The Old Laws

Old Laws

This is a copy of the the Old Laws that were given to Dusk Whisper by FlintStrike and these are how the laws were written and said, thus I bear them to you:

So it is given that free souls shall not harm the innocent.

So it is given that free souls shall respect they who are of spirit, harming them not.

The flesh of all free souls is sacrosanct, and all are forbidden for eating thereof.

Duels of ancient honor are held as lawful by the Covenant, and none shall be lawbroken who partake them.

As it is written, the spirits shall honor.
As it is written, the old laws hold sway.

By the Guardian in Agate, the Covenant is sealed.

Additional Laws

‘Keep your word’ was stated as an ‘old law’ at the first gather after the Nexus wanderlings had come through their respective doors, though it seems to have disappeared from the physical copy given to the community by FlintStrike and Agate Guardian.

A new ‘law’ added recently is, ‘Do not have dealings with the Nightmare Host.’

Consequences

Those who break the Old Laws are dealt with harshly by the spirits.

Those who do not follow the laws are Lawbroken. Their lives will be hard in the Forest, as its bounty will no longer be so easily taken. Fruit will reach beyond their grasp, streams will quicken from their person, and stones will turn beneath their feet. The Lawbroken are to be shunned.

If the Lawbroken continue to ignore the Old Laws, then they are dubbed Anathema. They are marked with a red line above the left eye. Killing them violates no Law of the spirits, and is encouraged. The beastmen are all Anathema in the spirits eyes, and are marked appropriately.