuous face unwelcome truths. We send the Fool of Glory with 100 liao to reassure everyone that Vardas' story still contains important lessons about virtue. The virtuous apply what they have learned.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (584-2502)
* '''Not enacted'''. Would have caused people to accept that the real purpose of paragons and exemplars is to teach people how to live a Virtuous life, so it ultimately doesn't matter if they are real or not. See the '''[[True_faith#Do_Not_Demean_Others|True faith]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Icarus of the Sepulchre of the Red Suns
* '''Judgement:''' There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send Hazelelponi with 200 liao to urge every Highborn to prepare for the coming battle. No price is too high to realise our dreams.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (510-110); Margin 400
* '''Enacted:''' Commits the [[Highguard|Highborn]] to fighting the vallorn. The [[Grey pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] will stop walking the [[trods]]; the number of armies that the Highborn can [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Forces|support]] increases from three to four. In the seasons to come, there will be fewer opportunities like the recent proposal to [[Drumbeat_of_war#The_Way_is_Clear|convert the Asaveans]]; instead every effort will be made to find [[opportunity|new opportunities]] to gain the upper hand in the struggle against the vallorn. As detailed in the Summer Solstice wind of fortune '''[[The_final_countdown#A_Time_To_Sing|The final countdown]]'''.

===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Amris Johan Merikovich
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Amris Johann Merikovich with 50 liao to urge the Iron Helm to abandon cruelty and focus on the dark magics and curses of Varushka. Embrace your past; never be ashamed of it.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (342-0)
* '''Enacted'''. The [[Iron Helms]] cease to be [[army qualities#Cruel|cruel]], and can no longer carry out ''merciless onslaughts'' or any similar orders designed to break the enemies will. Next season, they will gain the opportunity to embrace one or another new qualities that focus on dark magics and curses. As detailed in the '''[[You_could_be_happy#Old_Ways|You could be happy]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Ortenzia di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The greatest assets of the League are our ambition and ingenuity. We send Ortenzia di Sarvos with 50 liao to urge every citizen to commit everything to finding new ways to fight the vallorn. Even the most impenetrable forest may fall one tree at a time.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (272-16)
* '''Enacted:''' Commits [[the League]] to aid the [[Navarr]] in their fight against the [[vallorn]], leading to one or more [[opportunity|opportunities]], and sets the tone for the League's participation in that campaign. For the next year, at least, no statement of principle raised by the League Assembly that calls on citizens to support another cause, be that civil or military, will produce an effect beyond Anvil. As detailed in the '''[[The_Synod_speaks#Five_Cities|The Synod speaks]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 97===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Grey Stone
* '''Judgement:''' Our mastery of farming is unsurpassed in the Empire, but we know our worth. We send Grey Stone with 50 doses of liao to urge the virtuous and prosperous farmers of the Marches to visit Mareave and see how the land there might be made green.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (146-0)
* '''Enacted'''. Persuades virtuous [[the Marches|Marcher]] farmers to visit [[Mareave]]. Fewer pious farmers in the Marches applies a 1 rank penalty to every [[congregation]] in [[Mitwold]] and [[Upwold]]. The Marchers who travel to Mareave will present an [[opportunity]] to help build up agriculture there, but part of their opportunity would require they be repaid in some way for their efforts. As detailed in the '''[[We_all_stand#Farming_and_Water|We all stand]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 110===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Annalaya del-Toro
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn are experts in drawing forth prosperity from arid lands. We send Maria I Espiri I Guerra with 75 doses of liao to ask Freeborn farmers to go to Mareave, to aid our friends in the Imperial orcs to make their lands flower.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (190-0)
* '''Enacted'''. Encourages [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] experts in dealing with the kind of conditions found in [[Mareave]] to travel there and see what aid they can offer in dealing with the [[Set_my_lands_in_order#Arid|arid]] conditions in the northern parts of the territory. Every [[congregation]] in the Brass Coast will experience a 1 rank penalty to production in the coming season, and the Freeborn farmers will expect suitable recompense before they put any solution into action. See the '''[[We_all_stand#Farming_and_Water|We all stand]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 122===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Oleander Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' Be alert to all dangers; within and without. We send Oleander Ashwood with 50 liao to encourage the Vigilant to watch for the evil that seeks to enter our lands. Let us thwart malice before it strikes against us.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (306-10)
* '''Enacted:''' Defends the borders of [[Therunin]], once the territory is reclaimed and assuming it is [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment|assigned]] to Navarr. This increases the number of [[Campaign_outcome#Victory_Points|victory points]] required by the Druj to claim a [[War#Beachheads|beachhead]], and reduces taxation to the [[Imperial treasury]] by five thrones. If another Navarr territory gains a border with the Druj, the National Assembly could use the same mandate to ask the people of that nation to take up a new patrol; if a territory ceases to share a border with the Druj then the citizens will stop their patrols. As detailed in the '''[[You_could_be_happy#Protective_Measures|You could be happy]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 131===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Anastasiya Lukashovna Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous lift up their fellows, they do not tear them down. We the Loyalty assembly, support the Iron Helms in their time of change by directing the Eyes of Loyalty with this mandate. Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Anastasiya Lukashovna Volkov with 25 doses of liao to urge the Iron Helm to abandon cruelty and focus on the dark magics and curses of Varushka. Embrace your past; never be ashamed of it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (384-6)
* '''Enacted: ''' Directs the Eyes of Loyalty toward [[#Judgement 80|Judgement 80]].

===Judgement 138===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 25 doses of liao to urge every citizen to contribute what resources they can spare to support the creation of a new Holy City at Bastion. The road ahead is hard, but we are walking it together.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (86-10)
* '''Not Enacted:''' The events surrounding the paragon Vardas mean no new mandates will encourage anyone to support the Grand Inspiration of the Way in Bastion. As detailed in the '''[[True_faith#Crisis_Ripples|True faith]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 156===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti
* '''Judgement:''' The greatest assets of Varushka are our Wisdom and resolve. We send Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti with 50 liao to urge every Varushkan to use our knowledge of the dark powers to choose the lesser of two evils. The virtuous apply what they have learned.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (280-12)
* '''Enacted:''' Commits [[Varushka]] to aid the [[Navarr]] in their fight against the [[vallorn]], leading to one or more [[opportunity|opportunities]], and sets the tone for Varushka's participation in that campaign. For the next year, at least, no statement of principle raised by the Varushkan Assembly that calls on citizens to support another cause, be that civil or military, will produce an effect beyond Anvil. As detailed in the '''[[The_Synod_speaks#Five_Cities|The Synod speaks]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 157===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Ivana Petara Vodjavic
* '''Judgement:''' Be alert to all dangers; within and without. We send Velko Perunovich Razorasza with 50 liao to encourage the Vigilant to watch for the evil that seeks to enter our lands. Let us thwart malice before it strikes against us.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (280-12)
* '''Enacted:''' Defends the borders of [[Ossium]] (other than the [[Ossium#Webwood|Webwood]]), increasing the number of [[Campaign_outcome#Victory_Points|victory points]] required by the Druj to claim a [[War#Beachheads|beachhead]] in the territory, and reduces taxation to the [[Imperial treasury]] by five thrones. If another Varushkan territory gains a border with the Druj, the National Assembly could use the same mandate to ask the people of that nation to take up a new patrol; if a territory ceases to share a border with the Druj then the citizens will stop their patrols. As detailed in the '''[[You_could_be_happy#Protective_Measures|You could be happy]]''' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 211===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Pip
* '''Judgement:''' We are a nation, woven from six strong strands. Each sept has its own expertise, that will help us show the people of Mareave we are not their enemies. We send Skywise Tulva with 25 doses of liao to urge the Illarawm to seek ways we can make Mareave a home for our people by approaching the Brine Turtles peacefully and open negotiations. The Brine Turtles are now foreigners; let us in common pride of Mareave move forwards together.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (44-0); Primacy
* '''Enacted:''' Asks members of the [[Illarawm]] sept to go to Mareave and try to establish communication with the Brine Turtle elders. As discussed in the '''[[Here_to_stay#Turtles_all_the_Way_Down|Here to stay]]''' wind of fortune.
==Writ of Consecration==
One [[writ of consecration]] was presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Nathair Autumngale
* '''Judgement:''' The Library of Hacynian stands as a site where our Empire, in pursuit of Wisdom, was able to determine the definitive solutions to the thousand year problem of the vallorn in but a single season of dedicated focus. The Wisdom assembly seeks to consecrate this location as a Sacred Site to inspire future pilgrims and priests as a testament to what we can achieve as an Empire when we pursue virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (354-10)

==Revocation==
Two judgements of [[revocation]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 105===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Callista of the Dark Shard
* '''Judgement:''' The revoke the Cardinal of Ambition Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer. The cardinal has taken an aura of understanding upon herself to improve relations with a foreign nation. While this is "understandable" as the guiding light of Ambition in the Empire, we cannot hold her to uphold and lead us in ambition whilst under this influence.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (170-200)

===Judgement 127===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' John Sawyer
* '''Judgement:''' We, the Marcher assembly, move to revoke Hal Talbot as Senator to Mitwold. It is clear that Hal was unprepared for the responsibilities that come with such a title and thus ill-equipped to stand alongside the other elected officials who have done and continue to do so much for our nation. I urge you to set aside your personal feelings towards this individual who has shown loyalty to his house but great disloyalty to his nation. He has yet to show willing to support his own territory, let alone the Marches, and should be removed from his position until such a time as he is prepared to make virtuous decisions on behalf of Mitwold.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108-16)
* '''Notes:''' This revocation condemns Hal Talbot for a lack of loyalty to their nation - in this case [[the Marches]]. Since [[Like_a_hurricane#Know_Your_Heart|Summer 383YE]], when the Assembly of Loyalty embraced the [[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]], any ''Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire would risk causing dissent''. The [[revocation]] is upheld - the impact of the Eyes of Loyalty has no legal implication - but it is likely the Assembly of Loyalty will be called on to consider a response to a judgement that appears to attempt to compel an individual's loyalty.
==Inquisition==
Thirty-one judgements of [[inquisition]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eeevi of the Gadrai
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Thane Elgar Angusson of Kraken's Vanguard to Inquisition to answer questions regarding the Loyalty of his actions over the past few Solstice's and to respond to allegation that he is an oath-breaker. These allegations raise significant concerns for Elgar's soul and dissension around it is dividing Wintermark halls. We must determine the truth so we can move forward. The Inquisition will be held at time 2.15pm on the Saturday of the Autumn Equinox, in the WIntermark Moot Square / Siegehold (weather depending). All are welcome to witness, priests of Loyalty are encouraged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (130-0
===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Leliel, Daughter of Armisael
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call to inquisition, Luke, Exarch of the Navigators of Virtue. This is due to questions over his past life vision and its effects on his loyalty. It will be at 5.30pm on Saturday in the Senate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (886-0)
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call the Cardinal of the Way assembly, Ashborn Alta, to inquisition at 11am on Saturday of the Autumn Summit at the Legion's Tent in the Imperial Orc camp. Ashborn Atla is coming to the end of their fourth no consecutive year leading the Way assembly and I seek this inquisition to shine light on the virtuous actions they've committed and their Ambitions for the future.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (54-0)
===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Clytemnestra
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' The Summer summit saw the great houses of the Imperial bureaucracy at odds with each other and at the heart the Asavean Crisis. Many looked to the Emperor to step in where Synod and Senate could not agree. So, I call Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost to inquisition - to examine the path she treads as our Emperor, and how she will continue her path into the future. The inquisition will take place Saturday of this summit, at 11.30am in the Imperial Offices.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (320-20)
===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Aster Aceae
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I am calling Lady Ailsa Tamerbin to inquisition in regards to her apparent unwavering loyalty and support of her dead friend Lady Cecelia de Gauvin and the glory of our nation as a whole. I would like to head of her time as Voice of the Twin Rose in particular. This summit, Saturday, 3pm. The hub annex.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (40-10)
===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Bakar, the Hakima of Salt and Sand, to inquisition over his work to heal the blight and his decision to choose those boons he chose. 11:30 am, Hearth and Honey. Buy a cup of tea if you are coming.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-0)

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost, [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of WIsdom.
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Silas of the Cenotaph. You say you will heed this assembly - now you will be tested. We will scrutinise your decision to take a heretical hallowing and weigh your wisdom. do not fail us. 1:30 pm, Hub annex.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld automatically
===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Hengest Dun
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call to inquisition Tarick of Ashenhall "VIrtue's Roar". To establish the motivations and virtue of his actions regarding the Prosperity of fund raising to support our Senate. 2pm, Wintermark Hearth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (142-0)
===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Azir
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Velasco i Guerra to inquisition at 2pm Saturday at the Waypoint regarding the Asavea vote.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (185-0)

===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Gwilym Hearthstone
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Against Idris Eternal regarding voting for the Thimble Bourse seat, at the Eternal Family Tarpauline at 12pm on Saturday of this summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (101-0)
===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' For taking it upon herself to dictate who the priests of the Way may preach to we call for Rosalina Guila Viola di Sarvos to inquisition. For attempting to dictate who may heard the word of the Way we call Rosalina Guila Viola di Sarvos to inquisition. For making it illegal to spread the word of the Way to all who need to hear it, we call for Rosalina Guila Viola di Sarvos to inquisition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (126-0)

===Judgement 107===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' As Imperial Inquisitor, I call Skywise Tulva Cardinal of Courage to discuss their trial for subverting the agency of the state. Saturday evening at the hub at 9pm.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (846-22)
===Judgement 114===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara of the City Below
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Lupita di Marcela di Catazar has negotiated for the League in the Reckoning with Urizen, on the matter of Spiral. I call them to inquisition so that the details of this negotiation, and whether it has been conducted virtuously, may be brought to light and witnessed. To take place at the Winter Solstice, time and place to be confirmed with the subject.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (222-0)
===Judgement 116===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Odhran Randrops Fall
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Last summit the Cardinal of Courage was found guilty by the magistrates of subverting the agencies of state. They had Redhand Tutt, who was not a priest, raise/support judgement 210. They were arrested, changed and found guilty. The presiding magistrate denounced the action, stating that it marks a gross and unacceptable breach of the Synod's integrity from the Civil service. The magistrate themselves stated that the Imperial Inquisitor should investigate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (966-382)
===Judgement 136===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Patchico i Sharthe i Guerra
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Seek the inquisition of Delara i Fijadoz i Guerra at the Fijadoz camp in the Brass Coast at 1.30pm on Sunday of the Autumn 386YE gathering. This is to examine the virtue of the decision to vote to ban spreading the way in Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (136-10)

===Judgement 137===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Tarquinius Ankarien
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I hereby call Lady Josephine of Adina's Charge to inquisition at the Winter Solstice, time to be arranged to answer the charges of 1) preaching unitarianism; 2) preaching excessionism; 3) abuse of priestly powers. In order to determine their truth or falsehood. This inquisition is neither "friendly" nor "hostile" and is interested only in Truth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1305-96)
===Judgement 146===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' At 8pm, Saturday, Winter 386YE, Vanja Oddsbreaker, Shadowed Torchbearer, is called to inquisition at the Boundaryfolk camp. We shall discuss reconciling the demands of this office with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (128-0)

===Judgement 158===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Syene
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I, Syene call Sycheh of Ebon's Hall to inquisition in the chapel of Highguard at 3pm on Saturday at the Winter Solstice 386YE. This inquisition is to justify the decision to ignore the field commanders orders which led to Highguard fighting separately from each other at Autumn.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (474-0)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Ilai
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I, Ilai, call Pariah of the Red Sun to Inquisition at 3pm on Saturday of the Winter Solstice 386YE at the Highguard Chapel to answer questions on their decisions to ignore the Field Commanders orders during the battle on Saturday of the Autumn Equinox.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (216-0)
===Judgement 160===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Neri
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I Neri of Ebony Hall call for the public inquisition of Luc of Ebony Hall. This is to take place at 3pm in the Chapel, Saturday, during the Winter Solstice. This is to grant Highguard answers as to why the orders of the field marshal were ignored for the battle at the Autumn Solstice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (502-0)
===Judgement 161===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Aemon
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I Aemon, Exarch of the Suns of Couros, call Jack Flint of the Silent Tide to Inquisition. This is to justify and determine the decisions that led to ignoring the Highborn field commanders orders and the subsequent loss of life. This will be held at the Highguard chapel on Saturday of the Winter Solstice 386YE at 3pm.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (540-0)
===Judgement 164===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Velko Peranovich Razoradze
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' We the Varushkan national assembly call Veceslav Oligavich Ketsoc and Oligu Predborvana Ketsov of the Ketsov family to inquisitions over their actions in Ossium in relation to other subjugated people there, their relations with the Druj, and more recently, their actions surrounding the Trudniki of the Webwood. Ivana Petara Vodjovic will be the inquisiting priest alongside the VIgil of the Unforgotten Voice and the priests of Darkwater Vale.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (282-0)
===Judgement 168===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lochias
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Ioseph of Phoenix Reach for inquisition at the Scarlet Guard camp at 11.30 on Sunday, to determine whether they have demonstrated any of the signs of the Exemplar.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (44-0)
===Judgement 179===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Mattheas of the Silent Tide to inquisition. It will take place at the Chapel at 3pm on the Saturday on Winter Solstice 386YE. You will be called to justify your decision to ignore the Field Commander's orders at the Saturday battle at the Autumn summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (414-0)
===Judgement 200===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I as Arcane Inquisitor call Fausta, Grandmaster of the Silver Chalice, to Inquisition to discuss her work and the virtue within. To be held at the Winter Solstice 386YE time and place to be discussed.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld automatically as [[Arcane Inquisitor]].
===Judgement 201===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Rhisart Dancewalker to Inquisition in Winter 386YE, Saturday 18:00, Lumi's in Wintermark, as a follow up to last years inquisition to see how his virtue is continuing.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld Automatically as [[Virtue inquisitor]] of Courage.
===Judgement 202===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call to inquisition my former cardinal, Zadkiel de Coeurdefer, over his acceptance of an aura of the false virtue of understanding at the Autumn Equinox. This will be held on the Friday of the Winter Solstice, time to be arranged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld Automatically as [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of Pride
===Judgement 208===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Athaliah of Athaliah's Handiwork
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' The earl de Renard has worked tirelessly to achieve the great ambition of his house, the reclamation and cultivation of the Barren berries, a crop that is the legacy of his house. I therefore seek to inquisit him to unfold further this story of his prosperity, at 1:15 of the Saturday of the Winter Summit 386YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (70-6)
===Judgement 210===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' I call Viviane, Cardinal of Ambition, to Inquisition at the Winter Summit, to explain their reasoning for accepting a hallow of a false virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld Autumatically as [[Imperial Inquisitor]]
===Judgement 215===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Azir i Shartha
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Bohemond de Rondel publicly claims he is not beholden the the Synod's interpretation of doctrine Further, he claims that he is "not remotely interested in the accolades or censure of assemblies bar (his) own". I call Bohemond to inquisition before the Ambition Assembly to put this to the test (tome and date tbc).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld Automatically as [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of Ambition.

===Judgement 216===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Maximillian
* '''Judgement - Inquisition:''' Calls Iniska Ashwood to Inquisition at the Winter Solstice at a time to be arranged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld Automatically as [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of the Way
==Sanction==
Twenty-four judgements of [[sanction]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised By:''' Tunic of the Barrens
* '''Judgement: Penance''' Emperor Vesna Barkovna Prochnost made the decision to veto the treaty with the Rahvin in pursuit of the Prosperity of the Imperial Hearth, unwilling to sacrifice the homes recently built and rebuilt in the Barrens. She seeks to cultivate virtue in these homes, and that is a noble and virtuous goal. I remind her that knowledge of and conscious loyalty to the faith are not necessary sufficient conditions for virtue. When a virtuous ancestor like Rahvin the Liberator peaks to the orcs that follow them, blinding ourselves to that virtue is a folly and a failing. It opens the door to those who would take advantage of the divide at the expense of a voice of the Way. Vesna's decision saw thousands of orcs from across the Black Wind and the Rahvin turned away from the path of virtue, and cowed in fear of their conquerors. In their lifetimes, we must make amends, and see them truly liberated. I will work with both Vesna and the Rahvin to achieve this goal.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (136-22)

===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Redhand Tut had the Courage to act when it mattered, they knew full well the risk to their own life but as they stated "If I need to die for those people to be saved then I will make the sacrifice." They broke Imperial Law impersonating a priest and lying to the civil service, and immediately confessed knowing it would likely mean their death. They have been saved by the exceptional, and likely unrepeatable, circumstances of their act (a combination of time, weather, lateness of information from officials, and attempts to sort this issue any other way) and have accepted the sentence the magistrates have placed upon them, having fulfilled the heroes' burden. It was carefully considered behaviour neither reckless nor a deathwish. I have been inspired by their Courage, and recognise they have helped save so many people in Skarsind.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (196-0)

===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement - Penance:''' As Archmage of Spring, Ibiss negotiates with the Spring realm and has made this task more difficult by failing to retain copies of the Plenipotentiaries sent to Eternals. Ibiss reports that other Archmages also do not keep such copies. This is a collective failure of personal Vigilance which can only benefit Eternals negotiating in bad faith. This is a Conclave problem which a Conclave officer can solve. Ibiss' penance is to spend the next year creating a means by which copies of Plenipotentiaries are retained for Archmages and their successors. For more details see the 4-page leaflet (copies on opposite wall) "Ibiss Briarheart Inquisition Report". My 48 page "Strength and Guile" available from myself or the Anvil Library, makes use of the Archmage's testimony to chronicle the nefariousness of Spring.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (270-)
* '''Notes:''' Virtue notwithstanding, there is absolutely no legal requirement for any [[Imperial title]] to keep copies of their correspondence, nor to make their correspondence available to anyone else.
===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' ''Escalation''. Having inquisitioned Kespoena Archsky I find no evidence of the Wanderer influencing her soul. Her actions have shown wisdom and vigilance, and she initially took on the curse of the Wanderer to aid another citizen. She is fully vindicated.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (786-18)
===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' ''Escalation''. For five seasons, Aspar held the lantern guiding the Wisdom assembly. Now, Ambition guides his path - but still he walks the path of Wisdom. He understands the weight of his words and questions constantly the information placed before him. More importantly, he understands his mistakes are opportunities to learn. Aspar, though the lantern no longer guides you its light shines strongly upon your path. I testimony you "Virtue's Voice".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (210-0)

===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara of the City Below
* '''Judgement - Penance:''' During the last war with the Grendel, the Salt Lords offered to return Raine Tealeaf's family to them, if they betrayed the Empire and facilitated a second raid on Sarvos. Raine refused. Sarvos and the Empire owe them a debt. Last year, Raine conspired with the Grendel, planning to aid them in their war against the Empire. They did this with the intent that Spiral would be conquered, so that it might be assigned again to Urizen when taken back by the Empire. They abandoned this plan only because they concluded that even if Spiral were lost and regained, the League would still claim it. Raine's particular loyalty to Spiral would have seen Spiral subject to Grendel predation, to slaughter and slavery. They would have torn their fellows down through treachery. This was a loyalty turned septic and perverse from the betrayals Raine themself has suffered. Raine's soul has been sickened by isolation and secrecy, and now they are bereft of their purpose. As penance, I charge them to seek spiritual guidance, allowing others to see what they have kept hidden. They will seek guidance on loyalty from at least four priests over the coming year, two of whom will be chosen by me and two by Raine. At the end of the year, we will meet again and judge what Raine has learned. Joined by Eurybia of the house of the Wanderer and Eevi of the Gadrai, co-inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1192-92)
===Judgement 95===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Soriah
* '''Judgement - Condemnation:''' The assembly of Vigilance condemns the cardinal of Ambition, Lady Viviane de Coeurdefer of Dawn for blasphemy and heresy having whole-heartedly taken upon themselves a binding oath to receive an aura of the false virtue, Apathy, and to have created a hallowing of the same, which they agree to bear for one year during which they will not at all counter-act the effects of, in any way. Their position gives a greater graveness to this act of heresy and brings a direct threat to the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (380-40); Scrutiny was [[Cardinal#Further_Scrutiny|extended]] by the [[Cardinal of Courage]].
===Judgement 96===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Jeroboam of the Sentinels Tower
* '''Judgement - Condemnation:''' We the Vigilance assembly condemn the Cardinal of Pride, Zadkiel de Couerdefer, for the religious crime of taking on willingly and knowingly a hallowed object, dedicated to a false virtue. In addition, for swearing an oath to follow the false whim of the hallowing and make no attempt to counteract its dangerous ways. These are actions of abject heresy and blasphemy. The cardinal has squandered their dedicated virtue in favour of apathy and collaboration with enemies of the Empire. Have they no Pride?
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (280-110); Scrutiny was [[Cardinal#Further_Scrutiny|extended]] by the [[Cardinal of Vigilance]].
===Judgement 111===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Masha Sigeling
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' In sharing the unwelcome truth of the life of Vardas, Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower acted with Vigilance, Wisdom, and above all great Courage. She has been given the testimony "towering integrity". Their behaviour was and continues to be guided by great virtue and no religious crime has been committed. They are vindicated.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-0)

===Judgement 126===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Dag Kinnad
* '''Judgement - Penance:''' The outcome of the inquisition of Alric Burmoth and his research into the Whisper Gallery. I, Dag Kinnad, escalate to penance. Alric has taken every precaution and sought advice on information. No direct communication or curses were made. However, his research has revealed secrets into the nature of the Way. I advise he speak further to priests and especially Wisdom priests on his findings to better both his and our understanding of the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (212-20)
===Judgement 139===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wych
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Hugh Farrier sought to arm himself for the danger ahead, and simplified a complex situation down to the actions he could take to defend his people - if it came to it. While it may have been disagreeable to some - to many. It was a profoundly vigilant act. Accounts of spontaneous false auras at the inquisition are true - but he was free of any. The insidious nature of the false virtues are well known to appear even in virtuous moments. We do not condemn those who free slaves, or Imperatix that inspire hope. When we see a threat, we react accordingly.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (20-80)

===Judgement 140===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wych
* '''Judgement - Condemnation:''' The Assembly of Vigilance condemns the Cardinal of Wisdom, Silas of the Cenotaph, for blasphemy and heresy. In agreeing for a hallow of the False Virtue peace to be created and giving a binding oath to bear it wholeheartedly - without use of any source of spiritual strength to resist it. This spits in the face of the Synod who works to eliminate these threats from the Empire. We expect better.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (286-58)
===Judgement 144===
* '''Assembly:''' Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Myself and Yosephus have inquisited Cardinal Ashborn Atla and I deliver the result: vindication. She has acted extremely virtuously in her time as Cardinal, Inspiring many orcs to become preachers to change the view of the other nations such as Sumaah to understand orc virtue. She has pilgrimaged from Bastion to Timoj to preach the Way and our Doctrine. She is currently working on the Salvation of many souls. I am proud to call her my Cardinal.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (174-10)
===Judgement 152===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Bryn Tendfallen
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' I am convinced that Travid Longest Path was misrepresented at the Summer Solstice. He called not for vengeance and for hate but for pride and ambition. I have found that he is motivated by virtue and by compassion for the victims of the Druj.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (198-0)
===Judgement 176===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Alastair of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement - Condemnation:''' The assembly of Vigilance seeks to condemn Iniska Ashwood, proxy cardinal of prosperity, under the grounds of heresy and blasphemy. By accepting an aura of a false virtue through hallowing and agreeing to take an oath to Axou, they have tainted their soul. Without any spiritual protection they have put others in extreme danger, as a proxy cardinal they must be held accountable and should know better.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (154-48)

===Judgement 178===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Hengest Dun
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Re:Inquisition of Tarik of Ashenhall, High Bard, Virtues' Roar, Longbeard. I am satisfied that their actions around organising 10 nation benefit concert to help fund the Narwhal's Spear was virtuous and laudable. Not only did they demonstrate great Prosperity they gae many others opportunity to also demonstrate theirs. This is a shining example of the exact actions taht the "roll of benefactors" was created to recognise.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (116-0)

===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement - Castigation:''' Senator Gulia of Sarvos has shown themseles deeply lacking in virtue while under inquisition. Demonstrated lack of Wisdom - declaring herself too busy to consult priests of her territory before voting to forbid preaching the Way in Asavea. Additionally, during inquisition we also found a dreadful lack of Pride by reducing her city to a series of cliches and comedic catchphrases. Demonstrated terrible lack of ambition when running for Senate as "a joke". For this she is castigated.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (226-28)
===Judgement 185===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' I inquisitioned "the Voice of the Quiet Forest" coven and found four vates who had dealings with Arhallogen; Defra Brackensong, Courtnn(?) Foxden, Kellos Foxden, Raewynn Farkas. All were insighted and magic detected with no ill auras or efects. All clearly expressed their vate oaths, demonstrating loyalty to the Empire and no loyalty to Arhallogen, their interactions with the eternal and work towards the fane to Athallogen were examined for virtue and I found their action virtuous - particularly wise, loyal, and vigilant.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-18)
===Judgement 193===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Aliss Thorn
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Gemma Brightsmith has worked tirelessly to rediscover the lost art of the smiths and bring them home. We recognise her as the first Marcher on the road to being a master of this tradition. A Marcher, a Marcher!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (88-0)

===Judgement 194===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Galahad Audair
* '''Judgement - Castigation:''' In my inquisition of Valentin Orzel, he showed himself lacking in wisdom in diverse ways. In not understanding the procedures of the Synod before ranting against them, in spurious and defamatory allegations of heresy, and in presuming to have greater knowledge of the hearth magic and spirit of Dawn than any of the priests. As such, he is castigated and advised to reconsinder what basis he has for his assumptions, for there is a failure of virtue in them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (132-98)
===Judgement 204===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Protectorate Rile has served the Empire as High Bard over the last year, uplifting the voices of countless artists, bards, and storyellers across our lands. They leave a legacy of works to inspire countless others. We so testify them "inspirational voice", so that everyone shall see what they encouraged in others their words have worth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (82-0)
===Judgement 205===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Ematius Ankarien shows a strong and virtuous control over both the Winter mages of the Empire, and his role as Winter archmage, as as testified by countless others at the inquisition held last event, drives the mages of the Conclave to be proud of their work and strive for excellence. We would like to testimony him "Winter's Arete" when he is able to attend the Assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (78-10)
===Judgement 206===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement - Penance:''' Skywise Tulva lied to the Tribune of the Synod, deceived the civil service. This crime is punishable by death. The only reason Skywise still draws breath is the extreme virtue of their reasons. They saved lives and souls when there were no other options. Their virtue is indisputable but they risked the very functionality of the Synod voting. I charge them to tell the tale, so all now this cannot happen again.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (906-22)

===Judgement 207===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun
* '''Judgement - Vindication:''' Breaking an oath is not a religious crime. Swearing an oath one knows they may break my be perilous but is not a religious crime. Silas, Cardinal of Wisdom, states his intent in holding a false hallow, to be grounded in Wisdom. Let us judge him on how he acts rather than words spoken to heretics; we vindicate him in this matter up to this point.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (406-42)
* '''Note:''' Likely refers to the controversial decision to receive [[hallow|hallowed]] items from an [[Axos|Axou]] priest during the Autumn Equinox that draw on the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual presence]] of [[Malign_spiritual_presences#Peace|peace]], the propagation or endorsement of which is generally considered [[Religious crime#Blasphemy|blasphemous]] and [[Religious crime#Heresy|heretical]] by followers of the Way.

==Recognition==
Four judgements of [[recognition]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aethelric the Grounded
* '''Judgement:''' Following the research conducted by the Lepidean library, this Imperial body Recognises that Vardas is not a Paragon. The Way of Virtue is and has always been investigative and research brased. THere is therefore no shame in admitting that Vardas was given a place in our collective faith to which he was unworthy. Moreover there is great Virtue in facing unwelcome truths, seeking out and exposing falsehoods, and testing what we know. Let us adhere to our accustomed high standards and principles and correct the record going forward. In Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' This judgement was Withdrawn
===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Gaelen Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' We call for the Recognition of Vardas as Paragon of Vigilance to be removed in light of the research produced by the Lepidean Library. The figure of Vardas has been proven to be a fiction devised by Ivar Olyankavic Nathavolava in an attempt to profit from the embellished tales of adventure and therefore, no longer constitute an inspirational path to follow in pursuit of Enlightenment. The lie alone is enough reason to take this most serious action, but it must not be forgotten that those deeds of virtue and vigilance assigned to Vardas were inspired in some cases by real Wardens whose legacy has been robbed form them by this fraud. Centuries of inspiration belong to those unnamed Wardens, whose virtues should shine from beneath the falsehoods. Let us remember the overlooked and Vigilant who act for virtue without fame. Remember the stories, but not in the name of Vardas.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (2482-74)
* '''Notes:''' [[Vardas]] is no longer a paragon of Vigilance. Further details of the claims made by the [[Lepidean Librarian]] are found in the ''[[Life of Vardas]]'', published after the Summer Solstice 386YE. The events leading to this judgement are laid out in the [[True faith]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Jared of the Sentinel's Tower
* '''Judgement:''' We Recognise Ravadi Founder's Dance as an exemplar of VIgilance. Pilgrimage - They left Dawn to join the Founder's Dance Striding in Navarr, and walked the original path of the Exemplars Navarr and Thorn when the Trods were first created, guarding the world against the Vallorn threat with every step. Legacy - As Champion of Vigilance they were a driving force to forge mere titles into a cohesive organisation worthy to Inspire the Empire, several other Champions have pointed to this as Ravadi's Legacy. Benevolence - In sacrificing their dreams for a year to hunt down Bawn-Watch the Champion's Shield they would never hold, on behalf of every Champion that would follow after. Inspiration - Their Inspirational Vigilance was recognised by the Assembly in their appointment to Champion, and many priests of Vigilance will attest to this and their work that followed, seek us out.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (400-0)

===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Jedediah Boon
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise the leaders of the Ore Hills rebellion of 326YE; Esme Hooper, Mary Digger, Ezekial "Zeke" Boon, Henry Killinghall, Maggie John, and Tom John as Exemplars of Pride. Pilgrimage: Zeke Boon with Maggie and Tom John undertook pilgrimage to Bastion in 318YE. Salvation: They turned the miners away from descent into Hatred, uplifting them to Prideful action, saving their lives and souls. Benevolence: They acted to prevent the starvation of the miners of Ore Hills, leading the Rebellion to take the supplies needed. Legacy: The songs of the Ore Hills, the Scythe of Shepherds, and Mary Digger's execution site remain; a Great Work is being constructed to follow. Inspiration: They inspired the Ore Hills Rebellion itself; in death their deeds Inspired the rising of the Ore Hills miners to resist the Jotun occupation of 386YE. Plan. Arm. Enchant. Resist. Exalt. Remember.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (303-56)

==Appointment==
Twenty-four judgements of [[appointment]] were raised by the [[Tribune of the Synod]] during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 1===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Sabella of the Silent Tide''' was appointed with 264 votes; Tarquinius Ankarien received 214 votes
===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Pride]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Constanza i Kalamar''' i Guerra was appointed with 224 votes; Jedediah Boon of the Ore Hills received 173 votes, Lady Allula de Beste received 40 votes.
===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Assignment of the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean Library]] dose of [[liao#True Liao|True Liao]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Silvio de Tassato''' was selected with 424 votes; Aspar received 336 votes, Finna received 288 votes, Zephaniah of Felix Watch received 242 votes, Vitori van Temeschwar received 18 votes, Pontius received 10 votes.
* '''Notes:''' This is the new, current method of assigning the dose of true liao produced by the Lepidean Library. See also [[#Judgement 0|Judgement 9]].

===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' '''Azir i Shartha i Riqueza''' was appointed with 78 votes. Kasjay received 54 votes, and Sebastiano received 28 votes.
===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Talos of the Silent Tide''' was appointed with 108 votes. Brother Solomon of Ebons Hall received 84 votes, Larkin Shrike, House DuBeste received 50 votes; Sufyan i Zuhri i Guerra received 34 votes, Sindri received 10 votes, Hangvar Oakenlegs and Rafiq i Erigo received 0 votes, Ser Thibault-Pépin Medyg of the Amber Lance was deceased.
===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Archivist of the Echoing Obelisk]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Athiel Westernborn of the Cenotaph''' was appointed with 370 votes. Miriam of Athaliah's Handiwork received 10 votes.
===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of [[Virtue Inquisitor]] of Vigilance
* '''Outcome:''' '''Alistair of Esther's Sanctum''' was appointed with 106 votes.
===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Mistress of Ceremonies]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Lana Valentina de Holberg''' was appointed with 174 votes.
===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arcane Inquisitor]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Galene Netherwatch''' was appointed with 6 votes. Albrecht van Holberg, Callista of the Dark Shard, Gaius Starfall i Riqueza, Geoffrey Orchard, and Lutobor Branoslovich Glinka all received 0 votes.
===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Challenger in Waiting]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Lady Laudine du Lac''' was appointed with 104 votes. Lord Leonel de Courtenay-Wildrose received 42 votes, and Benedict Vallarius received 40 votes.
* '''Notes:''' This title received extensive scrutiny by the [[Imperial Senate]] during the summit.
===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of [[Watcher of Ratibor's Torch]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Vitore van Temeschwar''' was appointed with 114 votes.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Guardian of the Maze of Zoria]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Illya Nikovitch Volkov''' was appointed with 190 votes; Anatoly Paukov Zorkin received 0 votes.
===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Prelate of the Little Mother]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Ivana Petara Vedjavic''' was appointed with 124 votes. Vivane Knotes received 68 votes, Soratio e DelTorro received 58 votes, Isaia Pavane de Sarvos received 28 votes.
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Courage]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Thomir, son of Astion''' was appointed with 112 votes. Sir Drysford Poacher received 36 votes, Stor "Thrice Cut" Kynfaeri receieved 0 votes, Baalam of Canthiarch's Hold was an invalid candidate with no official nomination.
===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Prosperity]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hugh Farrier of Cockscroft''' was appointed with 111 votes, becoming immune from further [[revocation]] until the next appointment of the Champion, Syene received 38 votes, and Ivanbrok of the Order of the Basilisk received 30 votes.

===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Reeve of Greenforest Fair]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rhyn Hunter''' was appointed with 62 votes.
===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Knight of the Greenwood]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Lord Percival Summerstrong''' was appointed with 116 votes. Ser Mordrain Sepulchre received 32 votes.
===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of Virtue|Voice of Prosperity]].
* '''Outcome:''' '''Merari Navigator of Virtue''' was appointed with 118 votes. Bartimaeus of Zenith Ascendant received 60 votes.

===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Sarah of the Suns of Couros''' was appointed with 206 votes. Nathaniel of Balthazar's Vineyard received 84 votes.
===Judgement 104===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Watcher of the Semmerlak]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Lord Romande de Remys''' was appointed with 74 votes. Valdi Balzena Borzyslav received 44 votes. Wyrm Jongleur received 0 votes.
===Judgement 109===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Archbishop of Capodomus]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Estella Lucati''' was appointed with 220 votes.
===Judgement 125===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of Barbs]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Oleander Ashwood''' was appointed with 140 votes. Brynn Tendfallen recieved 62 votes.

===Judgement 135===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Wisdom]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Valens Leons of the Red Scrolls''' was appointed with 44 votes.
===Judgement 165===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Speaker of the Highborn Assembly]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Nicodemus of Balthazar's Vinyard''' was appointed with 210 votes. Nekoda of the Shattered Tower received 196 votes.

==Rewarding==
Eleven judgements of [[rewarding]] were presented to the assemblies during the Autumn Equinox.
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Alfredo Barossa di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' Following the Autumn and Winter summits of 385, Rafael Barossa d'Apulian sent a total of 70 liao, 3 Thrones, and 1 wain of white granite to the Acciai sect of Wayist rebels in Asavea to support them in fortifying their position, bribing officials, and spreading the Way. He did so entirely at his own expense. At the Winter summit, he also called in many Debts to help fund the 5 wains of mithril he sent to the Acciai sect. These wains and 3 others provided by Ashborn Trosk, went to the Wayist rebels in the city of Marilen. They were forged into the weapons and armour they used to fight the armies of the Plenum, until Alberto Acciai and his followers were made martyrs, becoming the spark to ignite a firestorm of change across the Archipelago. We reward Rafael 35 Thrones to reimburse him for these expenses, in line with our support for anchoring the Way in Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (762-444)
* '''Notes:''' A partial provision was made for payment, amounting to 16 Thrones, 2 Crowns, and 2 Rings.

===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Taddea Ginori
* '''Judgement:''' League Strategos Gabrieli di Tassato organised three successful skirmish outings at Summer 386, rescuing two separate groups of fools form the {{Black Plateau}} and preventing deadly Siakha heralds from wreaking havoc along the coast this past season. Strategos receive no funding. Gabrieli spent hours ensuring sufficient numbers and resources, particularly for the terrifying Siakha heralds. They secured herbs to reinvigorate the front lines and liao for anointings and exorcisms. We reward Gabrieli with 11 Thrones for their wisdom and vigilance in proactively protecting our citizens and fighters through planning, preparation, and prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (106-96)
===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Konstantin Rabovich Bolotnikov
* '''Judgement:''' As the Synod's Mistress of Monuments, I ask for 20 Thrones so that I may continue to celebrate and commemorate virtuous events without being limited to only those people with wealthy families or supporters.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-74)
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' Idwyn Splitroot is the Voice of Navarr and an inspiration of Pride for all who attend Navarr Songs and Stories. Let us recognise her service and help her rebuild First Voice Glade School, which was desecrated by the foul scions of Cold Sun, with the reward of 20 Thrones.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (678-464)
* '''Notes:''' While this judgement was upheld, there were no funds available.
===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Solomon of Ebon Halls
* '''Judgement:''' I request a reward of the currently available 29 Thrones from the Virtue fund be awarded to Cyrus of Ebon's Hall so they, with Bloodcrow Rasp, may use these funds to construct a shrine of the Way in Beoraidh, Mareave. These funds will allow us to negotiate the purchase of land and start gathering the required materials. This is foreign land and a chance to start bringing a small nation on our borders into the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (369-476)
===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aspar
* '''Judgement:''' Consequences are the price of Ambition. We have stated clearly that the Synod are willing to pay the cost (Judgement 28, Spring 385YE). We are spreading the Way to Asavea, but this does not come freely. We reward the Imperial Treasury 62 Thrones in recompense for decreased income due to Asavean raiding in the Bay of Catazar. Funds to be disbursed to the Master of the Mint. These funds will ensure our Empire is protected and prosperous while we perform our work in Asavea. Despise the half-hearted, the uncommitted, and the pretender.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1564-138), Full payment made
===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Alvaro i Verena
* '''Judgement:''' Time and time again, the battlefield healer units of Anvil save Imperial lives with their Vigilance and Courage. I seek a Rewarding of 50 Thrones, to be split equally between battlefield healers of every Nation, so that they may continue their good work: Sadiq i Isa i Erigo. Gwain Splitroot, Caz of the Marches, Irontide Flax and Redhand Tutt, Faimia Vesely-Vanek, Nate of the Wychwood Harts, Alethia Wooder, Lambert Shieldwolves and Nora of House Gerys, Tyresisas Ox of Ember's Wake, Bella di Sarvos.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (550-450); no funds available
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
* '''Judgement:''' Lord Alistar de Vere, Oswald Hooped, Marigold Companer, Hypatia Raincourt, Olwyn Pickle, Lord Aubin Gildaryn, and Lord Commander Leonar Gildaryn all of Dawn, along with Twig of Varushka, have shown their complete Loyalty to the defeat of the Schlacta of Rot, also known as the Deadwood Knight, engaging in a trade with a herald of the Whisper Gallery to find the sword required to defeat him and turning themselves in to the Anvil militia, They further showed great Courage, sharing the personal secrets they gave to the herald at their trial, They were fined one Throne each for this crime, and so the General Assembly awards eight thrones total, one for each person.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (448-438); no funds available
===Judgement 112===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Creighton Blackewater
* '''Judgement:''' 86 Imperial citizens proved their virtue by voyaging to Rachensgrab to help slaves who were believed to still remain there. Regardless of the outcome, these brave citizens received no reward for their labour. I ask for 11 Thrones from the virtue fund to be shared equally amongst all who took part. Virtuous work deserves virtuous reward.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (320-238); no funds available
===Judgement 142===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nimue Altair
* '''Judgement:''' I seek a reward of 5 Thrones for Isador Bell, leader of the Smiling Grove, Weaver of Dawn, who has put their life and prosperity forward for the sake of the Empire, and its causes. He has dealt with the threat of the Cold Sun in Bastion, both leading and funding a spring ritual to rid the land of their scourge. He has also forged the wooden pastures to protect our Great Forest Orc allies despite Dawnish tensions.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (408-354), no funds available
===Judgement 153===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ansteia Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' There is more than one way to win a war and gain allies. We ask the Synod to grant Nicassia Avicia of Phoenix Reach 20 Thrones towards the eforts of arming one of the septs in the Sarangrave against the Druj. Let them know that we are not conquerors and warmongers, and that we pay back Loyalty earnt. That we uplift and support our allies in need for the benefit of both.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (614-226), Partial fulfilment (4 crowns 17 rings)

==Special Considerations==
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Autumn Equinox.
<table class='wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable'><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Assembly'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Consideration'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Link'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Duration'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. </td><td>[[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Urizen_Assembly|Urizen Link]], [[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Varushkan_Assembly|Varushka Link]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that stress the need to follow Imperial law rather than virtue will be unlikely to lead to a mandate.</td><td>[[Knocking_on_every_door#A_Paper_Shield|Knocking on every door]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
</table>
==The Virtue Fund==
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:
{|
| ''Closing value at previous summit'' || 29 Thrones, 3 Crowns, 18 Rings ||
|-
| ''Donations'' || 1 Throne, 2 Crowns || Various donations received at the [[Rewarding#Counting Houses|counting house]] of [[Reikos]] prior to the start of the summit
|-
| ''Donations'' || 2 Thrones || Various donations received at the [[Rewarding#Counting Houses|counting house]] of [[Tassato]] prior to the start of the summit
|-
| ''Starting value at this summit'' || 32 Thrones, 5 Crowns, 18 Rings ||
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 20 Thrones || Rewarding to Konstantin Rabovich Bolotnikov following [[#Judgement 13|Judgement 13]] being upheld (a margin of 84).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 11 Thrones || Rewarding to Taddea Giorni following [[#Judgement 11|Judgement 11]] being upheld (a margin of 10).
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 4 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Crowns || Donation by Berith Martel.
|-
| ''Income'' || 60 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 6 Crowns || Donation by Rafael Barossa d'Apulian.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 62 Thrones || Rewarding to Aspar following [[#Judgement 26|Judgement 26]] being upheld (a margin of 1426).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 1 Throne, 2 Crowns, 2 Rings || Rewarding to Alfredo Barossa di Tassato following [[#Judgement 5|Judgement 5]] being upheld (a margin of 318) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || nil || Rewardings to Halwyn Splitroot ([[#Judgement 15|Judgement 15]], margin 214), Alvaro i Verena ([[#Judgement 71|Judgement 71]], margin 100), Creighton Blackewater ([[#Judgement 112|Judgement 112]], margin 82) and Anatolij Paukov Zorkin ([[#Judgement 79|Judgement 79]], margin 10) were upheld, but no funds remained.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Ring || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 11 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 6 Rings || Donation by Protectorate Rile.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 4 Crowns, 17 Rings || Rewarding to Aristeia Starchaser following [[#Judgement 153|Judgement 153]] being upheld (a margin of 388) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || nil || Rewarding to Nimue Altair ([[#Judgement 142|Judgement 142]], margin 54) was upheld, but no funds remained.
|-
| ''Closing value at this summit'' || nil ||
|}

==Doses of True Liao==

Five doses of [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] were disbursed this summit:
* One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as [[the Throne]]
* One dose in connection to the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean University]] to Silvio di Tassato via [[#Judgement 3|Judgement 3]]
* One dose to Idris Eternal by purchase in the [[Public auction|Public Auction]]
* One dose to Eleri Bronwen's Rest by decision of the Gatekeepers
* One dose to Æsa Sigeing by decision of the Gatekeepers

==Assembly Strength==
The table below shows the size, total voting strength and greater majority thresholds for each assembly as calculated at the start of the summit.

{|
! scope="col" style="width: 320px;" | Virtue Assembly
! Assembly Size
! Total Voting Strength
! Greater Majority Threshold
|-
|Ambition || 49 || 578 || 290
|-
|Courage || 36 || 397 || 199
|-
|Loyalty || 71 || 894 || 448
|-
|Pride || 54 || 597 || 299
|-
|Prosperity || 37 || 444 || 223
|-
|Vigilance || 56 || 730 || 366
|-
|Wisdom || 48 || 572 || 287
|-
|The Way || 44 || 519 || 260
|-
|General || 395 || 4731 || 2366
|-
|}

{|
! scope="col" style="width: 320px;" | National Assembly
! Assembly Size
! Total Voting Strength
! Greater Majority Threshold
|-
|Brass Coast || 23 || 267 || 134
|-
|Dawn || 62 || 726 || 364
|-
|Highguard || 66 || 922 || 462
|-
|Imperial Orcs || 7 || 74 || 38
|-
|League || 42 || 556 || 279
|-
|Marches || 27 || 202 || 102
|-
|Navarr || 54 || 636 || 319
|-
|Urizen || 36 || 412 || 207
|-
|Varushka || 37 || 460 || 231
|-
|Wintermark || 41 || 476 || 239
|-
|General || 395 || 4731 || 2366
|-
|}

Court Reports

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[[Category:The Law]]
[[Category:The Empire]]
==Overview==
This page has the court reports for Anvil in recent years. These are updated with new court reports as time goes on. For the most recent court report please refer to in-character publications that carry them or see the militia noticeboard in the Hub.
==Reports from 386YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 386YE
|-
| Blasphemy and heresy || The accused was condemned in Winter 385 ([[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_193|judgement #193]]) for publishing poetry and preaching on the subject of freedom in a manner judged to be blasphemous and heretical. The sentence was lenient, because of 1) the direction given by the condemning priest and 2) the evidence of actual harm caused was slight. || Kennett the Mummer pleaded guilty. || Guilty Fined four thrones || The condemning priest was Sam Wych-Elm. A clemency plea was made by Jedediah Boon on grounds of Pride.
|-
| Slavery || The accused presented an opportunity to the Military Council to purchase slaves for emancipation from the Grendel in Winter 385. This was in clear contravention of the law against purchasing non-imperial slaves. || Atraxes the Imperial War Scout pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined ten thrones. || Atraxes had already stood down as War Scout
|-
| Subverting the Agencies of the State || The accused forced the Sentinel Gate for a minor conjunction without the permission of the person named responsible by the Civil Service, who was Mortarion Carver, Castellan of Spiral Castle. The skirmish in question was to defeat the *Broken Errant* and their warband, who were threatening Weirwater. The crime was witnessed by Algernon Berinore. The accused first asked the permission of the Castellan, and was refused, before passing through the Sentinel Gate regardless. The senator's clemency defence was weakened as he was unable to explain why he thought the defence organised by the Castellan would be insufficient. Given his clearly admitted intent, and the graveness of a senator illegally impinging on the rightful responsibilities of another, the crime was treated very seriously. || Ser Lucan Mortére, Senator Weirwater, pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined 15 thrones || A clemency plea by Killian Mortére on grounds of Ambition
|-
| Assault (Leo), Assault and Mayhem (Tongs) || Syrio of la Berta Rossa, formerly of the family Barossa, was attacked by the two accused, when returning through the Sentinel Gate. Gabriel, Marcus and Rodrigo Barossa were also reported to be present. The victim was said to have sent Tongs a cursed necklace, causing her to commit harm to her loved ones. Tongs and Syrio attempted to fight each other; Leo Barossa made an effort to hold back Syrio while Gabriel Barossa tried to restrain Tongs. Leo was more successful, but only by attacking Syrio. Tongs struck down Syrio and carved a message into his arm, which persisted after healing. || Leo Barossa, Samantha 'Tongs' Barossa both pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Leo was fined one crown. Tongs was fined ten thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Alfredo Barossa di Tassato on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Treason || The accused approached the proxy for the Grandmaster of the Unfettered Mind and requested a casting of the Spring ritual *Merciless Wrath of the Reaver*, with the Boon of Siakha. This was an offer made by the Maelstrom to grant additional effects to the ritual; however, the Empress of Sharks was under enmity and so the taking-up of such a boon would be treasonous. The accused returned the following day to make the request again, at which time the proxy Grandmaster was accompanied by two militia officers posing as coven members. Once the accused had paid over the mana crystals and tempest jade required for the ritual, he was arrested. He pled guilty, and under questioning at trial established that he had made no effort whatsoever to seek a legal route to perform the ritual; it was also established that he made no effort to seek alternate paths to Prosperity for himself or his military unit. He had clear advance warning from the Civil Service about the illegal nature of the ritual. Between this and his returning on the second day for the ritual, he had clear intent. As a result, he was sentenced to execution. || Whisper pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Rhisiart Dancewalker on grounds of Prosperity
|-
| Murder || The accused were all involved in planning and organising a series of murders of Grendel rivals and subordinates of (then) Salt Lord Kalliact which took place in Spiral in Autumn and Winter 384YE. The purpose of these murders was to clear the way for Kalliact to make a treaty with the Senate for Spiral to rejoin the Empire. Kalliact was the originator of the plan, Lachlan presented the plan to the Imperial conspirators. The imperials all helped to plan or coordinate the two missions, with Andronikos also being present on the missions. At trial the accused all argued that their actions, while illegal, were strongly in the Imperial interest and that it had resulted in the return of Spiral to the Empire. As a matter of law magistrates are required to take into account the Imperial interest as a factor in sentencing and accepted that the Imperial interest had been served in this case. It is to be noted that the leadership of the missions themselves, by Hector of Tropaion Citadel, were subject to significantly more judicial criticism due to the way in which they were actually carried out. || Merchant Prince Kalliact, Lachlan Apulian, Imperial Consul Jarrigk, Warmage Andronikos of the Lighthouse at Nikephoros, and Spyridonakes of the Lighthouse at Nikephoros all pleaded guilty || Guilty. They were collectively fined 30 thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Rafael Barossa using the Imperial favour to claim the mercy of the Empress on behalf of Jarrigk, Andronikos and Spyridonakes on the grounds of Ambition. A clemency plea was made by Estella Lucati for Kalliact on the grounds of Ambition. A clemency plea was made by Lepidina for Lachlan on grounds of Prosperity.
|-
|}
==Reports from 385YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 385YE
|-
| Contravening a Declaration of Interdiction || The accused cast the interdicted ritual Whispering Shadow Courtiers at the request of her coven in Summer 385. She was not present at the Autumn summit but came to confess at the Winter summit. She cooperated fully and provided information on her coven. She did not complete any of the tasks set by the Whisper Gallery. || Cordelia Assumpta Cordina di Cello-Gribaldi pleaded guilty with no clemency. || Guilty Fined one throne ||
|-
| Treason || The accused was selling sausages, some of which were poisoned and others which were made with human meat and cursed by Blood on the Snow. The accused confessed to being a cultist of this eternal, by the sobriquet of “Voice in the Pines”. || Alphonse di Sausage of Voice in the Pines pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined all the money in their possession (249 rings) and then executed.||
|-
| Contravening a Declaration of Interdiction || The accused made and used an interdicted item, a Shackle of the Unvirtuous in order to allow him to sleep without nightmares. If he had not done so he would not have been able to function or to serve his people. He had explored many other avenues to avoid this crime. || Konstantin Bolotinikov pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Martin Orchard
|-
| Aiding and abetting Slavery || Vuk the Wolfeater was investigated for handing over a child of his vale to his sovereign. Persuasive testimony was heard from the adopted parents of General Ash, a child who returned from the care of this sovereign, having had a strange and magical apprenticeship and upbringing. All accounts were that Ash was strongly raised in virtue – a powerful indication that the arrangement was not one of slavery. || Vuk the Wolfeater attended a witness hearing. || It was determined that there is no case to answer. ||
|-
| Treason || The two accused were variously involved in the planning, facilitating and casting of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. This ritual, as a known and predictable effect, greatly increases the ease with which Day heralds of eternals not under Enmity can enter the Empire. Both accused admitted that at the time of the casting they knew this would permit easier access for the heralds of Cold Sun, which had declared and demonstrated its intent to attack the Empire, but the casting proceeded nevertheless. The accused therefore ‘aided Eternals [...] to act against the interests of the Empire’, in accordance with the definition of Treason. Evidence and expert testimony from multiple sources including Grandmaster Shuttered Lantern, Proxy Archmage Day and Imperial Seer demonstrated that the accused had ample warning of the threat, that the accused Archmage Day passed up opportunities to declare Enmity against the threat, and that the accused pushed ahead without heed to the grave risks. Both accused were fully cooperative with the investigation. The accused Anthemius Netherwatch, the ritual coordinator, had demonstrated contrition through his actions following the casting, most notably in having a Declaration of Sorcery brought forward against himself. This was taken into consideration for his sentencing. large number of other covens and magicians of Urizen participated in the casting. They were also investigated, but they were not tried as the Magistrate determined that due to the assurances of the accused, the participants’ responsibility did not rise above the level of negligence. At the request of Magistrate Tuomisbarn, the presiding Magistrate, a Denunciation was delivered by Magistrate Abraham against the Conclave and its leadership. Under the terms of the Imperial Constitution the Conclave exists to ‘ensure the fit and proper use of magic.’ The Conclave appointed Gralka as Archmage of Day, and passed a declaration encouraging the casting of Omnihedron rituals. After Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths was cast, the Conclave elected not to endorse the casting of the ritual, but also elected not to replace the Archmage. Abraham highlighted Conclave’s unique constitutional exemption from Synod oversight and the roots of that exemption in the early Empire’s belief that its Magicians could be trusted to regulate their own affairs. Abraham reminded the assembled, speaking as the Head of the Constitutional Court, that this was an exemption that was subject to change should the Senate will it and the Throne approve it. || Skywise Gralka, Archmage of Day, pleaded guilty Anthemius Netherwatch Custodian of the Lost, pleaded guilty || Both were found guilty. Skywise Gralka, was sentenced to a fine of 150 thrones (to be paid by midday Saturday of the Spring Equinox. Anthemius Netherwatch was sentenced to a fine of 30 thrones || A clemency plea was made by Herminius of the House of the Wanderer, Arbiter of the Four Winds, on grounds of Ambition for Skywise Gralka. A clemency plea was made by Rafael Barossa di Apulian, Grandmaster Sevenfold Path, for Anthemius Netherwatch on ground of Pride.
|-
| Appeal against conviction for Subverting the agencies of the State || The conviction of Bohemond De Rondell for Subverting the agencies of the State in Autumn 385 was overturned on appeal. He was prosecuted for refusing to attend his inquisition but in fact this was his second inquisition of that summit and so he was not required in law to attend. || Bohemond De Rondell || The fine of eight thrones returned. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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|+ Autumn Equinox 385YE
|-
| Assault || The accused struck Archibald Flowers of House Castellan leaving him injured and in need of medical attention. The strike was the culmination of a disagreement between them regarding the Iron Helms. || Christafano of House Castellan pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined five crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Decimus Heywood of House De Britia
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Faewel Novoia after being insighted by him, striking him once with a spear. || Thane Skoll Shieldbane pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Attempted Murder || The accused attempted to murder Landon Harcomb. His motive was his belief that the victim had been involved in the recent bourse auction in which the prices were fixed. He wanted to send a message to the bourse before their next auction. || Percy Blackleaf pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined twenty five thrones and a Freezing Brand of Irremais at own expense. || A clemency plea was made by Lindeer Thornheart on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Murder || The accused assassinated Adòn 'The Mithril Man' Martàn in a front of a plethora of witnesses. They then ran to the Marches for sanctuary and assaulted their clemency priest before fleeing and then being arrested. || Winty and Wulf of Varushka both pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Mass murder || The accused organised two missions through the Sentinel Gate to murder a total of thirty five foreigners (Grendel). The first mission was to kill some Grendel slavers and rescue some slaves. The slaves were former urizen children made into child soldiers. When they tried to bring the children back the children resisted and so they executed them. Following the mission Hector concealed what happened and swore the others to secrecy. He then organised a second mission to kill a rival of Salt Lord Kalliact and their associates. They did so, executing them all, including some unknown humans who attempted to run. Note: Investigations to identify and prosecute others who are culpable for these murders are in progress. || Hector of Tropaion pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Vigilance, Courage and Loyalty.
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 385YE
|-
| Murder || The accused led a rescue mission into the Barrens to fight “tortured souls” – foreign humans twisted by the Druj. The accused expected to be able to take these people through the Sentinel Gate and when they could not ordered the execution of at least one foreigner who was under a powerful courage aura. Expert testimony from the High Exorcist confirmed that had the Druj recaptured the victim a dangerous force would have arisen. No punishment was levied because the magistrate judged that the accused had been placed in an impossible position. || Achseh of the Sentinel Tower and Jared of Sentinel Tower both pleaded guilty. || Guilty. No punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Brother Jared
|-
| Mass murder || The accused was involved in a dispute with a family over a trinket. The accused bargained with a powerful magical entity in a lake in Weirwater to kill the person with the locket. However this deal lead to more and more deaths near the lake, ultimately killing everyone who remained in the town. || Arthur Fisher pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Theft || The first accused was caught by the militia while fleeing from the scene of their crime. They were found with a metallic apple in their possession that had been stolen from Owain Farkas. They implicated the second accused as having asked them to steal it. || (1) Breckan Stormbroke and (2) Tristan Whiteblade. Both pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Brand Thorn Fang agreed compensation with the victim of one throne and the magistrate accepted this arrangement ||
|-
| Possession and supply of controlled substances or item || The accused and her coven performed the Ephisis' Scale ritual, which returned eight doses of an unknown substance. As is their normal practice, they auctioned the dose on the condition that the buyer identify the substance and report back. The buyer paid one throne and later identified the substance as Bite. Sofia turned herself in at the Summer Solstice and surrendered the remaining seven doses. || Sofia i Del'Toro i Riqueza pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two thrones. || Sofia’s honesty provided the Militia with valuable information regarding a new source of Bite. The magistrates will provide her with a five throne reward.
|-
| Assault || The accused was bodyguarding Merchant Prince Kaliact when the victim, Ariadne approached too close to his principal. He warned her to step back but she did not (she was attempting issue a pronouncement of doom). He then struck her down by cleaving her leg in order to protect his principal. || Carado di Apulian pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Valentina Von Temeschwar on grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Murder || A group of Marchers and Highborn went to Bregasland to meet with Bushell Sykes, a known traitor and confidante of Mathilda Fisher. Sykes was expecting a fight but the group instead requested a parlay. After speaking at length in an attempt to turn him against Fisher, Sykes motioned towards a weapon at his hip, having stated that either he died there or continued his war against the Empire. Sykes called out to the accused to “do it” and the accused killed him. The presiding magistrate’s view was that there was some uncertainty over the legal status of Sykes and so held a trial to openly examine the evidence. || General Amberlain P. Black pleaded guilty || Found guilty at trial but no punishment was levied. Post script: Sykes was designated as a barbarian prior to the Spring 385YE summit for fighting for the Jotun, so in law General Amberlain is considered not guilty. || A clemency plea was made by Edmund of Barrowby
|-
| Assault || The accused was hired by three unknown Dawnish men to cleave the leg of a citizen whom they had a grudge against. The accused cleaved him in both the torso and chest, and told him not to come back through the labyrinth before leaving him. || Aaron Thornweaver pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne || A clemency plea was made by Neala Blackhawk on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Treason || The accused contacted the Whisper Gallery in a ritual and consulted with the eternal. Beinon states he did not know what was happening, however a number of witnesses corroborated that he was present during the ritual and knew exactly what was hapenning. || (1) Mila Jellick and (2) Beinon Tanglehorn. Mila pleaded guilty Beinon pleaded not guilty. || Both were found guilty. Mila Jellick was fined six thrones. Beinon was sentenced to death by execution. || A clemency plea was made for Mila Jellick on grounds of Courage
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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|+ Spring Equinox 385YE
|-
| (1) Assault (twice) (2) Subverting the agencies of the state, resisting arrest and contempt of court (3) Subverting the agencies of the state, resisting arrest and contempt of court || During Marcher rough music at the Military Council Sam Wych was witnessed striking Constable Maximus of the Crystal Skies and Magistrate Avedon De Remourics with an implement, casting the paralyse spell. Allis Thorne and Sally Baker entered the Military Council and claimed right of witness. Allis is not a Synod member and has no right of witness. Sally and Allis were both excessively noisy, in breach of the legal requirements of witness. They were ordered to leave by the Herald of the Council. They refused to leave and told Magistrate Kuura Tuomisbarn to arrest them. Once they were arrested they were taken to the Militia tent where the rough music continued. They absconded in the confusion and evaded the pursuing militia long enough to claim sanctuary in the Marcher camp. Militia efforts to recover them after this time were rebuffed by the Marchers. Sam presented themself very late that night and the others the next day. || (1) Sam Wych pleaded guilty (2) Allis Thorne pleaded guilty (3) Sally Baker pleaded guilty to the first two charges and not guilty to contempt of court|| (1) Guilty. Sentenced to a year long curse of the Dreamscape of the Endless Hunt (2) Guilty of the first two charges and not guilty of contempt of court Sentenced to a year long curse of the Freezing Brand of Irremais (3) Guilty of the first two charges and not guilty of contempt of court. Sentenced to a year long curse of the Freezing Brand of Irremais They were all also fined 65 thrones for which they were jointly liable. || A clemency plea was made by Friar Rosemary Stamp on behalf of Sam Wych. A clemency plea was made by Duncan Ashhill on behalf of Aliss Thorn. A clemency plea was made by Jebediah Boon on behalf of Sally Baker They were also required to pay the mana cost of their curses.
|-
| Supplying Bite and Treason (dealing with the Druj) || Following a lengthy undercover operation Lukash was arrested for dealing bite. When he was arrested a large amount of extremely incriminating correspondence between Lukash and the Vyig was found on his person. Lukash admitted being the leader of a group dealing bite. During the operation he had been witnessed leading this group and arranging for the purchase of bite. The correspondence showed that he was in League with both the Vyig and the Druj, and that the Vyig were using Drusila's Obelus as part of this arrangement. Lukash claimed that he was in fact working undercover for the militia all along. He claimed his handler was Victor, a former Head of Intelligence. However, Victor died many years ago and when challenged, Lukash admitted that he had not attempted to make contact with the militia during the intervening years. || Lukash Biessek von Temeschwar pleaded guilty to both charges. || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Father Drakov on the grounds of Courage.
|-
| Possession of Bite || Nico was witnessed in possession of one dose of bite, given to him by Lukash. || Nico von Temeschwar of the Crimson Reapers pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne ||
|-
| Dealing of Bite || A Cambion was selling bite in the Golden Goat in the League. The militia therefore followed up on this undercover. They purchased bite from the Cambion Aloysius di Sarvos of the league. The suspect revealed their supplier and returned with them for trial. || Aloysius di Sarvos and Julie, (last name not recorded, believed to be the sister of Patches). || Guilty Each were fined two thrones. || A clemency plea was made on behalf of both on the grounds of Vigilance.
|-
| Contempt of Court || The Archmage refused to hand over a Crown of Agramant when ordered to do so. The crown is under interdiction due to the enmity of its maker. The basis of the clemency plea was that the crown was given during a parley with Wise Rangara and previously Rangara had blighted the Marches for spurning a gift, so voluntarily handing it over would risk similar consequences. The crown was removed from the Archmage and destroyed. || Ematius of the Library of Ankarion, Archmage of Winter, pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne || A clemency plea was made by Martin Orchard on the grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Idolatry || The accused, a vate, went on a conjunction to provide advice regarding heralds. There was a herald of Tharim who was holding a number of Marchers. Their release was secured but the life of the herald was in jeopardy and the accused interceded in order to allow the herald to leave. In doing so the accused offered their soul to the herald. This was refused by the herald, but they said they would accept their service instead. || Morwenna Withered Rose pleaded guilty || Guilty. Sentenced to a year long curse of the Freezing Brand of Irremais || The condemning priest was Silas of the Cenotaph. A clemency plea was made by Brynn Tendfallen on the grounds of Loyalty.
|-
|}

==Reports from 384YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 384YE
|-
| Theft || The accused were contracted by the Di Tutamen family to go to Syrene’s Wisdom and collect magical water from there without leaving any witnesses.They collected a number of vials of water and while they were there rescued some miners who had been injured and trapped. They then reported what they had done to the militia. || Zoraida I Caballo and Corwyn I Cabello pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three thrones || The fine was paid in compensation to the representative of the holder of Syrene’s Wisdom.
|-
| Murder || The accused executed a downed imperial citizen on the battlefield who was in the process of being arrested by the militia. This unknown citizen had been caught fighting alongside the Druj. There was no immediate threat posed by the victim and the Druj had already been pushed back from the immediate area. Furthermore the accused knew that the victim was an imperial citizen and acted anyway. || Finnan of Meliora in Dawn plead guilty || Guilty. Fined 27 thrones which was paid into the Dawnish war chest via the egregore. || A clemency plea was made by Lady Caudine duLac on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Sorcery and treason || The accused was caught working alongside the Druj in the Barrens. He said that he made a deal with the Druj to avoid death . In return he provided information of hidden Imperial holdouts in the Barrens and used his Winter magic against the Empire. The accused was declared a sorcerer by the Conclave in Winter 380YE. || Renée de Loire plead guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Anabelle Beaugarden of House Castellan on grounds of Prosperity
|-
| Perverting the course of justice || The accused was witnessed interacting with the Whisper Gallery although it is unknown what was discussed. The accused’s memories relating to the Whisper Gallery were magically hidden or removed by either a Tulpa or ritual. The magistrate drew an adverse inference from the conduct of the accused - namely that they deliberately hid these memories to try to avoid justice. || Alfiar of Carta Noturno plead guilty || Guilty Death by execution || A clemency plea was made by Genoveva Barossa di Tassato
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered a slave trader called Boriggard De Percy at a wedding outside of Anvil. The accused had arrested Boriggard after he admitted to trading slaves to the Druj. However, their position was overrun by Druj before he could be taken to the nearest magistrate. The accused was faced with the snap second decision to either let them go or execute them and chose the latter. || Gabriel Barossa plead guilty || Guilty. Branded for a year with Freezing Brand of Irremais. || A clemency plea was made by Genoveva Barossa di Tassato
|-
|}

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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
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|+ Autumn Equinox 384YE
|-
| Idolatry || The condemned, an Asavean refugee, was accused of worshipping gods and refusing to convert to the way. The Court found that they had been private in their worship – just like the vast majority of foreigners present in the Empire. As no harm to the Empire was established, the punishment followed suit. || Legate Glaucia Heminia plead guilty || Guilty. Fined one ring. || A clemency plea was made by Skywise Rykana on grounds of Wisdom The [[384YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_31|condemnation]] was upheld during the Autumn Equinox 384YE
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Voidan Silou of Dawn with a weapon, striking him with a powerful blow. This was because the victim told his sister that House Orzell are dickheads. The fine was increased due both to his position and the fact he did it with forethought and knowledge of illegality. || Valentin Orzell pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Gaspar de Tassato Regario for insulting him, despite being warned not to do so. The fine was increased due both to his position and the fact he did it with forethought and knowledge of illegality. || Veikko Bondforger pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined one throne. || A clemency plea was made by Aethelric the Grounded of Sigehold Hall
|-
| Treason || The accused cursed a Faraden citizen, Altin Valtar, after being accused of cheating at cards (See 384 Spring Court Reports). The curse prevented the victim from communicating. Expert witness Ulric Vernof of Winter Spire gave evidence that the curse was consistent with the methodology of the Whisper Gallery and that it is not castable by one person. The accused claimed she won the curse in a card game from a Herald of Lashonar but could not describe the Herald, how the curse was transferred or how she cast it given she claimed to have no magical power. The Court inferred that the accused was attempting to conceal a treasonous interaction with the Whisper Gallery. || Mockingbird the mountebank of Sarvos pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Slavery and assault || The accused, a Faraden citizen transported Mockingbird of Sarvos to Anvil for trial on suspicion of treason. Mockingbird was kept in multiple heavy chains for days and had been extensively beaten while bound. These facts were not disputed. The Court found that their treatment of the prisoner was disproportionate and far exceeded what was reasonable for lawful custody to such a sustained extent that it was deemed slavery. || Altin Valtar pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined twenty thrones ||
|-
| Attempted Murder || The accused attempted to murder Veikko Bondforger both on Saturday night and Sunday morning. He claimed to have done this because he believed the victim to be Ratibor reborn and therefore must be killed. He said that if he were released he would continue his attempts to kill the victim. || Alexander Bentakuv pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution||
|-
| Murder || Descartese of Urizen was mortally wounded, on the battlefield. His deeply held Ambition was that he should die cleanly by the sword, not a lingering death in his bed. He called for his friend, Aurum, and after gathering further friends and colleagues of Urizen (including Philostrate, his Egregore) to witness that this was done well and without deceit, Aurum solemnly carried out the task.It was clear from the investigation that none had understood the legal implications of such an act – that a citizen cannot consent to their own death and that the law does not concern itself with how many moments that citizen had left to live. || Aurum of the Nightingale Temple of Urizen plead guilty. || Guilty. Fined two thrones || A clemency plea was made by Lenarius Ankarien on grounds of Loyalty One throne of the fine was given to the egregore to spend on something to remember the Ambition of Aurum to the people of Urizen.
|-
| Murder || The two accused, along with Brother Geoffrey Orchard of Pickham Monastery all received identical letters from Jodeya Watiker di Tassato Mestra inviting them to a secret meeting at a bar in Kahraman to discuss “mutual interests”. All three used a conjunction during this summit to take up the offer.They met with Jodeya, who revealed she was working for Blood on the Snow and that she wished to become his Herald. She gave the visitors three choices: To kill Jodeya there and then, to kill her (unnamed) companion, or to leave, in which case more letters would be sent until someone was found who would do it. It didn't seem to matter to Jodeya which murder was committed. Either would make the eternal “happy”. There appeared to be no discussion about any “mutual interests”, Brother Geoffrey withdrew and returned to Anvil, apparently to buy time for the others to learn more. At a moment when the bar was empty both the accused murdered Jodeya and escaped before the barkeep returned. Both handed themselves in to the militia. The court was content that Vigilance had guided them to commit the murder, but was not convinced that it was the correct choice. || Agnes Tapinson of the Woven Saplings of Navarr and Decimus Starchaser of Starchaser Spire of Urizen both pleaded guilty || Guilty, fined 5 thrones each. || A clemency plea was made by Brother Martin Orchard on behalf of Agnes Tapinson on grounds of Vigilance. A clemency plea was made by Lochias of Oblivions Edge on behalf of Decimus Starchaser on grounds of Vigilance. The court further warned them that if they accept any form of boon from Blood on the Snow as reward for their deed then they would face a charge of treason.
|-
| Attempted Murder || On Saturday night of the summit Mathilda Fisher, came to Anvil under a flag of peace to make her demands regarding Bregasland. She met with representatives of the Empire at the Senate building and a large crowd of Marchers gathered to protest.The accused conspired with Tomothy Crowle to break through the security cordon around the meeting and try to kill her. Thanks to the vigilance of the Senate Guard and Militia the attack failed and both were arrested. Tomothy was healed from his wounds and then released to the Marcher mob but later died, having “popped his stitches”. || Jacob Fenner formerly of Bregasland and a citizen of the Marches pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined five thrones to be paid via the magistrates to the Marcher warchest and a voluntary Freezing Brand of Irremais. || A clemency plea was made by Sister Meredith of the Boundaryfolk on grounds of Loyalty
|}

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|+ Summer Solstice 384YE
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the State || The accused seconded two senate motions in Winter 383YE by mistake. || Rhisiart Dancewalker pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined five thrones.||
|-
| Blasphemy || The accused was condemned for being dedicated to Hatred on two occasions and for the promotion of the false virtue of hatred. They were previously a member of Santana’s ‘purity’ cult and claimed they were acting alone undercover. || Zaccai of Urizen plead guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Raphael i Zamora i Riqueza did not find virtue in his acts.
|-
| Assault || The accused was acting as Field Marshal on the battlefield. They instructed Clive Feathers Rest to engage the enemy but he collected more arrows instead. An ill-tempered disagreement ensured and the accused struck and wounded the victim. || Sidlore de Gauvin AKA “Captain Charge” pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined six crowns || A clemency plea was made by Estienne de Gauvin on grounds of Loyalty Four crowns from the fine were directed to be contributed to Dawn’s warchest
|-
|}

