384YE Winter Solstice Synod judgements

Overview

During the Winter Solstice 384YE Summit, the Imperial Synod raised TBC judgements.

Considerations

The following considerations should be borne in mind when bringing judgements before the Imperial Synod during the Summer Solstice.

• All Assemblies: Statements that prioritise the greater good over personal loyalties are less effective. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Statements that try to compel Loyalty will fail. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Revocations and Excommunications for disloyalty to the nation or Empire would risk causing dissent. This is permanent effect of the Eyes of Loyalty.
• All Assemblies: Any mandate that does not pass with a greater majority will have limited or no effect on Urizen or Varushka. It is not impossible that a mandate might lead to a response in one of the two nations, but it won't lead to any immediate consequences for the people of the nation. This lasts until some new turn of events changes things. Urizen Link. Varushka Link.
• All Assemblies: No statement of principle that is about Sulemaine i Taziel will lead to a mandate. Lasts until at least the end of the Winter Solstice 384YE and potentially longer. Link.
• Virtue Assemblies: Any statement of principle in any virtue assembly will not create a mandate for that virtue assembly. If any mandate does arise, then it will need to be passed by the General Assembly. Lasts until the end of the Winter Solstice 384YE. Link.
• Highguard and Navarr Assemblies: Statements of principle in either assembly that receive a greater majority may create opportunities in the other assembly. Lasts until the end of the Autumn Equinox 385YE Link.

Veto

No veto was sought during the Winter Solstice 384YE.

Statement of Principle

Judgement 3

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Aspar
• Judgement: The liberty pact was signed. A spontaneous aura of freedom manifested through this action.
• Outcome:

Mandate

The following mandates were passed during the Winter Solstice. Where there are competing mandates, the one that passes with the largest margin is successful and all other competing mandates are considered to have failed.

Judgement 7

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Lady Josephine of Adina's Charge
• Judgement: Pride inspires others, it does not demean them. Virtue is based on deeds and it is only actions that we should judge. We send Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum with 50 doses of liao to urge every Highborn citizen to put aside the prejudice of the past. Let us make the pursuit of Virtue the one unifying principle of this glorious Empire.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 328 to 111
• Enacted The effects of this mandate are unpredictable but it will lead to subtle but profound changes in the way the Highborn view the lineaged, the Imperial Orcs, and other sentient creatures. As detailed in Full of sacred sound.

Judgement 8

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Silas of the Cenotaph
• Judgement: Let us protect and raise up the things we truly care for. We send Silas of the Cenotaph with 50 doses of liao to remind every Highborn congregant that their decisions are crucial to their safety. Let benefactors and priests work together to show the world that the Way was born here in Highguard.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 320-0
• Enacted Highborn congregations will look for ways to restore the pre-eminence of Virtue in Highguard itself. As detailed in Full of sacred sound.

Judgement 15

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Fintan Nighthaven
• Judgement: When Virtue falls silent it allows Blasphemy to speak. When Virtue falls silent, we head "Death to the Druj". Complacency has allowed malign forces to take root in the spirit of our citizens. In Deepest Consequence we bring the Bell, the Unconquered, and the Arbiter - they know the truth, We send Fintan Nighthaven with 150 doses of liao to inspire every Imperial soldier in Virtue, to question what motivates them - and root out any corruption within. The Empire will defeat our enemies, but we must not sacrifice the Way to achieve this. Let Virtue speak - Victory to the Empire!
• Outcome: Upheld 1594 to 367 (margin 1227)
• Enacted Encourages soldiers in the Imperial armies to question orders that encourage them to slaughter the Druj As detailed in the silent page.

Judgement 17

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Genoveva Barossa di Tassato
• Judgement: Ambition drives the people of the League to reach for the impossible, to seize it, and to make it real. Ratibor ignored those who told him he could not reclaim his city, and showed them what raw ambition can achieve. We send Genoveva Barossa di Tassato with 25 doses of liao to remind the people of the League that there is nothing that they cannot achieve if they are prepared to reach for it.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 287 to 68
• Enacted: Every congregation run by a League citizen preaching Ambition will receive an additional liao and two additional votes in the Imperial Synod until the end of the Winter Solstice 385YE. As detailed in Don't blame me.

Judgement 20

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Lady Laudine of House duLac
• Judgement: Wisdom knows all knowledge is incomplete. We sent Lady Laudine of House duLac with 75 doses of liao to encourage the priests of the Empire to engage with the Free Folk pilgrimage in good faith and help them to find the path of virtue. Bu sharing our understanding we will navigate the Way together.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority, 2188 to 35
• Enacted Every congregation in the Empire will benefit from the Free Folk visits gaining a bonus of 36 rings. As detailed in Folklore.

