Swordfell/Laws of Swordfell

Laws of Swordfell

As found on the Judge Bulletin

1. Respect Law

All Nobles, no matter what is their status will be respected.

Heated reactions and disagreements are always part of a conversation but they must be expressed in a respectful manner.

The law offenders can be warned or fined. Constant law offenders can be banned.

2. Religion Law

Building a non-Sanguis Astroism religious temple on Swordfell grounds is illegal.

The law offenders will be banned and the temple razed to the ground.

3. Investigation Law

Fellish Nobles are obliged to aid the Chancellor in his/hers investigations and answer truthfully to questions related to that investigation.

The law offenders can be warned, fined or banned depending on the situation.

4. Agrarian Law

Each Duke is responsible for setting the internal trading price for their Province (Duchy). Internal trading price meaning the price bought and sold within the Empire.

The Overseer is responsible for negotiating the external trading price for Swordfell. These prices are determined by market and contract. External trading price meaning the price bought and sold outside of the Empire.

In times of crisis or abuse, the Overseer has the authority to override the Duke's Provincial price by issuing an order.

Traders are under the supervision of the Overseer and will act as the agent of the Swordfell for export as well as on behalf of the Lords and Ladies of the Empire within the Empire.

Unauthorized trade internal and external is an offense against the Swordfell and punishable by fine. Unauthorized trading would mean selling food over the price set by the Duke within the Empire, and/or selling food outside of the Empire without being assigned a contract by the Overseer.

5. Duelling Law

Fellish Nobles are allowed to duel for sport till surrender.

Fellish Nobles can be allowed to duel for honor till surrender or death.

For the honor duels to be lawful the Chancellor must approve them.

6. Maintenance law / Military law

All Swordfell Nobles have a duty to maintain the Realm’s regions.

Region Lords have a duty to keep their region in the best shape possible and coordinate the maintenance effort of their region in times of crisis.

In times of peace, the military law is consisting of the clauses of the Maintenance law.

In times of war:

All Swordfell Nobles are to obey the military chain of command to their best intent. That include formations, tactical movements, general orders e.t.c.

Neglecting those duties can result to warnings. Constantly neglecting those duties can result to fines.

Deliberately neglecting those duties can result to a ban.