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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 384YE
|-
| Assault || The accused was taunted by Zachary of Enlightenment Spire. He retorted by cleaving Zachary in the torso. || Ezekiel of Adina’s Charge pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined six crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Josephineos of Adina’s Charge on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Impersonating a militia officer, attempted assault || The accused used an invalid militia sash to impersonate a militia officer and infiltrate the security cordon around visiting Grendel envoys. In Winter 383 he had been convicted for impersonating a militia officer, assault and theft when he led an attack on the Grendel. It was the view of the Court that his intent was to attack and rob the Grendel. He was identified as being the culprit in multiple other reports of militia impersonation. He claimed that he was forced to commit his crimes by others but he then refused to name them or otherwise cooperate. || Ban Shattersong of Navarr pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death. || A clemency plea was made by Silk Splitterspear on grounds of testing the Vigilance of the militia. The severe punishment was due to the convict’s multiple repeat offences, his contempt for the judicial process and his lies when questioned.
|-
| Contempt of Court || In Winter 383 at Anvil the accused gave an order to invest his army ‘The Bounders’ at Whittle and, among other things, prevent non-marcher magistrates and militia from enacting the trials ordered by the Synod for heresy and blasphemy. In doing so he impeded the proper operation of the legal process. The magistrate was forced to conscript many of the Bounders as there were insufficient militia available fitting Black Jack’s criteria. || General Ciaphas "Black Jack" Decker pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined eighteen thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Sam of The Mourn on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Assault and attempted mayhem (and encouraging thereof) || The first accused assaulted a mountebank known as ‘Mockingbird’ and attempted to cut out their tongue. Concerned citizens nearby prevented this. The victim left Anvil before they could be questioned. The first accused claimed that the victim cheated them in a card game in a Navarr wayhouse two weeks before the winter summit 383. When the accused called out the cheat the wayhouse returned their money but the victim then cursed Altam so that they were unable to communicate. The curse was eventually removed and Altam was advised by Chikoran at the Faraden embassy that they should seek vengeance against Mockingbird by cutting out their tongue. || Seeker Altam Baatan and their Priest Chikoran, both of Faraden, pleaded guilty with no clemency. || Guilty. Fined five thrones. ||
|-
| Theft || The accused stole a bowl of change from the Printers Guild. When caught they confessed to their crime but were unable to return the stolen funds (estimated by them to be about two crowns) as they had already been spent. || Donotevaly de Temeschwar and Journabo de Temeschwar pleaded guilty with no clemency. || Guilty. Fined two thrones || One throne of the fine was returned as compensation to the victims.
|-
| Treason (Dealing with an eternal under enmity||The accused was investigated after warning the Conclave that he had sacrificed his family for winter power. This was a legally and factually complex case involving identity evidence, night magic that can transfer memories, a tent of skin and bone made from the accused’s family members, Sydanjaa and the eternal Blood on the Snow. Ultimately, the court determined that the accused had most likely effected a deal with Blood on the Snow many years ago. The court accepts that they did not realise who they were dealing with and that the exact circumstances were ambiguous and so chose to be lenient. ||Talvekani of the Circle of Zulgan-Tash pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Fined twenty five thrones || A deduction of two thrones was made for expenses incurred.
|-
|}
==Reports from 383YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 383YE
|-
| Attempted Murder, Assault || The accused assaulted the victim with intent to kill in Therunin prior to the winter summit. The victim is believed to have been a member of the Heirs of Terunael and dedicated to the false virtue of vengeance. The accused was stopped in their attack by others and the victim was healed. The victim was killed in a later unrelated incident and a number of their possessions were found to be hallowed to vengeance. The accused handed themselves in. || Georg of Broken Bough pleaded guilty. || Guilty. No punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Rhishart Dancewalker on grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Assault || The accused, while possessed by the spirit of his ancestor, launched an unprovoked assault against the victim inside the orc camp. Prior to the attack he yelled “You look like a fish I want to eat you”. The victim was of naga lineage. || Grud the unchained pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns ||
|-
| Treason || The accused, during a skirmish against the Jotun, was asking the fallen Jotun if they thought they had done enough to cross the Abyss. One replied they had not and the accused healed him on his promise that he would not take up arms against the empire again. The others he left. A complaint was raised by General Crolle (who led the skirmish) and who ordered him not to heal the enemy. The main basis of the clemency plea was that it is virtuous to help others to achieve virtue. || Sagramore de Gauvin pleaded guilty. || Guilty. No punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Skywise Tulva, Cardinal of the Way, on the grounds of Courage Sagramore de Gauvain did say that he had agreed with Skywise Tulva to raise this issue with the Synod and attempt to develop an Imperial policy.
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered the victim, Obadiah, at Upwold before the winter summit. They were searching for missing children, directly implicating Obadiah in the deaths of said children. The remains of children were found, including a bow crafted of human bones and winter magic. Details of the possible rituals used by Obadiah will be passed to the Conclave. || Wyatt Longbrook and Bree Talbot pleaded guilty. || Guilty. No punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Brother Martin Orchard on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Theft, assault, impersonating a militia officer || The accused were identified among about a dozen Navarr who attacked and robbed the imperial Fleetmaster Esteban I Del Rio Blanco I Guerra who was accompanying a Grendel delegation in Anvil under a flag of peace in order to trade. They also admitted to impersonating a militia officer as part of their line of work in order to gain trust. The amount stolen was of about a dozen thrones in value. Magistrate Cooper will be asking Skywise Fal, the Imperial Consul and Esteban I Guerra if they wish to file civil cases as both citizens recompensed the Grendel for the items stolen. || Three members of the Blackscar of Navarr, including Baniel Whisperoot, pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined ten crowns||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Grud the unchained in the Orc fighting pit following a verbal confrontation following the loss of his compatriot. Grud did not want to press charges. || Irontide Skagg || It was determined that there is no case to answer. ||
|-
| Attempted murder and assault || The victim, Santana, was approached by four Navarr including the two accused. Ravada proclaimed Santana was a heretic. Santana was insighted and found to be dedicated to the false virtue of purity. The accused assaulted Santana and also Finna of the Brass Coast when she tried to defend her. Events then moved to the Hub where Adeaphon attempted to murder Santana. || Ravadi Lonestrider and Adeaphon of Stormbrook Striding of Navarr plead guilty || Guilty. Fined five thrones || A clemency plea was made by Hwyl Summercrow on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Sale of Bite || The accused sold ten bite to Cynestan of Wintermark when they met in the Boars Head in Navarr. || Tamme von Holberg pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined ten thrones. ||
|-
| Possession of Bite || The accused bought ten doses of bite from Tamme von Holburg. The accused was clearly a severe bite addict and it was accepted that this was for personal use. || Cynestan of Wintermark pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Heresy, Abuse of Powers and Blasphemy || The accused was condemned by the Brass Coast National assembly for the religious crimes of heresy, excommunication without a writ, anointing citizens to Hatred, and spreading the false virtues of Purity and Hate. || Santana of the Kohan pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Assault || A Navarri citizen assaulted a marcher after being antagonised at Kings Stoke before the summit. || The Navarri pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined two crowns ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 383YE
|-
| Murder || The accused was identified as the murderer of Celuria Silvertongue by use of Whispers through the black gate on the victim. The accused then confessed to murdering Celuria because of her testimony against the Hallowed Order (of which they were both members). The accused believed that the victim’s actions had resulted in the executions of three members of the order. When the accused met with Celuria to parley about this she claimed to have killed her because she believed that Celuria intended her harm. || Coira i Kemem i Guerra pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Multiple assaults || The accused were arrested after attacking Veikko, Cardinal of Loyalty, and Jerrasto and Raphael of the Gilded Horn Carta. One of these assaults was witnessed in the Hub by the Militia and the attackers were arrested. The accused committed suicide by use of pre-prepared ritual magic before investigations were concluded. However, questioning continued after death by use of magic and their responses indicated that they were followers of vengeance. Symbols of vengeance were also worn on their person). || Two Faraden who refused to supply their names. || The accused committed suicide. ||
|-
| Possession and supply of Bite. || The accused was arrested by the militia in the sewers beneath Cargo in possession of a large quantity of Bite. He confessed to having sold bite on behalf of his mistress. He claimed this was only under duress: threats had been made against his family. He did accept that he profited by doing so. || Ilzio of Temeschwar pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined five thrones and branded with a “B” || A clemency plea was made by Tiana i Zidan i Riqueza on the grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Contempt of Court || The accused both engaged in a conspiracy to deceive: namely they falsely claimed that the Ambassador to the Iron Confederacy had authorised Lord Colwyn de Rondel to act as his proxy. Both accused confessed their crime to the magistrate at an early stage. || Lord Colwyn de Rondell and Ilya Nikovich Volkov both pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined six thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Skywise Gralka on behalf of Lord Colwynn de Rondell. A clemency plea was made by Meris of the Vale of Lost Souls on behalf of Ilya Nikovich Volkov
|-
| Murder || The accused was discovered holding a knife and standing over the body of the victim, Spiteful Dross. He fled the scene upon seeing the militia coming to investigate. At trial he claimed that he ran because he was angry at the death of his friend. || Mr Williams pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Attempting to subvert the agencies of the state || The accused admitted seconding two motions at the same summit. The speaker of the senate required another second to be found before the motion could be put to the senate. || Baal, Senator for Bastion, pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined five thrones. ||
|-
| Treason || The accused used the ritual “Tribute to the thrice cursed court” to “destroy” a coven stone that he had obtained illegally and that he believed presented a threat to the Empire. He claimed that he was ignorant that enmity had recently been declared against Skathe, thus rendering the use of this ritual treason. The expert evidence from Brother Martin was that the use of this ritual would not guarantee the object’s destruction. Note that the accused could also or alternatively have been charged with contravening a declaration of interdiction. || Warrakine Ashenhide Arch of the Copperhill Monastery pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Albert Fuggestone Copperhill on grounds of Prosperity
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 383YE
|-
| Criminal damage and assault (aiding and abetting) || The accused raised a judgement (Spring 383/14) to incite citizens to desecrate the works of Almodin Oktistis. The resultant mobs caused substantial damage to these works. In Tassato the mob broke into the Imperial Mint and engaged with the Mint Guard, causing a number of non-fatal injuries and extensive damage to Lorenzo’s Legacy of Ambition. || Rafael Barossa di Tassato pleaded guilty to both charges. || Guilty of criminal damage No punishment. Guilty of assault. Fined one throne.|| A clemency plea was made by Astrid Fjellrevening Rezia di Tassato, the Cardinal of Pride. No direction was made with regards to any potential civil claims arising from this crime, potential claimants should speak to Magistrate Cooper.
|-
| Mayhem || The accused carried out a skein reading upon Leofric Baerson who then broke their oath not to reveal the results. The accused demanded that Leofric be cut as punishment, and this took the form of destroying Leofric’s left eye, without consent. It was not possible for physicians to save the eye and it is believed that magical methods are now required. || Keston of Wintermark pleaded guilty. || Guilty. The accused is required, at his own expense, to arrange for Leofric’s eye to be healed by the end of the Autumn Summit or face further punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Leofric Baerson on grounds of Wisdom
|-
| Heresy and Abuse of powers || The accused preached heresy against the Imperial Orcs for two hours outside their camp. Evidence was presented that she did so under an aura of hatred, which appeared to have spontaneously manifested. The accused raised the judgement of condemnation against themselves and argued at trial that they should be executed while excommunicated. The abuse of powers related to the accused raising a judgement of inquisition against herself. It was noted by the Court that while priests have done this previously, it is the first occasion that the Synod have chosen to act against the practice since the death of Empress Britta. || Medea Ruth pleaded guilty to both charges. || Guilty of abuse of powers. Fined 25 thrones. Guilty of heresy Death by execution. || The condemning priest for heresy was the accused. The condemning priest for abuse of powers was Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun. A clemency plea was made by Ed Watcher. The court requested the removal of the accused’s excommunication prior to execution and this was carried out.
|-
| Murder || The accused was engaged in a power struggle with the victim, Tuirkane Cordraco, over the future direction of their noble house. The accused defeated the victim in the glory square but this did not resolve their disagreement. The accused demanded a rematch or he would ‘impose discipline’. The accused then slew the victim, breaking his back with his mace. At trial the accused claimed he was within his rights to execute a member of his own household. He requested penal military service, which was refused on the grounds that being allowed to die in battle is earned and not a right. || Earl Arthur Cordraco pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution || At his execution the accused compounded his misdeeds by claiming that he was going to the fields of glory, not the labyrinth, as virtues had never been of any use to him.
|-
| Criminal damage || The accused entered into an agreement with the eternal Scathe to undertake a number of tasks. As a result of their final task, all of the mirrors in Sarvos and a garden in Holberg were destroyed. Value of the items destroyed was assessed by the civil service at 30,000 thrones after consultation with the League egregore. Clemency was accepted on the basis of loyalty to the souls of many of their people, whom Scathe was preventing from returning to the Labyrinth. It was confirmed that thousands of Imperial souls were returned to the labyrinth as a result of their actions. || Jaylus, Kerioth and Ephrael, all of Zephaniah's Lament pleaded guilty, Leon died prior to being brought to trial || Guilty. Fined 300 thrones|| A clemency plea was made by Rane Sherarding The fine reflected the substantial damage done to the national hearth magic of the League.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 383YE
|-
| Murder || The accused, who was new to Anvil, executed a fellow member of his striding, Caffron Streamwalker, during a skirmish in Winter 382YE. The victim was injured and screaming that everyone was going to die. The accused claimed the victim was harming morale and carried out a so-called “mercy killing”. Note: This case was reviewed and the sentence judged to be inadequate as this was plain murder- “mercy” did not enter into it. Any future cases of this nature will not be dealt with so lightly. || Lizarath Streamwalker pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne.|| A clemency plea was made by Jokell Streamwalker
|-
| Aiding and abetting the murder of Bessie the Bard and attempting to pervert the course of justice || This case relates to the murder of Bessie the Bard (see report for Winter 382 for further detail) by the Hallowed Order, a group dedicated to the assassination of those they deemed to be heretics. While the actual murder was carried out by Rune (who died before he could be brought to trial) he had a number of accomplices in the Hallowed Order, The accused was with Rune in the immediate aftermath of the murder and furthermore his initial account of events changed significantly by the time of trial. Given he was also a member of the same murderous conspiracy it was judged that he had either encouraged, or helped in the perpetration of this murder. || Orren of House De Rondell pleaded not guilty to both charges. || Not guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Guilty of murder. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Mass murder of Surrani Templars near the Feroz border || The accused used the sentinel gate to travel to the Feroz and Iron Confederacy border to assist Jean Valois and his group to escape from the Iron Confederacy (they having converted to The Way). A group of ten templars sent after Valois also found them, and after a brief stand off, the citizens engaged the templars in combat. According to the accounts of the Iron Confederacy officials nine of the templars were killed. At trial two templar survivors were presented by High Templar De Rolo, who could not explain the discrepancy and suggested his masters were incompetent. Both Rolo and the second survivor’s testimony was judged to be untruthful. Brother Jaylus (a healer) did not take part in the engagement. || Mordecai, Animayus, Tobias, Iscah, Gideon, and Nathaniel of Highguard, and Alan Fletcher of Dawn all pleaded guilty. Brother Jaylus of Highguard pleaded not guilty. || Brother Jaylis was found not guilty. Mordecai, Animayus, Tobias, Iscah, Gideon, and Nathaniel of Highguard, and Alan Fletcher of Dawn were found guilty. Fined ninety thrones and branded with a cross upon their cheek. || A clemency plea was made on behalf of Mordecai on grounds of Loyalty. Clemency pleas were made on behalf of the rest on the grounds of Courage
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the State || The accused was the proxy senator for Kallavesa at the Autumn 382 summit. He seconded two motions in contravention of senate procedure. He claimed that this was due to a mistake, and a misunderstanding of the law, The Court recognised that he fully cooperated with the investigation and was inclined to leniency on this occasion. || Tanesh of Dunneth Hall pleaded guilty || Guilty. A fine of six mana crystals and two thrones. || The fine of six mana crystals was sent in advance of the trial
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Medea Ruth while she was ranting hatred against orcs outside the Imperial Orc camp. || Ida Isjant pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Medea Ruth on grounds of Courage
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the State || The accused discharged an Imperial Wayleave while holding the imperial title “Collector of Prosperity’s Boon”. He claimed that he did not realise that a Wayleave was an Imperial title. The court accepted this was an honest mistake and chose to be very lenient. || Tyr Brennan pleaded guilty || Guilty. No punishment levied. ||
|}
==Reports from 382YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 382YE
|-
| Heresy || The accused (while Conscience of the Senate) sent letters to many in the Empire in which they contravened the Doctrine of Human Destiny by claiming that [Orc] thralls reincarnate amongst other things. They went beyond asking questions to teaching false doctrine. No evidence was presented of others being swayed by or spreading these heretical beliefs. || Mel of the Mourn pleaded guilty || Guilty. The penance of a Freezing Brand of Irremais was taken into account and they were furthermore fined twenty five thrones. || The condemning priest was Hazel of the Shattered Tower. A clemency plea was made by Martin Orchard on grounds of Vigilance.
|-
| Idolatry || The accused was invited by the Senate to take up a post designing buildings. He proceeded to do so in the Asavean style although it quickly became apparent that these involved grandiose statues to the Asavean gods. Nevertheless for a number of years the accused continued to be employed by the Senate and commissioned by various Senators to continue. Furthermore none of these commissions were vetoed by the Synod. In his defence the accused argued that if the Empire didn't like his buildings why did they keep employing him? Furthermore why did the Synod wait so long before taking action, if the buildings were idolatrous? He claimed that the Empire were crooks who were planning on confiscating his earnings and prosperity and that this was unjust.The Court was concerned that the accused, while clearly guilty, was also a priest of a foreign religion building these imperial commissions the only way he knew how. It appeared that he was being made a scapegoat while the Senate and those who had commissioned his services (all followers of The Way) had faced no condemnation for their actions. || Almodin Oktístis, Priest of the Builder and the Asavean Architect, pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. No punishment was applied as the Court was of the opinion that this would not be just and therefore not in the Imperial interest. || The condemning priest was Veikko Bondforger. Almodin Oktístis was advised to leave the Empire forthwith.
|-
| Murder of Bessie the Bard and Contempt of Court || The accused were members of the Hallowed Order, a group led by Rune who undertook vigilante justice against heretics, including among their number a group of hawks pecifically tasked with assassinations. A witness had also given a statement that she had been approached by Yon (after the murder) and asked to take part in these activities. The accused gave evidence that Rune was out of control and taking things too far before his death. They admitted attempting to interfere with a Whispers Through the Black Gate to obtain testimony from Bessie the Bard. The fact that they were present at the time of the murder, that the witness evidence suggested that Rune had fled the scene in the immediate aftermath of the murder, that they had by their own admission interfered with the investigation into Bessie the Bard's death and that Yon had continued to recruit for the Hallowed Order, an organisation whose purpose was the murder of Imperial citizens all led the court to the conclusion that it was more likely than not that the accused participated in or assisted in the murder of Bessie the Bard. || Yon of the Moon's Owl of Wyvern's Watch and Gren Wyvernson of Wyvern's Watch plead not guilty to murder and not guilty to contempt of court. || Guilty. Death by execution. || Yon requested that the sentence be commuted to penal military service but this had already been considered and rejected, in consideration of the circumstances.
|-
| Murder || On the Saturday night of the Winter Solstice in Anvil a Druj peace delegation came to parley with the leaders of Urizen. As part of that process two of the barbarians forced the third to take a potion against his will. This potion, by some unknown Druj magics, allowed a Druj leader, not present in Anvil, to use the body of the third orc as a vessel for his communications. At the end of the parlay the leader left the body of this orc and he fell to the ground, dead. Attempts were made to bring the two remaining Druj to the Magistrates for investigation. One fled, a second was caught. The victim was protected under Imperial Law as a member of a peace delegation and the other Druj were obliged to abide by Imperial Law as members of the same delegation. The orc admitted his involvement but saw nothing wrong with his acts. The victim meant nothing to him and the court was convinced that it was the forcible taking of the potion that resulted in the death. || A Druj orc of unknown name refused to plead and so a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. || Guilty. Sentenced to death by execution. || After sentence was given the orc made a fight of it and was killed by the vigilant citizens of Anvil before a formal execution could be carried out.
|-
| Treason by treating with the Whisper Gallery (First Trial) || Between the Autumn and Winter summits a hospital in Morrow was attacked by Druj orcs. The head of that hospital had made a deal with the Whisper Gallery for them to provide a magic shroud to protect the hospital from the Druj, in return for which secrets were being given to the Whisper Gallery and rare books were being burnt. Those who gave up their secrets then found that they had forgotten them. Eight Imperial Citizens came to the magistrates at Anvil at the Winter Solstice to confess their crimes. Six were tried collectively and a seventh tried separately afterwards, one did not face trial. All of the accused accepted their culpability in that they carried out the ritual required to satisfy the Whisper Gallery, taking part in the giving of secrets and burning of books. The Court was convinced that the accused were not treating with the enemy with treasonous motives, and that their loyalty had saved the lives of several hundred wounded Imperial citizens. However the Court was not convinced that the act was Virtuous enough to totally mitigate their actions. || Aquilllian Effugere, Redhand Gezzar, Ptolemy Ravensfell, Aethelric of Sigehold, Tamar of Enlightenment Spire, Raelyn Holdfast and Sadiq all pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined of fifty thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Sabilla of Highguard on behalf of Redhand Gezzar on grounds of Loyalty. A clemency plea was made by Pan Edgestalker on behalf of Sadiq on grounds of Loyalty. A clemency plea was made by Veikko Bondsforger, Cardinal of Loyalty, on behalf of Aquilllian Effugere, Ptolemy Ravensfell, Aethelric of Sigehold, Tamar of Enlightenment Spire, Raelyn Holdfast on grounds of Loyalty This fine was allocated to Virtuous endeavours of the citizenry. The defendants were encouraged to make suggestions, and decision of Magistrate Reinholz as to how it was allocated was announced at the Spring Equinox
|-
| Treason by treating with the Whisper Gallery (Second Trial) || The facts of the case were identical to the previous case, except that the accused had both led the ritual, and also voted against carrying it out (unlike the other defendants). She did so on the grounds that it was an unvirtuous act. The accused initially plead guilty without clemency but following legal advice from the magistrate the trial was delayed to allow the accused to consult Conclave and priests of the Synod. An accused who pleads guilty has the right to choose whether to request clemency or not. However at trial the question of the Virtue of their acts is determined by the Clemency priest and the Magistrate, not the opinion of the accused. || The accused pleaded guilty || Guilty. No additional punishment. The fifty Throne fine from the first trial was considered sufficient for the entire act. || A clemency plea was made by Maarit Suvidottir of Sigehold
|-
| Treason by treating with the Whisper Gallery (this is unrelated to the previous two trials) || The accused did a deal with The Whisper Gallery. This deal was in the form of a letter that the accused had kept for some time. The accused replied to this letter and made a deal with the Whisper Gallery. The accused said that they only did so after coming under the influence of a magical effect. It should be noted that committing crimes while under the influence of magical affects is not a legal defence. In law we are held responsible for our own actions. || Benedict Pacelli Von Holberg pleaded guilty || Guilty. Sentenced to Death by Penal Military Service. ||
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state || The accused wrote directly onto a Synod Judgement posted in the hub. This judgement belonged to another member of the Synod. Their unauthorised addition to the judgement was intended to change Synod voting behaviour. || Vivianne de Couerdefer, Cardinal of Ambition plead guilty. || Guilty. Fined seven thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Irada Von Temeschwar, Cardinal of Vigilance.
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state (both accused) and assault (Ancel Weaver only) || An aide to the Throne held an Imperial Favour which contained the power to dissolve Conclave. Syn Nighthaven grabbed the Imperial Favour from their hands and ran out of Conclave, allegedly ripping up the document as she did so. She claimed to have burnt the remains, but this is unverified. Ancel magically repelled one citizen who had blocked Syn's way so she could not get past. At trial, when pressed, Syn stated that she would have struggled to get past this final person otherwise. || Syn Nighthaven and Ancel Weaver pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined thirty thrones for subverting the agencies of the state. Guilty of Assault Fined three crowns|| A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Couros on behalf of Syn Nighthaven. A clemency plea was made by Irada Von Temeschwar, Cardinal of Vigilance, on behalf of Ancel Weaver
|-
| Poisoning || At the Autumn equinox the accused slipped Bite into the drink of Thorn, a friend, with no warning. || Aron of the Levy pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three crowns. || Aron of the Levy had already been convicted and punished for possession of bite. They voluntarily presented themselves to the militia and cooperated fully.
|-
| Murder || The details of this case are unclear although it appeared to involve a killing on the battlefield among the Navarr this case will now be reviewed and reported upon when the facts are known. || || ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 382YE
|-
| Murder and slavery || The accused is a mine owner in Varushka who has been working slaves in the mine and regularly sacrificing them to Bas Celik in exchange for protection. He was identified by Irontide Flax as being the person pointed out by one of his victims while dying. Furthermore during a ritual to summon his grandmother’s shade she revealed both the murderous arrangement with Bas Celik and that the accused had been keeping slaves. || Anfesa of Varushka originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea following his grandmother’s testimony and pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution||
|-
| Murder and three counts of perverting the course of justice || The shade of Harry the Book, a murder victim, was summoned and questioned. He accused Tess of stabbing him to death. Other evidence that was eventually gathered suggested that Tess murdered Harry on behalf of Irra Harah, who had ordered his death, along with three other imperial citizens. || Tess, former Head of Constabulary in the Anvil Militia. No plea was entered as the accused was tried in absentia. || Guilty Execution in absentia || Tess fled the to the Spring realm prior to her trial.
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted the victim, Owain Farkas, by striking him with her wand at Conclave and repelling him from the floor. || Empress Lisabetta von Holberg pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Prosperity.
|-
| Possession of Bite || The accused bought bite from Maximus, an associate, and then slipped it into the drink of Thorn, a friend, with no warning. || Aron of the Levy pleaded guilty || Guilty. 
Fined two crowns. || Note further investigations are ongoing with regards to the supply of the drug by Maximus and the poisoning of Thorn.
|-
| Perverting the course of justice and resisting arrest || The accused was questioned about the secret location of the Rookery in connection with the investigations into the murder of Captain Hardfrost and Magistrate Murcello by the Rookwoods. The accused denied knowing where the Rookery was and claimed to have no involvement in the murder or subsequent escape. When the militia subsequently located the Rookery with the help of House Vexille and conducted a raid, the accused was found there. The accused resisted arrest along with the other wanted murderers from the House and was the only one who retained sufficient connection to the empire to be brought back through the gate for trial. The murderers were summarily executed at the scene. || Thomas Rookwood Martel pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 382YE
|-
| Attempted murder and treason || The accused approached the Empress and spoke to her about her poor relations with the Navarr. The accused took offence and slashed at the Empress’s throat with her dagger, injuring her badly. || Hipwyn Ashguard pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution|| A clemency plea was made by Corey Wayfarer that stated the act was unvirtuous.
|-
| Assault || Lord Romand of House Remys of Dawn engaged in an altercation with the senator Bohemond de Rondell. Romand suddenly lunged at Bohemond, cursing him, and the accused stepped in to defend Bohemond and struck down Romand with his dagger. He then called for a magistrate and ensured Romand received medical attention. || Cesare Sanguineo Rezia Di Tassato, Senator for Tassato, pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Skywise Gralka on grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Possession of Bite || The accused claimed to find two doses of bite on the east road and sought the advice of the Harlequin what to do with it. The Harlequin suggested he sell it to the Crimson Reaper Cartel (knowing their leader to be in the militia). When the accused tried to sell it to them, Prince Tali promptly arrested him. || Lucian, a foreigner of Holberg descent pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined four crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Irada von Temeschwar, Cardinal of Vigilance, on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Multiple assaults || The accused attacked a series of victims while apparently suffering the effects of the black plateau curse. || Danica of House Vandale pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined a total of five thrones || A clemency plea was made by Lochias
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state and assault || While apparently under the effects of a curse from Spiral the accused put up a judgement for consideration by the Synod without it being stamped and approved by the Tribune. He subsequently assaulted someone after arguing with them. || Ozren de Orzel pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Corwyn Leafstalker
|-
| Assaults || Both the accused had a heated argument while they held drawn weapons. Michaelangelo stepped towards Lupo but did not raise or tense his weapon. Lupo stabbed him with his spear. An independent witness provided evidence as to how events transpired. || Ferosi Lupo pleaded guilty. Michaelangelo Di Sarvos pleaded not guilty. || Lupo was found guilty. Fined four crowns. Michaelangelo was found not guilty. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused was contracted by his husband to assault another imperial citizen. || Eduardo i Erigo pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Assault || The accused read a pamphlet written by Serjanus of Urizen and then assaulted him. || Katerina Gardener pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Assault || Enzo di Saverio and Natalia of Carta Stalare faked an assault on Enzo as a distraction for a curse to be delivered to someone in the Urizen camp. The subterfuge was discovered but Enzo would only confirm that they were a distraction for “other acts”. Having refused to answer further questions Enzo attempted to leave the camp. Believing this to be part of a greater crime the accused struck down Enzo. || Aurum of House Nightingale of Urizen pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined one crown || A clemency plea was made by Galene Netherwatch on grounds of Vigilance. The fine was paid in compensation to the victim.
|-
| Manslaughter || The accused killed an Imperial citizen in the Mourn. He claimed that this was in defence of his sister. Conflicting and changing evidence was provided by witnesses Joanna and Roberta in his defence which was deemed contradictory and unreliable. Accordingly the clemency plea was not accepted. || Svoki an orc ex-thrall of the Mourn pleaded guilty || Guilty. Sentenced to death. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Attempting to pervert the course of justice || The accused were beaters in the Mournwold who responded to the sounds of a murder in progress and pursued their suspect, an orc thrall, to Anvil. At trial they gave conflicting evidence which then changed during the investigation. || Joanna pleaded not guilty. Roberta plead guilty || Joanna was found not guilty. Roberta was found guilty. Fined one throne. ||
|-
| Murder || During a battle on the black plateau, Cadar Aurelius of Dawn struck down and killed Gaston’s Earl. In revenge Gaston killed Cadar Aurelius on the battlefield. || Gaston de Courdyer of Dawn pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution || A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Couros
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 382YE
|-
| Assault || The accused ordered Cormack Dun out of the Urizen camp when he attempted to sell copies of the Oathwright bearing the headline “Druj outwit heroes and conquer Zenith”. As Cormack was leaving the accused ordered him to run and when he did not, struck him a blow with his sword. The unwelcome guest defence did not apply as it was not a reasonable use of force. || Philostrate Menos, a host of the Urizen egregore, pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two crowns || A clemency plea was made by Runerathmore of Neverwatch Spire on grounds of Pride.
|-
| Treason and perverting the course of justice || The accused admitted trading secrets of Imperial citizens to the Whisper Gallery in exchange for lost information from the Imperial Archives. Furthermore the accused used magic to erase his memories of his co-conspirators and then came to confess his crimes. || Arne Coerling pleaded guilty to both charges. || Guilty. Fined twenty five thrones for treason Fined five thrones for perverting the course of justice. || A clemency plea was made by Gunnbrand Ironwill on grounds of Pride. The convict declared themselves to be a Justice heretic and committed magical suicide,
|-
| Treason || The accused confessed to being coerced by the Grendel (who held her family hostage) into stealing Imperial charts and secret military information from Anvil and passing them to the Grendel. || Carlita i Osa pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution || A clemency plea was made by Medea Ruth on grounds of Loyalty
|-
| Assault || The accused and the victim, Tanwyn Ankarien, were on the battlefield in Spiral. The accused believed Tanwyn was responsible for the peace treaty failing and headbutted her when the opportunity arose. || Stilicho of the Scarlet Guard pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Malchus of Jachin's Legacy over a disagreement about how to treat members of the Iron Helms while through the sentinel gate. || Iscah of Jachin's Legacy pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Vigilance
|-
| Assault || Tanwyn Ankarian and Philostrate Menos were suffering from a Spiral related curse. Corvus, the High Exorcist had informed Rhisiart that getting those afflicted into a particular tent (with a magical aura) would cure them. Rhisiart attempted to trick Tanwyn into said tent and failed so resorted to violence. Once her curse was removed, all the accused then repeated the exercise, injuring Philostrate in the process. || Rhisiart Dancewalker, Tanwyn Ankarien, and Phaedra Ankarien all pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Discharged without punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun on grounds of Wisdom.
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Arbiter Serjanus of the Scarlet Guard of Urizen after provocation and put him down. She established the victim was being healed before leaving. || Danica Vandale pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined four crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Courous on grounds of Loyalty. A subsequent judicial review indicated that she should have been fined more heavily due to prior convictions for crimes of violence. This will be taken into account if she comes before the magistrates in the future.
|-
| Contravening a declaration of Interdiction || The accused cast the ritual Rivers Run Red upon Therunin on the last day of the summit then handed themselves in. They argued their actions were necessary to counter the Rivers of Life ritual cast on the region by the Great Forest Orcs as this had awoken the Vallorn in the area. Furthermore they argued that the only effect of Rivers Run Red would be to negate the Rivers of Life. They had attempted to convince Conclave to remove the interdiction but failed to do so and felt an urgent need to act immediately to protect the lives of the nearby citizens from the Vallorn. || Kellos Foxden, Celyn Brackensong, Eirwen Brackensong, Trystan Brackensong, Talek Dancewalker, the Navarr egregore, Rhea Pridestalker, Saeros Splitroot, Drow Gedor and Drefa Brackensong being the Voice of the Quiet Forest coven pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Discharged without punishment although the magistrate noted that it is left to Conclave to decide if they wish to react further. || A clemency plea was made by Amris on grounds of Courage.
|}

==Reports from 381YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 381YE
|-
| Attempted Murder and assault || The accused launched an unprovoked assault upon Heretta of the Rangers of Narook while the victim lay injured on the ground receiving medical aid, The accused argued that this was both because Heretta had left him and stolen his boots and also that he intended to heal his former companion with a spoon. The spoon was examined and found mundane, furthermore it had not been seen by any witnesses at the scene. || Andres i Erigo pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and guilty to assault || Guilty. Death by execution || A clemency plea was made on the charge of assault on grounds of Pride
|-
| Assault || The accused saw two children sparring at the Academy and joined in, attacking them with a metal sword without warning or permission. || Mokko of the Printers Guild pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined five crowns. ||
|-
| Attempted Murder || Upon returning to Anvil the accused handed themselves in for a crime committed over two years ago. Elthred had attempted to hire the Greenshields to assassinate Ardeth Sigsdottir. However an ongoing militia sting operation meant that Warrant Officer Nimh made the introduction. Elthred had been attended as bodyguard by Kivari, who Nimh testified was drunk and not paying attention to the conversation. Other witnesses provided evidence that the intended victim was manipulative and dangerous and that this act by Elthred was uncharacteristic. || Elthred of Holt Hyrde pleaded guilty. Kivari of Holt Hyde pleaded not guilty. || Elthred was found guilty. Fined five thrones and marked with the Freezing Brand of Irremais. Kivari was found not guilty. || A clemency plea was made by Beodun Snowlock on behalf of Elthred
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Sol, egregore of the Brass Coast. Sol was going to turn up and chase the Reaper, thus showing disrespect to League national traditions. || Vitore Van Temeschwar pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one crown. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Pride.
|-
| Criminal damage || The accused caused severe damage to the Colossus of Sarvos by ramming it with his ship. He claimed to have been blackmailed by a mysterious masked man and woman who bought up all of his significant gambling debts and threatened his family and crew if he did not ram the Colossus. || Artur di Sarvos pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined twenty thrones, || A clemency plea was made by Cesare Enzo Di Trivento on grounds of Loyalty. The sentence was suspended for two years to reflect the difficulty of a man of such modest means raising such a sum and in recognition that he was acting under duress.
|-
| Murder || The accused brutally murdered Nevyn Bitterbark of the Bitterbark Steading. He claimed that the victim was the murderer of the Dawnish senator, Lady Jocelyn Cordraco. However no plausible explanation for his actions nor evidence to support his claim was forthcoming. || Kadywar of House Tarvey of Dawn pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Loyalty.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 381YE
|-
| Assault || The accused, a warrant officer in the militia, assaulted Eudaemon of Halcyon Spire in the Hub. This followed an interview during which it became clear that no charges would be laid at this time against the victim for his attempt to perform a curse. || Bronislav Markovitch Wolfguard pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined two thrones. || The fine was higher because the guilty party was an on-duty militia officer.
|-
| Perverting the course of justice || The accused was the prime suspect in the murder of Philgar Rowan. She was the last person to see him alive and her answers to the militia (when she was cooperating at all) were contradictory in several respects. || Jemyma Rookwood of House Martell pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Death by execution || Jemyma Rookwood committed suicide before the sentence could be carried out
|-
| Murder and resisting arrest || The accused handed himself in to the militia and confessed to his part in the battle of Crow’s Keep, fighting on the side of Dogri Thulebane. He was ordered by the Thulebane to lead his civilian followers to a new settlement and to preserve the traditions of Skarsind. He had taken so long to hand himself in because he had been busy settling these refugees from the keep. || Kali Keen Eye of Clan Saker pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined ten thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Jorma Steelhelm on grounds of Pride. The magistrate directed that the fine should go to aid in the founding of the new settlement.
|-
| Attempted theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice || The accused attempted to steal the notebook of Senator Bridget Eastville at the Summer Solstice 381. She was caught in the act and gave a false name to the militia when she was arraigned for trial (to take place the next day). She then failed to attend her trial. She was hunted down by the militia at the Autumn summit despite having disguised herself as a league citizen. Her identity was confirmed by the Navarr egregore. || Lorwen Splinterkin of Navarr pleaded guilty to both charges. || Guilty on both counts. Fined two crowns for the attempted theft. Fined ten thrones for attempting to pervert the course of justice. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered Earl D’Ossienne many years ago. The Earl had become deranged in his later years. He forced his children to fight each other for his own cruel amusement. The accused became scared that it was only a matter of time before one of them was killed and so they killed the Earl first. || Ser Kay de Ossienne pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined thirty thrones. || A clemency plea was made on grounds of Pride and Loyalty
|-
| Treason || The accused communicated accurate military intelligence to the Grendel barbarians. This intelligence included the movements of Omperial armies and supplies. || Cicero of the Shaping Stars spire pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution ||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted someone who had just placed a curse upon him. || Galbraith of the Boundaryfolk pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three crowns. ||
|-
| Murder || Maurice de Gauvain, Archmage of Autumn, was killed by the accused during a battle against husks, some of whom were dressed in Dawnish House colours. Maurice's lower jaw was covered in blood at the time of the battle, and his facial features were obscured. Garavaine was dispatching downed husks to prevent them rising again, and mistook Maurice for one such. Maurice was questioned using Whispers Through the Black Gate, and did not see his killer. He expressed no concern that these actions may have been motivated by foul play. || Garavaine de Rondell pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined thirty five thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Couros on grounds of Vigilance. This plea was only partially accepted by the magistrate as the lack of care for fellow soldiers was arguably not a vigilant act.
|-
| Assault || At the pledge ball, the accused assaulted Silvio de Tassato after the completion of a play he had orchestrated which insulted Ancel’s love. || Ancel Steward pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined one crown. || A clemency plea was made by Rane Jorunsdottir, Inquisitor of Pride.
|-
| Six counts of assault and false imprisonment || The accused had beaten and captured half a dozen local Imperial citizens for their own purposes in Skarsind. || Two orcs of the Thule pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Fined twelve crowns. However, when it became clear they could not pay they were executed. || The names of the Thule were not recorded.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 381YE
|-
| Attempted murder and assault || Thomas Bookkeeper of Navarr was assaulted very late at night in the Senate and almost killed by the accused. || Nora of the Green Men pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to assault. || Not guilty of murder. Guilty of assault Fined three thrones. ||
|-
| Assault || Aarne Ceorling of Wintermark was assaulted in the Hub by the accused. || Jorma Steelhail pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined ten crowns. ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused was condemned by a greater majority of the Synod General Assembly for her unrepentant heretical teachings. She claimed to be the First Empress reborn, possessed of a Paragon soul returned from a place beyond the Labyrinth, which she called the "Land Without Tears", a golden land without pain and suffering. || Yael of Highguard pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Contempt of Court || The accused had requested that he be allowed to execute Yael should that be the verdict. Permission was granted provided that he did not use the sword of the Exarch. Later he placed this sword in Yael's hand. He was ordered by the presiding magistrate not to execute her while she was holding this sword but he disobeyed and struck her down regardless. || Cyrus, Exarch of Felix's Watch.|| Summarily fined five thrones for failing to obey the lawful order of a magistrate. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 381YE
|-
| Mass Murder || The accused confessed to killing a house full of Dawnish citizens. The circumstances were that he was taken prisoner by the House of Lord Lucien De Loire and tortured, forced to fight other prisoners and starved for six long years. When he and the other prisoners escaped Errol and some others stayed behind to buy time for their wounded to escape by setting fire to the house and killing anyone who got out. Evidence gathered by the Dawnish milita supported many of these facts and it is strongly suspected that this House were followers of vengeance. || Errol, Bailiff of the Grand Market pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Discharged without punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Sister Meredith on grounds of Loyalty. This result reflects the strong clemency plea and the extenuating circumstances.
|-
| Contempt of court || The accused blocked the path of a member of the militia in the performance of her duties and then refused to move. When fined a crown for contempt of court she responded by telling the magistrate to “Fuck off”. || Medea Ruth of Halcyon Spire || Summarily fined one throne. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused grabbed the nearest weapon and stabbed Rane Jorunsdottir. || Ulric Ybasden pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Attempt to abet the contravention of a declaration of sorcery || In an attempt to rescue the Empress's father from the whisper gallery (who are under enmity) the accused attempted to broker a deal between them and Ancel Steward of House Vexille. Ariana sent the missive not knowing what it contained. The deal did not go through as the Whisper Gallery would only deal directly with Ancel Steward. During questioning, Danica claimed Kaspar had not been involved, leading to an increase in her fine. || Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg, Danica Vandale and Arianna de Tassato pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Kaspar was fined 22 thrones. Danica was fined 25 thrones Arianna was fined ten thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Severin Teyhard von Holberg on behalf of Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg on grounds of Loyalty. A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Couros on behalf of Danica Vandale on grounds of Loyalty. A clemency plea was made by Corwin Leafstalker on behalf of Arianna de Tassato on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state || The accused attacked a herald of Yaw'nagrah (who is currently under enmity) during a plenipotentiary with the Archmage of Spring. This is in direct contravention of the Conclave's rules on how such parleys are conducted. || Drefa Brackensong pleaded not guilty. || Guilty. Fined ten thrones. ||
|-
| Assault and contempt of court || The accused punched the victim, Watt of the Marches, believing (wrongly) that he had kidnapped her sister, Miriam Bard. Furthermore the accused frequently interrupted the magistrate during trial and was summarily tried for contempt of court. || Bessie the Bard pleaded guilty to assault || Guilty Fined two crowns for assault plus two crowns payable in compensation to the victim. Fined one crown for contempt of court. || A clemency plea was made by Lumi Lehtonen
|-
| Dereliction of duty || The accused handed herself in for a crime that occurred several years ago. She had been assigned to a military unit at the Reikos citadel and her new commander ordered her unit to surrender to the Druj. Instead she fled from the field of battle. || Allegra of Navarr pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined ten crowns and subjected to the Freezing Brand of Irremais. || A clemency plea was made by J'zarr i Shartha i Guerra on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Murder and resisting arrest || The accused resisted legal arrest with murderous force, leading to the deaths of over 200 Varushkan soldiers and most of the inhabitants of Crows Keep. The court was moved only slightly by the clemency plea for Dogri Thulebane on the grounds of loyalty to the people of Crows Keep and Skarsind. This was on the grounds that his actions had the direct consequence of leading to the deaths of most of his people, and the destruction of Crows Keep. The clemency pleas for the other accused were accepted on the grounds that it was not within their power to legally prevent the battle and their virtue compelled them to act. || Dogri Thulebane, Ranulph six lives and Mhira Valoing plead guilty || Guilty. Dogri Thulebane was sentenced to death. By their request this was to be carried out by Mother Thane of Wintermark by sundown. Subsequently the court acquiesced to a request for him to die in battle, before sundown The other accused were discharged without further punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Jorma Steelhail on behalf of Dogri Thulebane and Ranulph Six Lives on grounds of Loyalty and Courage respectively. A clemency plea was made by Cerwynn Brackensong on grounds of Loyalty.
|}

==Reports from 380YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 380YE
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Medea Ruth Marshwatch, a former member of his order, with a staff while cursing her. The reason given for this by the accused was that the victim had brought shame to their order by her actions in the Sentinel's Repose bar. || Eudaemon of Halcyon Spire pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined one crown plus one crown compensation paid to victim. || A clemency plea was made by Bonewall Rek on grounds of Pride.
|-
| Murder || The accused was enjoying a celebration away from Anvil when the mood suddenly changed as the unknown victim arrived. A melee ensued in which the accused was not directly involved but which resulted in the victim being struck down. A priest ascertained the victim was dedicated to a freedom cult. The victim begged to be killed and the accused did so, but in law it is not possible to consent to your own murder. || The accused (whose name was not recorded) pleaded guilty || Guilty. Branded. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Theft || The accused stole valuable herbs to eat. The accused was also sternly warned against providing a false name to the militia as this is a serious offence. || Will Brakensong pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne. || A clemency plea was made by Corey Wayfarer
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state || The accused received a message from Barrens orcs near a triage centre behind the front lines of the recent fighting. They were offered a deal to exchange twenty eight Dawnish prisoners in return for five brands on citizens to mark the orc lives lost. The brands were investigated and found to be mundane. This was treated in law as a legitimate ransom demand so no treason charges were levied. || Merry Talbot, Skywise Gralka, Talaith, Jada of Ravensfell, Joshua of Zephaniah's Lament all pleaded not guilty || Not guilty. || All the accused initially pleaded guilty but the plea was later changed on advice of the magistrate
|-
| Blasphemy || The accused was condemned by the Synod and admitted to preaching the false virtue of hate and spreading auras of hate. While a clemency plea was made on grounds of loyalty the court did not accept that his actions were justified in the circumstances. || Friar Robin of Whittle pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by James Appleseeder. Martin Orchard spoke for the Marcher National Assembly.
|-
| Treason and Contravening a declaration of interdiction || The accused cursed (or aided and abetted said cursing) Gregor, Head of the Shuttered Lantern. The accused did so using a ritual text called “Quell the Thief of Secrets” created by and traded from the whisper gallery(and with whom a state of enmity currently exists). They argued that this was to try to prevent further harm being perpetrated against Gregor by the Whisper Gallery by making him unable to read or write and thus a “non-combatant” in the war of secrets. || Ancel Steward, Guissart Vexille (not present), Arlen Weaver, Ser Lacons Vexille and Lady Gweniveve Vexille pleaded guilty to all charges || Guilty. Collectively fined forty thrones Sentenced to be branded with the Freezing Brand of Irremais. || A clemency plea was made by Corwyn Leafstalker
|-
| Murder || The accused was investigating the victim, Laudica i Tsaga i Riqueza, for being a follower of the false virtue of vengeance. She was invited to the victim's tent, which was under an aura of vengeance and given a mask that cursed the bearer to take vengeance upon those who threaten their loved ones. An axe was placed near to hand and then the victim threatened harm to the accused's sister in the future while taunting her to take vengeance. The accused struck her with fatal consequences. || Ephrael of Zephaniah's Lament pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined five thrones. The sentence reflects the seriousness of the crime but also its context. || A clemency plea was made by Jared of the Suns of Couros on grounds of Vigilance and Pride.
|-
| Assault and criminal damage || General Irontide Skar owned an axe which was possessed by the spirit of a Jotun ancestor. The accused believed this to be a detrimental influence on the General and the army. She attempted to seize the axe and nearly strangled the General with it then failing to take it she disenchanted the axe, removing the spirit. Expert witness testimony was accepted from Irontide Lok and Bloodcrow Yargol on the subject of Jotun ancestors in orcish lore. || Bloodcrow Shettehs pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined four crowns for assault Fined seven thrones for criminal damage to be paid in compensation to victim. || A clemency plea was made by Atla on grounds of Wisdom and Loyalty.
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted the victim, Silas of Zephaniah's Lament, because she was “meddling” with her sister. || Amatia i Tsagaan i Erigo plead edguilty || Guilty. Fined one crown. || A clemency plea was made by Maricella i Tsagaan i Guerra on grounds of Loyalty.
|-
| Assault (two counts) || The accused asked the victim, Hazel of the Shattered tower, “if she would like a face like hers” referring to Senator Tanwyn. The accused then struck the victim in the face with a shield and pushed her to the ground. || Rhisiart Tarw pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three thrones due to the accused being a repeat offender. ||
|-
| Heresy and blasphemy || The accused encouraged Imperial orcs in Hraka Hold to not follow the Way claiming “it is a human religion”. Further he said the Hierro clan failed because “they had too much ambition” and preached against both too much pride and ambition. He also claimed orcs are superior to humans. He has been inquisited for this behaviour before and has said he would mend his ways. During the trial he argued his beliefs were common among imperial orcs. || Bloodcrow Yargol was condemned by the General Assembly. He pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined thirty thrones Sentenced to be branded with the Freezing Brand of Irremais. || The condemning priest was Jorma Steelhail. The heavy fine reflected the serious impact that Yargol's heresy was having on his peers and to act as a deterrent against similar behaviour in the future. 
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 380YE
|-
| Theft || An Enigmatic Staff belonging to Sovica Kovar was stolen from the academy premises. The accused admitted selling this staff onto a Navarr. || Alexi Gremani pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Lucifaro Erigo on grounds of Loyalty and Vigilance
|-
| Murder || The accused had argued with Isca over magical efforts to direct the falling red star. They invited her to their tent with promises of an apology but Dusan paralysed her and Svetlana and Velushka slew her with their weapons. They then disposed of the body with magic. Isca's shade was summoned and her identity verified then she was questioned. Isca testified as to the events as described above and contradicted the claims of the accused to have argued with Isca in the tent prior to killing her. The accused handed themselves in at the start of the next festival. || Dusan, Svetlana and Velushka of the Tangled Thorns pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution || A clemency plea was made by Elka Grimani, Cardinal of Pride. Although some good arguments were made in favour of clemency, the seriousness of the crime, the destruction of evidence, and their failure to justify the necessity of their actions were judged to mean that a sentence of death was appropriate.
|-
| Theft || The accused searched the tent of the Tangled Thorns (while they were under investigation by the militia) and took their coven stone. This stone is permanently enchanted and therefore valuable. They claimed to be acting out of vigilance since it might be cursed and furthermore that they were authorised by a member of the militia to take it. No evidence could be found that this was the case. || Mina of the Howling Pines and her two cousins pleaded not guilty. || Not guilty. ||
|-
| Treason and subverting the agencies of the state || In the winter of 379 the accused had a meeting with the Druj and sent a letter in 380 to confirm their agreement to crush a tribe of Barrens orcs between their armies. Furthermore the Druj would cast Rivers Run Red to maximise casualties. The accused advised the military council of the plan, allowing them to plan the campaign accordingly and with considerable success. However, he failed to engage with either the Senate or Imperial Consul about this scheme. || Ancel Steward pleaded not guilty to treason and guilty to subverting the agencies of the state. || Not guilty of treason. Guilty of subverting the agencies of the state Fined twenty five thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Sir Lacons Vexille with regard to the first charge It is not known why clemency was accepted even though accused pleaded not guilty.
|-
| Treason || The accused and his family were captured by Druj in Edinberg near Holberg. His captors threatened to kill his family unless he led the cadets of the academy into a trap. He lured in twenty cadets and five adults with talk of a boggart infestation and did not attempt to warn them in any way. Even though the cadets were ambushed by orcs they not only escaped with their lives but also saved the accused's captive family. || Antonio Gelani von Holberg pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Blasphemy || The accused came to Anvil and falsely preached that hope was as important as the other Imperial virtues. They were condemned by the Assembly of Nine and repented after the Empress spoke to them. || Christoph and Julieta di Sarvos pleaded guilty || Guilty. Sentenced to spend the next season removing auras of hope from Sarvos. || A clemency plea was made by Serrusto Caeli Rezia di Tassato, Cardinal of Ambition
|-
| Assault || The accused was threatened by four mercenaries sent from a League Carta to cut down a “sacred” tree in a cemetery in Holfried. He warned them off but when they persisted and tried to cut down the tree he assaulted them. || Friar John Taker of the Marches pleaded not guilty on grounds of defence of the property in question. || Not guilty. ||
|-
| Criminal damage || The accused went on a skirmish with a relative but after they failed to stay close to him he broke their staff. || Uther de Rondell pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined three crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Sir Gaulio Orzel
|-
| Possession and supply of gutwrench (at the Vor'Azi Grimhold) || The accused was hired for ten thrones (five in advance) to poison Karina by someone called “Feldermaus” in the League. The accused gave Karina gutwrench to take instead of a deadly poison. She convinced Karina to take it by claiming it would show her whether her lover truly cared for her or not. || Anya of the League pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined seven thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Amris Merikovich on grounds of Wisdom
|-
| Theft (in the environs of a field hospital near the front lines) || A unit of the army was captured and the accused was let go and told that the orcs would release the rest of his unit if he provided them with some herbs. He proceeded to steal said herbs and was caught. || Kay Fletcher pleaded guilty. || Guilty. Fined four crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Jada of Ravensfell on grounds of Vigilance
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 380YE
|-
| Assault || The accused punched Nadia Borodina di Sarvos of the Pledge twice in front of many witnesses. || Vaniagh of the Suns of Couros pleaded guilty with no clemency. || Guilty Fined four crowns. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused struck down the victim while apprehending him for investigation by the synod. The victim, Romero di Sarvos, had been witnessed handing out heretical pamphlets. The court ruled that the assault was unlawful since it exceeded reasonable force. || Grace Sanguino Regia di Tassato plead guilty || Guilty Fined one crown. || A clemency plea was made by Irada von Temeschwar
|-
| Heresy and blasphemy || The accused was witnessed handing out heretical and blasphemous pamphlets which he had himself obtained in Faraden. The accused was condemned by the Assembly of Nine and Cardinal Ophelia di Sanguino was their expert witness. || Romero di Sarvos pleaded guilty with no clemency. || Guilty Death by execution. || The accused was both unrepentant and presented a clear risk to the Empire. The convict's assets were sequestered and he was
|-
| Murder || The accused handed herself in and confessed to the murders of both Sister Dorcas and Sister Ana of the Suns of Couros. She said she had no control over her actions but having realised what she had done she did not seek help or treatment. || Sister Aurelia pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused got into an argument with Banwell Rae over the execution of a citizen for heresy. The accused pushed Rae to the floor when Rae stepped towards him. || Kane Frostwalker pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted the victim, Jera de Luisignon, while he was awaiting trial. The victim had cursed the accused's homeland, then taunted him about it. The accused then assaulted the victim with a knife but saw to it he was healed afterwards. || Magic' Errol of the Marches pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one crown. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused asked the victim, Jera de Luisignon to lift a curse that he had placed upon his father. Jera proceeded to insult both the accused and his father. The accused then stabbed him. || Robert Greyshanks pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one throne. ||
|-
| Blasphemy and idolatry || The accused was condemned by the Synod for blasphemy and idolatry for his involvement in the actions of the notorious De Luisignan anarchy cult. || Jera de Luisignon of Dawn pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution. || A clemency plea was made by Lady Josephine Novarion
|-
| Attempted murder and membership of the Vyig || The accused was witnessed stabbing Warrant Officer Hardfrost with a poisoned dagger at his wedding reception. A note indicated orders from the Vyig to carry out the assassination and scars consistent with removed Vyig tattoos were found on his knuckles. || Christoph di Sarvos plead not guilty to all charges. || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused tried to stop a Vyig assassin, Christoph di Sarvos, who was fleeing the scene of a crime. She was stabbed and poisoned and received a series of medical treatments that left her in an agitated state. She found the suspect in militia custody and stabbed him in a frenzy which was almost fatal to the victim. || Cora Greyshanks of the Marches plead guilty. || Guilty Fined six crowns. || A clemency plea was made by Robert of Swindale on grounds of Loyalty The court warns the convict and all citizens that the magistrates take a dim view of assaults on suspects in militia custody.
|-
| Assault || The accused was asked by a Warrant officer to guard the prisoner, Christoph di Sarvos. When the prisoner turned somewhat aggressively towards the accused he struck him twice with the butt of his bill. || Hob Culloch of the Marches pleaded not guilty on the grounds that he was keeping him in custody during a lawful arrest. || Not guilty but warned about his use of force. ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused was caught preaching heresy and promoting the false virtue of 'fear'. Examination by the egregore of Highguard found that he was a citizen of Highguard but that he was now nameless. He was condemned by the Assembly of the Way. || A citizen of Reikos who no longer bore any name pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution|| Due to time constraints, caused by the need for condemnation, the accused was tried after the summit
|-
| Contravening a Declaration of Interdiction || The accused cast the ritual Whispering Shadow Courtiers to contact the Whisper Gallery in contravention of the Conclave's declaration of Enmity. It was argued that his intent was to try to find out information on the Whispering Gallery's activities in an effort to save imperial lives. The court was satisfied that there was no evidence of treason. The accused had sought no prior advice from members of the Conclave, but the Cardinal of Vigilance advised him that she would plead clemency for him at trial. || Benedict of the House of Seven Mirrors plead guilty. || Guilty Fined ten thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Irada von Temeschwar, Cardinal of Vigilance. The court reminds citizens that contravening a declaration of interdiction is a serious offence.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 380YE
|-
| Manslaughter || Substantial Agramant activity was reported by witnesses in the Vale of Hollow Pines at the time of the offence. During these events the accused shot dead an old draughir woman with a single arrow. The victim (who was not a Varushkan citizen) had recently attacked Grandmother Aria, first paralysing her then biting off her ear. || Boyar Akstis of Eigulys known as “Gully” pleaded guilty || Due to both the circumstances and the clemency plea provided the convict was discharged without punishment. || A clemency plea was made by Rooslin Prochnost
|-
| Murder || The accused admitted the murder of Darius of the Emerald Order by stabbing him to death near the Marcher maypole in Anvil. The accused handed himself in, and claimed that he had lost his wits due to the side effects of potion making. While no witnesses to the crime came forward, and the accused said he had no memory of the murder, blood stains were found on his robes consistent with the events. || Pugilist of the Emerald Order pleaded guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state || The accused claimed right of witness in order to investigate a rumour he had heard of slavery in Anvil. He did not have the legal right to do so as he is not a member of the synod. || Bloodcrow Yargol pleaded guilty || Guilty. Fined six crowns. ||
|-
| Murder and perverting the course of justice || The accused were all involved in some capacity with the murder of Brady (for which Tarion of the Black Scar has already been executed). Erian aided the murder by luring Brady into an ambush and then lied about it in one of her statements to the militia. Bernie was the one who planned the murder but he did not personally wield a blade. Lleu, their acting Brand, was told by them of the murder after it happened and he asked Erian to lie to the militia. || Erian plead guilty to perverting the course of justice and murder. Bernie plead guilty to murder. Klay plead guilty to perverting the course of justice. || Guilty Erian was sentenced to death by execution. Bernie was sentenced to death by execution. Lleu was fined five thrones. || A clemency plea was made by Aelfin on behalf of Erian but said it was not a virtuous act A clemency plea was made by Rhisiart Tarw on behalf of Llew grounds of Loyalty and Pride
|-
| Assault || The accused all assaulted militia deputy Yaroslav who was guarding an old mine that had until recently been utilised by the Vyig. || Viktor, Boris and Alexi von Temeschwar all pleaded guilty. || Guilty Fined two crowns each. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused (who handed herself in) used her weapon to strike a heavy blow on the arm of a soldier who insulted her after the battle. || Clarice Novarion, General of the Eastern Sky, pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Perverting the course of justice || The accused was involved in the formation of the criminal scheme by the Handful of Dust coven in the Brass Coast to give True Liao to an eternal. The accused left this coven and moved to Dawn but because she felt bound by contract to secrecy she only gave very general warnings to Asher (the guide priest who lost his life as a result of their actions). || Catalina de Rondel of Dawn pleaded guilty || Guilty. Sentenced to suffer the curse of the Freezing Brand of Irremais || A clemency plea was made by Frederick Novarion
|-
| Murder (other lesser charges could have also been laid) || The accused were all citizens trapped in Reikos during the occupation. When priests arrived and reconnected them with the Way they came to Anvil to face justice for the terrible crimes they had committed in order to survive and so that others could learn from their experiences. Their crimes included killing others in fights over food, burning a house of flux sufferers to prevent spread of the disease, killing a crying child so they would not be found by a Druj patrol, torture and killing of Druj collaborators, cannibalism, killing to end the suffering of the starving and killing those who became a drain on the group's resources. || Jolen, Ruth, Caliban and Meliphas all pleaded guilty || All were discharged without further punishment but were offered the opportunity to participate in a Highguard cleansing ritual involving a river and weighing down with stones to represent guilt. || A clemency plea was made by four priests The court accepted the necessity of the acts for their survival and the dreadful adversity of their situation, starving and without any hope of outside help. Arguments were made both for and against the virtue of their actions. In considering sentence the court carefully considered whether these citizens were both deserving and capable of rejoining society. Also, whether it is in the Imperial interest to execute those left in such intolerable conditions.
|-
| Manslaughter (the first accused only) and trade of true Liao to foreigners || The accused arranged a past life vision and Asher of Felix Watch, Cardinal of Courage, agreed to accompany her. However, Ysabel had made a pact with the eternal, Sadogua, to pass her share of True Liao to him magically when she pretended to drink her dose.As a result Asher went to the labyrinth alone and the vision collapsed. Asher's mortal body died and then vanished. Barak of Haros, Head of the Attendants of the Gateway and Livia of the Celestial Cascade, Seer of the Gateway, bore witness and confirmed that Ysabel had been given a full safety briefing, that clearly stated that if both participants did not follow the process then the vision would collapse, and that Ysabel had signed her agreement. The defendants agreed the facts, and stated that their intention was to research the effects of True Liao on an eternal. || Ysabel I Ergo of the Handful of Dust pleaded guilty to both charges. Geraile I Erigo, Maite I Erigo, and Evaristo I Erigo pleaded guilty to trade of true liao to foreigners || Ysabel I Ergo was found guilty Death by execution. The other accused were found guilty Fined seventy five thrones. When their fine became due the next day they refused to pay and claimed to have given away all their assets. Consequently they were executed. || A clemency plea was made on behalf of Geraile I Erigo, Maite I Erigo, and Evaristo I Erigo.
|-
| Manslaughter and assault || The accused and others captured some bandits and brought them back through the Sentinel Gate. The victim attempted to flee and was struck down. The victim was kicked in the head by the accused and died in spite of the medical treatment applied at the scene. || Arden of Cantiarch's Hold pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and guilty to assault. || Not guilty of manslaughter Guilty of assault. Fined two crowns. ||
|-
| Assault || The first accused attacked Ursil de Luisignan with his wand after getting into an altercation. The second accused attacked Tremayne de Luisignan with his sword after he got involved. || Selen de Rondel and Robert Greyshanks both pleaded guilty. || Guilty Selen de Rondel was fined four crowns. Robert Greyshanks was required to apologise to the victim. ||
|-
| Attempted Treason || The accused took a conjunction to meet the eternal Jaheris to discuss the (then current) enmity with Eleonaris but, rather than meeting Jaheris arrived at an audience with Eleonaris herself.Some members of this party had already been advised by the Dawnish egregore not to speak with Eleonaris if this happened. The court probed the nature of the meeting to discover if any of the delegation intended to negotiate and deal with Eleonaris but found no evidence of attempted treason." || Duke Orzel of Dawn along with the other members of his delegation all pleaded not guilty. || Not guilty || The accused were given words of warning with regards to talking to enemies of the Empire in the future.
|}
==Reports from 379YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 379YE
|-
| Theft || The accused were witnessed by a member of the militia fleeing a shop in Tassato carrying stolen merchandise. As Kit is a minor, her guardian Catalina faced punishment in her place. || Kit de Tassato (a minor) and Wyl Brackensong both pleaded guilty. || Guilty Jointly fined two thrones, to be paid as compensation to the victim, Umberto. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered Brady of Blackscar striding following an accusation of incompetence by the victim. A thorough investigation by the militia uncovered the accused, who then admitted the crime during an interview. || Tarion of Black Scar pleaded guilty. || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Theft || The accused stole three crowns from the victim's change jar. As Kit is a minor, her guardian Catalina faced punishment in her place. || Kit de Tassato pleaded guilty. || Guilty Fined two crowns and ordered to repay the three crowns stolen from the victim. ||
|-
| Blasphemy || The accused were condemned by the Synod for preaching the false virtue of peace at Anvil at the Autumn summit. The expert witness from the synod was Father Appleseed. || Mother Alice, Calm Roberto, and Mary Bregasland pleaded guilty. || Guilty Branded and recommended to the care of Father Appleseed. || A clemency plea was made by Father Appleseed's brother. The accused were separately excommunicated.
|-
| Treason || The accused made a deal with Agramant in which he was given the means to create fear auras to help in their fight against the Jotun in return for executing Jotun prisoners in the presence of Agramant's herald. Expert advice was taken before the trial from Syrus, the Archmage of Winter who advised that such actions do benefit Agramant. || Aedan of Olwen's stand pleaded guilty. || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Theft || The accused was cursed in the Senate. After the Senate guard struck down the deliverer of the (perfectly legal) curse, the accused rifled through the victim's bag. Afterwards two crowns, twelve rings and a small red puppet were missing. It was unclear whether these items were in fact stolen as the puppet was later found in the mud. || Senator Miroslav offered a weregild of three crowns in compensation for any losses, which was accepted by the victim. || Three crowns weregild was accepted in compensation. No additional punishment levied by magistrates. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 379YE
|-
| Murder (first accused) Manslaughter (second accused) || Five years ago the accused were part of a coven who experimented with a Spring vortex, resulting in an explosion which killed seven citizens. The first accused killed a survivor of the blast in order to keep their experiments secret .Evidence was presented that proved that the second accused was not present at this incident. || Mwfanwy Dray pleaded guilty (first accused) Mertyn Dray pleaded not guilty. || Mwfanwy was found guilty Death by execution Mertyn was found not guilty. ||
|-
| Attempted murder (later reduced to attempted poisoning) || The accused was reported to the militia by Jonah for paying him one and a half thrones to poison Bronislav, a member of the militia involved in the Greenshields case. The accused admitted intent to poison (but not murderous intent) during the trial. || Salviana former fiance of Aelvir of the Greenshields pleaded not guilty. || Guilty of attempted poisoning Fined ten thrones. ||
|-
| Murder and attempted murder || The accused was captured attempting to assassinate the civil servant Helena Raminci di Sarvos. During their trial the accused also admitted the murder of another civil servant. || An unnamed agent of the Whisper Gallery in a porcelain mask pleaded guilty. || Guilty Death by execution || The accused took their mask off and vanished after being sentenced
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 379YE
|-
| Impersonation of an Imperial official (Meha i Zidan) Subverting the agencies of the state (everyone else) Perverting the course of justice (Pavel) || General Istana discovered that senator Kattalin i Hazama was absent, thus preventing his re-election without involvement from the senate. He took advice from Pavel, the military council civil servant liaison from which he inferred that he should appoint a fake senatorial proxy for the missing senator to fix the problem. Meha i Zidan was the false proxy, but was not aware of the extent of the conspiracy. The other senators were participants in this subversion, although Avisena i Ezmara was unaware that the proxy was false. At trial Pavel denied General Istana's claims but later he came forward to admit that he had in fact implied what the general inferred, Consequently, post-trial the magistrate substantially reduced the fines levied. || Anwar del Torro pleaded guilty Feliciana i Sotero pleaded guilty. Avisena i Ezmara pleaded not guilty General Istana pleaded not guilty Meha i Zidan pleaded guilty. Pavel pleaded guilty || Anwar del Torro was found guilty Fined ten thrones later reduced to five thrones Feliciana i Sotero was found guilty Fined ten thrones later reduced to five thrones Avisena i Ezmara was found not guilty. General Istana was found guilty Fined twenty thrones later reduced to five thrones Meha i Zidan was found guilty Fined four crowns later reduced to two crowns. Pavel was found guilty Fined twenty thrones. || Avisena i Ezmara was advised to change her plea to not guilty on the advice of the court. Pavel resigned from his post as Herald of the Council
|-
| False Imprisonment || Tyrwyn imprisoned his own military unit in a fort when they became afflicted by a curse which made them feral and violent. He came forward and confessed of his own volition, but as no complaints have been made and his behaviour appeared to be virtuous, the case was dismissed. || Tyrwyn Northernbay of Miaren || Case dismissed. ||
|-
| Assault || During the Cathan Canae tourney the suspect entered the arena unannounced and pushed over the Jotun champion, who insisted that charges be brought. || Irontide Bruk pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined three rings. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Assault, theft, Vyig membership (various)Assault, theft, Vyig membership and murder (various) || A group of nine tattooed Vyig were captured by the Iron Raptors. Various evidence of their crimes was presented, including some statements by suspects implicating other members of the group in crimes. || Five suspects pleaded guilty to assault, theft, and Vyig membership. Four pleaded not guilty to murder, assault, theft, and Vyig membersip. || One of those accused of murder was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser charges. Fined all their assets and tattoos removed Five were found guilty of the lesser charges Fined all their assets and tattoos removed. Three suspects accused of murder were found guilty Senteced to death by execution || The three suspects guilty of murder attempted to escape and were executed
|-
| Murder || The accused killed a fleeing Vyig suspect after they attempted to escape on multiple occasions. || Mercutio pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined four thrones and branded on his hand. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Attempted murder || The accused cut the throat of Lunetta Sanguino, who was attempting to become a herald. The reason given for the attack was to send her soul to the labyrinth, lest her soul should be prevented from entering the labyrinth by her eternal service. The clemency plea at trial was made by the victim who has reconsidered her choices. || Jared of the Suns of Couros pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one crown || A clemency plea was made The fine was instructed to be paid into the Synod Virtue fund
|-
| Murder || The accused were tried for the murder of Zedenka of the Ulla Sisterhood, Varushka. The victim described her attackers when summoned back through the Black Gate. Careful investigations confirmed that the summoned shade was in fact Zedenka and that her testimony appeared genuine. Kale refused to answer questions put by the magistrate and Thor's answers were vague and inconsistent with witness testimony that placed both of them at the scene of the crime. Udoxia, testified that Thor came out of a tent following a woman's scream and declared that it was a “false alarm”. || Thor of the Hammer pleaded not guilty. Kale pleaded not guilty. || Thor of the Hammer was found guilty Death by execution Kale was found guilty Death by execution || Kale used magical means to commit suicide and briefly haunt the area before execution
|-
| Slavery and mayhem || The accused were captured during a raid in Reikos to sweep up remaining perpetrators from the Brothers and Sisters of Virtue (many of whom have already been tried for the mutilating and enslaving of hundreds of orc orphans) || Sister Keiiah pleaded not guilty || Guilty Death by execution || Sister Keeiah committed suicide using magical means before execution.
|-
| Murder || The accused killed a criminal who had been downed during a raid on the Vyig. || Prospero of the League pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined five thrones || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Vyig membership and contempt of court (Maria)Murder, theft malsanguino, and Vyig membership (Nicolo and Cesare) || The accused were tattooed Vyig captured by concerned Imperial citizens. Nicolo and Cesare escaped custody and committed serious assaults on the presiding magistrate and a warrant officer present following the verdict, before recapture. || Maria pleaded not guilty. Nicolo pleaded not guilty Cesare pleaded not guilty. || Maria was found guilty Tattoos were removed and her left hand was mutilated. Nicolo was found guilty Death by execution Cesare was found guilty Death by execution ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 379YE
|-
| Manslaughter || The accused killed Auras Dustborn while he was unconscious during a battle with husks. The accused had been ordered to kill all husks on the ground to prevent them arising again and mistook the victim for a husk. || Keridwyn Splitroot pleaded guilty || Guilty Weregild agreed that the Splitroot steading to serve the Dustborn steading for two seasons no further judicial punishment || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Murder, membership of Vyig || The accused, a self-confessed enforcer for the Vyig, admitted to murdering Darren Uzo in Temeschwar on the orders of Uncle Uzo || Al Uzo pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Assault, theft, membership of Vyig || The accused implicated himself in the aiding and abetting of a Vyig “protection” racket || Robert Uzo pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one throne Tattoo was removed || A clemency plea was made Property deed to a brickmaker's business was taken in lieu of the fine and sold for one throne
|-
| Handling stolen goods || The accused had no tattoos but admitted to working for the Vyig, carrying their property and so on. || Bobby of Varushka pleaded not guilty || Guilty Branded as a thief ||
|-
| Attempted murder or aiding and abetting of attempted murder either directly or by concealment of their activities || Following intelligence reports that the Greenshields Tavern in Wintermark were carrying out a business of assassins for hire, a sting operation was carried out. An undercover militia deputy introduced a fake client to Aelvir, who arranged for an assassination to be carried out against the victim, another undercover deputy for the fee of ten thrones. Sully went with the client to check out the victim and to kill them if he considered it safe to do so. Sully also offering what the client took to be poison when he did not like the victim's location. A final attempt was made but baulked at the last moment. The clients' monies were then returned. When arrested no explanation was offered for this behaviour. The sister, Lumi was observed to be close to her brother and witnesses placed her nearby in the tavern during these events. Vesha was a new barman and Uri did not belong to the Greenshields group, no evidence was presented implicating them in these crimes. || Aelvir – the landlord and procurer - pleaded guilty Sully – apothecary and assassin - pleaded not guilty Lumi – sister to Aelvir - pleaded not guilty Uri - bar staff- pleaded not guilty Vesha – bar staff - pleaded not guilty || Aelvir was found guilty Death by execution Sully was found guilty Death by execution Lumi was found guilty Death by execution Uri and Vesha were found not guilty || A clemency plea was made on behalf of Aelvir
|}

==Reports from 378YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 378YE
|-
| Theft and assault || The accused were caught attempting to steal a weapon of war in the form of a giant stone head from the Varushkan camp. They assaulted Senator Dushan Otecovna Zlata of Varushka in the process || Kayne and Leopric, both of Wintermark, pleaded guilty || Guilty Fine of 4 thrones ||
|-
| Perverting the course of justice || The accused incorrectly believed that a murder case (in which the accused was Yanov Tartaklvsky of Varushka) would not be tried. He threatened a number of witnesses to this trial although it was accepted that he was ignorant that they were witnesses in an ongoing case. || Brand Rizzard pleaded not guilty || Guilty. Fined one throne ||
|-
| Assault || The accused assaulted Luke of the Shattered Tower of Highguard and (incidentally to this charge) cursed him. || Aben Newath and two other unnamed heralds of Jaheris pleaded guilty || Guilty Returned to the Hall of Worlds without further punishment. ||
|-
| Idolatry and treason || The accused attempted to bargain with Surut (an eternal under enmity) using unborn souls. He was condemned by the Synod. || Thulun of the Silent Step pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Murder, theft, assault || The accused was the leader of a band of murderous brigands who had been preying upon refugees fleeing the Mournwold. || Thomas Hayward pleaded not guilty || Guilty Death by execution || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Murder, assault || The accused was charged with murder of a prisoner while on a battlefield and the assault of another marcher, Tilly Stoke who became involved after the fact. || Hob Culloch pleaded not guilty || Not guilty ||
|-
| Treason, contempt of court || The accused were caught attempting to perform a ritual damaging mana production in the Empire and refused to answer the Magistrate. After their trial (as suspected) they admitted to being involved with the Anarchy cult which has been active in Miekerova recently. || Ivan and Sergei of Miekerova pleaded not guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused took responsibility for landing the killing blow on a Navarr after Varushka and Navarr were tricked by ghosts into fighting each other at night. The Navarr attacked the Varushkans first and the presence of the ghosts meant that a number of participants in the battle rose up to fight again. || Yanov Abromovich Tartaklvsky pleaded not guilty || Not guilty. ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused were condemned by the Vigilance assembly for their involvement in the Miekerovan Anarchy cult. They refused to answer questions or give their names. || Four unknown citizens pleaded not guilty || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused was condemned by the vigilance assembly for contravening the doctrine of Human Destiny by claiming to be greater than any human. There was no evidence presented that anyone was actually swayed by this. || Thelonius Kade pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two thrones. ||
|-
| Contempt of Court || The accused were two Varushkans who were caught in Anvil at the Imperial Regio attempting to perform a ritual to damage mana production in the Empire. It was suspected that these were members of the Miekerovan anarchy cult. They refused to answer any of the Magistrate's questions. || Svetlana and Yuri of Varushka did not enter a plea || Guilty. Death by execution. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 378YE
|-
| Murder || The accused ordered the murder of militia deputy Gwylyr during the Winter Solstice 377YE. || Cerunnos pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution to be carried out after the battle on Sunday. || The execution was not carried out due to the death of Cerunnos in battle. This was the final trial pertaining to Gwylyr's murder.
|-
| Theft || While wearing a mask of Mazen the accused stole goods from the hub of a value of approximately 5 crowns. She handed herself in the following day and gave a full confession. || Isabel i Erigo pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined five crowns. ||
|-
| Slavery, Mayhem and murder || The accused were part of a conspiracy to enslave hundreds of Orcs by mutilating their brains at an early age. Their labour was subsequently sold to unsuspecting imperial citizens. Orcs who fell ill or who were injured were typically murdered. All belonged to the Brothers and Sisters of Virtue sect of Raeza's Wall Chapter in Casinea.The militia would like to formally commend Senator Ywain of Dawn for his actions in bringing this matter to the attention of the militia and in providing vital assistance to the operation which smashed this criminal organisation and brought these perpetrators to justice. || Ulfric Bouchnack pleaded guilty. Brother Raphael pleaded not guilty. Rannock pleaded not guilty. || All were found guilty. Death by execution. ||
|-
| Slavery, Mayhem, Murder and resisting arrest. || Relating to the above crimes, the mutilation of the orcs was performed by the Dubcek family in the vale of Wyrmgratz, Varushka. They were named as co-conspirators by the members of the Brothers and Sisters of Virtue. A group of militia, deputised orcs and two magistrates went to Wyrmgratz to arrest them and bring them to trial. They refused to comply with the Magistrate's order to return to Anvil and so were summarily executed. || Yatislav Dubcek and eight other members of the Guardians of Moral Order. || Tried summarily and executed. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 378YE
|-
| Assault || The accused headbutted Nathaniel the Unbranded during the fracas in which a number of the Druj envoys were killed. || Irontide Brack pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one crown. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered Lord Griffinsbane while he was being held in Dawnish custody awaiting probable charges for treason and attempted murder. || Danica d'Orzel pleaded guilty. || Guilty Fined two thrones. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered militia deputy Gwylyr during the winter solstice while at the Black Plateau, allegedly on the orders of General Cernanos. || Owen Y'Basden pleaded guilty. || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Murder || The accused aided and abetted in the murder of Gwylyr described above. || Bors Y'Basden pleaded guilty. || Guilty Fined two thrones and branded. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Spring Equinox 378YE
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Mara of Vashti's Penitents, Highguard || Sev of House Degruvain pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns ||
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Pavel of The Company of the White Flame || Jael of Vashti's Penitents pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined four crowns ||
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Jael of Vashti's Penitents || Bedevere of the Crimson Petals and Clarice Novarion both pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns each. ||
|-
| Attempting to pervert the course of justice || The accused poisoned himself in order to implicate Lorenzo of the Butchers Bank for his attempted murder. || Sandoval of the Gilded Horn Carta pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered Tristran Longridge of the Marches in the Marches in 376 in revenge for the slaying of her Feni barbarian master || Hilda Appeby of Dawn pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Magratha Echostorm, a medic at the hospital, while under the influence of a curse || Bloodcrow Martak pleaded guilty || Guilty Bloodcrow Martak to serve in the hospital as an orderly instead of receiving a fine ||
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Jael and Mara of Vashti's Penitents when Mara interfered with a duel between Jael and Terin Realmsreach. || Aife Realmsreach pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two rings ||
|-
| Murder || Murder of Jael and Mara of Vashti's Penitents while unconscious, following the assault described previously. || Terin Realmsreach pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered two League citizens in the city of Temeschwar. || Two members of the Vyig of Temeschwar pleaded guilty ||Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Assault || An assault by the accused upon Jael of Vashti's Penitents while defending a herald || Ox the Crazy pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one crown ||
|-
| Murder || The accused murdered the previous Grand Bailiff of the Market, Martha of Stockland || Two residents of Ashtown pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Subverting the agencies of the state || The accused was precipitate in taking action regarding a senate motion (about the non-extension of the armistice with the Jotun) which was later vetoed. || Bridget Eastville (nee Talbot) pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined six thrones ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused used his soul as an asset in a contract with the eternal Zand. || Angelo i Jannat i Riqueza pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined three thrones || The fine was instructed to be paid into the Synod Virtue fund
|}

==Reports from 377YE==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Winter Solstice 377YE
|-
| Attempted Murder, Subverting Agencies of the State. || The accused is the leader of the Y'Basden Striding. In battle he repeatedly refused the orders of the battlefield commander and when a runner came to repeat the orders he had him cut down. || Ulrich Y'Basden pleaded not guilty to both charges. || Not guilty of attempted murder Guilty of assault. Guilty of subverting the Agencies of the State. Death by military service. ||
|-
| Poisoning || The accused added liao to the drink of Irontide Groff, an Imperial orc, causing him to be made slightly unwell. At the time the accused believed that a mora shapeshifter was present in the company and the act was performed to identify if the orc was in fact a Mora (he was not). || Lazarus pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined one ring. Ordered to pay one ring in compensation to Irontide Groff. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Poisoning,assault || The accused used a poisoned blade upon her husband Lord Beaumont before the battle to make him too weak to go (as she feared for his safety). She later cured her husband's ailment he went to do his duty on the battle. || Lady Igraine Novarion pleaded guilty || Guilty Ordered to hand over her poisons to her husband prior to the next battle. || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Murder, possession of a Scorpion Sting || The accused murdered Guillmero i Marco i Riqueza using a Scorpion Sting || Maria i Androsin i Erigo leaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Aiding and abetting murder, possession of Scorpion Sting || The accused supplied the Scorpion Sting that was used to murder Guillmero i Marco i Riqueza. || Cain of Cassian Chapter pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution. ||
|-
| Assault || The accused accepted a boon of vengeance from a herald of Hayaak and then assaulted General Stanislav in the tavern, against whom he bore a grudge. || Mordin of the Rising Sun Spire pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined two crowns Corvus, Archmage of Summer, will provide (magical) compensation to the victim. ||
|-
| Assault || The orc egregore handed himself in to the militia after he broke the leg of a member of the Irontide who repeatedly insulted a guest. || The Imperial Orc egregore pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined six crowns. ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Autumn Equinox 377YE
|-
| Murder || Mother killed an assailant who was witnessed attempting to murder her child. The attacker died very swiftly but no evidence of foul play was presented. || Inga Essing || Not guilty || No record of their plea was made
|-
| Attempt to acquire controlled substance (deadly poison) || A citizen was asked to acquire poison by Emil Darkling for murderous purposes. All witnessed by a member of the militia. The evidence also suggested that Krefinar, landlord of the Artisan Arms had asked Emil Darkling to do this on his behalf. || Emil Darkling pleaded guilty Krefinar || Emil Darkling was found guilty Death by military service. Krefinar was found not guilty || No record of Krefinar's plea was made
|-
| Treason || The accused were captured by members of the league fighting on the side of barbarians against the Empire. || Father Olaf and Ragnar Olafson both pleaded guilty || Father Olaf was found guilty Death by execution Ragnar Olafson pleaded guilty Death by military service ||
|-
| Blasphemy || The accused was witnessed preaching the false virtue of unity. || Faelid pleaded guilty || Guilty Death by execution ||
|-
| Blasphemy and Heresy || The accused was condemned by the Synod for the production of an allegedly blasphemous and heretical pamphlet. || Xavier of Urizen || Not guilty ||
|-
| Improper placement of an aura on the senate || The accused placed a calming magical aura on the senate building during the festival of the broken wheel. || Catalynd Enigo pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined three crowns ||
|-
| Attempted false imprisonment and theft || The honourable guild of debt collectors in the league were accused of kidnapping the father of Fiona Mudstrider and attempting to extort a ransom from her. || The honourable guild of debt collectors || Guilty Fined ten crowns || No record of their plea was made
|-
| Manslaughter || A unit led by Nicolo Barossa de Tassato Regario of the league arrested a group of citizens who they believed were heretics while on a mission outside Anvil. Excessive use of force resulted in the death of one of these citizens. || Nicolo Barossa de Tassato Regario pleaded guilty || Guilty Fined seven crowns ||
|-
| Heresy || The accused were arrested by a unit led by Nicolo Barossa de Tassato Regario of the league for carrying out heretical activities. || Mario de Sarvos, Silvos de Sarvos and Isabella de Sarvos || Guilty Death by military service. || No record of their plea was made
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Crimes
! scope="col" style="width: 50%;" | Description
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Accused and Plea
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Result
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Notes
|+ Summer Solstice 377YE
|-
| Treason || Seeking to offer weapons to barbarians || Harry Harrold of the Marches || Not guilty ||
|-
| Murder || A citizen taken prisoner in battle || Xavier of Urizen || Guilty Fined twenty crowns || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Murder || In a duel by poison || Solomon of Highguard || Guilty Death by military service || A clemency plea was made
|-
| Murder || In the tavern || Elpidio Floren and Abul Dye || Guilty Death by military service || A clemency plea was made
|}

The final countdown

2025-04-15T14:34:46Z

Coolbeans:

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:386YE Summer]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic>
"When Isaella slew the Mad Emperor, do you imagine she had no doubts? To take up arms against her friend? The man she had sworn a sacred oath to protect against all threats. Do you imagine that killing him was easy?"

"We don't praise Isaella for her skill with arms. We praise her because in the face of all her doubts she had the Courage to act! That is what it means to be a hero! Isaella understood what her actions would mean. She ''knew'' that slaying the Emperor would unleash chaos. She ''knew'' that it would mean her death. And ''still'', she did not hesitate. Faced with a thousand reasons to hesitate, to wait, to delay... she chose to ignore them all. She knew that inaction brings only shame and never victory."

"It is easy for us. Here. Now. After the fact. Now when the Mad Emperor is gone and long buried. When his legacy is dust, his supporters vanquished. Now it seems like there was never any other choice. We understand now - as ''only'' Isaella understood then - that all those doubts, those fears, they were just spectres sent to harry her soul. They were never real!"

"And so it will seem to our children. To our descendants. We, who will surely die if we take this path, will seem to them as if we made the only possible choice. They will not know our doubts. They will not understand our fears. History will see right through them. All that will remain after we are gone are the legends we leave."

"This is what it ''means'' to be a hero. To see not with the eyes of now - but to see as Isaella saw - to see with the eyes of history. Only then can you see what needs to be done."

"You! You at the back. Will you be Isaella?"</ic>
<div style="float:left; width: 550px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage|file=In the woods.jpg|caption=The Navarr face a decision that will shape the future of their nation.|align=leftt|width=550}}</div>{{audio|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoYPILf9WLk}}
==Overview==
At the Winter Solstice, '''Aniera of Exiles End''' used the [[Navarr]] [[Assembly#The_National_Assemblies|Assembly]] to ask the Navarr people for their opinion following [[A_thousand_years_of_longing|the work published on the vallorn]] and how to destroy it. Further statements followed next season from both the Navarr and [[Highguard]] with an eloquent call to action. ''"The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years."'' said '''Sîan Eternal''', ''"It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless."'' The Highborn '''Doctor Lysimachus''' appeared to concur with that view and reminded Highguard that the vallorn was the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire, a pointed call back to the decision by the Empire to found the [[Grey pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] for the express purpose of combating the [[vallorn]].

There is widespread support for these views across the people of Navarr and Highguard, but the matter is not yet settled. There is a growing hope that after centuries, this could be the hour. Yet, there are voices in both lands that urge caution - it is very clear that the Empire ''can'' do this - that is not the same as saying they ''should'' do this.

There is always a choice.

Now Highguard and most especially the Navarr must make that choice. It is not an exaggeration to say that everything hinges on this. If the Empire chooses to begin the final war with the vallorn then nothing will ever be the same again. There can be no ducking this decision, it is too important, too momentous, too pressing. One way or another the Navarr and the Empire must decide.

<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap; 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
{{SOPInner|statement=After 1000 years of work we have the answer to destroying the vallorn. The Navarr assembly now seeks the opinion of the Navarr people. Speak to your guides. We are listening. We shall publish our response next season.|vote=Greater Majority (404-18)|by=Aniera Exiles End, Navarr Assembly|when=385YE Winter Solstice}}
{{SOPInner|statement=It is time to stop seeing the Vallorn as a dormant threat to be dealt with later. It is a danger that lies within our Empire's borders that holds countless bodies and souls. Most notably it keeps two exemplars, the founders of our nation, in torturous stasis. The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing Knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years. They join us in the war to eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfil our Nations ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good. It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless.|vote=214-0|by=Sîan Eternal, Navarr Assembly|when=385YE Spring Equinox|size=small}}
{{SOPInner|statement=While we Highborn are righteously committed to ensuring the Cold Sun is extinguished, we must not forget the other threats we still face and fight. While we focus on the Cold Sun on our doors and must prepare for Grendel on our shores, the Vallorn remains the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire and is no dormant threat. We formed the grey pilgrims to aid Navarr to end this threat, not just keep it at bay for another 1,000 years for others to deal with. In accordance with Sian Eternals statement to Navarr, once the Cold Sun have been snuffed out, even as we keep an eye upon the Grendel, we return to ensuring the Vallorn are eventually given a right permanent kicking in! When the time comes for just to act, whether sooner or later, we will Act with certainty.|vote=332-0|by=Doctor Lysimachus, Highborn Assembly|when=385YE Spring Equinox|size=small}}
</div>
<div style="float:right; width: 600px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage|file=Choices have consequences.jpg|caption=To walk, or to cease walking and begin to fight?|align=right|width=600}}</div>
==A Time To Shine==
* '''The Navarr Assembly could use a mandate to commit the entire nation to the war against the vallorn'''
* '''This mandate could be enacted at the Summer Solstice or the Autumn Equinox'''
There is predictable cynicism from some quarters that the politics of [[Anvil]] will not favour the Navarr. When the [[Jotun]] threatened the Navarr holdings in [[Liathaven]], it was not the time. The [[territory]] fell to the barbarians, the [[steading|steadings]] destroyed, the people slaughtered. When the vallorn in [[Brocéliande]] was vulnerable for the first time in a generation, it was not the time and a vital chance to weaken the vallorn was lost. The situation at the moment is difficult, nobody denies it - the Jotun are attacking in the West, the [[Druj]] have just invaded [[Therunin]] and the [[Grendel]] are not yet defeated in the South. There is a widespread belief that the powers that be will look to the [[Imperial Military Council]] and they will say... it is not the time. The Navarr will be told that it must make this sacrifice for the good of the Empire, as if they have not been sacrificing everything for the good of the Empire for the best part of four centuries.

It is not enough to give in to cynicism says ''Maddoc of the Fleeting Star Striding'', who claims that the Military Council could be persuaded to support attempts to join the hearts. If the vallorn in Liathaven exploded forth from its dark heart, it would pose an enormous problem for the Jotun who would be forced to divert armies to try and oppose any Westward expansion. Likewise, if the heart in the [[Sarangrave]] were triggered, it would spell disaster for the Druj - they would have to pull back some or all of their armies to contain it. Triggering the vallorn is guaranteed to radically alter the Empire's military position - but it's not guaranteed to make it ''worse''.

Unable to settle these arguments, people look with optimism to their leaders at Anvil to settle this matter once and for all. Can it be done? The will among the Navarr is there - people are ready to sacrifice everything for this. To give up everything, to commit everything. But is now the right time? The people trust their leaders to make that decision.

Once made that decision will be difficult to turn back. Beginning the final war against the vallorn would be transformative for the Navarr. Their stridings would no longer need to walk the [[trods]]... There would be no more need to weaken the vallorn one step at a time when anymore. That would mean all those Navarr warriors would become available to take up the fight. It's impossible to predict the changes that will follow such a decision but nothing will be the same.

The people of Navarr are looking to their leaders at Anvil for an answer; the priests of Navarr could use a [[mandate]] in the Assembly to seize this moment:
{{Mandate|mandate=We march to war! We send {named priest} with 200 liao to urge every Navarr to remember the oaths they swore. Let us eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfil our nation's ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good.|assembly=Navarr Assembly}}
If this mandate is enacted, then most of the stridings will stop walking the trods and return home in preparation for the final battle to begin. There will be a huge swell of enthusiasm as people from across the nation embrace the coming fight. As a result, the number of [[Imperial army|armies]] that the Navarr can [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Forces|maintain]] will increase from three to six.

Almost every Navarr will commit themselves fully to the coming war. The Navarr have always had a somewhat singular focus; this mandate will strengthen that resolve. In the seasons that follow, there will be far fewer opportunities like the recent proposal to build new [[The way home|wayhouses]]; instead every effort will be made to find [[opportunity|new opportunities]] to gain the upper hand in the struggle against the vallorn.

At the first stage, the Navarr scouts will seek to identify opportunities to place the trods in [[Sarangrave#Béantal Dol|Béantal Dol]] in Sarangrave, and in Kabanja and Visokuma in [[Axos]]. Once [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] is cast in these three territories, then the final war against the vallorn will begin. When that happens, there will be no going back. The castings will need to be timed right - to ensure the Druj and Axou can't simply take them down before the network of trods is complete - but nobody said this would be ''easy''.

By enacting this mandate, the Assembly is confirming that it is the settled will of the leaders of the Navarr that the nation begin the war against the vallorn at the soonest available opportunity. It may not happen immediately, but the final countdown will have begun. Once that decision is made, the Navarr will expect their leaders to see it through, to be entirely committed to the imminent war against the vallorn. In return they will offer their own absolute commitment, seeking out ways to help the long dream of the Navarr to become a reality.

==A Time To Stay==
* '''The Navarr Assembly could use a mandate to tell the nation to stay their hand'''
* '''This mandate could be enacted at the Summer Solstice or the Autumn Equinox'''
Not every Navarr is persuaded that now is the time to act. It is easy to urge people to have the [[Courage]] of their convictions, easy to be swept up by the siren call of history, easy to decry those who urge caution. ''"I always pause for thought before I act,"'' says ''Dai Summers'' rhetorically, ''"what do you do?"''.

What if now is ''not'' the right time? What if starting the final war with the vallorn now results in the destruction of the Empire? What if everyone dies and the Navarr have to begin the whole thing all over again. It has taken centuries to get to this point - why not wait a few more decades? Right now it seems like everything would hang in the balance - why not wait until things are in the Navarr's favour.

It will be hard for people to accept that now is not the time, but they trust the [[Wisdom]] of the Navarr at Anvil. Every thorn wants to be [[Isaella]] - everyone wants to be a hero. But sensible people must know that the most important thing is to ''win''. The Navarr are looking to their leaders at Anvil for an answer. The priests of Navarr could use a mandate in the Assembly to seize this moment:
{{Mandate|mandate=Actions have consequences. We send {named priest} with 100 doses of liao to remind Navarr that first we must prepare for malice. We will not start this war until the outcome is certain.|assembly=Navarr Assembly}}
If this mandate is enacted, then people will be disappointed but they will accept it. The knowledge of how to defeat the vallorn is not going away. The final battle might not happen for a generation - but people can use that time to prepare, to make ready, to ensure that when the moment comes their descendants can strike with the certainty that the path to victory has been prepared.
<div style="float:right; width: 600px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage|file=Blood for Poppies.jpg|caption=The vallorn has lasted a thousand years; there is no sign that it cannot endure for another thousand.|align=left|width=600}}</div>
The mandate will ''still'' produce significant changes. Stridings will continue to walk the trods as they have done since the Navarr began, but where before the Navarr would risk much to seize any chance for an advantage over the vallorn, now they will go out of their way to avoid it. There is no point in risking lives on foolish ventures when it is settled that now is not the time. Better to husband their strength and prepare.

In the seasons that follow, there will be far more opportunities like the recent proposal to build new [[The way home|wayhouses]] but at the cost of [[opportunity|new opportunities]] to deal with the vallorn. The ancient enemy will be left to slumber in its dark hearts - the Navarr will turn their focus to strengthening their nation and the Empire. In many ways it will be like a dry run the future - a decade without ever having to worry about the vallorn will be a kind of preparation for when the day dawns that there is no vallorn.

This means, the Navarr will stop actively attacking the vallorn and focus their efforts on finding ways to strengthen the nation in preparation for the future. The issue of going to war against the vallorn will be settled for a decade in the minds of the Navarr npcs in favour of preparation. There won't be any new [[opportunity|opportunities]] to push the line against the vallorn in the coming years, there will be opportunities to make Navarr stronger instead. That won't change for a decade unless players make a way to join all the vallorn hearts to the trod nework,

==Your Darkened Land==
* '''There will be a catastrophic loss of confidence in the leadership of the Navarr if neither mandate is passed before the end of the Autumn Equinox'''

The people of the Navarr are looking to their leaders to make the most momentous decision any Navarr has made since the fall of Terunael, since Navarr and Thorn swore the first oaths. They understand how difficult it will be to make this decision. None-the-less there is no-one else who can make this judgement. Only the leaders at Anvil know what the Senate could be persuaded of. Only they know what the Military Council can be persuaded of. Only they can know what [[the Throne]] really thinks. People are relying on their leaders to step up at this moment and make the decision one way or the other.

The Navarr people will give their leaders time, but only a little. If the Navarr cannot make the decision in the next two seasons, if the National Assembly does not enact either mandate before the end of the Autumn Equinox. If they can't make up their mind whether to fight the vallorn or to wait a generation and use that time to prepare before winter comes, then there will be a catastrophic loss of confidence in the Navarr leadership. Every personal resource in the nation will suffer a two rank penalty to their production for the next year as a result.
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==A Time To Sing==
* '''The Highborn Assembly could use a mandate to commit those dedicated to destroying the vallorn to the fight'''
* '''This mandate could be enacted at the Summer Solstice or the Autumn Equinox'''

The Highborn have been unequivocal on the matter of the vallorn - their assembly has repeatedly called it the greatest spiritual threat the Empire has ever faced. The grey pilgrims were founded to support the Navarr by taking up the burden of walking the trods. They gave up their comfortable lives in Highguard to commit themselves to a task that at the time seemed interminable. Now it seems that the timing was simply apposite - fated even.

Like the Navarr, the Highborn Assembly could embrace the chance to begin the war against the vallorn. Like the Navarr this choice will have a profound impact on the nation. It is not just that there will be no more need to walk the trods; the start of the war with the vallorn will invite the Highborn to consider other changes too. Is now the time to be building the [[Blood will thicken|grand inspiration of the Way]] in [[Bastion]] when the survival of the very Empire may be at stake? It's difficult to predict what quandaries such a decision will raise, if the Highborn pass this mandate.

{{Mandate|mandate=There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send {named priest} with 200 liao to urge every Highborn to prepare for the coming battle. No price is too high to realise our dreams.|assembly=Highborn Assembly}}

If this mandate is enacted, then the grey pilgrims will stop walking the trods and return home in preparation for the final battle to begin. As a result, the number of armies that the Highborn can support will increase from three to four.

The Highborn nation are committed to defeating the vallorn but they don't have the singular focus of the Navarr. Their nation was not literally founded to achieve this outcome. Even so, this mandate will strengthen the resolve that led to the creation of the grey pilgrims. In the seasons that follow, there will be fewer opportunities like the recent proposal to [[Drumbeat_of_war#The_Way_is_Clear|convert the Asaveans]]; instead every effort will be made to find [[opportunity|new opportunities]] to gain the upper hand in the struggle against the vallorn.

By enacting this mandate, the Assembly is confirming that the virtuous thing to do is to be begin the war against the vallorn at the first opportunity to do so. Once that decision is made, it will be difficult to persuade Highguard to turn aside no matter what any other nation in the Empire says. The Way of Virtue makes few allowances for those who would cower from the path they have chosen when the storms blow. If the Highborn Assembly commits the nation to the war with the vallorn, if they declare that now is the moment to strike, then every Virtuous citizen in the nation will expect them to stick to the course. The decision will create many opportunities to bring the grand plan [[A_thousand_years_of_longing|outlined in the vallorn research]] to fruition. Once that decision is made, the Highborn will expect their leaders to see it through, to be entirely committed to the imminent war against the vallorn. In return they will offer their own absolute commitment, seeking out ways to bring the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire to an end.

The will of the virtuous cannot be denied.

==A Time To Live==
* '''The assemblies of other nations could use a statement of principle to make their nation's position clear'''
Most Navarr agree that if this is to happen, it will not be done by the Navarr alone. Was it not for this reason that the Navarr gave their hearts and bodies and souls to the project of the Empire in the first place? Was it not for this that Myfanwy and those that followed her joined with the [[First Empress]] to spread the word of what would become the Imperial dream? The issue is pressing for the Highborn Assembly and demands an answer from the Navarr Assembly, but the other nations have yet to speak clearly. Perhaps there is time yet for Navarr guides and others to persuade their allies to rally to their cause.

There are no mandates for the other assemblies, but any of the nation assemblies could use a [[statement of principle]] to respond to this dramatic moment. Statements that get a greater majority that urge clear, concrete action on the vallorn - one way or the other - are more than likely to lead to a mandate to commit the nation to a course of action.
==Timing==
* '''The mandates detailed here can be raised at the Summer Solstice or the Autumn Equinox'''
Unlike traditional mandates, those available to the Navarr and Highborn Assemblies listed here can be enacted at either the Summer Solstice or the Autumn Equinox. After that, the opportunities will be lost.
{{Vallorn links}}

The war of thorns and flowers

2025-04-15T14:34:02Z

Coolbeans:

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:386YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
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"'''I thought you lot claimed Lorenzo should be an exemplar! This'll shit on his reputation. You're trashing his legacy!'''"

Else Van Temeschwar slid her half-moon spectacles to the end of her nose and peered over them at her outraged neighbour. She was glad she was on the top step of her premises - even so she was virtually eye to eye with him. Usten's business was... well nobody was quite sure what Usten's business was. More than a few people had expressed surprise when his premises was not raided by the magistrates when the Vyig were run out of Temeschwar. The unkind ones expressed their surprise with a healthy degree of disappointment. What Else had often noted was that Usten's business involved keeping some quite extraordinary shop hours. Not many premises are open only between the hours of two and five in the morning. Perhaps he sold candles to desperate citizens she'd suggested to a friend. Sadly she was going to have to say something and a wry comment about his unconventional business associates was not the best way to defuse this.

"La Volpe was an inspiration to a great many of us Usten. I'm absolutely ''delighted'' to discover that you are a convert to our small church. But I can assure you, having actually ''met'' the esteemed butcher, we are very confident that this is exactly what he would have wanted. He loved Temeschwar and the League, but he loved the Empire more. Why else would he have spent his vast fortune leaving so many legacies to inspire us."

"'''You're destroying the roads! This'll ruin us all. He can't have wanted this!'''"

Usten's face was getting redder as he got angrier. Else despised his type - the kind of citizen who thought that an argument becomes more articulate the louder you shouted it. She'd enjoyed taking them apart with a little rapier back in her university days but the steps of her accounts office was no debating society and she hadn't carried a blade since those days. Just as she was thinking she could really use a little backup in case things got physical, the Butcher of Temeschwar answered her prayers. Emiliana appeared at the door of her shop, tools in hand. Maybe it was her prayers, maybe she'd heard the shouting. Either way she caught her eye and nodded at her to let her know she had her back.

"I fear you are confusing what you want with what the Master of the Bloody Bank might have wanted. But... as he was crudely poisoned by some nefarious criminal ne'er-do-well..." she paused for a moment to ensure that Usten got the point, but the insult was completely wasted. She might as well be stabbing a wall with a stiletto she thought. "...then none of us will ever know for sure what he thought."

"'''I won't let you get away with this! That's our money by right!'''" he bellowed.

Else's hand shot to her mouth to cover her mirth. "Get away with it? I'm afraid it's much too late for that. The civil service have received my recommendations and confirmed they will be publishing my findings. It's all in the hands of the Senate now. But perhaps you could make your most cogent arguments to Senator Giuseppe? I'm certain he will find your company almost as pleasant as I do." No - that didn't work either. Nothing worked. It was like stabbing a rock.

Usten reared up, as if he was about to grab the hems of her robe, but he was interrupted by a loud cough from behind him. He whirled round to find Else's neighbour stood right behind him, cleaver in one hand. The butcher raised it up, just slightly... but she didn't need to. Usten might not know a riposte from a feint, but he understood a threat when he saw one.

"Out of the way pig's breath. I've got ''honest'' business... with my accountant."

Usten glared at the merrow, as if trying to stare her down. His hand dropped slowly to his belt. Paragons, he couldn't even disguise the movement, he wouldn't last two seconds in a duel.

"Draw that knife, and you'll lose the hand" Emiliana threatened, in a voice that might have been the Sorrowful One herself. Usten hesitated for a second, then thought better of it before spitting into the dirt and storming off. Else mentally lobbed a few more verbal thrusts at his departing rear but it was no more fun stabbing him in the back than it had been stabbing him in the face.

"You had business Emiliana?" she smiled at her friend.

"Oh I just said that." Emiliana grinned at her. "I was just about to go on my lunch," she explained.

"Perfect," she said, descending the steps. She placed a hand lightly on her arm and smiled at the merrow. "Why don't you leave your pig-chopper on your counter and then let me take you to dinner."
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==Overview==
The nations of the Empire have begun to rise to the challenge of the coming [[A thousand years of longing|war with the vallorn]], determined to be ready for this apocalyptic war. The [[Highguard|Highborn]] have called the [[Grey pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] home, allowing them to raise another [[Imperial army|army]]. [[The League]] have asked their most ambitious and innovative people to study the problem, while the [[Varushka|Varushkans]] have sought to draw on dark powers to battle civilisation's most implacable enemy.

For now, the [[Dawn|Dawnish]], often first to battle, are not yet ready to commit to the fight. Some are [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Girding|girding]] themselves for this War of Thorns and Flowers, as one [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_59|creative troubadour calls it]], but their assembly, like that of the [[Urizen]], did not back it with a greater majority. Perhaps that will change in the future as the day comes closer. The [[Wintermark]] Assembly have [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_74|taken the opposite position]], stating firmly that they cannot support the Navarr at this time.
==Highguard==
After five long years walking the [[trods]], the [[Grey pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] are finally coming home. Five years might be a drop in the ocean for the Navarr, but they are a peripatetic people who long ago gave up the idea of settling in one place to build a new life travelling the trods. The grey pilgrims were not born to that life, but instead chose to take a journey away from home, away from their loved ones, away from their kin in the [[chapter]] houses. They gave up everything to commit to the fight against the [[vallorn]].

Now they are returning to Highguard. But their pilgrimage is not abandoned. The Highborn Assembly have called them home. It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done. Now at last, it is the time to fight.
===The Fourth Army===
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* '''The flood of pilgrims coming home allow Highguard to raise a fourth army'''
* '''The grey pilgrims will form the core of any new army'''
* '''The new army cannot be called the Thundering Tide'''
The tide of grey pilgrims returning home is a trickle at first, but it soon turns into a flood. Loved ones are reunited, families re-joined, friendships restored. There are celebrations across Highguard as people embrace the returning heroes. But the celebratory mood soon turns sombre. This is the feast ''before'' the battle, not after it. The grey pilgrims have come home because the horns of war have been winded.

Highguard gave up the potential to raise a fourth army five years ago, when they committed themselves to the pilgrimage against the vallorn. Now the pilgrims have come home, eager to fight, that potential is reclaimed. The [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Forces|maximum number of armies]] that Highguard can support has now increased to four.