Judgement 28

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum
• Judgement: Pride inspires others - it does not demean them. Virtue is based on deeds and it is only actions we should judge. We send Olyvar of Esther's Sanctum with 50 doses of liao to urge every Highborn citizen to put aside the prejudice of the past.
• Outcome: Not Upheld; withdrawn

Judgement 29

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Jared of the Suns of Couros
• Judgement: Nothing is beyond our reach if we strive for it. We send Jared of the Suns of Couros with 50 doses of liao to remind every Highborn congregant that the virtuous build up their fellows. Let us loyally support each one of our siblings in our hour of need.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 371 to 0
• Enacted The Highborn Assembly will gain two different abilities, for the coming year. The opportunity to identify a single Imperial nation to throw their support behind A Peerless Kinship), and an opportunity to support the religious goals of other nations Partner of Greatness. Ade detailed in A peerless kinship.

Judgement 31

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Lady Eleanor Novarion
• Judgement: Although the Synod does not yet agree that the Divine Family meet the criteria to be judged and paragons, it is clear that they provide virtuous inspiration to the Free Folk. As such they cannot be regarded as false paragons. We send Lady Eleanor Novarion with 75 doses of Liao to remind the faithful that it is acceptable to call for any virtuous human to be recognised as a paragon and to draw inspiration from their virtuous example.
• Outcome: Upheld 1417 to 157
• Enacted This mandate removes the final bar to them Free Folk joining an Imperial nation with the exceptions of Varushka and Urizen (given it did not achieve a greater majority). As detailed in Folklore.

Judgement 36

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Nekoda of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: The Free Folk wish to learn how to use liao to express their faith. We send Nekoda of the Shattered Tower with 50 doses of liao to encourage our people to help the Free Folk find the Way. All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 316 to 0 (Scrutiny extended by Cardinal of Loyalty)
• Enacted Provides tutelage to the Free Folk in the use of liao. Every business in Highguard suffers a -1 rank to production for the rest of the year, the money going to fund scholarships, purchase liao, and provide access to tutors for the Free Folk who want to become priests. As detailed in Folklore.

Judgement 51

• Assembly: Navarr
• Raised By: Balenn Splitroot
• Judgement: Be alert to dangers; within and without. We send Balenn Splitroot with 25 doses of liao to urge the Navarr to be civil to the Great Forest Orcs but encourage them to move on when the time comes. Let us not give them false hope of a future we cannot share with them.
• Outcome: Not upheld, with a Greater Majority 16 to 254

Judgement 56

• Assembly: Navarr
• Raised By: Neala Blackhawk
• Judgement: We welcome the Great Forest Orcs to all our territories, following the example of Zemress to share in our combined Prosperity, work hard and defend what we have. We send Neala Blackhawk with 50 doses of liao to encourage all Navarr to welcome the Great Forest Orcs and encourage them to settle. All that is worthwhile is shared with those who deserve it.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 260 to 10 (Scrutiny extended by Cardinal of Vigilance)
• Enacted Welcome the Great Forest Orcs to create steadings in Miaren and Hercynia; provides an immediate benefit to the holder of the Golden Trees of Seren and the Heartwood of the Great Vale. As detailed in You belong with me.

Judgement 58

• Assembly: Navarr
• Raised By: Fenrys Whiteshroud
• Judgement: We, the Navarr national assembly, swear in the name of the Marked and their first bonds of ancient kinship that none who would join our cause will go without a proper welcoming! We send Fenrys Whiteshroud with 100 doses of liao to encourage Navarri across the Empire to show the Great Forest Orcs a spring festival they will never forget. Throw wide the gates of the Thorned Rose. Let the forges of Treji roar. Let our songs resound from root to golden boughs.
• Outcome: Not upheld, 20 to 162

Judgement 61

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Fabio Costas de Sarvos
• Judgement: Ratibor would not tolerate magical creatures infesting his realm, and neither shall we. We must take immediate action no matter how convincing the reasons to delay appear. We send Fabio Costas de Sarvos with 50 liao to burn away the horror of Metri with Ratibor's fire.
• Outcome: Not Upheld 219 to 54, withdrawn

Judgement 65

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Corrado Filiarchi de Regario
• Judgement: The driving force of the League is our Ambition to achieve the impossible. Ratibor's ambition forges a city of beggars and thieves into one of the most powerful in the world, just as the three founders of the League bound cities together into a nation. We send Corrado Filiarchi de Regario with 50 doses of liao to urge every citizen of the League that no price is too high to realise your dreams. This is uniquely virtuous opportunity that ambition demands who do not pass up.
• Outcome: Not upheld 40 to 202

Judgement 72

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Lenarius Ankarien
• Judgement: The Druj enslave any peoples they can subjugate and despoil any land they cannot hold. While they exist the Empire's dreams of a world without slavery cannot be achieved, and Ambition teaches us that obstacles to our goals must be removed, one way or another. Consequences are the price of Ambition. We send Lenarius Ankarien with 200 doses of liao to encourage all citizens to focus their efforts on supporting the extermination of the Druj, wherever they may be found and by any means necessary, until no trace of them is left upon the world.
• Outcome: Not Upheld 739 to 793

