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Chapter 5

Council, we are at War with the world. But the Immortal Lords in their wisdom
set down laws to give us the power to be victorious in our efforts to unite
the wold under one righteous banner.

What follows are my interpretations of some important parts of the Law that
seem to go un noticed by lesser Emperors. I will be focusing heavily on
Violations of Laws, as this has been the largest area of error in the past.

Law one is the declaration of Imperial Law's supremacy. Any who deny the laws
supremacy publicly have violated this first law.

Law two is the declaration of Possession of Items, that the items are to be
held at the palace, and only Emperor and Council can decide they may lie
elsewhere. As of today, those who have ignored my first Edict have violated
this Law.

Law three is the declaration of treatment of Anathema. They are to be hunted
at all times, and you will notice this is not said to be specific to
Imperials. All are subject to the Law after all, and so any who refuse to
hunt Anathema have violated this Law.

Law Four is the declaration of Protection in the cities. It states that we
are not to chase an attacker to other protected areas and resume attacks, but
only retaliate in the city of the attack, and for a set period. The most
glaring error of the past Emperors, however, is that it also says that this
protection is null and void to ANY who have VIOLATED THE ABOVE LAWS.

As such, as council who are said in law Ten to be the interpretors and
EXECUTORS of the law, I tell you that you now have the power to attack anyone
who has violated these three laws in the ways I have described any place, at
any time. The Immortal Lords wrote the law this way, and this line has been
ignored for too long. I would wager that it saddens them that former Emperors
hold the Order of the Tribunal above our own Laws. Other citizens are not
worthy of this power, as they are not mandated to execute the law, only obey
it. You have the most power to lose, and so you will be the ones who are wise
enough to use the power so graciously given by the Immortal Lords and myself
with accuracy to the Law.

The rest of the laws seem fairly self explanatory, save for the eighth, which
seems mildly out of date. I will indeed make best efforts to inquire with the
Immortal Lords to discern if the Scarab, by way of their new covenant with
the creatures of shadow some call 'Nightwalker' passes this torch to them. As
of now, the Heralds are the only who have responded correctly to the missive,
and so it should make little difference at this time.