At any point where the [[Imperial Senate]] approves the [[Imperial_army#Senate_Commissions|creation]] of a new Highborn army, the grey pilgrims will flock to the banner, eager to begin the final battle. They will form the core of the new army, giving it a beating heart that drives it forwards. The determination of the grey pilgrims to defeat the vallorn will define the [[Imperial_army#Special_Quality|army's special purpose]], preparing it for the final battle.
{{SOP|by=Icarus of the Sepulchre of the Red Suns, Highborn Assembly|statement=There is no sacrifice so great that we cannot meet it to defeat this terror. We send Hazelelponi with 200 liao to urge every Highborn to prepare for the coming battle. No price is too high to realise our dreams.|vote=510-110 (Greater Majority)|when=Autumn Equinox, 386YE}}
The grey pilgrims have one demand - they will not join an army that is named for the [[Highguard_military_concerns#The_Thundering_Tide_(Defunct)|Thundering Tide]]. The Highborn Assembly passed a judgement calling for that to happen, but it did not get a greater majority. Had it received overwhelming support from the Assembly, then the pilgrims could have swallowed their [[Pride]], but it didn't. There are long-standing rumours that the Tide was infiltrated by a sect devoted to the [[Malign spiritual presences|malign spiritual force]] of [[Malign spiritual presences#Hatred|Hatred]]. The grey pilgrims have always been staunchly dedicated to [[Grey_pilgrim#Oppose_Heresy_and_Idolatry|opposing such malign influences]], and the majority of them will not join an army that marches under that name.
{{SOP|by=Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth, Highborn Assembly|statement=With the grey pilgrims returning home, Highguard calls for the Thundering Tide to be reborn upon their banner. Highguard looks to the legacy of its past to forge its future!|vote= 446-60|when=Autumn Equinox 386YE}}
===You Get a Banner===
* '''The Empire can reduce the cost to raise a new Highborn army by consecrating banners for the Highborn armies with true liao'''
* '''Each newly hallowed banner will reduce the cost to raise the grey pilgrim army by 30 wains of mithril'''
There is a widespread desire across Highguard to capitalise on the return of the grey pilgrims, to take advantage of this opportunity now, before the moment fades and people's attentions move on. But there is a grim awareness that two hundred [[mithril]] is a huge burden for the Empire to find, especially when other nations also need to raise armies to fight the vallorn. When the news comes of the [[Under eastern skies|loss]] of [[Isaella's Dance]] and the [[Iron Helms]] in [[Therunin]], people grow concerned that the mines of the Empire simply cannot produce enough mithril to meet the need.

The answer, in Highguard at least, is to embrace [[the Way]], the one true religion that can inspire humans and [[orc|orcs]] alike to achieve impossible things. A proposal is put forward to create up to four [[hallow|hallowed]] banners, one for each [[general]] of a Highborn army. If the banners are hallowed with [[Liao#True Liao|true liao]], they will inspire the soldiers who march beneath them, and rally Highguard to the cause. Each newly created banner that is hallowed with true liao and made part of the [[New_Imperial_titles#Regalia|regalia]] of a different Highborn general will reduce the cost to raise the new army by 30 wains of mithril.

Such a mammoth project would call on the resources of the whole nation, allowing them to contribute to this national goal. The [[benefactor|benefactors]] would need to acquire the true liao needed, but they might also want to find [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisans]] who can create [[:Category:Magic Standards|magical standards]] to carry the hallow. Highguard could hallow a mundane banner - true liao is just as effective when used on a mundane banner as it is on an [[Magic_items#Artefacts|artefact]] - but that strikes many as something of a wasted opportunity.
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The benefactors will need to commission artists to design and make the banners. The three existing Highborn armies have iconography associated with them that would be likely to form the centrepiece of any banner. But the best banners are works of art, granting an artist the freedom to build an inspirational design that incorporates existing symbols and images to express a core theme. Someone would have to produce those designs and then someone will have to manufacture the final banner so that it can be enchanted if that has been arranged.

Once all that is done, a dose of true liao will need to be found to hallow the banner, before it is confirmed as part of the regalia of office of the general. It is a high price to pay, but the benefits would be very real. Each banner, magical or not, that was hallowed with true liao and formally presented to an existing general in a grand ceremony in front of the nation would reduce the amount of mithril required to raise a new army by 30 wains.

Of course, there is no general of the fourth army yet, but if a banner was created and hallowed in readiness, it could be included as part of the regalia of office for the general when the Senate motion raising the army was passed. If that happened then the same benefits would apply.

The banners would need to be inspirational symbols that epitomised the fighting spirit of the army in question. There is an existing war banner for the Thundering Tide, but that army is dead and gone, and its history does not inspire. It won't provide any benefit to Highguard to ask the [[Granite Pillar]] or the new army of grey pilgrims to march under the banner of another, long-dead, army.

The costs are huge, nobody is denying that. A beautiful banner is an expensive proposition by itself, and true liao is the single most valuable commodity in the Empire. But even if Highguard is only able to create a single inspirational banner it will help the Empire's war effort - it won't just help make it easier for Highguard to raise a new army, by reducing the demand on the Empire's mithril, it helps the whole Empire raise more armies to meet the coming challenge.

===Salvation of Souls===
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<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Virtue's Rest'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Commission Type:''' Edifice</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Location:''' Bastion</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Cost:''' 120 crowns in labour</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Effect:'''
* Completely removes the level of investment and returns provided by Virtue's Rest
* Allows eligible Imperial armies to take a resupply action in Bastion, boosting resupply
* Creates the title Exarch of Virtue's Rest</td></tr>
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<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightGreen;">'''Exarch of Virtue's Rest'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Type:''' Highborn National</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Appointment:''' [[Tally of the Votes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Powers:''' Receive 12 doses of liao each season</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Responsibilities:''' To support the supply and provision of Highborn armies and help ready the territory of Bastion for the war against the vallorn</td></tr>
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* '''An Imperial commission could be used to remodel the hostels of Virtue's Rest'''
* '''This would remove the level of investment provided by the great work but provide additional resupply to eligible armies resupplying in Bastion'''
* '''It would create a new title, the Exarch of Virtue's Rest, charged with directing the hostels to resupply armies in Bastion'''
* '''The Highborn Assembly could veto this relinquishment of an important national asset'''
Raising a new army is just one part of the challenge facing Highguard and the Empire. Nobody imagines that the final battle against the vallorn will be easy, or quick. Uniting the vallorn hearts will unleash a tide of madness on the Empire - virtue will bring victory - but thousands of lives will be lost to the Labyrinth in a war that will take years to win. Armies will need to rest and resupply so that they may return to the fray reinvigorated.

Inspired by the work done by ''Graciana i Lòpez i Guerra'' in her [[Send_for_me#Plants_and_Seeds|recent appraisal]], some of the Highborn who run the hostels of [[Bastion#Virtue's Rest|Virtue's Rest]] have suggested that their work might more usefully be directed to helping an Imperial army recouperate and rebuild their strength when resupplying. Imperial soldiers would be welcomed into the hostels and offered [[anointing|anointing's]] and hallowings as their wounds were treated, speeding up their return from convalescence.

The proposal would require a Senate motion to [[Commission#Altering_an_Existing_Commission|alter the existing great work]] to better suit the new role. That would involve a significant sacrifice by the [[congregation|congregations]] of Bastion that currently benefit from Virtue's Rest. The great work would effectively be changed to an [[edifice]] and no longer boost the level of investment of congregations in the territory, meaning no additional [[liao]] would be provided. That liao would instead be used to anoint soldiers who were recovering in the hostels. That would allow any ''eligible'' army to issue a defensive order to resupply in Virtue's Rest.
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<big>'''Resupply in Virtue's Rest'''</big>
* '''Casualties suffered by this army are decreased by a half'''
* '''The ability of this army to defend territory is decreased by two fifths'''
* '''This order can only be taken while an army is in Bastion. 250 points of resupply are distributed between all eligible armies taking this order'''
A general that wants their army to benefit from the hostels and sanitoriums of Virtue's Rest in Bastion can order their army to resupply there. The army will give ground if the territory is attacked, but if they are able to benefit from natural resupply then they will resupply faster. 250 points of additional resupply are divided between all eligible armies taking this order each season. Emergency resupply is unaffected.
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The motion would also need an [[Imperial title]] to be created to oversee the healing work of the hostels. The proposed title, ''Exarch of Virtue's Rest'' would receive a small [[sinecure]] payment of 12 doses of liao each season, to help them in their work.

Armies from any Imperial nation that have committed to the war against the vallorn would be welcome in the hostels of Virtue's Rest. At present, that would include the nations of Navarr, Highguard, Varushka and the League, but if other nations gather their Courage for the fight to come, they would also be able to issue the order to resupply at Virtue's Rest.

Converting Virtue's Rest would require a senate motion, but it could not be done against the wishes of the Highborn Assembly. The Constitutional Court have stated that it would be treated as a special case of [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Relinquishment|relinquishment]], which means it could be [[veto|vetoed]] by vote of the affected National Assembly.
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==The League==
{{SOP|by=Ortenzia di Sarvos, League Assembly|statement=The greatest assets of the League are our ambition and ingenuity. We send Ortenzia di Sarvos with 50 liao to urge every citizen to commit everything to finding new ways to fight the vallorn. Even the most impenetrable forest may fall one tree at a time.|when= Autumn Equinox 386YE|vote = 272-16}}
* '''The League has committed themselves to the fight against the vallorn and asked citizens to be ambitious and ingenious in their approach'''
* '''No statement of principle raised by the League Assembly that calls on citizens to support a different cause will have an effect for the next year at least'''
[[The League]] has also thrown their weight behind the call to face the vallorn, asking people to use their ingenuity and ambition to find ways to help win the fight. This dedication has an immediate cost - the League citizens expect their leaders to do whatever is needed to start the war, and more importantly to finish it. They will expect their Assembly to stick to the course and not get distracted by other struggles. For the next year, at least, no [[statement of principle]] raised by the League Assembly that calls on citizens to support another cause, be that civil or military, will produce an effect beyond Anvil. Minds are focused on the conflict with the vallorn.
===For Whom The Road Tolls===
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<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Toll the Imperial Road Networks'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Commission Type:''' None - Motion Only</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Location:''' The Empire</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Effect:'''
* Completely removes the level of investment and returns provided by all affected road great works
* Boosts Imperial taxation by 130 thrones a season if the Blood Red Roads, the Sunset Roads, the White Roads, the Iron Roads and the Crow Roads are affected
</td></tr>
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* '''The Imperial Senate could use a motion to put tolls on all the major roads in the Empire to raise money to pay for the war'''
* '''The benefits to personal resources from Blood Red Roads, the Sunset Roads, the White Roads, the Iron Roads, the Crow Roads would be lost'''
* '''The effective level of investment in that territory would decrease'''
* '''Imperial taxation would rise by 140 thrones a season'''
* '''National assemblies could veto this relinquishment of an important national asset'''
Few nations in the world really grasp the power of money like the League. They are rich of course, but so are many nations in the Empire. The [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] pride themselves on putting a cost on all things, but the League have a rich appreciation for the way in which money can change the world. The merchant princes of the League understand that it's all well and good for people to ''commit'' themselves to defeat the vallorn, but that won't do the slightest bit of good whatsoever if there isn't the money to pay for the armies to do the actual fighting.

The notable accountant, ''Else Van Temeschwar'', claims afterwards that she never said "Heroes don't win wars, accountants do". She insists what she ''actually'' said was that "accounts win wars", but once the phrase is out there it sticks anyway, because some people nod sagely and everyone else enjoys ridiculing them for it. Her real point is that what the Empire really needs to fight the vallorn is money... and lots of it. But of course that will require a sacrifice, and a big one... but the League knew that when they committed to this road.

Else has a radical proposal that is elegant, simple, and constitutional. She has put considerable effort into researching that last point. The Senate has many powers, but the [[Imperial Constitution]] forbids it from raising taxation and ''Magistrate Abraham'' is known to be notoriously dubious on the constitutional prospects of ''anything'' that might be considered taxation. But after an exchange of more than a dozen letters the curmudgeonly magistrate is unhappily forced to concede that ''tolls are not taxes''. There are already [[Brock's_Toll|tolls to cross over some bridges]] in the Empire and tolls to use most Imperial ports. So why not put tolls on the roads?

The impact would be significant - Else proposes putting a small toll on ''every'' major road network in the Empire, the [[Lorenzo%27s_Legacy#Blood_Red_Roads|Blood Red Roads]], the [[Madruga#Sunset_Roads|Sunset Roads]], the [[Construct White Roads|White Roads]], the [[Varushkan_Road#The_Iron_Roads|Iron Roads]], the [[Karsk#The_Crow_Roads|Crow Roads]] - all of them bar the [[Kahraman#Kamkrags of Kahraman|Kamkrags of Kahraman]] (Abraham has identified a loophole that makes it unconstitutional to include the Kamkrags). That could be done with a single [[senate motion]] if it was targeting all the Empire's major roads. The civil service could be instructed to use effective prognostication to set the tolls at the optimum level, the level that would produce the best return for the Senate.
<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage|file=Dubious Magistrate.jpg|caption=Magistrate Abraham is known to be notoriously dubious of anything that might be considered additional taxation.|align=right|width=500}}</div>
If that happened, any [[great work]] benefit to the inhabitants of the territory through which the road passed would be permanently lost (or at least for as long as the tolls lasted, but nobody imagines the Senate would ever be likely to remove them). It wouldn't affect the benefits to Varushkan armies provided by their roads, but their roads would no longer boost the profits of [[mine|mines]] and [[forest|forests]] in the nation. Instead, every [[territory]] in the Empire would see increased tax revenue - boosting the total taxation by 140 thrones a season!

While Else is very pleased with her analysis, some of her fellow citizens are less enamoured of the idea. There would be a significant loss of personal income for individuals in the League and in many other territories in the Empire. Varushkans would be hit hard and some argue passionately that the Iron Roads and Crow Roads should be excluded from these tolls because of the powerful [[Varushka Hearth Magic|hearth magic]] associated with [[Varushkan Road|roads]] which is essential to keep people safe as they travel through the haunted forests and dark hills of the north. If the Senate is minded to agree with them it could instead pass ''three'' senate motions, one for the Blood Red Roads, one for the Sunset Roads, and one for the White Roads. That would still produce 110 thrones of additional taxation - more than enough to pay for the support of two entire Imperial armies.

If the Senate puts tolls on Imperial roads, then the level of investment in the territory in question will drop - the benefits to personal resources would be exactly as if the great works had never been built (although this would not prevent new [[great work|great works]] being built in the territory). The Senate would get increased taxation, but people would still be using the roads - just paying tolls. If any substantial new roads were built there - roads without tolls on them - then the additional taxation from the tolls for that territory would be lost.

Converting the roads would require one or more senate motions, but it could not be done over the wishes of those who were affected. The [[Scrutiny#Constitutional Court|Constitutional Court]] have stated that it would be treated as a special case of [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Relinquishment|relinquishment]] which means it could be vetoed by vote of the appropriate National Assembly. The Blood Red Roads cover the entire Empire, so a motion that relinquished their benefits could be vetoed by the General Assembly. A motion that relinquished the Sunset Roads could be vetoed by the Freeborn Assembly, the White Roads by the Highborn Assembly, and the Crow and Iron Roads by the Varushkan Assembly. Such a veto, regardless of assembly, requires a greater majority.

After the opportunity was published by the civil service, they received a request from one of the Empire's leading economists, Laurencio di Sarvos and the Pillars of Mariika Sodality, requesting additional information to assist the Senate and other bodies in their deliberations. Crucially Laurencio asked the civil service to produce estimates of the number of citizens attending Anvil who would be affected by the changes. Given that much of the Senate budget comes from citizens bidding on Bourse resources, the Pillars have published research suggesting that this is crucial to understanding how much money the Senate has to pay its bills.

To ensure that all citizens have equal access to such information, the civil service have arranged to publish these figures. After careful prognostication, they have identified that ''last season'' the road networks of the Empire contributed 117 thrones, 1 crown and 16 rings. In addition to that sum, they provided 304 additional ingots or measures. Of course these figures vary over time - but those were the figures last season.

===All Along the Watchtower===
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<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Citadel'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Commission Type:''' Fortification</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Location:''' Any single region the Empire controls</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Cost:''' 80 wains of white granite, 240 crowns, 1 year to complete</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Upkeep:''' 10 Thrones</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Effect:'''
* Provides a 6000 strength fortification in that region. The strength of this fortification is not doubled when attacked
* The citadel takes 80% less damage when attacked but does not benefit from resupply
* Citadels provide no benefit to other regions in the territory
* Citadels do not remove the undefended penalty from a territory unless attacked directly
* Citadels are considered equivalent to a fortification, for all rules that would apply to a fortification, e.g. who can build or repair them, rituals that affect them, etc.
</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
* '''The Empire could build a citadel rather than a fortification'''
* '''A citadel would only provide a benefit if the region it was in was attacked'''
* '''A basic citadel would have a defensive strength of 6000 and take 80% less casualties when attacked'''
''Federico von Apulian'' is an architect living in the new League territory of [[Spiral]]. Rather than living in [[Spiral#Apulus|Apulus]] itself, Federico is currently enjoying the hospitality of the ''Citadel of the Star'' in [[Spiral#Ossuary|Ossuary]]. The citadel is home to a small, but thriving community of Urizen [[architect|architects]]. Their [[arbiter]], ''Hadrien'', has been collaborating with Federico on a grand new idea, one that combines the best ideas of civil engineering pioneered by the League with traditional Urizen approaches of building isolated defensive citadels for people to live in.

Together, they have proposed a new [[commission]] for the Imperial Senate to invest in. Current Imperial [[fortification|fortifications]] sacrifice defensive strength for flexibility, allowing the garrison to project force across the territory. The price of that benefit is that the fortification is made more vulnerable to collapse than it needs to be.

That is a major concern for Hadrien and Federico. They point out that the violence of [[Spring magic]] is often drawn to substantial commissions, and most especially to fortifications. If that holds true when the vallornhearts are linked, then the spawn might pour forth and quickly overpower the defences and tear down any nearby fortifications. Pointing to magic such as [[Rising Roots that Rend Stone]] and [[Thunderous Tread of the Trees]], Hadrien cautiously expresses a concern that vallorn forces might ultimately prove more effective at destroying fortifications than an army of mortal soldiers.

Instead, they propose the Senate commission ''citadels'', massively fortified structures in the style of Urizen citadels but on a much larger scale. Their proposal for a basic citadel would cost the same as a fortification - 80 white granite and 240 crowns - and take a year to build. But it would produce a defensive structure with a military strength of 6000 if it were attacked (and proportionately higher for bigger citadels). It would have the same upkeep as a fortification, 10 thrones a season, but it would be much more difficult to tear down, reducing casualties taken by the structure by 80% when attacked. The drawback for all those benefits is that it would only provide protection to the region it was in; it wouldn't help protect the rest of the territory in any way, and it would not be able to benefit from any [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply|natural resupply]].

There are several vallornhearts in the Empire from which their spawn are likely to boil out of once the hearts are joined. Eventually, the Empire will need to overcome these armies of vallornspawn and destroy them, but the initial problem will be preventing them from over-running the Empire and laying waste to every trace of civilisation in their path. The armies of the vallorn could well rip through a regular fortification without pausing for breath, but a well-defended citadel might be enough to slow them down. And if the armies of the vallorn burned themselves out on the walls of a citadel, that would be even better.

The big weakness of a citadel - that a regular army might just go round it - might be offset against the vallorn who are likely to target such structures. It might even make it easier for the Empire to plan where the attacks would come. If the Empire built one or more citadels in regions adjacent to a vallornheart, then they could guarantee that it would be the first structure attacked when the vallornhearts are joined.

Hadrien and Federico have passed a complete set of their proposals to the civil service, who have confirmed that the plans are viable. The Imperial Senate could commission a citadel in place of a fortification in any location and at any time. This is the first real widely-applicable benefit from a fusion of League and Urizen thinking, but the Citadel of the Star hopes it will not be the last.
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==Varushka==
{{SOP|by=Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti, Varushkan Assembly|statement=The greatest assets of Varushka are our Wisdom and resolve. We send Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti with 50 liao to urge every Varushkan to use our knowledge of the dark powers to choose the lesser of two evils. The virtuous apply what they have learned.|when= Autumn Equinox 386YE|vote = Greater Majority 280-12}}
* '''Varushka has committed themselves to the fight against the vallorn and urged citizens to use knowledge of the dark powers to fight the vallorn'''
* '''No statement of principle raised by the Varushkan Assembly that calls on citizens to support a different cause will have an effect for the next year at least'''
Much like the League, [[Varushka]] has also committed to the war to destroy the vallorn, asking people to use their knowledge of the dark powers to battle the enemy. This dedication has an immediate cost - the Varushkan citizens expect their leaders to do whatever is needed to start the war - and to finish it. They will expect their Assembly to stick to the course and not get distracted by other struggles. For the next year, at least, no [[statement of principle]] raised by the assembly that calls on citizens to support another cause, be that civil or military, will produce an effect beyond Anvil. The people of Varushka understand that when you start a thing, you damn well better finish it.
===The Heart of Darkness===
* '''The Varushkans can support four armies; at present they have two armies remaining'''
* '''The Varushkans could ask one or more sovereigns to help them build an army'''
Varushka is a wealthy and powerful nation with a great deal of territory under its control. Their lands are harsh and cruel, with many dangers, but they also contain great wealth in the forests that cover the hills and in the mines that lie beneath the mountains. At present, Varushka can [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Forces|support four armies]], but with the destruction of the [[Iron Helms]] they currently have only two. That means they could, in theory, raise two new armies.

Of course, doing so will be difficult - every [[boyar]] is currently thinking the same thing. Navarr want to raise several armies to fight the vallorn, the Highborn want to forge the grey pilgrims into a new army. Where is all the mithril going to come from to raise these forces? There isn't enough mithril to be had unless people wait for years for it to be produced. The Varushkans are an industrious people; sitting on your hands is nobody's idea of getting something done. The Highborn have a plan involving true liao and banners which is nice for them - the Varushkan approach is much more brutally pragmatic.

There are powers in Varushka, [[Varushkan_Monster#Sovereigns|dark powers]], that stand ready to offer aid to those prepared to pay their price. The Iron Helms were backed and supported by the [[Charnel Lord]] and his unwholesome followers. They are gone now, but what was bought once could be for sale again, if the Varushkans can afford the price. It's hard to imagine [[Dho'uala]] negotiating with Varushkans, but the [[Night Below]] has already demonstrated just how powerful that strange being's aid can be. The ''Howling Queen'' has many fearsome minions; would some of them march beneath an Imperial banner? The ''Dubik'' is one of the strangest of all the sovereigns, but it too could be negotiated with.

Gaining the aid of a sovereign is no easy task and not something to be undertaken lightly. The costs are high, and the road is hard and often paved with regrets. The Varushkans would need to find a way to reach out to a sovereign - some way to make contact with them - to open negotiations. There are no clear options that are known yet, but the mandate has spread across Varushka now, which means that those sovereigns that care about such things are undoubtedly aware of it. Perhaps some of their number will send agents to enquire what price the nation might be willing to pay for their aid?
{{SOP|by=Amris Johan Merikovich , Varushkan Assembly|statement=Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Amris Johann Merikovich with 50 liao to urge the Iron Helm to abandon cruelty and focus on the dark magics and curses of Varushka. Embrace your past; never be ashamed of it.|when= Autumn Equinox 386YE|vote = Greater Majority 342-0}}
Those who are experienced with such things do make one thing clear. An army could only have one dark patron. The sovereigns ignore each other at best, but they are jealous and possessive creatures at worst. It would be unspeakably foolish to try and obtain two patrons for a single army. It would be possible to have two armies with two different patrons, but it would be wise to ensure they were always a long way apart when drawing on the dark power provided by their patron.

It's impossible to know what the benefits might be - that would depend on what was negotiated, what was offered and what was requested. The Iron Helms were the Empire's only [[Army qualities#Cruel|cruel]] army in recent times. The Varushkan Assembly have [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_80|firmly renounced the cruel approaches]] employed by the Iron Helms in recent years, but perhaps other offers might be more palatable? What is clear is that such aid could be substantial - sovereigns are powerful beings, almost as powerful as [[eternal|eternals]] in their own way. Even beyond the price they might ask for their aid, however, there is the question of what a sovereign may gain by serving as patron. Stories have flown for years that the Charnel Lord was somehow able to "see" and perhaps even influence events in the vicinity of the Iron Helms no matter how far beyond the borders of Varushka they travelled. What might other nations, less familiar with the dark powers of the north, make of this patronage?

===The Threat From Skuld===
<div style="width: 400px; float: right; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Irontooth Keep'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Commission Type:''' Fortification (Citadel)</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Location:''' Suvretz, Volodmartz</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Cost:''' 150 wains of white granite, 30 wains of weirwood, 540 crowns, 6 seasons to complete</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Upkeep:''' 18 Thrones</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Effect:''' Provides a 12000 strength citadel in Suvretz</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
* '''The vallornheart in Skuld is the one nearest to Varushka'''
* '''At present there is nothing to stop the vallorn pouring out of Sküld and into the forests of Suvretz'''
* '''The Varushkans could build a citadel in Suvretz that would also defend against any attack from the Thule in the near future'''
For years now there have been calls to [[Sowing_on_the_mountains#Irontooth_Keep|fortify Suvretz to defend the region against the Thule]]. Peace with the [[Thule]] has perhaps seduced the soft-hearted, making them imagine that this state of affairs will last forever. Nothing lasts forever. In the end, even the mountains will fall. One day, the Thule armies will come, and when they do, they will likely come for [[Volodmartz#Suvretz|Suvretz]] first.

In the meantime, the threat from the vallorn is even more pressing. The forests of Suvretz stretch all the way over the border and into [[Otkodov#Sküld|Sküld]], right to the heart of a vallorn. If the vallornhearts are linked, then at the moment, the first thing the people of Volodmartz will know about it is when an army of ravenous insects is stripping the flesh from their dying bodies. The best way to stop that would be to build a massive citadel in the region.

The old plans for ''Irontooth Keep'' have been pulled out and dusted off. There's no reason that the ruins couldn't be built into a massive new citadel, forcing anyone planning to attack Suvretz to think twice about their ambitions. The original costs for the project are out-of-date as time has moved on, but this plan for an upgraded citadel wouldn't cost any more than normal. The big advantage is that it could be done ''quickly''.

The great ''Irontooth Keep'' would require 150 white granite and 30 weirwood to construct, with labour costs of 540 crowns. Under normal circumstances, it would take two years to finish, but the existence of the strong foundations and the assistance of the ''koboldi'' would each reduce that construction time by one season. If the same magics as were employed to speed the completion of [[Karsk#Aleksandra's_Watch|Alexandra's Watch]] could be employed, [[Volodmartz]] could conceivably have a major citadel to rival the [[Casinea#The_Silent_Sentinel|Silent Sentinel]] in [[Casinea]] or [[Reikos#Remember_Exile|Remember Exile]] in [[Reikos]] in less than a year!

Following the Winter Solstice 383YE, the newly appointed [[Master of the Koboldi]] spoke with the civil service about the feasibility of undertaking the work to build a fortification here. There is no barrier to them doing so - they are explicitly allowed to [[Master_of_the_Koboldi#Commission_stone_construction|announce that they will work]] on a [[fortification]], and that would allow them to create a citadel. Indeed, the ''koboldi'' still remain enthusiastic about the opportunity to work on this massive fortress.
===The Dark Nights of Winter===
<div style="width: 400px; float: right; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Icy Crag of the Eternal Sun'''</tr>
<tr><td>'''Commission Type:''' College of Magic</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Location:''' Srodkoja, Miekarova</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Cost:''' 270 crowns, 3 seasons to complete</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Effect:''' Changes the power of the Icy Crag's Mastery of the Lore of Summer to Mastery of the Lore of Winter</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Special:''' Could be achieved with a declaration of Concord at a cost of 180 mana crystals</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
* '''The Winter realm offers the greatest potential for those prepared to call on the dark powers of the realm'''
* '''The Icy Crag of the Eternal Sun could be turned into a college of winter magic'''
* '''The Cabalists of Void would be prepared to pay half of the 540 crown costs for the commission'''
There is another way that Varushka and the Empire could embrace dark powers in preparation for their war with the vallorn. The [[Miekarova#The_Icy_Crag_of_the_Eternal_Sun|Icy Crag of the Eternal Sun]] is a [[college of magic]] that was built years ago in [[Miekarova#Srodkoja|Srodkoja]] in [[Miekarova]]. The [[Master of Ice and Darkness]] has served the Dean of the College ever since. The Crag is specialised in [[Summer magic]], allowing the Master to codify new Summer rituals more quickly than the rituals of other realms.

The [[Cabalists]] of [[Miekarova#Void|Void]] argue that the most important benefits of this dedication to Summer magic are now part of the Empire's history. Just as the Highborn are turning a new page of history, so should the Crag. Mastery of [[Winter magic]] is what the Empire needs now, the better to fight the vallorn and its spawn. Winter lore resonates with potent [[Ward of the Black Waste|wards]], and with the [[Withering Touch of Frost|cold touch]] that ravages plants no matter how supernaturally vital they may be. There can be no doubt that the [[curse|curses]] of winter are effective at [[Wither the Seed|weakening the vallorn]], and that its power can [[The_Grave%27s_Treacherous_Edge|annihilate]] large numbers of [[Vallornspawn husk|abominations]] in a scything strike. It is to Winter that wise magicians should look for victory over the vallorn.

The civil service has confirmed that the Senate could use a [[commission]] to [[Commission#Altering_an_Existing_Commission|remodel]] the Crag to change it from being dedicated to Summer magic to being dedicated to Winter magic. That would mean that instead of benefitting a Summer ritual being codified, the Master of the Icy Crag could spend money to increase the speed of codification of a Winter ritual. The patronage of the [[Jaheris]], might be lost, but the Silver Prince has shown signs in the past of being happy to offer support to the codification of curses no matter what realm they come from. Regardless, the Conclave could approach any of the Winter eternals to ask them to patronize a remodelled college - some have already shown interest in serving as patron even while the Crag is focused on Summer magic.

It would not be cheap to change the college. If the Senate ordered the work, it would need a commission for a [[college of magic]] and cost 540 crowns, but the Cabalists are prepared to pay half that sum, reducing the effective cost to 270 crowns.

There is an alternative, given that the College is under the remit of the [[Imperial Conclave]]. The Conclave could use a declaration of [[Concord]] to have the regios in the Crag realigned. That would achieve the same effect but would cost 360 mana crystals; passing the declaration would see the mana removed from the font and used to realign the college. Again, the Cabalists would be prepared to fund this work, which they see as very important, reducing the effective cost to the font to 180 mana crystals.

There is some concern that the Summer eternals might be angered by the change - they have always fought jealously over the college and who offers their patronage to it. After some circumspect enquiry, the civil service are able to confirm that the Summer eternals would barely notice if the college ceased to be a college of Summer magic and they certainly wouldn't care. Their jealousy is provoked by the patronage of a rival eternal - the moment it stopped being a Summer eternal who was patron of the college, they would lose all interest in it.
<div style="float:right; width: 200px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage|file=IronHelms_Colour.png|align=right|width=200}}</div>

===Ending===
* '''With the Iron Helms gone, and the Varushkan assembly choosing to move away from cruelty, the legacy of past actions is fading'''
* '''Varushkan armies no longer take penalties for fighting alongside Freeborn or Wintermark armies'''
Before they fell, the Varushkan Assembly had chosen to step away from the cruel practices of the Iron Helms. They had called on their people to find a way to change the path of the army, to leave behind their merciless ways and find a way to embody the Varushkan understanding of dark powers. What should have been the start of a new future for the Iron Helms was dramatically cut short by their bloody destruction at the hands of the Black Wind in Therunin. The manner of their passing has blunted some of the controversy that once attended them, even the critics of the Helms cannot deny that the army fell valiantly, protecting their Imperial allies. They faced darkness, and made the ultimate sacrifice.

For many soldiers, any question of the Iron Helms now seems moot. As a consequence, Varushkan armies no longer take a penalty to the victory points they generate when fighting in a campaign alongside [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] or [[Wintermark]] armies. However, if they wish, the Freeborn or Wintermark assembly could reiterate their concerns about Varushka, about their attitudes to war. A statement of principle that received a greater majority in one of these assemblies and called for their soldiers to remain careful of Varushkan ambitions would mean that the penalty would resume.
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Alternatively, any assembly could raise a statement of principle denouncing the merciless strategy of the Iron Helms. If such a statement received a greater majority, it would create a mandate that would ensure that any cruel Imperial army raised in future would automatically receive the penalty to victory points generated if they fought in a campaign with an army that eschewed cruelty. If this statement and resulting mandate passed the General Assembly, the Empire would no longer be able to raise armies with the cruel quality.

==Dawn, Wintermark and Urizen==
* '''Dawn and Urizen upheld statements of principle but they did not achieve greater majorities'''
* '''Wintermark upheld a statement with a greater majority, but with no clear call to action'''
* '''Any nation not already committed might raise statements about the vallorn, but they are no more likely to generate opportunities than any other statement'''
Three national assemblies passed statements of principle on the matter at the Autumn Equinox. All of them passed but two of them did not get a greater majority. The one raised by '''Eurydice Starchaser''' that [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement 134|urged]] for the people of Urizen to support the Navarr in [[Loyalty]], with [[Courage]] and [[Pride]], and to support the [[The_first_shot#Miaren|magical army]] to be raised in [[Miaren]]. The other, by '''Larkin Shrike of House Du Beste''' [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement 134|called]] on the people of [[Dawn]] to seek [[glory]] and great deeds by carving into the bark of the vallorn, lest they be found wanting. While there is clearly some support for the war of thorns and flowers as the Dawnish are calling it, it is not strong enough to focus the nation on the dangers, despite the fact both Urizen and Dawn are directly threatened by the vallorns of [[Therunin]] and [[Brocéliande]] especially.

Wintermark, by contrast, did uphold a judgement with a greater majority, but the people of the Mark remain unsure what action to take. The statement explicitly stated that the Empire is mighty, but finite, strongly implying that the nation must make a choice. The suggestion is that the Empire is taking on too many problems at once: the war with Asavea, war with three orc nations, and now this suggestion of war with the vallorn. It seems to be building to a conclusion that Wintermark should decisively reject helping the Navarr and turn their back on this madness, but the statement stops short of that and instead exhorts people to make ready for all the threats they face. With the judgement presenting no clear focus, and with the assembly having rejected a [[386YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_45|judgement]] calling on the nation to support Navarr, the Winterfolk will continue as they always have; scions of the storm preparing for a hard winter.

The moment for the Synod to act is now passing, so any new [[statement of principle]] is no more likely to create a mandate dealing in [[opportunity|opportunities]] than any other. This means it is not impossible for any assembly to act but clear, strong wording either in support or in opposition to the war of thorns and flowers - and the backing of the greater majority of the assembly - would be essential.

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{{SOPInner|statement=Virtue demands more than fine words and good intentions. The Empire is mighty but it is finite. The Synod provokes war with Asavea and the vallorn at a time when our armies are already stretched too thin. The Empire's people will suffer the consequences. The people of Wintermark must prepare for the storm to come. We cannot support the Navarr at the exclusion of every other threat we face. Make ready for them all. Cleave to your loyalties, provision your halls and prepare for more hard winters. We will not be broken.|by=Ingrid Talon-of-the-Mark, Wintermark Assembly|vote=Greater Majority 266-35|when=Autumn Equinox 386YE}}
{{SOPInner|statement=The Navarr show Courage in their Ambition to remove the threat of the Vallorn for good. In Loyalty and Courage, we are being called to support this by taking Pride in our magical prowess to support the creation of their army in Miaren that focuses on a mage based front.|by=Eurydice Starchaser, Urizen Assembly|vote=150-0|when=Autumn Equinox 386YE}}
{{SOPInner|statement=Once again we are called to action and to glory by our neighbours. The Navarr have committed to eradicating the Vallorn once and for all. The League and Varushkans have offered their aid. Dawn will not be found wanting. Great deeds are eternal; let us carve them into the bark of any vallorn who dares oppose us. The people of Dawn shall march with our siblings in the Way to destroy the vallorn now. Let us commit to a War of Thorns and Flowers.|by=Larkin Shrike of House Du Beste, Dawn Assembly|vote=282-64|when=Autumn Equinox 386YE}}
</div>

==Further Reading==
* [[Vallorn]]
* [[The Synod speaks]] - 386YE Autumn wind of fortune detailing League and Varushkan opportunities to support the Navarr against the vallorn
* [[The first shot]] - 386YE Autumn wind of fortune detailing the change to the stridings and the new armies
* [[The final countdown]] - 386YE Summer wind of fortune detailing the choice whether to begin the final war against the vallorn

Category:Archetype

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===[[The Brass Coast]]===
{|
|[[Dhomiro]]
|A dhomiro is a member of a Freeborn family who is chosen by the family to be their representative to the wider world; sometimes as a leader, sometimes as an emissary.
|-
|[[Kohan]]
|Kohan are groups of volunteer and outcast warriors-without-family, who traditionally pledge loyalty to a group of hakima.
|-
|[[Sutannir]]
|Sutannir perform inspiring religious ceremonies for the Freeborn, and encourage people to exemplify and celebrate Virtue.
|-
|[[Hakima]]
|Hakima are highly-organised groups of magic-users whose loyalty is to the nation, not their family. They are taken to be wise.
|-
||[[Corsair]]
|Freeborn corsairs are traders and privateers who deal with - and raid - barbarian shipping in the Bay of Catazar.
|-
|[[Scrivener]]
|Scriveners are Freeborn contract-writers who help traders frame the terms of their deals, and then decorate them with artwork and calligraphy.
|}

===[[Dawn]]===
{|
|[[Earl]]
|The Earl of a Dawnish Noble House is the House's leader, who leads the House in all its great achievements and who sets its conditions of membership.
|-
|[[Knight-errant]]
|Knights-Errant are engaged in their Test of Mettle. Still technically yeofolk they are expected - and are questing - to prove themselves glorious.
|-
|[[Questing knight]]
|Questing Knights are those Knights who have proved themselves worthy in their Test of Mettle and have chosen to keep on questing for ever-greater glory.
|-
|[[Troubadour]]
|A Troubadour is a priest who learns all the stories of their Noble House, past and present, and tells them in poetry and song to inspire their people to greatness.
|-
|[[Witch]]
|Witches are Dawnish magic-users. In noble houses, they fight alongside the House's warriors. Most others belong to Weaver Cabals, independent groups of ritual witches which accept both yeofolk and noble members.
|-
|[[Guiser]]
|Itinerant entertainers who often combine magic with their performances and practice [[dramaturgy]]. They are often (sometimes justly) accused of being spies, tricksters and mountebanks as well as performers.
|-
|[[Enchanter]]
|Some Earls who have studied magic choose the title "Earl-Enchanter" or simply "Enchanter". Most learn ritual magic to benefit their people; some build relationships with powerful Summer Eternals.
|-
|[[Seneschal]]
|A Noble House's Seneschal is a trusted yeofolk who oversees its financial affairs, arranging deals and trades and keeping the House solvent.
|-
|[[Advocate]]
|Dawnish Advocates are yeofolk politicians who navigate the murky waters of Senate politics for their noble masters.
|-
|[[Retainer]]
|A yeofolk Retainer is a Dawnish Noble's most trusted attendant, who works closely with a particular Noble, or sometimes for the whole House.
|}

===[[Highguard]]===
{|
|[[Exarch]]
|The Exarch, or Exarchs, are those who are appointed by a Highguard Chapter as their leader(s) as determined by the Chapter's creed, or by embodying its principles.
|-
|[[Guardian]]
|Guardians form the core of Highborn military, taking on a range of roles in defence of their Chapters, and in prosecuting vigilant warfare.
|-
|[[Unconquered]]
|The Unconquered are Highguard's elite guerrilla troops. They are prone to using ruthless tactics, even operating behind enemy lines, to destroy the enemy's capacity to make war.
|-
|[[Cataphract]]
|Cataphracts are Highguard's elite heavy warriors, who once rode horses into battle but who, in modern times, represent a resolute and unbreakable wall of steel.
|-
|[[Wayfarer]]
|Wayfarers are Highborn priests with a long-standing tradition of teaching the truth of [[The Way]] to the ignorant, and seeking out Exemplars and Paragons born in other lands.
|-
|[[Inquisitor]]
|Highborn Inquisitors are zealous defenders of The Way from those that would threaten it, whether mortal or supernatural.
|-
|[[Steward of the Dead]]
|Stewards of the Dead dedicate their lives to preserving the legacies of the worthy. This includes the interring of remains as well as the preservation of legacies and tales.
|-
|[[Magister]]
|Magisters are the master magicians of Highguard, often with an affinity for Winter Magic. They shape magic using movement, sound and the chime of bells.
|-
|[[Benefactor]]
|Benefactors are affluent Highborn merchants and tradesfolk who do not pursue wealth for its own sake, but who sponsor individuals, great works and endeavours.
|-
|[[Archivist]]
|Archivists are a unique class of Highborn scholar dedicated to preserving the essence, or truth, of history, over and above accounts and evidence that may seek to undermine that truth.
|-
|[[Grey pilgrim]]
|Grey Pilgrims are a recent phenomenon. They walk the [[trods]] in a crusade to free the souls believed to be trapped between life and death by the [[vallorn]], but they also oppose heresy and idolatry, convert foreigners to the Way, and seek to guide the other human nations of the Empire toward enlightenment.
|}

===[[Imperial Orcs]]===
{|
|[[Warlord]]
|Legions chose their own commanders, called warlords, with individuals chosen for their ability to provide clear effective leadership in battle, according to the traditions of the individual legion
|-
|[[Pitfighter]]
|Professional fighters of the Pits in which the Orcs hone their combat skills; trading on the reputation for skill and strength that they have built up in previous fights, pitfighters build their careers until their notoriety means that other orcs begin to seek them out and actively challenge them.
|-
|[[Shamans|Shaman]]
|Most orcs only experience communion with the ancestors when battle is upon them but a few individuals - called shamans - are able to hear the voices more frequently; they are almost incessantly surrounded by the constant input of ancestral advice much of it bearing a contradictory or even hostile message.
|-
|[[Preachers|Preacher]]
|Those Imperial Orcs who embrace the Way and become priests.
|-
|[[Imperial_Orcs_magical_traditions#Warcasters|Warcaster]]
|The highly physical traditions of the Wintermark runesmiths has appealed to some orcs who adopt a similar approach and become Warcasters.
|-
|[[Oathwright]]
|Oathwrights believe that the bond between an item and a person affects them both, items may gain worth by being owned and bonded to the right person and the right item affects an individual’s hopes of becoming an ancestor.
|-
|[[Bonesetter]]
|Usually trained apothecaries, physicks or both, Bonesetters are expected to attend to the physical needs of the legion, but their remit runs well beyond this.
|-
|[[Thief-taker]]
|Working closely with Imperial Magistrates, Thief-takers earn their income by collecting bounties on criminals who have fled the law and more rarely by taking payments from private individuals looking to identify perpetrators of crimes.
|-
|[[Reaver]]
|Soldiers of the Legions who become dedicated to raiding and mercenary work.
|}

===[[The League]]===
{|
|[[Merchant Prince]]
|A Merchant Prince is the head of a Guild, the tight-knit mercantile organisations which define the shape of League society.
|-
|[[Bravo]]
|Bravos are the members of the mercenary Free Companies, as rough and rowdy off the battlefield as they are disciplined and professional on it, and immensely proud of their Companies.
|-
|[[Bishop]]
|The Bishops of the League are its high priests, who provide Virtuous guidance to any who can afford it, and who compete using the size and influence of their congregations.
|-
|[[Troupe|Troupe Magician]]
|Troupes are bands of actors who often go masked while performing, and when performing ritual magic. To them, magic is a commodity like any other.
|-
|[[Mountebank]]
|Mountebanks are street magicians whose tricks may be sleight of hand or genuine magic, many of whom skirt the edges of the law playing short-cons and rigging street games.
|-
| [[Cicisbeo]]
|A Cicisbeo is an expensive professional paramour, the only exception to League culture's absolute prohibition on extramarital relations.
|}

===[[The Marches]]===
{|
|[[Steward]]
|A steward is the chosen head of a [[Marcher household]]. However a steward leads their household only with the consent of the other [[Yeomen_of_the_Marches|yeoman]].
|-
|[[Beater]]
|Beaters are a roaming informal police force, learning every part of the land, watching for thieves, vagrants and other ne’er-do-wells. Beaters are often instrumental in settling land disputes between neighbours and they have a vital role in the tradition of [[The Marches culture and customs#The beating of the bounds|beating the bounds]]. Most are skilled foresters or hunters.
|-
| [[Yeomen of the Marches|Yeoman]]
|The yeoman is to many the archetypal inhabitant of the Marches. They are a hard people, who own their own land and are well accustomed to a long day working it. Military service is a proud tradition in the Marches, and the majority of yeomen are also soldiers.
|-
|[[Monk]]
|Monks minister to the spiritual welfare of the folk around their monastery, largely ignoring [[Marcher household|household]] boundaries. They divide their time between study of the [[The_Way|Imperial Faith]] and working the farmlands claimed by the monastery.
|-
|[[Friar]]
|Friars work their own land and provide spiritual advice and counsel to their fellow yeomen in their [[Marcher household|household]]. Many also serve as scholars for their community, acting as a chirurgeon, and teaching letters and history to young children.
|-
|[[Landskeeper]]
|A landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics and good practical advice to rituals.
|-
|[[Mummer]]
|Itinerant entertainers who combine theatrical performance with magic using the techniques of [[dramaturgy]]. They attend fairs, markets and other regular gatherings performing plays and feats of skill but are often greeted with suspicion and (sometimes unfairly) accused of being tricksters and mountebanks.
|-
|[[Alders|Alder]]
|Alders are the appointed leaders of [[Market Towns|market towns]], and are the rough equivalent of the yeomen. In most cases these are wealthy merchants of the town, but often they include prominent town folk such as a friar or blacksmith who lives in the village.
|-
|[[Thresher]]
|A thresher dedicates their life to tracking down those who use magic for nefarious purposes and finding ways to punish them.
|}

===[[Navarr]]===
{|
|[[Brand]]
|Navarri who have dedicated themselves to the service of the community, who work tirelessly to aid others without fee. They might be from any profession - Thorn, Vate, blacksmith, tanner, it doesn't matter. They are named for the brand burned into the skin on their left cheekbone.
|-
|[[Thorn]]
|A Navarri sworn to service in battle - usually, but not necessarily, a warrior. Always tattooed, they often wear warpaint into battle.
|-
|[[Guide]]
|A Navarri who follows the path of the Virtues, and takes it upon themselves to ensure that members of the Empire have found the place in society that they are best suited to.
|-
|[[Broker]]
|A Navarri who serves as an intermediary between a buyer and a seller, usually claiming some sort of payment from the deal.
|-
|[[Vate]]
|The magical practitioners of Navarr. Often called upon to perform rituals in service of the nation and the Empire, they are the Navarri most trusted to meet with eternals or their heralds.
|}

===[[Urizen]]===
{|
|[[Arbiter]]
|An arbiter is the elected leader of the spires, citadels, and temples of Urizen. They are often called on to resolve disputes within a community or to represent it to outsiders.
|-
|[[Architect]]
|Architects are interested in economics and how money moves around and the influence it exerts on the world.
|-
|[[Illuminate]]
|Illuminates use their understanding of the Net of the Heavens to perfect the world; focusing on building up the virtuous... and removing the unvirtuous from prominence.
|-
|[[Mage]]
|Mages are magicians motivated by politics. Ambitious and potentially ruthless, a mage understands that all magic is inherently political.
|-
||[[Seer]]
|Seers believe that perfect understanding is they key to unlocking the Net of the Heavens. They seek out opportunities to get the right information to the right people so they can make the right decisions.
|-
|[[Sentinel]]
|Sentinels study the art of war with dedication and commitment that matches that of any magician.
|-
|[[Stargazer]]
|Stargazers are scholars of magical lore who love magic in all its forms; they are the theoreticians and debaters who push knowledge to its limit.
|-
|[[Sword scholar]]
|Sword scholars are warrior priests with a passionate commitment to reason and wisdom. They exhort others to test what they have learnt.
|-
|[[Torchbearer]]
|Torchbearers are dedicated to ensuring that as many people as possible know the truth. They work to keep fellow citizens informed about current events and abhor falsehoods and secrets.
|-
|[[Questor]]
|Questors consider the Way of Virtue to be an unfinished work and the Doctrines of the Faith as incomplete. Questors are radical priests who are willing to tear apart the Way in their quest for perfection.
|}

===[[Varushka]]===
{|
|[[Boyar]]
|A Varushkan Boyar is the hard heart of a Varushkan community, whose first duty is as a strong protector of their people. Second to that, they arbitrate and govern their vale in council with their Wise Ones.
|-
|[[Warden]]
|The Warden brotherhoods are heroic warriors who employ magical protection along with their armour and weapons to hunt down the terrors of the Varushkan wilderness, and to uphold Imperial Law.
|-
|[[Schlacta]]
|The Schlacta are Varushka's well-organised bands of soldiery, who provide defence to a place or an employer.
|-
|[[Wise One]]
|Wise Ones are the true hearts of Varushkan communities. They are the thinkers who deal with those problems which cannot be dealt with by strength, and who look through the appearance of things to discover the threats lurking beneath.
|-
|[[Volhov]]
|A Volhov is a Varushkan who studies magic, particularly warding magic (so necessary to Varushka's safety) and divination, to uncover threats before they grow too great to deal with. They often find it necessary to deal with Eternals, and sometimes even to pacify Varushka's deadly Sovereigns with rituals or bargains.
|-
|[[Cabalists]]
|Cabals are teams of ritual magic users, who often act as individual groups, independent of their vales. Each Cabal is different from each other, but their magical might grants them considerable influence.
|-
|[[Storytellers]]
|Varushkan Storytellers are the nation's ragged priests, often itinerant, around whom entire communities will gather to hear news, entertaining tales, and spiritual messages told well.
|-
|[[Stzena]]
|The inheritors of a tradition of night sentries, Stzena are bands of musicians who perform at local events.
|-
|[[Wagon raider]]
|Opportunists who seek their fortunes by launching forays into barbarian lands to grab whatever riches can be found.
|}

===[[Wintermark]]===
{|
|[[Thane]]
|The leader of a Hall in Wintermark, a Thane settles disputes that lie outside the law and provides civic and military leadership.
|-
|[[Banner-Bearer‎ ]]
|Warriors whose purpose is to raise the morale and fighting spirit of their companions. Banner-bearers often literally carry their warband's banner.
|-
|[[Stormcrow]]
|The ragged priests of Wintermark, who act as guides, witnesses and confessors, and who provide spiritual and moral inspiration and guidance for the Winterfolk.
|-
|[[Runesmith]]
|Artisans who specialise in the magic of the old runes of Wintermark, who create engraved weapons and armour, or scribe warding marks to protect people or places.
|-
|[[Icewalker]]
|The cunning mages of the Suaq, who use their magical skills and their knowledge of the Ice as part of their hunting tradition.
|-
|[[Mediator]]
|A Wintermark merchant who specialises in negotiating weregild between aggrieved parties.
|-
|[[Maggot]]
|A scavenger, a looter on the battlefield; "Maggots" are seen as scum by most Winterfolk.
|-
|[[Mystic]]
|Deeply spiritual Kallavesi who make predictions about the future and advise their fellows on the wisest course of action. Often a magician, but some do it with hearth magic and intellect.
|-
|[[Scop]]
|The professional entertainers of Wintermark, Scops are known for their mastery of saga and song, and their skill with alliterative poetry. They are responsible for granting an adult name to a child coming to adulthood.
|-
|[[Grimnir]]
|The battlefield doctors and healers of Wintermark, Grimnir swear an oath to stay clear of the front lines.
|-
|}

386YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

2024-06-27T11:43:19Z

Coolbeans: /* Judgement 97 */

[[Category: Synod]] [[Category:Synod Results]] [[Category: Synod Judgements]] [[Category: 386YE Spring]]
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==Overview==
During the Spring Equinox 386YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 210 [[judgement|judgements]].

==Statement of Principle==
===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Doctor Lysimachus
* '''Judgement:''' While we Highborn are righteously committed to ensuring the Cold Sun is extinguished, we must not forget the other threats we still face and fight. While we focus on the Cold Sun on our doors and must prepare for Grendel on our shores, the Vallorn remains the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire and is no dormant threat. We formed the Grey Pilgrims to aid Navarr to end this threat, not just keep it at bay for another 1,000 years for others to deal with. In accordance with Sian Eternals statement to Navarr, once the Cold Sun have been snuffed out, even as we keep an eye upon the Grendel, we return to ensuring the Vallorn are eventually given a right permanent kicking in! When the time comes for just to act, whether sooner or later, we will Act with certainty.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld
* '''Notes:''' The [[Grey Pilgrim|Grey pilgrims]] were initially founded to oppose the threat of the [[vallorn]].
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===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Vivaine Knotes
* '''Judgement:''' The Dawnish gave the Empire the Test of Arms, a minimum acceptable standard all combatent citizens shall be trained to by the Empire at no cost to themselves. But since when have we Dawnish settled for the minimum? Should we not strive for our acceptable standard to be higher than other nations? We would ask the nation of weavers and knights, what measures can we collectively take to ensure our minimum training surpasses that of the Imperial Test of Arms. Can the wisdom of our mentors, the magic of our witches or the establishments we build raise our bar higher for all of those Dawnish who fight for the Empire... In time, the other nations may follow. Let them, and we will raise the bar again. For too long has the Empire complacently accepted the same standard.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-58)
===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Eska Harakkadottir
* '''Judgement:''' It is better by far to try and to fail than to fail to try. Day mages of the Empire, what is your Ambition? Despite being found guilty of treason, and attracting the attention of Cold Sun to the Empire through a series of unwise decisions, Skywise Gralka remains Arch Mage of Day unchallenged. The Synod calls upon the Conclave and its Grand Masters to uplift and encourage those with Courage, Ambition, and Pride to challenge for the position of Arch Mage of Day.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1018-532)
===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Able the Taller
* '''Judgement:''' Together we forge an unbreakable chain stretching across our Empire. Each pilgrim is a thread in the net, a single link connected to many, strengthening and supporting one another, building up our fellows. Your Loyalty is not a precious gem to be hoarded away but a Bright Burning Brand to drive away the darkness of isolation. It is only through building towards the loyalties where all can hear, seek out those who share your feelings, and reach out across any boundary, be it regional, territorial, or even national. With Virtue we can build WONDERS and work MIRACLES. With Loyalty we will inspire the Empire to be the Storm of Change our Emperor commands and build the future that every citizen deserves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (496-0)
===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Creighton Blackewater
* '''Judgement:''' It will soon be two years since the liberation of Rachensgrab, and yet even with three successful statements of principle there has been no mandate or any indication that the former slaves have had their stolen prosperity returned to them. Let us prove that, we the Synod, stand by our virtue and call upon the Empire to raise a fund to be distributed to all former slaves of Rachensgrab living in the Empire. Propserity Provides.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1382-164)
* '''Notes:''' References the events following the [[Burning|assault on the aerie of the slave lords]] of Rachensgrab in Winter 384YE, and the judgements of [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_165|Winter 384YE judgement 165]] [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_75|Autumn 385 judgement 75]], and [[385YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements#Judgement 162|WInter Solstice 385 judgement 162]]. The majority of the slaves freed in the fall of Rachensgrab were taken in by [[the Commonwealth]], with only a few choosing to make the journey to the Empire. There is no Imperial contact with the nations of the northern [[The_seven_seas#Sea_of_Steel|Sea of Steel]] where Rachensgrab once lay but recent developments have provided an opportunity for Imperial [[fleet|fleets]] and [[military unit|military units]] to visit the area around Rachensgrab, as detailed in the ''[[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Elagabala
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom calls for listening to expertise; applying what one knows, and finding practical solutions. The Sevenfold Path are the second-oldest Conclave Order; for centuries they have been responsible for ensuring the powers of Conclave are deployed in line with the Way of Virtue. They have held Conclave to account time and time again, and uplifted souls in Virtue over and over. The Synod should support the work of the Sevenfolk Path by encouraging Virtuous magicians to join the Order, seeking their expertise in the Virtuous application of magical might, and bequeathing them liao and other materials that will support their manifesto. The Sevenfold Path serves as a bridge between Synod and Conclave - we encourage Synod to make use of that bridge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (918-258)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]].
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Sable
* '''Judgement:''' When Dogri Thulebane refused to give up Skarsind we responded with the Iron Helms. When some of the people of Bregasland sided with Mathilda Fisher and her Jotun Masters we responded with the Magistrates. Why then when certain Urizzeni in Spiral cede from the Empire in open rebellion do we respond with the olive branch and concessions. Yes since the fall of Britta the title of Warmage has been held mainly by URizeni but I remind you that the first Warmage was a Warwitch named Jayne de Severnford it has never been a national position! I call on all nations to look to your Loyalty to those amongst you who may covet the title of Warmage and stand against this attack on their ambition if this title were made a national position under the rebels coercion. NO TO WARMAGE BEING A NATIONAL TITLE!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (774-718)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the complex political situation in [[Spiral]], most recently discussed in the ''[[The three pillars]]'' wind of fortune. The [[Warmage]] is an [[Imperial title]] that advises the [[Imperial Military Council]] on magical matters. The [[Imperial Senate]] voted to make the Imperial Warmage an [[Urizen]] national title [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Amend_title_of_Warmage_I|during the summit]].
===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' Our conflict with Asavea is not merely political, it is a moral and spiritual conflict as well. Moral, because the Empire stands against slavery, wheras Asavean society stands upon the backs of slaves. Spiritual, because their desperate dependency on imaginary deities holds back from achieving their highest potential through experiencing the virtues. Their priesthood is corrupt, thinking only of preserving their own power, and not of the good of their people. The Synod should do all it can to aid followers of the Way in Asavea, so that it's people may be free to live in Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1738-12)
* '''Notes:''' References the war with the [[Asavean Archipelago]], and virtuous sects there as discussed in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Rinnah of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Kirenna called for every Freeborn citizen to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. Unasked, the Freeborn came and named their price. Highguard paid. Since, the Freeborn have faced an unprecedented storm of adversity, but have never wavered in their commitment. To live Virtue is to embrace it, and the virtue of every Freeborn citizen who contributed will echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Prosperity displayed in their labour, sweat and toil and invite the Freeborn to send a delegation of Sutannir to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only though these bonds of kinship can the Grand Inspiration enable the Way to reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 22===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dagon of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Friar John of the Mourn called for every citizen of the Marches to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. The Marchers did so unasked, in recognition of the bonds that bind our Nations, our Empire and our Faith. Pride in small things, loyalty to great ones, the virtue of every Marcher citizen who contributed will truly echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Loyalty displayed in this unity of words and deed and invites the Marches to send a delegation of Monks and Friars to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only through these bons of kinship can the Grand Inspiration of the Way reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aspar
* '''Judgement:''' "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way" - Emperor Vesna, 385YE. Many Asaveans yearn to embrace the Way. The Fire of Virtue smoulders on the archipelago. It is our duty to nurture this flame. It is our duty to show Asavea that the power of virtue exalts all. It is our duty to show the Asaveans that they have the courage and ambition to throw off the yoke of their masters, to reject the folly of their false gods, to remove the boot placed upon their neck and break the shackles of slavery that holds them from their highest destiny. Virtue lies in choice and action. There will be conflict, there will be blood. Consequences are the price of Ambition. We are willing to pay the cost.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (2326-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the situation in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], some details of which can be found in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Claude Deeds
* '''Judgement:''' To convert nonbelievers to the Way requires both words and deeds. It is not enough to say we wish to unite the world under the Way. We must also take courageous actions to do so. Let the Troubadours of Dawn study well how the Free Folk have been brought into the Empire, and into the Way. Dawn has led this charge. We listened to their questions. We defended them in the Synod. At the House of the Proffered Hand, in Astolat, the liberated now receive guidance in our faith. There are lessons here to learn. Let us learn them, and seek opportunities to put them into practice. Let us have the Courage to walk the long path of conversion - within our borders and beyond them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (408-0)
* '''Notes:''' Talks about the Free Folk, discussed most recently in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Severin de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' Doctrine says that our spirits and our souls have a voice in the future. This our Empire is our voice, magnified by thousands. It is our responsibility in virtue to strengthen that voice, and not to weaken it. I do not command loyalty to the Empire but I say this, our ambition is too great for any one person to carry alone, our pride is in our fellows, our friends, and, yes, our foes, to work for the highest potential of the Empire is a virtuous thing. We are one Empire and we will strive together towards our shared future. We strive to act as the Exemplars and Paragons do to guide and teach benevolence that the actions marked by great virtue are those that benefit our Empire. For this benefits not just us, not just now but also our children and our future selves. We expect the greatest in virtue to have acted with benevolence and to bring the unvirtuous into the faith (salvation) as well as inspiring others to grow and build on their faith (inspiration). We believe that the way is a betterment for all thinking souls and that we as an Empire have a primary drive and responsibility to spread the way for that to occur the Empire must survive and grow to be made stronger as a vehicle of the Way, in this I ask the Empire to accept this charge. To best serve virtue our actions should benefit the Empire; through benevolence to inspire and bring salvation. All citizens should work to benefit the Empire through their virtuous acts over petty self serving or damaging choices. It is the responsibility of priests to guide those at Anvil in how best to do this and hold the Empire to virtue so that lands that have been lost may be regained and the Empire shall bring the way to the unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (530-532)
===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Killian Mortére
* '''Judgement:''' To those who wield arms - test your might and claim your glory against the Deadwood Knight with courage in your hearts. Slay the wretched fiend within our boarders! To those who wield words - sing the names of those who confront this challenge, spread their stoires, exalt them with the utmost pride. Great deeds are eternal!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (200-32)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Deadwood Knight, also known as the Schlacta of Rot, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Novella di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Difference in faith should always be grounds for discussion, not alienation. The fire in our Emperor's inaugural address drives unity in our faith and in our culture. This passion has already placed the fear of Virtue into the hearts of multiple citizens of Axou and they have fled our lands. We do not wish to lose the richness of foreign culture and trade. We wish to be inviting to all scholars, traders, and thinkers of other nations, so that all may be enriched. We call on all citizens of the Empire to show Courage in meeting conflicting faiths, and to show Wisdom in the learning from others.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (582-218)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Promising light|inaugral address]] of [[the Throne]], and presumably to the departure of ''Theodosia of Ipotavo'' who [[It%27s_only_me#Finally,_a_Departure|reportedly]] cut short her sabbatical in the Empire following the speech.
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jedediah Boon
* '''Judgement:''' Never leave a river unbridged when you can build one out of rope. Never leave a rope bridge when you can build one out of wood. Never leave a wooden bridge when you can build one out of stone. We thank the Urizeni sword scholars who brought their teachings to our nation and did the heavy lifting on the first rickety bridge between our Nations. We invite the House of The Wanderer and the priests of Urizen to return again and this time friars of the Marches follow me to Urizen. Where we have disagreed in magic we will unite in faith two schools of virtue together in one cause; to share how our same religion manifests in the people of our different Nations. Let us break new ground with pride
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-0)
===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bryce the Hare
* '''Judgement:''' It is a foreboding thought to face an enemy that feels no fear or apprehension, is stranger to both exult and lament, and knows neither bargain nor restraint. The Cold Sun is an enemy that is alien to us but it is also one that is barren to virtue and rejects inspiration. For that reason we possess a wellspring of power that is unknowable to the Cold Sun and we are stronger for it. Gird yourself with faith, remind yourself of what you seek to protect and draw inspiration from it. Create, and live in defiance of oblivion.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1290-160)
===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Azir i Smartha
* '''Judgement:''' We the Freeborn assembly support our sister nations in their claims for Mareave. We expect our sister nations to return our lands to us when they are once again Imperial. In Loyalty to our Empire. In Pride of our homeland.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (170-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Imperial Senate]] decision regarding [[Mareave]] and it's [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocation]]. More details can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Veikko Bondforger
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom knows that all knowledge is incomplete. We stormcrows have seen the Wisdom inspired by the sword scholars with the Holberg College of the Sword, and the way they have strengthened the Empire. We invite the sword scholars in hospitality to preach at the newly rebuilt Hall of Rund. Let's see how they can sharpen our wits and our talons.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (240-12)
===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lochias
* '''Judgement:''' We are saddened that the Bone Pilgrimage do not extend into Urizen. However it is not our custom to preserve physical remains of the fallen we preserve their words. As the Imperial Orcs strive to build a great library in Skarsind, we call upon the scholars of Urizen to open our own libraries to the Sunstorm sept so that the library of Worth may contain the writings of their ancestors who dwelt among the spires.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (264-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Military_unit#The_Bone_Pilgrimage|Bone Pilgrimage]], which encourages priests to support Imperial Orcs seeking out remains of former slaves and bringing them to the grand ossuary in Skarsind. This support is not extended by the majority of the Urizen priests, because the [[mandate]] enacting it in the General assembly did not receive a greater majority and so was rejected. Urizen [[Urizen_culture_and_customs#Funerals|funerary traditions]] were not extended to the orc slaves they held prior to the [[Orc Rebellion]]. As with the vast majority of orc slaves in the Empire, Urizen slaves were not permitted to read or [[Imperial_Orcs_hearth_magic#Writing|write]]. There are very few records of anything significant that the orc slaves held in Urizen would have said or done.
===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tabris son of Armisael
* '''Judgement:''' The Highborn National Assembly would like to thank the Free Folk for their generous offer of liao. We ask that it be directed towards the title of "Abbess of Reconciliation".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld 372-0
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|offer]] made by the Free Folk in gratitude for Highguard work teaching their priests the [[religious skills|liao ceremonies]]. Free Folk priests now [[Parts_of_speech#Resolution|support]] the [[Abbess of Reconciliation]] in their work.
===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Vauraus "Prosperity's Forge" Korpittkoika
* '''Judgement:''' Do not fear to act only be shamed by inaction. Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, the white Raven, has tirelessly committed themselves to serving the Empire. They were responsible for the greatest act of Prosperity the Empire has ever seen, the gifting of Skarsind to the Imperial Orc septs. Though controversial they did not falter in the wake of that heroic deed. They saw a wrong in the world that needed to be righted. Without their vision there would be no Liberty Pact. Their courage and ambition has forged the path that the Empire has now set upon. A politician that believes in the power of bringing people together rather than driving them apart. Wintermark is proud to add their tale to the Chronicle of Heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (232-32)
* '''Notes:''' Thanmir Hrafnar has been added to the [[Heroism#Chronicle of Heroes|Chronicle of Heroes]].
===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' The Vates of Navarr take an Oath to deal with eternals and magic for the benefit of the community and as such they do not need our permission to act, be it in Conclave or in the performance of their duties. We will however hold them to their Oaths should they fail in fulfilling them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (218-10)
===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Elkiah
* '''Judgement:''' We invite the Imperial Orcs to Necropolis to open the tomb of Emperor Ahraz, with the goal of allowing them to perform a ritual to reconnect with the lost ancestors among his bodyguard who were buried with him. May this act build a bond of Loyalty between our nations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (382-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[the Honour Guard of Ahraz]], ten Imperial Orcs who lie in the tomb of [[Emperor Ahraz]] as his honour guard.
===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' The Nobel Alys de Renard
* '''Judgement:''' For far too long the towers of Dawn have been left to lie fallow following their destruction by the Druj. No longer. In the name of glory and our great nation we must begin accepting proposals for projects to memorialize their loss. CDGV.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (284-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 286.
* '''Notes:''' The [[The_Barrens#Towers_of_the_Dawn_(ruined)|Towers of Dawn]] were ruined by the [[Druj]] during their conquest of [[the Barrens]]. A proposal to [[A_glorious_victory#Restoring_Dawnguard|rebuild]] the towers was presented in Summer 385YE, but there was also the potential to "''ask for proposals from the glorious architects of Dawn, to create something beautiful yet sombre to stand in place of the Towers''."
===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. Fjellreven Hall pledges that the will provide liao such that any Winterfolk inspired by the deeds of Shacklebreaker Eska Crowspeaker, called Liberty's Song, to provide prosperity to Rachensgrab may receive a testimony as proof of their virtue. A hero has a name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|inspiration]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_interlude#Provide_Prosperity_to_Rachensgrab_2|provide prosperity to Rachensgrab]], offering Imperial support to the unknown nations that lay in the shadow of the Aerie of the Slave Lords.
===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Travid Longest Path
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue fund fines. Using fines to fund the virtue fund shows that Synod is rewarded and funded by unvirtuous acts, a message that risks threatening the confidence in Assemblies and the importance of The Way. Prosperity teaches to build, not take. The Virtue assemblies should instead look to fund and build the many Counting Houses across the Empire - to be reminders of Virtue and to inspire the citizens to give willingly to the Virtue fund - rather than take money from Senate that fund our armies and our infrastructure.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (90-202)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to recent changes made with regards to fines, discussed in detail in the ''[[Forwards and Rewards]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Corrado Filiarchi de Regario
* '''Judgement:''' Souls have a guardian a guide to take them to the Labyrinth, At the Winter Solstice 385YE the Reaper drew two lost souls to Anvil, one of the Marchers of old and one of the Navarre. I, and many others, beheld their arrival, their talk of the past, and their deaths and their fading from before our eyes as the Reaper himself guided them to the Labyrinth. I call that we must recognise the Reaper's role here, his ability to guide these souls to people who could heal them, and his assistance in letting them pass on. The Reaper is no simple piece of Leaguish Hearth magic, rather he has a place alongside the Way, and we must witness this.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (350-940)
* '''Notes:''' The ''Reaper'' is a character who participates in [[the Masquerade of the Reaper]], a festival that takes place each Winter in [[the League]].
===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Father Edmund
* '''Judgement:''' Our land is our Pride. It is our Loyalty, our Prosperity, our virtue. The names given to our landmarks should reflect the virtuous heroes of our great nation, and our maps should not be stained by the names of the wicked and treacherous. Cast off the name Fisher's Rock, and let that landmark be known henceforth as "Amberlain's Stand".
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld, withdrawn at request of the raising priest (96-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Bregasland#Fisher’s_Rock|Fisher's Rock]] in [[Bregasland]].
===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Katya Vassilova Reznikov
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it - the Freeborn both need our aid and are deserving of it. No food should be uneaten, no magic unused or coin unspent. Their armies are in decline, their lands blighted, and people suffer. Let us show the world that Prosperity provides, remembering the lessons of our exemplar, Zemress, we call for the Freeborn to be defended and fortified.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-10)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of Prosperity, primarily recognised as an inspiration to those who work hard and invest that money for the benefit of others.
===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Eli of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' As we did in Sumaah, as we now begin in Asavea, the whole of creation will one day be united in the Way. Ambitious of the Empire, we should lead the charge in this matter. Seek out all who could aid in this abroad, whether they be hidden sects or souls waiting for the first spark to ignite.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (354-0)
===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Ivana Petara Vodjavic
* '''Judgement:''' The Grendel and the Druj raid our territories, stealing our Prosperity and ruining our lands. We call on the teachings of Zemress, and encourage our corsairs, wagon raiders, reaers, and all truly prosperous individuals to strike hard, take back what is ours so that we may grow the Empire's prosperity and make ourselves safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (276-58)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of prosperity who is an Inspiration to many who take up arms against those who threaten the Empire
===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' The Virtue Fund exists to reward virtue, not speed, just because a statement finishes scrutiny earlier doesn't mean it has higher priority than one finishing later. All Judgements of Rewarding should therefore be distributed at the same time on a basis of margin only, not at the time of the priest's choosing, let us let virtue alone decide.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1480-150)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[judgement]] of [[rewarding]].
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Nathair Autumngale
* '''Judgement:''' The scions of Oblivion seek to destroy that which we celebrate, our culture, our art, our expression. The Empty Hand left in their wake at Miaren trees devoid of life, calcified, petrified, and dead. This was meant to wound us, but it is an opportunity! Artists of Navarr, embrace our tradition of living art. Cave into these trees our Dance, paint upon their surface our story, decorate upon them with your passing all that our people are! Their attempts to harm us will become the very canvas upon which me mark their failure! In ink and blood!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (324-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the supernatural damage inflicted on [[Miaren]] by the [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|Empty Hands]] army of [[Cold Sun]].
===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Heminius of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' Architects of the Crucible! The Urizen National Asembly thanks you for your Ambition and Prosperity in supporting the transformation of Zenith. It is time for us to refocus our efforts however. With dangerous times ahead, we ask you to turn your attention away from producing light armour and towards producing heavy armour to better protect those who follow the Sentinel's path.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (230-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Urizen assembly has the ability to [[Architect_of_the_Crucible#Path_of_Prosperity|guide the artisans]] who work at the [[Zenith#Crucible_of_Fate|Crucible of Fate]] with regard to what [[magic items]] they make available to the [[Architect of the Crucible]].
===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tarquinius
* '''Judgement:''' In Spiral the pattern of Betrayal by the Empire runs deep. Fleet action, children negotiation, black plateau, abandoned defense, treaty, Grendel cooperation, and finally people stripped away from the territory promised the just reward of accepting many of those. It is telling how truncated this list is, but the Empire has started to take action to restore its covenant with its people. We should... Nurture: the Spiral Urizeni who have remained imperial need to live well as imperial citizens, socially, economically, and politically. Protect: the Spiral Urizeni need to be able to retain their Spires and their identities as they help Apulian to grow in size and Influence. Secure: It needs to be abundantly clear that no virtuous citizen will stand for changes made to achieve these things being walked back.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (352-0): the Greater Majority threshold for this judgement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement:''' Mareave is now under Imperial control. Citizens of the Empire, show the people of Mareave how virtuous The Empire is. Show them our Prosperity by trading with them. Show them our Ambition with the many great things we've built. Show them our Loyalty, and how fiercely we will defend any of our fellow Imperial Citizens. Finally, show them how the Apulian Orcs are integrating with the Empire and now are following the true virtues. Now is the time to spread The Way to them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (322-24)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the newly claimed territory of [[Mareave]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune. Also touches on the [[Grendel religion]].
===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silk Farkas
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire should name the continent that we live on.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (816-616)
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Sian Eternal
* '''Judgement:''' It is time to stop seeing the Vallorn as a dormant threat to be dealt with later. It is a danger that lies within our Empire's borders that holds countless bodies and souls. Most notably it keeps two exemplars, the founders of our nation, in torturous stasis. The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing Knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years. They join us in the war to eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfill our Nations ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good. It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[vallorn]], and the [[A thousand years of longing|recently completed research]] regarding its destruction, as well as the [[Grey Pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] of [[Highguard]].
===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Solar of the Spire of the Waxing Sun
* '''Judgement:''' The highest inspiration of the Way is the spiritual truths it describes. Instead of contributing resources to a "new holy city" we call on the Questors of the nation to bring forth theories to be debated and tested. Let revelation be our contribution to this project to inspire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (210-10)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the "grand inspiration of the way" introduced in the ''[[Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune. It also calls on [[questor|questors]], [[Urizen]] who regard [[The Way|the Way of Virtue]] as an unfinished work, seeing [[the Doctrines of the Faith]] as incomplete revelation.
===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Eirlys Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We know very little about the origins of liao, other than it was refined from vinum for the first time in Therunin. An under-celebrated part of our history. We encourage Navarri citizens to dig deep in their records, check their steadings' or stridings' stories and songs, to seek any information they may have on the founding of such a vital resource to the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (320-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Minister of Historical Research]] has the power to commission [[historical research]] into historical events.
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement:''' The Net of Heavens has aligned the open hand of co-existance has been extended to us in Spiral. The bonds of loyalty, pride in our legacy call us to accept. Courage calls us to face this new path boldly. Vigilance calls us to watch over the black plateau. I call Urizeni spiralites to return to Spiral and rebuild their lost spires at virtues call.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-40)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Callista of the Dark Shard
* '''Judgement:''' Enchanting a personal resource to improve its production is a prosperous act. So too is using a ritual to enhance the reach of a priest's voice so that more people are drawn to their congregation. Synod priests should seek to use these enchantments to draw more people to the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1230-278)
* '''Notes:''' [[Enchantment|Enchantments]] that improve the production of a [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]], or enhance the abilities of a citizen to lead a [[congregation]], are created using [[ritual magic]]. The [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]] works closely with the Synod to explore virtuous use of magic.
===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' The fourth army of Dawn has been commissioned Summer 384 and since then has mustered without any clear guidance from the National assembly as to its nature. We propose: to create an army of the Black wherein those of noble ideal serving do so under the guise of a black knight. Let us create an army whose principles are to create outcomes with the most Glory for Dawn and the Empire and rise up those with whom it fights. We have passed in the last two years multiple statements regarding the Black Knight and this is in accord with them all and in particular that they are not solely restrained to the tourney. Black Knights have fought through the Sentinel Gate, aided the Militia, freed slaves, and represented Dawn to other nations. It would be inspirational thing to see what glory the purest expression of Dawnish spirit could achieve as an army.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (248-92)
* '''Notes:''' THe "black knight" is a role tied up in the [[Dawn hearth magic|hearth magic of Dawn]] whereby [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Heraldry|heraldry]] is obscured to conceal one's identity. The role is often taken by [[knight-errant|knights-errant]] who participate in [[Dawn_culture_and_customs#The_Grand_Tourneys|tourneys]] as if they were nobles. Previous judgements include those from [[383YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_21|Summer 383YE]], [[384YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_16|Spring 384YE]], [[385YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_42|Spring 385YE]], [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_87|Autumn 385YE]], and [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_86|Winter 385YE]].
===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Halkyon of Sojourn's Heart
* '''Judgement:''' Loyal Urizeni Spiralites, exiles and refugees, the Empire has shown its loyalty to you by opening the way for you to return home. Our forebears endured war, occupation, and catastrophe. In their triumphs and sacrifices we find the seeds of our loyalty. Do not let their Legacy wither. As the Empire is inextricable, so too is our identity as Spiralites. Spiral is no longer in Urizen the devotion of our hearts commands that we ensure Urizen is always in Spiral. Return to our lost spires shows that our loyalty to Spiral to Urizen and Empire can remain undivided.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (358-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[The three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Prince Bishop Jonah Yakovitch
* '''Judgement:''' We call all citizens to be vigilant to the machinations of the eternal Agramant. This cannibalistic horror who is under a declaration of enmity has cultists in the Empire who are grinding up people and putting them in food products. Seek out trusted suppliers of sausages until those responsible have been captured. Be Vigilant for the last surviving Agramant cultists of the Black Drop, Divina Inquilina di Tassato Regario. She is to be captured alive. Report sightings to the inquisitor of Vigilance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[Agramant#Childer_of_the_Black_Drop|Childer of the Black Drop]], a coven dedicated to the wicked [[eternal]] [[Agramant]] who has been an [[Alignment#Enmity|enemy of the Conclave]] throughout almost all of Imperial history. See also [[#Judgement 125|Judgement 125]].
===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl of Fools
* '''Judgement:''' Deadwood Knight, the heart of Dawn lies in challenge and test, and in this the House of Fools offer thus. A test-of-mettle, to fight our champion, ungirded, with steel undrawn, in manner of your choosing.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (338-10)
* '''Notes:''' This judgement seems to relate to the ''Deadwood Knight'' (also known as the ''Schlacta of Rot''), a creature currently terrorizing northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. It seems to be addressed to the knight directly, but it's not clear that the creature has any access to Synod judgements. Further details can be found in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Arsenio Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. The attacks by the cold sun were a profound disturbance of the military balance pushing our armies to the brink of endurance. Led by a swift and decisive response from the military council, citizens from all over the Empire rallied together to defy this new enemy. The virtuous lift each other up; let us celebrate their peerless commitment to the defense of the empire and encourage our armies to draw strength from the bonds they have forged on campaign
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (438-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent campaigns against [[Cold Sun]], including those [[Things that burn|following the Autumn Equinox]], and [[Eclipse|after the Winter Solstice]].
===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Anastasiya Luashovna Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous lift each other up. While The Golden Pyramid manifesto lends itself easily to prosperity, we note their methods have been in line with loyalty in recent years for which it should be recognised. Providing access to an Autumn auction so our assembly could recover a religious artifact; supported artisans to empower the Crucible of Fate in Zenith; helped the Orcs of Skarsind uncover their wealth; supported multiple Throne candidates to gain conclaves endorsement including our new Emperor. These are all excellent examples of how conclave can operate in a virtuous way while also inline with their own manifesto.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (414-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Golden Pyramid]] [[Conclave order]]. It also seems to reference a [[Hopeless_as_a_feather#Callidus|recent auction]] held by the [[eternal]] [[Callidus]], their [[Fate and function|support with]] the creation of the [[Zenith#Crucible of Fate|Crucible of Fate]] in [[Zenith]], and their role in [[Long_shadows#A_Prosperous_Endeavour|prospecting for wealth]] in [[Skarsind]].
===Judgement 95===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Fenrys Burning Branch
* '''Judgement:''' Last season the Navarr national assembly denounced cruel Tactics. As a thorn, someone who has made fighting their trade, I would propose otherwise. When you are trying to build a house you have many tools. You cannot cut a plank of wood with a hammer, you cannot sink a nail with a saw. We are building an Empire and tactics are our tools. Cruelty is a tool, the same as mercy or cunning. Just because a hammer is not right at this time doesn't mean we won't need it later.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (174-140)
* '''Notes:'''May refer to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_128|Judgement 128]] raised at the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 96===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Sufyan i Zuhri i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' I have journeyed to Asavea bringing word of our Way and The Empire's doctrine and support for the virtuous rebels there. What I saw was wonderful - I have never seen such hope in virtuous eyes as when we told them the Empire wanted to support them and welcomed them into virtue. But the support we must send them as only started. We have forged a bond and now we must keep our word and our loyalty. We call on those loyal to our young siblings in virtue to find any and all ways they can to send their support to the virtuous rebels in Asavea. Virtue exults
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (355-0). The Greater Majority threshold for this statement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the missionaries and [[wayfarer|wayfarers]] recently sent to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 97===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Estella Lucati
* '''Judgement:''' Be vigilant! Avoid the {{Black Plateau}}!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-12)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the {{Black Plateau}}, which squats in the middle of the region of [[Spiral#Screed|Screed]] in [[Spiral]].

===Judgement 98===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Emil Radam von Temeschwar
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire takes pride in its history. We look to the example of Paragon Empress RIchilde, to exalt the independence of our generals and our military concil who spread the Way and expand the reach of virtue. Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost raises up our military council with pride that the bodies of state shall have the autonomy to act with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-62)

===Judgement 101===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Tuuli
* '''Judgement:''' Asking no questions begets no answers. Wisdom is not always knowing the answer, Wisdom is finding the right question I call upon dedicants of Wisdom to ask themselves how their silence aids the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (192-50)
===Judgement 103===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asher of Cantiarch's Hold
* '''Judgement:''' In Loyalty we should look out for one another. We are duty bound to protect all citizens. Sovereign Specific offers one such protection but costs many herbs. Blood Welks can offer the same protection to many rather than one. In Wisdom we should learn how to breed them as an alternate to herbs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (260-10)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Master_Medicinal#The_Sovereign_Specific|Sovereign Specific]] is a [[potion]] that provides many different forms of healing and can be made my an [[Surgical skills#Apothecary|apothecary]] versed in the art of the [[Master Medicinal]]. The "Blood whelks" are likely a reference to the [[Butterfly_in_reverse#Giant_Blood_Whelk|giant blood whelks]] that seem to be found only in the frigid, monster haunted waters of the [[Sea_of_Snow#The_Sea_of_Snows|Sea of Snows]] near the [[Faraden]] port of Caitun.

===Judgement 107===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Jakwine Stockherd
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of the Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Thorns. In turn, let Navarr demonstrate the bonds we have forged by guiding and protecting all Highborn who seek to explore Terunael ruins and keep alight their enthusiasm for exploration.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (126-0)
===Judgement 108===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Hieronymous Dowland
* '''Judgement:''' Loyalty binds us! The love between Marchers and Dawn stands as true as ever. Robert Dunlain gave his life and stands testament to Courage. The Dawnish sing his name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (726-124)
===Judgement 109===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Estivanico i Hayim
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn are the people not the land we live on but we will retake our lands rebuild and grow with prosperity. Family are the heart of the Freeborn and the dhomiro are the voices of the families serving with vigilance and wisdom as we seek to rebuild what was ours. We call upon those of the Brass Coast to acknowledge the importance of the council of Dhomiros in representing the families of the Freeborn, serving the Bass Coast with the same vigilance and wisdom they serve their own families.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (148-12)
===Judgement 110===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Nigel Hornbeam
* '''Judgement:''' We the Marcher Assembly accept the peerless kinship of Highguard and their unconquered to aid the beaters of the Mourn and the rest of the Marchers in patrolling our borders against the many incoming threats. We encourage the Beaters to report any sightings of peril to the Bailiff of the Downs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150-0). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 173.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Full_of_sacred_sound#A_Peerless_Kinship|peerless kinship]] of [[Highguard]], [[offered]] during the Winter Solstice. While the Highborn ''could'' offer aid without a statement from the Marcher assembly, many [[I_already_know_you#A_Peerless_Kinship|felt it prudent]] to ask for guidance rather than risk making matters in the Marches worse.

===Judgement 111===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Exarch Luke
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue lies in choice and action. Virtues power to exalt transcends the boundaries of soul, spirit, and species, guiding and inspiring both orcs and humans to their highest destiny. Through the practice of virtue orcs and humans develop the strength, knowledge, and enlightenment which marks their highest potential as thinking beings. The doctrine of Enlightenment recognises that all sentient beings are capable of inspiration, yet the Empire's history is made in the blood and soiled Earth of thousands of brutalized people who we have put under the indignation of torture, cruelty, and genocide. Virtue demands we are better, and now our Emperor commands it! The Imperial Senate's use of the classification "Barbarians" is comparable to calling those people nothing better than animals. Enabling us to do anything and everything we wish to them. Denying their personhood, denying their ability to achieve enlightenment. As such we urge those pilgrims who hold some Loyalty to the Empire to seek out your politicians, your senators, your priests, and make them listen. We must cry out together: "enlightenment is for all! All must be treated with basic rights and dignity!"
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (306-69)

===Judgement 112===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' Grey pilgrims we walk the trods after hearing Navarr's call, so I ask that we hear their call again. Five years ago our own Senators raised the motion to share the herbs of High Chalcis with the Great Forest Orcs. We as a nation are undeniably part of their history beyond treaties signed by the Empire. Navarr looked to their loyalty (judgment 56) and Loyalty teaches that the truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. Navarr recognises this, so we will be moved by their actions. If the Great Forest orcs are family to the Navarr than they are our neighbors, and we will guard their souls as we would any citizen of the Empire. We do not boast, we act. So we act now, and in doing so we may still yet inspire others to greatness
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (379-0). The greater majority threshold for this statement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Great Forest Orcs]], to [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]], and to the [[Imperial Senate|Senate]] decision to [[Amend the use of the Gardens of High Chalcis|redistribute herbs]] to the orcs when they first came to [[Therunin]] as refugees from [[the Barrens]].
===Judgement 113===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Winifred Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We the Navarr Assembly encourage our bards to take their songs far and wide even beyond our borders so that all may come to know Navarr.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (238-0)
===Judgement 115===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Anisa i Mevidian i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The Shining Pillar that stood in Free Landing is destroyed, but the vision it represents need not be. It was said that Guerra incorporated her enchanted dowsing crystal, empowered by the Day realm, into the Shining Pillar. As we retake Free Landing, we call on the Red Wind Corsairs to perform a daring raid on Free Landing, to seek through the rubble for Guerra's crystal, and call on Freeborn following to do likewise. Let the crystal grant us clarity and vision as we divine with Glass the future of the Brass Coast.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (49-0)
* '''Notes:''' After serving as a beacon to the Freeborn corsairs for almost the entire history of the Brass Coast, the Shining Pillar was [[A_beacon_of_smoke#Save_the_Shining_Pillar_(Battle)|destroyed]] in Winter 385YE. Where the Pillar once stood is a ''[[The_cry_of_gulls#The_Darkened_Beacon|malestrom of chaos and destruction]]''; there is unfortunately no rubble to be searched.
===Judgement 116===
* '''Assembly:''' Naarr
* '''Raised By:''' Zakal Antigouan Shatterhorn
* '''Judgement:''' Cold Sun tried to destroy our heart in attacking Miaren. Every song we sing, every item we craft, every act of creation is an act of defiance. In this way, to create, sing, and dance we ask all Navarr to join the fight.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (216-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the attack by [[Cold Sun]] on the territory of [[Miaren]], which is [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|still ongoing]].
===Judgement 117===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Wade Boggs
* '''Judgement:''' A bad apple in the bushel rots the crop. The narcotics produced and imported by the second order apothecaries guild of Kaban in Axos block the imbibers connection to the Way, and as such are a serious spiritual threat to the Empire. We urge Imperial citizens to practice Vigilance and disavow the use and possession of these substances.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Axos#Tunnels_of_Kaban|Tunnels of Kaban]] are citadel in [[Axos]]. Specialist apothecaries such as ''Evander Slak'' and ''Hippolata of Kaban'' have been [[Ten_travellers_tales#Too_Lotus,_Too_Furious|regular visitors]] to [[Anvil]] for a year or more, although some have [[I_remember_you#Apothecaries_of_Axos|recently declared]] an intention to curtail their activities in the Empire to a degree.
===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dayanara i Cabeza i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' As priests of Virtue and the Way there is great Pride to be found in bringing the word of the Way and the Doctrine of Enlightenment to those who are lost. The leaders of Asavea have made clear they abhor those who preach the Way and that the cost of this actions is blood. Priests of the Brass Coast should draw on their Courage and Ambition to bring news of the Doctrine of Enlightenment to the citizens and slaves of Asavea alike. The souls of these people is in our hands and it is our duty to provide them guidance. Everything has a price, even saving the souls of those not following the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the recent effort to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of Speech]]''.
===Judgement 120===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Heroes' Champion
* '''Judgement:''' The Thule have freed their slaves and their skeins need guidance. Mediators travel to the Silver Peaks, their eyes wide with vigilance. They take their trade and hospitality north. They live their lives with Virtue, and set an example to those who are searching, helping them find their path.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld - Withdrawn

===Judgement 121===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Mauriac
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous apply what they have learned; our mandate is to spread understanding and to serve as an example of that understanding. When our judgements are based on subjective opinions, or done out of personal greed, we undermine the foundations of the spiritual duty with which we have been entrusted.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-394)
===Judgement 125===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Holberg, greatest city in the World, also produces the greatest victuals in the World. Agramant, through his cultists, seeks to turn this fact against us! Citizens of the League, look to the Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage for their guidance on where to find the best quality victuals.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (288-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage]] is expected to spread fine quality Holberg victuals across the Empire, with a special emphasis on premium sausage. See also [[#Judgement 90|Judgement 90]].
===Judgement 126===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Julliette of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Navarr thorns. Let us take Pride in their achievements by joining our siblings in Navarr and sending forth units to explore the Terunael ruins.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (324-10)
===Judgement 127===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Caoimha Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' The Montainans and the Great Forest Orcs are not one and the same. The assurances we extend to the Great Forest Orcs are not appropriate to the Montainians. However the Montainins are dear to our friends and their destruction will not benefit the Empire in Virtue or in pragmatism. We will not stand idly by if they are threatened.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (236-20)
* '''Notes:''' While the Montainian faction of [[the Barrens]] has [[Ripples_and_shadows#Hope's_Rest|been destroyed]], a number of survivors - primarily children, young parents, those too infirm to fight, or those who opposed armed resistance - were offered [[All_those_moments#Great_Forest_Orcs|unconditional sanctuary]] by the [[Great Forest Orcs]].
===Judgement 130===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ironvigil Rikke the Relentless
* '''Judgement:''' The Blood on Snow cult leader Maarik Goldentongue has lived too long, fleeing to the Silver Peaks. Now the Ambassador to Otkodov is elected as Kindra Surefoot, a Winterborn, the Thule have granted sanction to hunt her within that area. I call on the 'Mark's hunters, our scouts, our heroes to find and end her now before she can flee. We must root out and destroy this scion of evil. Hunt with me!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (274-0)
* '''Notes:''' References Wintermark-Thule relations, discussed in further detail in the ''[[Say_her_name#A_Change_of_Tune|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 131===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Shrike, of House du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' The bird leashed to the hand cannot be called loyal only the bird which is allowed to fly free and still chooses to return to its masters hand is truly loyal. Loyalty is shown most strongly in the face of temptation and in the choices we are presented with. Citizens must be free to make their own destinies and pursue their own hearts according to their own loyalties. Being faithful when no other option is permitted is not loyalty. Only by being allowed to fly free can we truly judge the loyalty of our own flock. Loyalty should be chosen and not forced.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (360-0)

===Judgement 132===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Clytemnestra
* '''Judgement:''' People of Urizen - mages, sentinels, sword scholars - come with me on pilgrimage to learn about Marcher land! Jedediah Boon of the Ore Hills inspired me with his pride in his land and his people and I want our people to learn about the pride and virtue of The Marcher's connection to their Land. Come with me in the Autumn. Let us learn of Marcher farming, Marcher pride, and let us help to bring the harvest home.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-0)

===Judgement 135===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Leolaani
* '''Judgement:''' All hail Billimund and Tancred of the Emerald Dogs for their Ambition! All hail Arlen, Reeve of the Greenforest Fair, and all those who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and uncover a treasure trove of herbs. Let us honour their achievement and reap the reward of their glorious action by questing in the Greenwood and claiming the bounty within.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-10)
* '''Notes:''' Dawnish [[military unit|military units]] can take part in the ''[[Military_unit#Quest_against_the_Vallorn|quest against the vallorn]]'' [[Military_unit#Adventures|adventure]], which allows them to seek [[glory]] in the depths of vallorn-infested [[Brocéliande]], facing vallornspawn, orcs, and perhaps even stranger things (such as monsters from the Spring realm), as well as exploring ancient Terunael ruins.
===Judgement 136===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Neala Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' The thorns have spoken, they find our national assembly to be "out of touch". To encourage cohesion within our nation chaplains have been appointed. It is wise to share knowledge and to guide the virtue of our thorns, scouts, and generals. We uphold: Ioan Longashdow as chaplain to the military council; Eirlys Blackhawk as chaplain to the Thorns and Zakal Shatterhorn as Chaplain to the scouts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-88)
===Judgement 137===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Aurum Nightingale
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. This assembly calls upon the priests of Urizen to make all haste to Spiral and provide spiritual protection to all Urizen citizens and our Urizen kin, that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 167|Judgement 167]]

===Judgement 138===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Lia Adelaar
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of the League, let us recognise our Empire siblings Highguard, who this summit completed their reckoning with us by delivery of the last of 50 wains. We acknowledge the reckoning complete and invite Highguard to contact the Bishop Estella the Wanderer to arrange a clebration together at the next Winter summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (284-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 169|Judgement 169]].