Judgement 87

• Assembly: Wintermark
• Raised By: Sindr of Hraefnhall
• Judgement: he knowledge of the runes ifs the legacy of Isenbrad, paragon of Wisdom, and inspires our people to this day. All knowledge is incomplete, but with the Runemasters Law we commit Wintermark once more to the mastery of the Crafter's Art. We send Isolde with one dose of True Liao and 4 crowns to consecrate the caves beneath Runegrott as an inspirational tomb for the first runesmith.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 397 to 0
• Awaiting Liao Has Money, no idea if true liao

Judgement 88

• Assembly: Wintermark
• Raised By: Maarit Suvisdottir
• Judgement: We urge the faithful of Wintermark to seek out the poison in our neighbours fields. We send Averil Olsen (warsmith) with 50 doses of liao to remind everyone that cold cannot compromise. Those who have made dark bargains must be rooted out.
• Outcome: Upheld with Greater Majority 387 to 0
• Enacted Wintermark priests in Sermersuaq will work to try and identify who has accepted Blood-on-the-Snow's aid. As detailed in Watching my mistakes.

Judgement 91

• Assembly: League
• Raised By: Irada von Temeschwar
• Judgement: The vyig are an insidious corruption within the Empire. It may seem there is no answer to their wickedness, between the most impenetrable forest may fall one tree at a time. We send Irada von Temeschwar with 75 doses of liao to light a torch, use it to find the places where the Vyig lair, and finally finish what Ratibor started.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 285 to 10
• Enacted. Rouses the people of the League to bring an end to the vyig once and for all. As detailed in Don't blame me.

Judgement 97

• Assembly: Highguard
• Raised By: Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower
• Judgement: Let every word you speak carry meaning. We send Hazelelponi of the Shattered Tower with 25 liao to urge the virtuous of the Seventh Wave to reach out to the Vendarri to show them that we are not their enemy.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 368 to 0
• Enacted Creates an opportunity for the generals of the Highborn armies to meet with the Vendarri at the Spring Equinox. As detailed in The silent page.

Judgement 103

• Assembly: General
• Raised By: Lucanus of the Ashen Tower
• Judgement: Wisdom knows all knowledge is incomplete. We send Lucanus of the Ashen Tower with 75 doses of liao to encourage the priests of the Empire to engage with the Free Folk pilgrimage in good faith and help them to find the path of virtue. By sharing our understanding, we will navigate the Way together.
• Outcome: Upheld 1100 to 57. This mandate was in competition with Judgement 20, which received a higher margin.

Judgement 105

• Assembly: Dawn
• Raised By: The Fool of Glory
• Judgement: The virtuous inspire others to greatness. We send Pellea Montrose with 25 liao to urge the glorious soldiers of the Dawnish host to reach out to the Dawnish in the Barrens and inspire them with talk of liberation.
• Outcome: Upheld 152 to 10
• Enacted Creates an opportunity for the generals of the Dawnish armies to meet with the Dawnish resistance in the Barrens at the Spring Equinox. As detailed in The silent page.

Judgement 107

• Assembly: Brass Coast
• Raised By: Ahraz i Guerra
• Judgement: The fundamental right of any being is to live freely in the manner that they wish, and the former Thule slaves are no exception. We send Ahraz i Guerra to Otkodov with 50 doses of liao to let everyone know that they do not need to live under the thumbs of their former masters. Let them come to the Empire - there is a place for them there.
• Outcome: Not upheld, 20 to 32; withdrawn

Judgement 120

• Assembly: Varushka
• Raised By: Velko Perunovich Razoradze
• Judgement: The vyig are an insidious corruption within the Empire. It may seem that there is no answer to their wickedness, but even the most impenetrable forest may fall one tree at a time. We send Vaclav Mladenovich Kosti with 100 doses of liao to light a torch, use it to find the places where the vyig lair, and finally finish what Ratibor started.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 150 to 0
• Enacted. Rouses the people of Varushka to bring an end to the vyig once and for all. As detailed in Don't blame me.

Judgement 143

• Assembly: Imperial Orc
• Raised By: Bloodcrow Knott
• Judgement: Stonecliff Brakkalo demands the aid of the Empire, but if we are to keep our Pride we must stand on our own feet. We will face the challenge presented by the septs of Ossium, and whatever other orcs seek new homes within the Empire, and when we triumph we will do so with virtue. We send Bloodcrow Knott with 50 doses of liao to challenge Brakkalo's anger with Wisdom and Vigilance, and urge her to find another cause.
• Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority 75 to 0
• Awaiting Liao Only 45 liao have been made available. As detailed in the All too well wind of fortune.

Alternative Mandates

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

Member	Link to mandate
Azir i Shartha i Riqueza	Chime the sound
Lady Josephine of Adina's Charge	Full of sacred sound
Fintan Nighthaven	The silent page
Lenarius Ankarien	The silent page
Morwenna Winterbuilt	You belong with me
Corey Wayfarer	You belong with me

The Virtue Fund

The following represents the Virtue Fund of the Synod:

Starting Value	12 Thrones, 6 Crowns, 11 Rings
Income	13 Thrones, 7 Crowns	Donation by Azir i Shartha i Riqueza before the start of the summit.