===Judgement 143===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti
* '''Judgement:''' Stand strong Varushka! The national assembly urges courage from the soldiery of Varushka to stand firm against the predation of the Schlacta of Rot! We call upon the military units of Varushka to band together to oppose its threat!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Schlacta of Rot, also known as the Deadwood Knight, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 144===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Amris Johan Merikovich
* '''Judgement:''' Our virtuous armies and citizens have succeeded in shattering the Cold Sun aggressors in Varushka through usage of the might of the Vards and the cunning of the Ushkans. However some remnants remain. We call upon all virtuous citizens to root out and obliterate any trace of the Cold Sun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (256-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the remnants of the Cold Sun in [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]] army of ''scions'' who, with the defeat of their army, [[Eclipse#Hammer_Blows_(Karov)|continue to threaten]] the people of [[Karov]].
===Judgement 145===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Drakov
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit we agreed to "give aid and access" to our friends, the Imperial Orcs in their Bone Pilgrimage. Now Skywise Karrak asks for our help to locate the bones and/or items of worth belonging to Tagga, mother of Thrace. She fell in Spring 323, fighting the Golden Axe in Korotny during the Rebellion. Cousins, search your stores, shelves, and secret places. Let us do all we can to help achieve the Ambition of one and build the Pride of many.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (258-0)
* '''Notes:''' Appears to refer to the [[orc]] ''Tagga'' who was the subject of [[On Tagga|recent research]] by the [[Lepidean Librarian]]. The circumstances [[On_Tagga#Death|surrounding her death]] strongly suggest her body was burned to ashes by the victorious Varushkans alongside those of the other orcs killed in the engagement where she died, making it extremely unlikely any of her remains persist today.
===Judgement 146===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Milosz Casimirov Volny
* '''Judgement:''' Delev stands! Duzekani is burnt but Imperial! The Varushkan national assembly calls for the recognition of those Imperial heroes and troops from Dawn, Navarr, and Varushka for their courage in the face of oblivion!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ''Battle of Delev'' and the defence of Duzekani against the [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]]. The names of individual captains who supported the armies there can be found in the [[Imperial Roll of Honour#385YE Winter Solstice|Imperial Roll of Honour]].

===Judgement 147===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Rooslan Stannich Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We the Varushkan national assembly recognize Vitaly Gregorovich Dukov and Vasaly Krenyentov Valeskai Storscovich's great prosperity which has enriched us all since the death of Empress Britta. Their hard work and prideful competition has led to the creation of the Iron Helms, the enlargement of the Golden Axe, the construction of the Iron Roads, the fortifications of the Grim Hold and Alexandra's Watch, and the construction of the Shrine of the Maze of Zoria. We thank them and applaud their virtuous contribution to the expansion of the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (220-12)

===Judgement 148===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Illya Nikovitch Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The wise know that all knowledge is incomplete and the vigilant seek out the poison in their neighbour's fields. The national assembly of Varushka calls fro the creation of a "dark archive" of sovereign lore, where the virtuous citizens of Varushka may share their knowledge of the sovereigns, to better understand and examine the veracity of said knowledge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-10)

===Judgement 149===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome the Highborn national assemblies expertise on Hatred, the blight that festered in the breast of their Pegasus for over a year. If they feel the general of the Iron Helms Has fallen to this spectre of Highguard's past or any other false virtue we invite them to bring their evidence before our assembly. If they have proof that the commitment of our soldiers to do whatever it takes to defend our Empire, and those they love, endangers their spirit or the spirits of those they fight, we again invite the Highborn to bring evidence of this oft repeated claim to our hearth so we may take action. Have caution that you do not find our ways unsettling or offensive simply because they are different to your own. War is not as clean as your beloved chessboard suggests but dirty is not synonymous with unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-14)

===Judgement 150===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Konstantin Rabovich Bolothikov
* '''Judgement:''' As partners in greatness for the last year, Varushka and Highguard have shared guidance and inspiration, most recently joining in full-voiced commitment to banish Oblivion from our borders. Varsuhka's vigilance also allowed us to guide our sibling away from their well-meaning but potentially disastrous mission to Otkodov. With the turning of the new year we should look to our Urizeni cousins. By their boundless ambition and our hardworn wisdom, we will challenge each other to reach new heights as partners in greatness.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-10)

===Judgement 153===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Pallatius Dragonsong
* '''Judgement:''' Our territories have been twice cursed, both by Marcher citizens. From both seasons of casting, the casters are either dead, or have been declared sorcerers by members of their own nation. They have also been shunned by their national assembly. This is not, and will not be, a curse war between us. We have chosen not to retaliate in kind for we do not want to put the wider popuous through the hardships you have faced with poise and courage. There is strength in virtue. Rise up, not tear down, those we choose to stand next to.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (196-10)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl Ailsa Temerlaine
* '''Judgement:''' Varushka wants Dawn to "bow" to their traditions in regards to the Dho'uala and give it Imperial citizens in sacrifice. In simple terms, NO, SHAN'T. The details: we will not take actions that condemn souls and keep citizens from the Labyrinth. We will not engage in human sacrifice. We will not engage in idolatry. The Dho'uala already takes innocent souls. We do not bow.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the horror [[Dho'uala]] that lairs in [[the Semmerlak]]. Seems to reference the [[The_horror_and_the_wild#Those_Who_No_Longer_Need_To_Live|proposal to perform executions]] by drowning in the lake which was [[The_lake_and_the_deep,_dark_woods|proposed]] by the senator for [[Karov]] during the Autumn Equinox but withdrawn without being discussed in Senate.

===Judgement 155===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Levi of the Navigators
* '''Judgement:''' I wish to publicly and personally apologise to Alderai the Fair, general of the Iron Helms, for the statement made last summit regarding their revocation. It was based on incorrect and ill informed information. Wisdom encourages us to recognise our mistakes and learn from them. I will use this as an opportunity to learn, to be certain of current information before putting statements forward and slandering an Imperial citizen.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (748-68)
* '''Notes:''' References [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_49|Judgement 49]] from the Winter Solstice 385YE.
===Judgement 157===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eldrid Vestardottir
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Wintermark believe that the general of the Fist of the Mountain should and always be also a mystic in order to better lead by example and background.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld: Withdrawn (0-40)
===Judgement 158===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Rhisiart Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' Liathaven is a tomb and a shame of our people. For too long it has been forgotten and ignored. The military council always state "next season". The time for action is now, as Navarr armies will seek its liberation, turn every ring, and every effort to liberate the birthplace of the trods. Liathaven lives!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (72-54)
===Judgement 160===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asier i Elia i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The courageous stand up for what is right, even in the face of fear. The loyal stand beside their allies, even in hardship. The proud protect their home, and those they live alongside. In offering refuge to displaced Freeborn, and in the defence of Madruga against the Grendel and their former subjugators, the Asaveans. The Marracossans of Trajadoz demonstrated all of the above. They chose to act virtuously, despite their continued devotion to the plenum's false pantheon. We, the Freeborn, recognise their efforts, thank them, and stand beside them in Courage, Loyalty, and Pride in Madruga. Let their virtuous choice act as an example to all people throughout the world that anyone with a choice can choose virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (128-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Marracossans are former Asaveans who fled to the Empire following the failure of their rebellion against the Plenum. The Senate [[Cede_Trajadoz|ceded]] the largely abandoned town of [[Madruga#Trajadoz|Trajadoz]] in [[Madruga]] to them. During the recent [[The_cry_of_gulls#Counting_Games|fighting in Madruga]], a number of Marracossan [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisans]] joined the Imperial forces fighting the Grendel.

===Judgement 166===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Athiel Westernborn of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' The inspirational acts of Alberto and Amika Acciai, Asavean Priests of the Way could not have spread without the invaluable support of the virtuous priests and wayfarers from every nation. We stand with all Imperial missionaries in Asavea and offer our full support and guidance to them, should they require it. We are ready to propitiate the spreading of the Way of Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1054-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the efforts to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 167===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Fabin Costas de Sarnds
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. The assembly calls upon the priests of the League to make all haste to Apulian and Spiral, and provide spiritual protection to all citizens that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-22)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 137|Judgement 137]]

===Judgement 169===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Speaker Abraham
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of Highguard, let us celebrate the completion of our reckoning with our Empire siblings the League. We hope to celebrate together at the next Winter summit to nurture our growing friendship.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (289-20)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 138|Judgement 138]].
===Judgement 170===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tamar
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn! The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (363-10). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 393.
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 171|Judgement 171]].
===Judgement 171===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Charito
* '''Judgement:''' Urizen. The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring any ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 170|Judgement 170]].
===Judgement 173===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rey Fosterbrooke
* '''Judgement:''' The Marchers are not striking this time. The Throne has acknowledged our grievances, and promised an address where they consider cursing Imperial territories acts of treason. Further as Master of Magic, that action will be taken. With these and other acknowledgements by Imperial bodies, the Marcher farmers choose not to put Imperial prosperity at risk, for repeated slights. Lets judge this field by its harvest.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (194-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent events involving Urizen and the Marches, further discussed in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune. It's not clear which [[The_Throne#Powers_of_Magic|power]] of [[the Throne]] is being referenced here, as [[Archmage#Master_of_Magic|Master of Magic]] is a power of the [[Archmage|Archmages]].
===Judgement 174===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Keziah
* '''Judgement:''' In these times - when our understanding of doctrine is rapidly changing under the guidance of a small inner circle of theologians at Anvil - it is important for the virtuous common citizens of Highguard to attend Anvil, so that they may hold their Assembly to account when they might err.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (262-0)
===Judgement 175===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Aemon of the Suns of Couros
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn, be ever vigilant! The foul parasite of reality, the Whisper Gallery, have created abominations that wear the surgically removed faces of our sibilings as disguises. Stay away and report these sightings to the magistrates and your inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (278-0)
===Judgement 177===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Verres
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire plans to cast Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea across the Bay of Catazar to hinder and strike at the Grendel. Urizeni of Redoubt and Spiral prepare for storms to come as we defend ourselves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-8)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 178===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Alessi of the Basilisks of the labyrinth
* '''Judgement:''' People of Necropolis have Courage. A flood is coming that you can mitigate with planning, Vigilance, and Courage.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (272-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 179===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jhonathen Piper
* '''Judgement:''' Marcher food fills the bellies of heroes. Our threat to strike has shown that some heroes have gone hungrier than others. We the Marcher Assembly call for farmers to charge Freeborn armies less, but the rest of the Empire's armies more. Marchers are Loyal to our allies, and our hospitality knows no bounds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108-12)
===Judgement 182===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Redhand Iris
* '''Judgement:''' We remember all those who fell in the battle for White Storm Pass, we will not let them have died in vain, though the Cold Sun may unleash a fresh winter, we shall endure. Protect your lives, protect the great herd, protect the land. This is our home, we shall not falter.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the engagement with the ''scions'' of [[Cold Sun]] [[Eclipse#Doorways_(Skarsind)|threatening]] [[Storm_Shaman#Whitelake_and_the_Storm_Pass|Whitelake]].
===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' The Brass Coast
* '''Raised By:''' Anna Laya Del-Toro
* '''Judgement:''' Assembly calls upon citizens in the vicinity of the Great Grasses to practice Wisdom and Vigilance regarding the ongoing blight. Affected areas should be avoided at all costs. If you observe any new developments in the blight, the proper authorities should be notified immediately.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (140-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the threat of the [[Madruga#Great Grasses|Blightheart]] in [[Madruga]], and the dry partricians, as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parched earth]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 184===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Palladius Ravenspire
* '''Judgement:''' There is no evidence the soul resides in the heart, and through insight there is evidence that contradicts the claim that eating a heart transfers the soul. As such the claims of the Ramora family fail the test of Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-0)
===Judgement 186===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
* '''Judgement:''' Only fools accept hearsay as truth. We the Varushkan Assembly invite those who criticize the Iron Helm's tactics and the ability of their general to wield them to speak to those who have spent time with Alderei in Military Council, the leaders of the military units who have fought alongside the Helms and of course General Alderei herself. We invite them to speak to the people of Karov present in Anvil, many of whom petitioned Alderei directly to send her army to attack the Cold Sun threatening our homes. We invite them most of all to closely read the Civil Service reports between summits at Anvil, which quite clearly stated before the Winter Solstice that while the Iron Helms disrupted the lives of many of the barbarian Black Wind sept, the only ones targeted and killed were their leaders, not their "oldest and youngest" as Levi of the Navigators would ahve had the General Assembly believe (Judgement 49 Winter 385YE).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (208-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Iron Helms]], and their recent engagements [[Eclipse#Blade_of_Skies|in Karov]] and [[Ripples_and_shadows#Black_Wind|in the Barrens]].
===Judgement 187===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Quijano i Remora i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The General Assembly lauds and recognises the family Remora for sharing, disputating and interpreting - for Virtuous and especially Prosperous ends - the ancient Axou ''necromantia'' in their possession. We further encourage Synod members to seek out and learn from the family Remora.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (328-402)
===Judgement 188===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Knott
* '''Judgement:''' When ink flows too thin, it is best thickened with blood. The slaughter of the Montanians has left the Great Forest Orcs distrustful of Imperial paper. Navarr understands this and is sealing their commitments not on paper, but their very skin. We commend Navarr for reaching their kin through mutual tradition - actions the Great Forest Orcs can understand and can trust. Actions that bring your two people ever closer. But remember what still seperates you. We encourage Navarr t oseek counsel from those who have walked this path before. None has been more successful than the Unshackled in melding the Way of the Empire with the traditions of Acestors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the complex political situation in [[the Barrens]], and specifically the concerns of the [[Great Forest Orcs]] as discussed in the ''[[Little_mercy#Great_Forest_Orcs|Little mercy]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 189===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Zbigniew Mrakovna
* '''Judgement:''' Vicious trudniki are preying on the Ketsov who have strayed into their domain, lured by untold riches. They are monsters with the face of family but the wise know the truth. We call to shlacta and wardens to be wary of these creatures as they roam. There will come a time soon when we will have to bargain and bind these creatures to ensure Ossium's safety. Go in Virtue, act in Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-10)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Gralka
* '''Judgement:''' Pride reaches out through the foothills and down to the heartlands even as the snow falls. A call is made to the Imperial Orc/Unshackled nation to gather at 11:30 on the first night of the next summit. We will discuss our new language of symbols. Make choices and move one step closer to its completion. Cold Sun came to Skarsind to smother our spirit in slaughter, but it can never kill our virtue or our nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (56-0)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Rykana
* '''Judgement:''' The orcs of Skarsind mark a monumental time in our history, as we claim a second territory in Mareave. Preachers and pilgrims, let us venture forward in virtue to seek better understanding of wof what challenges we face in this new land.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (66-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the allocation of [[Mareave]] as part of the [[Imperial Orcs]] nation. Further discussion of Mareave as an Imperial territory can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 198===
* '''Assembly:''' The League
* '''Raised By:''' Ortenzia di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly warns League citizens on the coast: foam and spittle of the furious sea has been cast on the Bay of Catazar to frutrate and ruin the Grendel. Only Vigilance and Courage can defend lives and Prosperity of the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 199===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Cynerik
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Ishal have left their roost to investigate better ways to guide Wintermark. The stormcrows urge the Wisdom to consider our mystic ways and the Vigilance to seek signs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (80-0)
===Judgement 201===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Zadkiel
* '''Judgement:''' 'It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way!" - Emperor Vesna 385YE. We the Nine believe it is imperative to support the missionary work in Asavea. We must bring the way to its people no matter the cost. In support of judgement 28.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to efforts to send missionaries and [[wayfarers]] to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 202===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer
* '''Judgement:''' Our destiny is our own. The Law of Idolatry sets out examples, but does not limit our judgement. The intent behind this is to prevent any - citizen or state - from willingly giving their agency to another entity above their own.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Religious_crime#Idolatry|crime of Idolatry]] is defined as "Subsuming human will and destiny to any inhuman entity or force. This includes the worship, veneration or exaltation of any such being or power."
===Judgement 203===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Gaelen Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' The Council of Nine directs the Silent Bell to investigate the threat that the Sovereign Dho'uala poses to Imperial citizens around the Semmerlak, and how it might be countered Virtuously.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]], and the entity known as [[Dho'uala]] that inhabits [[the Semmerlak]].
===Judgement 207===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Peregrine Boon
* '''Judgement:''' We renounce and condemn the actions of Hugh Farrier. What he has done is wrong! Next summit, he is to be shunned by the Marches and should be stripped of his position. His plans to curse Urizen is against the sentiment of the Marches. We understand the devastation curses cause and as an act of penance, any curse performed on Urizen from a Marcher is to be followed by recompence. This mine is trapped. There is nothing left to dig.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (238-12)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to relate to the situation between the Marches and Urizen, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 209===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' Threshers who pat sorcerors on the back, even when they harm rituals, are no threshers at all! Shame on those who praise Marcher sorcerors! Our courageous Linley Weaver is a fine Marcher who stood and enacted a Thresher's job greatly!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (250-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to reference the [[Sound_the_bells#Turn_the_Other_Field|ongoing support]] of Marcher citizens and [[thresher|threshers]] for the magicians who [[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|cursed Urizen]] during the Spring Equinox.
===Judgement 210===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Tulva
* '''Judgement:''' Let me reach out to you in Skarsnid for time is short. The home of the Storm Shaman has been destroyed by the Cold Sun. We bled for our home and remember the fallen but we were not enough. An avalanche will sweep down, a storm of winter cold. Evacuate its path. Protect each other, hold to your loyalties, and be vigilant for the dangers that come.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (64-0)

==Mandate==
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Vassa
* '''Judgement:''' Thrace laid the foundation for the Imperial Orcs nation, but died before he ever saw his people build on his legacy and inspiration. We send Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer with a dose of true liao to consecrate the Legion's Rookery in Skarsind in the name of Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1992-32); Margin of 1960
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Ambition at Legion's Rookery in Skarsind. As detailed in the [[The_Ambition_of_Thrace#Building_a_Nation_(Skarsind)|The Ambition of Thrace]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lepidina
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome dialogue with the Apulians to further our collective understanding of the Way, and lift each other up in virtue. We send Lepidina with 25 doses of liao to encourage those Urizen magicians who have decided to stay to share the best of Urizen culture with the League. Let us share our values with them and make Apulian a city founded on philosophy, learning and a vision for a better future.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (238-22); Margin of 216
* '''Enacted.''' This mandate will have a slow but inexorable effect on the culture of Apulian, shaping the future of the newest City of [[the League]]. As detailed in the [[Blue_flowers_in_the_snow#Outreach|Blue flowers in the snow]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' For our Empire to offer sanctuary only to those we find convenient is to pretend at compassion while concealing the heart of a coward. We send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to encourage Navarr to reach out to all who call Peytaht their home, swearing to protect orc and human alike regardless of their beliefs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (190-154); Margin of 36
* '''Not Enacted:''' This mandate was in competition with Judgement 56.
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]]

===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Brynn Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (252-58); Margin of 194
* '''Enacted.''' The fears of the Great Forest Orcs have been soothed. Those who have established steadings in Hercynia and Miaren will be reassured that they can continue to build lives alongside the Navarr. Some of those who still live in Therunin will remain behind, even as most of them return to the Heart of Peytaht, the bonds of friendship strengthened. As detailed in the [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] wind of fortune
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] and [[#Judgement 124|Judgement 124]]

===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' Gerallt Brackensong was an inspiration to all those who take Pride in songs and stories that exalt their nation. We send Brodi Brackensong with a dose of true liao to consecrate a school at First Voice Glade in Miaren in the name of Pride.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (898-202); Margin of 696
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Pride at the ruined [[Dean_of_the_First_Voice_Glade#First_Voice_Glade_(Ruined)|First Voice Glade]] in Miaren. As detailed in the [[The_Pride_of_Gerallt_Brackensong#First_Voice_Glade_(Miaren)|The Pride of Gerallt Brackensong]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Oleander Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Empty Hands march on the site of the first binding of thorns, and the birthplace of our nation. We send Oleander Ashwood with 75 doses of liao to ensure that this army doesn't desecrate this site with their presence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-18); Margin of 288
* '''Enacted.''' Encourages the people of Miaren to support the Navarri who support an army against Cold Sun, providing two random herbs to every military unit that supports an army fighting the Empty Hands. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grey Stone
* '''Judgement:''' Good Walder was an inspiration to the prosperous regardless of where his last resting place is found. We send Tom Appleseed with a dose of true liao to consecrate the shrine at Good Walder's Orchard in Mitwold in the name of Prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1256-126); Margin of 1130
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Prosperity at [[Keeper_of_the_Orchard#Good_Walder's_Orchard|Good Walder's Orchard]] in Mitwold. As detailed in the [[The_Prosperity_of_Good_Walder#Good_Walder's_Orchard|The Prosperity of Good Walder]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 119===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in the Mournwold know that the Tusks will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-20); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' The Tusks will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mournwold. If Mournwold is attacked and the Tusks are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 122===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Firesong Kirra
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (68-0); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' This relates to the creation of the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|Library of Worth]] in [[Skarsind]]. The Imperial Orcs will donate 4 wains of white granite and 8 crowns to support the commission each season for the next year. This will exhaust their capacity to support other important causes; it will be impossible to use a mandate to urge the Imperial Orcs to support another commission or similar project that needed help.

===Judgement 124===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Kellin Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' I use the power of Eyes of Loyalty to send Kellin Embercast with 25 doses of liao to support "''We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs''"
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (376-0); Margin of 376
* '''Enacted.''' Supports [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] with the [[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]].

===Judgement 128===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Stiv
* '''Judgement:''' All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. We send Yerende Delk with two liao to ask the sept to provide High Chalcis with herbsheart so that they might prosper. Let us show them our peerless kinship!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (78-0); Margin of 78
* '''Enacted.''' The Yerende will provide the Gardens of Chalcis with a small supply of herbsheart each season, raising the level of investment in herb gardens by one in Reikos providing every herb garden with one realmsroot each season. As detailed in the [[Standing_in_the_sun#Herbsheart|Standing in the sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 133===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Lievevos van Houten van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' We prepare for malice, but must always thwart malice before it strikes against you. We send Lievevos van Houten van Holberg with 25 liao to Spiral to urge all vigilant citizens to seek out threats and drag them into the light.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0); Margin of 186
* '''Enacted.''' The Vigilant from across the Empire will travel to [[Spiral]] and work with pilgrims there to root out threats. As detailed in the [[Knocking_on_every_door#Shine_a_Light|Knocking on every door]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 151===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushkan
* '''Raised By:''' Anatoly Vassian Tatishchev
* '''Judgement:''' Strive for excellence in that of which you are proud! We send Anatolij Paukov Zorkin with 50 doses of liao to ask Varushkans to fund the Great Hall of Fabric Arts. Let no coin go unspent.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (246-0); Margin of 246
* '''Enacted.''' The people of Varushka will provide 20 wains of white granite and 40 crowns each season to the Great Hall of Fabric Arts in [[Karov]]. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_The_Folly_2|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 156===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Otterways
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Bryce the Hare with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Mitwold know that the Drakes will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (130-10); Margin of 120
* '''Enacted.''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 165===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Meredith
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Sister Meredith with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Upwold know that the Bounders will always call Upwold home, and they will never abandon it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-10); Margin of 130
* '''Enacted:''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 185===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Aracelis i Erigo with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (94-0); Margin of 94
* '''Enacted.''' Over the next season, and with the aid of [[Janon]], the quality of the [[Burning Falcon]] will change from Glorious to True Conviction. As detailed in the [[Various_storms_and_saints#Falcons_Ever_Brighter|Various storms and saints]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 195===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Val
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Luca i Taziel i Riqueza with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (0-32)

===Judgement 200===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (7-0); Margin of 7
* '''Not Enacted.''' It was not possible to raise this mandate in any [[Assembly]] other than the National Assembly of the Imperial Orcs. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

==Revocation==
The following judgements of [[revocation]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 129===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Aamu, Weir Whispering Wren
* '''Judgement:''' The Senators of Wintermark are meant to represent the needs of their people, ALL of their people. Senator Hengest Dunn for Hahnmark held the nation at spear point to get a member of his hall elected as General. Due to this, in failing to represent all of his constituents, we revoke Hengest Dunn as Senator for Hahnmark
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (220-46); Margin of 174

===Judgement 161===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Alistair
* '''Judgement:''' For lack of Vigilance in her dealings in the Barrens and a lack of Pride in these ambitions. We are calling for this revocation against Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak so that she has the time to reflect on the virtue of her actions and motivations to prove herself worthy of holding a position of high office.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (54-290)

==Challenge==
The following judgement of [[challenge]] was raised during the summit
===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We call Valeria, Custodian of the Claw to a Virtuous Challenge. Prosperity requires no mana left unspent, yet Valeria has not attended Anvil in some seasons, leaving the mana in the sinecure stagnant.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (204-0)
* '''Note:''' The title of [[Custodian of the Claw]] will be available to [[Challenge#Outcome|appoint]] at the Summer Solstice 386YE

==Inquisition==
The following judgements of [[inquisition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' I call Veikko Bondforger to inquisition at Sigehold Hall, Saturday 16:00. Let them demonstrate their efforts to rebuild their chains of loyalty and the courage to follow through
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (148-0)

===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement:''' I, Ingrid Sigeing, call Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar to inquisition, to examine his role in the creation of the Liberty Pact.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (30-0)

===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadqigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' I call Jarrigk Orzel to inquisition, as Inquisitor of Wisdom, over his role in the needless deaths of the Vendarri sept. At 1pm at the Varushkan National Hearth, we shall see what Wisdom and what Virtue informed the Consul's decisions. Right of Witness encouraged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (972-0)

===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When a senator proposes a motion they must be clear that they understand, and are willing to pay, the costs involved in that decision. Thus, we call Myshki Marishka Letuchaya, Senator of Karov, to inquisition. We look forward to an explanation of their ambitions. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386YE. At 11:30am in the Varuhskan Hearth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (810-52); Margin of 758

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Raine Tealeaf of Urizen has worked over the past year to undermine the reckoning between Urizen and the League, and to see Spiral returned to Urizen by fair means or foul. They have now abandoned that campaign. I call Raine Tealeaf to inquisition to discuss their pride in their past, their loyalty to their home, and their ambitions for the future; and to reckon up what they are owed and see that debt settled. Saturday of this summit, 6pm, Crimson Reaper Garrison. All welcome, especially those of Urizen and the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (770-0)

===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' I have already inquisited Fintan Nighthaven. The powers of inquisition do not let me jump straight to a judgement of sanction. Please vote for this judgement to see the result of that inquisition held at 11:30pm on the Saturday of last summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (568-266); Margin of 302

===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement:''' Despise the weakness that comes from pettiness and lack of vision! We call to inquisition Alexios of Ember's Wake, to weigh their ambition in passing a declaration in Conclave telling all the realms that without the ritual Dripping Echoes of the Fen, empowered by Sadogua, the Empire is undefended: 6pm Saturday in The Shade at the top of Urizen (facing Varushka). All priests of Ambition are encouraged to attend.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-32); Margin of 148

===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When Good Walder came upon a village he was pleased by those who shared their own good fortune with him in return for labour. Had they taken the food and drink from another village he would have rightly chastised them as thieves. The virtue fund exists to reward the deeds of those found worthy. It is not a coinpurse to draw on in advance of your actions. Using it as a fund to construct buildings denies the virtuous of their just rewards. In the past three years Pontus Figures has taken over 101 thrones to support buildings that should have been funded by other means. We call him to inquisition to explain these actions, and to give an accounting of where this money has gone. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386. At 3pm in House de Gavaine.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (672-12); Margin of 660

===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' Brother Harvest is a dangerous idolator and sorcerer and needs to be put down before he can do further harm! I elect Lenarius Ankarien, the Imperial Inquisitor, to delve into his actions and allies.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (146-0)

===Judgement 159===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' Come summer we will have some idea of who, if anyone, has take up the offers of Siakha and the effect that has had. Therefore I call Ibiss Briarheart, Archmage of Spring, to inquisition at 2:30pm, Saturday, Summer 386, Boundaryfolk Camp, Marches. Let us discuss how Siakha and other eternals seek undue influence over the Empire, to the detriment of virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (116-0)

===Judgement 163===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement:''' Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak, I call you to inquisition to discuss the matter of Dho'uala, the sovereign that dwells in the waters of the Semmerlak. 5:30pm, Saturday, Summer Solstice. Location to be agreed up on likely weather dependent.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (162-10); Margin of 152

===Judgement 172===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Allula du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' Lord Caine of House Vortekar, I call an inquisition on your pride. You sacrificed yours and your houses' pride and advocacy of the Conclave for the sake of a 4 thrones bribe. Where is Lord Caine's pride and what are his intentions for the good of the house? What stock should we take in our own pride if the heads of our house can be swayed with a few coppers. To take place at House Vortekar, next summit, Saturday 2pm.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (100-20); Margin of 80

===Judgement 176===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ardens of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' The House of the Wanderer invites Elagabala, sword scholar and proxy Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path, to inquisition next summit to discuss the future of the order. Elegabala has been informed and consents to the inquisition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (780-0)

===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' When someone's soul holds the testimony Virtuous Archmage, then this must be verified. I call to inquisition Ematius Ankarien, Archmage of Winter, at a time and place to be arranged next summit as his duties demand. Show us the arete you bring to the role.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)

===Judgement 194===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' I call to inquisition the outgoing High Bard, Protectorate Rile, to examine what they have encouraged in the music and culture in the Empire, and their outgoing collection of "Freedom" poetry. Time and place to be arranged, Summer Solstice 386YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-10); Margin of 124

===Judgement 204===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' As Imperial Inquisitor I call Finna i Fijadoz to inquisition at the Summer summit, to answer accusations of abuse of priestly powers.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 205===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Heilyn Bronwen's Rest
* '''Judgement:''' As Basilisk of the Bourse, I call Arlais Silent Tide to inquisition at 12:30 on Saturday of the Summer summit at the Silent Tide camp.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 206===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Arcane Inquisitor calls Edmundo, Archmage of Autumn, to examine his career, interactions and deals with eternals, and virtuous or unvirtuous conduct. If there are questions one wishes to submit, please attend. 4pm, Saturday. Hogsgrove Coppice Awning (or appropriate).
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 208===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' I call Hugh Farrier to an inquisition at the Marchers at Saturday at Equinox. In regard to his intent to fund a territory curse on Urizen land. It will take into note his position as Champion of Prosperity and thrice-celebrated hero of Virtue by the Synod.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (250-0)

==Sanction==
The following judgements of [[sanction]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' With regards to the Inquisition of Cassia Silkweaver, I find that their inquisition of Sagua i'Ezmara in Spring 385 was greatly flawed. Through inexperience and a desire to be thorough, Cassia collected a great deal of evidence, but put to much credence on hearsay and opinion, allowing herself to be swayed by arguments with little weight or significance. This lead to an unwarranted castigation of the then Master of the Koboldi, and ultimately Sagua losing their position. This would have been an abuse of priestly powers was I not convinced that Cassia's intentions were virtuous, even if the execution was lacking. As penance, Cassia should not undertake any further inquisitions without further consulting a Virtue Inquisitor
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (678-138); Margin of 540
===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate Rane Shardbearer in regards to their senatorial conduct surrounding the Barrens septs. I have found them to have acted virtuously under difficult circumstances. The decisions made were forced to be done under extreme time pressure by the civil service but Rane showed wisdom in acting upon what they knew at the time, keeping legal, moral, practical and virtuous concerns in mind as they did so. They acted out of loyalty to their friends, colleagues, and allies and did so with the courage to speak in support of controversial propositions when few others would do so.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)

===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Telyn Stormtree
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' I inquisited Anthemius Netherwatch on the Saturday of the Winter Solstice summit 385YE with regards to his leading of the casting of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. I found no malice in his actions, but a lack of balance in his appreciation of virtues. Too much Pride, not enough Vigilance. Indeed, I would like to call out any who claimed to warn him but did not actually act to stop the ritual. It is you who truly lack Vigilance. Inaction is a choice, just as action is. I have therefore given Anthemius a penance, to speak with Tiberius Stormspire Cascade in the next half-year, on the subject of Vigilance and who to apply it to the use of magic.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (102-112); Margin of 10

===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Elisandre de Rondell
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In the matter of the inquisition of Lady Clarice Novarion, we find that the Lady has acted with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-0)

===Judgement 100===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silas of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Cyrus, Daniel, Tirza and Enoch are examples of Active, Virtuous, and efficient priests. Their methodical work to uproot, expose and end those enemies within the Empire whilst ensuring their work never disturb the houses of state from doing their job sets an example to us all. I encourage all to follow their example. Wait not for titles. DO THE VIRTUOUS WORK. Wisdom Questions All. Silas.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (958-10); Margin of 948

===Judgement 105===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Aurum Nightingale has let loyalty guide all of his actions since they have turned up to Anvil. Their great loyalty has helped achieve great things in the Empire and to inspire others. They should continue to act in virtue and look to how they can let ambition drive them to greater virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (896-130); Margin of 766

===Judgement 123===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' On the matter of his role as a key voice in the Senate's decision to declare the Vendarri sept as barbarians, and their subsequent eradication by the Karass sept, I find Jarrigk Orzel's Wisdom insufficient. While he may not lack for other Virtues, I find in him a tendency to rely on assumption and hearsay, rather than proactively seeking relevant and factual information. Had he made the effort to seek out information and not assumed he likely would not have, for example, convinced the Senate through his testimony that declaring the Vendarri barbarians would not be the same as declaring war on them - which it categorically is. This inquisition is not for hindsight. In the moment, he acted on the information he had and I find him un-Wise but not un-Virtuous. Penance: May he carry the Hallowing of the Stormcrow. May he learn from others and seek knowledge to better serve the Empire. In a year, may he return to my hearth and be tested on what he has learned.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (984-10); Margin of 974

===Judgement 134===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate the virtue of Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, who acted with courage against the formidable foe of slavery in his work to form the Liberty Pact. His actions remind us of the heroism of the many acting as one, that a hero is called to great deeds over personal glory, and that the Steinr see the strengths of our fellows and urge them on to heroism.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-0)

===Judgement 139===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Senator Myshki Marishka Letuchaya has a great deal of ambition to protect her people. However, I have great concerns about her position on the exact terms of idolatry. Whilst I do not state that her mandate would have amounted to this crime, I fear that had it passed she would have placed civil servants in danger of engaging in it. As PENANCE I instruct the senator to speak with the varied National Assemblies to understand how other nations viewed her mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-144); Margin of 694

===Judgement 140===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Inquisiton of Sister Meredith: She has been thoroughly questioned on matters pertaining to her views and career. Her work with the Mourn orcs and the Mournwold are outstanding, her courage admirable. But her journey, despite everything, is not over!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (144-0)

===Judgement 141===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pontius Figures certainly demonstrates virtuous ambitions to complete great works. However, his use of the virtue fund raises two areas of deep concern. 1 - His habit of turning rewarding coin into white granite while granting himself a fee of 4 crowns per wain (example). 2 - A fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of rewarding. As penance he will explore ways to be more clear of his purpose in his judgements and how the rewarding will happen. He will be required to speak with the Virtue Assemblies within the next year to gain their input.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (852-124); Margin of 728

===Judgement 142===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pickers Goldleaf is many thing, a citizen who may be considered brash, clumsy, and headstrong. However, we do not find him greatly lacking virtue. There are questions regarding his ambition. He believes he has identified a fundamental flaw within the workings of the Imperial Senate, we challenge him to pursue a solution. As penance he will seek the counsel of ambition priests over the next summit for guidance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (776-44); Margin of 732

===Judgement 152===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Linnette Alighieri
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Lord Bohemond de Rondell, Senator of Astolat, has been inquisited over the matter of recent Dawnish actions in the Barrens. I find he acted following his understanding of virtue. However, his understanding does present weaknesses. For this reason I request the following penance: he shall converse with me and accept guidance over relevant matters over the next 4 seasons. Within this inquisition, a lack of efficient communication between the bodies of state has also been identified, which we shall discuss further as part of his penance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (234-10); Margin of 224

===Judgement 162===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following the Inquisition of Archavion Wolfbourne as represented by his adjutant and regarding his actions in the Barrens, we gave him a Penance. For one year, he will consult with the National Assembly of Dawn at least once per season, and the Fool of Glory shall accompany him to Military Council as an observer from the Assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-26); Margin of 108

===Judgement 164===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Gwendolyn de Vexille
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Aramis du Froste - you were called to inquisition so that you might answer for your actions as Senator for the Barrens and the impact you have had. I understand that you attempted to act in Virtue but find your understanding to be flawed. Still, I deem you worthy of support in rising in Virtue and thus I do not condemn. Rather, I offer penance: For the next 3 summits you shall seek my counsel as priest confessor at least once per summit. Together, in consultation with the Troubadours of Dawn, we will work to identify a project which may liberate and uplift those you have failed. You will raise 50T for this project.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-94); Margin of 28

===Judgement 168===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In Winter 384, Khalama i Radh i Guerra and the Sails of the First Flame cast Hallow of the Green World. Prosperity was not at the heart of this ritual, but nor did it have to be. Ambition is a Virtue, and more importantly Ambition was their Virtue. The Inquisitor cannot find fault in the Virtue of their action, and wishes to commend them for the Prosperity shown in their reaction: performing Blessing of New Spring at cost for those taking advantage of the ritual's opportunity. It is all too easy to claim sweet grapes but disown sour, during Inquisition Khalama exhibited the opposite behaviour. When pressed, he was quick to carry blame for the damage wrought, but hesitate to take credit for bounties brought. This does not warrant a Penance, merely an encouragement that if there is a next time, the Coven recognise the fruits of their labour. These rituals will grow both sweet and sour fruit, neither Coven nor Empire can forget that.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0)

===Judgement 180===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I talked with Sarah of the Suns of Couros about the death of Enoch of Felix Watch. Sarah acted with courage throughout and counselled Enoch to improve his courage. This vigilance enabled him to face circumstances with her and others vigilantly that led to eventually to his death. May he pass swiftly through the labyrinth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (132-0)

===Judgement 181===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I inquisited Veikko Bondforger and I am satisfied by the steps he has taken to mend his bonds. He has paid weregild, contributed his loyalty to projects of the Mark. More than that he has had the courage to have hard conversations with the Assembly of Loyalty, his nation, and his friends. He has looked into the dark of his soul and faced this with courage to improve himself and rebuild his bonds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-0)

===Judgement 192===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following my inquisition of Enchanter Kym of the Twisted Rose, I find that his motivations were entirely virtuous, with great loyalty and ambition for the future of the Barrens. However he took on Autumn magic approach to a Winter magic problem - and now he has passed into the Labyrinth. This was a Conclave problem brought to the Synod - the bridge of the Sevenfold Path goes both ways!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (562-18); Margin of 544

===Judgement 196===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Alexios said they first thought of raising the declaration after hearing of Sadogua's anger, expressing some influence on his will. They were also under the impression that the ritual had failed in Kallavesa. They believed Brat Umbral Path that Dripping Echoes of the Fen would never work again - since proved untrue. Alexios acknowledges now that claiming the Empire was undefended was poorly worded. They say their actions were motivated by loyalty to the Empire. Their declaration was carelessly worded, based on falsehoods, and showed a lack of ambition by not seeking other ways to defend the Empire. Yet they do acknowledge that no eternal can be trusted. And they have committed create an arcane projection to add to the Empire's defences. Their penance tis to meet with Lutobor as a priest of ambition every summit for a year, to report on progress in defending the Empire with ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-20); Margin of 70

===Judgement 197===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Last summit Fintan Nighthaven manifested the four word testimony "True Icon of Peace". As Inquisitor of the Way I immediately called him to an "informal" inquisition that evening. The inquisition was conducted under the light of the shield Bawnwatch, and its allowing drove me to rout whatever corruption there might have been in Fintans spirit. I found none. He has acted with utmost vigilance, routing the risk of military threats from Axos while recovering a relic of the faith. He did so without shedding a single drop of blood, and in the process secured our Empire valuable information about non imperial auras. His testimony reflects this magnificent feat. Discounting its miraculous nature simply because its wording makes us squeamish would only denigrate his success.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-58); Margin of 780

==Recognition==
The following judgements of [[recognition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise Amika Acciai, sixth child of the House of Steel, as an Exemplar of Ambition. He reached out to Rafael Barossa d'Apulian, seeking help with his goal to "engulf Asavea in a firestorm of change". ''Pilgrimage:''Amika travelled to the Temple of the Way in Nemoria and studied there under Sumaash and Imperial priests. ''Benevolence:'' Amika turned his family estate into a safe haven for followers of the Way fleeing persecution by the Plenum. ''Salvation:'' Amika freed his family's slaves and taught them the Way. These pilgrims infiltrated other estates and spread the Way to the slaves there. Amika led the attack on the Tarquinius family estate, killing the oppressors there and giving his life for the cause. ''Inspiration:'' Amika's death inspired his cousin Alberto, who led the attack on the city of Marlien that freed all the slaves there, and started the wave of unrest that is currently crashing across Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (320-10); Margin of 310
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Amika Acciai will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Eevi of the Gadrai
* '''Judgement:''' Dogri Thulebane is an Exemplar of Loyalty. The signs are clear. ''Inspiration:'' Dogri's words inspired more than 200 fighters to stand with him in defence of Crow's Keep and Skarsind. in 385YE Spring, Dogri's story was added to Wintermark's Chronicle of Heroism as a national inspiration. ''Benevolence:'' Dogri opened Crow's Keep to all Skarsind winterfolk who did not want to leave. When the battle of Crow's Keep was lost, he ordered his followers to escape with their lives rather than lead them to their death. ''Miracle:'' Upon his death, a spontaneous aura of Loyalty manifested on the amulet he was wearing with no intervention from practitioners of Liao ceremonies. ''Legacy:'' Crow's Ridge is the region where Crow's Keep is found. After Dogri's stand, Crow's Ridge was taken by the Thule but the scars of Thulebane remain. Crow's Ridge is Dogri's legacy and for that legacy we have been granted an opportunity in 385YE Sumer to create an inspirational tomb for him, in his final resting place; the Sovevann, Kallavesa with true liao
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (473-36); Margin of 437
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Dogri Thulebane will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

==Writ of Consecration==
The following [[writ of Consecration|Writs of Consecration]] were requested during the summit.
===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Lady Kaywenn de Orzel
* '''Judgement:''' It is the will of the Pride Assembly that a writ of consecration for an inspirational tomb, for the exemplar of Pride Ozren de Orzel, be raised to inspire pilgrims to celebrate the Pride within themselves and the Empire
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-20); Margin of 244

===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Serrusto Caeli Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Ambition seeks to consecrate the Towers of Dusk to Ambition, as an effort to restructure them after the Druj occupation, using a dose of true liao.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (326-16); Margin of 310

==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:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer''' was appointed with 142 votes. Eska Harakkadottir received 118 votes. Ser Purslane Artorious received 26 votes.

===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Gaelen Embercast''' was appointed with 174 votes. Fintan Nighthaven received 30 votes.

===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Eldrid Vestardottir''' was appointed with 124 votes. Lady Nimue de Rondell received 28 votes. Velika Prochnost received 10 votes.

===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Kellin Embercast''' was appointed with 92 votes. Eevi of the Gadrai received 80 votes. Father Edmund received 42 votes. Ser Sable received 10 votes.

===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arbiter of the Four Winds]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Athenus of the House of the Wanderer''' was appointed with 68 votes.

===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Jared of the Sentinel's Tower''' was appointed with 70 votes. Bryce of the Hare received 44 votes. Fenrys Burning Branch received 24 votes. Keelia Scorched Pine received 12 votes. Sylver Waystone Path received 12 votes. Dryn Embercast received 0 votes.

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arcane Inquisitor]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rhubarb Ironwood''' was appointed with 5 votes. Bryn Tendfallen received 4 votes. Ari of the Scarlet Guard received 0 votes. Brother Geoffrey Orchard received 0 votes. Callista of the Dark Shard received 0 votes. Casimir Pakkanovic Mislova received 0 votes. Clerabela Vicente d'Apulian received 0 votes. Galene Netherwatch received 0 votes. Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka received 0 votes.

===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of the Twin Roses]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Noble Seri of the Twisted Rose''' was appointed with 60 votes. Earl Ailsa Tamerlaine received 30 votes. Hieronyus Dowland received 20 votes.

===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[High Bard of the Empire]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Malcón i Dyrelnos i Erigo''' was appointed with 5 votes. Tarik of Ashenhall received 3 votes. Burnlin Drumheart received 0 votes. Jymi Handaxe received 0 votes. Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth received 0 votes. Mercy Summermuse received 0 votes. Sofonisba Amicara di Sarvos received 0 votes.

===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Speaker of the Crows]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Ingrid Sigeing''' was appointed with 220 votes.

===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Pride]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum''' was appointed with 176 votes. Kazimir Syrota Molenav received 10 votes.

===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Guardian of Britta's Memorial]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Neala Blackhawk''' was appointed with 66 votes.

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Lepidean Librarian]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower''' was appointed with 224 votes.

===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Prosperity]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hugh Farrier''' was appointed with 200 votes.

===Judgement 94===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Vauras 'Prosperity's Forge' Korppitkotka''' was appointed with 6 votes. Algernon Berinore received 2 votes. Jules von Holberg received 0 votes.

==Rewarding==
The following judgements of [[rewarding]] were sought during the summit.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Pontus Figures
* '''Judgement:''' Dialagos has presented the Empire with the chance to construct Prosperous Counting Houses that will increase the income to the virtue fund each season. This provides us an opportunity to invest now for benefits in perpetuity. Each house requires 5 White Granite, 5 Weirwood, and 30 crowns. We propose the virtue fund should take advantage and would ask for funds to acquire the needed resource to construct the house with the highest return at the point sufficient material has been gathered (currently Tassato for 16 crowns/season)> we seek the assemblies approval to purchase 2 wains of weirwood using 10 Thrones and 0 Crowns. Should this pass, further requests will be placed until the full balance of material is acquired. Last summit 2 wains were purchased for this endeavour.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (578-548); Margin of 30
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the counting house project [[Forwards_and_Rewards#Prosperity_and_Posterity|proposed]] by Dialagos of Urizen.

===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Teleri Thornweaver
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Brodi Brackensong with one dose of true liao to consecrate an inspirational location for Gerallt Brackensong, exemplar of Pride. Actual location to be decided as part of separate mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (630-444); Margin of 186

===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' For his continued work as the Friar of Honour's Rest in aiding the countless ghosts of the Mournwold move on to the next part of their spiritual journey, we reward Friar John of the Mourn 40 thrones. This should allow for the purchase of materials necessary for the construction of the Orchard of the Watch; a memorial for those that died during the liberation of the Mournwold. This will allow the souls to cease lingering, put an end to the territory's haunting, and create a site of remembrance for the survivors of this blood portion of Imperial history. The spirits of myriad heroes still haunt the ruins of Overton. The fear that their sacrifice will not be remembered keeps them from their rest. Priests of the Empire; let the virtue fund reward these virtuous souls for their service and sacrifice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (782-364); Margin of 418

===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grogfear Kraaida
* '''Judgement:''' For ten years Osgar Boarsnout has fought for the Empire with Courage and Loyalty. Starting as a simple footsoldier, Osgar was promoted to captain and then handpicked by Reidarr Bloodletter as their replacement as commander of the Heart of the Mark. For his unyielding Loyalty, Courage and Wisdom protecting the people of the Empire, the Synod awards Osgar 10 thrones. One for each year of service.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (418-446); Margin of 28

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Dolce di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Synod rewards Laurencio di Sarvos with Seven Thrones for his work supporting newcomers to Anvil, and in particular or the creation of the 'Deed of Debut'. The Deed of Debut is a document available to newcomers to Anvil that allows them to take advantage of a range of special offers provided by a variety of high-quality vendors in the League, including food, drink, archery, cicisbeos and more. This supports their introduction to Anvil, helps their money go further and supports the businesses and traders at Anvil. This rewarding could help spread this initiative to more vendors, more nations and support even more people newly arrived at Anvil.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (526-80); Margin of 446

===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Jules von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Too often the labour and toil of Artisans goes uncelebrated and is taken for granted, yet through their efforts are the heros of the Empire are better protected and better able to fight for the Empire and show the Way. So I call on the Synod to reward Marcus von Temeschwar, lone artisans of the celebrated Sea Wolves, with Fifty Crowns for tirelessly working to strengthen and protect those to whom he is loyal.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (378-534); Margin of 156

===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' 'Shacklebreaker' Thanmir Hrafnar
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Zadkiel de Couerdefer the sum of 20 thrones for their work to create a means of communication with the hitherto unknown nation of the Elakar. Zadkiel showed unfailing Pride in their own abilities and used these to acquire donations from citizens totalling 100 thrones used to acquire 40 rings of ilium needed to establish this communication. Zadkiel intends to use this rewarding to repay some of these donations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-304); Margin of 302

===Judgement 99===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sibling Amos of Tian's Return
* '''Judgement:''' Sibling Nekoda of the Shattered Tower has worked tirelessly to help new siblings at Anvil find their place within our great Empire - helping them achieve their ambitions with coins & liao from their own pocket. We call on the Assembly to reward them with 2 thrones so they can continue to inspire the next generation of virtuous heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (850-246); Margin of 604

===Judgement 102===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Luciana Valesi
* '''Judgement:''' Thanmir Hrafnar was instrumental in funding efforts to open communications, raising over 100T to make this diplomatic outreach possible. He displayed great Prosperity in making this mission possible, fuelled by great Pride in our Empire. We request 10 thrones from the virtue fund to reward these efforts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (388-144); Margin of 244

===Judgement 104===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aristeia Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' For the past four seasons Serenus Starsong and the coven of Storm's End have used their own mana to fund the APs and rituals that have revealed to us the names of the stars - Oak, Web, Phoenix, and Great Wyrm. We award Serenus 20 thrones from the Virtue Fund in recompense with Pride and recognition of their Ambitions.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (478-432); Margin of 46

==The Virtue Fund==
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:
{|
| ''Starting Value'' || 3 Rings ||
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 7 Rings || Donation by Crassus, for the Sand Fishers.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 11 Thrones, 4 Crowns || Donation by an anonymous individual on behalf of "A Prosperous Consortium".
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Beirth Martel.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Alistair.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Maelfaisance Remys.
|-
| ''Income'' || 85 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Rings || Donation by Finna.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 7 Thrones || Rewarding to Dolce di Sarvos following [[#Judgement 35|Judgement 35]] being upheld (a margin of 446).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 40 Thrones || Rewarding to Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra following [[#Judgement 18|Judgement 18]] being upheld (a margin of 418).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 20 Thrones || Rewarding to Thanmir "Shacklebreaker" Hrafnar following [[#Judgement 37|Judgement 37]] being upheld (a margin of 302).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Luciana Valesi following [[#Judgement 102|Judgement 102]] being upheld (a margin of 244).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Pontus Figures following [[#Judgement 6|Judgement 6]] being upheld (a margin of 30).
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Crown, 12 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Throne || Donation by Luca and a Marcher friend.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Veikko Bondforger.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 5 Rings || Donation by Belakov Zakharovich Prochnost.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Ring || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 2 Thrones || Rewarding to Amos following [[#Judgement 99|Judgement 99]] being upheld (a margin of 604).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones, 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Rewarding to Aristeia Starchaser following [[#Judgement 104|Judgement 104]] being upheld (a margin of 46) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings ||
|}

==Doses of True Liao==

Five doses of [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] were disbursed this summit:
* One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as [[the Throne]]
* One dose in connection to the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean University]] to Teleri Thornweaver via [[#Judgement 13|Judgement 13]]
* One dose to Idris Eternal by purchase in the [[Public auction|Public Auction]]
* One dose to Halwyn Splitroot by decision of the Gatekeepers
* One dose to Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer by decision of the Gatekeepers

==Special Considerations==
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Spring Equinox.
<table class='wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable'><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Assembly'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Consideration'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Link'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Duration'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. </td><td>[[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Urizen_Assembly|Urizen Link]], [[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Varushkan_Assembly|Varushka Link]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
</table>

==Alternative Mandates==
Prior to the summit, the following [[Mandate#Alternative Mandates|alternative mandates]] were proposed by members of the Synod.

{|
| '''Member''' || '''Link to mandate''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| Corey Wayfarer || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Morwenna Witheredrose || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Nathair Autumngale || [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] ||
|-
|}

386YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

2024-06-27T11:39:18Z

Coolbeans: /* Judgement 154 */

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==Overview==
During the Spring Equinox 386YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 210 [[judgement|judgements]].

==Statement of Principle==
===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Doctor Lysimachus
* '''Judgement:''' While we Highborn are righteously committed to ensuring the Cold Sun is extinguished, we must not forget the other threats we still face and fight. While we focus on the Cold Sun on our doors and must prepare for Grendel on our shores, the Vallorn remains the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire and is no dormant threat. We formed the Grey Pilgrims to aid Navarr to end this threat, not just keep it at bay for another 1,000 years for others to deal with. In accordance with Sian Eternals statement to Navarr, once the Cold Sun have been snuffed out, even as we keep an eye upon the Grendel, we return to ensuring the Vallorn are eventually given a right permanent kicking in! When the time comes for just to act, whether sooner or later, we will Act with certainty.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld
* '''Notes:''' The [[Grey Pilgrim|Grey pilgrims]] were initially founded to oppose the threat of the [[vallorn]].
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===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Vivaine Knotes
* '''Judgement:''' The Dawnish gave the Empire the Test of Arms, a minimum acceptable standard all combatent citizens shall be trained to by the Empire at no cost to themselves. But since when have we Dawnish settled for the minimum? Should we not strive for our acceptable standard to be higher than other nations? We would ask the nation of weavers and knights, what measures can we collectively take to ensure our minimum training surpasses that of the Imperial Test of Arms. Can the wisdom of our mentors, the magic of our witches or the establishments we build raise our bar higher for all of those Dawnish who fight for the Empire... In time, the other nations may follow. Let them, and we will raise the bar again. For too long has the Empire complacently accepted the same standard.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-58)
===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Eska Harakkadottir
* '''Judgement:''' It is better by far to try and to fail than to fail to try. Day mages of the Empire, what is your Ambition? Despite being found guilty of treason, and attracting the attention of Cold Sun to the Empire through a series of unwise decisions, Skywise Gralka remains Arch Mage of Day unchallenged. The Synod calls upon the Conclave and its Grand Masters to uplift and encourage those with Courage, Ambition, and Pride to challenge for the position of Arch Mage of Day.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1018-532)
===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Able the Taller
* '''Judgement:''' Together we forge an unbreakable chain stretching across our Empire. Each pilgrim is a thread in the net, a single link connected to many, strengthening and supporting one another, building up our fellows. Your Loyalty is not a precious gem to be hoarded away but a Bright Burning Brand to drive away the darkness of isolation. It is only through building towards the loyalties where all can hear, seek out those who share your feelings, and reach out across any boundary, be it regional, territorial, or even national. With Virtue we can build WONDERS and work MIRACLES. With Loyalty we will inspire the Empire to be the Storm of Change our Emperor commands and build the future that every citizen deserves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (496-0)
===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Creighton Blackewater
* '''Judgement:''' It will soon be two years since the liberation of Rachensgrab, and yet even with three successful statements of principle there has been no mandate or any indication that the former slaves have had their stolen prosperity returned to them. Let us prove that, we the Synod, stand by our virtue and call upon the Empire to raise a fund to be distributed to all former slaves of Rachensgrab living in the Empire. Propserity Provides.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1382-164)
* '''Notes:''' References the events following the [[Burning|assault on the aerie of the slave lords]] of Rachensgrab in Winter 384YE, and the judgements of [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_165|Winter 384YE judgement 165]] [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_75|Autumn 385 judgement 75]], and [[385YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements#Judgement 162|WInter Solstice 385 judgement 162]]. The majority of the slaves freed in the fall of Rachensgrab were taken in by [[the Commonwealth]], with only a few choosing to make the journey to the Empire. There is no Imperial contact with the nations of the northern [[The_seven_seas#Sea_of_Steel|Sea of Steel]] where Rachensgrab once lay but recent developments have provided an opportunity for Imperial [[fleet|fleets]] and [[military unit|military units]] to visit the area around Rachensgrab, as detailed in the ''[[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Elagabala
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom calls for listening to expertise; applying what one knows, and finding practical solutions. The Sevenfold Path are the second-oldest Conclave Order; for centuries they have been responsible for ensuring the powers of Conclave are deployed in line with the Way of Virtue. They have held Conclave to account time and time again, and uplifted souls in Virtue over and over. The Synod should support the work of the Sevenfolk Path by encouraging Virtuous magicians to join the Order, seeking their expertise in the Virtuous application of magical might, and bequeathing them liao and other materials that will support their manifesto. The Sevenfold Path serves as a bridge between Synod and Conclave - we encourage Synod to make use of that bridge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (918-258)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]].
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Sable
* '''Judgement:''' When Dogri Thulebane refused to give up Skarsind we responded with the Iron Helms. When some of the people of Bregasland sided with Mathilda Fisher and her Jotun Masters we responded with the Magistrates. Why then when certain Urizzeni in Spiral cede from the Empire in open rebellion do we respond with the olive branch and concessions. Yes since the fall of Britta the title of Warmage has been held mainly by URizeni but I remind you that the first Warmage was a Warwitch named Jayne de Severnford it has never been a national position! I call on all nations to look to your Loyalty to those amongst you who may covet the title of Warmage and stand against this attack on their ambition if this title were made a national position under the rebels coercion. NO TO WARMAGE BEING A NATIONAL TITLE!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (774-718)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the complex political situation in [[Spiral]], most recently discussed in the ''[[The three pillars]]'' wind of fortune. The [[Warmage]] is an [[Imperial title]] that advises the [[Imperial Military Council]] on magical matters. The [[Imperial Senate]] voted to make the Imperial Warmage an [[Urizen]] national title [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Amend_title_of_Warmage_I|during the summit]].
===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' Our conflict with Asavea is not merely political, it is a moral and spiritual conflict as well. Moral, because the Empire stands against slavery, wheras Asavean society stands upon the backs of slaves. Spiritual, because their desperate dependency on imaginary deities holds back from achieving their highest potential through experiencing the virtues. Their priesthood is corrupt, thinking only of preserving their own power, and not of the good of their people. The Synod should do all it can to aid followers of the Way in Asavea, so that it's people may be free to live in Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1738-12)
* '''Notes:''' References the war with the [[Asavean Archipelago]], and virtuous sects there as discussed in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Rinnah of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Kirenna called for every Freeborn citizen to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. Unasked, the Freeborn came and named their price. Highguard paid. Since, the Freeborn have faced an unprecedented storm of adversity, but have never wavered in their commitment. To live Virtue is to embrace it, and the virtue of every Freeborn citizen who contributed will echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Prosperity displayed in their labour, sweat and toil and invite the Freeborn to send a delegation of Sutannir to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only though these bonds of kinship can the Grand Inspiration enable the Way to reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 22===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dagon of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Friar John of the Mourn called for every citizen of the Marches to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. The Marchers did so unasked, in recognition of the bonds that bind our Nations, our Empire and our Faith. Pride in small things, loyalty to great ones, the virtue of every Marcher citizen who contributed will truly echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Loyalty displayed in this unity of words and deed and invites the Marches to send a delegation of Monks and Friars to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only through these bons of kinship can the Grand Inspiration of the Way reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aspar
* '''Judgement:''' "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way" - Emperor Vesna, 385YE. Many Asaveans yearn to embrace the Way. The Fire of Virtue smoulders on the archipelago. It is our duty to nurture this flame. It is our duty to show Asavea that the power of virtue exalts all. It is our duty to show the Asaveans that they have the courage and ambition to throw off the yoke of their masters, to reject the folly of their false gods, to remove the boot placed upon their neck and break the shackles of slavery that holds them from their highest destiny. Virtue lies in choice and action. There will be conflict, there will be blood. Consequences are the price of Ambition. We are willing to pay the cost.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (2326-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the situation in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], some details of which can be found in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Claude Deeds
* '''Judgement:''' To convert nonbelievers to the Way requires both words and deeds. It is not enough to say we wish to unite the world under the Way. We must also take courageous actions to do so. Let the Troubadours of Dawn study well how the Free Folk have been brought into the Empire, and into the Way. Dawn has led this charge. We listened to their questions. We defended them in the Synod. At the House of the Proffered Hand, in Astolat, the liberated now receive guidance in our faith. There are lessons here to learn. Let us learn them, and seek opportunities to put them into practice. Let us have the Courage to walk the long path of conversion - within our borders and beyond them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (408-0)
* '''Notes:''' Talks about the Free Folk, discussed most recently in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Severin de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' Doctrine says that our spirits and our souls have a voice in the future. This our Empire is our voice, magnified by thousands. It is our responsibility in virtue to strengthen that voice, and not to weaken it. I do not command loyalty to the Empire but I say this, our ambition is too great for any one person to carry alone, our pride is in our fellows, our friends, and, yes, our foes, to work for the highest potential of the Empire is a virtuous thing. We are one Empire and we will strive together towards our shared future. We strive to act as the Exemplars and Paragons do to guide and teach benevolence that the actions marked by great virtue are those that benefit our Empire. For this benefits not just us, not just now but also our children and our future selves. We expect the greatest in virtue to have acted with benevolence and to bring the unvirtuous into the faith (salvation) as well as inspiring others to grow and build on their faith (inspiration). We believe that the way is a betterment for all thinking souls and that we as an Empire have a primary drive and responsibility to spread the way for that to occur the Empire must survive and grow to be made stronger as a vehicle of the Way, in this I ask the Empire to accept this charge. To best serve virtue our actions should benefit the Empire; through benevolence to inspire and bring salvation. All citizens should work to benefit the Empire through their virtuous acts over petty self serving or damaging choices. It is the responsibility of priests to guide those at Anvil in how best to do this and hold the Empire to virtue so that lands that have been lost may be regained and the Empire shall bring the way to the unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (530-532)
===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Killian Mortére
* '''Judgement:''' To those who wield arms - test your might and claim your glory against the Deadwood Knight with courage in your hearts. Slay the wretched fiend within our boarders! To those who wield words - sing the names of those who confront this challenge, spread their stoires, exalt them with the utmost pride. Great deeds are eternal!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (200-32)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Deadwood Knight, also known as the Schlacta of Rot, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Novella di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Difference in faith should always be grounds for discussion, not alienation. The fire in our Emperor's inaugural address drives unity in our faith and in our culture. This passion has already placed the fear of Virtue into the hearts of multiple citizens of Axou and they have fled our lands. We do not wish to lose the richness of foreign culture and trade. We wish to be inviting to all scholars, traders, and thinkers of other nations, so that all may be enriched. We call on all citizens of the Empire to show Courage in meeting conflicting faiths, and to show Wisdom in the learning from others.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (582-218)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Promising light|inaugral address]] of [[the Throne]], and presumably to the departure of ''Theodosia of Ipotavo'' who [[It%27s_only_me#Finally,_a_Departure|reportedly]] cut short her sabbatical in the Empire following the speech.
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jedediah Boon
* '''Judgement:''' Never leave a river unbridged when you can build one out of rope. Never leave a rope bridge when you can build one out of wood. Never leave a wooden bridge when you can build one out of stone. We thank the Urizeni sword scholars who brought their teachings to our nation and did the heavy lifting on the first rickety bridge between our Nations. We invite the House of The Wanderer and the priests of Urizen to return again and this time friars of the Marches follow me to Urizen. Where we have disagreed in magic we will unite in faith two schools of virtue together in one cause; to share how our same religion manifests in the people of our different Nations. Let us break new ground with pride
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-0)
===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bryce the Hare
* '''Judgement:''' It is a foreboding thought to face an enemy that feels no fear or apprehension, is stranger to both exult and lament, and knows neither bargain nor restraint. The Cold Sun is an enemy that is alien to us but it is also one that is barren to virtue and rejects inspiration. For that reason we possess a wellspring of power that is unknowable to the Cold Sun and we are stronger for it. Gird yourself with faith, remind yourself of what you seek to protect and draw inspiration from it. Create, and live in defiance of oblivion.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1290-160)
===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Azir i Smartha
* '''Judgement:''' We the Freeborn assembly support our sister nations in their claims for Mareave. We expect our sister nations to return our lands to us when they are once again Imperial. In Loyalty to our Empire. In Pride of our homeland.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (170-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Imperial Senate]] decision regarding [[Mareave]] and it's [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocation]]. More details can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Veikko Bondforger
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom knows that all knowledge is incomplete. We stormcrows have seen the Wisdom inspired by the sword scholars with the Holberg College of the Sword, and the way they have strengthened the Empire. We invite the sword scholars in hospitality to preach at the newly rebuilt Hall of Rund. Let's see how they can sharpen our wits and our talons.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (240-12)
===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lochias
* '''Judgement:''' We are saddened that the Bone Pilgrimage do not extend into Urizen. However it is not our custom to preserve physical remains of the fallen we preserve their words. As the Imperial Orcs strive to build a great library in Skarsind, we call upon the scholars of Urizen to open our own libraries to the Sunstorm sept so that the library of Worth may contain the writings of their ancestors who dwelt among the spires.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (264-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Military_unit#The_Bone_Pilgrimage|Bone Pilgrimage]], which encourages priests to support Imperial Orcs seeking out remains of former slaves and bringing them to the grand ossuary in Skarsind. This support is not extended by the majority of the Urizen priests, because the [[mandate]] enacting it in the General assembly did not receive a greater majority and so was rejected. Urizen [[Urizen_culture_and_customs#Funerals|funerary traditions]] were not extended to the orc slaves they held prior to the [[Orc Rebellion]]. As with the vast majority of orc slaves in the Empire, Urizen slaves were not permitted to read or [[Imperial_Orcs_hearth_magic#Writing|write]]. There are very few records of anything significant that the orc slaves held in Urizen would have said or done.
===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tabris son of Armisael
* '''Judgement:''' The Highborn National Assembly would like to thank the Free Folk for their generous offer of liao. We ask that it be directed towards the title of "Abbess of Reconciliation".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld 372-0
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|offer]] made by the Free Folk in gratitude for Highguard work teaching their priests the [[religious skills|liao ceremonies]]. Free Folk priests now [[Parts_of_speech#Resolution|support]] the [[Abbess of Reconciliation]] in their work.
===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Vauraus "Prosperity's Forge" Korpittkoika
* '''Judgement:''' Do not fear to act only be shamed by inaction. Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, the white Raven, has tirelessly committed themselves to serving the Empire. They were responsible for the greatest act of Prosperity the Empire has ever seen, the gifting of Skarsind to the Imperial Orc septs. Though controversial they did not falter in the wake of that heroic deed. They saw a wrong in the world that needed to be righted. Without their vision there would be no Liberty Pact. Their courage and ambition has forged the path that the Empire has now set upon. A politician that believes in the power of bringing people together rather than driving them apart. Wintermark is proud to add their tale to the Chronicle of Heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (232-32)
* '''Notes:''' Thanmir Hrafnar has been added to the [[Heroism#Chronicle of Heroes|Chronicle of Heroes]].
===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' The Vates of Navarr take an Oath to deal with eternals and magic for the benefit of the community and as such they do not need our permission to act, be it in Conclave or in the performance of their duties. We will however hold them to their Oaths should they fail in fulfilling them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (218-10)
===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Elkiah
* '''Judgement:''' We invite the Imperial Orcs to Necropolis to open the tomb of Emperor Ahraz, with the goal of allowing them to perform a ritual to reconnect with the lost ancestors among his bodyguard who were buried with him. May this act build a bond of Loyalty between our nations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (382-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[the Honour Guard of Ahraz]], ten Imperial Orcs who lie in the tomb of [[Emperor Ahraz]] as his honour guard.
===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' The Nobel Alys de Renard
* '''Judgement:''' For far too long the towers of Dawn have been left to lie fallow following their destruction by the Druj. No longer. In the name of glory and our great nation we must begin accepting proposals for projects to memorialize their loss. CDGV.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (284-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 286.
* '''Notes:''' The [[The_Barrens#Towers_of_the_Dawn_(ruined)|Towers of Dawn]] were ruined by the [[Druj]] during their conquest of [[the Barrens]]. A proposal to [[A_glorious_victory#Restoring_Dawnguard|rebuild]] the towers was presented in Summer 385YE, but there was also the potential to "''ask for proposals from the glorious architects of Dawn, to create something beautiful yet sombre to stand in place of the Towers''."
===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. Fjellreven Hall pledges that the will provide liao such that any Winterfolk inspired by the deeds of Shacklebreaker Eska Crowspeaker, called Liberty's Song, to provide prosperity to Rachensgrab may receive a testimony as proof of their virtue. A hero has a name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|inspiration]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_interlude#Provide_Prosperity_to_Rachensgrab_2|provide prosperity to Rachensgrab]], offering Imperial support to the unknown nations that lay in the shadow of the Aerie of the Slave Lords.
===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Travid Longest Path
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue fund fines. Using fines to fund the virtue fund shows that Synod is rewarded and funded by unvirtuous acts, a message that risks threatening the confidence in Assemblies and the importance of The Way. Prosperity teaches to build, not take. The Virtue assemblies should instead look to fund and build the many Counting Houses across the Empire - to be reminders of Virtue and to inspire the citizens to give willingly to the Virtue fund - rather than take money from Senate that fund our armies and our infrastructure.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (90-202)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to recent changes made with regards to fines, discussed in detail in the ''[[Forwards and Rewards]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Corrado Filiarchi de Regario
* '''Judgement:''' Souls have a guardian a guide to take them to the Labyrinth, At the Winter Solstice 385YE the Reaper drew two lost souls to Anvil, one of the Marchers of old and one of the Navarre. I, and many others, beheld their arrival, their talk of the past, and their deaths and their fading from before our eyes as the Reaper himself guided them to the Labyrinth. I call that we must recognise the Reaper's role here, his ability to guide these souls to people who could heal them, and his assistance in letting them pass on. The Reaper is no simple piece of Leaguish Hearth magic, rather he has a place alongside the Way, and we must witness this.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (350-940)
* '''Notes:''' The ''Reaper'' is a character who participates in [[the Masquerade of the Reaper]], a festival that takes place each Winter in [[the League]].
===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Father Edmund
* '''Judgement:''' Our land is our Pride. It is our Loyalty, our Prosperity, our virtue. The names given to our landmarks should reflect the virtuous heroes of our great nation, and our maps should not be stained by the names of the wicked and treacherous. Cast off the name Fisher's Rock, and let that landmark be known henceforth as "Amberlain's Stand".
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld, withdrawn at request of the raising priest (96-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Bregasland#Fisher’s_Rock|Fisher's Rock]] in [[Bregasland]].
===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Katya Vassilova Reznikov
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it - the Freeborn both need our aid and are deserving of it. No food should be uneaten, no magic unused or coin unspent. Their armies are in decline, their lands blighted, and people suffer. Let us show the world that Prosperity provides, remembering the lessons of our exemplar, Zemress, we call for the Freeborn to be defended and fortified.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-10)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of Prosperity, primarily recognised as an inspiration to those who work hard and invest that money for the benefit of others.
===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Eli of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' As we did in Sumaah, as we now begin in Asavea, the whole of creation will one day be united in the Way. Ambitious of the Empire, we should lead the charge in this matter. Seek out all who could aid in this abroad, whether they be hidden sects or souls waiting for the first spark to ignite.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (354-0)
===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Ivana Petara Vodjavic
* '''Judgement:''' The Grendel and the Druj raid our territories, stealing our Prosperity and ruining our lands. We call on the teachings of Zemress, and encourage our corsairs, wagon raiders, reaers, and all truly prosperous individuals to strike hard, take back what is ours so that we may grow the Empire's prosperity and make ourselves safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (276-58)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of prosperity who is an Inspiration to many who take up arms against those who threaten the Empire
===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' The Virtue Fund exists to reward virtue, not speed, just because a statement finishes scrutiny earlier doesn't mean it has higher priority than one finishing later. All Judgements of Rewarding should therefore be distributed at the same time on a basis of margin only, not at the time of the priest's choosing, let us let virtue alone decide.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1480-150)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[judgement]] of [[rewarding]].
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Nathair Autumngale
* '''Judgement:''' The scions of Oblivion seek to destroy that which we celebrate, our culture, our art, our expression. The Empty Hand left in their wake at Miaren trees devoid of life, calcified, petrified, and dead. This was meant to wound us, but it is an opportunity! Artists of Navarr, embrace our tradition of living art. Cave into these trees our Dance, paint upon their surface our story, decorate upon them with your passing all that our people are! Their attempts to harm us will become the very canvas upon which me mark their failure! In ink and blood!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (324-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the supernatural damage inflicted on [[Miaren]] by the [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|Empty Hands]] army of [[Cold Sun]].
===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Heminius of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' Architects of the Crucible! The Urizen National Asembly thanks you for your Ambition and Prosperity in supporting the transformation of Zenith. It is time for us to refocus our efforts however. With dangerous times ahead, we ask you to turn your attention away from producing light armour and towards producing heavy armour to better protect those who follow the Sentinel's path.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (230-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Urizen assembly has the ability to [[Architect_of_the_Crucible#Path_of_Prosperity|guide the artisans]] who work at the [[Zenith#Crucible_of_Fate|Crucible of Fate]] with regard to what [[magic items]] they make available to the [[Architect of the Crucible]].
===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tarquinius
* '''Judgement:''' In Spiral the pattern of Betrayal by the Empire runs deep. Fleet action, children negotiation, black plateau, abandoned defense, treaty, Grendel cooperation, and finally people stripped away from the territory promised the just reward of accepting many of those. It is telling how truncated this list is, but the Empire has started to take action to restore its covenant with its people. We should... Nurture: the Spiral Urizeni who have remained imperial need to live well as imperial citizens, socially, economically, and politically. Protect: the Spiral Urizeni need to be able to retain their Spires and their identities as they help Apulian to grow in size and Influence. Secure: It needs to be abundantly clear that no virtuous citizen will stand for changes made to achieve these things being walked back.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (352-0): the Greater Majority threshold for this judgement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement:''' Mareave is now under Imperial control. Citizens of the Empire, show the people of Mareave how virtuous The Empire is. Show them our Prosperity by trading with them. Show them our Ambition with the many great things we've built. Show them our Loyalty, and how fiercely we will defend any of our fellow Imperial Citizens. Finally, show them how the Apulian Orcs are integrating with the Empire and now are following the true virtues. Now is the time to spread The Way to them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (322-24)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the newly claimed territory of [[Mareave]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune. Also touches on the [[Grendel religion]].
===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silk Farkas
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire should name the continent that we live on.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (816-616)
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Sian Eternal
* '''Judgement:''' It is time to stop seeing the Vallorn as a dormant threat to be dealt with later. It is a danger that lies within our Empire's borders that holds countless bodies and souls. Most notably it keeps two exemplars, the founders of our nation, in torturous stasis. The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing Knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years. They join us in the war to eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfill our Nations ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good. It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[vallorn]], and the [[A thousand years of longing|recently completed research]] regarding its destruction, as well as the [[Grey Pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] of [[Highguard]].
===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Solar of the Spire of the Waxing Sun
* '''Judgement:''' The highest inspiration of the Way is the spiritual truths it describes. Instead of contributing resources to a "new holy city" we call on the Questors of the nation to bring forth theories to be debated and tested. Let revelation be our contribution to this project to inspire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (210-10)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the "grand inspiration of the way" introduced in the ''[[Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune. It also calls on [[questor|questors]], [[Urizen]] who regard [[The Way|the Way of Virtue]] as an unfinished work, seeing [[the Doctrines of the Faith]] as incomplete revelation.
===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Eirlys Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We know very little about the origins of liao, other than it was refined from vinum for the first time in Therunin. An under-celebrated part of our history. We encourage Navarri citizens to dig deep in their records, check their steadings' or stridings' stories and songs, to seek any information they may have on the founding of such a vital resource to the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (320-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Minister of Historical Research]] has the power to commission [[historical research]] into historical events.
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement:''' The Net of Heavens has aligned the open hand of co-existance has been extended to us in Spiral. The bonds of loyalty, pride in our legacy call us to accept. Courage calls us to face this new path boldly. Vigilance calls us to watch over the black plateau. I call Urizeni spiralites to return to Spiral and rebuild their lost spires at virtues call.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-40)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Callista of the Dark Shard
* '''Judgement:''' Enchanting a personal resource to improve its production is a prosperous act. So too is using a ritual to enhance the reach of a priest's voice so that more people are drawn to their congregation. Synod priests should seek to use these enchantments to draw more people to the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1230-278)
* '''Notes:''' [[Enchantment|Enchantments]] that improve the production of a [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]], or enhance the abilities of a citizen to lead a [[congregation]], are created using [[ritual magic]]. The [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]] works closely with the Synod to explore virtuous use of magic.
===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' The fourth army of Dawn has been commissioned Summer 384 and since then has mustered without any clear guidance from the National assembly as to its nature. We propose: to create an army of the Black wherein those of noble ideal serving do so under the guise of a black knight. Let us create an army whose principles are to create outcomes with the most Glory for Dawn and the Empire and rise up those with whom it fights. We have passed in the last two years multiple statements regarding the Black Knight and this is in accord with them all and in particular that they are not solely restrained to the tourney. Black Knights have fought through the Sentinel Gate, aided the Militia, freed slaves, and represented Dawn to other nations. It would be inspirational thing to see what glory the purest expression of Dawnish spirit could achieve as an army.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (248-92)
* '''Notes:''' THe "black knight" is a role tied up in the [[Dawn hearth magic|hearth magic of Dawn]] whereby [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Heraldry|heraldry]] is obscured to conceal one's identity. The role is often taken by [[knight-errant|knights-errant]] who participate in [[Dawn_culture_and_customs#The_Grand_Tourneys|tourneys]] as if they were nobles. Previous judgements include those from [[383YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_21|Summer 383YE]], [[384YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_16|Spring 384YE]], [[385YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_42|Spring 385YE]], [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_87|Autumn 385YE]], and [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_86|Winter 385YE]].
===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Halkyon of Sojourn's Heart
* '''Judgement:''' Loyal Urizeni Spiralites, exiles and refugees, the Empire has shown its loyalty to you by opening the way for you to return home. Our forebears endured war, occupation, and catastrophe. In their triumphs and sacrifices we find the seeds of our loyalty. Do not let their Legacy wither. As the Empire is inextricable, so too is our identity as Spiralites. Spiral is no longer in Urizen the devotion of our hearts commands that we ensure Urizen is always in Spiral. Return to our lost spires shows that our loyalty to Spiral to Urizen and Empire can remain undivided.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (358-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[The three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Prince Bishop Jonah Yakovitch
* '''Judgement:''' We call all citizens to be vigilant to the machinations of the eternal Agramant. This cannibalistic horror who is under a declaration of enmity has cultists in the Empire who are grinding up people and putting them in food products. Seek out trusted suppliers of sausages until those responsible have been captured. Be Vigilant for the last surviving Agramant cultists of the Black Drop, Divina Inquilina di Tassato Regario. She is to be captured alive. Report sightings to the inquisitor of Vigilance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[Agramant#Childer_of_the_Black_Drop|Childer of the Black Drop]], a coven dedicated to the wicked [[eternal]] [[Agramant]] who has been an [[Alignment#Enmity|enemy of the Conclave]] throughout almost all of Imperial history. See also [[#Judgement 125|Judgement 125]].
===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl of Fools
* '''Judgement:''' Deadwood Knight, the heart of Dawn lies in challenge and test, and in this the House of Fools offer thus. A test-of-mettle, to fight our champion, ungirded, with steel undrawn, in manner of your choosing.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (338-10)
* '''Notes:''' This judgement seems to relate to the ''Deadwood Knight'' (also known as the ''Schlacta of Rot''), a creature currently terrorizing northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. It seems to be addressed to the knight directly, but it's not clear that the creature has any access to Synod judgements. Further details can be found in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Arsenio Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. The attacks by the cold sun were a profound disturbance of the military balance pushing our armies to the brink of endurance. Led by a swift and decisive response from the military council, citizens from all over the Empire rallied together to defy this new enemy. The virtuous lift each other up; let us celebrate their peerless commitment to the defense of the empire and encourage our armies to draw strength from the bonds they have forged on campaign
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (438-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent campaigns against [[Cold Sun]], including those [[Things that burn|following the Autumn Equinox]], and [[Eclipse|after the Winter Solstice]].
===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Anastasiya Luashovna Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous lift each other up. While The Golden Pyramid manifesto lends itself easily to prosperity, we note their methods have been in line with loyalty in recent years for which it should be recognised. Providing access to an Autumn auction so our assembly could recover a religious artifact; supported artisans to empower the Crucible of Fate in Zenith; helped the Orcs of Skarsind uncover their wealth; supported multiple Throne candidates to gain conclaves endorsement including our new Emperor. These are all excellent examples of how conclave can operate in a virtuous way while also inline with their own manifesto.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (414-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Golden Pyramid]] [[Conclave order]]. It also seems to reference a [[Hopeless_as_a_feather#Callidus|recent auction]] held by the [[eternal]] [[Callidus]], their [[Fate and function|support with]] the creation of the [[Zenith#Crucible of Fate|Crucible of Fate]] in [[Zenith]], and their role in [[Long_shadows#A_Prosperous_Endeavour|prospecting for wealth]] in [[Skarsind]].
===Judgement 95===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Fenrys Burning Branch
* '''Judgement:''' Last season the Navarr national assembly denounced cruel Tactics. As a thorn, someone who has made fighting their trade, I would propose otherwise. When you are trying to build a house you have many tools. You cannot cut a plank of wood with a hammer, you cannot sink a nail with a saw. We are building an Empire and tactics are our tools. Cruelty is a tool, the same as mercy or cunning. Just because a hammer is not right at this time doesn't mean we won't need it later.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (174-140)
* '''Notes:'''May refer to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_128|Judgement 128]] raised at the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 96===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Sufyan i Zuhri i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' I have journeyed to Asavea bringing word of our Way and The Empire's doctrine and support for the virtuous rebels there. What I saw was wonderful - I have never seen such hope in virtuous eyes as when we told them the Empire wanted to support them and welcomed them into virtue. But the support we must send them as only started. We have forged a bond and now we must keep our word and our loyalty. We call on those loyal to our young siblings in virtue to find any and all ways they can to send their support to the virtuous rebels in Asavea. Virtue exults
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (355-0). The Greater Majority threshold for this statement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the missionaries and [[wayfarer|wayfarers]] recently sent to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 97===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Estella Lucati
* '''Judgement:''' Be vigilant! Avoid the {{Black Plateau}}!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-12)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the {{Black Plateau}}, which squats in the middle of the region of [[SPiral#Screed|Screed]] in [[Spiral]].

===Judgement 98===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Emil Radam von Temeschwar
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire takes pride in its history. We look to the example of Paragon Empress RIchilde, to exalt the independence of our generals and our military concil who spread the Way and expand the reach of virtue. Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost raises up our military council with pride that the bodies of state shall have the autonomy to act with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-62)

===Judgement 101===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Tuuli
* '''Judgement:''' Asking no questions begets no answers. Wisdom is not always knowing the answer, Wisdom is finding the right question I call upon dedicants of Wisdom to ask themselves how their silence aids the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (192-50)
===Judgement 103===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asher of Cantiarch's Hold
* '''Judgement:''' In Loyalty we should look out for one another. We are duty bound to protect all citizens. Sovereign Specific offers one such protection but costs many herbs. Blood Welks can offer the same protection to many rather than one. In Wisdom we should learn how to breed them as an alternate to herbs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (260-10)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Master_Medicinal#The_Sovereign_Specific|Sovereign Specific]] is a [[potion]] that provides many different forms of healing and can be made my an [[Surgical skills#Apothecary|apothecary]] versed in the art of the [[Master Medicinal]]. The "Blood whelks" are likely a reference to the [[Butterfly_in_reverse#Giant_Blood_Whelk|giant blood whelks]] that seem to be found only in the frigid, monster haunted waters of the [[Sea_of_Snow#The_Sea_of_Snows|Sea of Snows]] near the [[Faraden]] port of Caitun.

===Judgement 107===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Jakwine Stockherd
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of the Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Thorns. In turn, let Navarr demonstrate the bonds we have forged by guiding and protecting all Highborn who seek to explore Terunael ruins and keep alight their enthusiasm for exploration.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (126-0)
===Judgement 108===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Hieronymous Dowland
* '''Judgement:''' Loyalty binds us! The love between Marchers and Dawn stands as true as ever. Robert Dunlain gave his life and stands testament to Courage. The Dawnish sing his name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (726-124)
===Judgement 109===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Estivanico i Hayim
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn are the people not the land we live on but we will retake our lands rebuild and grow with prosperity. Family are the heart of the Freeborn and the dhomiro are the voices of the families serving with vigilance and wisdom as we seek to rebuild what was ours. We call upon those of the Brass Coast to acknowledge the importance of the council of Dhomiros in representing the families of the Freeborn, serving the Bass Coast with the same vigilance and wisdom they serve their own families.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (148-12)
===Judgement 110===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Nigel Hornbeam
* '''Judgement:''' We the Marcher Assembly accept the peerless kinship of Highguard and their unconquered to aid the beaters of the Mourn and the rest of the Marchers in patrolling our borders against the many incoming threats. We encourage the Beaters to report any sightings of peril to the Bailiff of the Downs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150-0). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 173.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Full_of_sacred_sound#A_Peerless_Kinship|peerless kinship]] of [[Highguard]], [[offered]] during the Winter Solstice. While the Highborn ''could'' offer aid without a statement from the Marcher assembly, many [[I_already_know_you#A_Peerless_Kinship|felt it prudent]] to ask for guidance rather than risk making matters in the Marches worse.

===Judgement 111===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Exarch Luke
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue lies in choice and action. Virtues power to exalt transcends the boundaries of soul, spirit, and species, guiding and inspiring both orcs and humans to their highest destiny. Through the practice of virtue orcs and humans develop the strength, knowledge, and enlightenment which marks their highest potential as thinking beings. The doctrine of Enlightenment recognises that all sentient beings are capable of inspiration, yet the Empire's history is made in the blood and soiled Earth of thousands of brutalized people who we have put under the indignation of torture, cruelty, and genocide. Virtue demands we are better, and now our Emperor commands it! The Imperial Senate's use of the classification "Barbarians" is comparable to calling those people nothing better than animals. Enabling us to do anything and everything we wish to them. Denying their personhood, denying their ability to achieve enlightenment. As such we urge those pilgrims who hold some Loyalty to the Empire to seek out your politicians, your senators, your priests, and make them listen. We must cry out together: "enlightenment is for all! All must be treated with basic rights and dignity!"
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (306-69)

===Judgement 112===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' Grey pilgrims we walk the trods after hearing Navarr's call, so I ask that we hear their call again. Five years ago our own Senators raised the motion to share the herbs of High Chalcis with the Great Forest Orcs. We as a nation are undeniably part of their history beyond treaties signed by the Empire. Navarr looked to their loyalty (judgment 56) and Loyalty teaches that the truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. Navarr recognises this, so we will be moved by their actions. If the Great Forest orcs are family to the Navarr than they are our neighbors, and we will guard their souls as we would any citizen of the Empire. We do not boast, we act. So we act now, and in doing so we may still yet inspire others to greatness
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (379-0). The greater majority threshold for this statement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Great Forest Orcs]], to [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]], and to the [[Imperial Senate|Senate]] decision to [[Amend the use of the Gardens of High Chalcis|redistribute herbs]] to the orcs when they first came to [[Therunin]] as refugees from [[the Barrens]].
===Judgement 113===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Winifred Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We the Navarr Assembly encourage our bards to take their songs far and wide even beyond our borders so that all may come to know Navarr.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (238-0)
===Judgement 115===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Anisa i Mevidian i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The Shining Pillar that stood in Free Landing is destroyed, but the vision it represents need not be. It was said that Guerra incorporated her enchanted dowsing crystal, empowered by the Day realm, into the Shining Pillar. As we retake Free Landing, we call on the Red Wind Corsairs to perform a daring raid on Free Landing, to seek through the rubble for Guerra's crystal, and call on Freeborn following to do likewise. Let the crystal grant us clarity and vision as we divine with Glass the future of the Brass Coast.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (49-0)
* '''Notes:''' After serving as a beacon to the Freeborn corsairs for almost the entire history of the Brass Coast, the Shining Pillar was [[A_beacon_of_smoke#Save_the_Shining_Pillar_(Battle)|destroyed]] in Winter 385YE. Where the Pillar once stood is a ''[[The_cry_of_gulls#The_Darkened_Beacon|malestrom of chaos and destruction]]''; there is unfortunately no rubble to be searched.
===Judgement 116===
* '''Assembly:''' Naarr
* '''Raised By:''' Zakal Antigouan Shatterhorn
* '''Judgement:''' Cold Sun tried to destroy our heart in attacking Miaren. Every song we sing, every item we craft, every act of creation is an act of defiance. In this way, to create, sing, and dance we ask all Navarr to join the fight.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (216-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the attack by [[Cold Sun]] on the territory of [[Miaren]], which is [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|still ongoing]].
===Judgement 117===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Wade Boggs
* '''Judgement:''' A bad apple in the bushel rots the crop. The narcotics produced and imported by the second order apothecaries guild of Kaban in Axos block the imbibers connection to the Way, and as such are a serious spiritual threat to the Empire. We urge Imperial citizens to practice Vigilance and disavow the use and possession of these substances.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Axos#Tunnels_of_Kaban|Tunnels of Kaban]] are citadel in [[Axos]]. Specialist apothecaries such as ''Evander Slak'' and ''Hippolata of Kaban'' have been [[Ten_travellers_tales#Too_Lotus,_Too_Furious|regular visitors]] to [[Anvil]] for a year or more, although some have [[I_remember_you#Apothecaries_of_Axos|recently declared]] an intention to curtail their activities in the Empire to a degree.
===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dayanara i Cabeza i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' As priests of Virtue and the Way there is great Pride to be found in bringing the word of the Way and the Doctrine of Enlightenment to those who are lost. The leaders of Asavea have made clear they abhor those who preach the Way and that the cost of this actions is blood. Priests of the Brass Coast should draw on their Courage and Ambition to bring news of the Doctrine of Enlightenment to the citizens and slaves of Asavea alike. The souls of these people is in our hands and it is our duty to provide them guidance. Everything has a price, even saving the souls of those not following the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the recent effort to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of Speech]]''.
===Judgement 120===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Heroes' Champion
* '''Judgement:''' The Thule have freed their slaves and their skeins need guidance. Mediators travel to the Silver Peaks, their eyes wide with vigilance. They take their trade and hospitality north. They live their lives with Virtue, and set an example to those who are searching, helping them find their path.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld - Withdrawn

===Judgement 121===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Mauriac
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous apply what they have learned; our mandate is to spread understanding and to serve as an example of that understanding. When our judgements are based on subjective opinions, or done out of personal greed, we undermine the foundations of the spiritual duty with which we have been entrusted.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-394)
===Judgement 125===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Holberg, greatest city in the World, also produces the greatest victuals in the World. Agramant, through his cultists, seeks to turn this fact against us! Citizens of the League, look to the Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage for their guidance on where to find the best quality victuals.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (288-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage]] is expected to spread fine quality Holberg victuals across the Empire, with a special emphasis on premium sausage. See also [[#Judgement 90|Judgement 90]].
===Judgement 126===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Julliette of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Navarr thorns. Let us take Pride in their achievements by joining our siblings in Navarr and sending forth units to explore the Terunael ruins.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (324-10)
===Judgement 127===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Caoimha Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' The Montainans and the Great Forest Orcs are not one and the same. The assurances we extend to the Great Forest Orcs are not appropriate to the Montainians. However the Montainins are dear to our friends and their destruction will not benefit the Empire in Virtue or in pragmatism. We will not stand idly by if they are threatened.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (236-20)
* '''Notes:''' While the Montainian faction of [[the Barrens]] has [[Ripples_and_shadows#Hope's_Rest|been destroyed]], a number of survivors - primarily children, young parents, those too infirm to fight, or those who opposed armed resistance - were offered [[All_those_moments#Great_Forest_Orcs|unconditional sanctuary]] by the [[Great Forest Orcs]].
===Judgement 130===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ironvigil Rikke the Relentless
* '''Judgement:''' The Blood on Snow cult leader Maarik Goldentongue has lived too long, fleeing to the Silver Peaks. Now the Ambassador to Otkodov is elected as Kindra Surefoot, a Winterborn, the Thule have granted sanction to hunt her within that area. I call on the 'Mark's hunters, our scouts, our heroes to find and end her now before she can flee. We must root out and destroy this scion of evil. Hunt with me!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (274-0)
* '''Notes:''' References Wintermark-Thule relations, discussed in further detail in the ''[[Say_her_name#A_Change_of_Tune|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 131===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Shrike, of House du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' The bird leashed to the hand cannot be called loyal only the bird which is allowed to fly free and still chooses to return to its masters hand is truly loyal. Loyalty is shown most strongly in the face of temptation and in the choices we are presented with. Citizens must be free to make their own destinies and pursue their own hearts according to their own loyalties. Being faithful when no other option is permitted is not loyalty. Only by being allowed to fly free can we truly judge the loyalty of our own flock. Loyalty should be chosen and not forced.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (360-0)

===Judgement 132===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Clytemnestra
* '''Judgement:''' People of Urizen - mages, sentinels, sword scholars - come with me on pilgrimage to learn about Marcher land! Jedediah Boon of the Ore Hills inspired me with his pride in his land and his people and I want our people to learn about the pride and virtue of The Marcher's connection to their Land. Come with me in the Autumn. Let us learn of Marcher farming, Marcher pride, and let us help to bring the harvest home.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-0)

===Judgement 135===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Leolaani
* '''Judgement:''' All hail Billimund and Tancred of the Emerald Dogs for their Ambition! All hail Arlen, Reeve of the Greenforest Fair, and all those who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and uncover a treasure trove of herbs. Let us honour their achievement and reap the reward of their glorious action by questing in the Greenwood and claiming the bounty within.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-10)
* '''Notes:''' Dawnish [[military unit|military units]] can take part in the ''[[Military_unit#Quest_against_the_Vallorn|quest against the vallorn]]'' [[Military_unit#Adventures|adventure]], which allows them to seek [[glory]] in the depths of vallorn-infested [[Brocéliande]], facing vallornspawn, orcs, and perhaps even stranger things (such as monsters from the Spring realm), as well as exploring ancient Terunael ruins.
===Judgement 136===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Neala Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' The thorns have spoken, they find our national assembly to be "out of touch". To encourage cohesion within our nation chaplains have been appointed. It is wise to share knowledge and to guide the virtue of our thorns, scouts, and generals. We uphold: Ioan Longashdow as chaplain to the military council; Eirlys Blackhawk as chaplain to the Thorns and Zakal Shatterhorn as Chaplain to the scouts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-88)
===Judgement 137===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Aurum Nightingale
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. This assembly calls upon the priests of Urizen to make all haste to Spiral and provide spiritual protection to all Urizen citizens and our Urizen kin, that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 167|Judgement 167]]

===Judgement 138===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Lia Adelaar
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of the League, let us recognise our Empire siblings Highguard, who this summit completed their reckoning with us by delivery of the last of 50 wains. We acknowledge the reckoning complete and invite Highguard to contact the Bishop Estella the Wanderer to arrange a clebration together at the next Winter summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (284-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 169|Judgement 169]].

===Judgement 143===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti
* '''Judgement:''' Stand strong Varushka! The national assembly urges courage from the soldiery of Varushka to stand firm against the predation of the Schlacta of Rot! We call upon the military units of Varushka to band together to oppose its threat!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Schlacta of Rot, also known as the Deadwood Knight, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 144===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Amris Johan Merikovich
* '''Judgement:''' Our virtuous armies and citizens have succeeded in shattering the Cold Sun aggressors in Varushka through usage of the might of the Vards and the cunning of the Ushkans. However some remnants remain. We call upon all virtuous citizens to root out and obliterate any trace of the Cold Sun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (256-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the remnants of the Cold Sun in [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]] army of ''scions'' who, with the defeat of their army, [[Eclipse#Hammer_Blows_(Karov)|continue to threaten]] the people of [[Karov]].
===Judgement 145===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Drakov
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit we agreed to "give aid and access" to our friends, the Imperial Orcs in their Bone Pilgrimage. Now Skywise Karrak asks for our help to locate the bones and/or items of worth belonging to Tagga, mother of Thrace. She fell in Spring 323, fighting the Golden Axe in Korotny during the Rebellion. Cousins, search your stores, shelves, and secret places. Let us do all we can to help achieve the Ambition of one and build the Pride of many.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (258-0)
* '''Notes:''' Appears to refer to the [[orc]] ''Tagga'' who was the subject of [[On Tagga|recent research]] by the [[Lepidean Librarian]]. The circumstances [[On_Tagga#Death|surrounding her death]] strongly suggest her body was burned to ashes by the victorious Varushkans alongside those of the other orcs killed in the engagement where she died, making it extremely unlikely any of her remains persist today.
===Judgement 146===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Milosz Casimirov Volny
* '''Judgement:''' Delev stands! Duzekani is burnt but Imperial! The Varushkan national assembly calls for the recognition of those Imperial heroes and troops from Dawn, Navarr, and Varushka for their courage in the face of oblivion!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ''Battle of Delev'' and the defence of Duzekani against the [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]]. The names of individual captains who supported the armies there can be found in the [[Imperial Roll of Honour#385YE Winter Solstice|Imperial Roll of Honour]].

===Judgement 147===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Rooslan Stannich Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We the Varushkan national assembly recognize Vitaly Gregorovich Dukov and Vasaly Krenyentov Valeskai Storscovich's great prosperity which has enriched us all since the death of Empress Britta. Their hard work and prideful competition has led to the creation of the Iron Helms, the enlargement of the Golden Axe, the construction of the Iron Roads, the fortifications of the Grim Hold and Alexandra's Watch, and the construction of the Shrine of the Maze of Zoria. We thank them and applaud their virtuous contribution to the expansion of the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (220-12)

===Judgement 148===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Illya Nikovitch Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The wise know that all knowledge is incomplete and the vigilant seek out the poison in their neighbour's fields. The national assembly of Varushka calls fro the creation of a "dark archive" of sovereign lore, where the virtuous citizens of Varushka may share their knowledge of the sovereigns, to better understand and examine the veracity of said knowledge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-10)

===Judgement 149===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome the Highborn national assemblies expertise on Hatred, the blight that festered in the breast of their Pegasus for over a year. If they feel the general of the Iron Helms Has fallen to this spectre of Highguard's past or any other false virtue we invite them to bring their evidence before our assembly. If they have proof that the commitment of our soldiers to do whatever it takes to defend our Empire, and those they love, endangers their spirit or the spirits of those they fight, we again invite the Highborn to bring evidence of this oft repeated claim to our hearth so we may take action. Have caution that you do not find our ways unsettling or offensive simply because they are different to your own. War is not as clean as your beloved chessboard suggests but dirty is not synonymous with unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-14)

===Judgement 150===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Konstantin Rabovich Bolothikov
* '''Judgement:''' As partners in greatness for the last year, Varushka and Highguard have shared guidance and inspiration, most recently joining in full-voiced commitment to banish Oblivion from our borders. Varsuhka's vigilance also allowed us to guide our sibling away from their well-meaning but potentially disastrous mission to Otkodov. With the turning of the new year we should look to our Urizeni cousins. By their boundless ambition and our hardworn wisdom, we will challenge each other to reach new heights as partners in greatness.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-10)

===Judgement 153===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Pallatius Dragonsong
* '''Judgement:''' Our territories have been twice cursed, both by Marcher citizens. From both seasons of casting, the casters are either dead, or have been declared sorcerers by members of their own nation. They have also been shunned by their national assembly. This is not, and will not be, a curse war between us. We have chosen not to retaliate in kind for we do not want to put the wider popuous through the hardships you have faced with poise and courage. There is strength in virtue. Rise up, not tear down, those we choose to stand next to.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (196-10)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl Ailsa Temerlaine
* '''Judgement:''' Varushka wants Dawn to "bow" to their traditions in regards to the Dho'uala and give it Imperial citizens in sacrifice. In simple terms, NO, SHAN'T. The details: we will not take actions that condemn souls and keep citizens from the Labyrinth. We will not engage in human sacrifice. We will not engage in idolatry. The Dho'uala already takes innocent souls. We do not bow.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the horror [[Dho'uala]] that lairs in [[the Semmerlak]]. Seems to reference the [[The_horror_and_the_wild#Those_Who_No_Longer_Need_To_Live|proposal to perform executions]] by drowning in the lake which was [[The_lake_and_the_deep,_dark_woods|proposed]] by the senator for [[Karov]] during the Autumn Equinox but withdrawn without being discussed in Senate.

===Judgement 155===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Levi of the Navigators
* '''Judgement:''' I wish to publicly and personally apologise to Alderai the Fair, general of the Iron Helms, for the statement made last summit regarding their revocation. It was based on incorrect and ill informed information. Wisdom encourages us to recognise our mistakes and learn from them. I will use this as an opportunity to learn, to be certain of current information before putting statements forward and slandering an Imperial citizen.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (748-68)
* '''Notes:''' References [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_49|Judgement 49]] from the Winter Solstice 385YE.
===Judgement 157===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eldrid Vestardottir
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Wintermark believe that the general of the Fist of the Mountain should and always be also a mystic in order to better lead by example and background.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld: Withdrawn (0-40)
===Judgement 158===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Rhisiart Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' Liathaven is a tomb and a shame of our people. For too long it has been forgotten and ignored. The military council always state "next season". The time for action is now, as Navarr armies will seek its liberation, turn every ring, and every effort to liberate the birthplace of the trods. Liathaven lives!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (72-54)
===Judgement 160===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asier i Elia i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The courageous stand up for what is right, even in the face of fear. The loyal stand beside their allies, even in hardship. The proud protect their home, and those they live alongside. In offering refuge to displaced Freeborn, and in the defence of Madruga against the Grendel and their former subjugators, the Asaveans. The Marracossans of Trajadoz demonstrated all of the above. They chose to act virtuously, despite their continued devotion to the plenum's false pantheon. We, the Freeborn, recognise their efforts, thank them, and stand beside them in Courage, Loyalty, and Pride in Madruga. Let their virtuous choice act as an example to all people throughout the world that anyone with a choice can choose virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (128-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Marracossans are former Asaveans who fled to the Empire following the failure of their rebellion against the Plenum. The Senate [[Cede_Trajadoz|ceded]] the largely abandoned town of [[Madruga#Trajadoz|Trajadoz]] in [[Madruga]] to them. During the recent [[The_cry_of_gulls#Counting_Games|fighting in Madruga]], a number of Marracossan [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisans]] joined the Imperial forces fighting the Grendel.

===Judgement 166===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Athiel Westernborn of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' The inspirational acts of Alberto and Amika Acciai, Asavean Priests of the Way could not have spread without the invaluable support of the virtuous priests and wayfarers from every nation. We stand with all Imperial missionaries in Asavea and offer our full support and guidance to them, should they require it. We are ready to propitiate the spreading of the Way of Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1054-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the efforts to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 167===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Fabin Costas de Sarnds
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. The assembly calls upon the priests of the League to make all haste to Apulian and Spiral, and provide spiritual protection to all citizens that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-22)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 137|Judgement 137]]

===Judgement 169===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Speaker Abraham
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of Highguard, let us celebrate the completion of our reckoning with our Empire siblings the League. We hope to celebrate together at the next Winter summit to nurture our growing friendship.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (289-20)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 138|Judgement 138]].
===Judgement 170===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tamar
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn! The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (363-10). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 393.
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 171|Judgement 171]].
===Judgement 171===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Charito
* '''Judgement:''' Urizen. The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring any ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 170|Judgement 170]].
===Judgement 173===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rey Fosterbrooke
* '''Judgement:''' The Marchers are not striking this time. The Throne has acknowledged our grievances, and promised an address where they consider cursing Imperial territories acts of treason. Further as Master of Magic, that action will be taken. With these and other acknowledgements by Imperial bodies, the Marcher farmers choose not to put Imperial prosperity at risk, for repeated slights. Lets judge this field by its harvest.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (194-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent events involving Urizen and the Marches, further discussed in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune. It's not clear which [[The_Throne#Powers_of_Magic|power]] of [[the Throne]] is being referenced here, as [[Archmage#Master_of_Magic|Master of Magic]] is a power of the [[Archmage|Archmages]].
===Judgement 174===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Keziah
* '''Judgement:''' In these times - when our understanding of doctrine is rapidly changing under the guidance of a small inner circle of theologians at Anvil - it is important for the virtuous common citizens of Highguard to attend Anvil, so that they may hold their Assembly to account when they might err.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (262-0)
===Judgement 175===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Aemon of the Suns of Couros
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn, be ever vigilant! The foul parasite of reality, the Whisper Gallery, have created abominations that wear the surgically removed faces of our sibilings as disguises. Stay away and report these sightings to the magistrates and your inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (278-0)
===Judgement 177===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Verres
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire plans to cast Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea across the Bay of Catazar to hinder and strike at the Grendel. Urizeni of Redoubt and Spiral prepare for storms to come as we defend ourselves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-8)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 178===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Alessi of the Basilisks of the labyrinth
* '''Judgement:''' People of Necropolis have Courage. A flood is coming that you can mitigate with planning, Vigilance, and Courage.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (272-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 179===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jhonathen Piper
* '''Judgement:''' Marcher food fills the bellies of heroes. Our threat to strike has shown that some heroes have gone hungrier than others. We the Marcher Assembly call for farmers to charge Freeborn armies less, but the rest of the Empire's armies more. Marchers are Loyal to our allies, and our hospitality knows no bounds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108-12)
===Judgement 182===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Redhand Iris
* '''Judgement:''' We remember all those who fell in the battle for White Storm Pass, we will not let them have died in vain, though the Cold Sun may unleash a fresh winter, we shall endure. Protect your lives, protect the great herd, protect the land. This is our home, we shall not falter.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the engagement with the ''scions'' of [[Cold Sun]] [[Eclipse#Doorways_(Skarsind)|threatening]] [[Storm_Shaman#Whitelake_and_the_Storm_Pass|Whitelake]].
===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' The Brass Coast
* '''Raised By:''' Anna Laya Del-Toro
* '''Judgement:''' Assembly calls upon citizens in the vicinity of the Great Grasses to practice Wisdom and Vigilance regarding the ongoing blight. Affected areas should be avoided at all costs. If you observe any new developments in the blight, the proper authorities should be notified immediately.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (140-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the threat of the [[Madruga#Great Grasses|Blightheart]] in [[Madruga]], and the dry partricians, as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parched earth]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 184===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Palladius Ravenspire
* '''Judgement:''' There is no evidence the soul resides in the heart, and through insight there is evidence that contradicts the claim that eating a heart transfers the soul. As such the claims of the Ramora family fail the test of Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-0)
===Judgement 186===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
* '''Judgement:''' Only fools accept hearsay as truth. We the Varushkan Assembly invite those who criticize the Iron Helm's tactics and the ability of their general to wield them to speak to those who have spent time with Alderei in Military Council, the leaders of the military units who have fought alongside the Helms and of course General Alderei herself. We invite them to speak to the people of Karov present in Anvil, many of whom petitioned Alderei directly to send her army to attack the Cold Sun threatening our homes. We invite them most of all to closely read the Civil Service reports between summits at Anvil, which quite clearly stated before the Winter Solstice that while the Iron Helms disrupted the lives of many of the barbarian Black Wind sept, the only ones targeted and killed were their leaders, not their "oldest and youngest" as Levi of the Navigators would ahve had the General Assembly believe (Judgement 49 Winter 385YE).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (208-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Iron Helms]], and their recent engagements [[Eclipse#Blade_of_Skies|in Karov]] and [[Ripples_and_shadows#Black_Wind|in the Barrens]].
===Judgement 187===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Quijano i Remora i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The General Assembly lauds and recognises the family Remora for sharing, disputating and interpreting - for Virtuous and especially Prosperous ends - the ancient Axou ''necromantia'' in their possession. We further encourage Synod members to seek out and learn from the family Remora.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (328-402)
===Judgement 188===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Knott
* '''Judgement:''' When ink flows too thin, it is best thickened with blood. The slaughter of the Montanians has left the Great Forest Orcs distrustful of Imperial paper. Navarr understands this and is sealing their commitments not on paper, but their very skin. We commend Navarr for reaching their kin through mutual tradition - actions the Great Forest Orcs can understand and can trust. Actions that bring your two people ever closer. But remember what still seperates you. We encourage Navarr t oseek counsel from those who have walked this path before. None has been more successful than the Unshackled in melding the Way of the Empire with the traditions of Acestors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the complex political situation in [[the Barrens]], and specifically the concerns of the [[Great Forest Orcs]] as discussed in the ''[[Little_mercy#Great_Forest_Orcs|Little mercy]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 189===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Zbigniew Mrakovna
* '''Judgement:''' Vicious trudniki are preying on the Ketsov who have strayed into their domain, lured by untold riches. They are monsters with the face of family but the wise know the truth. We call to shlacta and wardens to be wary of these creatures as they roam. There will come a time soon when we will have to bargain and bind these creatures to ensure Ossium's safety. Go in Virtue, act in Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-10)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Gralka
* '''Judgement:''' Pride reaches out through the foothills and down to the heartlands even as the snow falls. A call is made to the Imperial Orc/Unshackled nation to gather at 11:30 on the first night of the next summit. We will discuss our new language of symbols. Make choices and move one step closer to its completion. Cold Sun came to Skarsind to smother our spirit in slaughter, but it can never kill our virtue or our nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (56-0)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Rykana
* '''Judgement:''' The orcs of Skarsind mark a monumental time in our history, as we claim a second territory in Mareave. Preachers and pilgrims, let us venture forward in virtue to seek better understanding of wof what challenges we face in this new land.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (66-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the allocation of [[Mareave]] as part of the [[Imperial Orcs]] nation. Further discussion of Mareave as an Imperial territory can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 198===
* '''Assembly:''' The League
* '''Raised By:''' Ortenzia di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly warns League citizens on the coast: foam and spittle of the furious sea has been cast on the Bay of Catazar to frutrate and ruin the Grendel. Only Vigilance and Courage can defend lives and Prosperity of the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 199===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Cynerik
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Ishal have left their roost to investigate better ways to guide Wintermark. The stormcrows urge the Wisdom to consider our mystic ways and the Vigilance to seek signs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (80-0)
===Judgement 201===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Zadkiel
* '''Judgement:''' 'It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way!" - Emperor Vesna 385YE. We the Nine believe it is imperative to support the missionary work in Asavea. We must bring the way to its people no matter the cost. In support of judgement 28.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to efforts to send missionaries and [[wayfarers]] to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 202===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer
* '''Judgement:''' Our destiny is our own. The Law of Idolatry sets out examples, but does not limit our judgement. The intent behind this is to prevent any - citizen or state - from willingly giving their agency to another entity above their own.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Religious_crime#Idolatry|crime of Idolatry]] is defined as "Subsuming human will and destiny to any inhuman entity or force. This includes the worship, veneration or exaltation of any such being or power."
===Judgement 203===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Gaelen Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' The Council of Nine directs the Silent Bell to investigate the threat that the Sovereign Dho'uala poses to Imperial citizens around the Semmerlak, and how it might be countered Virtuously.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]], and the entity known as [[Dho'uala]] that inhabits [[the Semmerlak]].
===Judgement 207===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Peregrine Boon
* '''Judgement:''' We renounce and condemn the actions of Hugh Farrier. What he has done is wrong! Next summit, he is to be shunned by the Marches and should be stripped of his position. His plans to curse Urizen is against the sentiment of the Marches. We understand the devastation curses cause and as an act of penance, any curse performed on Urizen from a Marcher is to be followed by recompence. This mine is trapped. There is nothing left to dig.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (238-12)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to relate to the situation between the Marches and Urizen, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 209===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' Threshers who pat sorcerors on the back, even when they harm rituals, are no threshers at all! Shame on those who praise Marcher sorcerors! Our courageous Linley Weaver is a fine Marcher who stood and enacted a Thresher's job greatly!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (250-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to reference the [[Sound_the_bells#Turn_the_Other_Field|ongoing support]] of Marcher citizens and [[thresher|threshers]] for the magicians who [[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|cursed Urizen]] during the Spring Equinox.
===Judgement 210===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Tulva
* '''Judgement:''' Let me reach out to you in Skarsnid for time is short. The home of the Storm Shaman has been destroyed by the Cold Sun. We bled for our home and remember the fallen but we were not enough. An avalanche will sweep down, a storm of winter cold. Evacuate its path. Protect each other, hold to your loyalties, and be vigilant for the dangers that come.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (64-0)

==Mandate==
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Vassa
* '''Judgement:''' Thrace laid the foundation for the Imperial Orcs nation, but died before he ever saw his people build on his legacy and inspiration. We send Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer with a dose of true liao to consecrate the Legion's Rookery in Skarsind in the name of Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1992-32); Margin of 1960
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Ambition at Legion's Rookery in Skarsind. As detailed in the [[The_Ambition_of_Thrace#Building_a_Nation_(Skarsind)|The Ambition of Thrace]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lepidina
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome dialogue with the Apulians to further our collective understanding of the Way, and lift each other up in virtue. We send Lepidina with 25 doses of liao to encourage those Urizen magicians who have decided to stay to share the best of Urizen culture with the League. Let us share our values with them and make Apulian a city founded on philosophy, learning and a vision for a better future.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (238-22); Margin of 216
* '''Enacted.''' This mandate will have a slow but inexorable effect on the culture of Apulian, shaping the future of the newest City of [[the League]]. As detailed in the [[Blue_flowers_in_the_snow#Outreach|Blue flowers in the snow]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' For our Empire to offer sanctuary only to those we find convenient is to pretend at compassion while concealing the heart of a coward. We send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to encourage Navarr to reach out to all who call Peytaht their home, swearing to protect orc and human alike regardless of their beliefs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (190-154); Margin of 36
* '''Not Enacted:''' This mandate was in competition with Judgement 56.
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]]

===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Brynn Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (252-58); Margin of 194
* '''Enacted.''' The fears of the Great Forest Orcs have been soothed. Those who have established steadings in Hercynia and Miaren will be reassured that they can continue to build lives alongside the Navarr. Some of those who still live in Therunin will remain behind, even as most of them return to the Heart of Peytaht, the bonds of friendship strengthened. As detailed in the [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] wind of fortune
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] and [[#Judgement 124|Judgement 124]]

===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' Gerallt Brackensong was an inspiration to all those who take Pride in songs and stories that exalt their nation. We send Brodi Brackensong with a dose of true liao to consecrate a school at First Voice Glade in Miaren in the name of Pride.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (898-202); Margin of 696
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Pride at the ruined [[Dean_of_the_First_Voice_Glade#First_Voice_Glade_(Ruined)|First Voice Glade]] in Miaren. As detailed in the [[The_Pride_of_Gerallt_Brackensong#First_Voice_Glade_(Miaren)|The Pride of Gerallt Brackensong]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Oleander Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Empty Hands march on the site of the first binding of thorns, and the birthplace of our nation. We send Oleander Ashwood with 75 doses of liao to ensure that this army doesn't desecrate this site with their presence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-18); Margin of 288
* '''Enacted.''' Encourages the people of Miaren to support the Navarri who support an army against Cold Sun, providing two random herbs to every military unit that supports an army fighting the Empty Hands. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grey Stone
* '''Judgement:''' Good Walder was an inspiration to the prosperous regardless of where his last resting place is found. We send Tom Appleseed with a dose of true liao to consecrate the shrine at Good Walder's Orchard in Mitwold in the name of Prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1256-126); Margin of 1130
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Prosperity at [[Keeper_of_the_Orchard#Good_Walder's_Orchard|Good Walder's Orchard]] in Mitwold. As detailed in the [[The_Prosperity_of_Good_Walder#Good_Walder's_Orchard|The Prosperity of Good Walder]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 119===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in the Mournwold know that the Tusks will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-20); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' The Tusks will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mournwold. If Mournwold is attacked and the Tusks are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 122===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Firesong Kirra
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (68-0); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' This relates to the creation of the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|Library of Worth]] in [[Skarsind]]. The Imperial Orcs will donate 4 wains of white granite and 8 crowns to support the commission each season for the next year. This will exhaust their capacity to support other important causes; it will be impossible to use a mandate to urge the Imperial Orcs to support another commission or similar project that needed help.

===Judgement 124===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Kellin Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' I use the power of Eyes of Loyalty to send Kellin Embercast with 25 doses of liao to support "''We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs''"
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (376-0); Margin of 376
* '''Enacted.''' Supports [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] with the [[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]].

===Judgement 128===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Stiv
* '''Judgement:''' All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. We send Yerende Delk with two liao to ask the sept to provide High Chalcis with herbsheart so that they might prosper. Let us show them our peerless kinship!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (78-0); Margin of 78
* '''Enacted.''' The Yerende will provide the Gardens of Chalcis with a small supply of herbsheart each season, raising the level of investment in herb gardens by one in Reikos providing every herb garden with one realmsroot each season. As detailed in the [[Standing_in_the_sun#Herbsheart|Standing in the sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 133===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Lievevos van Houten van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' We prepare for malice, but must always thwart malice before it strikes against you. We send Lievevos van Houten van Holberg with 25 liao to Spiral to urge all vigilant citizens to seek out threats and drag them into the light.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0); Margin of 186
* '''Enacted.''' The Vigilant from across the Empire will travel to [[Spiral]] and work with pilgrims there to root out threats. As detailed in the [[Knocking_on_every_door#Shine_a_Light|Knocking on every door]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 151===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushkan
* '''Raised By:''' Anatoly Vassian Tatishchev
* '''Judgement:''' Strive for excellence in that of which you are proud! We send Anatolij Paukov Zorkin with 50 doses of liao to ask Varushkans to fund the Great Hall of Fabric Arts. Let no coin go unspent.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (246-0); Margin of 246
* '''Enacted.''' The people of Varushka will provide 20 wains of white granite and 40 crowns each season to the Great Hall of Fabric Arts in [[Karov]]. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_The_Folly_2|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 156===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Otterways
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Bryce the Hare with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Mitwold know that the Drakes will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (130-10); Margin of 120
* '''Enacted.''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 165===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Meredith
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Sister Meredith with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Upwold know that the Bounders will always call Upwold home, and they will never abandon it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-10); Margin of 130
* '''Enacted:''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 185===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Aracelis i Erigo with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (94-0); Margin of 94
* '''Enacted.''' Over the next season, and with the aid of [[Janon]], the quality of the [[Burning Falcon]] will change from Glorious to True Conviction. As detailed in the [[Various_storms_and_saints#Falcons_Ever_Brighter|Various storms and saints]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 195===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Val
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Luca i Taziel i Riqueza with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (0-32)

===Judgement 200===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (7-0); Margin of 7
* '''Not Enacted.''' It was not possible to raise this mandate in any [[Assembly]] other than the National Assembly of the Imperial Orcs. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

==Revocation==
The following judgements of [[revocation]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 129===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Aamu, Weir Whispering Wren
* '''Judgement:''' The Senators of Wintermark are meant to represent the needs of their people, ALL of their people. Senator Hengest Dunn for Hahnmark held the nation at spear point to get a member of his hall elected as General. Due to this, in failing to represent all of his constituents, we revoke Hengest Dunn as Senator for Hahnmark
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (220-46); Margin of 174

===Judgement 161===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Alistair
* '''Judgement:''' For lack of Vigilance in her dealings in the Barrens and a lack of Pride in these ambitions. We are calling for this revocation against Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak so that she has the time to reflect on the virtue of her actions and motivations to prove herself worthy of holding a position of high office.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (54-290)

==Challenge==
The following judgement of [[challenge]] was raised during the summit
===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We call Valeria, Custodian of the Claw to a Virtuous Challenge. Prosperity requires no mana left unspent, yet Valeria has not attended Anvil in some seasons, leaving the mana in the sinecure stagnant.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (204-0)
* '''Note:''' The title of [[Custodian of the Claw]] will be available to [[Challenge#Outcome|appoint]] at the Summer Solstice 386YE

==Inquisition==
The following judgements of [[inquisition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' I call Veikko Bondforger to inquisition at Sigehold Hall, Saturday 16:00. Let them demonstrate their efforts to rebuild their chains of loyalty and the courage to follow through
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (148-0)

===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement:''' I, Ingrid Sigeing, call Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar to inquisition, to examine his role in the creation of the Liberty Pact.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (30-0)

===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadqigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' I call Jarrigk Orzel to inquisition, as Inquisitor of Wisdom, over his role in the needless deaths of the Vendarri sept. At 1pm at the Varushkan National Hearth, we shall see what Wisdom and what Virtue informed the Consul's decisions. Right of Witness encouraged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (972-0)

===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When a senator proposes a motion they must be clear that they understand, and are willing to pay, the costs involved in that decision. Thus, we call Myshki Marishka Letuchaya, Senator of Karov, to inquisition. We look forward to an explanation of their ambitions. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386YE. At 11:30am in the Varuhskan Hearth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (810-52); Margin of 758

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Raine Tealeaf of Urizen has worked over the past year to undermine the reckoning between Urizen and the League, and to see Spiral returned to Urizen by fair means or foul. They have now abandoned that campaign. I call Raine Tealeaf to inquisition to discuss their pride in their past, their loyalty to their home, and their ambitions for the future; and to reckon up what they are owed and see that debt settled. Saturday of this summit, 6pm, Crimson Reaper Garrison. All welcome, especially those of Urizen and the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (770-0)

===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' I have already inquisited Fintan Nighthaven. The powers of inquisition do not let me jump straight to a judgement of sanction. Please vote for this judgement to see the result of that inquisition held at 11:30pm on the Saturday of last summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (568-266); Margin of 302

===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement:''' Despise the weakness that comes from pettiness and lack of vision! We call to inquisition Alexios of Ember's Wake, to weigh their ambition in passing a declaration in Conclave telling all the realms that without the ritual Dripping Echoes of the Fen, empowered by Sadogua, the Empire is undefended: 6pm Saturday in The Shade at the top of Urizen (facing Varushka). All priests of Ambition are encouraged to attend.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-32); Margin of 148

===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When Good Walder came upon a village he was pleased by those who shared their own good fortune with him in return for labour. Had they taken the food and drink from another village he would have rightly chastised them as thieves. The virtue fund exists to reward the deeds of those found worthy. It is not a coinpurse to draw on in advance of your actions. Using it as a fund to construct buildings denies the virtuous of their just rewards. In the past three years Pontus Figures has taken over 101 thrones to support buildings that should have been funded by other means. We call him to inquisition to explain these actions, and to give an accounting of where this money has gone. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386. At 3pm in House de Gavaine.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (672-12); Margin of 660

===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' Brother Harvest is a dangerous idolator and sorcerer and needs to be put down before he can do further harm! I elect Lenarius Ankarien, the Imperial Inquisitor, to delve into his actions and allies.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (146-0)

===Judgement 159===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' Come summer we will have some idea of who, if anyone, has take up the offers of Siakha and the effect that has had. Therefore I call Ibiss Briarheart, Archmage of Spring, to inquisition at 2:30pm, Saturday, Summer 386, Boundaryfolk Camp, Marches. Let us discuss how Siakha and other eternals seek undue influence over the Empire, to the detriment of virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (116-0)

===Judgement 163===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement:''' Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak, I call you to inquisition to discuss the matter of Dho'uala, the sovereign that dwells in the waters of the Semmerlak. 5:30pm, Saturday, Summer Solstice. Location to be agreed up on likely weather dependent.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (162-10); Margin of 152

===Judgement 172===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Allula du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' Lord Caine of House Vortekar, I call an inquisition on your pride. You sacrificed yours and your houses' pride and advocacy of the Conclave for the sake of a 4 thrones bribe. Where is Lord Caine's pride and what are his intentions for the good of the house? What stock should we take in our own pride if the heads of our house can be swayed with a few coppers. To take place at House Vortekar, next summit, Saturday 2pm.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (100-20); Margin of 80

===Judgement 176===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ardens of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' The House of the Wanderer invites Elagabala, sword scholar and proxy Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path, to inquisition next summit to discuss the future of the order. Elegabala has been informed and consents to the inquisition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (780-0)

===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' When someone's soul holds the testimony Virtuous Archmage, then this must be verified. I call to inquisition Ematius Ankarien, Archmage of Winter, at a time and place to be arranged next summit as his duties demand. Show us the arete you bring to the role.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)

===Judgement 194===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' I call to inquisition the outgoing High Bard, Protectorate Rile, to examine what they have encouraged in the music and culture in the Empire, and their outgoing collection of "Freedom" poetry. Time and place to be arranged, Summer Solstice 386YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-10); Margin of 124

===Judgement 204===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' As Imperial Inquisitor I call Finna i Fijadoz to inquisition at the Summer summit, to answer accusations of abuse of priestly powers.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 205===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Heilyn Bronwen's Rest
* '''Judgement:''' As Basilisk of the Bourse, I call Arlais Silent Tide to inquisition at 12:30 on Saturday of the Summer summit at the Silent Tide camp.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 206===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Arcane Inquisitor calls Edmundo, Archmage of Autumn, to examine his career, interactions and deals with eternals, and virtuous or unvirtuous conduct. If there are questions one wishes to submit, please attend. 4pm, Saturday. Hogsgrove Coppice Awning (or appropriate).
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 208===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' I call Hugh Farrier to an inquisition at the Marchers at Saturday at Equinox. In regard to his intent to fund a territory curse on Urizen land. It will take into note his position as Champion of Prosperity and thrice-celebrated hero of Virtue by the Synod.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (250-0)

==Sanction==
The following judgements of [[sanction]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' With regards to the Inquisition of Cassia Silkweaver, I find that their inquisition of Sagua i'Ezmara in Spring 385 was greatly flawed. Through inexperience and a desire to be thorough, Cassia collected a great deal of evidence, but put to much credence on hearsay and opinion, allowing herself to be swayed by arguments with little weight or significance. This lead to an unwarranted castigation of the then Master of the Koboldi, and ultimately Sagua losing their position. This would have been an abuse of priestly powers was I not convinced that Cassia's intentions were virtuous, even if the execution was lacking. As penance, Cassia should not undertake any further inquisitions without further consulting a Virtue Inquisitor
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (678-138); Margin of 540
===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate Rane Shardbearer in regards to their senatorial conduct surrounding the Barrens septs. I have found them to have acted virtuously under difficult circumstances. The decisions made were forced to be done under extreme time pressure by the civil service but Rane showed wisdom in acting upon what they knew at the time, keeping legal, moral, practical and virtuous concerns in mind as they did so. They acted out of loyalty to their friends, colleagues, and allies and did so with the courage to speak in support of controversial propositions when few others would do so.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)

===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Telyn Stormtree
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' I inquisited Anthemius Netherwatch on the Saturday of the Winter Solstice summit 385YE with regards to his leading of the casting of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. I found no malice in his actions, but a lack of balance in his appreciation of virtues. Too much Pride, not enough Vigilance. Indeed, I would like to call out any who claimed to warn him but did not actually act to stop the ritual. It is you who truly lack Vigilance. Inaction is a choice, just as action is. I have therefore given Anthemius a penance, to speak with Tiberius Stormspire Cascade in the next half-year, on the subject of Vigilance and who to apply it to the use of magic.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (102-112); Margin of 10

===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Elisandre de Rondell
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In the matter of the inquisition of Lady Clarice Novarion, we find that the Lady has acted with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-0)

===Judgement 100===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silas of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Cyrus, Daniel, Tirza and Enoch are examples of Active, Virtuous, and efficient priests. Their methodical work to uproot, expose and end those enemies within the Empire whilst ensuring their work never disturb the houses of state from doing their job sets an example to us all. I encourage all to follow their example. Wait not for titles. DO THE VIRTUOUS WORK. Wisdom Questions All. Silas.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (958-10); Margin of 948

===Judgement 105===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Aurum Nightingale has let loyalty guide all of his actions since they have turned up to Anvil. Their great loyalty has helped achieve great things in the Empire and to inspire others. They should continue to act in virtue and look to how they can let ambition drive them to greater virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (896-130); Margin of 766

===Judgement 123===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' On the matter of his role as a key voice in the Senate's decision to declare the Vendarri sept as barbarians, and their subsequent eradication by the Karass sept, I find Jarrigk Orzel's Wisdom insufficient. While he may not lack for other Virtues, I find in him a tendency to rely on assumption and hearsay, rather than proactively seeking relevant and factual information. Had he made the effort to seek out information and not assumed he likely would not have, for example, convinced the Senate through his testimony that declaring the Vendarri barbarians would not be the same as declaring war on them - which it categorically is. This inquisition is not for hindsight. In the moment, he acted on the information he had and I find him un-Wise but not un-Virtuous. Penance: May he carry the Hallowing of the Stormcrow. May he learn from others and seek knowledge to better serve the Empire. In a year, may he return to my hearth and be tested on what he has learned.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (984-10); Margin of 974

===Judgement 134===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate the virtue of Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, who acted with courage against the formidable foe of slavery in his work to form the Liberty Pact. His actions remind us of the heroism of the many acting as one, that a hero is called to great deeds over personal glory, and that the Steinr see the strengths of our fellows and urge them on to heroism.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-0)

===Judgement 139===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Senator Myshki Marishka Letuchaya has a great deal of ambition to protect her people. However, I have great concerns about her position on the exact terms of idolatry. Whilst I do not state that her mandate would have amounted to this crime, I fear that had it passed she would have placed civil servants in danger of engaging in it. As PENANCE I instruct the senator to speak with the varied National Assemblies to understand how other nations viewed her mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-144); Margin of 694

===Judgement 140===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Inquisiton of Sister Meredith: She has been thoroughly questioned on matters pertaining to her views and career. Her work with the Mourn orcs and the Mournwold are outstanding, her courage admirable. But her journey, despite everything, is not over!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (144-0)

===Judgement 141===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pontius Figures certainly demonstrates virtuous ambitions to complete great works. However, his use of the virtue fund raises two areas of deep concern. 1 - His habit of turning rewarding coin into white granite while granting himself a fee of 4 crowns per wain (example). 2 - A fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of rewarding. As penance he will explore ways to be more clear of his purpose in his judgements and how the rewarding will happen. He will be required to speak with the Virtue Assemblies within the next year to gain their input.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (852-124); Margin of 728

===Judgement 142===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pickers Goldleaf is many thing, a citizen who may be considered brash, clumsy, and headstrong. However, we do not find him greatly lacking virtue. There are questions regarding his ambition. He believes he has identified a fundamental flaw within the workings of the Imperial Senate, we challenge him to pursue a solution. As penance he will seek the counsel of ambition priests over the next summit for guidance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (776-44); Margin of 732

===Judgement 152===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Linnette Alighieri
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Lord Bohemond de Rondell, Senator of Astolat, has been inquisited over the matter of recent Dawnish actions in the Barrens. I find he acted following his understanding of virtue. However, his understanding does present weaknesses. For this reason I request the following penance: he shall converse with me and accept guidance over relevant matters over the next 4 seasons. Within this inquisition, a lack of efficient communication between the bodies of state has also been identified, which we shall discuss further as part of his penance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (234-10); Margin of 224

===Judgement 162===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following the Inquisition of Archavion Wolfbourne as represented by his adjutant and regarding his actions in the Barrens, we gave him a Penance. For one year, he will consult with the National Assembly of Dawn at least once per season, and the Fool of Glory shall accompany him to Military Council as an observer from the Assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-26); Margin of 108

===Judgement 164===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Gwendolyn de Vexille
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Aramis du Froste - you were called to inquisition so that you might answer for your actions as Senator for the Barrens and the impact you have had. I understand that you attempted to act in Virtue but find your understanding to be flawed. Still, I deem you worthy of support in rising in Virtue and thus I do not condemn. Rather, I offer penance: For the next 3 summits you shall seek my counsel as priest confessor at least once per summit. Together, in consultation with the Troubadours of Dawn, we will work to identify a project which may liberate and uplift those you have failed. You will raise 50T for this project.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-94); Margin of 28

===Judgement 168===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In Winter 384, Khalama i Radh i Guerra and the Sails of the First Flame cast Hallow of the Green World. Prosperity was not at the heart of this ritual, but nor did it have to be. Ambition is a Virtue, and more importantly Ambition was their Virtue. The Inquisitor cannot find fault in the Virtue of their action, and wishes to commend them for the Prosperity shown in their reaction: performing Blessing of New Spring at cost for those taking advantage of the ritual's opportunity. It is all too easy to claim sweet grapes but disown sour, during Inquisition Khalama exhibited the opposite behaviour. When pressed, he was quick to carry blame for the damage wrought, but hesitate to take credit for bounties brought. This does not warrant a Penance, merely an encouragement that if there is a next time, the Coven recognise the fruits of their labour. These rituals will grow both sweet and sour fruit, neither Coven nor Empire can forget that.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0)

===Judgement 180===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I talked with Sarah of the Suns of Couros about the death of Enoch of Felix Watch. Sarah acted with courage throughout and counselled Enoch to improve his courage. This vigilance enabled him to face circumstances with her and others vigilantly that led to eventually to his death. May he pass swiftly through the labyrinth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (132-0)

===Judgement 181===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I inquisited Veikko Bondforger and I am satisfied by the steps he has taken to mend his bonds. He has paid weregild, contributed his loyalty to projects of the Mark. More than that he has had the courage to have hard conversations with the Assembly of Loyalty, his nation, and his friends. He has looked into the dark of his soul and faced this with courage to improve himself and rebuild his bonds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-0)

===Judgement 192===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following my inquisition of Enchanter Kym of the Twisted Rose, I find that his motivations were entirely virtuous, with great loyalty and ambition for the future of the Barrens. However he took on Autumn magic approach to a Winter magic problem - and now he has passed into the Labyrinth. This was a Conclave problem brought to the Synod - the bridge of the Sevenfold Path goes both ways!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (562-18); Margin of 544

===Judgement 196===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Alexios said they first thought of raising the declaration after hearing of Sadogua's anger, expressing some influence on his will. They were also under the impression that the ritual had failed in Kallavesa. They believed Brat Umbral Path that Dripping Echoes of the Fen would never work again - since proved untrue. Alexios acknowledges now that claiming the Empire was undefended was poorly worded. They say their actions were motivated by loyalty to the Empire. Their declaration was carelessly worded, based on falsehoods, and showed a lack of ambition by not seeking other ways to defend the Empire. Yet they do acknowledge that no eternal can be trusted. And they have committed create an arcane projection to add to the Empire's defences. Their penance tis to meet with Lutobor as a priest of ambition every summit for a year, to report on progress in defending the Empire with ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-20); Margin of 70

===Judgement 197===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Last summit Fintan Nighthaven manifested the four word testimony "True Icon of Peace". As Inquisitor of the Way I immediately called him to an "informal" inquisition that evening. The inquisition was conducted under the light of the shield Bawnwatch, and its allowing drove me to rout whatever corruption there might have been in Fintans spirit. I found none. He has acted with utmost vigilance, routing the risk of military threats from Axos while recovering a relic of the faith. He did so without shedding a single drop of blood, and in the process secured our Empire valuable information about non imperial auras. His testimony reflects this magnificent feat. Discounting its miraculous nature simply because its wording makes us squeamish would only denigrate his success.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-58); Margin of 780

==Recognition==
The following judgements of [[recognition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise Amika Acciai, sixth child of the House of Steel, as an Exemplar of Ambition. He reached out to Rafael Barossa d'Apulian, seeking help with his goal to "engulf Asavea in a firestorm of change". ''Pilgrimage:''Amika travelled to the Temple of the Way in Nemoria and studied there under Sumaash and Imperial priests. ''Benevolence:'' Amika turned his family estate into a safe haven for followers of the Way fleeing persecution by the Plenum. ''Salvation:'' Amika freed his family's slaves and taught them the Way. These pilgrims infiltrated other estates and spread the Way to the slaves there. Amika led the attack on the Tarquinius family estate, killing the oppressors there and giving his life for the cause. ''Inspiration:'' Amika's death inspired his cousin Alberto, who led the attack on the city of Marlien that freed all the slaves there, and started the wave of unrest that is currently crashing across Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (320-10); Margin of 310
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Amika Acciai will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Eevi of the Gadrai
* '''Judgement:''' Dogri Thulebane is an Exemplar of Loyalty. The signs are clear. ''Inspiration:'' Dogri's words inspired more than 200 fighters to stand with him in defence of Crow's Keep and Skarsind. in 385YE Spring, Dogri's story was added to Wintermark's Chronicle of Heroism as a national inspiration. ''Benevolence:'' Dogri opened Crow's Keep to all Skarsind winterfolk who did not want to leave. When the battle of Crow's Keep was lost, he ordered his followers to escape with their lives rather than lead them to their death. ''Miracle:'' Upon his death, a spontaneous aura of Loyalty manifested on the amulet he was wearing with no intervention from practitioners of Liao ceremonies. ''Legacy:'' Crow's Ridge is the region where Crow's Keep is found. After Dogri's stand, Crow's Ridge was taken by the Thule but the scars of Thulebane remain. Crow's Ridge is Dogri's legacy and for that legacy we have been granted an opportunity in 385YE Sumer to create an inspirational tomb for him, in his final resting place; the Sovevann, Kallavesa with true liao
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (473-36); Margin of 437
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Dogri Thulebane will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

==Writ of Consecration==
The following [[writ of Consecration|Writs of Consecration]] were requested during the summit.
===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Lady Kaywenn de Orzel
* '''Judgement:''' It is the will of the Pride Assembly that a writ of consecration for an inspirational tomb, for the exemplar of Pride Ozren de Orzel, be raised to inspire pilgrims to celebrate the Pride within themselves and the Empire
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-20); Margin of 244

===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Serrusto Caeli Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Ambition seeks to consecrate the Towers of Dusk to Ambition, as an effort to restructure them after the Druj occupation, using a dose of true liao.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (326-16); Margin of 310

==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:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer''' was appointed with 142 votes. Eska Harakkadottir received 118 votes. Ser Purslane Artorious received 26 votes.

===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Gaelen Embercast''' was appointed with 174 votes. Fintan Nighthaven received 30 votes.

===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Eldrid Vestardottir''' was appointed with 124 votes. Lady Nimue de Rondell received 28 votes. Velika Prochnost received 10 votes.

===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Kellin Embercast''' was appointed with 92 votes. Eevi of the Gadrai received 80 votes. Father Edmund received 42 votes. Ser Sable received 10 votes.

===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arbiter of the Four Winds]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Athenus of the House of the Wanderer''' was appointed with 68 votes.

===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Jared of the Sentinel's Tower''' was appointed with 70 votes. Bryce of the Hare received 44 votes. Fenrys Burning Branch received 24 votes. Keelia Scorched Pine received 12 votes. Sylver Waystone Path received 12 votes. Dryn Embercast received 0 votes.

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arcane Inquisitor]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rhubarb Ironwood''' was appointed with 5 votes. Bryn Tendfallen received 4 votes. Ari of the Scarlet Guard received 0 votes. Brother Geoffrey Orchard received 0 votes. Callista of the Dark Shard received 0 votes. Casimir Pakkanovic Mislova received 0 votes. Clerabela Vicente d'Apulian received 0 votes. Galene Netherwatch received 0 votes. Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka received 0 votes.

===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of the Twin Roses]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Noble Seri of the Twisted Rose''' was appointed with 60 votes. Earl Ailsa Tamerlaine received 30 votes. Hieronyus Dowland received 20 votes.

===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[High Bard of the Empire]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Malcón i Dyrelnos i Erigo''' was appointed with 5 votes. Tarik of Ashenhall received 3 votes. Burnlin Drumheart received 0 votes. Jymi Handaxe received 0 votes. Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth received 0 votes. Mercy Summermuse received 0 votes. Sofonisba Amicara di Sarvos received 0 votes.

===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Speaker of the Crows]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Ingrid Sigeing''' was appointed with 220 votes.

===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Pride]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum''' was appointed with 176 votes. Kazimir Syrota Molenav received 10 votes.

===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Guardian of Britta's Memorial]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Neala Blackhawk''' was appointed with 66 votes.

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Lepidean Librarian]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower''' was appointed with 224 votes.

===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Prosperity]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hugh Farrier''' was appointed with 200 votes.

===Judgement 94===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Vauras 'Prosperity's Forge' Korppitkotka''' was appointed with 6 votes. Algernon Berinore received 2 votes. Jules von Holberg received 0 votes.

==Rewarding==
The following judgements of [[rewarding]] were sought during the summit.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Pontus Figures
* '''Judgement:''' Dialagos has presented the Empire with the chance to construct Prosperous Counting Houses that will increase the income to the virtue fund each season. This provides us an opportunity to invest now for benefits in perpetuity. Each house requires 5 White Granite, 5 Weirwood, and 30 crowns. We propose the virtue fund should take advantage and would ask for funds to acquire the needed resource to construct the house with the highest return at the point sufficient material has been gathered (currently Tassato for 16 crowns/season)> we seek the assemblies approval to purchase 2 wains of weirwood using 10 Thrones and 0 Crowns. Should this pass, further requests will be placed until the full balance of material is acquired. Last summit 2 wains were purchased for this endeavour.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (578-548); Margin of 30
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the counting house project [[Forwards_and_Rewards#Prosperity_and_Posterity|proposed]] by Dialagos of Urizen.

===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Teleri Thornweaver
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Brodi Brackensong with one dose of true liao to consecrate an inspirational location for Gerallt Brackensong, exemplar of Pride. Actual location to be decided as part of separate mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (630-444); Margin of 186

===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' For his continued work as the Friar of Honour's Rest in aiding the countless ghosts of the Mournwold move on to the next part of their spiritual journey, we reward Friar John of the Mourn 40 thrones. This should allow for the purchase of materials necessary for the construction of the Orchard of the Watch; a memorial for those that died during the liberation of the Mournwold. This will allow the souls to cease lingering, put an end to the territory's haunting, and create a site of remembrance for the survivors of this blood portion of Imperial history. The spirits of myriad heroes still haunt the ruins of Overton. The fear that their sacrifice will not be remembered keeps them from their rest. Priests of the Empire; let the virtue fund reward these virtuous souls for their service and sacrifice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (782-364); Margin of 418

===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grogfear Kraaida
* '''Judgement:''' For ten years Osgar Boarsnout has fought for the Empire with Courage and Loyalty. Starting as a simple footsoldier, Osgar was promoted to captain and then handpicked by Reidarr Bloodletter as their replacement as commander of the Heart of the Mark. For his unyielding Loyalty, Courage and Wisdom protecting the people of the Empire, the Synod awards Osgar 10 thrones. One for each year of service.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (418-446); Margin of 28

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Dolce di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Synod rewards Laurencio di Sarvos with Seven Thrones for his work supporting newcomers to Anvil, and in particular or the creation of the 'Deed of Debut'. The Deed of Debut is a document available to newcomers to Anvil that allows them to take advantage of a range of special offers provided by a variety of high-quality vendors in the League, including food, drink, archery, cicisbeos and more. This supports their introduction to Anvil, helps their money go further and supports the businesses and traders at Anvil. This rewarding could help spread this initiative to more vendors, more nations and support even more people newly arrived at Anvil.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (526-80); Margin of 446

===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Jules von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Too often the labour and toil of Artisans goes uncelebrated and is taken for granted, yet through their efforts are the heros of the Empire are better protected and better able to fight for the Empire and show the Way. So I call on the Synod to reward Marcus von Temeschwar, lone artisans of the celebrated Sea Wolves, with Fifty Crowns for tirelessly working to strengthen and protect those to whom he is loyal.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (378-534); Margin of 156

===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' 'Shacklebreaker' Thanmir Hrafnar
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Zadkiel de Couerdefer the sum of 20 thrones for their work to create a means of communication with the hitherto unknown nation of the Elakar. Zadkiel showed unfailing Pride in their own abilities and used these to acquire donations from citizens totalling 100 thrones used to acquire 40 rings of ilium needed to establish this communication. Zadkiel intends to use this rewarding to repay some of these donations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-304); Margin of 302

===Judgement 99===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sibling Amos of Tian's Return
* '''Judgement:''' Sibling Nekoda of the Shattered Tower has worked tirelessly to help new siblings at Anvil find their place within our great Empire - helping them achieve their ambitions with coins & liao from their own pocket. We call on the Assembly to reward them with 2 thrones so they can continue to inspire the next generation of virtuous heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (850-246); Margin of 604

===Judgement 102===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Luciana Valesi
* '''Judgement:''' Thanmir Hrafnar was instrumental in funding efforts to open communications, raising over 100T to make this diplomatic outreach possible. He displayed great Prosperity in making this mission possible, fuelled by great Pride in our Empire. We request 10 thrones from the virtue fund to reward these efforts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (388-144); Margin of 244

===Judgement 104===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aristeia Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' For the past four seasons Serenus Starsong and the coven of Storm's End have used their own mana to fund the APs and rituals that have revealed to us the names of the stars - Oak, Web, Phoenix, and Great Wyrm. We award Serenus 20 thrones from the Virtue Fund in recompense with Pride and recognition of their Ambitions.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (478-432); Margin of 46

==The Virtue Fund==
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:
{|
| ''Starting Value'' || 3 Rings ||
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 7 Rings || Donation by Crassus, for the Sand Fishers.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 11 Thrones, 4 Crowns || Donation by an anonymous individual on behalf of "A Prosperous Consortium".
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Beirth Martel.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Alistair.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Maelfaisance Remys.
|-
| ''Income'' || 85 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Rings || Donation by Finna.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 7 Thrones || Rewarding to Dolce di Sarvos following [[#Judgement 35|Judgement 35]] being upheld (a margin of 446).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 40 Thrones || Rewarding to Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra following [[#Judgement 18|Judgement 18]] being upheld (a margin of 418).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 20 Thrones || Rewarding to Thanmir "Shacklebreaker" Hrafnar following [[#Judgement 37|Judgement 37]] being upheld (a margin of 302).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Luciana Valesi following [[#Judgement 102|Judgement 102]] being upheld (a margin of 244).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Pontus Figures following [[#Judgement 6|Judgement 6]] being upheld (a margin of 30).
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Crown, 12 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Throne || Donation by Luca and a Marcher friend.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Veikko Bondforger.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 5 Rings || Donation by Belakov Zakharovich Prochnost.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Ring || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 2 Thrones || Rewarding to Amos following [[#Judgement 99|Judgement 99]] being upheld (a margin of 604).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones, 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Rewarding to Aristeia Starchaser following [[#Judgement 104|Judgement 104]] being upheld (a margin of 46) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings ||
|}

==Doses of True Liao==

Five doses of [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] were disbursed this summit:
* One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as [[the Throne]]
* One dose in connection to the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean University]] to Teleri Thornweaver via [[#Judgement 13|Judgement 13]]
* One dose to Idris Eternal by purchase in the [[Public auction|Public Auction]]
* One dose to Halwyn Splitroot by decision of the Gatekeepers
* One dose to Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer by decision of the Gatekeepers

==Special Considerations==
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Spring Equinox.
<table class='wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable'><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Assembly'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Consideration'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Link'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Duration'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. </td><td>[[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Urizen_Assembly|Urizen Link]], [[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Varushkan_Assembly|Varushka Link]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
</table>

==Alternative Mandates==
Prior to the summit, the following [[Mandate#Alternative Mandates|alternative mandates]] were proposed by members of the Synod.

{|
| '''Member''' || '''Link to mandate''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| Corey Wayfarer || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Morwenna Witheredrose || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Nathair Autumngale || [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] ||
|-
|}

386YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

2024-06-27T11:36:47Z

Coolbeans: /* Judgement 148 */

[[Category: Synod]] [[Category:Synod Results]] [[Category: Synod Judgements]] [[Category: 386YE Spring]]
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==Overview==
During the Spring Equinox 386YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 210 [[judgement|judgements]].

==Statement of Principle==
===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Doctor Lysimachus
* '''Judgement:''' While we Highborn are righteously committed to ensuring the Cold Sun is extinguished, we must not forget the other threats we still face and fight. While we focus on the Cold Sun on our doors and must prepare for Grendel on our shores, the Vallorn remains the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire and is no dormant threat. We formed the Grey Pilgrims to aid Navarr to end this threat, not just keep it at bay for another 1,000 years for others to deal with. In accordance with Sian Eternals statement to Navarr, once the Cold Sun have been snuffed out, even as we keep an eye upon the Grendel, we return to ensuring the Vallorn are eventually given a right permanent kicking in! When the time comes for just to act, whether sooner or later, we will Act with certainty.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld
* '''Notes:''' The [[Grey Pilgrim|Grey pilgrims]] were initially founded to oppose the threat of the [[vallorn]].
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===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Vivaine Knotes
* '''Judgement:''' The Dawnish gave the Empire the Test of Arms, a minimum acceptable standard all combatent citizens shall be trained to by the Empire at no cost to themselves. But since when have we Dawnish settled for the minimum? Should we not strive for our acceptable standard to be higher than other nations? We would ask the nation of weavers and knights, what measures can we collectively take to ensure our minimum training surpasses that of the Imperial Test of Arms. Can the wisdom of our mentors, the magic of our witches or the establishments we build raise our bar higher for all of those Dawnish who fight for the Empire... In time, the other nations may follow. Let them, and we will raise the bar again. For too long has the Empire complacently accepted the same standard.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-58)
===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Eska Harakkadottir
* '''Judgement:''' It is better by far to try and to fail than to fail to try. Day mages of the Empire, what is your Ambition? Despite being found guilty of treason, and attracting the attention of Cold Sun to the Empire through a series of unwise decisions, Skywise Gralka remains Arch Mage of Day unchallenged. The Synod calls upon the Conclave and its Grand Masters to uplift and encourage those with Courage, Ambition, and Pride to challenge for the position of Arch Mage of Day.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1018-532)
===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Able the Taller
* '''Judgement:''' Together we forge an unbreakable chain stretching across our Empire. Each pilgrim is a thread in the net, a single link connected to many, strengthening and supporting one another, building up our fellows. Your Loyalty is not a precious gem to be hoarded away but a Bright Burning Brand to drive away the darkness of isolation. It is only through building towards the loyalties where all can hear, seek out those who share your feelings, and reach out across any boundary, be it regional, territorial, or even national. With Virtue we can build WONDERS and work MIRACLES. With Loyalty we will inspire the Empire to be the Storm of Change our Emperor commands and build the future that every citizen deserves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (496-0)
===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Creighton Blackewater
* '''Judgement:''' It will soon be two years since the liberation of Rachensgrab, and yet even with three successful statements of principle there has been no mandate or any indication that the former slaves have had their stolen prosperity returned to them. Let us prove that, we the Synod, stand by our virtue and call upon the Empire to raise a fund to be distributed to all former slaves of Rachensgrab living in the Empire. Propserity Provides.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1382-164)
* '''Notes:''' References the events following the [[Burning|assault on the aerie of the slave lords]] of Rachensgrab in Winter 384YE, and the judgements of [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_165|Winter 384YE judgement 165]] [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_75|Autumn 385 judgement 75]], and [[385YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements#Judgement 162|WInter Solstice 385 judgement 162]]. The majority of the slaves freed in the fall of Rachensgrab were taken in by [[the Commonwealth]], with only a few choosing to make the journey to the Empire. There is no Imperial contact with the nations of the northern [[The_seven_seas#Sea_of_Steel|Sea of Steel]] where Rachensgrab once lay but recent developments have provided an opportunity for Imperial [[fleet|fleets]] and [[military unit|military units]] to visit the area around Rachensgrab, as detailed in the ''[[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Elagabala
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom calls for listening to expertise; applying what one knows, and finding practical solutions. The Sevenfold Path are the second-oldest Conclave Order; for centuries they have been responsible for ensuring the powers of Conclave are deployed in line with the Way of Virtue. They have held Conclave to account time and time again, and uplifted souls in Virtue over and over. The Synod should support the work of the Sevenfolk Path by encouraging Virtuous magicians to join the Order, seeking their expertise in the Virtuous application of magical might, and bequeathing them liao and other materials that will support their manifesto. The Sevenfold Path serves as a bridge between Synod and Conclave - we encourage Synod to make use of that bridge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (918-258)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]].
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Sable
* '''Judgement:''' When Dogri Thulebane refused to give up Skarsind we responded with the Iron Helms. When some of the people of Bregasland sided with Mathilda Fisher and her Jotun Masters we responded with the Magistrates. Why then when certain Urizzeni in Spiral cede from the Empire in open rebellion do we respond with the olive branch and concessions. Yes since the fall of Britta the title of Warmage has been held mainly by URizeni but I remind you that the first Warmage was a Warwitch named Jayne de Severnford it has never been a national position! I call on all nations to look to your Loyalty to those amongst you who may covet the title of Warmage and stand against this attack on their ambition if this title were made a national position under the rebels coercion. NO TO WARMAGE BEING A NATIONAL TITLE!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (774-718)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the complex political situation in [[Spiral]], most recently discussed in the ''[[The three pillars]]'' wind of fortune. The [[Warmage]] is an [[Imperial title]] that advises the [[Imperial Military Council]] on magical matters. The [[Imperial Senate]] voted to make the Imperial Warmage an [[Urizen]] national title [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Amend_title_of_Warmage_I|during the summit]].
===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' Our conflict with Asavea is not merely political, it is a moral and spiritual conflict as well. Moral, because the Empire stands against slavery, wheras Asavean society stands upon the backs of slaves. Spiritual, because their desperate dependency on imaginary deities holds back from achieving their highest potential through experiencing the virtues. Their priesthood is corrupt, thinking only of preserving their own power, and not of the good of their people. The Synod should do all it can to aid followers of the Way in Asavea, so that it's people may be free to live in Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1738-12)
* '''Notes:''' References the war with the [[Asavean Archipelago]], and virtuous sects there as discussed in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Rinnah of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Kirenna called for every Freeborn citizen to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. Unasked, the Freeborn came and named their price. Highguard paid. Since, the Freeborn have faced an unprecedented storm of adversity, but have never wavered in their commitment. To live Virtue is to embrace it, and the virtue of every Freeborn citizen who contributed will echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Prosperity displayed in their labour, sweat and toil and invite the Freeborn to send a delegation of Sutannir to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only though these bonds of kinship can the Grand Inspiration enable the Way to reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 22===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dagon of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Friar John of the Mourn called for every citizen of the Marches to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. The Marchers did so unasked, in recognition of the bonds that bind our Nations, our Empire and our Faith. Pride in small things, loyalty to great ones, the virtue of every Marcher citizen who contributed will truly echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Loyalty displayed in this unity of words and deed and invites the Marches to send a delegation of Monks and Friars to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only through these bons of kinship can the Grand Inspiration of the Way reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aspar
* '''Judgement:''' "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way" - Emperor Vesna, 385YE. Many Asaveans yearn to embrace the Way. The Fire of Virtue smoulders on the archipelago. It is our duty to nurture this flame. It is our duty to show Asavea that the power of virtue exalts all. It is our duty to show the Asaveans that they have the courage and ambition to throw off the yoke of their masters, to reject the folly of their false gods, to remove the boot placed upon their neck and break the shackles of slavery that holds them from their highest destiny. Virtue lies in choice and action. There will be conflict, there will be blood. Consequences are the price of Ambition. We are willing to pay the cost.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (2326-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the situation in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], some details of which can be found in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Claude Deeds
* '''Judgement:''' To convert nonbelievers to the Way requires both words and deeds. It is not enough to say we wish to unite the world under the Way. We must also take courageous actions to do so. Let the Troubadours of Dawn study well how the Free Folk have been brought into the Empire, and into the Way. Dawn has led this charge. We listened to their questions. We defended them in the Synod. At the House of the Proffered Hand, in Astolat, the liberated now receive guidance in our faith. There are lessons here to learn. Let us learn them, and seek opportunities to put them into practice. Let us have the Courage to walk the long path of conversion - within our borders and beyond them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (408-0)
* '''Notes:''' Talks about the Free Folk, discussed most recently in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Severin de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' Doctrine says that our spirits and our souls have a voice in the future. This our Empire is our voice, magnified by thousands. It is our responsibility in virtue to strengthen that voice, and not to weaken it. I do not command loyalty to the Empire but I say this, our ambition is too great for any one person to carry alone, our pride is in our fellows, our friends, and, yes, our foes, to work for the highest potential of the Empire is a virtuous thing. We are one Empire and we will strive together towards our shared future. We strive to act as the Exemplars and Paragons do to guide and teach benevolence that the actions marked by great virtue are those that benefit our Empire. For this benefits not just us, not just now but also our children and our future selves. We expect the greatest in virtue to have acted with benevolence and to bring the unvirtuous into the faith (salvation) as well as inspiring others to grow and build on their faith (inspiration). We believe that the way is a betterment for all thinking souls and that we as an Empire have a primary drive and responsibility to spread the way for that to occur the Empire must survive and grow to be made stronger as a vehicle of the Way, in this I ask the Empire to accept this charge. To best serve virtue our actions should benefit the Empire; through benevolence to inspire and bring salvation. All citizens should work to benefit the Empire through their virtuous acts over petty self serving or damaging choices. It is the responsibility of priests to guide those at Anvil in how best to do this and hold the Empire to virtue so that lands that have been lost may be regained and the Empire shall bring the way to the unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (530-532)
===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Killian Mortére
* '''Judgement:''' To those who wield arms - test your might and claim your glory against the Deadwood Knight with courage in your hearts. Slay the wretched fiend within our boarders! To those who wield words - sing the names of those who confront this challenge, spread their stoires, exalt them with the utmost pride. Great deeds are eternal!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (200-32)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Deadwood Knight, also known as the Schlacta of Rot, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Novella di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Difference in faith should always be grounds for discussion, not alienation. The fire in our Emperor's inaugural address drives unity in our faith and in our culture. This passion has already placed the fear of Virtue into the hearts of multiple citizens of Axou and they have fled our lands. We do not wish to lose the richness of foreign culture and trade. We wish to be inviting to all scholars, traders, and thinkers of other nations, so that all may be enriched. We call on all citizens of the Empire to show Courage in meeting conflicting faiths, and to show Wisdom in the learning from others.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (582-218)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Promising light|inaugral address]] of [[the Throne]], and presumably to the departure of ''Theodosia of Ipotavo'' who [[It%27s_only_me#Finally,_a_Departure|reportedly]] cut short her sabbatical in the Empire following the speech.
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jedediah Boon
* '''Judgement:''' Never leave a river unbridged when you can build one out of rope. Never leave a rope bridge when you can build one out of wood. Never leave a wooden bridge when you can build one out of stone. We thank the Urizeni sword scholars who brought their teachings to our nation and did the heavy lifting on the first rickety bridge between our Nations. We invite the House of The Wanderer and the priests of Urizen to return again and this time friars of the Marches follow me to Urizen. Where we have disagreed in magic we will unite in faith two schools of virtue together in one cause; to share how our same religion manifests in the people of our different Nations. Let us break new ground with pride
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-0)
===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bryce the Hare
* '''Judgement:''' It is a foreboding thought to face an enemy that feels no fear or apprehension, is stranger to both exult and lament, and knows neither bargain nor restraint. The Cold Sun is an enemy that is alien to us but it is also one that is barren to virtue and rejects inspiration. For that reason we possess a wellspring of power that is unknowable to the Cold Sun and we are stronger for it. Gird yourself with faith, remind yourself of what you seek to protect and draw inspiration from it. Create, and live in defiance of oblivion.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1290-160)
===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Azir i Smartha
* '''Judgement:''' We the Freeborn assembly support our sister nations in their claims for Mareave. We expect our sister nations to return our lands to us when they are once again Imperial. In Loyalty to our Empire. In Pride of our homeland.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (170-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Imperial Senate]] decision regarding [[Mareave]] and it's [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocation]]. More details can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Veikko Bondforger
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom knows that all knowledge is incomplete. We stormcrows have seen the Wisdom inspired by the sword scholars with the Holberg College of the Sword, and the way they have strengthened the Empire. We invite the sword scholars in hospitality to preach at the newly rebuilt Hall of Rund. Let's see how they can sharpen our wits and our talons.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (240-12)
===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lochias
* '''Judgement:''' We are saddened that the Bone Pilgrimage do not extend into Urizen. However it is not our custom to preserve physical remains of the fallen we preserve their words. As the Imperial Orcs strive to build a great library in Skarsind, we call upon the scholars of Urizen to open our own libraries to the Sunstorm sept so that the library of Worth may contain the writings of their ancestors who dwelt among the spires.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (264-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Military_unit#The_Bone_Pilgrimage|Bone Pilgrimage]], which encourages priests to support Imperial Orcs seeking out remains of former slaves and bringing them to the grand ossuary in Skarsind. This support is not extended by the majority of the Urizen priests, because the [[mandate]] enacting it in the General assembly did not receive a greater majority and so was rejected. Urizen [[Urizen_culture_and_customs#Funerals|funerary traditions]] were not extended to the orc slaves they held prior to the [[Orc Rebellion]]. As with the vast majority of orc slaves in the Empire, Urizen slaves were not permitted to read or [[Imperial_Orcs_hearth_magic#Writing|write]]. There are very few records of anything significant that the orc slaves held in Urizen would have said or done.
===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tabris son of Armisael
* '''Judgement:''' The Highborn National Assembly would like to thank the Free Folk for their generous offer of liao. We ask that it be directed towards the title of "Abbess of Reconciliation".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld 372-0
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|offer]] made by the Free Folk in gratitude for Highguard work teaching their priests the [[religious skills|liao ceremonies]]. Free Folk priests now [[Parts_of_speech#Resolution|support]] the [[Abbess of Reconciliation]] in their work.
===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Vauraus "Prosperity's Forge" Korpittkoika
* '''Judgement:''' Do not fear to act only be shamed by inaction. Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, the white Raven, has tirelessly committed themselves to serving the Empire. They were responsible for the greatest act of Prosperity the Empire has ever seen, the gifting of Skarsind to the Imperial Orc septs. Though controversial they did not falter in the wake of that heroic deed. They saw a wrong in the world that needed to be righted. Without their vision there would be no Liberty Pact. Their courage and ambition has forged the path that the Empire has now set upon. A politician that believes in the power of bringing people together rather than driving them apart. Wintermark is proud to add their tale to the Chronicle of Heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (232-32)
* '''Notes:''' Thanmir Hrafnar has been added to the [[Heroism#Chronicle of Heroes|Chronicle of Heroes]].
===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' The Vates of Navarr take an Oath to deal with eternals and magic for the benefit of the community and as such they do not need our permission to act, be it in Conclave or in the performance of their duties. We will however hold them to their Oaths should they fail in fulfilling them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (218-10)
===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Elkiah
* '''Judgement:''' We invite the Imperial Orcs to Necropolis to open the tomb of Emperor Ahraz, with the goal of allowing them to perform a ritual to reconnect with the lost ancestors among his bodyguard who were buried with him. May this act build a bond of Loyalty between our nations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (382-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[the Honour Guard of Ahraz]], ten Imperial Orcs who lie in the tomb of [[Emperor Ahraz]] as his honour guard.
===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' The Nobel Alys de Renard
* '''Judgement:''' For far too long the towers of Dawn have been left to lie fallow following their destruction by the Druj. No longer. In the name of glory and our great nation we must begin accepting proposals for projects to memorialize their loss. CDGV.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (284-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 286.
* '''Notes:''' The [[The_Barrens#Towers_of_the_Dawn_(ruined)|Towers of Dawn]] were ruined by the [[Druj]] during their conquest of [[the Barrens]]. A proposal to [[A_glorious_victory#Restoring_Dawnguard|rebuild]] the towers was presented in Summer 385YE, but there was also the potential to "''ask for proposals from the glorious architects of Dawn, to create something beautiful yet sombre to stand in place of the Towers''."
===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. Fjellreven Hall pledges that the will provide liao such that any Winterfolk inspired by the deeds of Shacklebreaker Eska Crowspeaker, called Liberty's Song, to provide prosperity to Rachensgrab may receive a testimony as proof of their virtue. A hero has a name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|inspiration]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_interlude#Provide_Prosperity_to_Rachensgrab_2|provide prosperity to Rachensgrab]], offering Imperial support to the unknown nations that lay in the shadow of the Aerie of the Slave Lords.
===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Travid Longest Path
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue fund fines. Using fines to fund the virtue fund shows that Synod is rewarded and funded by unvirtuous acts, a message that risks threatening the confidence in Assemblies and the importance of The Way. Prosperity teaches to build, not take. The Virtue assemblies should instead look to fund and build the many Counting Houses across the Empire - to be reminders of Virtue and to inspire the citizens to give willingly to the Virtue fund - rather than take money from Senate that fund our armies and our infrastructure.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (90-202)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to recent changes made with regards to fines, discussed in detail in the ''[[Forwards and Rewards]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Corrado Filiarchi de Regario
* '''Judgement:''' Souls have a guardian a guide to take them to the Labyrinth, At the Winter Solstice 385YE the Reaper drew two lost souls to Anvil, one of the Marchers of old and one of the Navarre. I, and many others, beheld their arrival, their talk of the past, and their deaths and their fading from before our eyes as the Reaper himself guided them to the Labyrinth. I call that we must recognise the Reaper's role here, his ability to guide these souls to people who could heal them, and his assistance in letting them pass on. The Reaper is no simple piece of Leaguish Hearth magic, rather he has a place alongside the Way, and we must witness this.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (350-940)
* '''Notes:''' The ''Reaper'' is a character who participates in [[the Masquerade of the Reaper]], a festival that takes place each Winter in [[the League]].
===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Father Edmund
* '''Judgement:''' Our land is our Pride. It is our Loyalty, our Prosperity, our virtue. The names given to our landmarks should reflect the virtuous heroes of our great nation, and our maps should not be stained by the names of the wicked and treacherous. Cast off the name Fisher's Rock, and let that landmark be known henceforth as "Amberlain's Stand".
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld, withdrawn at request of the raising priest (96-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Bregasland#Fisher’s_Rock|Fisher's Rock]] in [[Bregasland]].
===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Katya Vassilova Reznikov
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it - the Freeborn both need our aid and are deserving of it. No food should be uneaten, no magic unused or coin unspent. Their armies are in decline, their lands blighted, and people suffer. Let us show the world that Prosperity provides, remembering the lessons of our exemplar, Zemress, we call for the Freeborn to be defended and fortified.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-10)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of Prosperity, primarily recognised as an inspiration to those who work hard and invest that money for the benefit of others.
===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Eli of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' As we did in Sumaah, as we now begin in Asavea, the whole of creation will one day be united in the Way. Ambitious of the Empire, we should lead the charge in this matter. Seek out all who could aid in this abroad, whether they be hidden sects or souls waiting for the first spark to ignite.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (354-0)
===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Ivana Petara Vodjavic
* '''Judgement:''' The Grendel and the Druj raid our territories, stealing our Prosperity and ruining our lands. We call on the teachings of Zemress, and encourage our corsairs, wagon raiders, reaers, and all truly prosperous individuals to strike hard, take back what is ours so that we may grow the Empire's prosperity and make ourselves safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (276-58)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of prosperity who is an Inspiration to many who take up arms against those who threaten the Empire
===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' The Virtue Fund exists to reward virtue, not speed, just because a statement finishes scrutiny earlier doesn't mean it has higher priority than one finishing later. All Judgements of Rewarding should therefore be distributed at the same time on a basis of margin only, not at the time of the priest's choosing, let us let virtue alone decide.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1480-150)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[judgement]] of [[rewarding]].
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Nathair Autumngale
* '''Judgement:''' The scions of Oblivion seek to destroy that which we celebrate, our culture, our art, our expression. The Empty Hand left in their wake at Miaren trees devoid of life, calcified, petrified, and dead. This was meant to wound us, but it is an opportunity! Artists of Navarr, embrace our tradition of living art. Cave into these trees our Dance, paint upon their surface our story, decorate upon them with your passing all that our people are! Their attempts to harm us will become the very canvas upon which me mark their failure! In ink and blood!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (324-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the supernatural damage inflicted on [[Miaren]] by the [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|Empty Hands]] army of [[Cold Sun]].
===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Heminius of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' Architects of the Crucible! The Urizen National Asembly thanks you for your Ambition and Prosperity in supporting the transformation of Zenith. It is time for us to refocus our efforts however. With dangerous times ahead, we ask you to turn your attention away from producing light armour and towards producing heavy armour to better protect those who follow the Sentinel's path.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (230-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Urizen assembly has the ability to [[Architect_of_the_Crucible#Path_of_Prosperity|guide the artisans]] who work at the [[Zenith#Crucible_of_Fate|Crucible of Fate]] with regard to what [[magic items]] they make available to the [[Architect of the Crucible]].
===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tarquinius
* '''Judgement:''' In Spiral the pattern of Betrayal by the Empire runs deep. Fleet action, children negotiation, black plateau, abandoned defense, treaty, Grendel cooperation, and finally people stripped away from the territory promised the just reward of accepting many of those. It is telling how truncated this list is, but the Empire has started to take action to restore its covenant with its people. We should... Nurture: the Spiral Urizeni who have remained imperial need to live well as imperial citizens, socially, economically, and politically. Protect: the Spiral Urizeni need to be able to retain their Spires and their identities as they help Apulian to grow in size and Influence. Secure: It needs to be abundantly clear that no virtuous citizen will stand for changes made to achieve these things being walked back.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (352-0): the Greater Majority threshold for this judgement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement:''' Mareave is now under Imperial control. Citizens of the Empire, show the people of Mareave how virtuous The Empire is. Show them our Prosperity by trading with them. Show them our Ambition with the many great things we've built. Show them our Loyalty, and how fiercely we will defend any of our fellow Imperial Citizens. Finally, show them how the Apulian Orcs are integrating with the Empire and now are following the true virtues. Now is the time to spread The Way to them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (322-24)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the newly claimed territory of [[Mareave]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune. Also touches on the [[Grendel religion]].
===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silk Farkas
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire should name the continent that we live on.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (816-616)
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Sian Eternal
* '''Judgement:''' It is time to stop seeing the Vallorn as a dormant threat to be dealt with later. It is a danger that lies within our Empire's borders that holds countless bodies and souls. Most notably it keeps two exemplars, the founders of our nation, in torturous stasis. The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing Knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years. They join us in the war to eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfill our Nations ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good. It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[vallorn]], and the [[A thousand years of longing|recently completed research]] regarding its destruction, as well as the [[Grey Pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] of [[Highguard]].
===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Solar of the Spire of the Waxing Sun
* '''Judgement:''' The highest inspiration of the Way is the spiritual truths it describes. Instead of contributing resources to a "new holy city" we call on the Questors of the nation to bring forth theories to be debated and tested. Let revelation be our contribution to this project to inspire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (210-10)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the "grand inspiration of the way" introduced in the ''[[Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune. It also calls on [[questor|questors]], [[Urizen]] who regard [[The Way|the Way of Virtue]] as an unfinished work, seeing [[the Doctrines of the Faith]] as incomplete revelation.
===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Eirlys Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We know very little about the origins of liao, other than it was refined from vinum for the first time in Therunin. An under-celebrated part of our history. We encourage Navarri citizens to dig deep in their records, check their steadings' or stridings' stories and songs, to seek any information they may have on the founding of such a vital resource to the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (320-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Minister of Historical Research]] has the power to commission [[historical research]] into historical events.
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement:''' The Net of Heavens has aligned the open hand of co-existance has been extended to us in Spiral. The bonds of loyalty, pride in our legacy call us to accept. Courage calls us to face this new path boldly. Vigilance calls us to watch over the black plateau. I call Urizeni spiralites to return to Spiral and rebuild their lost spires at virtues call.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-40)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Callista of the Dark Shard
* '''Judgement:''' Enchanting a personal resource to improve its production is a prosperous act. So too is using a ritual to enhance the reach of a priest's voice so that more people are drawn to their congregation. Synod priests should seek to use these enchantments to draw more people to the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1230-278)
* '''Notes:''' [[Enchantment|Enchantments]] that improve the production of a [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]], or enhance the abilities of a citizen to lead a [[congregation]], are created using [[ritual magic]]. The [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]] works closely with the Synod to explore virtuous use of magic.
===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' The fourth army of Dawn has been commissioned Summer 384 and since then has mustered without any clear guidance from the National assembly as to its nature. We propose: to create an army of the Black wherein those of noble ideal serving do so under the guise of a black knight. Let us create an army whose principles are to create outcomes with the most Glory for Dawn and the Empire and rise up those with whom it fights. We have passed in the last two years multiple statements regarding the Black Knight and this is in accord with them all and in particular that they are not solely restrained to the tourney. Black Knights have fought through the Sentinel Gate, aided the Militia, freed slaves, and represented Dawn to other nations. It would be inspirational thing to see what glory the purest expression of Dawnish spirit could achieve as an army.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (248-92)
* '''Notes:''' THe "black knight" is a role tied up in the [[Dawn hearth magic|hearth magic of Dawn]] whereby [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Heraldry|heraldry]] is obscured to conceal one's identity. The role is often taken by [[knight-errant|knights-errant]] who participate in [[Dawn_culture_and_customs#The_Grand_Tourneys|tourneys]] as if they were nobles. Previous judgements include those from [[383YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_21|Summer 383YE]], [[384YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_16|Spring 384YE]], [[385YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_42|Spring 385YE]], [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_87|Autumn 385YE]], and [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_86|Winter 385YE]].
===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Halkyon of Sojourn's Heart
* '''Judgement:''' Loyal Urizeni Spiralites, exiles and refugees, the Empire has shown its loyalty to you by opening the way for you to return home. Our forebears endured war, occupation, and catastrophe. In their triumphs and sacrifices we find the seeds of our loyalty. Do not let their Legacy wither. As the Empire is inextricable, so too is our identity as Spiralites. Spiral is no longer in Urizen the devotion of our hearts commands that we ensure Urizen is always in Spiral. Return to our lost spires shows that our loyalty to Spiral to Urizen and Empire can remain undivided.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (358-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[The three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Prince Bishop Jonah Yakovitch
* '''Judgement:''' We call all citizens to be vigilant to the machinations of the eternal Agramant. This cannibalistic horror who is under a declaration of enmity has cultists in the Empire who are grinding up people and putting them in food products. Seek out trusted suppliers of sausages until those responsible have been captured. Be Vigilant for the last surviving Agramant cultists of the Black Drop, Divina Inquilina di Tassato Regario. She is to be captured alive. Report sightings to the inquisitor of Vigilance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[Agramant#Childer_of_the_Black_Drop|Childer of the Black Drop]], a coven dedicated to the wicked [[eternal]] [[Agramant]] who has been an [[Alignment#Enmity|enemy of the Conclave]] throughout almost all of Imperial history. See also [[#Judgement 125|Judgement 125]].
===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl of Fools
* '''Judgement:''' Deadwood Knight, the heart of Dawn lies in challenge and test, and in this the House of Fools offer thus. A test-of-mettle, to fight our champion, ungirded, with steel undrawn, in manner of your choosing.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (338-10)
* '''Notes:''' This judgement seems to relate to the ''Deadwood Knight'' (also known as the ''Schlacta of Rot''), a creature currently terrorizing northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. It seems to be addressed to the knight directly, but it's not clear that the creature has any access to Synod judgements. Further details can be found in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Arsenio Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. The attacks by the cold sun were a profound disturbance of the military balance pushing our armies to the brink of endurance. Led by a swift and decisive response from the military council, citizens from all over the Empire rallied together to defy this new enemy. The virtuous lift each other up; let us celebrate their peerless commitment to the defense of the empire and encourage our armies to draw strength from the bonds they have forged on campaign
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (438-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent campaigns against [[Cold Sun]], including those [[Things that burn|following the Autumn Equinox]], and [[Eclipse|after the Winter Solstice]].
===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Anastasiya Luashovna Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous lift each other up. While The Golden Pyramid manifesto lends itself easily to prosperity, we note their methods have been in line with loyalty in recent years for which it should be recognised. Providing access to an Autumn auction so our assembly could recover a religious artifact; supported artisans to empower the Crucible of Fate in Zenith; helped the Orcs of Skarsind uncover their wealth; supported multiple Throne candidates to gain conclaves endorsement including our new Emperor. These are all excellent examples of how conclave can operate in a virtuous way while also inline with their own manifesto.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (414-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Golden Pyramid]] [[Conclave order]]. It also seems to reference a [[Hopeless_as_a_feather#Callidus|recent auction]] held by the [[eternal]] [[Callidus]], their [[Fate and function|support with]] the creation of the [[Zenith#Crucible of Fate|Crucible of Fate]] in [[Zenith]], and their role in [[Long_shadows#A_Prosperous_Endeavour|prospecting for wealth]] in [[Skarsind]].
===Judgement 95===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Fenrys Burning Branch
* '''Judgement:''' Last season the Navarr national assembly denounced cruel Tactics. As a thorn, someone who has made fighting their trade, I would propose otherwise. When you are trying to build a house you have many tools. You cannot cut a plank of wood with a hammer, you cannot sink a nail with a saw. We are building an Empire and tactics are our tools. Cruelty is a tool, the same as mercy or cunning. Just because a hammer is not right at this time doesn't mean we won't need it later.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (174-140)
* '''Notes:'''May refer to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_128|Judgement 128]] raised at the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 96===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Sufyan i Zuhri i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' I have journeyed to Asavea bringing word of our Way and The Empire's doctrine and support for the virtuous rebels there. What I saw was wonderful - I have never seen such hope in virtuous eyes as when we told them the Empire wanted to support them and welcomed them into virtue. But the support we must send them as only started. We have forged a bond and now we must keep our word and our loyalty. We call on those loyal to our young siblings in virtue to find any and all ways they can to send their support to the virtuous rebels in Asavea. Virtue exults
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (355-0). The Greater Majority threshold for this statement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the missionaries and [[wayfarer|wayfarers]] recently sent to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 97===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Estella Lucati
* '''Judgement:''' Be vigilant! Avoid the {{Black Plateau}}!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-12)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the {{Black Plateau}}, which squats in the middle of the region of [[SPiral#Screed|Screed]] in [[Spiral]].

===Judgement 98===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Emil Radam von Temeschwar
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire takes pride in its history. We look to the example of Paragon Empress RIchilde, to exalt the independence of our generals and our military concil who spread the Way and expand the reach of virtue. Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost raises up our military council with pride that the bodies of state shall have the autonomy to act with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-62)

===Judgement 101===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Tuuli
* '''Judgement:''' Asking no questions begets no answers. Wisdom is not always knowing the answer, Wisdom is finding the right question I call upon dedicants of Wisdom to ask themselves how their silence aids the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (192-50)
===Judgement 103===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asher of Cantiarch's Hold
* '''Judgement:''' In Loyalty we should look out for one another. We are duty bound to protect all citizens. Sovereign Specific offers one such protection but costs many herbs. Blood Welks can offer the same protection to many rather than one. In Wisdom we should learn how to breed them as an alternate to herbs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (260-10)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Master_Medicinal#The_Sovereign_Specific|Sovereign Specific]] is a [[potion]] that provides many different forms of healing and can be made my an [[Surgical skills#Apothecary|apothecary]] versed in the art of the [[Master Medicinal]]. The "Blood whelks" are likely a reference to the [[Butterfly_in_reverse#Giant_Blood_Whelk|giant blood whelks]] that seem to be found only in the frigid, monster haunted waters of the [[Sea_of_Snow#The_Sea_of_Snows|Sea of Snows]] near the [[Faraden]] port of Caitun.

===Judgement 107===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Jakwine Stockherd
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of the Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Thorns. In turn, let Navarr demonstrate the bonds we have forged by guiding and protecting all Highborn who seek to explore Terunael ruins and keep alight their enthusiasm for exploration.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (126-0)
===Judgement 108===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Hieronymous Dowland
* '''Judgement:''' Loyalty binds us! The love between Marchers and Dawn stands as true as ever. Robert Dunlain gave his life and stands testament to Courage. The Dawnish sing his name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (726-124)
===Judgement 109===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Estivanico i Hayim
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn are the people not the land we live on but we will retake our lands rebuild and grow with prosperity. Family are the heart of the Freeborn and the dhomiro are the voices of the families serving with vigilance and wisdom as we seek to rebuild what was ours. We call upon those of the Brass Coast to acknowledge the importance of the council of Dhomiros in representing the families of the Freeborn, serving the Bass Coast with the same vigilance and wisdom they serve their own families.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (148-12)
===Judgement 110===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Nigel Hornbeam
* '''Judgement:''' We the Marcher Assembly accept the peerless kinship of Highguard and their unconquered to aid the beaters of the Mourn and the rest of the Marchers in patrolling our borders against the many incoming threats. We encourage the Beaters to report any sightings of peril to the Bailiff of the Downs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150-0). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 173.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Full_of_sacred_sound#A_Peerless_Kinship|peerless kinship]] of [[Highguard]], [[offered]] during the Winter Solstice. While the Highborn ''could'' offer aid without a statement from the Marcher assembly, many [[I_already_know_you#A_Peerless_Kinship|felt it prudent]] to ask for guidance rather than risk making matters in the Marches worse.

===Judgement 111===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Exarch Luke
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue lies in choice and action. Virtues power to exalt transcends the boundaries of soul, spirit, and species, guiding and inspiring both orcs and humans to their highest destiny. Through the practice of virtue orcs and humans develop the strength, knowledge, and enlightenment which marks their highest potential as thinking beings. The doctrine of Enlightenment recognises that all sentient beings are capable of inspiration, yet the Empire's history is made in the blood and soiled Earth of thousands of brutalized people who we have put under the indignation of torture, cruelty, and genocide. Virtue demands we are better, and now our Emperor commands it! The Imperial Senate's use of the classification "Barbarians" is comparable to calling those people nothing better than animals. Enabling us to do anything and everything we wish to them. Denying their personhood, denying their ability to achieve enlightenment. As such we urge those pilgrims who hold some Loyalty to the Empire to seek out your politicians, your senators, your priests, and make them listen. We must cry out together: "enlightenment is for all! All must be treated with basic rights and dignity!"
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (306-69)

===Judgement 112===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' Grey pilgrims we walk the trods after hearing Navarr's call, so I ask that we hear their call again. Five years ago our own Senators raised the motion to share the herbs of High Chalcis with the Great Forest Orcs. We as a nation are undeniably part of their history beyond treaties signed by the Empire. Navarr looked to their loyalty (judgment 56) and Loyalty teaches that the truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. Navarr recognises this, so we will be moved by their actions. If the Great Forest orcs are family to the Navarr than they are our neighbors, and we will guard their souls as we would any citizen of the Empire. We do not boast, we act. So we act now, and in doing so we may still yet inspire others to greatness
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (379-0). The greater majority threshold for this statement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Great Forest Orcs]], to [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]], and to the [[Imperial Senate|Senate]] decision to [[Amend the use of the Gardens of High Chalcis|redistribute herbs]] to the orcs when they first came to [[Therunin]] as refugees from [[the Barrens]].
===Judgement 113===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Winifred Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We the Navarr Assembly encourage our bards to take their songs far and wide even beyond our borders so that all may come to know Navarr.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (238-0)
===Judgement 115===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Anisa i Mevidian i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The Shining Pillar that stood in Free Landing is destroyed, but the vision it represents need not be. It was said that Guerra incorporated her enchanted dowsing crystal, empowered by the Day realm, into the Shining Pillar. As we retake Free Landing, we call on the Red Wind Corsairs to perform a daring raid on Free Landing, to seek through the rubble for Guerra's crystal, and call on Freeborn following to do likewise. Let the crystal grant us clarity and vision as we divine with Glass the future of the Brass Coast.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (49-0)
* '''Notes:''' After serving as a beacon to the Freeborn corsairs for almost the entire history of the Brass Coast, the Shining Pillar was [[A_beacon_of_smoke#Save_the_Shining_Pillar_(Battle)|destroyed]] in Winter 385YE. Where the Pillar once stood is a ''[[The_cry_of_gulls#The_Darkened_Beacon|malestrom of chaos and destruction]]''; there is unfortunately no rubble to be searched.
===Judgement 116===
* '''Assembly:''' Naarr
* '''Raised By:''' Zakal Antigouan Shatterhorn
* '''Judgement:''' Cold Sun tried to destroy our heart in attacking Miaren. Every song we sing, every item we craft, every act of creation is an act of defiance. In this way, to create, sing, and dance we ask all Navarr to join the fight.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (216-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the attack by [[Cold Sun]] on the territory of [[Miaren]], which is [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|still ongoing]].
===Judgement 117===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Wade Boggs
* '''Judgement:''' A bad apple in the bushel rots the crop. The narcotics produced and imported by the second order apothecaries guild of Kaban in Axos block the imbibers connection to the Way, and as such are a serious spiritual threat to the Empire. We urge Imperial citizens to practice Vigilance and disavow the use and possession of these substances.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Axos#Tunnels_of_Kaban|Tunnels of Kaban]] are citadel in [[Axos]]. Specialist apothecaries such as ''Evander Slak'' and ''Hippolata of Kaban'' have been [[Ten_travellers_tales#Too_Lotus,_Too_Furious|regular visitors]] to [[Anvil]] for a year or more, although some have [[I_remember_you#Apothecaries_of_Axos|recently declared]] an intention to curtail their activities in the Empire to a degree.
===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dayanara i Cabeza i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' As priests of Virtue and the Way there is great Pride to be found in bringing the word of the Way and the Doctrine of Enlightenment to those who are lost. The leaders of Asavea have made clear they abhor those who preach the Way and that the cost of this actions is blood. Priests of the Brass Coast should draw on their Courage and Ambition to bring news of the Doctrine of Enlightenment to the citizens and slaves of Asavea alike. The souls of these people is in our hands and it is our duty to provide them guidance. Everything has a price, even saving the souls of those not following the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the recent effort to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of Speech]]''.
===Judgement 120===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Heroes' Champion
* '''Judgement:''' The Thule have freed their slaves and their skeins need guidance. Mediators travel to the Silver Peaks, their eyes wide with vigilance. They take their trade and hospitality north. They live their lives with Virtue, and set an example to those who are searching, helping them find their path.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld - Withdrawn

===Judgement 121===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Mauriac
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous apply what they have learned; our mandate is to spread understanding and to serve as an example of that understanding. When our judgements are based on subjective opinions, or done out of personal greed, we undermine the foundations of the spiritual duty with which we have been entrusted.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-394)
===Judgement 125===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Holberg, greatest city in the World, also produces the greatest victuals in the World. Agramant, through his cultists, seeks to turn this fact against us! Citizens of the League, look to the Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage for their guidance on where to find the best quality victuals.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (288-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage]] is expected to spread fine quality Holberg victuals across the Empire, with a special emphasis on premium sausage. See also [[#Judgement 90|Judgement 90]].
===Judgement 126===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Julliette of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Navarr thorns. Let us take Pride in their achievements by joining our siblings in Navarr and sending forth units to explore the Terunael ruins.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (324-10)
===Judgement 127===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Caoimha Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' The Montainans and the Great Forest Orcs are not one and the same. The assurances we extend to the Great Forest Orcs are not appropriate to the Montainians. However the Montainins are dear to our friends and their destruction will not benefit the Empire in Virtue or in pragmatism. We will not stand idly by if they are threatened.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (236-20)
* '''Notes:''' While the Montainian faction of [[the Barrens]] has [[Ripples_and_shadows#Hope's_Rest|been destroyed]], a number of survivors - primarily children, young parents, those too infirm to fight, or those who opposed armed resistance - were offered [[All_those_moments#Great_Forest_Orcs|unconditional sanctuary]] by the [[Great Forest Orcs]].
===Judgement 130===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ironvigil Rikke the Relentless
* '''Judgement:''' The Blood on Snow cult leader Maarik Goldentongue has lived too long, fleeing to the Silver Peaks. Now the Ambassador to Otkodov is elected as Kindra Surefoot, a Winterborn, the Thule have granted sanction to hunt her within that area. I call on the 'Mark's hunters, our scouts, our heroes to find and end her now before she can flee. We must root out and destroy this scion of evil. Hunt with me!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (274-0)
* '''Notes:''' References Wintermark-Thule relations, discussed in further detail in the ''[[Say_her_name#A_Change_of_Tune|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 131===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Shrike, of House du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' The bird leashed to the hand cannot be called loyal only the bird which is allowed to fly free and still chooses to return to its masters hand is truly loyal. Loyalty is shown most strongly in the face of temptation and in the choices we are presented with. Citizens must be free to make their own destinies and pursue their own hearts according to their own loyalties. Being faithful when no other option is permitted is not loyalty. Only by being allowed to fly free can we truly judge the loyalty of our own flock. Loyalty should be chosen and not forced.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (360-0)

===Judgement 132===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Clytemnestra
* '''Judgement:''' People of Urizen - mages, sentinels, sword scholars - come with me on pilgrimage to learn about Marcher land! Jedediah Boon of the Ore Hills inspired me with his pride in his land and his people and I want our people to learn about the pride and virtue of The Marcher's connection to their Land. Come with me in the Autumn. Let us learn of Marcher farming, Marcher pride, and let us help to bring the harvest home.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-0)

===Judgement 135===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Leolaani
* '''Judgement:''' All hail Billimund and Tancred of the Emerald Dogs for their Ambition! All hail Arlen, Reeve of the Greenforest Fair, and all those who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and uncover a treasure trove of herbs. Let us honour their achievement and reap the reward of their glorious action by questing in the Greenwood and claiming the bounty within.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-10)
* '''Notes:''' Dawnish [[military unit|military units]] can take part in the ''[[Military_unit#Quest_against_the_Vallorn|quest against the vallorn]]'' [[Military_unit#Adventures|adventure]], which allows them to seek [[glory]] in the depths of vallorn-infested [[Brocéliande]], facing vallornspawn, orcs, and perhaps even stranger things (such as monsters from the Spring realm), as well as exploring ancient Terunael ruins.
===Judgement 136===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Neala Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' The thorns have spoken, they find our national assembly to be "out of touch". To encourage cohesion within our nation chaplains have been appointed. It is wise to share knowledge and to guide the virtue of our thorns, scouts, and generals. We uphold: Ioan Longashdow as chaplain to the military council; Eirlys Blackhawk as chaplain to the Thorns and Zakal Shatterhorn as Chaplain to the scouts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-88)
===Judgement 137===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Aurum Nightingale
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. This assembly calls upon the priests of Urizen to make all haste to Spiral and provide spiritual protection to all Urizen citizens and our Urizen kin, that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 167|Judgement 167]]

===Judgement 138===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Lia Adelaar
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of the League, let us recognise our Empire siblings Highguard, who this summit completed their reckoning with us by delivery of the last of 50 wains. We acknowledge the reckoning complete and invite Highguard to contact the Bishop Estella the Wanderer to arrange a clebration together at the next Winter summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (284-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 169|Judgement 169]].

===Judgement 143===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti
* '''Judgement:''' Stand strong Varushka! The national assembly urges courage from the soldiery of Varushka to stand firm against the predation of the Schlacta of Rot! We call upon the military units of Varushka to band together to oppose its threat!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Schlacta of Rot, also known as the Deadwood Knight, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 144===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Amris Johan Merikovich
* '''Judgement:''' Our virtuous armies and citizens have succeeded in shattering the Cold Sun aggressors in Varushka through usage of the might of the Vards and the cunning of the Ushkans. However some remnants remain. We call upon all virtuous citizens to root out and obliterate any trace of the Cold Sun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (256-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the remnants of the Cold Sun in [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]] army of ''scions'' who, with the defeat of their army, [[Eclipse#Hammer_Blows_(Karov)|continue to threaten]] the people of [[Karov]].
===Judgement 145===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Drakov
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit we agreed to "give aid and access" to our friends, the Imperial Orcs in their Bone Pilgrimage. Now Skywise Karrak asks for our help to locate the bones and/or items of worth belonging to Tagga, mother of Thrace. She fell in Spring 323, fighting the Golden Axe in Korotny during the Rebellion. Cousins, search your stores, shelves, and secret places. Let us do all we can to help achieve the Ambition of one and build the Pride of many.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (258-0)
* '''Notes:''' Appears to refer to the [[orc]] ''Tagga'' who was the subject of [[On Tagga|recent research]] by the [[Lepidean Librarian]]. The circumstances [[On_Tagga#Death|surrounding her death]] strongly suggest her body was burned to ashes by the victorious Varushkans alongside those of the other orcs killed in the engagement where she died, making it extremely unlikely any of her remains persist today.
===Judgement 146===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Milosz Casimirov Volny
* '''Judgement:''' Delev stands! Duzekani is burnt but Imperial! The Varushkan national assembly calls for the recognition of those Imperial heroes and troops from Dawn, Navarr, and Varushka for their courage in the face of oblivion!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ''Battle of Delev'' and the defence of Duzekani against the [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]]. The names of individual captains who supported the armies there can be found in the [[Imperial Roll of Honour#385YE Winter Solstice|Imperial Roll of Honour]].

===Judgement 147===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Rooslan Stannich Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We the Varushkan national assembly recognize Vitaly Gregorovich Dukov and Vasaly Krenyentov Valeskai Storscovich's great prosperity which has enriched us all since the death of Empress Britta. Their hard work and prideful competition has led to the creation of the Iron Helms, the enlargement of the Golden Axe, the construction of the Iron Roads, the fortifications of the Grim Hold and Alexandra's Watch, and the construction of the Shrine of the Maze of Zoria. We thank them and applaud their virtuous contribution to the expansion of the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (220-12)

===Judgement 148===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Illya Nikovitch Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The wise know that all knowledge is incomplete and the vigilant seek out the poison in their neighbour's fields. The national assembly of Varushka calls fro the creation of a "dark archive" of sovereign lore, where the virtuous citizens of Varushka may share their knowledge of the sovereigns, to better understand and examine the veracity of said knowledge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-10)

===Judgement 149===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome the Highborn national assemblies expertise on Hatred, the blight that festered in the breast of their Pegasus for over a year. If they feel the general of the Iron Helms Has fallen to this spectre of Highguard's past or any other false virtue we invite them to bring their evidence before our assembly. If they have proof that the commitment of our soldiers to do whatever it takes to defend our Empire, and those they love, endangers their spirit or the spirits of those they fight, we again invite the Highborn to bring evidence of this oft repeated claim to our hearth so we may take action. Have caution that you do not find our ways unsettling or offensive simply because they are different to your own. War is not as clean as your beloved chessboard suggests but dirty is not synonymous with unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-14)

===Judgement 150===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Konstantin Rabovich Bolothikov
* '''Judgement:''' As partners in greatness for the last year, Varushka and Highguard have shared guidance and inspiration, most recently joining in full-voiced commitment to banish Oblivion from our borders. Varsuhka's vigilance also allowed us to guide our sibling away from their well-meaning but potentially disastrous mission to Otkodov. With the turning of the new year we should look to our Urizeni cousins. By their boundless ambition and our hardworn wisdom, we will challenge each other to reach new heights as partners in greatness.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-10)

===Judgement 153===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Pallatius Dragonsong
* '''Judgement:''' Our territories have been twice cursed, both by Marcher citizens. From both seasons of casting, the casters are either dead, or have been declared sorcerers by members of their own nation. They have also been shunned by their national assembly. This is not, and will not be, a curse war between us. We have chosen not to retaliate in kind for we do not want to put the wider popuous through the hardships you have faced with poise and courage. There is strength in virtue. Rise up, not tear down, those we choose to stand next to.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (196-10)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl Ailsa Temerlaine
* '''Judgement:''' Varushka wants Dawn to "bow" to their traditions in regards to the Dho'uala and give it Imperial citizens in sacrifice. In simple terms, NO, SHAN'T. The details: we will not take actions that condemn souls and keep citizens from the Labyrinth. We will not engage in human sacrifice We will not engage in idolatry. The Dho'uala already takes innocent souls. We do not bow.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the horror [[Dho'uala]] that lairs in [[the Semmerlak]]. Seems to reference the [[The_horror_and_the_wild#Those_Who_No_Longer_Need_To_Live|proposal to perform executions]] by drowning in the lake which was [[The_lake_and_the_deep,_dark_woods|proposed]] by the senator for [[Karov]] during the Autumn Equinox but withdrawn without being discussed in Senate.
===Judgement 155===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Levi of the Navigators
* '''Judgement:''' I wish to publicly and personally apologise to Alderai the Fair, general of the Iron Helms, for the statement made last summit regarding their revocation. It was based on incorrect and ill informed information. Wisdom encourages us to recognise our mistakes and learn from them. I will use this as an opportunity to learn, to be certain of current information before putting statements forward and slandering an Imperial citizen.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (748-68)
* '''Notes:''' References [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_49|Judgement 49]] from the Winter Solstice 385YE.
===Judgement 157===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eldrid Vestardottir
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Wintermark believe that the general of the Fist of the Mountain should and always be also a mystic in order to better lead by example and background.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld: Withdrawn (0-40)
===Judgement 158===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Rhisiart Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' Liathaven is a tomb and a shame of our people. For too long it has been forgotten and ignored. The military council always state "next season". The time for action is now, as Navarr armies will seek its liberation, turn every ring, and every effort to liberate the birthplace of the trods. Liathaven lives!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (72-54)
===Judgement 160===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asier i Elia i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The courageous stand up for what is right, even in the face of fear. The loyal stand beside their allies, even in hardship. The proud protect their home, and those they live alongside. In offering refuge to displaced Freeborn, and in the defence of Madruga against the Grendel and their former subjugators, the Asaveans. The Marracossans of Trajadoz demonstrated all of the above. They chose to act virtuously, despite their continued devotion to the plenum's false pantheon. We, the Freeborn, recognise their efforts, thank them, and stand beside them in Courage, Loyalty, and Pride in Madruga. Let their virtuous choice act as an example to all people throughout the world that anyone with a choice can choose virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (128-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Marracossans are former Asaveans who fled to the Empire following the failure of their rebellion against the Plenum. The Senate [[Cede_Trajadoz|ceded]] the largely abandoned town of [[Madruga#Trajadoz|Trajadoz]] in [[Madruga]] to them. During the recent [[The_cry_of_gulls#Counting_Games|fighting in Madruga]], a number of Marracossan [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisans]] joined the Imperial forces fighting the Grendel.

===Judgement 166===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Athiel Westernborn of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' The inspirational acts of Alberto and Amika Acciai, Asavean Priests of the Way could not have spread without the invaluable support of the virtuous priests and wayfarers from every nation. We stand with all Imperial missionaries in Asavea and offer our full support and guidance to them, should they require it. We are ready to propitiate the spreading of the Way of Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1054-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the efforts to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 167===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Fabin Costas de Sarnds
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. The assembly calls upon the priests of the League to make all haste to Apulian and Spiral, and provide spiritual protection to all citizens that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-22)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 137|Judgement 137]]

===Judgement 169===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Speaker Abraham
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of Highguard, let us celebrate the completion of our reckoning with our Empire siblings the League. We hope to celebrate together at the next Winter summit to nurture our growing friendship.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (289-20)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 138|Judgement 138]].
===Judgement 170===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tamar
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn! The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (363-10). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 393.
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 171|Judgement 171]].
===Judgement 171===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Charito
* '''Judgement:''' Urizen. The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring any ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 170|Judgement 170]].
===Judgement 173===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rey Fosterbrooke
* '''Judgement:''' The Marchers are not striking this time. The Throne has acknowledged our grievances, and promised an address where they consider cursing Imperial territories acts of treason. Further as Master of Magic, that action will be taken. With these and other acknowledgements by Imperial bodies, the Marcher farmers choose not to put Imperial prosperity at risk, for repeated slights. Lets judge this field by its harvest.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (194-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent events involving Urizen and the Marches, further discussed in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune. It's not clear which [[The_Throne#Powers_of_Magic|power]] of [[the Throne]] is being referenced here, as [[Archmage#Master_of_Magic|Master of Magic]] is a power of the [[Archmage|Archmages]].
===Judgement 174===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Keziah
* '''Judgement:''' In these times - when our understanding of doctrine is rapidly changing under the guidance of a small inner circle of theologians at Anvil - it is important for the virtuous common citizens of Highguard to attend Anvil, so that they may hold their Assembly to account when they might err.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (262-0)
===Judgement 175===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Aemon of the Suns of Couros
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn, be ever vigilant! The foul parasite of reality, the Whisper Gallery, have created abominations that wear the surgically removed faces of our sibilings as disguises. Stay away and report these sightings to the magistrates and your inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (278-0)
===Judgement 177===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Verres
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire plans to cast Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea across the Bay of Catazar to hinder and strike at the Grendel. Urizeni of Redoubt and Spiral prepare for storms to come as we defend ourselves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-8)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 178===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Alessi of the Basilisks of the labyrinth
* '''Judgement:''' People of Necropolis have Courage. A flood is coming that you can mitigate with planning, Vigilance, and Courage.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (272-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 179===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jhonathen Piper
* '''Judgement:''' Marcher food fills the bellies of heroes. Our threat to strike has shown that some heroes have gone hungrier than others. We the Marcher Assembly call for farmers to charge Freeborn armies less, but the rest of the Empire's armies more. Marchers are Loyal to our allies, and our hospitality knows no bounds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108-12)
===Judgement 182===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Redhand Iris
* '''Judgement:''' We remember all those who fell in the battle for White Storm Pass, we will not let them have died in vain, though the Cold Sun may unleash a fresh winter, we shall endure. Protect your lives, protect the great herd, protect the land. This is our home, we shall not falter.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the engagement with the ''scions'' of [[Cold Sun]] [[Eclipse#Doorways_(Skarsind)|threatening]] [[Storm_Shaman#Whitelake_and_the_Storm_Pass|Whitelake]].
===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' The Brass Coast
* '''Raised By:''' Anna Laya Del-Toro
* '''Judgement:''' Assembly calls upon citizens in the vicinity of the Great Grasses to practice Wisdom and Vigilance regarding the ongoing blight. Affected areas should be avoided at all costs. If you observe any new developments in the blight, the proper authorities should be notified immediately.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (140-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the threat of the [[Madruga#Great Grasses|Blightheart]] in [[Madruga]], and the dry partricians, as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parched earth]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 184===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Palladius Ravenspire
* '''Judgement:''' There is no evidence the soul resides in the heart, and through insight there is evidence that contradicts the claim that eating a heart transfers the soul. As such the claims of the Ramora family fail the test of Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-0)
===Judgement 186===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
* '''Judgement:''' Only fools accept hearsay as truth. We the Varushkan Assembly invite those who criticize the Iron Helm's tactics and the ability of their general to wield them to speak to those who have spent time with Alderei in Military Council, the leaders of the military units who have fought alongside the Helms and of course General Alderei herself. We invite them to speak to the people of Karov present in Anvil, many of whom petitioned Alderei directly to send her army to attack the Cold Sun threatening our homes. We invite them most of all to closely read the Civil Service reports between summits at Anvil, which quite clearly stated before the Winter Solstice that while the Iron Helms disrupted the lives of many of the barbarian Black Wind sept, the only ones targeted and killed were their leaders, not their "oldest and youngest" as Levi of the Navigators would ahve had the General Assembly believe (Judgement 49 Winter 385YE).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (208-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Iron Helms]], and their recent engagements [[Eclipse#Blade_of_Skies|in Karov]] and [[Ripples_and_shadows#Black_Wind|in the Barrens]].
===Judgement 187===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Quijano i Remora i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The General Assembly lauds and recognises the family Remora for sharing, disputating and interpreting - for Virtuous and especially Prosperous ends - the ancient Axou ''necromantia'' in their possession. We further encourage Synod members to seek out and learn from the family Remora.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (328-402)
===Judgement 188===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Knott
* '''Judgement:''' When ink flows too thin, it is best thickened with blood. The slaughter of the Montanians has left the Great Forest Orcs distrustful of Imperial paper. Navarr understands this and is sealing their commitments not on paper, but their very skin. We commend Navarr for reaching their kin through mutual tradition - actions the Great Forest Orcs can understand and can trust. Actions that bring your two people ever closer. But remember what still seperates you. We encourage Navarr t oseek counsel from those who have walked this path before. None has been more successful than the Unshackled in melding the Way of the Empire with the traditions of Acestors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the complex political situation in [[the Barrens]], and specifically the concerns of the [[Great Forest Orcs]] as discussed in the ''[[Little_mercy#Great_Forest_Orcs|Little mercy]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 189===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Zbigniew Mrakovna
* '''Judgement:''' Vicious trudniki are preying on the Ketsov who have strayed into their domain, lured by untold riches. They are monsters with the face of family but the wise know the truth. We call to shlacta and wardens to be wary of these creatures as they roam. There will come a time soon when we will have to bargain and bind these creatures to ensure Ossium's safety. Go in Virtue, act in Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-10)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Gralka
* '''Judgement:''' Pride reaches out through the foothills and down to the heartlands even as the snow falls. A call is made to the Imperial Orc/Unshackled nation to gather at 11:30 on the first night of the next summit. We will discuss our new language of symbols. Make choices and move one step closer to its completion. Cold Sun came to Skarsind to smother our spirit in slaughter, but it can never kill our virtue or our nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (56-0)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Rykana
* '''Judgement:''' The orcs of Skarsind mark a monumental time in our history, as we claim a second territory in Mareave. Preachers and pilgrims, let us venture forward in virtue to seek better understanding of wof what challenges we face in this new land.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (66-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the allocation of [[Mareave]] as part of the [[Imperial Orcs]] nation. Further discussion of Mareave as an Imperial territory can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 198===
* '''Assembly:''' The League
* '''Raised By:''' Ortenzia di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly warns League citizens on the coast: foam and spittle of the furious sea has been cast on the Bay of Catazar to frutrate and ruin the Grendel. Only Vigilance and Courage can defend lives and Prosperity of the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 199===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Cynerik
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Ishal have left their roost to investigate better ways to guide Wintermark. The stormcrows urge the Wisdom to consider our mystic ways and the Vigilance to seek signs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (80-0)
===Judgement 201===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Zadkiel
* '''Judgement:''' 'It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way!" - Emperor Vesna 385YE. We the Nine believe it is imperative to support the missionary work in Asavea. We must bring the way to its people no matter the cost. In support of judgement 28.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to efforts to send missionaries and [[wayfarers]] to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 202===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer
* '''Judgement:''' Our destiny is our own. The Law of Idolatry sets out examples, but does not limit our judgement. The intent behind this is to prevent any - citizen or state - from willingly giving their agency to another entity above their own.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Religious_crime#Idolatry|crime of Idolatry]] is defined as "Subsuming human will and destiny to any inhuman entity or force. This includes the worship, veneration or exaltation of any such being or power."
===Judgement 203===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Gaelen Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' The Council of Nine directs the Silent Bell to investigate the threat that the Sovereign Dho'uala poses to Imperial citizens around the Semmerlak, and how it might be countered Virtuously.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]], and the entity known as [[Dho'uala]] that inhabits [[the Semmerlak]].
===Judgement 207===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Peregrine Boon
* '''Judgement:''' We renounce and condemn the actions of Hugh Farrier. What he has done is wrong! Next summit, he is to be shunned by the Marches and should be stripped of his position. His plans to curse Urizen is against the sentiment of the Marches. We understand the devastation curses cause and as an act of penance, any curse performed on Urizen from a Marcher is to be followed by recompence. This mine is trapped. There is nothing left to dig.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (238-12)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to relate to the situation between the Marches and Urizen, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 209===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' Threshers who pat sorcerors on the back, even when they harm rituals, are no threshers at all! Shame on those who praise Marcher sorcerors! Our courageous Linley Weaver is a fine Marcher who stood and enacted a Thresher's job greatly!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (250-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to reference the [[Sound_the_bells#Turn_the_Other_Field|ongoing support]] of Marcher citizens and [[thresher|threshers]] for the magicians who [[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|cursed Urizen]] during the Spring Equinox.
===Judgement 210===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Tulva
* '''Judgement:''' Let me reach out to you in Skarsnid for time is short. The home of the Storm Shaman has been destroyed by the Cold Sun. We bled for our home and remember the fallen but we were not enough. An avalanche will sweep down, a storm of winter cold. Evacuate its path. Protect each other, hold to your loyalties, and be vigilant for the dangers that come.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (64-0)

==Mandate==
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Vassa
* '''Judgement:''' Thrace laid the foundation for the Imperial Orcs nation, but died before he ever saw his people build on his legacy and inspiration. We send Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer with a dose of true liao to consecrate the Legion's Rookery in Skarsind in the name of Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1992-32); Margin of 1960
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Ambition at Legion's Rookery in Skarsind. As detailed in the [[The_Ambition_of_Thrace#Building_a_Nation_(Skarsind)|The Ambition of Thrace]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lepidina
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome dialogue with the Apulians to further our collective understanding of the Way, and lift each other up in virtue. We send Lepidina with 25 doses of liao to encourage those Urizen magicians who have decided to stay to share the best of Urizen culture with the League. Let us share our values with them and make Apulian a city founded on philosophy, learning and a vision for a better future.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (238-22); Margin of 216
* '''Enacted.''' This mandate will have a slow but inexorable effect on the culture of Apulian, shaping the future of the newest City of [[the League]]. As detailed in the [[Blue_flowers_in_the_snow#Outreach|Blue flowers in the snow]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' For our Empire to offer sanctuary only to those we find convenient is to pretend at compassion while concealing the heart of a coward. We send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to encourage Navarr to reach out to all who call Peytaht their home, swearing to protect orc and human alike regardless of their beliefs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (190-154); Margin of 36
* '''Not Enacted:''' This mandate was in competition with Judgement 56.
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]]

===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Brynn Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (252-58); Margin of 194
* '''Enacted.''' The fears of the Great Forest Orcs have been soothed. Those who have established steadings in Hercynia and Miaren will be reassured that they can continue to build lives alongside the Navarr. Some of those who still live in Therunin will remain behind, even as most of them return to the Heart of Peytaht, the bonds of friendship strengthened. As detailed in the [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] wind of fortune
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] and [[#Judgement 124|Judgement 124]]

===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' Gerallt Brackensong was an inspiration to all those who take Pride in songs and stories that exalt their nation. We send Brodi Brackensong with a dose of true liao to consecrate a school at First Voice Glade in Miaren in the name of Pride.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (898-202); Margin of 696
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Pride at the ruined [[Dean_of_the_First_Voice_Glade#First_Voice_Glade_(Ruined)|First Voice Glade]] in Miaren. As detailed in the [[The_Pride_of_Gerallt_Brackensong#First_Voice_Glade_(Miaren)|The Pride of Gerallt Brackensong]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Oleander Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Empty Hands march on the site of the first binding of thorns, and the birthplace of our nation. We send Oleander Ashwood with 75 doses of liao to ensure that this army doesn't desecrate this site with their presence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-18); Margin of 288
* '''Enacted.''' Encourages the people of Miaren to support the Navarri who support an army against Cold Sun, providing two random herbs to every military unit that supports an army fighting the Empty Hands. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grey Stone
* '''Judgement:''' Good Walder was an inspiration to the prosperous regardless of where his last resting place is found. We send Tom Appleseed with a dose of true liao to consecrate the shrine at Good Walder's Orchard in Mitwold in the name of Prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1256-126); Margin of 1130
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Prosperity at [[Keeper_of_the_Orchard#Good_Walder's_Orchard|Good Walder's Orchard]] in Mitwold. As detailed in the [[The_Prosperity_of_Good_Walder#Good_Walder's_Orchard|The Prosperity of Good Walder]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 119===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in the Mournwold know that the Tusks will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-20); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' The Tusks will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mournwold. If Mournwold is attacked and the Tusks are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 122===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Firesong Kirra
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (68-0); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' This relates to the creation of the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|Library of Worth]] in [[Skarsind]]. The Imperial Orcs will donate 4 wains of white granite and 8 crowns to support the commission each season for the next year. This will exhaust their capacity to support other important causes; it will be impossible to use a mandate to urge the Imperial Orcs to support another commission or similar project that needed help.

===Judgement 124===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Kellin Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' I use the power of Eyes of Loyalty to send Kellin Embercast with 25 doses of liao to support "''We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs''"
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (376-0); Margin of 376
* '''Enacted.''' Supports [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] with the [[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]].

===Judgement 128===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Stiv
* '''Judgement:''' All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. We send Yerende Delk with two liao to ask the sept to provide High Chalcis with herbsheart so that they might prosper. Let us show them our peerless kinship!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (78-0); Margin of 78
* '''Enacted.''' The Yerende will provide the Gardens of Chalcis with a small supply of herbsheart each season, raising the level of investment in herb gardens by one in Reikos providing every herb garden with one realmsroot each season. As detailed in the [[Standing_in_the_sun#Herbsheart|Standing in the sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 133===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Lievevos van Houten van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' We prepare for malice, but must always thwart malice before it strikes against you. We send Lievevos van Houten van Holberg with 25 liao to Spiral to urge all vigilant citizens to seek out threats and drag them into the light.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0); Margin of 186
* '''Enacted.''' The Vigilant from across the Empire will travel to [[Spiral]] and work with pilgrims there to root out threats. As detailed in the [[Knocking_on_every_door#Shine_a_Light|Knocking on every door]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 151===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushkan
* '''Raised By:''' Anatoly Vassian Tatishchev
* '''Judgement:''' Strive for excellence in that of which you are proud! We send Anatolij Paukov Zorkin with 50 doses of liao to ask Varushkans to fund the Great Hall of Fabric Arts. Let no coin go unspent.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (246-0); Margin of 246
* '''Enacted.''' The people of Varushka will provide 20 wains of white granite and 40 crowns each season to the Great Hall of Fabric Arts in [[Karov]]. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_The_Folly_2|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 156===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Otterways
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Bryce the Hare with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Mitwold know that the Drakes will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (130-10); Margin of 120
* '''Enacted.''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 165===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Meredith
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Sister Meredith with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Upwold know that the Bounders will always call Upwold home, and they will never abandon it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-10); Margin of 130
* '''Enacted:''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 185===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Aracelis i Erigo with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (94-0); Margin of 94
* '''Enacted.''' Over the next season, and with the aid of [[Janon]], the quality of the [[Burning Falcon]] will change from Glorious to True Conviction. As detailed in the [[Various_storms_and_saints#Falcons_Ever_Brighter|Various storms and saints]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 195===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Val
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Luca i Taziel i Riqueza with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (0-32)

===Judgement 200===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (7-0); Margin of 7
* '''Not Enacted.''' It was not possible to raise this mandate in any [[Assembly]] other than the National Assembly of the Imperial Orcs. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

==Revocation==
The following judgements of [[revocation]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 129===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Aamu, Weir Whispering Wren
* '''Judgement:''' The Senators of Wintermark are meant to represent the needs of their people, ALL of their people. Senator Hengest Dunn for Hahnmark held the nation at spear point to get a member of his hall elected as General. Due to this, in failing to represent all of his constituents, we revoke Hengest Dunn as Senator for Hahnmark
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (220-46); Margin of 174

===Judgement 161===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Alistair
* '''Judgement:''' For lack of Vigilance in her dealings in the Barrens and a lack of Pride in these ambitions. We are calling for this revocation against Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak so that she has the time to reflect on the virtue of her actions and motivations to prove herself worthy of holding a position of high office.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (54-290)

==Challenge==
The following judgement of [[challenge]] was raised during the summit
===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We call Valeria, Custodian of the Claw to a Virtuous Challenge. Prosperity requires no mana left unspent, yet Valeria has not attended Anvil in some seasons, leaving the mana in the sinecure stagnant.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (204-0)
* '''Note:''' The title of [[Custodian of the Claw]] will be available to [[Challenge#Outcome|appoint]] at the Summer Solstice 386YE

==Inquisition==
The following judgements of [[inquisition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' I call Veikko Bondforger to inquisition at Sigehold Hall, Saturday 16:00. Let them demonstrate their efforts to rebuild their chains of loyalty and the courage to follow through
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (148-0)

===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement:''' I, Ingrid Sigeing, call Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar to inquisition, to examine his role in the creation of the Liberty Pact.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (30-0)

===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadqigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' I call Jarrigk Orzel to inquisition, as Inquisitor of Wisdom, over his role in the needless deaths of the Vendarri sept. At 1pm at the Varushkan National Hearth, we shall see what Wisdom and what Virtue informed the Consul's decisions. Right of Witness encouraged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (972-0)

===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When a senator proposes a motion they must be clear that they understand, and are willing to pay, the costs involved in that decision. Thus, we call Myshki Marishka Letuchaya, Senator of Karov, to inquisition. We look forward to an explanation of their ambitions. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386YE. At 11:30am in the Varuhskan Hearth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (810-52); Margin of 758

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Raine Tealeaf of Urizen has worked over the past year to undermine the reckoning between Urizen and the League, and to see Spiral returned to Urizen by fair means or foul. They have now abandoned that campaign. I call Raine Tealeaf to inquisition to discuss their pride in their past, their loyalty to their home, and their ambitions for the future; and to reckon up what they are owed and see that debt settled. Saturday of this summit, 6pm, Crimson Reaper Garrison. All welcome, especially those of Urizen and the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (770-0)

===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' I have already inquisited Fintan Nighthaven. The powers of inquisition do not let me jump straight to a judgement of sanction. Please vote for this judgement to see the result of that inquisition held at 11:30pm on the Saturday of last summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (568-266); Margin of 302

===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement:''' Despise the weakness that comes from pettiness and lack of vision! We call to inquisition Alexios of Ember's Wake, to weigh their ambition in passing a declaration in Conclave telling all the realms that without the ritual Dripping Echoes of the Fen, empowered by Sadogua, the Empire is undefended: 6pm Saturday in The Shade at the top of Urizen (facing Varushka). All priests of Ambition are encouraged to attend.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-32); Margin of 148

===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When Good Walder came upon a village he was pleased by those who shared their own good fortune with him in return for labour. Had they taken the food and drink from another village he would have rightly chastised them as thieves. The virtue fund exists to reward the deeds of those found worthy. It is not a coinpurse to draw on in advance of your actions. Using it as a fund to construct buildings denies the virtuous of their just rewards. In the past three years Pontus Figures has taken over 101 thrones to support buildings that should have been funded by other means. We call him to inquisition to explain these actions, and to give an accounting of where this money has gone. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386. At 3pm in House de Gavaine.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (672-12); Margin of 660

===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' Brother Harvest is a dangerous idolator and sorcerer and needs to be put down before he can do further harm! I elect Lenarius Ankarien, the Imperial Inquisitor, to delve into his actions and allies.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (146-0)

===Judgement 159===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' Come summer we will have some idea of who, if anyone, has take up the offers of Siakha and the effect that has had. Therefore I call Ibiss Briarheart, Archmage of Spring, to inquisition at 2:30pm, Saturday, Summer 386, Boundaryfolk Camp, Marches. Let us discuss how Siakha and other eternals seek undue influence over the Empire, to the detriment of virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (116-0)

===Judgement 163===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement:''' Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak, I call you to inquisition to discuss the matter of Dho'uala, the sovereign that dwells in the waters of the Semmerlak. 5:30pm, Saturday, Summer Solstice. Location to be agreed up on likely weather dependent.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (162-10); Margin of 152

===Judgement 172===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Allula du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' Lord Caine of House Vortekar, I call an inquisition on your pride. You sacrificed yours and your houses' pride and advocacy of the Conclave for the sake of a 4 thrones bribe. Where is Lord Caine's pride and what are his intentions for the good of the house? What stock should we take in our own pride if the heads of our house can be swayed with a few coppers. To take place at House Vortekar, next summit, Saturday 2pm.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (100-20); Margin of 80

===Judgement 176===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ardens of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' The House of the Wanderer invites Elagabala, sword scholar and proxy Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path, to inquisition next summit to discuss the future of the order. Elegabala has been informed and consents to the inquisition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (780-0)

===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' When someone's soul holds the testimony Virtuous Archmage, then this must be verified. I call to inquisition Ematius Ankarien, Archmage of Winter, at a time and place to be arranged next summit as his duties demand. Show us the arete you bring to the role.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)

===Judgement 194===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' I call to inquisition the outgoing High Bard, Protectorate Rile, to examine what they have encouraged in the music and culture in the Empire, and their outgoing collection of "Freedom" poetry. Time and place to be arranged, Summer Solstice 386YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-10); Margin of 124

===Judgement 204===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' As Imperial Inquisitor I call Finna i Fijadoz to inquisition at the Summer summit, to answer accusations of abuse of priestly powers.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 205===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Heilyn Bronwen's Rest
* '''Judgement:''' As Basilisk of the Bourse, I call Arlais Silent Tide to inquisition at 12:30 on Saturday of the Summer summit at the Silent Tide camp.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 206===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Arcane Inquisitor calls Edmundo, Archmage of Autumn, to examine his career, interactions and deals with eternals, and virtuous or unvirtuous conduct. If there are questions one wishes to submit, please attend. 4pm, Saturday. Hogsgrove Coppice Awning (or appropriate).
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 208===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' I call Hugh Farrier to an inquisition at the Marchers at Saturday at Equinox. In regard to his intent to fund a territory curse on Urizen land. It will take into note his position as Champion of Prosperity and thrice-celebrated hero of Virtue by the Synod.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (250-0)

==Sanction==
The following judgements of [[sanction]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' With regards to the Inquisition of Cassia Silkweaver, I find that their inquisition of Sagua i'Ezmara in Spring 385 was greatly flawed. Through inexperience and a desire to be thorough, Cassia collected a great deal of evidence, but put to much credence on hearsay and opinion, allowing herself to be swayed by arguments with little weight or significance. This lead to an unwarranted castigation of the then Master of the Koboldi, and ultimately Sagua losing their position. This would have been an abuse of priestly powers was I not convinced that Cassia's intentions were virtuous, even if the execution was lacking. As penance, Cassia should not undertake any further inquisitions without further consulting a Virtue Inquisitor
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (678-138); Margin of 540
===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate Rane Shardbearer in regards to their senatorial conduct surrounding the Barrens septs. I have found them to have acted virtuously under difficult circumstances. The decisions made were forced to be done under extreme time pressure by the civil service but Rane showed wisdom in acting upon what they knew at the time, keeping legal, moral, practical and virtuous concerns in mind as they did so. They acted out of loyalty to their friends, colleagues, and allies and did so with the courage to speak in support of controversial propositions when few others would do so.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)

===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Telyn Stormtree
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' I inquisited Anthemius Netherwatch on the Saturday of the Winter Solstice summit 385YE with regards to his leading of the casting of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. I found no malice in his actions, but a lack of balance in his appreciation of virtues. Too much Pride, not enough Vigilance. Indeed, I would like to call out any who claimed to warn him but did not actually act to stop the ritual. It is you who truly lack Vigilance. Inaction is a choice, just as action is. I have therefore given Anthemius a penance, to speak with Tiberius Stormspire Cascade in the next half-year, on the subject of Vigilance and who to apply it to the use of magic.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (102-112); Margin of 10

===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Elisandre de Rondell
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In the matter of the inquisition of Lady Clarice Novarion, we find that the Lady has acted with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-0)

===Judgement 100===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silas of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Cyrus, Daniel, Tirza and Enoch are examples of Active, Virtuous, and efficient priests. Their methodical work to uproot, expose and end those enemies within the Empire whilst ensuring their work never disturb the houses of state from doing their job sets an example to us all. I encourage all to follow their example. Wait not for titles. DO THE VIRTUOUS WORK. Wisdom Questions All. Silas.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (958-10); Margin of 948

===Judgement 105===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Aurum Nightingale has let loyalty guide all of his actions since they have turned up to Anvil. Their great loyalty has helped achieve great things in the Empire and to inspire others. They should continue to act in virtue and look to how they can let ambition drive them to greater virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (896-130); Margin of 766

===Judgement 123===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' On the matter of his role as a key voice in the Senate's decision to declare the Vendarri sept as barbarians, and their subsequent eradication by the Karass sept, I find Jarrigk Orzel's Wisdom insufficient. While he may not lack for other Virtues, I find in him a tendency to rely on assumption and hearsay, rather than proactively seeking relevant and factual information. Had he made the effort to seek out information and not assumed he likely would not have, for example, convinced the Senate through his testimony that declaring the Vendarri barbarians would not be the same as declaring war on them - which it categorically is. This inquisition is not for hindsight. In the moment, he acted on the information he had and I find him un-Wise but not un-Virtuous. Penance: May he carry the Hallowing of the Stormcrow. May he learn from others and seek knowledge to better serve the Empire. In a year, may he return to my hearth and be tested on what he has learned.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (984-10); Margin of 974

===Judgement 134===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate the virtue of Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, who acted with courage against the formidable foe of slavery in his work to form the Liberty Pact. His actions remind us of the heroism of the many acting as one, that a hero is called to great deeds over personal glory, and that the Steinr see the strengths of our fellows and urge them on to heroism.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-0)

===Judgement 139===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Senator Myshki Marishka Letuchaya has a great deal of ambition to protect her people. However, I have great concerns about her position on the exact terms of idolatry. Whilst I do not state that her mandate would have amounted to this crime, I fear that had it passed she would have placed civil servants in danger of engaging in it. As PENANCE I instruct the senator to speak with the varied National Assemblies to understand how other nations viewed her mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-144); Margin of 694

===Judgement 140===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Inquisiton of Sister Meredith: She has been thoroughly questioned on matters pertaining to her views and career. Her work with the Mourn orcs and the Mournwold are outstanding, her courage admirable. But her journey, despite everything, is not over!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (144-0)

===Judgement 141===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pontius Figures certainly demonstrates virtuous ambitions to complete great works. However, his use of the virtue fund raises two areas of deep concern. 1 - His habit of turning rewarding coin into white granite while granting himself a fee of 4 crowns per wain (example). 2 - A fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of rewarding. As penance he will explore ways to be more clear of his purpose in his judgements and how the rewarding will happen. He will be required to speak with the Virtue Assemblies within the next year to gain their input.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (852-124); Margin of 728

===Judgement 142===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pickers Goldleaf is many thing, a citizen who may be considered brash, clumsy, and headstrong. However, we do not find him greatly lacking virtue. There are questions regarding his ambition. He believes he has identified a fundamental flaw within the workings of the Imperial Senate, we challenge him to pursue a solution. As penance he will seek the counsel of ambition priests over the next summit for guidance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (776-44); Margin of 732

===Judgement 152===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Linnette Alighieri
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Lord Bohemond de Rondell, Senator of Astolat, has been inquisited over the matter of recent Dawnish actions in the Barrens. I find he acted following his understanding of virtue. However, his understanding does present weaknesses. For this reason I request the following penance: he shall converse with me and accept guidance over relevant matters over the next 4 seasons. Within this inquisition, a lack of efficient communication between the bodies of state has also been identified, which we shall discuss further as part of his penance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (234-10); Margin of 224

===Judgement 162===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following the Inquisition of Archavion Wolfbourne as represented by his adjutant and regarding his actions in the Barrens, we gave him a Penance. For one year, he will consult with the National Assembly of Dawn at least once per season, and the Fool of Glory shall accompany him to Military Council as an observer from the Assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-26); Margin of 108

===Judgement 164===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Gwendolyn de Vexille
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Aramis du Froste - you were called to inquisition so that you might answer for your actions as Senator for the Barrens and the impact you have had. I understand that you attempted to act in Virtue but find your understanding to be flawed. Still, I deem you worthy of support in rising in Virtue and thus I do not condemn. Rather, I offer penance: For the next 3 summits you shall seek my counsel as priest confessor at least once per summit. Together, in consultation with the Troubadours of Dawn, we will work to identify a project which may liberate and uplift those you have failed. You will raise 50T for this project.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-94); Margin of 28

===Judgement 168===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In Winter 384, Khalama i Radh i Guerra and the Sails of the First Flame cast Hallow of the Green World. Prosperity was not at the heart of this ritual, but nor did it have to be. Ambition is a Virtue, and more importantly Ambition was their Virtue. The Inquisitor cannot find fault in the Virtue of their action, and wishes to commend them for the Prosperity shown in their reaction: performing Blessing of New Spring at cost for those taking advantage of the ritual's opportunity. It is all too easy to claim sweet grapes but disown sour, during Inquisition Khalama exhibited the opposite behaviour. When pressed, he was quick to carry blame for the damage wrought, but hesitate to take credit for bounties brought. This does not warrant a Penance, merely an encouragement that if there is a next time, the Coven recognise the fruits of their labour. These rituals will grow both sweet and sour fruit, neither Coven nor Empire can forget that.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0)

===Judgement 180===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I talked with Sarah of the Suns of Couros about the death of Enoch of Felix Watch. Sarah acted with courage throughout and counselled Enoch to improve his courage. This vigilance enabled him to face circumstances with her and others vigilantly that led to eventually to his death. May he pass swiftly through the labyrinth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (132-0)

===Judgement 181===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I inquisited Veikko Bondforger and I am satisfied by the steps he has taken to mend his bonds. He has paid weregild, contributed his loyalty to projects of the Mark. More than that he has had the courage to have hard conversations with the Assembly of Loyalty, his nation, and his friends. He has looked into the dark of his soul and faced this with courage to improve himself and rebuild his bonds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-0)

===Judgement 192===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following my inquisition of Enchanter Kym of the Twisted Rose, I find that his motivations were entirely virtuous, with great loyalty and ambition for the future of the Barrens. However he took on Autumn magic approach to a Winter magic problem - and now he has passed into the Labyrinth. This was a Conclave problem brought to the Synod - the bridge of the Sevenfold Path goes both ways!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (562-18); Margin of 544

===Judgement 196===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Alexios said they first thought of raising the declaration after hearing of Sadogua's anger, expressing some influence on his will. They were also under the impression that the ritual had failed in Kallavesa. They believed Brat Umbral Path that Dripping Echoes of the Fen would never work again - since proved untrue. Alexios acknowledges now that claiming the Empire was undefended was poorly worded. They say their actions were motivated by loyalty to the Empire. Their declaration was carelessly worded, based on falsehoods, and showed a lack of ambition by not seeking other ways to defend the Empire. Yet they do acknowledge that no eternal can be trusted. And they have committed create an arcane projection to add to the Empire's defences. Their penance tis to meet with Lutobor as a priest of ambition every summit for a year, to report on progress in defending the Empire with ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-20); Margin of 70

===Judgement 197===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Last summit Fintan Nighthaven manifested the four word testimony "True Icon of Peace". As Inquisitor of the Way I immediately called him to an "informal" inquisition that evening. The inquisition was conducted under the light of the shield Bawnwatch, and its allowing drove me to rout whatever corruption there might have been in Fintans spirit. I found none. He has acted with utmost vigilance, routing the risk of military threats from Axos while recovering a relic of the faith. He did so without shedding a single drop of blood, and in the process secured our Empire valuable information about non imperial auras. His testimony reflects this magnificent feat. Discounting its miraculous nature simply because its wording makes us squeamish would only denigrate his success.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-58); Margin of 780

==Recognition==
The following judgements of [[recognition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise Amika Acciai, sixth child of the House of Steel, as an Exemplar of Ambition. He reached out to Rafael Barossa d'Apulian, seeking help with his goal to "engulf Asavea in a firestorm of change". ''Pilgrimage:''Amika travelled to the Temple of the Way in Nemoria and studied there under Sumaash and Imperial priests. ''Benevolence:'' Amika turned his family estate into a safe haven for followers of the Way fleeing persecution by the Plenum. ''Salvation:'' Amika freed his family's slaves and taught them the Way. These pilgrims infiltrated other estates and spread the Way to the slaves there. Amika led the attack on the Tarquinius family estate, killing the oppressors there and giving his life for the cause. ''Inspiration:'' Amika's death inspired his cousin Alberto, who led the attack on the city of Marlien that freed all the slaves there, and started the wave of unrest that is currently crashing across Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (320-10); Margin of 310
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Amika Acciai will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Eevi of the Gadrai
* '''Judgement:''' Dogri Thulebane is an Exemplar of Loyalty. The signs are clear. ''Inspiration:'' Dogri's words inspired more than 200 fighters to stand with him in defence of Crow's Keep and Skarsind. in 385YE Spring, Dogri's story was added to Wintermark's Chronicle of Heroism as a national inspiration. ''Benevolence:'' Dogri opened Crow's Keep to all Skarsind winterfolk who did not want to leave. When the battle of Crow's Keep was lost, he ordered his followers to escape with their lives rather than lead them to their death. ''Miracle:'' Upon his death, a spontaneous aura of Loyalty manifested on the amulet he was wearing with no intervention from practitioners of Liao ceremonies. ''Legacy:'' Crow's Ridge is the region where Crow's Keep is found. After Dogri's stand, Crow's Ridge was taken by the Thule but the scars of Thulebane remain. Crow's Ridge is Dogri's legacy and for that legacy we have been granted an opportunity in 385YE Sumer to create an inspirational tomb for him, in his final resting place; the Sovevann, Kallavesa with true liao
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (473-36); Margin of 437
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Dogri Thulebane will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

==Writ of Consecration==
The following [[writ of Consecration|Writs of Consecration]] were requested during the summit.
===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Lady Kaywenn de Orzel
* '''Judgement:''' It is the will of the Pride Assembly that a writ of consecration for an inspirational tomb, for the exemplar of Pride Ozren de Orzel, be raised to inspire pilgrims to celebrate the Pride within themselves and the Empire
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-20); Margin of 244

===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Serrusto Caeli Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Ambition seeks to consecrate the Towers of Dusk to Ambition, as an effort to restructure them after the Druj occupation, using a dose of true liao.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (326-16); Margin of 310

==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:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer''' was appointed with 142 votes. Eska Harakkadottir received 118 votes. Ser Purslane Artorious received 26 votes.

===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Gaelen Embercast''' was appointed with 174 votes. Fintan Nighthaven received 30 votes.

===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Eldrid Vestardottir''' was appointed with 124 votes. Lady Nimue de Rondell received 28 votes. Velika Prochnost received 10 votes.

===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Kellin Embercast''' was appointed with 92 votes. Eevi of the Gadrai received 80 votes. Father Edmund received 42 votes. Ser Sable received 10 votes.

===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arbiter of the Four Winds]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Athenus of the House of the Wanderer''' was appointed with 68 votes.

===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Jared of the Sentinel's Tower''' was appointed with 70 votes. Bryce of the Hare received 44 votes. Fenrys Burning Branch received 24 votes. Keelia Scorched Pine received 12 votes. Sylver Waystone Path received 12 votes. Dryn Embercast received 0 votes.

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arcane Inquisitor]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rhubarb Ironwood''' was appointed with 5 votes. Bryn Tendfallen received 4 votes. Ari of the Scarlet Guard received 0 votes. Brother Geoffrey Orchard received 0 votes. Callista of the Dark Shard received 0 votes. Casimir Pakkanovic Mislova received 0 votes. Clerabela Vicente d'Apulian received 0 votes. Galene Netherwatch received 0 votes. Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka received 0 votes.

===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of the Twin Roses]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Noble Seri of the Twisted Rose''' was appointed with 60 votes. Earl Ailsa Tamerlaine received 30 votes. Hieronyus Dowland received 20 votes.

===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[High Bard of the Empire]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Malcón i Dyrelnos i Erigo''' was appointed with 5 votes. Tarik of Ashenhall received 3 votes. Burnlin Drumheart received 0 votes. Jymi Handaxe received 0 votes. Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth received 0 votes. Mercy Summermuse received 0 votes. Sofonisba Amicara di Sarvos received 0 votes.

===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Speaker of the Crows]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Ingrid Sigeing''' was appointed with 220 votes.

===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Pride]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum''' was appointed with 176 votes. Kazimir Syrota Molenav received 10 votes.

===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Guardian of Britta's Memorial]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Neala Blackhawk''' was appointed with 66 votes.

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Lepidean Librarian]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower''' was appointed with 224 votes.

===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Prosperity]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hugh Farrier''' was appointed with 200 votes.

===Judgement 94===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Vauras 'Prosperity's Forge' Korppitkotka''' was appointed with 6 votes. Algernon Berinore received 2 votes. Jules von Holberg received 0 votes.

==Rewarding==
The following judgements of [[rewarding]] were sought during the summit.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Pontus Figures
* '''Judgement:''' Dialagos has presented the Empire with the chance to construct Prosperous Counting Houses that will increase the income to the virtue fund each season. This provides us an opportunity to invest now for benefits in perpetuity. Each house requires 5 White Granite, 5 Weirwood, and 30 crowns. We propose the virtue fund should take advantage and would ask for funds to acquire the needed resource to construct the house with the highest return at the point sufficient material has been gathered (currently Tassato for 16 crowns/season)> we seek the assemblies approval to purchase 2 wains of weirwood using 10 Thrones and 0 Crowns. Should this pass, further requests will be placed until the full balance of material is acquired. Last summit 2 wains were purchased for this endeavour.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (578-548); Margin of 30
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the counting house project [[Forwards_and_Rewards#Prosperity_and_Posterity|proposed]] by Dialagos of Urizen.

===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Teleri Thornweaver
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Brodi Brackensong with one dose of true liao to consecrate an inspirational location for Gerallt Brackensong, exemplar of Pride. Actual location to be decided as part of separate mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (630-444); Margin of 186

===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' For his continued work as the Friar of Honour's Rest in aiding the countless ghosts of the Mournwold move on to the next part of their spiritual journey, we reward Friar John of the Mourn 40 thrones. This should allow for the purchase of materials necessary for the construction of the Orchard of the Watch; a memorial for those that died during the liberation of the Mournwold. This will allow the souls to cease lingering, put an end to the territory's haunting, and create a site of remembrance for the survivors of this blood portion of Imperial history. The spirits of myriad heroes still haunt the ruins of Overton. The fear that their sacrifice will not be remembered keeps them from their rest. Priests of the Empire; let the virtue fund reward these virtuous souls for their service and sacrifice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (782-364); Margin of 418

===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grogfear Kraaida
* '''Judgement:''' For ten years Osgar Boarsnout has fought for the Empire with Courage and Loyalty. Starting as a simple footsoldier, Osgar was promoted to captain and then handpicked by Reidarr Bloodletter as their replacement as commander of the Heart of the Mark. For his unyielding Loyalty, Courage and Wisdom protecting the people of the Empire, the Synod awards Osgar 10 thrones. One for each year of service.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (418-446); Margin of 28

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Dolce di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Synod rewards Laurencio di Sarvos with Seven Thrones for his work supporting newcomers to Anvil, and in particular or the creation of the 'Deed of Debut'. The Deed of Debut is a document available to newcomers to Anvil that allows them to take advantage of a range of special offers provided by a variety of high-quality vendors in the League, including food, drink, archery, cicisbeos and more. This supports their introduction to Anvil, helps their money go further and supports the businesses and traders at Anvil. This rewarding could help spread this initiative to more vendors, more nations and support even more people newly arrived at Anvil.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (526-80); Margin of 446

===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Jules von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Too often the labour and toil of Artisans goes uncelebrated and is taken for granted, yet through their efforts are the heros of the Empire are better protected and better able to fight for the Empire and show the Way. So I call on the Synod to reward Marcus von Temeschwar, lone artisans of the celebrated Sea Wolves, with Fifty Crowns for tirelessly working to strengthen and protect those to whom he is loyal.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (378-534); Margin of 156

===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' 'Shacklebreaker' Thanmir Hrafnar
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Zadkiel de Couerdefer the sum of 20 thrones for their work to create a means of communication with the hitherto unknown nation of the Elakar. Zadkiel showed unfailing Pride in their own abilities and used these to acquire donations from citizens totalling 100 thrones used to acquire 40 rings of ilium needed to establish this communication. Zadkiel intends to use this rewarding to repay some of these donations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-304); Margin of 302

===Judgement 99===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sibling Amos of Tian's Return
* '''Judgement:''' Sibling Nekoda of the Shattered Tower has worked tirelessly to help new siblings at Anvil find their place within our great Empire - helping them achieve their ambitions with coins & liao from their own pocket. We call on the Assembly to reward them with 2 thrones so they can continue to inspire the next generation of virtuous heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (850-246); Margin of 604

===Judgement 102===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Luciana Valesi
* '''Judgement:''' Thanmir Hrafnar was instrumental in funding efforts to open communications, raising over 100T to make this diplomatic outreach possible. He displayed great Prosperity in making this mission possible, fuelled by great Pride in our Empire. We request 10 thrones from the virtue fund to reward these efforts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (388-144); Margin of 244

===Judgement 104===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aristeia Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' For the past four seasons Serenus Starsong and the coven of Storm's End have used their own mana to fund the APs and rituals that have revealed to us the names of the stars - Oak, Web, Phoenix, and Great Wyrm. We award Serenus 20 thrones from the Virtue Fund in recompense with Pride and recognition of their Ambitions.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (478-432); Margin of 46

==The Virtue Fund==
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:
{|
| ''Starting Value'' || 3 Rings ||
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 7 Rings || Donation by Crassus, for the Sand Fishers.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 11 Thrones, 4 Crowns || Donation by an anonymous individual on behalf of "A Prosperous Consortium".
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Beirth Martel.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Alistair.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Maelfaisance Remys.
|-
| ''Income'' || 85 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Rings || Donation by Finna.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 7 Thrones || Rewarding to Dolce di Sarvos following [[#Judgement 35|Judgement 35]] being upheld (a margin of 446).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 40 Thrones || Rewarding to Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra following [[#Judgement 18|Judgement 18]] being upheld (a margin of 418).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 20 Thrones || Rewarding to Thanmir "Shacklebreaker" Hrafnar following [[#Judgement 37|Judgement 37]] being upheld (a margin of 302).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Luciana Valesi following [[#Judgement 102|Judgement 102]] being upheld (a margin of 244).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Pontus Figures following [[#Judgement 6|Judgement 6]] being upheld (a margin of 30).
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Crown, 12 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Throne || Donation by Luca and a Marcher friend.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Veikko Bondforger.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 5 Rings || Donation by Belakov Zakharovich Prochnost.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Ring || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 2 Thrones || Rewarding to Amos following [[#Judgement 99|Judgement 99]] being upheld (a margin of 604).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones, 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Rewarding to Aristeia Starchaser following [[#Judgement 104|Judgement 104]] being upheld (a margin of 46) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings ||
|}

==Doses of True Liao==

Five doses of [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] were disbursed this summit:
* One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as [[the Throne]]
* One dose in connection to the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean University]] to Teleri Thornweaver via [[#Judgement 13|Judgement 13]]
* One dose to Idris Eternal by purchase in the [[Public auction|Public Auction]]
* One dose to Halwyn Splitroot by decision of the Gatekeepers
* One dose to Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer by decision of the Gatekeepers

==Special Considerations==
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Spring Equinox.
<table class='wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable'><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Assembly'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Consideration'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Link'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Duration'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. </td><td>[[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Urizen_Assembly|Urizen Link]], [[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Varushkan_Assembly|Varushka Link]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
</table>

==Alternative Mandates==
Prior to the summit, the following [[Mandate#Alternative Mandates|alternative mandates]] were proposed by members of the Synod.

{|
| '''Member''' || '''Link to mandate''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| Corey Wayfarer || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Morwenna Witheredrose || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Nathair Autumngale || [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] ||
|-
|}

386YE Spring Equinox Synod judgements

2024-06-27T11:35:11Z

Coolbeans: /* Judgement 120 */

[[Category: Synod]] [[Category:Synod Results]] [[Category: Synod Judgements]] [[Category: 386YE Spring]]
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==Overview==
During the Spring Equinox 386YE Summit, the [[Imperial Synod]] raised 210 [[judgement|judgements]].

==Statement of Principle==
===Judgement 4===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Doctor Lysimachus
* '''Judgement:''' While we Highborn are righteously committed to ensuring the Cold Sun is extinguished, we must not forget the other threats we still face and fight. While we focus on the Cold Sun on our doors and must prepare for Grendel on our shores, the Vallorn remains the greatest spiritual threat to the Empire and is no dormant threat. We formed the Grey Pilgrims to aid Navarr to end this threat, not just keep it at bay for another 1,000 years for others to deal with. In accordance with Sian Eternals statement to Navarr, once the Cold Sun have been snuffed out, even as we keep an eye upon the Grendel, we return to ensuring the Vallorn are eventually given a right permanent kicking in! When the time comes for just to act, whether sooner or later, we will Act with certainty.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld
* '''Notes:''' The [[Grey Pilgrim|Grey pilgrims]] were initially founded to oppose the threat of the [[vallorn]].
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===Judgement 7===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Vivaine Knotes
* '''Judgement:''' The Dawnish gave the Empire the Test of Arms, a minimum acceptable standard all combatent citizens shall be trained to by the Empire at no cost to themselves. But since when have we Dawnish settled for the minimum? Should we not strive for our acceptable standard to be higher than other nations? We would ask the nation of weavers and knights, what measures can we collectively take to ensure our minimum training surpasses that of the Imperial Test of Arms. Can the wisdom of our mentors, the magic of our witches or the establishments we build raise our bar higher for all of those Dawnish who fight for the Empire... In time, the other nations may follow. Let them, and we will raise the bar again. For too long has the Empire complacently accepted the same standard.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-58)
===Judgement 8===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Eska Harakkadottir
* '''Judgement:''' It is better by far to try and to fail than to fail to try. Day mages of the Empire, what is your Ambition? Despite being found guilty of treason, and attracting the attention of Cold Sun to the Empire through a series of unwise decisions, Skywise Gralka remains Arch Mage of Day unchallenged. The Synod calls upon the Conclave and its Grand Masters to uplift and encourage those with Courage, Ambition, and Pride to challenge for the position of Arch Mage of Day.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1018-532)
===Judgement 9===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Able the Taller
* '''Judgement:''' Together we forge an unbreakable chain stretching across our Empire. Each pilgrim is a thread in the net, a single link connected to many, strengthening and supporting one another, building up our fellows. Your Loyalty is not a precious gem to be hoarded away but a Bright Burning Brand to drive away the darkness of isolation. It is only through building towards the loyalties where all can hear, seek out those who share your feelings, and reach out across any boundary, be it regional, territorial, or even national. With Virtue we can build WONDERS and work MIRACLES. With Loyalty we will inspire the Empire to be the Storm of Change our Emperor commands and build the future that every citizen deserves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (496-0)
===Judgement 10===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Creighton Blackewater
* '''Judgement:''' It will soon be two years since the liberation of Rachensgrab, and yet even with three successful statements of principle there has been no mandate or any indication that the former slaves have had their stolen prosperity returned to them. Let us prove that, we the Synod, stand by our virtue and call upon the Empire to raise a fund to be distributed to all former slaves of Rachensgrab living in the Empire. Propserity Provides.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1382-164)
* '''Notes:''' References the events following the [[Burning|assault on the aerie of the slave lords]] of Rachensgrab in Winter 384YE, and the judgements of [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_165|Winter 384YE judgement 165]] [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_75|Autumn 385 judgement 75]], and [[385YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements#Judgement 162|WInter Solstice 385 judgement 162]]. The majority of the slaves freed in the fall of Rachensgrab were taken in by [[the Commonwealth]], with only a few choosing to make the journey to the Empire. There is no Imperial contact with the nations of the northern [[The_seven_seas#Sea_of_Steel|Sea of Steel]] where Rachensgrab once lay but recent developments have provided an opportunity for Imperial [[fleet|fleets]] and [[military unit|military units]] to visit the area around Rachensgrab, as detailed in the ''[[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 12===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Elagabala
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom calls for listening to expertise; applying what one knows, and finding practical solutions. The Sevenfold Path are the second-oldest Conclave Order; for centuries they have been responsible for ensuring the powers of Conclave are deployed in line with the Way of Virtue. They have held Conclave to account time and time again, and uplifted souls in Virtue over and over. The Synod should support the work of the Sevenfolk Path by encouraging Virtuous magicians to join the Order, seeking their expertise in the Virtuous application of magical might, and bequeathing them liao and other materials that will support their manifesto. The Sevenfold Path serves as a bridge between Synod and Conclave - we encourage Synod to make use of that bridge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (918-258)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]].
===Judgement 14===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ser Sable
* '''Judgement:''' When Dogri Thulebane refused to give up Skarsind we responded with the Iron Helms. When some of the people of Bregasland sided with Mathilda Fisher and her Jotun Masters we responded with the Magistrates. Why then when certain Urizzeni in Spiral cede from the Empire in open rebellion do we respond with the olive branch and concessions. Yes since the fall of Britta the title of Warmage has been held mainly by URizeni but I remind you that the first Warmage was a Warwitch named Jayne de Severnford it has never been a national position! I call on all nations to look to your Loyalty to those amongst you who may covet the title of Warmage and stand against this attack on their ambition if this title were made a national position under the rebels coercion. NO TO WARMAGE BEING A NATIONAL TITLE!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (774-718)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the complex political situation in [[Spiral]], most recently discussed in the ''[[The three pillars]]'' wind of fortune. The [[Warmage]] is an [[Imperial title]] that advises the [[Imperial Military Council]] on magical matters. The [[Imperial Senate]] voted to make the Imperial Warmage an [[Urizen]] national title [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Amend_title_of_Warmage_I|during the summit]].
===Judgement 16===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' Our conflict with Asavea is not merely political, it is a moral and spiritual conflict as well. Moral, because the Empire stands against slavery, wheras Asavean society stands upon the backs of slaves. Spiritual, because their desperate dependency on imaginary deities holds back from achieving their highest potential through experiencing the virtues. Their priesthood is corrupt, thinking only of preserving their own power, and not of the good of their people. The Synod should do all it can to aid followers of the Way in Asavea, so that it's people may be free to live in Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1738-12)
* '''Notes:''' References the war with the [[Asavean Archipelago]], and virtuous sects there as discussed in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 21===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Rinnah of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Kirenna called for every Freeborn citizen to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. Unasked, the Freeborn came and named their price. Highguard paid. Since, the Freeborn have faced an unprecedented storm of adversity, but have never wavered in their commitment. To live Virtue is to embrace it, and the virtue of every Freeborn citizen who contributed will echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Prosperity displayed in their labour, sweat and toil and invite the Freeborn to send a delegation of Sutannir to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only though these bonds of kinship can the Grand Inspiration enable the Way to reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 22===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dagon of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' A year ago, Friar John of the Mourn called for every citizen of the Marches to contribute whatever they could to support the raising of the Holy City at Bastion. The Marchers did so unasked, in recognition of the bonds that bind our Nations, our Empire and our Faith. Pride in small things, loyalty to great ones, the virtue of every Marcher citizen who contributed will truly echo through history for a thousand years. The Highborn recognise the Loyalty displayed in this unity of words and deed and invites the Marches to send a delegation of Monks and Friars to teach in Bastion upon its completion. They have earned their place alongside Highguard and should be welcomed to spread their perspective on the Way to pilgrims. Only through these bons of kinship can the Grand Inspiration of the Way reach every soul in existance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (457-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Grand Inspiration of the Way being raised in [[Bastion]], introduced in the ''[[Blood_will_thicken#No_Price_Is_Too_High|Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 28===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aspar
* '''Judgement:''' "It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way" - Emperor Vesna, 385YE. Many Asaveans yearn to embrace the Way. The Fire of Virtue smoulders on the archipelago. It is our duty to nurture this flame. It is our duty to show Asavea that the power of virtue exalts all. It is our duty to show the Asaveans that they have the courage and ambition to throw off the yoke of their masters, to reject the folly of their false gods, to remove the boot placed upon their neck and break the shackles of slavery that holds them from their highest destiny. Virtue lies in choice and action. There will be conflict, there will be blood. Consequences are the price of Ambition. We are willing to pay the cost.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (2326-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the situation in the [[Asavean Archipelago]], some details of which can be found in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 31===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Claude Deeds
* '''Judgement:''' To convert nonbelievers to the Way requires both words and deeds. It is not enough to say we wish to unite the world under the Way. We must also take courageous actions to do so. Let the Troubadours of Dawn study well how the Free Folk have been brought into the Empire, and into the Way. Dawn has led this charge. We listened to their questions. We defended them in the Synod. At the House of the Proffered Hand, in Astolat, the liberated now receive guidance in our faith. There are lessons here to learn. Let us learn them, and seek opportunities to put them into practice. Let us have the Courage to walk the long path of conversion - within our borders and beyond them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (408-0)
* '''Notes:''' Talks about the Free Folk, discussed most recently in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 34===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Severin de Rondell
* '''Judgement:''' Doctrine says that our spirits and our souls have a voice in the future. This our Empire is our voice, magnified by thousands. It is our responsibility in virtue to strengthen that voice, and not to weaken it. I do not command loyalty to the Empire but I say this, our ambition is too great for any one person to carry alone, our pride is in our fellows, our friends, and, yes, our foes, to work for the highest potential of the Empire is a virtuous thing. We are one Empire and we will strive together towards our shared future. We strive to act as the Exemplars and Paragons do to guide and teach benevolence that the actions marked by great virtue are those that benefit our Empire. For this benefits not just us, not just now but also our children and our future selves. We expect the greatest in virtue to have acted with benevolence and to bring the unvirtuous into the faith (salvation) as well as inspiring others to grow and build on their faith (inspiration). We believe that the way is a betterment for all thinking souls and that we as an Empire have a primary drive and responsibility to spread the way for that to occur the Empire must survive and grow to be made stronger as a vehicle of the Way, in this I ask the Empire to accept this charge. To best serve virtue our actions should benefit the Empire; through benevolence to inspire and bring salvation. All citizens should work to benefit the Empire through their virtuous acts over petty self serving or damaging choices. It is the responsibility of priests to guide those at Anvil in how best to do this and hold the Empire to virtue so that lands that have been lost may be regained and the Empire shall bring the way to the unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (530-532)
===Judgement 38===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Lord Killian Mortére
* '''Judgement:''' To those who wield arms - test your might and claim your glory against the Deadwood Knight with courage in your hearts. Slay the wretched fiend within our boarders! To those who wield words - sing the names of those who confront this challenge, spread their stoires, exalt them with the utmost pride. Great deeds are eternal!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (200-32)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Deadwood Knight, also known as the Schlacta of Rot, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 40===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Novella di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Difference in faith should always be grounds for discussion, not alienation. The fire in our Emperor's inaugural address drives unity in our faith and in our culture. This passion has already placed the fear of Virtue into the hearts of multiple citizens of Axou and they have fled our lands. We do not wish to lose the richness of foreign culture and trade. We wish to be inviting to all scholars, traders, and thinkers of other nations, so that all may be enriched. We call on all citizens of the Empire to show Courage in meeting conflicting faiths, and to show Wisdom in the learning from others.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (582-218)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Promising light|inaugral address]] of [[the Throne]], and presumably to the departure of ''Theodosia of Ipotavo'' who [[It%27s_only_me#Finally,_a_Departure|reportedly]] cut short her sabbatical in the Empire following the speech.
===Judgement 41===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jedediah Boon
* '''Judgement:''' Never leave a river unbridged when you can build one out of rope. Never leave a rope bridge when you can build one out of wood. Never leave a wooden bridge when you can build one out of stone. We thank the Urizeni sword scholars who brought their teachings to our nation and did the heavy lifting on the first rickety bridge between our Nations. We invite the House of The Wanderer and the priests of Urizen to return again and this time friars of the Marches follow me to Urizen. Where we have disagreed in magic we will unite in faith two schools of virtue together in one cause; to share how our same religion manifests in the people of our different Nations. Let us break new ground with pride
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-0)
===Judgement 43===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bryce the Hare
* '''Judgement:''' It is a foreboding thought to face an enemy that feels no fear or apprehension, is stranger to both exult and lament, and knows neither bargain nor restraint. The Cold Sun is an enemy that is alien to us but it is also one that is barren to virtue and rejects inspiration. For that reason we possess a wellspring of power that is unknowable to the Cold Sun and we are stronger for it. Gird yourself with faith, remind yourself of what you seek to protect and draw inspiration from it. Create, and live in defiance of oblivion.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1290-160)
===Judgement 44===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Azir i Smartha
* '''Judgement:''' We the Freeborn assembly support our sister nations in their claims for Mareave. We expect our sister nations to return our lands to us when they are once again Imperial. In Loyalty to our Empire. In Pride of our homeland.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (170-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Imperial Senate]] decision regarding [[Mareave]] and it's [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocation]]. More details can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 45===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Veikko Bondforger
* '''Judgement:''' Wisdom knows that all knowledge is incomplete. We stormcrows have seen the Wisdom inspired by the sword scholars with the Holberg College of the Sword, and the way they have strengthened the Empire. We invite the sword scholars in hospitality to preach at the newly rebuilt Hall of Rund. Let's see how they can sharpen our wits and our talons.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (240-12)
===Judgement 46===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lochias
* '''Judgement:''' We are saddened that the Bone Pilgrimage do not extend into Urizen. However it is not our custom to preserve physical remains of the fallen we preserve their words. As the Imperial Orcs strive to build a great library in Skarsind, we call upon the scholars of Urizen to open our own libraries to the Sunstorm sept so that the library of Worth may contain the writings of their ancestors who dwelt among the spires.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (264-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Military_unit#The_Bone_Pilgrimage|Bone Pilgrimage]], which encourages priests to support Imperial Orcs seeking out remains of former slaves and bringing them to the grand ossuary in Skarsind. This support is not extended by the majority of the Urizen priests, because the [[mandate]] enacting it in the General assembly did not receive a greater majority and so was rejected. Urizen [[Urizen_culture_and_customs#Funerals|funerary traditions]] were not extended to the orc slaves they held prior to the [[Orc Rebellion]]. As with the vast majority of orc slaves in the Empire, Urizen slaves were not permitted to read or [[Imperial_Orcs_hearth_magic#Writing|write]]. There are very few records of anything significant that the orc slaves held in Urizen would have said or done.
===Judgement 47===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tabris son of Armisael
* '''Judgement:''' The Highborn National Assembly would like to thank the Free Folk for their generous offer of liao. We ask that it be directed towards the title of "Abbess of Reconciliation".
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld 372-0
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Parts_of_speech#Free_Folk_and_Proffered_Hand|offer]] made by the Free Folk in gratitude for Highguard work teaching their priests the [[religious skills|liao ceremonies]]. Free Folk priests now [[Parts_of_speech#Resolution|support]] the [[Abbess of Reconciliation]] in their work.
===Judgement 48===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Vauraus "Prosperity's Forge" Korpittkoika
* '''Judgement:''' Do not fear to act only be shamed by inaction. Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, the white Raven, has tirelessly committed themselves to serving the Empire. They were responsible for the greatest act of Prosperity the Empire has ever seen, the gifting of Skarsind to the Imperial Orc septs. Though controversial they did not falter in the wake of that heroic deed. They saw a wrong in the world that needed to be righted. Without their vision there would be no Liberty Pact. Their courage and ambition has forged the path that the Empire has now set upon. A politician that believes in the power of bringing people together rather than driving them apart. Wintermark is proud to add their tale to the Chronicle of Heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (232-32)
* '''Notes:''' Thanmir Hrafnar has been added to the [[Heroism#Chronicle of Heroes|Chronicle of Heroes]].
===Judgement 50===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Corey Wayfarer
* '''Judgement:''' The Vates of Navarr take an Oath to deal with eternals and magic for the benefit of the community and as such they do not need our permission to act, be it in Conclave or in the performance of their duties. We will however hold them to their Oaths should they fail in fulfilling them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (218-10)
===Judgement 54===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Elkiah
* '''Judgement:''' We invite the Imperial Orcs to Necropolis to open the tomb of Emperor Ahraz, with the goal of allowing them to perform a ritual to reconnect with the lost ancestors among his bodyguard who were buried with him. May this act build a bond of Loyalty between our nations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (382-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[the Honour Guard of Ahraz]], ten Imperial Orcs who lie in the tomb of [[Emperor Ahraz]] as his honour guard.
===Judgement 55===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' The Nobel Alys de Renard
* '''Judgement:''' For far too long the towers of Dawn have been left to lie fallow following their destruction by the Druj. No longer. In the name of glory and our great nation we must begin accepting proposals for projects to memorialize their loss. CDGV.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (284-0): the Greater Majority for this judgement was 286.
* '''Notes:''' The [[The_Barrens#Towers_of_the_Dawn_(ruined)|Towers of Dawn]] were ruined by the [[Druj]] during their conquest of [[the Barrens]]. A proposal to [[A_glorious_victory#Restoring_Dawnguard|rebuild]] the towers was presented in Summer 385YE, but there was also the potential to "''ask for proposals from the glorious architects of Dawn, to create something beautiful yet sombre to stand in place of the Towers''."
===Judgement 59===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. Fjellreven Hall pledges that the will provide liao such that any Winterfolk inspired by the deeds of Shacklebreaker Eska Crowspeaker, called Liberty's Song, to provide prosperity to Rachensgrab may receive a testimony as proof of their virtue. A hero has a name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Say_her_name#Far_From_These_Shores|inspiration]] to [[386YE_Summer_Solstice_interlude#Provide_Prosperity_to_Rachensgrab_2|provide prosperity to Rachensgrab]], offering Imperial support to the unknown nations that lay in the shadow of the Aerie of the Slave Lords.
===Judgement 61===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Travid Longest Path
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue fund fines. Using fines to fund the virtue fund shows that Synod is rewarded and funded by unvirtuous acts, a message that risks threatening the confidence in Assemblies and the importance of The Way. Prosperity teaches to build, not take. The Virtue assemblies should instead look to fund and build the many Counting Houses across the Empire - to be reminders of Virtue and to inspire the citizens to give willingly to the Virtue fund - rather than take money from Senate that fund our armies and our infrastructure.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (90-202)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to recent changes made with regards to fines, discussed in detail in the ''[[Forwards and Rewards]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 62===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Corrado Filiarchi de Regario
* '''Judgement:''' Souls have a guardian a guide to take them to the Labyrinth, At the Winter Solstice 385YE the Reaper drew two lost souls to Anvil, one of the Marchers of old and one of the Navarre. I, and many others, beheld their arrival, their talk of the past, and their deaths and their fading from before our eyes as the Reaper himself guided them to the Labyrinth. I call that we must recognise the Reaper's role here, his ability to guide these souls to people who could heal them, and his assistance in letting them pass on. The Reaper is no simple piece of Leaguish Hearth magic, rather he has a place alongside the Way, and we must witness this.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (350-940)
* '''Notes:''' The ''Reaper'' is a character who participates in [[the Masquerade of the Reaper]], a festival that takes place each Winter in [[the League]].
===Judgement 64===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Father Edmund
* '''Judgement:''' Our land is our Pride. It is our Loyalty, our Prosperity, our virtue. The names given to our landmarks should reflect the virtuous heroes of our great nation, and our maps should not be stained by the names of the wicked and treacherous. Cast off the name Fisher's Rock, and let that landmark be known henceforth as "Amberlain's Stand".
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld, withdrawn at request of the raising priest (96-62)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to [[Bregasland#Fisher’s_Rock|Fisher's Rock]] in [[Bregasland]].
===Judgement 65===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Katya Vassilova Reznikov
* '''Judgement:''' The Prosperous are not selfish; all that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it - the Freeborn both need our aid and are deserving of it. No food should be uneaten, no magic unused or coin unspent. Their armies are in decline, their lands blighted, and people suffer. Let us show the world that Prosperity provides, remembering the lessons of our exemplar, Zemress, we call for the Freeborn to be defended and fortified.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-10)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of Prosperity, primarily recognised as an inspiration to those who work hard and invest that money for the benefit of others.
===Judgement 66===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Eli of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' As we did in Sumaah, as we now begin in Asavea, the whole of creation will one day be united in the Way. Ambitious of the Empire, we should lead the charge in this matter. Seek out all who could aid in this abroad, whether they be hidden sects or souls waiting for the first spark to ignite.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (354-0)
===Judgement 67===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Ivana Petara Vodjavic
* '''Judgement:''' The Grendel and the Druj raid our territories, stealing our Prosperity and ruining our lands. We call on the teachings of Zemress, and encourage our corsairs, wagon raiders, reaers, and all truly prosperous individuals to strike hard, take back what is ours so that we may grow the Empire's prosperity and make ourselves safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (276-58)
* '''Notes:''' [[Zemress]] is an exemplar of prosperity who is an Inspiration to many who take up arms against those who threaten the Empire
===Judgement 68===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' The Virtue Fund exists to reward virtue, not speed, just because a statement finishes scrutiny earlier doesn't mean it has higher priority than one finishing later. All Judgements of Rewarding should therefore be distributed at the same time on a basis of margin only, not at the time of the priest's choosing, let us let virtue alone decide.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1480-150)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[judgement]] of [[rewarding]].
===Judgement 69===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Nathair Autumngale
* '''Judgement:''' The scions of Oblivion seek to destroy that which we celebrate, our culture, our art, our expression. The Empty Hand left in their wake at Miaren trees devoid of life, calcified, petrified, and dead. This was meant to wound us, but it is an opportunity! Artists of Navarr, embrace our tradition of living art. Cave into these trees our Dance, paint upon their surface our story, decorate upon them with your passing all that our people are! Their attempts to harm us will become the very canvas upon which me mark their failure! In ink and blood!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (324-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the supernatural damage inflicted on [[Miaren]] by the [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|Empty Hands]] army of [[Cold Sun]].
===Judgement 72===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Heminius of the House of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' Architects of the Crucible! The Urizen National Asembly thanks you for your Ambition and Prosperity in supporting the transformation of Zenith. It is time for us to refocus our efforts however. With dangerous times ahead, we ask you to turn your attention away from producing light armour and towards producing heavy armour to better protect those who follow the Sentinel's path.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (230-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Urizen assembly has the ability to [[Architect_of_the_Crucible#Path_of_Prosperity|guide the artisans]] who work at the [[Zenith#Crucible_of_Fate|Crucible of Fate]] with regard to what [[magic items]] they make available to the [[Architect of the Crucible]].
===Judgement 75===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tarquinius
* '''Judgement:''' In Spiral the pattern of Betrayal by the Empire runs deep. Fleet action, children negotiation, black plateau, abandoned defense, treaty, Grendel cooperation, and finally people stripped away from the territory promised the just reward of accepting many of those. It is telling how truncated this list is, but the Empire has started to take action to restore its covenant with its people. We should... Nurture: the Spiral Urizeni who have remained imperial need to live well as imperial citizens, socially, economically, and politically. Protect: the Spiral Urizeni need to be able to retain their Spires and their identities as they help Apulian to grow in size and Influence. Secure: It needs to be abundantly clear that no virtuous citizen will stand for changes made to achieve these things being walked back.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (352-0): the Greater Majority threshold for this judgement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 76===
* '''Assembly:''' The Way
* '''Raised By:''' Warsmith the Iron Way
* '''Judgement:''' Mareave is now under Imperial control. Citizens of the Empire, show the people of Mareave how virtuous The Empire is. Show them our Prosperity by trading with them. Show them our Ambition with the many great things we've built. Show them our Loyalty, and how fiercely we will defend any of our fellow Imperial Citizens. Finally, show them how the Apulian Orcs are integrating with the Empire and now are following the true virtues. Now is the time to spread The Way to them.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (322-24)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the newly claimed territory of [[Mareave]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune. Also touches on the [[Grendel religion]].
===Judgement 77===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silk Farkas
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire should name the continent that we live on.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (816-616)
===Judgement 79===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Sian Eternal
* '''Judgement:''' It is time to stop seeing the Vallorn as a dormant threat to be dealt with later. It is a danger that lies within our Empire's borders that holds countless bodies and souls. Most notably it keeps two exemplars, the founders of our nation, in torturous stasis. The grey pilgrims of Highguard and questing Knights of Dawn did not join our cause simply to walk the trods for another thousand years. They join us in the war to eradicate the ancient abomination and fulfill our Nations ambition to see the end of the vallorn for good. It is time to act with wisdom and forethought but act nonetheless.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (214-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[vallorn]], and the [[A thousand years of longing|recently completed research]] regarding its destruction, as well as the [[Grey Pilgrim|grey pilgrims]] of [[Highguard]].
===Judgement 81===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Solar of the Spire of the Waxing Sun
* '''Judgement:''' The highest inspiration of the Way is the spiritual truths it describes. Instead of contributing resources to a "new holy city" we call on the Questors of the nation to bring forth theories to be debated and tested. Let revelation be our contribution to this project to inspire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (210-10)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the "grand inspiration of the way" introduced in the ''[[Blood will thicken]]'' wind of fortune. It also calls on [[questor|questors]], [[Urizen]] who regard [[The Way|the Way of Virtue]] as an unfinished work, seeing [[the Doctrines of the Faith]] as incomplete revelation.
===Judgement 82===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Eirlys Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We know very little about the origins of liao, other than it was refined from vinum for the first time in Therunin. An under-celebrated part of our history. We encourage Navarri citizens to dig deep in their records, check their steadings' or stridings' stories and songs, to seek any information they may have on the founding of such a vital resource to the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (320-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Minister of Historical Research]] has the power to commission [[historical research]] into historical events.
===Judgement 85===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement:''' The Net of Heavens has aligned the open hand of co-existance has been extended to us in Spiral. The bonds of loyalty, pride in our legacy call us to accept. Courage calls us to face this new path boldly. Vigilance calls us to watch over the black plateau. I call Urizeni spiralites to return to Spiral and rebuild their lost spires at virtues call.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-40)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[the three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 86===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Callista of the Dark Shard
* '''Judgement:''' Enchanting a personal resource to improve its production is a prosperous act. So too is using a ritual to enhance the reach of a priest's voice so that more people are drawn to their congregation. Synod priests should seek to use these enchantments to draw more people to the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1230-278)
* '''Notes:''' [[Enchantment|Enchantments]] that improve the production of a [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]], or enhance the abilities of a citizen to lead a [[congregation]], are created using [[ritual magic]]. The [[Sevenfold Path]] [[Conclave order]] works closely with the Synod to explore virtuous use of magic.
===Judgement 88===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Chauntecleer Words
* '''Judgement:''' The fourth army of Dawn has been commissioned Summer 384 and since then has mustered without any clear guidance from the National assembly as to its nature. We propose: to create an army of the Black wherein those of noble ideal serving do so under the guise of a black knight. Let us create an army whose principles are to create outcomes with the most Glory for Dawn and the Empire and rise up those with whom it fights. We have passed in the last two years multiple statements regarding the Black Knight and this is in accord with them all and in particular that they are not solely restrained to the tourney. Black Knights have fought through the Sentinel Gate, aided the Militia, freed slaves, and represented Dawn to other nations. It would be inspirational thing to see what glory the purest expression of Dawnish spirit could achieve as an army.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (248-92)
* '''Notes:''' THe "black knight" is a role tied up in the [[Dawn hearth magic|hearth magic of Dawn]] whereby [[Dawn_hearth_magic#Heraldry|heraldry]] is obscured to conceal one's identity. The role is often taken by [[knight-errant|knights-errant]] who participate in [[Dawn_culture_and_customs#The_Grand_Tourneys|tourneys]] as if they were nobles. Previous judgements include those from [[383YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_21|Summer 383YE]], [[384YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_16|Spring 384YE]], [[385YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_42|Spring 385YE]], [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_87|Autumn 385YE]], and [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_86|Winter 385YE]].
===Judgement 89===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Halkyon of Sojourn's Heart
* '''Judgement:''' Loyal Urizeni Spiralites, exiles and refugees, the Empire has shown its loyalty to you by opening the way for you to return home. Our forebears endured war, occupation, and catastrophe. In their triumphs and sacrifices we find the seeds of our loyalty. Do not let their Legacy wither. As the Empire is inextricable, so too is our identity as Spiralites. Spiral is no longer in Urizen the devotion of our hearts commands that we ensure Urizen is always in Spiral. Return to our lost spires shows that our loyalty to Spiral to Urizen and Empire can remain undivided.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (358-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[The three pillars|complex political situation]] in [[Spiral]].
===Judgement 90===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Prince Bishop Jonah Yakovitch
* '''Judgement:''' We call all citizens to be vigilant to the machinations of the eternal Agramant. This cannibalistic horror who is under a declaration of enmity has cultists in the Empire who are grinding up people and putting them in food products. Seek out trusted suppliers of sausages until those responsible have been captured. Be Vigilant for the last surviving Agramant cultists of the Black Drop, Divina Inquilina di Tassato Regario. She is to be captured alive. Report sightings to the inquisitor of Vigilance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the [[Agramant#Childer_of_the_Black_Drop|Childer of the Black Drop]], a coven dedicated to the wicked [[eternal]] [[Agramant]] who has been an [[Alignment#Enmity|enemy of the Conclave]] throughout almost all of Imperial history. See also [[#Judgement 125|Judgement 125]].
===Judgement 91===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl of Fools
* '''Judgement:''' Deadwood Knight, the heart of Dawn lies in challenge and test, and in this the House of Fools offer thus. A test-of-mettle, to fight our champion, ungirded, with steel undrawn, in manner of your choosing.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (338-10)
* '''Notes:''' This judgement seems to relate to the ''Deadwood Knight'' (also known as the ''Schlacta of Rot''), a creature currently terrorizing northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. It seems to be addressed to the knight directly, but it's not clear that the creature has any access to Synod judgements. Further details can be found in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 92===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Arsenio Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. The attacks by the cold sun were a profound disturbance of the military balance pushing our armies to the brink of endurance. Led by a swift and decisive response from the military council, citizens from all over the Empire rallied together to defy this new enemy. The virtuous lift each other up; let us celebrate their peerless commitment to the defense of the empire and encourage our armies to draw strength from the bonds they have forged on campaign
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (438-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent campaigns against [[Cold Sun]], including those [[Things that burn|following the Autumn Equinox]], and [[Eclipse|after the Winter Solstice]].
===Judgement 93===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Anastasiya Luashovna Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous lift each other up. While The Golden Pyramid manifesto lends itself easily to prosperity, we note their methods have been in line with loyalty in recent years for which it should be recognised. Providing access to an Autumn auction so our assembly could recover a religious artifact; supported artisans to empower the Crucible of Fate in Zenith; helped the Orcs of Skarsind uncover their wealth; supported multiple Throne candidates to gain conclaves endorsement including our new Emperor. These are all excellent examples of how conclave can operate in a virtuous way while also inline with their own manifesto.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (414-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Golden Pyramid]] [[Conclave order]]. It also seems to reference a [[Hopeless_as_a_feather#Callidus|recent auction]] held by the [[eternal]] [[Callidus]], their [[Fate and function|support with]] the creation of the [[Zenith#Crucible of Fate|Crucible of Fate]] in [[Zenith]], and their role in [[Long_shadows#A_Prosperous_Endeavour|prospecting for wealth]] in [[Skarsind]].
===Judgement 95===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Fenrys Burning Branch
* '''Judgement:''' Last season the Navarr national assembly denounced cruel Tactics. As a thorn, someone who has made fighting their trade, I would propose otherwise. When you are trying to build a house you have many tools. You cannot cut a plank of wood with a hammer, you cannot sink a nail with a saw. We are building an Empire and tactics are our tools. Cruelty is a tool, the same as mercy or cunning. Just because a hammer is not right at this time doesn't mean we won't need it later.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (174-140)
* '''Notes:'''May refer to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_128|Judgement 128]] raised at the Winter Solstice.
===Judgement 96===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Sufyan i Zuhri i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' I have journeyed to Asavea bringing word of our Way and The Empire's doctrine and support for the virtuous rebels there. What I saw was wonderful - I have never seen such hope in virtuous eyes as when we told them the Empire wanted to support them and welcomed them into virtue. But the support we must send them as only started. We have forged a bond and now we must keep our word and our loyalty. We call on those loyal to our young siblings in virtue to find any and all ways they can to send their support to the virtuous rebels in Asavea. Virtue exults
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (355-0). The Greater Majority threshold for this statement was 354.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the missionaries and [[wayfarer|wayfarers]] recently sent to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.

===Judgement 97===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Estella Lucati
* '''Judgement:''' Be vigilant! Avoid the {{Black Plateau}}!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (252-12)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the {{Black Plateau}}, which squats in the middle of the region of [[SPiral#Screed|Screed]] in [[Spiral]].

===Judgement 98===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Emil Radam von Temeschwar
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire takes pride in its history. We look to the example of Paragon Empress RIchilde, to exalt the independence of our generals and our military concil who spread the Way and expand the reach of virtue. Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost raises up our military council with pride that the bodies of state shall have the autonomy to act with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-62)

===Judgement 101===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Tuuli
* '''Judgement:''' Asking no questions begets no answers. Wisdom is not always knowing the answer, Wisdom is finding the right question I call upon dedicants of Wisdom to ask themselves how their silence aids the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (192-50)
===Judgement 103===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asher of Cantiarch's Hold
* '''Judgement:''' In Loyalty we should look out for one another. We are duty bound to protect all citizens. Sovereign Specific offers one such protection but costs many herbs. Blood Welks can offer the same protection to many rather than one. In Wisdom we should learn how to breed them as an alternate to herbs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (260-10)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Master_Medicinal#The_Sovereign_Specific|Sovereign Specific]] is a [[potion]] that provides many different forms of healing and can be made my an [[Surgical skills#Apothecary|apothecary]] versed in the art of the [[Master Medicinal]]. The "Blood whelks" are likely a reference to the [[Butterfly_in_reverse#Giant_Blood_Whelk|giant blood whelks]] that seem to be found only in the frigid, monster haunted waters of the [[Sea_of_Snow#The_Sea_of_Snows|Sea of Snows]] near the [[Faraden]] port of Caitun.

===Judgement 107===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Jakwine Stockherd
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of the Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Thorns. In turn, let Navarr demonstrate the bonds we have forged by guiding and protecting all Highborn who seek to explore Terunael ruins and keep alight their enthusiasm for exploration.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (126-0)
===Judgement 108===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Hieronymous Dowland
* '''Judgement:''' Loyalty binds us! The love between Marchers and Dawn stands as true as ever. Robert Dunlain gave his life and stands testament to Courage. The Dawnish sing his name.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (726-124)
===Judgement 109===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Estivanico i Hayim
* '''Judgement:''' The Freeborn are the people not the land we live on but we will retake our lands rebuild and grow with prosperity. Family are the heart of the Freeborn and the dhomiro are the voices of the families serving with vigilance and wisdom as we seek to rebuild what was ours. We call upon those of the Brass Coast to acknowledge the importance of the council of Dhomiros in representing the families of the Freeborn, serving the Bass Coast with the same vigilance and wisdom they serve their own families.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (148-12)
===Judgement 110===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Nigel Hornbeam
* '''Judgement:''' We the Marcher Assembly accept the peerless kinship of Highguard and their unconquered to aid the beaters of the Mourn and the rest of the Marchers in patrolling our borders against the many incoming threats. We encourage the Beaters to report any sightings of peril to the Bailiff of the Downs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (150-0). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 173.
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Full_of_sacred_sound#A_Peerless_Kinship|peerless kinship]] of [[Highguard]], [[offered]] during the Winter Solstice. While the Highborn ''could'' offer aid without a statement from the Marcher assembly, many [[I_already_know_you#A_Peerless_Kinship|felt it prudent]] to ask for guidance rather than risk making matters in the Marches worse.

===Judgement 111===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Exarch Luke
* '''Judgement:''' Virtue lies in choice and action. Virtues power to exalt transcends the boundaries of soul, spirit, and species, guiding and inspiring both orcs and humans to their highest destiny. Through the practice of virtue orcs and humans develop the strength, knowledge, and enlightenment which marks their highest potential as thinking beings. The doctrine of Enlightenment recognises that all sentient beings are capable of inspiration, yet the Empire's history is made in the blood and soiled Earth of thousands of brutalized people who we have put under the indignation of torture, cruelty, and genocide. Virtue demands we are better, and now our Emperor commands it! The Imperial Senate's use of the classification "Barbarians" is comparable to calling those people nothing better than animals. Enabling us to do anything and everything we wish to them. Denying their personhood, denying their ability to achieve enlightenment. As such we urge those pilgrims who hold some Loyalty to the Empire to seek out your politicians, your senators, your priests, and make them listen. We must cry out together: "enlightenment is for all! All must be treated with basic rights and dignity!"
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (306-69)

===Judgement 112===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
* '''Judgement:''' Grey pilgrims we walk the trods after hearing Navarr's call, so I ask that we hear their call again. Five years ago our own Senators raised the motion to share the herbs of High Chalcis with the Great Forest Orcs. We as a nation are undeniably part of their history beyond treaties signed by the Empire. Navarr looked to their loyalty (judgment 56) and Loyalty teaches that the truly virtuous are loyal even through hardship and misfortune. Navarr recognises this, so we will be moved by their actions. If the Great Forest orcs are family to the Navarr than they are our neighbors, and we will guard their souls as we would any citizen of the Empire. We do not boast, we act. So we act now, and in doing so we may still yet inspire others to greatness
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (379-0). The greater majority threshold for this statement was 398
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Great Forest Orcs]], to [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]], and to the [[Imperial Senate|Senate]] decision to [[Amend the use of the Gardens of High Chalcis|redistribute herbs]] to the orcs when they first came to [[Therunin]] as refugees from [[the Barrens]].
===Judgement 113===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Winifred Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' We the Navarr Assembly encourage our bards to take their songs far and wide even beyond our borders so that all may come to know Navarr.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (238-0)
===Judgement 115===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Anisa i Mevidian i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The Shining Pillar that stood in Free Landing is destroyed, but the vision it represents need not be. It was said that Guerra incorporated her enchanted dowsing crystal, empowered by the Day realm, into the Shining Pillar. As we retake Free Landing, we call on the Red Wind Corsairs to perform a daring raid on Free Landing, to seek through the rubble for Guerra's crystal, and call on Freeborn following to do likewise. Let the crystal grant us clarity and vision as we divine with Glass the future of the Brass Coast.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (49-0)
* '''Notes:''' After serving as a beacon to the Freeborn corsairs for almost the entire history of the Brass Coast, the Shining Pillar was [[A_beacon_of_smoke#Save_the_Shining_Pillar_(Battle)|destroyed]] in Winter 385YE. Where the Pillar once stood is a ''[[The_cry_of_gulls#The_Darkened_Beacon|malestrom of chaos and destruction]]''; there is unfortunately no rubble to be searched.
===Judgement 116===
* '''Assembly:''' Naarr
* '''Raised By:''' Zakal Antigouan Shatterhorn
* '''Judgement:''' Cold Sun tried to destroy our heart in attacking Miaren. Every song we sing, every item we craft, every act of creation is an act of defiance. In this way, to create, sing, and dance we ask all Navarr to join the fight.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (216-10)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the attack by [[Cold Sun]] on the territory of [[Miaren]], which is [[Eclipse#Empty_Hands|still ongoing]].
===Judgement 117===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Wade Boggs
* '''Judgement:''' A bad apple in the bushel rots the crop. The narcotics produced and imported by the second order apothecaries guild of Kaban in Axos block the imbibers connection to the Way, and as such are a serious spiritual threat to the Empire. We urge Imperial citizens to practice Vigilance and disavow the use and possession of these substances.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Axos#Tunnels_of_Kaban|Tunnels of Kaban]] are citadel in [[Axos]]. Specialist apothecaries such as ''Evander Slak'' and ''Hippolata of Kaban'' have been [[Ten_travellers_tales#Too_Lotus,_Too_Furious|regular visitors]] to [[Anvil]] for a year or more, although some have [[I_remember_you#Apothecaries_of_Axos|recently declared]] an intention to curtail their activities in the Empire to a degree.
===Judgement 118===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Dayanara i Cabeza i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' As priests of Virtue and the Way there is great Pride to be found in bringing the word of the Way and the Doctrine of Enlightenment to those who are lost. The leaders of Asavea have made clear they abhor those who preach the Way and that the cost of this actions is blood. Priests of the Brass Coast should draw on their Courage and Ambition to bring news of the Doctrine of Enlightenment to the citizens and slaves of Asavea alike. The souls of these people is in our hands and it is our duty to provide them guidance. Everything has a price, even saving the souls of those not following the Way.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the recent effort to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of Speech]]''.
===Judgement 120===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Saavi Heroes' Champion
* '''Judgement:''' The Thule have freed their slaves and their skeins need guidance. Mediators travel to the Silver Peaks, their eyes wide with vigilance. They take their trade and hospitality north. They live their lives with Virtue, and set an example to those who are searching, helping them find their path.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld - Withdrawn

===Judgement 121===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Mauriac
* '''Judgement:''' The virtuous apply what they have learned; our mandate is to spread understanding and to serve as an example of that understanding. When our judgements are based on subjective opinions, or done out of personal greed, we undermine the foundations of the spiritual duty with which we have been entrusted.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-394)
===Judgement 125===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Paulus Adelaar van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Holberg, greatest city in the World, also produces the greatest victuals in the World. Agramant, through his cultists, seeks to turn this fact against us! Citizens of the League, look to the Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage for their guidance on where to find the best quality victuals.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (288-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Custodian of the Bloody Great Sausage]] is expected to spread fine quality Holberg victuals across the Empire, with a special emphasis on premium sausage. See also [[#Judgement 90|Judgement 90]].
===Judgement 126===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Julliette of Balthazar's Vineyard
* '''Judgement:''' We praise the Loyal action of Grey Pilgrim Marija, Dagon the Champion of Loyalty, and all who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and rescue Navarr thorns. Let us take Pride in their achievements by joining our siblings in Navarr and sending forth units to explore the Terunael ruins.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (324-10)
===Judgement 127===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Caoimha Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' The Montainans and the Great Forest Orcs are not one and the same. The assurances we extend to the Great Forest Orcs are not appropriate to the Montainians. However the Montainins are dear to our friends and their destruction will not benefit the Empire in Virtue or in pragmatism. We will not stand idly by if they are threatened.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (236-20)
* '''Notes:''' While the Montainian faction of [[the Barrens]] has [[Ripples_and_shadows#Hope's_Rest|been destroyed]], a number of survivors - primarily children, young parents, those too infirm to fight, or those who opposed armed resistance - were offered [[All_those_moments#Great_Forest_Orcs|unconditional sanctuary]] by the [[Great Forest Orcs]].
===Judgement 130===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ironvigil Rikke the Relentless
* '''Judgement:''' The Blood on Snow cult leader Maarik Goldentongue has lived too long, fleeing to the Silver Peaks. Now the Ambassador to Otkodov is elected as Kindra Surefoot, a Winterborn, the Thule have granted sanction to hunt her within that area. I call on the 'Mark's hunters, our scouts, our heroes to find and end her now before she can flee. We must root out and destroy this scion of evil. Hunt with me!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (274-0)
* '''Notes:''' References Wintermark-Thule relations, discussed in further detail in the ''[[Say_her_name#A_Change_of_Tune|Say her name]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 131===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Shrike, of House du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' The bird leashed to the hand cannot be called loyal only the bird which is allowed to fly free and still chooses to return to its masters hand is truly loyal. Loyalty is shown most strongly in the face of temptation and in the choices we are presented with. Citizens must be free to make their own destinies and pursue their own hearts according to their own loyalties. Being faithful when no other option is permitted is not loyalty. Only by being allowed to fly free can we truly judge the loyalty of our own flock. Loyalty should be chosen and not forced.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (360-0)

===Judgement 132===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Clytemnestra
* '''Judgement:''' People of Urizen - mages, sentinels, sword scholars - come with me on pilgrimage to learn about Marcher land! Jedediah Boon of the Ore Hills inspired me with his pride in his land and his people and I want our people to learn about the pride and virtue of The Marcher's connection to their Land. Come with me in the Autumn. Let us learn of Marcher farming, Marcher pride, and let us help to bring the harvest home.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-0)

===Judgement 135===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Leolaani
* '''Judgement:''' All hail Billimund and Tancred of the Emerald Dogs for their Ambition! All hail Arlen, Reeve of the Greenforest Fair, and all those who answered their call to slay vallornspawn and uncover a treasure trove of herbs. Let us honour their achievement and reap the reward of their glorious action by questing in the Greenwood and claiming the bounty within.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (156-10)
* '''Notes:''' Dawnish [[military unit|military units]] can take part in the ''[[Military_unit#Quest_against_the_Vallorn|quest against the vallorn]]'' [[Military_unit#Adventures|adventure]], which allows them to seek [[glory]] in the depths of vallorn-infested [[Brocéliande]], facing vallornspawn, orcs, and perhaps even stranger things (such as monsters from the Spring realm), as well as exploring ancient Terunael ruins.
===Judgement 136===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Neala Blackhawk
* '''Judgement:''' The thorns have spoken, they find our national assembly to be "out of touch". To encourage cohesion within our nation chaplains have been appointed. It is wise to share knowledge and to guide the virtue of our thorns, scouts, and generals. We uphold: Ioan Longashdow as chaplain to the military council; Eirlys Blackhawk as chaplain to the Thorns and Zakal Shatterhorn as Chaplain to the scouts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-88)
===Judgement 137===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Aurum Nightingale
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. This assembly calls upon the priests of Urizen to make all haste to Spiral and provide spiritual protection to all Urizen citizens and our Urizen kin, that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 167|Judgement 167]]

===Judgement 138===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Lia Adelaar
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of the League, let us recognise our Empire siblings Highguard, who this summit completed their reckoning with us by delivery of the last of 50 wains. We acknowledge the reckoning complete and invite Highguard to contact the Bishop Estella the Wanderer to arrange a clebration together at the next Winter summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (284-0)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 169|Judgement 169]].

===Judgement 143===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti
* '''Judgement:''' Stand strong Varushka! The national assembly urges courage from the soldiery of Varushka to stand firm against the predation of the Schlacta of Rot! We call upon the military units of Varushka to band together to oppose its threat!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the Schlacta of Rot, also known as the Deadwood Knight, currently threatening northern [[Weirwater]] and southern [[Karov]]. Discussed in more detail in the ''[[Momento mori]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 144===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Amris Johan Merikovich
* '''Judgement:''' Our virtuous armies and citizens have succeeded in shattering the Cold Sun aggressors in Varushka through usage of the might of the Vards and the cunning of the Ushkans. However some remnants remain. We call upon all virtuous citizens to root out and obliterate any trace of the Cold Sun.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (256-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the remnants of the Cold Sun in [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]] army of ''scions'' who, with the defeat of their army, [[Eclipse#Hammer_Blows_(Karov)|continue to threaten]] the people of [[Karov]].
===Judgement 145===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Drakov
* '''Judgement:''' Last summit we agreed to "give aid and access" to our friends, the Imperial Orcs in their Bone Pilgrimage. Now Skywise Karrak asks for our help to locate the bones and/or items of worth belonging to Tagga, mother of Thrace. She fell in Spring 323, fighting the Golden Axe in Korotny during the Rebellion. Cousins, search your stores, shelves, and secret places. Let us do all we can to help achieve the Ambition of one and build the Pride of many.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (258-0)
* '''Notes:''' Appears to refer to the [[orc]] ''Tagga'' who was the subject of [[On Tagga|recent research]] by the [[Lepidean Librarian]]. The circumstances [[On_Tagga#Death|surrounding her death]] strongly suggest her body was burned to ashes by the victorious Varushkans alongside those of the other orcs killed in the engagement where she died, making it extremely unlikely any of her remains persist today.
===Judgement 146===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Milosz Casimirov Volny
* '''Judgement:''' Delev stands! Duzekani is burnt but Imperial! The Varushkan national assembly calls for the recognition of those Imperial heroes and troops from Dawn, Navarr, and Varushka for their courage in the face of oblivion!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (246-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the ''Battle of Delev'' and the defence of Duzekani against the [[Eclipse#Blade of Skies|Blade of Skies]]. The names of individual captains who supported the armies there can be found in the [[Imperial Roll of Honour#385YE Winter Solstice|Imperial Roll of Honour]].

===Judgement 147===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Rooslan Stannich Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We the Varushkan national assembly recognize Vitaly Gregorovich Dukov and Vasaly Krenyentov Valeskai Storscovich's great prosperity which has enriched us all since the death of Empress Britta. Their hard work and prideful competition has led to the creation of the Iron Helms, the enlargement of the Golden Axe, the construction of the Iron Roads, the fortifications of the Grim Hold and Alexandra's Watch, and the construction of the Shrine of the Maze of Zoria. We thank them and applaud their virtuous contribution to the expansion of the Empire.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (220-12)

===Judgement 148===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Illya Nikovitch Volkov
* '''Judgement:''' The wise know that all knowledge is incomplete and the vigilant seek out the poison in their neighbour's fields. THe national assembly of Varushka calls fro the creation of a "dark archive" of sovereign lore, where the virtuous citizens of Varushka may share their knowledge of the sovereigns, to better understand and examine the veracity of said knowledge.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (224-10)
===Judgement 149===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome the Highborn national assemblies expertise on Hatred, the blight that festered in the breast of their Pegasus for over a year. If they feel the general of the Iron Helms Has fallen to this spectre of Highguard's past or any other false virtue we invite them to bring their evidence before our assembly. If they have proof that the commitment of our soldiers to do whatever it takes to defend our Empire, and those they love, endangers their spirit or the spirits of those they fight, we again invite the Highborn to bring evidence of this oft repeated claim to our hearth so we may take action. Have caution that you do not find our ways unsettling or offensive simply because they are different to your own. War is not as clean as your beloved chessboard suggests but dirty is not synonymous with unvirtuous.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (222-14)

===Judgement 150===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Konstantin Rabovich Bolothikov
* '''Judgement:''' As partners in greatness for the last year, Varushka and Highguard have shared guidance and inspiration, most recently joining in full-voiced commitment to banish Oblivion from our borders. Varsuhka's vigilance also allowed us to guide our sibling away from their well-meaning but potentially disastrous mission to Otkodov. With the turning of the new year we should look to our Urizeni cousins. By their boundless ambition and our hardworn wisdom, we will challenge each other to reach new heights as partners in greatness.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (226-10)

===Judgement 153===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Pallatius Dragonsong
* '''Judgement:''' Our territories have been twice cursed, both by Marcher citizens. From both seasons of casting, the casters are either dead, or have been declared sorcerers by members of their own nation. They have also been shunned by their national assembly. This is not, and will not be, a curse war between us. We have chosen not to retaliate in kind for we do not want to put the wider popuous through the hardships you have faced with poise and courage. There is strength in virtue. Rise up, not tear down, those we choose to stand next to.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (196-10)
===Judgement 154===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Earl Ailsa Temerlaine
* '''Judgement:''' Varushka wants Dawn to "bow" to their traditions in regards to the Dho'uala and give it Imperial citizens in sacrifice. In simple terms, NO, SHAN'T. The details: we will not take actions that condemn souls and keep citizens from the Labyrinth. We will not engage in human sacrifice We will not engage in idolatry. The Dho'uala already takes innocent souls. We do not bow.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (172-0)
* '''Notes:''' References the horror [[Dho'uala]] that lairs in [[the Semmerlak]]. Seems to reference the [[The_horror_and_the_wild#Those_Who_No_Longer_Need_To_Live|proposal to perform executions]] by drowning in the lake which was [[The_lake_and_the_deep,_dark_woods|proposed]] by the senator for [[Karov]] during the Autumn Equinox but withdrawn without being discussed in Senate.
===Judgement 155===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Levi of the Navigators
* '''Judgement:''' I wish to publicly and personally apologise to Alderai the Fair, general of the Iron Helms, for the statement made last summit regarding their revocation. It was based on incorrect and ill informed information. Wisdom encourages us to recognise our mistakes and learn from them. I will use this as an opportunity to learn, to be certain of current information before putting statements forward and slandering an Imperial citizen.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (748-68)
* '''Notes:''' References [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_49|Judgement 49]] from the Winter Solstice 385YE.
===Judgement 157===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Eldrid Vestardottir
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Wintermark believe that the general of the Fist of the Mountain should and always be also a mystic in order to better lead by example and background.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld: Withdrawn (0-40)
===Judgement 158===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Rhisiart Dancewalker
* '''Judgement:''' Liathaven is a tomb and a shame of our people. For too long it has been forgotten and ignored. The military council always state "next season". The time for action is now, as Navarr armies will seek its liberation, turn every ring, and every effort to liberate the birthplace of the trods. Liathaven lives!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (72-54)
===Judgement 160===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Asier i Elia i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' The courageous stand up for what is right, even in the face of fear. The loyal stand beside their allies, even in hardship. The proud protect their home, and those they live alongside. In offering refuge to displaced Freeborn, and in the defence of Madruga against the Grendel and their former subjugators, the Asaveans. The Marracossans of Trajadoz demonstrated all of the above. They chose to act virtuously, despite their continued devotion to the plenum's false pantheon. We, the Freeborn, recognise their efforts, thank them, and stand beside them in Courage, Loyalty, and Pride in Madruga. Let their virtuous choice act as an example to all people throughout the world that anyone with a choice can choose virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (128-0)
* '''Notes:''' The Marracossans are former Asaveans who fled to the Empire following the failure of their rebellion against the Plenum. The Senate [[Cede_Trajadoz|ceded]] the largely abandoned town of [[Madruga#Trajadoz|Trajadoz]] in [[Madruga]] to them. During the recent [[The_cry_of_gulls#Counting_Games|fighting in Madruga]], a number of Marracossan [[Crafting skills#Artisan|artisans]] joined the Imperial forces fighting the Grendel.

===Judgement 166===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Athiel Westernborn of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement:''' The inspirational acts of Alberto and Amika Acciai, Asavean Priests of the Way could not have spread without the invaluable support of the virtuous priests and wayfarers from every nation. We stand with all Imperial missionaries in Asavea and offer our full support and guidance to them, should they require it. We are ready to propitiate the spreading of the Way of Virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1054-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the efforts to send missionaries and wayfarers to Asavea, discussed in detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 167===
* '''Assembly:''' League
* '''Raised By:''' Fabin Costas de Sarnds
* '''Judgement:''' The Oblivion Sentinel has uncovered a Grendel plot to weaponise the {{Black Plateau}}. The assembly calls upon the priests of the League to make all haste to Apulian and Spiral, and provide spiritual protection to all citizens that they might endure in virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-22)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 137|Judgement 137]]

===Judgement 169===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Speaker Abraham
* '''Judgement:''' Citizens of Highguard, let us celebrate the completion of our reckoning with our Empire siblings the League. We hope to celebrate together at the next Winter summit to nurture our growing friendship.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (289-20)
* '''Notes:''' See also [[#Judgement 138|Judgement 138]].
===Judgement 170===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tamar
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn! The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (363-10). The greater majority threshold for this judgement was 393.
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 171|Judgement 171]].
===Judgement 171===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Charito
* '''Judgement:''' Urizen. The Grendel seek to find and destroy a bridge that lies between Redoubt and Necropolis. With Vigilance and Wisdom, locate this bridge and bring any ideas as to how it can be defended to your people and assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)
* '''Notes:''' This likely refers to the [[A_beacon_of_smoke#News_From_the_Plain_(Necropolis)|Courspan Bridge]] and the mystery surrounding it. See also [[#Judgement 170|Judgement 170]].
===Judgement 173===
* '''Assembly:''' Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rey Fosterbrooke
* '''Judgement:''' The Marchers are not striking this time. The Throne has acknowledged our grievances, and promised an address where they consider cursing Imperial territories acts of treason. Further as Master of Magic, that action will be taken. With these and other acknowledgements by Imperial bodies, the Marcher farmers choose not to put Imperial prosperity at risk, for repeated slights. Lets judge this field by its harvest.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (194-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to recent events involving Urizen and the Marches, further discussed in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune. It's not clear which [[The_Throne#Powers_of_Magic|power]] of [[the Throne]] is being referenced here, as [[Archmage#Master_of_Magic|Master of Magic]] is a power of the [[Archmage|Archmages]].
===Judgement 174===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Keziah
* '''Judgement:''' In these times - when our understanding of doctrine is rapidly changing under the guidance of a small inner circle of theologians at Anvil - it is important for the virtuous common citizens of Highguard to attend Anvil, so that they may hold their Assembly to account when they might err.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (262-0)
===Judgement 175===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Aemon of the Suns of Couros
* '''Judgement:''' Highborn, be ever vigilant! The foul parasite of reality, the Whisper Gallery, have created abominations that wear the surgically removed faces of our sibilings as disguises. Stay away and report these sightings to the magistrates and your inquisitors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (278-0)
===Judgement 177===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Verres
* '''Judgement:''' The Empire plans to cast Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea across the Bay of Catazar to hinder and strike at the Grendel. Urizeni of Redoubt and Spiral prepare for storms to come as we defend ourselves.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-8)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 178===
* '''Assembly:''' Highguard
* '''Raised By:''' Alessi of the Basilisks of the labyrinth
* '''Judgement:''' People of Necropolis have Courage. A flood is coming that you can mitigate with planning, Vigilance, and Courage.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (272-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 179===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Jhonathen Piper
* '''Judgement:''' Marcher food fills the bellies of heroes. Our threat to strike has shown that some heroes have gone hungrier than others. We the Marcher Assembly call for farmers to charge Freeborn armies less, but the rest of the Empire's armies more. Marchers are Loyal to our allies, and our hospitality knows no bounds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (108-12)
===Judgement 182===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Redhand Iris
* '''Judgement:''' We remember all those who fell in the battle for White Storm Pass, we will not let them have died in vain, though the Cold Sun may unleash a fresh winter, we shall endure. Protect your lives, protect the great herd, protect the land. This is our home, we shall not falter.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the engagement with the ''scions'' of [[Cold Sun]] [[Eclipse#Doorways_(Skarsind)|threatening]] [[Storm_Shaman#Whitelake_and_the_Storm_Pass|Whitelake]].
===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' The Brass Coast
* '''Raised By:''' Anna Laya Del-Toro
* '''Judgement:''' Assembly calls upon citizens in the vicinity of the Great Grasses to practice Wisdom and Vigilance regarding the ongoing blight. Affected areas should be avoided at all costs. If you observe any new developments in the blight, the proper authorities should be notified immediately.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (140-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the threat of the [[Madruga#Great Grasses|Blightheart]] in [[Madruga]], and the dry partricians, as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parched earth]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 184===
* '''Assembly:''' Wisdom
* '''Raised By:''' Palladius Ravenspire
* '''Judgement:''' There is no evidence the soul resides in the heart, and through insight there is evidence that contradicts the claim that eating a heart transfers the soul. As such the claims of the Ramora family fail the test of Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (164-0)
===Judgement 186===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Anatolij Paukov Zorkin
* '''Judgement:''' Only fools accept hearsay as truth. We the Varushkan Assembly invite those who criticize the Iron Helm's tactics and the ability of their general to wield them to speak to those who have spent time with Alderei in Military Council, the leaders of the military units who have fought alongside the Helms and of course General Alderei herself. We invite them to speak to the people of Karov present in Anvil, many of whom petitioned Alderei directly to send her army to attack the Cold Sun threatening our homes. We invite them most of all to closely read the Civil Service reports between summits at Anvil, which quite clearly stated before the Winter Solstice that while the Iron Helms disrupted the lives of many of the barbarian Black Wind sept, the only ones targeted and killed were their leaders, not their "oldest and youngest" as Levi of the Navigators would ahve had the General Assembly believe (Judgement 49 Winter 385YE).
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (208-12)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the [[Iron Helms]], and their recent engagements [[Eclipse#Blade_of_Skies|in Karov]] and [[Ripples_and_shadows#Black_Wind|in the Barrens]].
===Judgement 187===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Quijano i Remora i Erigo
* '''Judgement:''' The General Assembly lauds and recognises the family Remora for sharing, disputating and interpreting - for Virtuous and especially Prosperous ends - the ancient Axou ''necromantia'' in their possession. We further encourage Synod members to seek out and learn from the family Remora.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (328-402)
===Judgement 188===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Knott
* '''Judgement:''' When ink flows too thin, it is best thickened with blood. The slaughter of the Montanians has left the Great Forest Orcs distrustful of Imperial paper. Navarr understands this and is sealing their commitments not on paper, but their very skin. We commend Navarr for reaching their kin through mutual tradition - actions the Great Forest Orcs can understand and can trust. Actions that bring your two people ever closer. But remember what still seperates you. We encourage Navarr t oseek counsel from those who have walked this path before. None has been more successful than the Unshackled in melding the Way of the Empire with the traditions of Acestors.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (36-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the complex political situation in [[the Barrens]], and specifically the concerns of the [[Great Forest Orcs]] as discussed in the ''[[Little_mercy#Great_Forest_Orcs|Little mercy]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 189===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushka
* '''Raised By:''' Zbigniew Mrakovna
* '''Judgement:''' Vicious trudniki are preying on the Ketsov who have strayed into their domain, lured by untold riches. They are monsters with the face of family but the wise know the truth. We call to shlacta and wardens to be wary of these creatures as they roam. There will come a time soon when we will have to bargain and bind these creatures to ensure Ossium's safety. Go in Virtue, act in Wisdom.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (186-10)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Gralka
* '''Judgement:''' Pride reaches out through the foothills and down to the heartlands even as the snow falls. A call is made to the Imperial Orc/Unshackled nation to gather at 11:30 on the first night of the next summit. We will discuss our new language of symbols. Make choices and move one step closer to its completion. Cold Sun came to Skarsind to smother our spirit in slaughter, but it can never kill our virtue or our nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (56-0)
===Judgement 190===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Rykana
* '''Judgement:''' The orcs of Skarsind mark a monumental time in our history, as we claim a second territory in Mareave. Preachers and pilgrims, let us venture forward in virtue to seek better understanding of wof what challenges we face in this new land.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (66-0)
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the allocation of [[Mareave]] as part of the [[Imperial Orcs]] nation. Further discussion of Mareave as an Imperial territory can be found in the ''[[Into the spin]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 198===
* '''Assembly:''' The League
* '''Raised By:''' Ortenzia di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' This assembly warns League citizens on the coast: foam and spittle of the furious sea has been cast on the Bay of Catazar to frutrate and ruin the Grendel. Only Vigilance and Courage can defend lives and Prosperity of the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (224-0)
* '''Notes:''' This statement of principle did not receive a [[Judgement#Greater_Majority|Greater Majority]]. As such, while it has been seen by many of the priests attending [[Anvil]], judgements that pass with a lesser majority are [[Statement_of_principle#Outcome|not widely discussed outside Anvil]].
===Judgement 199===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Cynerik
* '''Judgement:''' The mystics of Ishal have left their roost to investigate better ways to guide Wintermark. The stormcrows urge the Wisdom to consider our mystic ways and the Vigilance to seek signs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (80-0)
===Judgement 201===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Zadkiel
* '''Judgement:''' 'It is the Empire's destiny to unite the world under the Way!" - Emperor Vesna 385YE. We the Nine believe it is imperative to support the missionary work in Asavea. We must bring the way to its people no matter the cost. In support of judgement 28.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to efforts to send missionaries and [[wayfarers]] to the [[Asavean Archipelago]], as discussed in more detail in the ''[[Parts_of_speech#The_Asavean_Archipelago|Parts of speech]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 202===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer
* '''Judgement:''' Our destiny is our own. The Law of Idolatry sets out examples, but does not limit our judgement. The intent behind this is to prevent any - citizen or state - from willingly giving their agency to another entity above their own.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' The [[Religious_crime#Idolatry|crime of Idolatry]] is defined as "Subsuming human will and destiny to any inhuman entity or force. This includes the worship, veneration or exaltation of any such being or power."
===Judgement 203===
* '''Assembly:''' Assembly of Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Gaelen Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' The Council of Nine directs the Silent Bell to investigate the threat that the Sovereign Dho'uala poses to Imperial citizens around the Semmerlak, and how it might be countered Virtuously.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (7-0)
* '''Notes:''' Relates to the [[Silent Bell (Sodality)|Silent Bell]], and the entity known as [[Dho'uala]] that inhabits [[the Semmerlak]].
===Judgement 207===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Peregrine Boon
* '''Judgement:''' We renounce and condemn the actions of Hugh Farrier. What he has done is wrong! Next summit, he is to be shunned by the Marches and should be stripped of his position. His plans to curse Urizen is against the sentiment of the Marches. We understand the devastation curses cause and as an act of penance, any curse performed on Urizen from a Marcher is to be followed by recompence. This mine is trapped. There is nothing left to dig.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (238-12)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to relate to the situation between the Marches and Urizen, discussed in more detail in the ''[[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|Sound the bells]]'' wind of fortune.
===Judgement 209===
* '''Assembly:''' The Marches
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' Threshers who pat sorcerors on the back, even when they harm rituals, are no threshers at all! Shame on those who praise Marcher sorcerors! Our courageous Linley Weaver is a fine Marcher who stood and enacted a Thresher's job greatly!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (250-0)
* '''Notes:''' Seems to reference the [[Sound_the_bells#Turn_the_Other_Field|ongoing support]] of Marcher citizens and [[thresher|threshers]] for the magicians who [[Sound_the_bells#Supply_and_Demand|cursed Urizen]] during the Spring Equinox.
===Judgement 210===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orc
* '''Raised By:''' Skywise Tulva
* '''Judgement:''' Let me reach out to you in Skarsnid for time is short. The home of the Storm Shaman has been destroyed by the Cold Sun. We bled for our home and remember the fallen but we were not enough. An avalanche will sweep down, a storm of winter cold. Evacuate its path. Protect each other, hold to your loyalties, and be vigilant for the dangers that come.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with Primacy (64-0)

==Mandate==
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Bloodcrow Vassa
* '''Judgement:''' Thrace laid the foundation for the Imperial Orcs nation, but died before he ever saw his people build on his legacy and inspiration. We send Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer with a dose of true liao to consecrate the Legion's Rookery in Skarsind in the name of Ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1992-32); Margin of 1960
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Ambition at Legion's Rookery in Skarsind. As detailed in the [[The_Ambition_of_Thrace#Building_a_Nation_(Skarsind)|The Ambition of Thrace]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 49===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Lepidina
* '''Judgement:''' We welcome dialogue with the Apulians to further our collective understanding of the Way, and lift each other up in virtue. We send Lepidina with 25 doses of liao to encourage those Urizen magicians who have decided to stay to share the best of Urizen culture with the League. Let us share our values with them and make Apulian a city founded on philosophy, learning and a vision for a better future.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (238-22); Margin of 216
* '''Enacted.''' This mandate will have a slow but inexorable effect on the culture of Apulian, shaping the future of the newest City of [[the League]]. As detailed in the [[Blue_flowers_in_the_snow#Outreach|Blue flowers in the snow]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 52===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' For our Empire to offer sanctuary only to those we find convenient is to pretend at compassion while concealing the heart of a coward. We send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to encourage Navarr to reach out to all who call Peytaht their home, swearing to protect orc and human alike regardless of their beliefs.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (190-154); Margin of 36
* '''Not Enacted:''' This mandate was in competition with Judgement 56.
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]]

===Judgement 56===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Brynn Tendfallen
* '''Judgement:''' We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (252-58); Margin of 194
* '''Enacted.''' The fears of the Great Forest Orcs have been soothed. Those who have established steadings in Hercynia and Miaren will be reassured that they can continue to build lives alongside the Navarr. Some of those who still live in Therunin will remain behind, even as most of them return to the Heart of Peytaht, the bonds of friendship strengthened. As detailed in the [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] wind of fortune
* '''Notes:''' See [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] and [[#Judgement 124|Judgement 124]]

===Judgement 70===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Halwyn Splitroot
* '''Judgement:''' Gerallt Brackensong was an inspiration to all those who take Pride in songs and stories that exalt their nation. We send Brodi Brackensong with a dose of true liao to consecrate a school at First Voice Glade in Miaren in the name of Pride.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (898-202); Margin of 696
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Pride at the ruined [[Dean_of_the_First_Voice_Glade#First_Voice_Glade_(Ruined)|First Voice Glade]] in Miaren. As detailed in the [[The_Pride_of_Gerallt_Brackensong#First_Voice_Glade_(Miaren)|The Pride of Gerallt Brackensong]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 73===
* '''Assembly:''' Navarr
* '''Raised By:''' Oleander Ashwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Empty Hands march on the site of the first binding of thorns, and the birthplace of our nation. We send Oleander Ashwood with 75 doses of liao to ensure that this army doesn't desecrate this site with their presence.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (306-18); Margin of 288
* '''Enacted.''' Encourages the people of Miaren to support the Navarri who support an army against Cold Sun, providing two random herbs to every military unit that supports an army fighting the Empty Hands. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 74===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grey Stone
* '''Judgement:''' Good Walder was an inspiration to the prosperous regardless of where his last resting place is found. We send Tom Appleseed with a dose of true liao to consecrate the shrine at Good Walder's Orchard in Mitwold in the name of Prosperity.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (1256-126); Margin of 1130
* '''Enacted.''' Creates a true consecration of Prosperity at [[Keeper_of_the_Orchard#Good_Walder's_Orchard|Good Walder's Orchard]] in Mitwold. As detailed in the [[The_Prosperity_of_Good_Walder#Good_Walder's_Orchard|The Prosperity of Good Walder]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 119===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Friar John of the Mourn
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Friar John of the Mourn with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in the Mournwold know that the Tusks will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (166-20); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' The Tusks will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mournwold. If Mournwold is attacked and the Tusks are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.
===Judgement 122===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Firesong Kirra
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (68-0); Margin of 146
* '''Enacted.''' This relates to the creation of the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|Library of Worth]] in [[Skarsind]]. The Imperial Orcs will donate 4 wains of white granite and 8 crowns to support the commission each season for the next year. This will exhaust their capacity to support other important causes; it will be impossible to use a mandate to urge the Imperial Orcs to support another commission or similar project that needed help.

===Judgement 124===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Kellin Embercast
* '''Judgement:''' I use the power of Eyes of Loyalty to send Kellin Embercast with 25 doses of liao to support "''We have lived alongside the Great Forest Orcs and we consider them family. We will continue to work with them while the Navarr still live and breathe and we send Brynmor Rootround with 50 doses of liao to ask Navarr to look to their Loyalty and swear an oath to protect the Great Forest Orcs as though they were our family. Strength to the Navarr, Strength to the Great Forest Orcs''"
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (376-0); Margin of 376
* '''Enacted.''' Supports [[#Judgement 56|Judgement 56]] with the [[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]].

===Judgement 128===
* '''Assembly:''' Imperial Orcs
* '''Raised By:''' Stiv
* '''Judgement:''' All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it. We send Yerende Delk with two liao to ask the sept to provide High Chalcis with herbsheart so that they might prosper. Let us show them our peerless kinship!
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (78-0); Margin of 78
* '''Enacted.''' The Yerende will provide the Gardens of Chalcis with a small supply of herbsheart each season, raising the level of investment in herb gardens by one in Reikos providing every herb garden with one realmsroot each season. As detailed in the [[Standing_in_the_sun#Herbsheart|Standing in the sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 133===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Lievevos van Houten van Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' We prepare for malice, but must always thwart malice before it strikes against you. We send Lievevos van Houten van Holberg with 25 liao to Spiral to urge all vigilant citizens to seek out threats and drag them into the light.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0); Margin of 186
* '''Enacted.''' The Vigilant from across the Empire will travel to [[Spiral]] and work with pilgrims there to root out threats. As detailed in the [[Knocking_on_every_door#Shine_a_Light|Knocking on every door]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 151===
* '''Assembly:''' Varushkan
* '''Raised By:''' Anatoly Vassian Tatishchev
* '''Judgement:''' Strive for excellence in that of which you are proud! We send Anatolij Paukov Zorkin with 50 doses of liao to ask Varushkans to fund the Great Hall of Fabric Arts. Let no coin go unspent.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (246-0); Margin of 246
* '''Enacted.''' The people of Varushka will provide 20 wains of white granite and 40 crowns each season to the Great Hall of Fabric Arts in [[Karov]]. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_The_Folly_2|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 156===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Larkin Otterways
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Bryce the Hare with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Mitwold know that the Drakes will always fight to keep them safe.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (130-10); Margin of 120
* '''Enacted.''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 165===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sister Meredith
* '''Judgement:''' Know your heart and what commands its devotion above all else. We send Sister Meredith with 25 doses of liao to let everyone in Upwold know that the Bounders will always call Upwold home, and they will never abandon it.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (140-10); Margin of 130
* '''Enacted:''' The Drakes will gain a bonus equivalent to a thousand additional strength whenever they are fighting in Mitwold. If Mitwold is attacked and the Drakes are not present at the start of the very next season to lead the counter-attack or defence, then the oath will have been broken. As detailed in the [[I_already_know_you#Reeds,_Drakes,_Tusks,_Bounders|I already know you]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 185===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Aracelis i Erigo with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (94-0); Margin of 94
* '''Enacted.''' Over the next season, and with the aid of [[Janon]], the quality of the [[Burning Falcon]] will change from Glorious to True Conviction. As detailed in the [[Various_storms_and_saints#Falcons_Ever_Brighter|Various storms and saints]] wind of fortune.

===Judgement 195===
* '''Assembly:''' Freeborn
* '''Raised By:''' Val
* '''Judgement:''' A spark, from family, hearth, and pyre, carried by voice on wind to kohan's fire! Arise, Burning Falcon, and blaze across the sky like a comet bright as the sun-at-night! We send Luca i Taziel i Riqueza with 50 wains of mithril and 50 doses of liao to bring everburning flames from Madruga, Segura, Kahraman, and Feroz, to inspire our soldiers with a burning passion like none ever seen before!
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (0-32)

===Judgement 200===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' Pride conveyed by words alone is vain boasting. We send Skywise Gralka with 25 liao to ask the septs of Skarsind to support the Library of Worth. Let us come together to find the words and symbols that speak to the worth of the whole Imperial Orc nation
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (7-0); Margin of 7
* '''Not Enacted.''' It was not possible to raise this mandate in any [[Assembly]] other than the National Assembly of the Imperial Orcs. As detailed in the [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Constructing_the_Folly|The Deer in the Sun]] wind of fortune.

==Revocation==
The following judgements of [[revocation]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 129===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Aamu, Weir Whispering Wren
* '''Judgement:''' The Senators of Wintermark are meant to represent the needs of their people, ALL of their people. Senator Hengest Dunn for Hahnmark held the nation at spear point to get a member of his hall elected as General. Due to this, in failing to represent all of his constituents, we revoke Hengest Dunn as Senator for Hahnmark
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (220-46); Margin of 174

===Judgement 161===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawn
* '''Raised By:''' Alistair
* '''Judgement:''' For lack of Vigilance in her dealings in the Barrens and a lack of Pride in these ambitions. We are calling for this revocation against Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak so that she has the time to reflect on the virtue of her actions and motivations to prove herself worthy of holding a position of high office.
* '''Outcome:''' Not upheld (54-290)

==Challenge==
The following judgement of [[challenge]] was raised during the summit
===Judgement 84===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Galene Netherwatch
* '''Judgement:''' We call Valeria, Custodian of the Claw to a Virtuous Challenge. Prosperity requires no mana left unspent, yet Valeria has not attended Anvil in some seasons, leaving the mana in the sinecure stagnant.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (204-0)
* '''Note:''' The title of [[Custodian of the Claw]] will be available to [[Challenge#Outcome|appoint]] at the Summer Solstice 386YE

==Inquisition==
The following judgements of [[inquisition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 32===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement:''' I call Veikko Bondforger to inquisition at Sigehold Hall, Saturday 16:00. Let them demonstrate their efforts to rebuild their chains of loyalty and the courage to follow through
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (148-0)

===Judgement 33===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement:''' I, Ingrid Sigeing, call Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar to inquisition, to examine his role in the creation of the Liberty Pact.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (30-0)

===Judgement 39===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadqigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement:''' I call Jarrigk Orzel to inquisition, as Inquisitor of Wisdom, over his role in the needless deaths of the Vendarri sept. At 1pm at the Varushkan National Hearth, we shall see what Wisdom and what Virtue informed the Consul's decisions. Right of Witness encouraged.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (972-0)

===Judgement 42===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When a senator proposes a motion they must be clear that they understand, and are willing to pay, the costs involved in that decision. Thus, we call Myshki Marishka Letuchaya, Senator of Karov, to inquisition. We look forward to an explanation of their ambitions. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386YE. At 11:30am in the Varuhskan Hearth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (810-52); Margin of 758

===Judgement 51===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sofonisba Amilcara di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' Raine Tealeaf of Urizen has worked over the past year to undermine the reckoning between Urizen and the League, and to see Spiral returned to Urizen by fair means or foul. They have now abandoned that campaign. I call Raine Tealeaf to inquisition to discuss their pride in their past, their loyalty to their home, and their ambitions for the future; and to reckon up what they are owed and see that debt settled. Saturday of this summit, 6pm, Crimson Reaper Garrison. All welcome, especially those of Urizen and the League.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (770-0)

===Judgement 53===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement:''' I have already inquisited Fintan Nighthaven. The powers of inquisition do not let me jump straight to a judgement of sanction. Please vote for this judgement to see the result of that inquisition held at 11:30pm on the Saturday of last summit.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (568-266); Margin of 302

===Judgement 78===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement:''' Despise the weakness that comes from pettiness and lack of vision! We call to inquisition Alexios of Ember's Wake, to weigh their ambition in passing a declaration in Conclave telling all the realms that without the ritual Dripping Echoes of the Fen, empowered by Sadogua, the Empire is undefended: 6pm Saturday in The Shade at the top of Urizen (facing Varushka). All priests of Ambition are encouraged to attend.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (180-32); Margin of 148

===Judgement 80===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement:''' When Good Walder came upon a village he was pleased by those who shared their own good fortune with him in return for labour. Had they taken the food and drink from another village he would have rightly chastised them as thieves. The virtue fund exists to reward the deeds of those found worthy. It is not a coinpurse to draw on in advance of your actions. Using it as a fund to construct buildings denies the virtuous of their just rewards. In the past three years Pontus Figures has taken over 101 thrones to support buildings that should have been funded by other means. We call him to inquisition to explain these actions, and to give an accounting of where this money has gone. The inquisition will take place on Saturday of the Spring Summit 386. At 3pm in House de Gavaine.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (672-12); Margin of 660

===Judgement 83===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' Brother Harvest is a dangerous idolator and sorcerer and needs to be put down before he can do further harm! I elect Lenarius Ankarien, the Imperial Inquisitor, to delve into his actions and allies.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (146-0)

===Judgement 159===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Brother Geoffrey Orchard
* '''Judgement:''' Come summer we will have some idea of who, if anyone, has take up the offers of Siakha and the effect that has had. Therefore I call Ibiss Briarheart, Archmage of Spring, to inquisition at 2:30pm, Saturday, Summer 386, Boundaryfolk Camp, Marches. Let us discuss how Siakha and other eternals seek undue influence over the Empire, to the detriment of virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (116-0)

===Judgement 163===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement:''' Lady Amicia of the Semmerlak, I call you to inquisition to discuss the matter of Dho'uala, the sovereign that dwells in the waters of the Semmerlak. 5:30pm, Saturday, Summer Solstice. Location to be agreed up on likely weather dependent.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (162-10); Margin of 152

===Judgement 172===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Allula du Besté
* '''Judgement:''' Lord Caine of House Vortekar, I call an inquisition on your pride. You sacrificed yours and your houses' pride and advocacy of the Conclave for the sake of a 4 thrones bribe. Where is Lord Caine's pride and what are his intentions for the good of the house? What stock should we take in our own pride if the heads of our house can be swayed with a few coppers. To take place at House Vortekar, next summit, Saturday 2pm.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (100-20); Margin of 80

===Judgement 176===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Ardens of the Wanderer
* '''Judgement:''' The House of the Wanderer invites Elagabala, sword scholar and proxy Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path, to inquisition next summit to discuss the future of the order. Elegabala has been informed and consents to the inquisition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (780-0)

===Judgement 183===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' When someone's soul holds the testimony Virtuous Archmage, then this must be verified. I call to inquisition Ematius Ankarien, Archmage of Winter, at a time and place to be arranged next summit as his duties demand. Show us the arete you bring to the role.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-0)

===Judgement 194===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement:''' I call to inquisition the outgoing High Bard, Protectorate Rile, to examine what they have encouraged in the music and culture in the Empire, and their outgoing collection of "Freedom" poetry. Time and place to be arranged, Summer Solstice 386YE.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-10); Margin of 124

===Judgement 204===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement:''' As Imperial Inquisitor I call Finna i Fijadoz to inquisition at the Summer summit, to answer accusations of abuse of priestly powers.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 205===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Heilyn Bronwen's Rest
* '''Judgement:''' As Basilisk of the Bourse, I call Arlais Silent Tide to inquisition at 12:30 on Saturday of the Summer summit at the Silent Tide camp.
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 206===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement:''' The Arcane Inquisitor calls Edmundo, Archmage of Autumn, to examine his career, interactions and deals with eternals, and virtuous or unvirtuous conduct. If there are questions one wishes to submit, please attend. 4pm, Saturday. Hogsgrove Coppice Awning (or appropriate).
* '''Outcome:''' Automatically Upheld

===Judgement 208===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Sam Wychelm
* '''Judgement:''' I call Hugh Farrier to an inquisition at the Marchers at Saturday at Equinox. In regard to his intent to fund a territory curse on Urizen land. It will take into note his position as Champion of Prosperity and thrice-celebrated hero of Virtue by the Synod.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (250-0)

==Sanction==
The following judgements of [[sanction]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 15===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Lenarius Ankarien
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' With regards to the Inquisition of Cassia Silkweaver, I find that their inquisition of Sagua i'Ezmara in Spring 385 was greatly flawed. Through inexperience and a desire to be thorough, Cassia collected a great deal of evidence, but put to much credence on hearsay and opinion, allowing herself to be swayed by arguments with little weight or significance. This lead to an unwarranted castigation of the then Master of the Koboldi, and ultimately Sagua losing their position. This would have been an abuse of priestly powers was I not convinced that Cassia's intentions were virtuous, even if the execution was lacking. As penance, Cassia should not undertake any further inquisitions without further consulting a Virtue Inquisitor
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (678-138); Margin of 540
===Judgement 60===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Rafe
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate Rane Shardbearer in regards to their senatorial conduct surrounding the Barrens septs. I have found them to have acted virtuously under difficult circumstances. The decisions made were forced to be done under extreme time pressure by the civil service but Rane showed wisdom in acting upon what they knew at the time, keeping legal, moral, practical and virtuous concerns in mind as they did so. They acted out of loyalty to their friends, colleagues, and allies and did so with the courage to speak in support of controversial propositions when few others would do so.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld with a Greater Majority (218-0)

===Judgement 71===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Telyn Stormtree
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' I inquisited Anthemius Netherwatch on the Saturday of the Winter Solstice summit 385YE with regards to his leading of the casting of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. I found no malice in his actions, but a lack of balance in his appreciation of virtues. Too much Pride, not enough Vigilance. Indeed, I would like to call out any who claimed to warn him but did not actually act to stop the ritual. It is you who truly lack Vigilance. Inaction is a choice, just as action is. I have therefore given Anthemius a penance, to speak with Tiberius Stormspire Cascade in the next half-year, on the subject of Vigilance and who to apply it to the use of magic.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (102-112); Margin of 10

===Judgement 87===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Elisandre de Rondell
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In the matter of the inquisition of Lady Clarice Novarion, we find that the Lady has acted with virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (208-0)

===Judgement 100===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Silas of the Cenotaph
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Cyrus, Daniel, Tirza and Enoch are examples of Active, Virtuous, and efficient priests. Their methodical work to uproot, expose and end those enemies within the Empire whilst ensuring their work never disturb the houses of state from doing their job sets an example to us all. I encourage all to follow their example. Wait not for titles. DO THE VIRTUOUS WORK. Wisdom Questions All. Silas.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (958-10); Margin of 948

===Judgement 105===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kasjay
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Aurum Nightingale has let loyalty guide all of his actions since they have turned up to Anvil. Their great loyalty has helped achieve great things in the Empire and to inspire others. They should continue to act in virtue and look to how they can let ambition drive them to greater virtue.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (896-130); Margin of 766

===Judgement 123===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Kalina Jadwigowna Piosnkowa Prochnost
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' On the matter of his role as a key voice in the Senate's decision to declare the Vendarri sept as barbarians, and their subsequent eradication by the Karass sept, I find Jarrigk Orzel's Wisdom insufficient. While he may not lack for other Virtues, I find in him a tendency to rely on assumption and hearsay, rather than proactively seeking relevant and factual information. Had he made the effort to seek out information and not assumed he likely would not have, for example, convinced the Senate through his testimony that declaring the Vendarri barbarians would not be the same as declaring war on them - which it categorically is. This inquisition is not for hindsight. In the moment, he acted on the information he had and I find him un-Wise but not un-Virtuous. Penance: May he carry the Hallowing of the Stormcrow. May he learn from others and seek knowledge to better serve the Empire. In a year, may he return to my hearth and be tested on what he has learned.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (984-10); Margin of 974

===Judgement 134===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Ingrid Sigeing
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I vindicate the virtue of Shacklebreaker Thanmir Hrafnar, who acted with courage against the formidable foe of slavery in his work to form the Liberty Pact. His actions remind us of the heroism of the many acting as one, that a hero is called to great deeds over personal glory, and that the Steinr see the strengths of our fellows and urge them on to heroism.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (158-0)

===Judgement 139===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Senator Myshki Marishka Letuchaya has a great deal of ambition to protect her people. However, I have great concerns about her position on the exact terms of idolatry. Whilst I do not state that her mandate would have amounted to this crime, I fear that had it passed she would have placed civil servants in danger of engaging in it. As PENANCE I instruct the senator to speak with the varied National Assemblies to understand how other nations viewed her mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-144); Margin of 694

===Judgement 140===
* '''Assembly:''' Marcher
* '''Raised By:''' Rhubarb Ironwood
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Inquisiton of Sister Meredith: She has been thoroughly questioned on matters pertaining to her views and career. Her work with the Mourn orcs and the Mournwold are outstanding, her courage admirable. But her journey, despite everything, is not over!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (144-0)

===Judgement 141===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pontius Figures certainly demonstrates virtuous ambitions to complete great works. However, his use of the virtue fund raises two areas of deep concern. 1 - His habit of turning rewarding coin into white granite while granting himself a fee of 4 crowns per wain (example). 2 - A fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of rewarding. As penance he will explore ways to be more clear of his purpose in his judgements and how the rewarding will happen. He will be required to speak with the Virtue Assemblies within the next year to gain their input.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (852-124); Margin of 728

===Judgement 142===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sebastiano
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Pickers Goldleaf is many thing, a citizen who may be considered brash, clumsy, and headstrong. However, we do not find him greatly lacking virtue. There are questions regarding his ambition. He believes he has identified a fundamental flaw within the workings of the Imperial Senate, we challenge him to pursue a solution. As penance he will seek the counsel of ambition priests over the next summit for guidance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (776-44); Margin of 732

===Judgement 152===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Linnette Alighieri
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Lord Bohemond de Rondell, Senator of Astolat, has been inquisited over the matter of recent Dawnish actions in the Barrens. I find he acted following his understanding of virtue. However, his understanding does present weaknesses. For this reason I request the following penance: he shall converse with me and accept guidance over relevant matters over the next 4 seasons. Within this inquisition, a lack of efficient communication between the bodies of state has also been identified, which we shall discuss further as part of his penance.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (234-10); Margin of 224

===Judgement 162===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' The Fool of Glory
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following the Inquisition of Archavion Wolfbourne as represented by his adjutant and regarding his actions in the Barrens, we gave him a Penance. For one year, he will consult with the National Assembly of Dawn at least once per season, and the Fool of Glory shall accompany him to Military Council as an observer from the Assembly.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (134-26); Margin of 108

===Judgement 164===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Gwendolyn de Vexille
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Aramis du Froste - you were called to inquisition so that you might answer for your actions as Senator for the Barrens and the impact you have had. I understand that you attempted to act in Virtue but find your understanding to be flawed. Still, I deem you worthy of support in rising in Virtue and thus I do not condemn. Rather, I offer penance: For the next 3 summits you shall seek my counsel as priest confessor at least once per summit. Together, in consultation with the Troubadours of Dawn, we will work to identify a project which may liberate and uplift those you have failed. You will raise 50T for this project.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-94); Margin of 28

===Judgement 168===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Luca i Taziel i Riqueza
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' In Winter 384, Khalama i Radh i Guerra and the Sails of the First Flame cast Hallow of the Green World. Prosperity was not at the heart of this ritual, but nor did it have to be. Ambition is a Virtue, and more importantly Ambition was their Virtue. The Inquisitor cannot find fault in the Virtue of their action, and wishes to commend them for the Prosperity shown in their reaction: performing Blessing of New Spring at cost for those taking advantage of the ritual's opportunity. It is all too easy to claim sweet grapes but disown sour, during Inquisition Khalama exhibited the opposite behaviour. When pressed, he was quick to carry blame for the damage wrought, but hesitate to take credit for bounties brought. This does not warrant a Penance, merely an encouragement that if there is a next time, the Coven recognise the fruits of their labour. These rituals will grow both sweet and sour fruit, neither Coven nor Empire can forget that.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (186-0)

===Judgement 180===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I talked with Sarah of the Suns of Couros about the death of Enoch of Felix Watch. Sarah acted with courage throughout and counselled Enoch to improve his courage. This vigilance enabled him to face circumstances with her and others vigilantly that led to eventually to his death. May he pass swiftly through the labyrinth.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (132-0)

===Judgement 181===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Maarit Suvidottir
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' I inquisited Veikko Bondforger and I am satisfied by the steps he has taken to mend his bonds. He has paid weregild, contributed his loyalty to projects of the Mark. More than that he has had the courage to have hard conversations with the Assembly of Loyalty, his nation, and his friends. He has looked into the dark of his soul and faced this with courage to improve himself and rebuild his bonds.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (122-0)

===Judgement 192===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Following my inquisition of Enchanter Kym of the Twisted Rose, I find that his motivations were entirely virtuous, with great loyalty and ambition for the future of the Barrens. However he took on Autumn magic approach to a Winter magic problem - and now he has passed into the Labyrinth. This was a Conclave problem brought to the Synod - the bridge of the Sevenfold Path goes both ways!
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (562-18); Margin of 544

===Judgement 196===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka
* '''Judgement: (Penance)''' Alexios said they first thought of raising the declaration after hearing of Sadogua's anger, expressing some influence on his will. They were also under the impression that the ritual had failed in Kallavesa. They believed Brat Umbral Path that Dripping Echoes of the Fen would never work again - since proved untrue. Alexios acknowledges now that claiming the Empire was undefended was poorly worded. They say their actions were motivated by loyalty to the Empire. Their declaration was carelessly worded, based on falsehoods, and showed a lack of ambition by not seeking other ways to defend the Empire. Yet they do acknowledge that no eternal can be trusted. And they have committed create an arcane projection to add to the Empire's defences. Their penance tis to meet with Lutobor as a priest of ambition every summit for a year, to report on progress in defending the Empire with ambition.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (90-20); Margin of 70

===Judgement 197===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Morwenna Witheredrose
* '''Judgement: (Vindication)''' Last summit Fintan Nighthaven manifested the four word testimony "True Icon of Peace". As Inquisitor of the Way I immediately called him to an "informal" inquisition that evening. The inquisition was conducted under the light of the shield Bawnwatch, and its allowing drove me to rout whatever corruption there might have been in Fintans spirit. I found none. He has acted with utmost vigilance, routing the risk of military threats from Axos while recovering a relic of the faith. He did so without shedding a single drop of blood, and in the process secured our Empire valuable information about non imperial auras. His testimony reflects this magnificent feat. Discounting its miraculous nature simply because its wording makes us squeamish would only denigrate his success.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (838-58); Margin of 780

==Recognition==
The following judgements of [[recognition]] were raised during the summit.
===Judgement 11===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Rafael Barossa d'Apulian
* '''Judgement:''' We recognise Amika Acciai, sixth child of the House of Steel, as an Exemplar of Ambition. He reached out to Rafael Barossa d'Apulian, seeking help with his goal to "engulf Asavea in a firestorm of change". ''Pilgrimage:''Amika travelled to the Temple of the Way in Nemoria and studied there under Sumaash and Imperial priests. ''Benevolence:'' Amika turned his family estate into a safe haven for followers of the Way fleeing persecution by the Plenum. ''Salvation:'' Amika freed his family's slaves and taught them the Way. These pilgrims infiltrated other estates and spread the Way to the slaves there. Amika led the attack on the Tarquinius family estate, killing the oppressors there and giving his life for the cause. ''Inspiration:'' Amika's death inspired his cousin Alberto, who led the attack on the city of Marlien that freed all the slaves there, and started the wave of unrest that is currently crashing across Asavea.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (320-10); Margin of 310
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Amika Acciai will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

===Judgement 19===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Eevi of the Gadrai
* '''Judgement:''' Dogri Thulebane is an Exemplar of Loyalty. The signs are clear. ''Inspiration:'' Dogri's words inspired more than 200 fighters to stand with him in defence of Crow's Keep and Skarsind. in 385YE Spring, Dogri's story was added to Wintermark's Chronicle of Heroism as a national inspiration. ''Benevolence:'' Dogri opened Crow's Keep to all Skarsind winterfolk who did not want to leave. When the battle of Crow's Keep was lost, he ordered his followers to escape with their lives rather than lead them to their death. ''Miracle:'' Upon his death, a spontaneous aura of Loyalty manifested on the amulet he was wearing with no intervention from practitioners of Liao ceremonies. ''Legacy:'' Crow's Ridge is the region where Crow's Keep is found. After Dogri's stand, Crow's Ridge was taken by the Thule but the scars of Thulebane remain. Crow's Ridge is Dogri's legacy and for that legacy we have been granted an opportunity in 385YE Sumer to create an inspirational tomb for him, in his final resting place; the Sovevann, Kallavesa with true liao
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (473-36); Margin of 437
* '''Notes:''' The recognition of Dogri Thulebane will be escalated to the General Assembly for evaluation at the Summer Solstice.

==Writ of Consecration==
The following [[writ of Consecration|Writs of Consecration]] were requested during the summit.
===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Lady Kaywenn de Orzel
* '''Judgement:''' It is the will of the Pride Assembly that a writ of consecration for an inspirational tomb, for the exemplar of Pride Ozren de Orzel, be raised to inspire pilgrims to celebrate the Pride within themselves and the Empire
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (264-20); Margin of 244

===Judgement 106===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Serrusto Caeli Rezia di Tassato
* '''Judgement:''' The Assembly of Ambition seeks to consecrate the Towers of Dusk to Ambition, as an effort to restructure them after the Druj occupation, using a dose of true liao.
* '''Outcome:''' {{GM}} (326-16); Margin of 310

==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:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Viviane Barossa de Coeurdefer''' was appointed with 142 votes. Eska Harakkadottir received 118 votes. Ser Purslane Artorious received 26 votes.

===Judgement 2===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Cardinal of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Gaelen Embercast''' was appointed with 174 votes. Fintan Nighthaven received 30 votes.

===Judgement 3===
* '''Assembly:''' Ambition
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Ambition]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Eldrid Vestardottir''' was appointed with 124 votes. Lady Nimue de Rondell received 28 votes. Velika Prochnost received 10 votes.

===Judgement 17===
* '''Assembly:''' Loyalty
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Loyalty]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Kellin Embercast''' was appointed with 92 votes. Eevi of the Gadrai received 80 votes. Father Edmund received 42 votes. Ser Sable received 10 votes.

===Judgement 20===
* '''Assembly:''' Urizen
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arbiter of the Four Winds]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Athenus of the House of the Wanderer''' was appointed with 68 votes.

===Judgement 23===
* '''Assembly:''' Vigilance
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Vigilance]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Jared of the Sentinel's Tower''' was appointed with 70 votes. Bryce of the Hare received 44 votes. Fenrys Burning Branch received 24 votes. Keelia Scorched Pine received 12 votes. Sylver Waystone Path received 12 votes. Dryn Embercast received 0 votes.

===Judgement 25===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Arcane Inquisitor]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Rhubarb Ironwood''' was appointed with 5 votes. Bryn Tendfallen received 4 votes. Ari of the Scarlet Guard received 0 votes. Brother Geoffrey Orchard received 0 votes. Callista of the Dark Shard received 0 votes. Casimir Pakkanovic Mislova received 0 votes. Clerabela Vicente d'Apulian received 0 votes. Galene Netherwatch received 0 votes. Lutobor Branislavovich Glinka received 0 votes.

===Judgement 26===
* '''Assembly:''' Dawnish
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Voice of the Twin Roses]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Noble Seri of the Twisted Rose''' was appointed with 60 votes. Earl Ailsa Tamerlaine received 30 votes. Hieronyus Dowland received 20 votes.

===Judgement 27===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[High Bard of the Empire]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Malcón i Dyrelnos i Erigo''' was appointed with 5 votes. Tarik of Ashenhall received 3 votes. Burnlin Drumheart received 0 votes. Jymi Handaxe received 0 votes. Kish of the Flame Beneath the Earth received 0 votes. Mercy Summermuse received 0 votes. Sofonisba Amicara di Sarvos received 0 votes.

===Judgement 29===
* '''Assembly:''' Wintermark
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Speaker of the Crows]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Ingrid Sigeing''' was appointed with 220 votes.

===Judgement 30===
* '''Assembly:''' Pride
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Virtue inquisitor|Virtue Inquisitor of Pride]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum''' was appointed with 176 votes. Kazimir Syrota Molenav received 10 votes.

===Judgement 57===
* '''Assembly:''' Courage
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Guardian of Britta's Memorial]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Neala Blackhawk''' was appointed with 66 votes.

===Judgement 58===
* '''Assembly:''' Highborn
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Lepidean Librarian]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower''' was appointed with 224 votes.

===Judgement 63===
* '''Assembly:''' Prosperity
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Champion of Prosperity]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Hugh Farrier''' was appointed with 200 votes.

===Judgement 94===
* '''Assembly:''' Nine
* '''Raised By:''' Tribune
* '''Judgement:''' Appointment of the [[Auditor of Senatorial Accountability]]
* '''Outcome:''' '''Vauras 'Prosperity's Forge' Korppitkotka''' was appointed with 6 votes. Algernon Berinore received 2 votes. Jules von Holberg received 0 votes.

==Rewarding==
The following judgements of [[rewarding]] were sought during the summit.
===Judgement 6===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Pontus Figures
* '''Judgement:''' Dialagos has presented the Empire with the chance to construct Prosperous Counting Houses that will increase the income to the virtue fund each season. This provides us an opportunity to invest now for benefits in perpetuity. Each house requires 5 White Granite, 5 Weirwood, and 30 crowns. We propose the virtue fund should take advantage and would ask for funds to acquire the needed resource to construct the house with the highest return at the point sufficient material has been gathered (currently Tassato for 16 crowns/season)> we seek the assemblies approval to purchase 2 wains of weirwood using 10 Thrones and 0 Crowns. Should this pass, further requests will be placed until the full balance of material is acquired. Last summit 2 wains were purchased for this endeavour.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (578-548); Margin of 30
* '''Notes:''' Refers to the counting house project [[Forwards_and_Rewards#Prosperity_and_Posterity|proposed]] by Dialagos of Urizen.

===Judgement 13===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Teleri Thornweaver
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Brodi Brackensong with one dose of true liao to consecrate an inspirational location for Gerallt Brackensong, exemplar of Pride. Actual location to be decided as part of separate mandate.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (630-444); Margin of 186

===Judgement 18===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra
* '''Judgement:''' For his continued work as the Friar of Honour's Rest in aiding the countless ghosts of the Mournwold move on to the next part of their spiritual journey, we reward Friar John of the Mourn 40 thrones. This should allow for the purchase of materials necessary for the construction of the Orchard of the Watch; a memorial for those that died during the liberation of the Mournwold. This will allow the souls to cease lingering, put an end to the territory's haunting, and create a site of remembrance for the survivors of this blood portion of Imperial history. The spirits of myriad heroes still haunt the ruins of Overton. The fear that their sacrifice will not be remembered keeps them from their rest. Priests of the Empire; let the virtue fund reward these virtuous souls for their service and sacrifice.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (782-364); Margin of 418

===Judgement 24===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Grogfear Kraaida
* '''Judgement:''' For ten years Osgar Boarsnout has fought for the Empire with Courage and Loyalty. Starting as a simple footsoldier, Osgar was promoted to captain and then handpicked by Reidarr Bloodletter as their replacement as commander of the Heart of the Mark. For his unyielding Loyalty, Courage and Wisdom protecting the people of the Empire, the Synod awards Osgar 10 thrones. One for each year of service.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (418-446); Margin of 28

===Judgement 35===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Dolce di Sarvos
* '''Judgement:''' The Synod rewards Laurencio di Sarvos with Seven Thrones for his work supporting newcomers to Anvil, and in particular or the creation of the 'Deed of Debut'. The Deed of Debut is a document available to newcomers to Anvil that allows them to take advantage of a range of special offers provided by a variety of high-quality vendors in the League, including food, drink, archery, cicisbeos and more. This supports their introduction to Anvil, helps their money go further and supports the businesses and traders at Anvil. This rewarding could help spread this initiative to more vendors, more nations and support even more people newly arrived at Anvil.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (526-80); Margin of 446

===Judgement 36===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Jules von Holberg
* '''Judgement:''' Too often the labour and toil of Artisans goes uncelebrated and is taken for granted, yet through their efforts are the heros of the Empire are better protected and better able to fight for the Empire and show the Way. So I call on the Synod to reward Marcus von Temeschwar, lone artisans of the celebrated Sea Wolves, with Fifty Crowns for tirelessly working to strengthen and protect those to whom he is loyal.
* '''Outcome:''' Not Upheld (378-534); Margin of 156

===Judgement 37===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' 'Shacklebreaker' Thanmir Hrafnar
* '''Judgement:''' To reward Zadkiel de Couerdefer the sum of 20 thrones for their work to create a means of communication with the hitherto unknown nation of the Elakar. Zadkiel showed unfailing Pride in their own abilities and used these to acquire donations from citizens totalling 100 thrones used to acquire 40 rings of ilium needed to establish this communication. Zadkiel intends to use this rewarding to repay some of these donations.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (606-304); Margin of 302

===Judgement 99===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Sibling Amos of Tian's Return
* '''Judgement:''' Sibling Nekoda of the Shattered Tower has worked tirelessly to help new siblings at Anvil find their place within our great Empire - helping them achieve their ambitions with coins & liao from their own pocket. We call on the Assembly to reward them with 2 thrones so they can continue to inspire the next generation of virtuous heroes.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (850-246); Margin of 604

===Judgement 102===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Luciana Valesi
* '''Judgement:''' Thanmir Hrafnar was instrumental in funding efforts to open communications, raising over 100T to make this diplomatic outreach possible. He displayed great Prosperity in making this mission possible, fuelled by great Pride in our Empire. We request 10 thrones from the virtue fund to reward these efforts.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (388-144); Margin of 244

===Judgement 104===
* '''Assembly:''' General
* '''Raised By:''' Aristeia Starchaser
* '''Judgement:''' For the past four seasons Serenus Starsong and the coven of Storm's End have used their own mana to fund the APs and rituals that have revealed to us the names of the stars - Oak, Web, Phoenix, and Great Wyrm. We award Serenus 20 thrones from the Virtue Fund in recompense with Pride and recognition of their Ambitions.
* '''Outcome:''' Upheld (478-432); Margin of 46

==The Virtue Fund==
The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:
{|
| ''Starting Value'' || 3 Rings ||
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 7 Rings || Donation by Crassus, for the Sand Fishers.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 11 Thrones, 4 Crowns || Donation by an anonymous individual on behalf of "A Prosperous Consortium".
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Beirth Martel.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 5 Rings || Donation by Alistair.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Maelfaisance Remys.
|-
| ''Income'' || 85 Thrones || The price paid in the Bourse Auction for the dose of True Liao.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Rings || Donation by Finna.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 7 Thrones || Rewarding to Dolce di Sarvos following [[#Judgement 35|Judgement 35]] being upheld (a margin of 446).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 40 Thrones || Rewarding to Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra following [[#Judgement 18|Judgement 18]] being upheld (a margin of 418).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 20 Thrones || Rewarding to Thanmir "Shacklebreaker" Hrafnar following [[#Judgement 37|Judgement 37]] being upheld (a margin of 302).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Luciana Valesi following [[#Judgement 102|Judgement 102]] being upheld (a margin of 244).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones || Rewarding to Pontus Figures following [[#Judgement 6|Judgement 6]] being upheld (a margin of 30).
|-
| ''Donation'' || 2 Crown, 12 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Throne || Donation by Luca and a Marcher friend.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Veikko Bondforger.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown, 5 Rings || Donation by Belakov Zakharovich Prochnost.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Crown || Donation by Tom Appleseed.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 1 Ring || Donation by Lysimachus.
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 2 Thrones || Rewarding to Amos following [[#Judgement 99|Judgement 99]] being upheld (a margin of 604).
|-
| ''Rewarding'' || 10 Thrones, 1 Crown, 16 Rings || Rewarding to Aristeia Starchaser following [[#Judgement 104|Judgement 104]] being upheld (a margin of 46) - insufficient funds for full rewarding.
|-
| ''Donation'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings || Donation by the Secretary General of the Civil Service from the sale of writing implements.
|-
| ''Closing Value'' || 4 Crowns, 2 Rings ||
|}

==Doses of True Liao==

Five doses of [[Liao#True Liao|True Liao]] were disbursed this summit:
* One dose to Vesna Borkovna Prochnost as [[the Throne]]
* One dose in connection to the [[Lepidean Librarian|Lepidean University]] to Teleri Thornweaver via [[#Judgement 13|Judgement 13]]
* One dose to Idris Eternal by purchase in the [[Public auction|Public Auction]]
* One dose to Halwyn Splitroot by decision of the Gatekeepers
* One dose to Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer by decision of the Gatekeepers

==Special Considerations==
The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Spring Equinox.
<table class='wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable'><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Assembly'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Consideration'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Link'''</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">'''Duration'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire risk causing dissent.</td><td>[[Cardinal_of_Loyalty#Additional_Powers_-_The_Eyes_of_Loyalty|Eyes of Loyalty]]</td><td>Ongoing</td>
<tr><td>All Assemblies</td><td>Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. </td><td>[[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Urizen_Assembly|Urizen Link]], [[Hard_and_suspecting#The_Varushkan_Assembly|Varushka Link]].</td><td>Ongoing</td>
</table>

==Alternative Mandates==
Prior to the summit, the following [[Mandate#Alternative Mandates|alternative mandates]] were proposed by members of the Synod.

{|
| '''Member''' || '''Link to mandate''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| Corey Wayfarer || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Morwenna Witheredrose || [[Little_mercy#Reassurance|Little mercy]] ||
|-
| Nathair Autumngale || [[The_Deer_in_the_Sun#Unnatural_Light_of_Day|The Deer in the Sun]] ||
|-
|}

A long good-bye

2024-06-21T09:09:29Z

Coolbeans: /* Participation */

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic> Uncle Uzo drummed his fingers on the hard oak table. The faded runes tattooed on his knuckles stretched and moved. Strength to do what needs to be done. To bring an ending to those who oppose. To be cunning and cautious in the face of oppression. To have the will to choose ones own destiny. As he counted them off, the mantra in his head went some way towards calming his troubled thoughts. Some way.

Back in Tassato Mestra. Already. He cursed under his breath. Hardfrost! That damn Talbot beater, that damn militiaman! It was like he had a supernatural sense for Uzo's agents! All efforts to establish himself in Sarvos ruined; his brick factory confiscated; his followers dead or fled. And now he was back in damn Tassato, a poor relative knocking at the door of the damn woman he had moved to Sarvos to get away from in the first place.

Auntie Vivian di Tassato Mestra. She had not even deigned to see him yet, keeping him waiting for the second day. Hiding out in a filthy garret overlooking the river, drinking himself into oblivion each night on stolen Hercynian spirits brought down the river from Temeschwar hidden in crates of weltsilver ore. He sighed gustily. If their situations had been reversed, he would have enjoyed her situation as much as she was plainly enjoying his.

He glared across the table at her representatives. Carlton di Tassato Mestra was young, and making a show of cleaning his fingernails with a slim stiletto. A popinjay. His older brother William was a different matter - hard and strong, like a true vyig, at ease with the harsh realities of life as an enforcer for Auntie Vivian. Where Carlton was clearly full of nervous energy, William sat stock still in his seat, his dark-skinned hands resting easily on the table in front of him. Uzo could barely make out any of his tattoos; black ink on black skin. He'd heard that if you were close enough to see the vyig marks, you were only still breathing because William (or his Auntie) thought you were worth more alive than dead.

Uncle Uzo shook his head to clear it. That sort of thinking was fine for the sheep, for the bleating masses that bowed beneath the Imperial yoke. It was not right for an Uncle of the vyig, for a wolf-in-shepherds-garb, to give too much credulity to stories spun to keep the prey on the back foot.

William was staring at Uzo. Appraising him. The silence stretched. The older man was damned if he was going to appear weak by breaking it. He took another sip of strong Navarri alcohol, grimaced at the sharp tang. What the hell did they use to make whiskey in the Glade of Shadows? Damn Hardfrost.

Suddenly, young Carlton cocked his head and frowned. He stood up and moved fluidly towards the door, cracked it open. Uzo heard it then as well - the sound of someone banging on the door to the tavern below. Raised voices.

William was already by the window, cracking it a little, peering into the street. Uzo had not seen him move. "Militia," he said quietly, his voice betraying no emotion. He might have been discussing the weather. "And ... priests?"
The sound of wood splintering from below, raised voices. Steel.

Uzo lumbered to his feet. "What ... you told me this place was safe!" he hated how petulant he sounded. His head swam from the sudden movement. He'd had too much to drink, and cursed himself for it.

"Nowhere is safe right now, 'Uncle'." said Carlton, not bothering to conceal his contempt.

Uzo bridled, his hackles raised, whiskey fuelling the anger vying with fear in his belly. He had been smashing faces and breaking legs before this little shit had got blood on his first tunic. He deserved respect, dammit! He opened his mouth to bawl the young bravo out and then ... something went wrong.

He slumped back in his seat, heavily. He became aware of a spreading wetness, and the first hint of pain in his back. He craned his head round. William was behind him, wiping his daggers quickly clean on Uzo's cloak.

"This is not personal, Uzo" he said quietly as Carlton locked and barred the door. "Aunt Vivian holds no grudge against you, but you know too much and you are too old and fat to go where we are going. Better that you take our secrets to the Labyrinth with you."

Uzo tried to stammer something but William silenced him with a finger. Behind him, Carlton had unshuttered the other window, and was already pulling himself up onto the roof of the building next door.

"Don't say anything, Uzo." William's lip curled.

"Any true vyig would have died in Sarvos fighting the magistrates. We will say that that is what happened, give you a little of the dignity you seem to have spent the last ten years running from. You do not need to thank me."

As the agony from his ruined kidneys banished any rational thought, as the room began to grow dark, Uzo slumped forward over the table.

The last thing he saw was William's boots disappearing from sight as he followed his brother onto the roofs of Tassato; the last thing he heard the pounding fist and the raised voice demanding that he open the door; and the last thing he thought before he ceased to be Uncle Uzo entirely was "That ... damn ... Hardfrost ..." </ic>

===Overview===
Following on from the [[A big sleep|events in Sarvos]], the Empire has taken up arms against the [[vyig]] infestation of [[the League]] cities of [[Holberg]], [[Tassato#Tassato Mestra|Mestra]], [[Tassato#Tassato Regario|Regario]], and of course [[Temeschwar]]. Three priests of the assembly of [[vigilance]] have led the way, working both to inspire citizens to act against the criminals in their midst, and to co-ordinate the efforts of [[bishop|bishops]], [[bravos]], and [[guilds]] with the [[Officers_of_the_Law#The_Imperial_Militia|militia]] and the [[magistrates]]. Preaching the virtue of ridding the Empire of the vyig blight, they work tirelessly to promote the militia and encourage League citizens to sweep their city and the surrounding area clean of criminals. Municipal buildings and public spaces are [[Religious_skills#Consecration|consecrated]] with auras of vigilance, serving as gathering places for those dedicated to rooting out the vyig. Supporters of the cause are [[Religious skills#Anointing|anointed]] with mantles that sharpen their eyes and bolster their will to track down and eliminate all traces of the criminal threat. For a time, the fear the vyig evoke is countered by the will to expose and denounce the wicked.

While citizens of the League take the forefront in operations against the criminals, they are not alone. In [[Holberg]], Vladimir von Temeschwar receives the unexpected assistance of a number of [[Imperial_Orcs_economic_interests#Thief-takers|thief-takers]] from the [[Imperial Orcs|Imperial orc]] camp in [[Semmerholm#Estmure|Estcastle]], as well as several dozen [[Questing knight|questing knights]] and [[Knight-errant|knights-errant]]. The city is quickly searched - the cowardly vyig mostly deserted Holberg during the [[Druj]] siege - but there are several armed engagements in the ruins of [[Holberg#Holmauer|Holmauer]] where it seems the vyig were attempting to construct criminal dens among the rubble.

In [[Tassato]], beneath [[Drawing the Penumbral Veil|stars that are twisted and unfamiliar]], Valimir von Temeschwar is able to forge a tenuous - and temporary - truce between rival Princes on either side of the river. During the drab autumn months habitual opponents offer grudging assistance to each other, ensuring that the vyig thugs are given nowhere to hide. Wily [[Navarr]] [[Navarr military concerns#Thorns|thorns]] and dour [[Highguard|Highborn]] priests help to unearth and end a sinister trade in stolen goods - valuables stolen in Mestra fenced in Regario and vice versa. The efforts of the priests of vigilance receive strong and unexpected support from the followers of the ''Charitable Chain of Andromeo'', a [[congregation]] which values [[loyalty]] above all other virtues. A proud fellowship offering succor and protection to the victims of the vyig, their knowledge of the depths to which the criminal conspiracy will stoop proves invaluable in locating and destroying some of the worst dens of vice on both sides of the village - although sadly their leader (the ex-mountebank Callista di Tassato Regario) and several of her closest allies pay for their courage with their lives. Still, thanks to the bravery and vigilance of citizens such as these, the vyig are no longer a force in the twin-city by the time the first dreary snow of winter falls on the roofs of the twin city.

Things are not quite so straightforward in [[Temeschwar]] - unsurprisingly, perhaps. Irada von Temeschwar takes the lead here. A powerful aura of vigilance is laid on the statue of Ratibor von Temeschwar, the boyar who first rousted the vyig from his city in the years before the foundation of the Empire. Angy priests from the Assembly of Ambition are roused by Regina Alcee Caeli Salvatici von Temeschwar to join with [[Varushka|Varushkan]] [[Varushka military concerns#Schlacta|Schlacta]] and [[Varushka magical traditions#Volhov|volhov]] to scour the city for those with vyig tattoos and their associates. This is not the era of the boyars; those suspected of crimes are arrested, interrogated, and dealt with fairly under the rule of law.

In Temeschwar, the vyig fight back with sword and fire - the grim leaders of the conspiracy would rather die that submit to the legal authority of the magistrates. For a week in late autumn there are open battles between law-abiding citizens and secretive criminals both inside the city bounds and in the forests nearby. The vyig are suspiciously well armed - caches of weapons and armour purchased or stolen from all over the Empire are uncovered along with evidence of plans for armed insurrection. The investigation of the vyig here escalates quickly, but the militia receive unexpected support from the ''Vardstein Voyi'', a [[military unit|gang of bravos]] who claim a proud heritage - descended from the schlacta who took part in the first Night of a Thousand Torches at the behest of Ratibor and active opponents of the vyig ever since.

This wide-ranging conflict with the vyig is not without its costs. The disruption caused by searching out the hidden places where the criminals gather is widespread and unavoidable. Citizens are arrested in large numbers, or held for questioning about their suspicious behaviour. Significant numbers of secret liaisons, sharp business practices, and criminal enterprises only peripherally associated with the vyig are exposed to the light of day. In a few cases, business establishments are physically damaged in fights between militia and criminal enforcers.

===Significance===
There is little doubt that the vyig are dealt a blow from which they will not soon recover. Their operations in Tassato and Holberg are brought to a conclusive end - with the raids in Sarvos over the Summer months, the vyig infection is effectively cut out from the southern Empire. In the north, the vyig are a little more tenacious ... but their operations in Temeschwar are smashed, the ring-leaders scattered, and more importantly the spectre of fear they inspire broken by the vigilance and strong hearts of those who oppose them.

The disruption wrought by these three long months of direct conflict, while significant in the short-term, are already fading and it looks like it will be business as usual after the Winter Solstice.

===Spoils of War===
As in Sarvos last season, the magistrates have confiscated assets belonging to the vyig. Some of those assets are significant enough that they are to be auctioned during the Winter Solstice. They include:
* '''Auntie Bimber's Palinka''' A Temeschwari [[business|den of iniquity]] in [[Temeschwar#hanuri|Hanuri]] with a reputation as a neutral meeting ground for rival vyig factions. The tavern was shut down in a massive militia raid, and its proprietors and clientèle now face the full weight of the law, but the premises, stock, and distillation equipment are largely untouched. (Auntie Bimber's Palink is a rank 2 business).
* '''Bartelli's Bolt''' A [[Materials#Weltsilver|weltsilver Mine]] in the foothills of [[Temeschwar#Locul|Mellfort Peak]]. Long considered almost played out, investigations uncovered that the place was being used to store stolen goods including art treasures from all over the Empire. The owner, Bartelli von Temeschwar, was using "conscripts" (effectively slaves) to work the weltsilver veins and smuggle goods stolen from Wintermark and Varushka south for sale to overseas clients and unscrupulous art collectors. With his arrest the mine has been seized by the militia until a suitable new owner can be found to turn its fruit to more a more Virtuous end. (Bartelli's Bolt is a rank 4 weltsilver mine).
* '''Pressing Matters, The Prince's Prints'''. Regario is well known for its skillful printers but not all of its skillful printers are that well known. Whilst for some of them this is a consequence of their mediocrity, for a very few businesses this lack of notoriety is carefully crafted. Located in the heart of the eastern city and hidden behind a basic fabric shop facade, this moderately prosperous [[business]] was used as the base of operations for a gang of confidence tricksters preying on the credulous and the greedy. There is also some evidence that printmaster was attempting to find a way to counterfeit Bourse certificates - without any noticeable success. (Pressing Matters is a rank 3 business).
* The '''Carta de Fimi Nacoso'''. Known to a select few as the Guild of the River's Secrets this extended family of [[merrow]] [[The_League_lineage_and_species_attitudes#Reckoners|reckoners]] specialised in ferrying citizens across the wide river. Initially an honest [[business]] the recent investigations uncovered evidence that the head of the Guild, Carlotta de Mestra had been blackmailed by the vyig "Auntie Vivian". Largely without the complicity of its members the Guild of the River's Secrets had been moving stolen goods across the river for the vyig. With Carlotta gone the Fimi Nacoso are looking for a more honest soul to help them return to their original, law abiding roots. (Carta de Fimi Nacoso is a rank 2 business).
* '''The Tunnel Snakes''' War is a time of much tragedy but it is also a time of opportunity for those able to seize it. Over the last decade the vyig operated this Holberg [[business|logistics and supplies company]] as a front for a network of contacts, supply chains and smugglers involved in siphoning resources, weapons and other goods from the walls of Holberg to the heart of Temeschwar. The supply and distribution network, as well we premises in all four League cities, have been auctioned in the hope that a law abiding citizen can put them to more prosperous use - importing luxury goods from the rest of the League city to the newly liberated Holberg. (The Tunnel Snakes are a rank 3 business)

These [[Resource#Personal_Resource|resources]] will be auctioned on Saturday evening during the public auction. Any Imperial citizen may participate, of course, but they are obviously of more interest and use to citizens of the League. A citizen who wins one of these resources will be able to take control immediately, but there will be some paperwork to complete - and the usual charge of two crowns to change resource will apply. ('''OOC:''' It is part of the game design that a character cannot have more than one personal resource. This means that if you win a resource, you must exchange it for your current personal resource, or it will instead go to the next highest bidder. It may also mean that your character changes their territory of residence for purposes of elections).

===Disruption===
As all three priests [[379YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgments#Synod_Judgments|named]] by the [[Imperial Synod]] chose to employ the full hundred liao mentioned in that [[opportunity]], the vyig have been routed - but the resultant disruption significantly affected commerce in the four cities. As a consequence, citizens operating in Temeschwar, Holberg, an the two Tassatos have found the income from their [[business]] interests reduced by a quarter. Now that the vyig are dealt with, however, things should presumably return to normal.

===Further Investigation===
The vyig are no longer a significant threat, and their presence in Tassato and Holberg as it an end. In Temeschwar, their operations have been smashed but there are still a few lose ends to tie up. Many of the Uncles and Aunts died rather than be arrested by the militia, but there are still a few unaccounted for. The leader of the vyig, '''Bollek''', is believed to be dead but there are still some questions around precisely what happened to him. With these factors in mind, '''Magistrate Gerude von Temeschwar''' intends to visit Anvil to meet with Vladimir von Temeschwar, Valimir von Temeschwar, and Irada von Temeschwar to make a final report on the outcome of the operation to end the vyig threat to the Empire once and for all.

==Participation==
Any character is welcome to roleplay that they have been involved in this fight against the vyig; the operation has by no means been restricted to League citizens. Likewise, any citizen of Holberg, Tassato, or Temeschwar - especially those with businesses - can come up with a story about how the war against the organised crime syndicate has affected them. While the main thrust of the investigation has focused on the vyig, any criminal activities in the three cities is likely to have been impacted by the campaign - any character with criminal connections in the League is welcome to e-mail plot@profounddecisions.co.uk and we will happily arrange for you to begin play as prisoners of the militia facing trial for your crimes.

==Resolution==
In the confusion caused by the dreadful weather during the Anvil summit, the planned auction of vyig assets did not go ahead. It has been rescheduled for Spring 380YE.

Snow and rain

2024-06-21T09:08:47Z

Coolbeans: /* Opportunity: The Scorrero Nets */

<ic>"Do you want to build a snowman?" shouted Wyl enthusiastically. Maedoc shook his head.

"It is too damn cold for snowmen!" he shouted back. Wyl laughed.

"You should have bought some mittens! I told you you should have bought mittens!" He waved his own mittened hands for a moment, then squatted to begin rolling snow into a ball.

Maedoc raised his eyes to the heavens.

"He's your son," he grumbled to Baed. His wife patted him on the arm.

"I seem to recall you were at least slightly involved," she said archly. They shared a private smile, and then walked on, linking arms.

"Have you ever seen so much snow!" asked Baed, rhetorically. Maedoc puffed on his pipe for a moment, thoughtful.

"Nothing like this, not even when the Thule sent their fimbulwinter down before the attack on Skarsind. I'm wearing two extra layers under this coat and I am still feeling the cold!"

"That's not the cold, that's just you getting old," laughed Baed. Then she became serious, looking up toward the Northpines, towering above the forest to the north-west. "The winter is bad enough, but it is the Spring that I fear. All that snow that has fallen ... it is not going anywhere. It's going to come down the mountain one way or another."

Maedoc nodded. "I hear that some of the Pridestalkers have been talking about creating an avalanche on purpose, with just that in mind. I think they are mad. It cannot possibly help but go horribly wrong. Still, you know Pridestalkers ..."

Baed was only half-listening. She was staring off to the north.

"You're thinking about the orcs?"

"Aye. Their first winter in Skarsind is going to be a bad one. If it is this bad here, imagine what it will be like along the northern peaks."

"Not much we can do here," said Maeddoc.

Both Navarr wore Suaq snowshoes and had covered quite a distance despite the deep snow. They turned to look back along the trail to where Wyl had been joined by a handful of children and several youths his own age. They were already on to their second snowman. Laughter drifted on the still Winter air. They watched in silence for a few minutes.

"No ..." agreed Baed, her face lost in thought. "No much we can do here but ... there might be something we can do if we go ''there'', don't you think?"

Maeddoc smiled broadly at his wife.

"I'll speak to some of the others and see what we can bundle together. It's the least we can do. The Winterfolk have been our neighbours for generations and without the Imperial Orcs ..."

His voice trailed off. Unconsciously he touched the stump of his left arm, his expression twisted by remembered pain. Baed touched his shoulder, concerned. Her husband shook himself, breaking the grip of the past, and grinned at Baed.

"Without the Imperial Orcs our Wyl would be working in a mine for tablescraps instead of trying to impress young Tarhad with his snowballs. Come, I'll race you back to the camp!"

He set off without waiting, sliding quickly cross the snow with expert ease, his grin widening as his wife's voice raised in faux-outrage as she berated him for his cheating ways.</ic>

==Overview==
This Winter has been ''cold''. Angry blizzards rage across [[Sermersuaq]], [[Skarsind]], [[Volodmartz]], [[Hercynia]], and [[Miekarova]]. Great drifts of snow leave some isolated communities in the northern parts of the Empire completely cut off for weeks on end. Some are able to endure the harsh winter months only thanks to the aid of intrepid [[Navarr]] [[striding|stridings]] who help to ferry food and other necessities to the far-flung parts of the Empire.

Heavy snowfalls are common as far south as [[Mournwold]] and [[Bastion]], with light flurries of snow even in [[Kahraman]], [[Casinea]] and [[Necropolis]]. The food shortages caused by the [[March on their belly|disastrous Marcher harvest]] combine with the vile weather to create one of the worst winters in thirty years. Even where the weather is only poor - on [[the Brass Coast]] and in the mountains of [[Urizen]], the effects are felt in the form of tightened belts and unseasonably cold winds.
===Winter in Skarsind===
Winter has been bad across the Empire, but nowhere has it been worse than in Skarsind. Indeed, it might be fairer to say that Skarsind has an ''atrocious'' winter. Week long snowstorms; several avalanches in the northern mountains; water frozen solid; packs of hungry predators pressing ever closer to civilisation; and even talk of nights so cold that they caused trees to explode. The cold weather brings with it a creeping malaise, and even the hardiest of orcs are prone to chills and colds.

The weather hits the farm owners worst of all - in that they need to break open their stockpiles just to keep themselves and their neighbours alive through the bitter, bitter winter. It is here that the one silver lining can be seen. With the entire territory in the grip of unspeakable weather, the quarrel between the native [[Wintermark|Winterfolk]] and the [[Imperial Orcs]] is largely put aside (at least temporarily), with members of both communities combining their efforts to endure the frigid months.

===Vassa and Scorrero===
Worse, once the weather begins to improve a little, the heavy snow begins to thaw, leading to flooding in several parts of the southern Empire. The Vassa and the Scorrero are particularly swollen by snowmelt, causing problems in [[Tassato]], [[Tassato#Cascatas|Cevia]], [[Segura#Trivento|Trivento]], [[Segura#Lucksprings|Cerevado]], and [[Madruga#Siroc|Siroc]]. There is a serious possibility that the furious Vassa may burst its banks, with sandbags and other improvised flood defences being employed in the settlements along its length. Already a number of cellars and subterranean chambers have been flooded with freezing cold water.

The Scorrero is less likely to break its banks, but the rising is cause for concern especially for the ''net rigger'' communities who work on the [[Scorrero Nets]]. While the river tends to be slow moving, the dangerous currents it is famous for spell disaster for anyone who misjudges the water. There have already been several tragic incidents involving loss of life among the ''net rigger'' communities.

Needless to say, with a characteristic black humour, the [[dramaturgy|dramaturgists]] of Tassato have made a point of performing several famous plays in which the character of Vassa does something extraordinary or unexpected, precipitating disaster.

===Conjecture===
As a result of the snow, and the floods, several scholars are questioning whether there might be a connection between the extensive use of [[Spring magic]] - especially magic that induces storms, or that encourages tumultuous rainfall. Over the last three years or so, the Empire has seen more widescale invocation of Spring magic than in the previous fifty years. Surely, say these outspoken theoreticians, it cannot be a coincidence that the weather is turning vicious. There has been some talk of encouraging the Imperial Conclave to take steps to restrict the use of large-scale Spring enchantments, especially those that deal with the weather, at least for the next six months or so.

==Significance==
===After the harvest===
The immediate after effects of the disastrous harvest in the Marches have faded, but the repercussions are still being felt. The Marcher farmers and stewards have sufficient stores to see them through, and even some to sell if they wish, but nowhere near as much as they might have expected. The national assembly of the Imperial Synod took steps during the Winter Solstice, urging the farmers of the Marches to tighten their belts another notch and sell their surplus at a reduced price for the good of the Empire.

<ic>''To encourage Marcher Farmers to reduce the cost of food sold to the Civil Service to resupply the armies of the Empire. We name Martin Orchard to co-ordinate this and assign fifty liao to this work.''</ic>

'''Martin Orchard''', a monk of the Pickham Monastery in [[Upwold]], was the priest chosen by the Marcher assembly to deal with the food shortages. While the farmers have listened, they are not best pleased and Martin Orchard is likely to receive a cool welcome on many farms across the Marches for some time to come

===Winter in Skarsind===
The weather in most of the Empire is entirely natural, if brutal. The exception is in Skarsind where divination quickly reveals that the new home of the Imperial Orcs are under the effect of a curse woven with Winter magic. It is quickly identified as [[Naeve's Twisting Blight]], but further information proves elusive.

As a consequence of the curse, the production of all farms in Skarsind has been halved over the previous season. While the worst effects of the curse have faded with the grim winter weather, there are still a few lingering traces.

Investigation of the curse on Skarsind will be hampered by the distances involved. One possible solution would be for a magician versed in the lore of the winter realm to prepare an [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection|arcane projection]] which would allow an effect similar to [[Wisdom of the Balanced Blade]] to be performed at the [[Regio#The_Imperial_Regio|imperial regio]], targeting the affected territory, to at least get some idea of what exactly the curse is doing. Any such divination will need to be potent enough to over come the effect of the [[Drawing the Penumbral Veil|shroud]] of [[night magic]] that has settled over the [[territory]].

No doubt other possibilities may suggest themselves.

===Opportunity: The Scorrero Nets===
The risk of flooding along the Scorrero is a concern, but it is also an opportunity. Every year, [[ilium]] is washed down out of the hills and mountains and collected from the river by the ''net riggers''. This year, with the rising water levels, it seems a lot more ilium has been loosened and washed down the Scorrero. The challenge is going to lie in finding enough people prepared to risk the treacherous waters to claim it.

The [[Scorrero Nets]] will be auctioned during the Spring Equinox, as they are each year. The new Seat may choose to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the swollen river by offering more money to workers prepared to take more extreme risks in pursuit of sweet, sweet ilium.

* With a small investment of 7 Thrones, the Scorrero nets would produce a total of 6 ilium each season over the coming year.
* With a moderate investment of 20 Thrones, the Scorrero nets would produce 7 ilium each season over the coming year.
* With a significant investment of 40 Thrones, the nets would produce 8 ilium each season over the coming year.

This does not require any intervention by the [[Imperial Senate]]; the Bourse Seat would simply need to ensure they had the appropriate funds in their inventory, and send an e-mail to plot@profounddecisions.co.uk after the event. This option is ''only'' available until the end of the Spring Equinox 380YE - after that it will be too late to take advantage of the [[opportunity]].

===A Risk of Storms===
If everything remains as it is, the worst of the flooding along the Vassa and the Scorrero should pass by the Summer Solstice. ''However'' any sustained period of heavy rain in the territories along the banks of the two rivers could be disastrous. Such weather would likely need to be at least as bad as that created by [[Thunderous Deluge]] and would almost certainly require the use of [[Spring magic]].

If the dreadful weather occurred in Mournwold or Tassato, it is likely the Vassa would burst its banks, flooding the city of Tassato. This would inflict a significant penalty on personal resources in Tassato. Such a flood would also potentially damage the [[Tassato#The_Sapphire_Stair|Sapphire Stair]] locks, and if it were severe enough could damage the [[Madruga#The_Spider.27s_Dream|Spider's Dream]] - the only safe way to cross the Vassa from Madruga to Sarvos - for good measure.

If the weather were to occur in Kahraman or Segura, the effects would likely be less severe, but still include some damage to the [[Scorrero Nets]], and to the livelihoods of business owners in Segura and Madruga.

By a similar token, the rituals [[Rivers of Life]] and [[Rivers Run Red]] are likely to have additional effects if performed on the swollen headwaters of the Vassa (in Mournwold) or the deep Scorrero (in Kahraman). In addition to its normal effects of performing one of these rituals on one of these two [[territory|territories]], a [[Rivers of Life]] would give a small increase to the production of [[farm|farms]] and [[herb garden|herb gardens]] in the territories along the course of the river (in Tassato and Sarvos, or Segura and Madruga) while a [[Rivers Run Red]] would give a similar penalty to those resources.

In the extreme event that one of the Spring curses were combined with tumultuous rain, the effect on farms and herb gardens would likely be even further increased.

[[Category:Recent History]]
[[Category:Winds of Fortune]]
[[Category:380YE Spring]]

Swans will sing

2024-06-21T09:08:30Z

Coolbeans: /* Participation */

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic>"There's nothing we can do Singur. The Senate have signed a treaty - it's done." Singur continued sewing, her hands busy and her expression intent. Lotta topped up the glass of amber liquid on the arm of her chair and poked the fire while she waited for a response.

"There's always ''something'' you can do Lotta. Always. If you're prepared to take the consequences." Singur nodded as she spoke, finishing a few last stitches, she snipped the thread and examined her work critically.

"Like what? What exactly are you suggesting Singur? We can't attack the Thule - it's impossible." Lotta took a sip from her glass, and looked stared intently at Singur, daring the woman to disagree with her.

Singur tugged gently at the cloth and was pleased with her handiwork. She set it to one side, and took a sock from her work pile. She examined it carefully before speaking again. "It's not impossible Lotta. It's just illegal. It's not the same thing at all."

"You're suggesting we break the law? Really is that your plan? They are foreigners now. Magistrates will say it was murder. If we're caught - we'll be executed for it."

Singur smiled wrly at her friend "You talk freely of a war with the Thule, you have the courage to face them in the mountains - but you're worried about breaking the law?"

Lotta looked unhappy, opened her mouth to argue, closed it again. Singur smiled, took another sip, and set to work darning the sock. There was silence for a few minutes, apart from the fire crackling. Lotta checked the bread she was toasting, spread a little butter (swearing under her breath at her burnt fingers), and deposited one of the two slices next to the whiskey at Singur's side. Finally she tried a different tack.

"It would be insane to attack the Thule. There are thousands of them, we can't achieve anything on our own."

"No of course not, we need to be wise ''and'' courageous. We need a rod and a line to catch our fish." Singur tugged gently at the cloth and was pleased with her handiwork. She put it aside, put down her needle, picked up her slice of toast, and met Lotta's gaze suddenly, her eyes full of fire.

"Everyone is ''talking'' about attacking the Thule. I want to take up my axe and shield and march into ''their'' lands and fight them. They took the Stonefield Ice Caves from us - so lets go and take something back and damn the consequences."

Lotta's eyes opened wide in surprise and she choked on a mouthful of whiskey. Singur took a satisfied bite of toast with a loud crunch, and reached out to pick up a glove from her work pile before continuing more calmly. "Everyone is talking about breaking the treaty. We need to do more than talk. If we're to come together and raid the Thule - we need someone to lead us."

Now it was Lotta's turn to get angry with her friend. "Britta is dead Singur, remember? The Thule ''killed'' her. The Senate are the ones who agreed the treaty. They are the ones I blame for this!"

"Don't blame the Senate Lotta. We invented it after all. It has gone against Wintermark this time, it will turn in our favour another time and someone else will be smarting because of it. They make deals, it's what they do."

"So who then?" Lotta spread her hands wide, demanding an answer.

"We need to look to our own... We need the Stormcrows."</ic>

==Overview==
[[Wintermark]] has weathered a great deal in 379YE; several [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_fortune#Chaos_in_Wintermark|vicious curses]], for a start. A long battle with the [[Thule]] over the [[Sermersuaq#Silver Peaks|Silver Peaks]] which ended in stalemate, and then a [[Accept_Thule_peace_treaty|peace treaty]] which cost them the [[Stonefield Ice Caves]]. Then came the [[relinquish Skarsind|relinquishment of Skarsind]] - a deed done with the best of intentions that lead to [[News_from_the_north#Strip_mining_in_Skarsind|nothing but trouble]] that came with that.

Now, [[Skarsind]] belongs to the [[Imperial Orcs]], and the war with the [[Jotun]] has begun. Although the western barbarians have not invaded the north-west yet, it seems inevitable that they will do so.

Over the long, harsh winter, tempers that have been held in check begin to boil over. A heady mix of [[pride]] and anger has created a grim [[opportunity]].

==Significance==
Wintermark has lost a great deal in the last year; but the possibility exists to take some of it back.
===Heroism===
There is a great deal of frustration in Wintermark, it is one thing to give up Skarsind to the Imperial Orcs, but to surrender the Peaks to the Thule has wounded their pride. As the winter drags on that wound has continued to fester.

The Wintermark [[The_Assemblies_of_the_Synod#The_National_Assemblies|national assembly]] could provide an outlet for that injured [[pride]]. If they make a [[Statement_of_Principle|statement of principle]] urging the people of the nation to take up arms against the Thule in [[Sermersuaq]] and [[Otkodov]], they will be heard.

The assembly must name a single Wintermark priest, and that priest will be responsible for collecting [[liao]] with which to provide [[Roleplaying_effects|auras]] of [[Ambition]], [[Courage]], and [[Pride]] to those [[heroism|heroes]] willing to fight for the honour of their nation. This will manifest in the form of raids across the northern borders into Otkodov to take the wealth of the Thule as they have taken the wealth of the people of Wintermark.

While the likely effect is a small increase in the profitability of every [[business]] owned by a Wintermark character, the real benefits will fall to any Wintermark [[military unit]] that takes the [[Military_unit#Take_Independent_Action|paid work]] action. This bonus will apply to the resources of any citizen of Wintermark whose [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]] is based in [[Kallavesa]], [[Hahnmark]], or Sermersuaq. There is no requirement that the captains of the military units engaged in paid work actually engage in the raids against the Thule - the expectation is that those captains who ''do'' raid the Thule will leave lucrative contracts available for those who stay behind that might otherwise have been taken.

The effectiveness of the project would depend on how much liao the named priest submitted. The decision on how much liao to use is entirely in the priest's hands, once the assembly has appointed them to the task, and they may employ any amount they wish within the following guidelines (and assuming they have sufficient supply).

* If the priest collects twenty five liao, there will be several raids into the Silver Peaks. This will create a diplomatic incident, but the bonus to businesses and military units will be small.
* If the priest collects fifty liao, there will be many raids into both the Silver Peaks and south-western Otkodov. This is likely to cause a major diplomatic incident, but the bonus to businesses and military units will be significantly increased.
* If the priest collects a hundred liao, then a great many bands of Wintermark warriors will attack the Silver Peaks and southern Otkodov, almost certainly resulting in a major diplomatic incident; a significant bonus to businesses and military units; and the acquisition of wains of Bourse resources and ilium from the Thule, a portion of which will be given to the named priest.

In each case, if the assembly passes multiple judgements then multiple priests will be appointed and all will need to provide their own liao and set their own "level of response". Multiple priests will not have a cumulative effect however; only the highest will take account.

===Legal Ramifications===
While attacks into Otkodov will result in a diplomatic incident, it is likely from the Thule treaty that raiding will lead to a demand for recompense of some sort. It will be up to the Empire to negotiate with the no-doubt irate Thule diplomats who will likely to attend Anvil in Spring to discuss the raids.

The magistrates will likely have an opinion on this matter, and both the priest presenting the judgement and the named priest are likely to face charges of [[List_of_Criminal_Offences#Five_things_about_criminal_offences|encouraging and abetting crime]]. However, words are never criminal in nature. The magistrates will be able to act only ''after'' it is clear whether those words have had any effect. It would not be legal for the magistrates to interfere with the freedom of the priests to speak or to collect liao.
==Participation==
The named priest should collect the liao they wish to use to support their statement of principle and place it in their inventory at GOD. They should e-mail Profound Decisions at plot@profounddecisions.co.uk to confirm how much liao they are spending on this project.

The word of the Synod will be enough to persuade a number of NPC captains to lead raids against the Thule. The civil service will be unable to track which player character captains have joined them. Consequently, if the national assembly passes the judgement and the named priest contributes the liao, you are absolutely free to roleplay that your paid work in the coming season involves raiding the Thule - but again, even if you do not wish to engage in raids against the northern barbarians you will still benefit.

However, actively raiding the Thule is still a crime. Any character who is caught by the militia or the magistrates will face serious charges - but the player has a great deal of influence over whether they are caught. The civil service will be unable to provide any conclusive evidence beyond the fact that military units that undertake paid work do not show up on the [[Imperial Roll of Honour]], and it is unlikely the Thule will have much evidence to offer either. It will fall entirely to the roleplaying of the Wintermark characters whether they are caught or not.

There will be more details of the outcome of this opportunity when downtime opens, and in the winds of fortune for the Spring Equinox.

==Resolution==
The Wintermark assembly did not pass any judgements regarding this opportunity. As the Imperial Orcs settle into Skarsind, and the people of WIntermark become more concerned about [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#The_Northern_Marshes|the Jotun in Kallavesa]], it seems that the moment has passed.

This opportunity is no longer available.

Land fit for heroes

2024-06-21T09:08:15Z

Coolbeans: /* Life is Precious */

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic>Loyalty is a fire that spreads quickly - provided the wood is dry.</ic>

==Overview==
In Spring 379YE, the [[senator|senators]] of [[Wintermark]] presented the momentous decision of their nation to [[relinquish Skarsind]]. Liberated from the [[Thule]] orcs in late 377YE, [[Skarsind]] was the fourth [[territory]] of Wintermark, but the people wanted to offer it to the [[Imperial Orcs]] as a homeland in recognition of the friendship between the two nations, and of heroic deeds done on behalf of the threefold people by the orcs - including the orcs' role in the return of the [[Crown of Three Tears]] and the ending of the [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_fortune#The_Bane_of_Tradition|Bane of Tradition]] that had assailed them.

After [[scrutiny]] by the constitutional court, certain [[Relinquish_Skarsind#Constitution|additional requirements]] were met but one remained outstanding - the requirement for a [[the Throne|throne]] to [[The_Throne#Ratification|ratify]] the decision. At the Autumn Equinox 379YE, the [[The_Throne#Using_an_Imperial_Favour|Imperial Favour]] of [[Empress Britta]] was used to allow the ratification of this motion in the absence of a Throne. The senate then chose to [[assign Skarsind]] to the Imperial Orcs.

The move has not proved universally popular, with naysayers in both Wintermark and among the orcs themselves. Yet with the decisive action of the Senate it seems that the orcs finally have a homeland, the right to elect a Senator to represent them, and the ability to finally participate fully in the business of the Empire.
===The Veto===
There is one small element that is unresolved. The assignment of Skarsind took place during the final senate session of the Autumn Equinox, and so the Imperial Synod have a window of opportunity to employ their [[veto]] should they wish to do so. But there are some provisos.

The General Assembly has until the start of the first senate session on the Friday night of the Winter Solstice to secure the majority required to wield the veto. The [[conscience of the Senate]] would then be responsible for announcing that veto at the session. The opportunity to veto the relinquishment of Skarsind has passed, however, and ratification is not subject to the veto. They would only be able to veto the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment|assignment]] of the territory to the Imperial Orcs. If they did so, the Senate would be able to raise a motion of assignment again during the Winter Solstice, but there would be no requirement for them to name the Imperial Orcs as the recipient of the territory. Indeed, they could assign it to any other Imperial nation.

Because the motion took place during the Autumn Equniox, this would count as the use of the veto from Autumn, not the use of the Winter Solstice veto. This is significant because the Synod can only veto one motion that is not constitutional each season - and while the relinquishment was constitutional, the assignment is not. However, if the Senate raised the assignment again this season following a successful use of the veto, the Synod would again be able to seek the veto using the ability to do so for ''this'' season.

No member of the Synod informed the civil service of their intention to seek the veto during the Autumn Equinox so their assumption is that the motion should proceed without complication. As such, the last three months have seen large numbers of Imperial Orcs moving to Skarsind to begin their new lives. If the motion ''is'' vetoed, then further efforts to help the orcs claim the territory will cease until the Senate and Synod are able to reach an accord once more.

==Significance==
The Imperial Orcs now have a [[territory]] of their own and are able to lay down roots. This means a number of significant changes to their nation.

===Life is Precious===
Following the ratification, a great exodus of orcs across the Empire begins. The civil service have spent the last three months helping every Imperial Orc transfer their holdings to Skarsind. Funds carefully collected and hoarded by [[Imperial_Orcs_economic_interests#Bonesetters|bonesetters]] against the day when the orcs had a homeland are brought into play.

<box>'''OOC Explanation''' We have moved the [[Resource#Personal_Resource|personal resource]] of every Imperial Orc character to Skarsind. There is no charge for this to happen, and the Imperial Orcs have not suffered any loss of upgrade. The cost to do so is below the abstraction layer, assumed to have been covered by funds collected over the last fifty years to allow the orcs to claim their homeland. Individual players are welcome to roleplay that they have relocated their resource (even though this would normally not be possible), or had the assistance of the civil service or from claiming a new resource in Skarsind with the same characteristics of their old resource.

If any Imperial Orc player does not want to move their resource to Skarsind, they should e-mail plot@profounddecisions.co.uk to let us know. They will need to name a specific Imperial territory where they want their resource to be from this point onwards. They will suffer
[[Resource#Resources_in_other_Nations|the usual penalties]] for having a personal resource in a another nation's territory, and will not be eligible to vote in any senatorial elections.

The Summer Storm and the Winter Sun still play a significant role in the identity of the nation, and as before every Imperial Orc is expected to belong to one or the other of the armies. The main change we have made is during character creation the choice of which army to belong to is now a background question, rather than taking the place of the territory decision and have combined two existing question together. From the point of view of the setting, this is at least as significant a choice as a Wintermark player's choice of which tradition their character belongs to.
</box>

===War is in our soul===
The Imperial Orcs can now elect a senator to represent them in the Imperial Senate. After consultation with the Imperial Orc egregore, the civil service have determined a constitutionally valid process whereby to elect a senator. The outcome is as follows.

Any Imperial Orc citizen can stand for election as senator. Any Imperial Orc soldier who lives in the territory that is to be appointed can participate in the election. The egregore's decision to restrict the ability to vote to soldiers reflects the fact that the tens of thousands of Imperial Orcs are at heart a militaristic people. Their [[Orc#Revel_in_Battle|natural instinct]] is to fight, and it is something that they feel defines their essential nature.

In this case, the civil service recognises as a soldier any Imperial Orc who has the will to face the enemies of the Empire. If any orc wishes to question the right of another to claim the title of soldier, the egregore will arrange for them to show their will to fight in the fighting pit against an opponent of the egregores choosing. Once mettle has been proven, no further challenges will be accepted that summit.

Once the candidates have made themselves known, each in turn is invited to present an item of [[worth]] and explain its significance to the candidate or the nation. The egregore has recommended this method because the Orcs need to be represented by someone who can hold their own in an arena where debate and the ability to express oneself are key.

After each candidate has spoken, those orcs eligible to vote can place a weapon in front of the speaker they support. Once every orc has had their chance, the number of weapons is counted and the orc that has received the most becomes the new senator.

<box>'''OOC explanation 
* Anyone can stand as senator
** Only people who are from the territory can vote
** voting is "any soldier of the Imperial Orcs" - if in doubt the egregore will arrange a pit fight
** They make a speech about an item of worth
** The voters place a weapon before their chosen candidate.
** Majority support takes the seat
</box>
===Loyal to the core===
Prior to the ratification, the Imperial Orcs had no senator to appoint their generals. The [[Imperial Constitution]] says that "''The Senate will appoint a general for each army, but only where the will of the nation in this matter is not clear''". With all other nations, the will of the nation was interpreted as the unanimous decision of the senators. Without any senators, a stop-gap method was used to present that will. Now that the Imperial Orcs have the ability to elect a senator, the constitutional court views the temporary resolution whereby the orcs fought for the right to be general is at an end.

From this point forward, all Imperial Orcs generals will be appointed by unanimous decision of the senators of the nation.

For the last five decades, the appointment of the Imperial Orc generals was determined by competition between warbands. Tradition is a powerful force, and it may be that the Imperial Orc nation wishes to continue the practice of fighting in the pit to identify who the best candidates for the title of general may be. However, it is important to realize that there is no ''legal'' requirement for the senator to accept this mechanism if they do not wish to do so. It is also possible for the senator to appoint a general who is not a member of the appropriate army (that is, a Summer Storm soldier could be general of the Winter Sun), though such an action might cause morale issues for the army.

The general of the Summer Storm will serve until their term ends (in Summer), they step down, die, or are [[revocation|revoked]].The Winter Sun general is the same but is appointed annually at the Winter Solstice.

<box>'''OOC explanation''' 
As with several things about the Imperial Orcs, the previous situation was an artifact of the unique position of possessing no territory of their own. Now that the orcs have a senator, this situation has obviously changed. We discussed extensively the idea that the senator would be appointed by the generals, but in the end we discarded the idea as unsatisfying. It would perpetuate a special situation for the Imperial Orcs, meaning they would continue to be an unconstitutional mess. A single senator appointing two generals may be peculiar, but it is entirely supported by other parts of the game and setting.</box>

===We are citizens===
During Winter 376YE, the Imperial senate created the [[imperial title]] of [[Advisor on Orc Affairs]]. As a national Senate title, the responsibility for naming the advisor falls to unanimous decision of the Imperial Orcs senators.

While the title is obviously a little less relevant with an actual senator, it represents significant additional presence in the Senate for the Imperial Orcs. The ability to serve as a [[Advisor_on_orc_affairs#Member_of_the_Senate|member of the senate]] and the [[Advisor_on_orc_affairs#Right_of_Address|right of address]] are in no way altered by the existence of an Imperial Orc senator. They still have the responsibility to advise the senate on matters relating to orcs - both Imperial and barbarian (although at present the Senate have not given the advisor the authority to negotiate with orc foreigners and barbarians on their behalf).

As with the generals, the current advisor on orc affairs will continue to serve until they step down, die, are revoked, or their tenure expires (at the Spring Equinox 380YE). From this time the new method of appointment will apply.

<box>'''OOC explanation''' 
As with the generals, the situation where the generals were appointing the advisor on orc affairs was an aberration. With the ability to appoint a senator, the appointment of the advisor defaults to that senator.</box>

===We are building a nation===
When Skarsind was liberated from the Thule, the [[Brilliant Shore]] was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocated]] as a national resource. This status has not been changed by the decision to relinquish and re-allocate Skarsind. The Brilliant Shore is now an Imperial Orc national seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]. However, the steinr Joakim was assigned the resource in Summer 379YE. The civil service intends to raise an administrative motion with the Senate to determine whether they wish the Brilliant Shore to default to the Imperial Orcs immediately, or whether the Wintermark incumbent should continue to control the seat until it would next be assigned in Summer 380YE (or if they die or step down).

Once the seat is available for appointment again, whenever that takes place, the decision about who controls the Brilliant Shore will be made by the Imperial Orc captains of [[military unit|military units]].

The offices of the [[Steel Fist]] have been relocated from [[Necropolis#Crown's Quay|Crown's Quay]] to Torfast in [[Skarsind#Southpine|Southpine]] but the bourse seat is otherwise unaffected. It will continue to be assigned by the captains of military units who support the Imperial armies, as before. The [[Sarcophan Delves]] merchants responsible for delivering the bounty of [[ilium]] the seat receives have not taken the news that they will now be required to trek across the entire Empire to the "''bevroren strontgat van niets''" particularly well but have no alternative unless they wish to break or renegotiate their deal with the Empire

379YE Winter Solstice winds of war

2024-06-21T09:07:55Z

Coolbeans: /* Game Information */

[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:379YE Winter]] [[Category:Military Council]]
==Overview==
On the whole, the last three months have been kind to the Empire. On the whole.

In [[Spiral]], [[Spiral#Ruins_of_Fort_Mezudan|Fort Mezudan]] is [[#The Ruin of Fort Mezudan|destroyed by powerful magic]]. Imperial forces and Grendel forces engage in [[#The War for Ateri|a hard fought campaign]] for control of the western [[Territory#Regions|region]] of [[Spiral#Ateri|Ateri]], which the Empire wins. The Grendel are pushed back, but the Empire makes little headway into liberating the rest of the [[territory]].

A little north of Spiral, it seems the [[Reikos]] campaign is drawing toward a conclusion. After the heroes of the Empire launched a devastating attack through the [[Sentinel Gate]] during the Autumn Equinox that saw [[#The Fall of the Stone Toad|brought down the citadel of Urith Barath]] and scattered the Stone Toad clan to the five winds, the [[Navarr]] and [[Dawn|Dawnish]] armies have [[#The Rain Falls on the Just|triumphed over the fleeing orcs]] and liberated not only many human victims of the Druj, but also the territory itself. Although there are some pockets of resistance, Reikos is now Imperial once again.

Further north again, the independent [[orc|orcs]] of [[the Barrens]] launch [[#The Thunder of the Barrens|a significant offensive]] against the Dawnish in [[the Barrens#Dawnguard|Dawnguard]]. They are attempting to claim [[the Barrens#The Towers of the Dawn|the Towers of the Dawn]], the [[fortification]] that watches over that Imperial region of the wild, untamed wilderness. For the moment they are trying to avoid killing civilians and noncombatants, but there have been numerous of deaths on both sides.

On the western borders of the Empire, the war against the [[Jotun]] is entering its active phase for the first time. The [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] armies have moved into northern [[Liathaven]] and begun to [[#The Mists of Liathaven|slowly reclaim territory]] from the Jotun. They do not seem to have encountered any significant military opposition, but the difficulties of establishing a presence with limited supply lines are slowing them down. At the same time, a major force of Jotun has [[#The Rage of the Jotun|conquered southern Liathaven]], burning [[steading|steadings]] and slaughtering any Navarr unable to escape or hide from them.

Finally, the Empire has finally moved forces into the [[Mournwold]]. They are [[#The Mourning Wind|making steady progress]] against the Jotun, and have already recaptured the [[Mournwold#Ore Hills|Ore Hills]] - and claimed a partially constructed fortress there. The Jotun are falling back slowly, supported by human collaborators - it seems many who have grown up under Jotun rule have chosen to favour their way of life over that of the Empire.

So with the Winter Solstice approaching, the Empire has made gains in some places, and lost ground in others. Things are going slower than perhaps some armchair [[general|generals]] expected. Especially since the Empire is at war on at least three fronts. At least the [[Accept_Thule_peace_treaty|peace treaty]] with the [[Thule]] appears to be holding ...

==The Storms of Spiral==
===The Ruin of Fort Mezudan===
[[Spiral#Ruins_of_Fort_Mezudan|Fort Mezudan]] lies in ruins.

Shortly after the Autumn Equinox, a luminous greenish-yellow effulgence engulfed the highest spires of Fort Mezudan. It leapt from roof to battlement, coiling across the ramparts and roofs like a living thing, before striking down to the lower levels. For a few minutes, every item of metal larger than an eating knife was wreathed in the cold flame. Then it was gone, and the first rain began to fall, and wind began to wail between the towers.

The storm gathered strength over the course of a day, battering the castle with increasingly powerful winds and pounding rain.

Shortly after sunset, the first spear of lightning hammered into one of the towers with an ear-shattering explosion, sending shards of sharp stone in all directions. For four hours, the castle was pummelled with thunderbolts. As the lightning cracked and broke the stone, the wind howled louder and louder. The rain thickened until it was a veritable deluge, cascading water making the courtyards and stairs treacherous and click. The rain sent cold, questing fingers searching for any crack in the white granite walls, and where they found them they tore them open to the hungry wind.

For four hours the storm raged. Then silence. People began to pick themselves up and assess the damage. The rain continued to pour down but the winds were silent. There were a few guarded expressions of satisfaction that the Fist had weathered the magical storm. There had been some loss of life - two sentinels thrown from the ramparts by the wind, a tragic tumble down a rain-slicked staircase resulting in a broken neck - but it could have been worse. Yet the clouds continued to swirl above. A desperate warning came from Illuminate Nissea, the otherwise unflappable commander of the castle. The storm was not over.

The final hammer struck out of the eye of the storm. A whirling tempest, roaring like some abyssal behemoth, smashed down from the churning sky into the heart of Fort Mezudan. A thaumaturgic gyre, summoned and unleashed with the most potent of Spring magics, tore the central tower to pieces and sent boulders of white granite spinning through the air like so much lethal chaff. The devastating column of wind, water, and stone lasted no more than ten minutes, and then collapsed violently one final apocalyptic detonation of thunder. The wind died. The rain continued to fall, heavy enough to hamper efforts to find survivors beneath the rubble.

With Urizen thoroughness, a tally of the dead, the injured, and the lost was quickly prepared. Seventy sentinels, mages, and spirefolk are accounted dead. This number including Illuminate Nissea, along with the majority of the stone-crafters guild, slain while attempting to shore up the collapsing central keep. A further sixty serious injuries are listed, along with eight souls unaccounted for either lost beneath the rubble or hurled to their deaths on the lower slopes by the cruel winds.

Fort Mezudan, the lonely sentinel in the east, stands watch no longer.

===The War for Ateri===
Had the storm struck earlier, it might have caught the army of the [[Granite Pillar]] still billeted at [[Spiral#Ruins_of_Fort_Mezudan|the Fist]], and the death toll would surely have been higher. Yet when the Fist fell, the Highborn army was already marching. With the [[Quiet Step]], they were marching north-east towards [[Spiral#Screed|Screed]] and the slumbering horror of the [[Spiral#Spiral#The_Black_Plateau|Black Plateau]]. Had the storms struck a week later, it might have caught the [[Northern Eagle]], the [[Wolves of War]], and the [[Citadel Guard]] marching east from [[Highguard]]. As it was, they arrived several days after the destruction, after the last of the bodies had been recovered from the wreckage, just in time to attend the last of the funerals.

There is little time for grief. Imperial strategy is straightforward and ambitious. The Empire's forces intend to push cautiously through [[Spiral#Ateri|Ateri]], driving the [[Grendel]] out. Then, on to Screed and the looming shadow of the Black Plateau; then onward to liberate the [[Legacy]]. A bold plan.

The Grendel strategy also appears to be quite straightforward. They launch a major offensive into Ateri the very morning after the ruination of Fort Mezudan. Despite being outnumbered by Imperial forces, they drive a spear-thrust of orcs and beasts into the heart of the Imperial armies. Perhaps a thousand-score barbarians, with siege weapons and unfamiliar warbeasts attempt to consolidate the gains made last season in Ateri.

If the Granite Pillar and the Quiet Step had been the only Imperial forces in Spiral, they would have outnumbered them two-to-one and we might be telling a different story here. With the relief column marching down from face nearly, however, they instead face nearly thirty-thousand Imperials. Not only are there three extra armies, but the Wolves of War are [[Bound by Common Cause|supported]] by one of the most significant forces of [[military unit|independent captains]] seen in recent memory, nearly ten thousand strong.

The Grendel respond quickly to the new threat. For all their savagery they are able to react quickly to unexpected Imperial tactics - perhaps supernaturally so. The soldiers who fight beneath the banner of the wading bird are particularly adept at countering Imperial stratagems. Their captains swathed cinnamon and scarlet silks direct a significant force of more traditionally dressed barbarians to cut off the Imperial advance, while avoiding [[Navarr]] attempts to lure them into ambushes, and countering the cunning feints of the cause-bound mercenaries of the Wolves of War.

The Wolves of War, advised by [[Army_qualities#Mercenary|mercenary]] [[Urizen|Urizeni]] strategists and supported by [[Varushka|Varushkan]] and [[Wintermark]] sellswords with long experience of fighting in hills and mountains ''should'' have easily [[Army_qualities#Skirmishing|outmanoeuvred]] the Grendel and attacked them from their rear. Unfortunately, the Grendel are already on the move by the time the Wolves of War arrive - they are not taking defensive positions, but pushing forward towards the Fist. They also enjoy the support of the naval vessels anchored on the southern coast; hard-bitten marines support the rear encampments of the Grendel, delivering valuable supplies to help the Grendel against their Imperial enemies.

In the end though, the campaign is proof that any while strategy is important, it helps to have your plan backed by superior numbers. Slowly but with growing confidence the Empire pushes north-east, and the Grendel fall back. That said, the Imperial forces never see the Black Plateau (except perhaps in their dreams). None save perhaps the [[Army_qualities#Scouting|scouts]] of the Quiet Step get to see the Legacy in distant [[Spiral#Ossuary|Ossuary]]. The fighting is bitter, but it is largely constrained to the western foothills.

The Grendel cannot hold back the Imperial advance - over the course of three months they are slowly, slowly pushed back out of Ateri. The majority retreat toward [[Spiral#Apulus|Apulus]] (no doubt the take advantage of the [[Navy_orders#Naval_Support|supplies offered]] by their [[Imperial navy|naval forces]]), but perhaps a third of the force retreats north-east, to defensive positions scattered around the outskirts of Screed.

During the Imperial advance, the soldiers of the Empire account for as many as three thousand Grendel orcs, while suffering barely half that many casualties themselves. Yet the Grendel show no signs of being routed - quite the contrary. Even in retreat the core of their barbarian forces remain disciplined. They do not flee, they withdraw in good order - all the while gathering up as much mana as they can find, and as much metal as they can claim from the mines on the mountain slopes.

The Grendel forces are a long way from home ... but they are well supplied and the Empire has seen in Sermersuaq how deadly a committed barbarian force can be if it chooses to make the Empire pay blood for the territory it seeks to reclaim. If the rate of Imperial advance stays constant, Urizen tacticians estimate it may take as long as six months to conquer Screed alone - assuming the Black Plateau remains quiescent in the face of the tide of death and hatred that armed conflict will doubtless stir up around it.

===Game Information===
[[Spiral#Ruins of Fort Mezudan|Fort Mezudan]] has been destroyed by potent Grendel sorcery. The Empire has recaptured the region of [[Spiral#Ateri|Ateri]] from the Grendel, but made no headway toward Ossuary; the rest of Spiral is firmly in the hands of the Grendel. The campaign continues.

==The Rains of Reikos==
===The Fall of the Stone Toad===
The citadel of [[Reikos#Urith Brath|Urith Barath]] lies in ruins, and with it the ambition of the Stone Toad clan.

The orcs are not gone from [[Reikos]] entirely, but they are broken and scattered. The majority of the Stone Toad army retreated into Urith Barath after their defeat on the open fields in the Summer. Much of the garrison fell when the [[Bounders]], the [[Strong Reeds]], the [[Citadel Guard]], and the [[Valiant Pegasus]] broke through the fortress walls. Then, at the height of the Autumn Equinox, after days of vicious fighting, the [[Sentinel Gate]] opened to the foot of the [[Druj]] citadel and the heroes of the Empire poured through. In a brutal and risky battle, they broke the defensive forces and gave the Imperial armies the final opening they needed to take High Chalcis back from the barbarians - and with it [[Reikos#Chalcis Mount|Chalcis Mount]]. Any orc who did not flee paid for their overconfidence with their life - and many of those who did run as the walls came down gained only an extra day or so of life.

The great granite walls, built from looted stone and stolen weirwood, mortared with the blood of slaves, have been torn down and with them the last significant sign of barbarian occupation of Reikos. The banners of the Stone Toad have been trampled into the mud. The handfuls of surviving slaves within the castle have been liberated. And for the first time in years, the banners of the [[Highguard|Highborn]] [[Chapter|Chapters]] have been raised on Chalcis Mount once again ... raised over a shattered ruin.

===The Rain Falls on the Just===
It rains in Reikos. But for the first time since the liberation began, the water is fresh, and clean, and cleanses what it touches. It washes away exhaustion, it washes clean the wounds of those fighting to free the scattered enclaves of Highguard citizens still surviving in the bleak plains and hills of Reikos. Perhaps most importantly, it washes away the taint of the [[Reikos_flux|Reikos Flux]], the remaining foulness that the Druj used to poison the land. [[Rivers of Life|Any wound short of a mortal blow heals overnight]] ... which is good for the Imperials, but makes little difference to the scattered, outmatched, broken orcs who are often as not executed where they fall. There is little taste for mercy among the soldiers of the Empire. The water brings fresh life to the ruined landscape, a promise of a better Spring to come. It also brings hope.

Speed and righteousness are the key to the Imperial strategy. The armies of the Empire leave little space for the [[Druj miasma]] to assail their spirits. Yet the miasma still clings to Reikos - the black stones that anchor its foulness still stand. In the long nights, in the face of each little horror uncovered as the Empire advances north and west, the miasma still whispers of despair, and failure; of weakness, of futility.

As the cleansing rains begin to fall, the [[Hounds of Glory]] and the [[Eastern Sky]] have no time for introspection or fear. They break from the ruins of Urith Barath and launch an overwhelming assault against the scattered orc emplacements in [[Reikos#Longshire|Longshire]]. There is little coordination to the barbarian resistance. The orcs here live the scattered, selfish lives of brigands. Few of them squat beneath the banner of the Stone Toad - they seem barely to care that the citadel has been destroyed. They also seem unable to understand the scale of the threat facing them.

They close the doors of the stone halls, and the gates of the makeshift palisades they have erected around the ruined towns ... and the Dawnish wash over them in an irresistible wave.

[[Army_qualities#Glorious|Triumphant]]. [[Army_orders#Overwhelming_Assault|Overwhelming]]. [[Glory|Glorious]].

Broken chapter after broken chapter falls before the Dawnish armies. Teams of heavily armoured knights and relentless war witches sweep the ruins after the main force has passed over, rousting out stragglers and would-be assassins from their hidey-holes and hidden cellars, and giving them the only mercy they deserve - a quick death.

At the same time, the [[Black Thorns]] explode northwards into [[Reikos#Broken Ride|Broken Ride]]. They catch the bulk of the Druj fleeing the fall of the Stone Toad citadel and ruthlessly put an end to them. They skirt the open plains and low hills, scouts spreading out through the trees of the southern Great Forest looking for orcs. There are more signs of active resistance here - especially around the ruins of Exile - but they soon reach the slave-camp that stands where the lumberyards of the [[Great_Forest_at_Reikos|Great Forest of Peytaht]] once stood.

For a moment, it seems that the horror of the [[Vigilant Swan]] might be repeated - that the slaves forced to fell the weirwood trees in Broken Ride will be murdered by their bitter Druj captors. Yet the speed of the Black Thorns is not to be underestimated. They have outpaced the news of the fall of Urith Barath, slaughtered the messengers who would have brought confirmation that the Stone Toad has fallen. As a result, the Druj are only just rousing themselves to kill their slaves as the Navarr arrive - and the Scions of Terunael waste no time.

They pour down in a flood of vengeance against the oversees of the Stone Toad. As the Navarr attack, the slaves see their chance. They are tired, broken down, desperate ... and filled with the healing, renewing energy of the magical rain. They rise up ''en masse'', with improvised weapons, throwing themselves at their orc captors. Many are cut down, but the deaths simply fuel their anger and their hate. Better to die on their feet than die on their knees. Some hundred and fifty slaves are liberated, saved not just from death but from the depths of despair.

Not everything goes the Imperial way. Despite the rain, the camp overseer seals herself behind the barricades where the season's harvest of weirwood is stored. Once it is clear the battle is lost, she immolates herself and her inner circle ... and the bounty of weirwood that has been gathered. Despite the rain the fire spreads quickly. Some alchemical essence has clearly been employed that tinges each licking tongue with a sickly green taint and makes it burn hotter in the face of water rather than being quenched by it. It takes all the effort of the tired Navarr and the exhausted slaves to prevent the flames spreading into the forest itself, growing into a conflagration that might devour a vast tract of the ancient forest. Yet they do stop it - not least in part due to the timely arrival of cadres of Dawnish nobles and yeomen send north to support the Navarr advance. This time at least the Druj efforts to poison the well, to stab back at the Empire from the bring of the Howling Abyss, are thwarted.

With Longshire swept clean of orcs, with the Great Forest at Reikos liberated, the two forces converge on Exile. The site of the first atrocity of the Druj invasion when their armies somehow overcame generations of superstition to pass from the Barrens, down through the haunted depths of Peytaht. Exile itself is a twisted parody of what it once was. Once a place of learning, of meditation, it is now an abominable temple dedicated to fear and suffering. The Druj miasma is stronger here. It clings to the wet soil beneath the trees in the form of a physical, rolling mist. There are hints of shapes in the fog. Ghosts. Dead spirits of Highborn soldiers and civilians and oh! so many priests. There are no signs of any bodies, however. The Spring magic that pulses in the rain and the soil allows for no corpses, not this season at least..

The Druj warriors that defend the temple are unfamiliar. They wear dark hoods, wield curved blades, fight in almost total silence - fight like cornered rats. To their credit they stand and fight to the death. They rely on the aura of fear and the darkness beneath the trees ... but it avails them naught in before the might of Dawn, and the keen eyes of the Navarr. Examination of the fallen orcs reveals eerie tattoos, unsettling piercings, lips sewn together with old cord.

There is some debate as to whether it might not be wisest to burn the ruins of Exile to the ground, if that might not put an end to the blasphemy that taints the air itself. In the end, an agreement is reached that the question of what to do with the ruins is not for the Dawnish or the Navarr to make.

With Longshire and Broken Ride liberated, the majority of Reikos is now under Imperial control. There are still orcs in [[Reikos#Tamarbode|Tamarbode]] and [[Reikos#Grey Charge|Grey Charge]], but where can they go? West into [[Casinea]] and the waiting arms of the [[Casinea#The_Silent_Sentinel|Silent Sentinel]]? South into [[Bastion]], the heart of Highguard? North into [[Brocéliande|Broceliande]]? There is nowhere for them to hide. There are also some orcs in the Great Forest, and hiding in the ruins of the central plains, but they are scattered and broken - they might continue to plague the people of Reikos as bandits but they are in no position to rise as an organised force.

The land itself has not fared well under Druj dominance. Signs of their occupation are everywhere. The rain has cleansed the Flux, but Reikos itself is ruined. The eastern barbarians have taken their vile pleasure in defiling, corrupting everything they can. For now, though, there is the hope that peace may once again come to Reikos, that flowers might bloom once again in the Garden of Highguard.

This is not the end of the campaign for Reikos; but it is perhaps the end of the beginning.

===Game Information===
Reikos has been recaptured by the Empire! A [[Senator]] can raise a [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment|motion of Assignment]] during the Winter Solstice and determine which nation the [[territory]] will be assigned to. If Reikos is assigned in a timely fashion, it may be possible to elect a senator to represent it (''ideally'' if the assignment passes before the afternoon session of the [[Imperial Senate]] on Sunday we should be able to arrange an election).

Regardless, even though two regions (Tamarbode and Grey Charge) are still technically under orc control, Reikos is now an Imperial territory again (which is relevant for use of the [[Regio#The Imperial Regio|Imperial regio]] at Anvil. The orcs there are scattered and weak. They are unlikely to be able to launch any sort of campaign to reclaim any part of Reikos. Unless a new force enters the frame, perhaps through the Great Forest of Peytaht or out of Broceliande, it is unlikely the Empire will lose Reikos again any time soon.

Both the [[Vigilant Swan]] and the [[Great Forest at Reikos]] are once again in Imperial hands. Any senator can raise a [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|motion of allocation]] for one of these two [[Imperial Bourse]] seats. The motion can declare that the seat should be ''either'' Imperial (auctioned openly on the Bourse, any Imperial citizen may take the seat), ''or'' National (appointed by decision of those members of the nation who have [[New_Imperial_titles#The_Imperial_Bourse|appropriate personal resources]], on a citizen of that nation can hold the seat).

Now that the territory is Imperial once again, which nation controls the seat if it is made national depends entirely on which nation the territory is assigned to. It is important to note that regardless of whether the Bourse seat was national or Imperial before it was lost to the Druj, the senate has complete freedom to declare either or both of them to be either national or Imperial going forward.

If the Vigilant Swan is allocated in plenty of time, then the civil service will attempt to auction it, or help the nation appoint someone to the position. Whoever takes the seat will keep it until the Summer Solstice 380YE (Event 3-2016) which is when white granite seats are usually appointed or auctioned. The Great Forest at Reikos is a little trickier; there is no production to assign, so even if it is allocated during the Winter Solstice, it will not be auctioned or appointed until Spring at the earliest - and whoever takes the seat will have a shorter tenure than normal as the resource will again be appointed (or auctioned) during the Winter Solstice 380YE (E1-2017) alongside the other weirwood seats.

Finally, the civil service is already assessing [[Spoils_of_war|spoils of war]], and it is likely a list will be submitted to the Military Council during the Winter Solstice. It must be stressed at this point that Reikos is in a parlous state, with much of the population either exiled to other parts of Highguard or simply dead.

==The Thunder of the Barrens==
===Rage Across Dawnguard===
After their initial attempt to bring down the [[The_Barrens#Towers_of_the_Dawn|Towers of the Dawn]] before the Autumn Equinox failed, the orcs of [[the Barrens]] retreated in disarray.

They return in force a little less than a month later. This time, there is no talk of [[Accept_Barrens_peace_treaty|peace treaties]], or of agreements with the [[Imperial Senate|Senate]]. A single demand for the surrender of the Towers is made, a single command issued to the people of [[Dawn]] to either leave [[The Barrens#Dawnguard|Dawnguard]], or acknowledge the dominance of the Rahvin and the Peytaht. Needless to say, the Dawnish pay little heed to these demands. Still, [[military unit|captains]] under the horned lion of House Aureillius and the dagger and sceptr'd key of House Vexille join the garrison at the Towers. The [[noble house|noble houses]] of Drycastle and the outlying manors gather their knights and their yeomen to their estates. They prepare to fight...

No more demands are issued. Three days later the first attack against the Towers of the Dawn begins. They are still cautious, still testing the Dawnish defences - for the most part. The main thrust of the assault against the Towers of the Dawn is led by the battle-hardened army of the Rahvin. They fight beneath tattered banners made of sewn-together scraps taken as trophies from their hated Druj enemies ... and more than a few tatters that might once have been the banners of questing knights lost in the Barrens. They are well armed, well armoured, and possess a grim determination at odds with their barbaric appearance. Their attacks are focused, sustained, relentless ... and while they pay for their advance with blood, they extract a serious toll from both the castle walls and the human defenders.

While the majority of the orc attempt to capture the [[fortification]], roughly a quarter of their number focus their attentions on the manor houses of Dawnguard. They encounter resistance, of course, and lives are lost on both sides. Yet all three Barrens armies seem to be going out of their way to avoid killing civilians where they can. They leave Dawnish noncombatants plenty of time to withdraw - but they do not hesitate to cut down anyone who tries to take arms against them. With the stubborn refusal of the Dawnish to retreat, and with the garrison at the Towers making them pay for every foot of ground they take, their advance is slow.

Regardless, conquering Dawnguard is clearly not their intent at this time. The bulk of their force focuses on either bringing the Towers of the Dawn under their control, or bringing them down. Neither side escapes without losses. The risky strategy of the Rahvin, and the fact the orcs are fighting a people with little patience for the Barrens, sees to that. Yet as the Winter Solstice grows nearer, it is clear that the Towers of the Dawn have taken significant damage from the orc attacks. The fortification can ''probably'' endure another season of siege from the Rahvin and the Great Forest without additional support, but it would be a gamble - especially if the Barrens orcs were to commit completely to the attack.

===Game Information===
The independent orcs of the Barrens have come back to attack the Towers of Dawn with renewed force. The fortification is damaged - below half strength easily - but still standing. The towers are currently the only thing standing between the Barrens orcs and the swift conquest of Dawnguard.

==The Mists of Liathaven==
===Tress, Wind, and Fire===
As Winter gathers strength and the weather becomes colder, the armies of [[the Brass Coast]] enter [[Liathaven]] from the north. The [[Red Wind Corsairs]] (and their unspeakable [[Quickening Cold Meat|unliving horde]]) continue to march south out of [[Wintermark]], while the fast moving [[Fire of the South]] speed up the coast from [[Feroz]], through [[Tassato]] into the Marches. The armies join forces in [[Bregasland]], and make a joint push out of the marshes and into the forest.

The Freeborn encounter some resistance from the [[Jotun]] - especially the scattered forts defending the barbarian supply lines that connect their territory in the west with their invasion force in the [[Mournwold]]. There is no significant threat, but the going is tough and the Jotun defenders fiercely resist the Imperial incursion. With the Red Wind Corsairs more focused on "''[[Army_qualities#Foraging|looting the shit]]''" out of the Jotun, [[War#Supply_Lines|establishing a beach head]] proves to be a difficult proposition.

Still, the Brass Coast armies persevere. They receive some assistance from scattered [[Navarr]] resistance fighters, eager to help the Freeborn deal with the Jotun forces occupying their homelands - and especially eager to help them avoid stumbling into the areas of vallorn infestation that stretch across the middle of the territory. Their concerns on the latter point are probably unnecessary - the Jotun themselves have marked the edge of the [[vallorn]] region with taboo markers and other warnings.

The Jotun fall back but, grudgingly. They may not like fighting beneath the trees, but they put up a spirited defence. Without the support of a full Jotun army, however, they can do little but slow the Imperial advance. Regardless of their small numbers, however, the need to establish and protect supply lines as the Freeborn push into Liathaven means that at the end of three months campaigning, the two armies are perhaps halfway through claiming the region of [[Liathaven#Liath's Ring|Liath's Ring]].

The unliving, shambling horrors that have accompanied the Red Wind Corsairs over the last month finally give up the ghost as the Winter Solstice approaches. At first in handfuls, then in greater numbers, the husks suddenly stop what they are doing, shake and shudder for a moment, and then fall over. A couple, especially ones that have seen the most action, collapse into pieces as past injuries overwhelm their corpus. One or two allegedly explode, showering the Freeborn near them in rot and putrid gore. There have been rumours that Bad Things have accompanied the release of the Winter Spirits when the husks accompanying other armies have failed ... but the Red Wind Corsairs experience no uncanny events. Perhaps the presence of the Vallorn has weakened the spirits bound into the husks? The Navarr resistance fighters think it unlikely, but their superstitious dread of the Vallorn is legendary. A bigger question than the winter spirits is what to do about the sudden problem of a thousand human and orc bodies ...

As the Winter Solstice begins, however, the Brass Coast armies are almost in position to begin laying siege to Mournstead in the east of Liath's Ring, an important albeit minor fortress along the Jotun supply route. If they continue at the current rate, they will most likely liberate Mournstead - and with it the rest of the region - by the start of Spring, after which it ''should'' just be a matter of mopping up the remaining Jotun forces ... unless the Jotun take steps to prevent that, of course.

===Game Information===
The Freeborn armies in the northern part of the [[territory]] are slowly working to create a beachhead, and are suffering all the problems of trying to take a region that is not contiguous with another region controlled by the Empire in the same territory (as discussed [[War#Supply_Lines|here]]). They have so far been uncontested, and are a little over halfway to freeing Mournstead and taking Liath's Ring.

You may also wish to review [[#The Rage of the Jotun|this section]], below.

==The Mourning Wind==
===The Mirror of War===
The [[Tusks]] and the [[Bounders]] are joined by both [[Imperial Orcs|Imperial Orc]] armies and by the [[Highguard|Highborn]] of the [[Seventh Wave]]. They mass their forces at [[Mournwold#Overton|Overton]], on the [[Mournwold#Greensward|Greensward]], in the shadow of the almost completed [[Mournwold#Orchard's Watch|Orchard's Watch]]. Shortly before dawn a little less than a month after the end of the Autumn Equinox, the Imperial armies line up in the pre-dawn gloom. There is little sound - an order barked here or there, the creak of armour straps, the sound of metal brushing against metal. The banners of [[the Marches]], of the Orcs, and of Highguard snap and crack between the sharp fingers of the chill [[Mournwold]] wind.

As the sun begins the crest the horizon, the horns begin the blow. The drums begin to beat. A wordless cheer goes up from the soldiers of the Marcher armies, is picked up by the Highborn, and is echoed by the Imperial Orcs.

Imperial forces march out of Overton into the Mournwold. The liberation has begun.

The orcs of the [[Summer Storm]] set the pace, with the Tusks and the [[Winter Sun]] matching their ferocity. Where the Summer Storm launch [[Army qualities#Relentless|focused, sustained attacks]] deep into Jotun territory, the Winter Sun and the Tusks claim the higher ground, driving the Jotun off the hilltops and into the valleys. The Seventh Wave and the Bounders follow in their wake, cautious only in relation to the energy of the other three armies. The [[Army_orders#Overwhelming_Assault|overwhelming energy]] of the Imperial assault seems to take the [[Jotun]] defenders a little off guard.

The barbarian orcs are outnumbered - the Imperial force brought to bear against them is nearly half again their size. They have a [[fortification|fort]], it is true - a white granite castle built in the ruins of [[Mournwold#Southmoor|Sarcombe on the Southmoor]], which the Jotun call Hillstop. It is placed to offer strategic control of the approach into Mournwold from [[Kahraman]] to the south, keeping a close watch on both Fort Braydon and on Overton. The castle provides them with a sanctuary against the human and orc fire that sweeps our of the Greensward.

There is also a partially completed fortification in the [[Mournwold#Ore Hills|Ore Hills]]. Sadly for the orcs, their new fortification is not yet completed. Another season and it would have been finished, in spite of the disruption caused in recent months by the heroes of the Empire. As it is though, the Empire's success in their lightning raid into [[Liathaven]] has left the Jotun desperately short of the white granite they needed.

The fight for this partially complete castle is vicious - it is here that the Jotun make a stand against the Empire. The blood of orcs and humans both flows freely, turns the good marcher earth to frothy red mud. There is an odd synergy at work here, and odd reflection. Fighting alongside the Marchers, Imperial orcs. Fighting alongside the Jotun, human collaborators. They are mostly young, but they wield their bills and pikes with grim determination. Their bodies are marked with alien tattoos, and they strive to mimic the furs and leather and chain of their orc masters - and it makes more than one eye weep to see a harness of Marcher plate or a notched polearm that has been handed down from father to daughter, from grandmother to son being wielded in the defence of the Mourn ... but by those who have sold their birthright to the orc invaders.

The parallel is more poetic than literal, of course. There are twelve thousand Imperial orcs fighting alongside the Marchers, and barely more than a thousand humans fighting in the Jotun armies. But it stings the soul, it tears at the heart.

The fighting is brutal, raging for two days and well into the night. The turning point comes when one of the Seventh Wave Unconquered is able to take down the commander of the partially completed forts with an arrow to the eye. She pays for her bold action with her life, and the commander is soon back on her feet again, but the loss of direction at a crucial point allows the Empire to overrun some of the Jotun defensive positions, lets the rest of the Seventh Wave clear some of the stakes breaking up the Marcher formations ... and the tide of battle shifts.

In the end, the orcs are forced to fall back. Their banners dip and turn, their forces retreating north and west. Towers, bears, mountains driven before the boars, and the dolmen, the lightning and the frost, and the curving wave.

The Empire quickly consolidates its territorial gains and turns its attention north. While the Bounders and the Seventh Wave secure the Ore hills, the Tusks and the Imperial Orcs push north into [[Mournwold#Freemoor|Freemoor]]. There is further strong resistance from the Jotun, especially those under the mountain banner. Here, though, the Tusks find Marchers ready to fight on their side. A raggle-taggle bunch it is true - children of the folk who chose to stay on their land, chose to stay and farm, rather than flee north to live as exiles in Mitwold and Upwold. They are but a handful, barely two-score compared to the strength of the collaborators the Imperials have already faced. They are unused to war, untrained for it. But a fire of rebellion burns in their hearts. They have been raised on tales of the strength of the Marches, and the Jack that bound all the people together under one banner. They hunger for it, as a starving beggar hungers for bread. They say they are not alone, they are sure there will be others who will also take up fight, once they are convinced that freedom is at hand.

The battle for Freemoor shifts in the Empire's favour slowly. The Jotun fall back, again. Their tactics are defensive, designed to minimise the casualties they take. Rather than stand against the joyous savagery of the Tusks and the Imperial orcs, they fall back. Slowly, the Imperial forces claim back the land.

As the Winter Solstice approaches, the Empire has claimed the Ore Hills, and a made some headway toward liberating Freemoor. Another season like this, and they will have secured the entire eastern border of the Mournwold, a fence of Imperial flesh and steel between the Jotun and the rich city of [[Tassato]]. The treachery of the Empire has clearly caught the Jotun unprepared - their force here lacks the strength to hold off the Imperial armies. Their entire strategy seems to be about delaying the Empire. Perhaps the returning Seventh Wave [[Army qualities#Scouting|scouts]] can shed some light on their greater strategy.

Regardless. For the first time in a generation, armed Marchers stride the hills and moors of the Mournwold and the Jotun invader falls back before them.

===Game Information===
The Empire has liberated the Ore Hills region. In the process, they have also captured the partially constructed fortification the Jotun were building in the region. The castle has been damaged during the battle to secure it, of course, but it is the opinion of those engineers who accompany the armies that it could be completed in six months, at the cost of forty white granite and ten Thrones. If the job were completed, the castle would be a rank one fortification. The Empire will need to move quickly however; at the moment it is providing no defensive advantage, and if the region changes hands again with the construction in its current state there is a good chance it might be completely destroyed.

The Imperial troops have also made some progress in liberating Freemoor - a little under half the region is now in their hands.

As the Winter Solstice begins, the last work on Orchard's Watch is completed, and a fortification rises to mirror the Jotun castle in Southmoor.

==The Rage of the Jotun==
===The Blood-dimmed Tide===
Shortly before the Freeborn begin their attack on northern Liathaven, perhaps forty thousand Jotun warriors enter Western Scout and Beacon Point. They come north out of the hills of Reinos, and east out of the southern Jotun kingdom of Narkyst. They pour through the trees like a river, like a flood of orcs. They methodically and systematically smash every steading they encounter. Most are captured and adapted to serve the needs of the orcs. Some are left burnt-out ruins. The fortified steading at Beacon Point, for example, is burnt to the ground after a two-day siege by the army of under the banner of the Southern Bear.

Very few steadings manage to hold out against the Jotun, primarily due to their remote position within the territory. It is only a matter of time before they fall, however. The Navarr of southern Liathaven have been too isolated from the Empire for too long, by the vallorn and by the bandit-haunted mountains of northern Kahraman. They put up a spirited defence, but without the support of a significant number of troops they cannot hope to endure the withering assault of the Jotun.

When they came east into Liathaven for the first time, the Jotun allowed their enemies to flee before them. While they did not offer the Navarr the choice to join the Jotun as thralls or as foot soldiers - they did not go out of their way to slaughter them. This time, some of the Jotun armies are actively butchering any Navarr they can catch. Survivors report that there is a rage in the orcs that they have not seen before, and it devours anyone they catch. Whole steadings are put to the sword. Stridings torn apart when the Jotun catch them on the road. The Jotun are not the Druj - they do not engage in torture or torment, not even to gather information. They simply dispatch any Navarr they catch without ceremony.

The trees help; there are places survivors can go, where they can hide. But if the Jotun continue to occupy Liathaven it is surely only a matter of time before even those scattered survivors are caught and killed.

In a little less than two months, southern Liathaven has gone dark. There are surely Navarr still there, but they are either fleeing or hiding. There are rumours of a large group of survivors gathering somewhere in the very south-east of the territory. They may attempt to push through the mountains into Kahraman, but if they do so they will potentially be easy picking for any organised group of bandits, orc or otherwise.

===The Haven of Liath===
The Vallorn of Liathaven slumbers, wrapped tight around the ruins of Liath Haven.

For now.

===Game Information===
To follow on from [[#the Mists of Liathaven|the Mists of Liathaven]]...

In the south, a massive Jotun invasion force has taken both Western Scout and Beacon Point. In the process, they have destroyed [[Construct_fortified_manor_in_Liathaven|the fortified steading at Beacon Point]].

This means that the Jotun now control ''all'' the regions of Liathaven, making it a fully conquered barbarian territory. The immediate effect of this is that all Imperial personal resources based in the territory will [[Resource#Conquered_Territories|lose a half of their production]] until such time as at least one [[Territory#Regions|region]] is back in Imperial control. This also means that the territory counts as being in the control of the Jotun, meaning they can move into, out of, and through the entire territory freely. ... up to a point.

It is worth explicitly pointing out that we treated this battle as two separate theatres due to the presence of the Vallorn that neatly bisects the territory. The Jotun forces in the south cannot reach the northern regions without forcing their way through either Liath's Heart or Westwood, which would mean an encounter with the unknown quantity that is the vallorn. The same is true of any Imperial forces on the northern side of the hedge of malignant landscape.

Any player character steadings based in Liathaven who wish to have had their settlement conquered or destroyed by the Jotun should consider contacting plot@profounddecisions.co.uk to discuss options going forward. Other steadings are considered to have been far enough off the main Jotun invasion routes to avoid destruction for the time being.

==Audio Files==
Ian Horne has recorded several of the Winds of War as audio files:
* [https://soundcloud.com/winds-of-war-fortune/winds-of-war-spiral-winter-379ye The Storms of Spiral]
* [https://soundcloud.com/winds-of-war-fortune/winds-of-war-379ye-reikos The Rains of Reikos]
* [https://soundcloud.com/winds-of-war-fortune/winds-of-war-barrens-winter-379ye The Thunder of the Barrens]
* [https://soundcloud.com/winds-of-war-fortune/sets/winds-of-war-liathaven-379ye The Mists of Liathaven]
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* [https://soundcloud.com/winds-of-war-fortune/sets/winds-of-war-liathaven-379ye The Rage of the Jotun]

Master of Ice and Darkness

2024-06-21T07:50:59Z

Coolbeans: /* Guidance */

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==Overview==
The Master of Ice and Darkness is an [[Imperial title]] in the [[Imperial Conclave|Conclave]]. It grants the ability to direct the studies of the ''Icy Crag of the Eternal Sun'', a [[College of Magic]] specialising in [[Summer magic]]. The Icy Crag stands above the vale of [[Miekarova#Srodkoja|Volchitrava]], south-west of Olodny, in the territory of [[Miekarova]].

A college of magic allows the creation of new [[Formulaic_ritual|formulaic rituals]]. A formulaic ritual can take decades to complete, requiring extensive resources and many dangerous experiments. A college of magic speeds this process up dramatically by providing a forum for expert magicians and magical theorists to collaborate, providing them with good quality equipment and the guidance of a single individual who directs their research.

When the college was first built, the [[eternal]] [[Cathan Canae]] served as a patron of the magicians and their students. She was followed under controversial circumstances by [[Meraud]], and later (following a [[Queens_and_kings#A_Tourney_of_Sun_and_Ice|grand tourney]]), by [[Eleonaris]]. In Summer 384YE, a [[Our_thumping_hearts|new tourney was held]], this time won by champions of [[Jaheris]], the Silver Prince, who duly became patron of the college. As patron, the Lord of the Forest of Arden has sent a pair of heralds named Mahine and Esmeray, to assist the researchers at the Icy Crag. The arrival of these pale skinned elves dressed in heavy all-covering robes caused some confusion at first, but it was soon clear that their magical skills are a valuable addition to the college - albeit in a very specialist fashion.

==Responsibilities==
The Master of Ice and Darkness has the final say in the research agenda of the Icy Crag. Other magicians may approach them and suggest areas which might benefit their particular areas of study, or serve the interests of the Empire. As with both the [[Provost of the Halls of Knowledge]], and the [[Dean of the Lyceum]], it is possible for a Master to indulge their own interests, or to demand payment from people wishing to use the college's facilities to formulate personal rituals. Nor is there any requirement that the rituals formulated at the Icy Crag become part of [[Imperial lore]], or be shared with anyone else.

In the event the Icy Crag were threatened, the Master would be responsible for removing that threat.

==Powers==
===Guidance===
Ritual magicians from across the Empire come to study, debate, discuss and pursue arcane mastery at the Icy Crag. In return for maintaining a good standard of living, and access to the researches of previous generations, these magicians are expected to perform ritual research and study for the betterment of the nation and the Empire as a whole. The Master is responsible for setting the direction that research takes.

The magicians of a college can be directed to research the [[Formulaic ritual|formula]] of a new ritual so that it can be mastered. The ritual must already exist in the form of an '' [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection|arcane projection]]'', but there is no requirement to select one they have personally commissioned. A college can work on formalising one ritual at a time, and the research may take anywhere from a season to several years depending on the complexity and the resources available. The amount of time it takes to complete research into a ritual depends on the magnitude of that ritual.

It requires three months (one season) for every 10 ranks of magnitude the final ritual will have.

If research is not completed, the college keeps notes on their work so far, and may resume it at a later date from where it was left off.

At the completion, the master of the college receives a [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts|ritual text]] suitable for use in mastering the ritual. They may keep the knowledge of the ritual restricted to themselves and their allies, or through a [[Imperial lore|declaration of Imperial lore]] the [[Imperial Conclave|Conclave]] can have that ritual added to the wider body of [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List|Imperial lore]], making it available to any ritual magician in the Empire.

'''OOC Note''': The Master selects the [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection|arcane projection]] they wish to [[Formulaic_ritual|formulate]] by e-mail to Profound Decisions (rules@profounddecisions.co.uk) prior to the next event. The final magnitude of the ritual text is not guaranteed to be the same as that of the arcane projection.

===Mastery of the Lore of Summer===
The Icy Crag lacks the resources available to the [[Dean of the Lyceum|Lyceum]], but excels at the study of the magic of Summer. When the Master directs research towards a project that is part of the lore of Summer, the work proceeds at the rate of 15 ranks of magnitude each season.

The Master can increase the rate at which a ritual of the lore of Summer is researched by spending money to purchase rare materials, esoteric tomes and exceptional equipment. The first five ranks of additional research in a season cost 2 thrones. The next five ranks cost a further 5 thrones. The next five ranks cost a further 10 thrones, and so on doubling the price for each additional five ranks of research within the same season.

===Patronage of the Silver Prince===
Thanks to the patronage of Jaheris, whenever the Master of Ice and Darkness directs research towards any project that is a [[curse]], the work proceeds at the rate of 15 ranks of magnitude each season. The Master can increase the rate at which a curse is researched by spending money to purchase rare materials, esoteric tomes and exceptional equipment. The first five ranks of additional research in a season cost 2 thrones. The next five ranks cost a further 5 thrones. The next five ranks cost a further 10 thrones, and so on doubling the price for each additional five ranks of research within the same season. This ability is ''not'' cumulative with the [[#Mastery of the Lore of Summer|Mastery of the Lore of Summer]] - when researching a curse of the Summer realm the Master cannot, for example, pay 4 thrones to increase the research speed by 10 ranks.

===The Master's Study===
The Master has personal apartments in the central keep of the Icy Crag. The highest point in the college is the Master's study, a circular tower room that allows clear views of the forests of Miekarova. Even at the height of Summer, the apartments are chilly - but they are equipped with great furs taken from creatures of the Summer realm, given as gifts by the hunters of Cathan Canae.

==Appointment==
The appointment, replacement, or removal of the Master is made by the [[Declaration#Declaration_of_Candidacy|declaration of candidacy]] as part of a [[Conclave session]]. Any Imperial citizen may hold the title. A specific candidate can Declare for the post of Master only once a season.

The Master serves until they are replaced by another magician using the Declaration of Candidacy. As a title in the Conclave, they cannot be [[Revocation|revoked]]. When a Dean loses their title, research on their projects ends although it is possible for a Master to return to earlier projects of interest and have them completed in their name.
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==The Icy Crag of the Eternal Sun==
The college takes the form of a white stone castle built atop a high hill overlooking the vale of Volchitrava. Not far from the border with [[Wintermark]], the vale is also home to the powerful Gremani family, [[Varushka_magical_traditions#Cabalists|cabalists]] with a long history of mastering [[Summer magic]].

The only approach to the college is a narrow climbing stairway carved into the side of the sheer cliffs, a vertiginous trek that is not for the faint hearted. Whatever the weather, anyone approaching the castle on foot must contend with unpredictable cold winds that strike without warning, threatening to pluck the unwary from the stairs and send them tumbling down into the forest if they are not careful.

The four high towers that rise from the castle proper glisten in the sunlight as if they were sheened with frost. Even during the warmest summers, the temperature within the Icy Crag remains cool and wintry. At the heart of the college is a potent Summer [[regio]]. Ownership of this regio appears to shift depending on which eternal is serving as patron. It is currently tied to Jaheris, and it is not uncommon to meet with his two heralds, Mahine and Esmeray, when visiting the college.

Work on the Icy Crag was commissioned through the Senate by the [[Navarr]] Llewellyn Leafstalker, and the bulk of the materials required to complete it were provided by the Navarr and the Varushkans. In particular the Navarr Eternal Family and the Varushkan Gremani families played a significant part in ensuring the edifice was built while a [[Construct_college_of_magic_in_Morrow|similar project]] in [[Urizen]] failed for unknown reasons.

Not all the magicians associated with the Icy Crag live within its glittering walls. it is perhaps unsurprising given the relatively new status of the college, and its somewhat isolated location, that many Summer magicians (especially those in the south) prefer to correspond with the scholars here rather than relocate their homes closer. Still, a number of [[Varushka|Varushkan]], [[Wintermark|Winterfolk]], [[Navarr]] and [[Dawn|Dawnish]] have moved their homes north and settled in the vicinity of the college to take advantage of its facilities and libraries.

Still, the halls of the Icy Crag are open to magicians from all corners of the Empire, as long as they are prepared to commit some of their time to assisting whatever research is being prioritised by the Master.

As a college with an eternal patron, the magicians of the Icy Crag has a vested interest in maintaining good relations between the Empire and the Summer eternal. In particular, a reliable Summer [[archmage]] can only help the college to prosper in the coming years.
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Into the spin

2024-06-07T21:06:02Z

Coolbeans: /* The Former Salt Lord */

[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:386YE Spring]][[Category:Recent History]]
<ic>"Alright, alright. I understand what you're saying, I really do." Sandstone Verruk, was shaking her head as she spoke. "I know you want people to understand what assignment means, what it means that you've 'liberated' them from the Grendel but I think the problem is that ''you'' don't actually know what that means."

Verruk was one of the original Sannite sept, one of the gladiators from Beoraidh arena. She'd become an unofficial spokesperson for the people of Rathmonna. She'd grown up in the vicinity, and while they were suspicious of her they were prepared to speak to her more frankly, and more openly, than they were the other soldiers of the Winter Sun.

"We've beaten the Grendel and now these people are free to become Imperial citizens. What don't I understand?" Yantl spoke a little more hotly than he intended. Getting his emotions under control took a little effort, and he hid it by sipping her hot spiced tea. It was very good. He suspected Eft would enjoy it as well and made a mental note to pick some up to take home with him.

"Sure, we know that. But the Grendel aren't the Druj. These people don't live in fear, they're not slaves - most of them. As long as they pay their taxes, and keep up their levvy, they just... get on with stuff. You think Beoraidh cares about a shithole like Rathmonna? You think the Brine Turtles even knew this place existed before they arrived here with thousands of Imperial warriors on their arses? As long as the money keeps coming in, and the 'Jaws have a good crop of drakes each year, they just..."

The Sannite gestured vaguely. She shrugged.

"All this talk of liberation is just... it's so many words," she tried again. "What the people here in Rathmonna want to know is what kind of taxes we're going to impose. Whether their young folk are going to be conscripted into your armies, and what sort of recompense they'll get if they do end up fighting for us. What kind of stupid laws and regulations we're going to impose."

"Stupid laws..." Yantl sputtered his tea.

"Look, I'm just telling you what people are saying. The Winter Sun had orders to break the chains and liberate the Sannites - and don't think those of us who were slaves aren't grateful for that. But these folk? There's no chains here. I know you imagine that the day the Winter Sun came here and liberated Rathmonna was the most important day in these people's lives, but for most of them it was... just another day. They don't see any difference between the Empire and the Grendel, and it's going to take a lot more than a few rousing words to get them to see that difference. Assuming there is any, of course."

The last was spoken quietly, almost as if it was for Verruk alone. Yantl frowned and looked askance at his friend; he knew she'd been angered by some of the foolish comments from other soldiers during the early months of the invasion but he thought they'd moved past it. The Sannite's face was unreadable. She gazed off into the middle distance, sipping her spiced tea.</ic>
<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage|file=Mareave Map.png|caption=There are three primary factions in Mareave; the Empire in the north, Beoraidh in the west, and the Brine Turtles in the south.|align=left|width=400}}</div>
==Overview==
The most recent season of war saw Imperial forces victorious in [[Mareave]]. Their conquest of [[Mareave#Clisearn|Clisearn]] has turned the tide in the eastern Grendel territory. It is now the business of the [[Imperial Senate]] to [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment|assign]] the territory to one of the Imperial nations. Recent victories in territories as diverse as [[Skarsind]], [[Holberg]], [[Segura]], and the [[Mournwold]] have been reasonably straightforward; these were territories that had been Imperial in the past and where numbers of Imperial citizens lived.

Mareave, however, is more like [[Ossium]] and [[the Barrens]] - territories that have never been part of the Empire before. The Barrens had long had a Dawnish presence, but the citizens of [[The_Barrens#Dawnguard|Dawnguard]] were far from the majority. When Ossium was conquered there were ''no'' Imperial citizens and the territory had no history of ever being Varushkan. While Varushkans have settled there since then it took a year or more of careful work by politicians and priests to settle many of the issues.

Mareave represents a similar level of challenge. The territory has ''no'' Imperial citizens and few humans. The Grendel and the orcs of the Broken SHore are at best highly suspicious of Imperial invaders. The climate and geography themselves are unwelcoming; arid and dry. Yet at the same time the territory contains hidden wealth - the mines in the eastern mountains and hills burst with precious metal and the port-city of [[Mareave#Beoraidh|Beoraidh]] apparently welcomes traders from across the known world. Whichever nation embraces Mareave will have its work cut out to ensure that the territory, in turn, embraces them back.

==Assignment and Allocation==
* '''The Civil Service will raise a motion of allocation during the Saturday evening senate session'''
To assist with the assignment the Civil Service has asked the Speaker for the Senate to raise an administrative motion during the Saturday evening session. Any senator can then make the case for the territory to be assigned to their nation. Once the debate is concluded, the Speaker will invite Senate to vote on which of the options presented they wish to support. If the Senate does ''not'' want to assign the territory at this time, they may vote for "no nation." If this happens, the Civil Service will raise the administrative motion again at the Summer Solstice.

Regardless of the outcome, there will be no Senatorial election at the summit where the territory is assigned. It takes time to arrange a senatorial election. The senatorial election will be arranged for the summit ''after'' the assignment is concluded. This delay will not impede the ability to perform rituals effecting Mareave from [[Regio#The_Imperial_Regio|Imperial regio]]. At the point the territory became eligible to appoint a Senator, the metaphysical rules governing the regio at Anvil make it possible to affect the territory even though it has not yet been assigned.

Regardless of whether they assign the territory or not, the Senate may choose to [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|allocate]] the [[Mareave#Fundindelve|Fundindelve]] [[mithril]] mine. As with the [[Chilled_to_the_bone#The_Crawling_Depths|Crawling Depths]], if they allocate the mine as a national position without assigning the territory, they would need to choose an Imperial nation to take temporary custody of it. This does not tie the hands of the Senate however. Once the territory were assigned, the mine would automatically become the legal responsibility of whichever nation takes control of Mareave. If the mithril mine is allocated during the Spring Equinox, it will be avaiable for appointment at the Summer Solstice for a single season before falling into the usual pattern of Autumn appointment alongside the other mithril resources.

It is worth remembering that neither assignment nor allocation are [[Senate_motion#Constitutional_Vote|constitutional motions]]. They do not require ratification - although [[the Throne]] could use their [[the Throne#Power of Veto|veto as normal]] - and it would be a matter for the General Assembly if the Synod [[veto]] was sought.
<div style="float:right; width: 600px; clear: right;"><box></big>'''Expectation Management'''When it comes to assigning Mareave - or any new territory - there are no wrong answers, and no best answer. ''Any'' nation who is assigned this territory is going to face challenges. The nature of those challenges, and the [[opportunity|opportunities]] that will accompany them, will be influenced by who the territory is assigned to. Integrating a new territory into the Empire will usually take a great deal of time and involve significant challenges. Every territory is different and the challenges will be different each time. The outcome is never guaranteed but we aim to make those challenges as much fun as possible for people who want to engage with them and to be potentially achievable regardless of which nation takes on the challemge.

Dealing with the orcs who live in Mareave is one of the challenges that must be addressed here. Even if a peaceful accomodation is made with them, that doesn't mean they will want to become ''part'' of any Imperial nation. At present, the bulk of the people of Mareave have no interest in joining ''any'' Imperial nation and no desire to move anywhere else.</box></div>

==The Fine Art of Assignment==
* '''The Senate has free choice as to who to assign the territory to'''
* '''Whichever Imperial nation is assigned control of Mareave will face challenges in bringing the territory entirely into the Empire'''

The Senate has a free choice as to which nation to assign Mareave to; it could be assigned to ''any'' of the ten nations of the Empire.

In particular it's important to recognise that the territory need not be contiguous with the nation it is assigned to. At the moment the territories of most nations adjoin each other, but this is largely an accident of history and geography. There is no reason that Imperial citizens may not find homes in any territory. The [[Navarr]] and [[the League]] already demonstrate how a modern Imperial nation can maintain and develop territories scattered widely across the Empire.

It's also not relevant which nations' armies were involved in conquering the territory. The Military Council is an Imperial body that makes strategic decisions based on the many different threats facing the Empire. That the Brass Coast armies have been busy fighting on the western side of the Bay of Catazar, or that the [[Golden Axe]] [[Between_stone_and_salt|was at the forefront]] of the initial conquest are not legally significant.

==Challenges==
* '''Four primary challenges have been identified by the Civil Service after their initial, limited, assessment of the territory'''
The civil service has had limited amount of time to codify the precise challenges that will be faced by whichever Imperial nation takes control of Mareave. They've barely started their assessment, and what little they have been able to nail down has been done with the aid of the [[military unit|captains]] supporting the Mareave [[spy network]], and the soldiers of the Imperial armies who have been fighting in the territory. It's likely some territories will find certain challenges easier to address than others, but all of them will need to be overcome if Mareave is to become a strong part of the Empire.
===Grendel Opposition===
* '''Mareave contains a mithril mine and is considered by the Grendel to be part of the Broken Shore'''
* '''Further hostility from the Grendel is inevitable'''
As the historians of the [[Historical_research#The_Department_of_Historical_Research|Department of Historical Research]] laid out in ''[[Mareave and Urizen]]'', the Grendel have [[Mareave_and_Urizen#Imperial_Records|dominated Mareave]] since the time of [[Emperor Nicovar]]. The [[Mareave#Fundindelve|Fundindelve]] is a major source of [[mithril]], and the Grendel Salt Lords seem to value mithril over everything save perhaps [[weirwood]]. Like Kalliact before him, former Salt Lord Ehsan's place on the ruling council of the Grendel was contingent on control of the mithril mine - which is now reasonably firmly in Imperial hands.

Even leaving aside the fact that three regions of the territory remain at least notionally in the hands of the Grendel, it is ''very'' unlikely that the Grendel plan to give up on Mareave without a fight. Unlike [[Spiral]], which they have been understandably cautious about invading despite developments in [[Spiral#Apulian|Apulian]], they are certain to attempt to reclaim the territory. Even if it can be held in the short-term, Mareave will form a frontier with the Grendel in the same way Spiral once did. Indeed, there is some news beginning to filter into Imperial lands that there is not one but ''two'' Grendel-held territories adjacent to southern Mareave underlining the need for the Imperial Military Council to give careful thought to how the territory might best be protected.

===Orc Inhabitants===
* '''Most of the people here are orcs with no connection to, or interest in joining, any Imperial nation'''
There are humans in Mareave, but apart from a handful of former Imperial slaves, none of them seem to have any real connection to the Imperial nations. Some of the free humans may once have originated in [[the Brass Coast]], [[Highguard]], [[Urizen]], [[Skoura]], or [[the League]], but they no longer feel any association with those nations. They also don't really have their own settlements, being mixed in with the orc population where they appear. Most live as mercenaries, fighting for the Grendel in return for coin and a smidgen of prestige.

The vast majority of the people in Mareave are orcs. They can be very roughly divided into three broad categories. Those in the north - in [[Mareave#Icarion|Icarion]], [[Mareave#Nadir|Nadir]], [[Mareave#Eoradal|Eoradal]] and perhaps [[Mareave#Sinfoyard|Sinfoyard]] are smaller, independent septs or communities of Broken Shore orcs. Subjects of the Grendel, many of them lived as slaves before being liberated by Imperial armies - especially the [[Winter Sun]] - during the invasion. It would be a mistake to assume these orcs welcome the Empire's soldiers. For the most part though they aren't especially organised - they represent loose communities of hunters, subsistence farmers, miners, and prospectors.

The Grendel proper - the sophisicated, wealthy orcs who rule Attar and the Broken Shore - still control [[Mareave#Beoraidh_2|Beoraidh]] and its prosperous port-city, and once occupied wealthy estates in [[Mareave#Clisearn|Clisearn]]. Those who haven't been killed fighting the Empire have retreated either to [[Mareave#Beoraidh|the city]] of former-Salt-Lord Ehsan, or fled south to seek sanctuary among the Brine Turtles, or their neighbours in [[Bay_of_Catazar#Ayereed|Ayereed]] or whatever Grendel lands lie to the south-east of the territory.

Finally there are the Brine Turtles - the organised, powerful sept of orcs who make up the majority of one of the orc armies that shares their name. They control the region of [[Mareave#Fleisardh|Fleisardh]] and while they aren't ''especially'' fond of Ehsan or his fellows they also have no love at all for the Empire. It's also notable that if the Empire intends to continue to conquer the Broken Shore, they will need to either enlist the aid of the Brine Turtles or conquer their homeland on the southern borders of the territory.

None of these orcs are follows of [[the Way]]; many of them recongise the so-called [[Grendel_religion#Virtues|Grendel virtues]] to one degree or another. Many more honour their ancestors, especially [[Grendel_religion#Rucraic_-_The_Storm_Lord|Ruicraic the Storm Lord]]. The Empire would underestimate the influence this legendary reaver and pirate has over the orcs of Mareave at its peril.

Some of these orcs have already joined the [[Sannite]] sept of the Imperial Orcs. It's possible that more will do so in the coming months, among the smaller northern septs. A few will seek a fresh start in Skarsind, and some will want to stay in the land they know well. The prospect of trekking all the way to an alpine wilderness in the north is hardly appealing to people familiar with the heat of Mareave. However most of the orcs here have no interest in becoming Imperial Orcs, any more than they have an interest in becoming Urizen, Dawnish, or Winterfolk.

Whatever else happens, the nation that is assigned control of Mareave will need to address the challenge of the people who already live here.

===Dry land and Economics===
* '''Much of Mareave is arid, with little access to fresh water which has limited agriculture here'''
Mareave experiences a similar climate to parts of the Brass Coast. The southern regions - especially Fleisardh and Clisearn - are similar to [[Kahraman]] or [[Segura]]. Dry, parched grasslands. The northern regions - Icarion, Nadir, Eoradal, and Sinfoyard - are much drier and more desolate than any Freeborn land. The scattered settlements are usually centered around a well that provides life-giving water, and is used to irrigate farms of hardy root vegetables. Individual communities guard their water jealously, but the wealthier groups may trade small amounts to each other in the same way an Imperial town might trade its surplus goods.

Clisearn, Fleisardh, and Beoraidh by contrast are relatively fertile, with a similar pattern of farms to those found in Segura or Feroz. Unfortunately two of these three regions are still in barbarian hands. Supporting Imperial citizens here will be a challenge without access to the food raised in these regions - although as the Urizen have proved with the assistance of the Marchers, that doesn't mean it would be impossible.

Regardless of which nation the territory is assigned to, it won't increase the ability of that nation to support an army. Getting the territory to the point where it might do so will require a lot of work to establish an Imperial population capable of supporting a new army - assuming it's ever possible. Whichever nation claims the territory will need to develop sources of food if they are to exploit the valuable natural resources of Mareave and establish an Imperial presence.

===Far Frontier===
* '''Mareave has only tenuous geographical connection to the rest of the Empire'''
The final immediate challenge is that the territory lies far from the centre of the Empire. By land it is easily accessible only via the [[Spiral#The_Passes|Apulian Way]], through [[Spiral]]. As long as the region of [[Spiral#Apulus|Apulus]] is in Imperial hands that isn't a major problem; but anyone wanting to trade with Mareave or immigrate to the territory by land will need to brave the threat of the {{Black Plateau}} for several days. It's possible to reach the territory by sea, of course, but the only easily accessible harbour here is in the city of Beoraidh. The rest of the coast is high and rocky, similar to [[Necropolis#Sanctuary_Sand|Sanctuary Sands]] in Necropolis, or the high bluffs of [[Redoubt#Tomari|Tomari]] and [[Redoubt#Optarion|Optarion]].

This isolation creates particular challenges from a strategic point of view because armies suffer when they spend too much time in Spiral. It's likely that significant [[fortification|fortifications]] will be needed to secure the borders. Such construction brings to mind the other obvious problem for building in Mareave - any wains of white granite or weirwood will need to be imported, and the expense of doing so via Spiral will likely impact any [[commission]] in the territory.

Establishing a way to import and export people and goods will be an issue that any Imperial nation will need to address.

==The Former Salt Lord==
* '''Ehsan, formerly Salt Lord of Beoraidh, has approached Imperial forces with an offer of neutrality'''
* '''A delegation is planning to visit Anvil during the summit'''
One thing the Empire has already noticed is that the people here are ''very'' political in nature. There's already been signs of deep divides between the various orc factions and with the rest of the Grendel. Imperial heroes have already dabbled in the [[Between_stone_and_salt#Politics_of_Mareave_(Battle)|politics of Mareave]], and shortly before the Spring Equinox there is a [[Sea-wood_fed_with_copper#Warp_and_Weft|further development]] involving the former-Salt-Lord ruler of Beoraidh, Ehsan.

While the people of Beoraidh are not prepared to surrender to the Empire or "betray their ancestors in the manner of the former Salt Lord of Apulus", they are still apparently very angry indeed with their fellow Grendel. Ehsan has sent emissaries to the armies, indicating that if the Empire will recognise him and his people as foreigners, then he is prepared to withdraw all forces under his control to Beoraidh and Sinfoyard. He and those who look to him for leadership will cease all hostilities, looking to the defence of their city and lands against possible reprisals from his former peers. They won't contest Imperial control of Mareave, and will be neutral to ''both'' sides in the conquest of the Broken Shore.

In addition to offering interesting military intelligence that might allow the Empire to neutralise the threat of the Brine Turtles, Ehsan has issued an edict freeing the handful of slaves remaining in Beoraidh and Sinfoyard. Their statements offer some insight into a matter that has apparently been a growing problem for some time; slaves have been increasingly hard to procure and prices have spiralled as a result. While a few salt lords have clung to old practices, the smart ones, like Ehsan, have switched to employing folk to do the work. Ehsan is completely sanguine about this fact, they and their fellow salt lords don't see this as a moral issue, just a simple matter of profit and loss.

If the Senate does recognise the orcs of Beoraidh and Sinfoyard as foreigners, which they can do with a single Senate motion, then Ehsan says there will be ample opportunity to discuss trade treaties once the fighting in Mareave is done. They're also prepared to offer sanctuary to any Broken Shore orcs who did not wish to become subjects of the Empire - which might avoid further bloodshed.

It would also be possible to recognise the Broken Shore orcs in the northern regions as foreigners at the same time, with the same motion. This would be the first step towards establishing peaceful contact with the minor septs of Icarion, Nadir, and [[Mareave#Eoradal|Eoradal]]. It would prevent the Imperial armies attacking these orcs - but it wouldn't impede their ability or the ability of Imperial citizens to defend themselves if they were attacked.

In theory, depending on the outcome of any engagement with the Brine Turtles during the Spring Equinox, it would be possible to simply declare ''all'' the orcs of Mareave to be foreigners with the same provisos. Those prepared ([[Promising_light#Formal_Title|in the words of the Emperor]]) to accept the offer of friendship may be able to find a way to live alongside the Empire in peace, while those who choose to reject that offer and continue to fight will be met with blade, bow and shield

'''Note:''' Declaring any faction of Mareave to be foreigners will make it a crime for any general to issue orders to attack them or their homes. If Ehsan and his people are recognised as foreigners, it will be a crime to attack Beoraidh or Sinfoyard. If the Brine Turtle are recognised as foreigners it will be a crime to attack Fleisardh with armies, unless the Brine Turtle have surrendered the region.

==Further Reading==
* [[Mareave]]
* [[Sea-wood fed with copper]] - 386YE Spring Wind of War relating the initial conquest of Mareave
* [[Between stone and salt]] - 385YE Winter Wind of War detailing the initial invasion of Mareave
* [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment|Assignment]] - details the Senate power of assignment
* [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation|Allocation]] details the Senate power of allocation