[Proclamations from the Nordenvall Fane]

[DM Stygian Witch]

Let it hereby be known that Artaxerxes of House Khorazvi will henceforth serve the Fane of Nordenvall as Kontor.

Biskop Taico Huuld.

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[Fliers makes their way out of Nordenvall Fane by the dozens and spread around Hazlan though a few will find themselves to the Keep of the Dyad and beyond. The first appears to be a declaration of religious services along with a time and date, and two others will follow that appear to admonish certain individuals...]

This day, the twenty first of the first month of 779:

A DECLARATION OF WAR & A VOW TO PURITY!

PEOPLE OF HAZLAN, FOR TOO LONG HAS OUR GLORIOUS CHURCH ENDURED GREAT ABUSES AT THE HANDS OF HEATHENS!

FIRST IT WAS THE FOUL AND HEDONISTIC KONTOR OF NOVA VAASA, AND THEN IT WAS THE FOUL CULTISTS WHO ASSAULTED THE GREAT STONE WALLS. DESPITE IT ALL NOT ONLY HAS THIS CATHEDRAL REMAINED STANDING; IT GREW AND CAME BACK STRONGER.

THE IRON LORD'S WILL CANNOT BE STOPPED, CANNOT BE OBSTRUCTED, CANNOT BE BARRICADED. LAW IS PERFECT AND THOSE WHO ADHERE TO LAW WILL ACHIEVE PARADISE. THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF HEATHENS AND BLASPHEMERS WILL NO LONGER GO UNANSWERED. GOD IS PERFECT AND THOSE WHO WOULD SO TARNISH HIS PERFECTION DESERVE TO TOIL ETERNALLY WHILE BEING INCINERATED IN A FIERY HELL OF SLAVES.

I, AND ALL GOOD FAITHFUL OF HAZLAN DECLARE ALL OUT WAR ON THOSE WHO WOULD DEFY HIS IMMACULATE AND DIVINE TRUTH.

CONCUBINE WORSHIPPERS, YOU ARE UNWANTED HERE. THE NAIVE CHILDREN WHO CLAIM HALA AND EZRA AS THEIR PATRON WILL BE GREETED WITH FIRE AND DESTRUCTION NEVER ENDING.

DEMON CULTISTS AND DEGENERATES TOO WILL BE MET WITH A HOLY AND PURIFYING FLAME! THE DEEDS OF MYTTERI AND ITS FOUL WORKS ARE NOT TOLERATED UNDER THE MIGHTY BANNER OF THE SPEAR AND DIAMOND.

THOUGH WAR IS A MEANS TO AN END, WITHOUT PURPOSE WAR IS BUT CHAOTIC VIOLENCE. A WEAPON AIMED AT NO ENEMY IN PARTICULAR WITH ONLY WANTON DESTRUCTION AS ITS GOAL. IN UNDERSTANDING THIS UNDENIABLE TRUTH:

I, AND ALL GOOD FAITHFUL OF HAZLAN VOW TO DELIVER, MAINTAIN, AND DISTRIBUTE PURITY THROUGHOUT THE LAND! ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO CONTINUE FINDING THEIR GREATER PURPOSE WILL DO SO THROUGH HIM AND HIS MOSTLY DIVINELY APPOINTED SERVANTS. ALL THOSE WHO WOULD SEEK THE TRUTH OF IRON KNOW THAT THE PATH AND DOOR IS OPEN BUT IT IS THERE WITH GREAT SCRUTINY! SEEK NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL FOR A PROPER EDUCATION ON HIS EXCELLENT THEOLOGY.

I, KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI VOW NOT ONLY THIS PURITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HAZLAN, AND WAR TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE GOD, ALSO PROMISE THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL PEOPLE OF HAZLAN MY FULL DEDICATION TO THE LABOR OF THE IRON MASS.

FROM HENCE FORTH SO LONG AS I HOLD BREATH, AND SO LONG AS I MAINTAIN THE POSITION OF KONTOR... I WILL HOLD IRON MASS EVERY THURSDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE EVENINGS AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL HAZLAN ((8PM CST))

COME FAITHFUL AND BE CONSECRATED! COME ALL SOULS SEEKING GUIDANCE AND BE EDUCATED! COME ALL SINNERS AND SEEK RECONCILIATION!

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

This day, the twenty first of the first month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN THE RASHEMI INSTRUCTOR EMEL IS BARRED FROM RECIEVING SERVICES AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL!

THE RASHEMI INSTRUCTOR EMEL HAS BEEN OBSERVED COMMITTING VARIOUS CRIMES AGAINST KING HAZLIK'S DIVINE LAW AND IN TURN THE LAWS OF GOD AS WELL:

* INVITATION OF FOREIGN PRIESTS TO HAZLAN. *

* ASSUMING KING HAZLIK'S WILL WITH POWERS THEY WERE NOT GRANTED NOR AUTHORIZED TO USE. *

* OBSTRUCTING AND INTERFEREING WITH MATTERS OF THE CHURCH AND ITS INVESTIGATIONS.*

* DIRECTING SOULS AWAY FROM GOD AND INSTEAD TOWARDS HER OWN SELFISH DESIGNS *

* SUBVERTING KING HAZLIKS DIVINE INSTITUTIONS FOR HER OWN SELFISH DESIRES *


SHOULD INSTRUCTOR EMEL WISH TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND SEEK LAWFUL CONFESSION SHE MAY PRESENT HERELF DIRECTLY TO KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI AND NO OTHER. ANY ATTEMPT TO SEEK ANOTHER WILL ONLY FURTHER THE CONCERN OF 'OBSTRUCTING AND INTERFEREING WITH MATTERS OF THE CHURCH AND ITS INVESTIGATIONS'.

TOO LONG HAS THE CATHEDRAL SUFERED UNDUE AND UNJUST ABUSES OF ASSAULTING HEATHENS EITHER MEETING US AS BRUTISH INVADERS OR AS WOLVES IN SHEEPS CLOTHING. IT WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED. THE IRON AUTHORITY AND WILL OF GOD AND KING HAZLIK WILL BE UP HELD.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

This day, the twenty first of the first month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN THE RASHEMI STUDENT OF THE ACADEMY ATOSSA ILTAZYARA IS BARRED FROM RECIEVING SERVICES AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL!

FOR FAILURE TO ANSWER THE LAWFUL SUMMONS EDICTED BY BISKOP TAICO; THE RASHEMI STUDENT OF THE ACADEMY HAS SHOWN THAT NOT ONLY HAS SHE FORGOTTEN HER STATION IN HAZLAN, BUT INDEED ALSO SHE HAS FORGOTTEN HER STATION IN RELATION TO GOD.

SHOULD RASHEMI STUDENT OF THE ACADEMY ATOSSA ILTAZYARA WISH TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND SEEK LAWFUL CONFESSION SHE MAY PRESENT HERELF DIRECTLY TO KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI AND NO OTHER. ANY ATTEMPT TO SEEK ANOTHER WILL ONLY FURTHER THE CONCERN OF 'OBSTRUCTING AND INTERFEREING WITH MATTERS OF THE CHURCH AND ITS INVESTIGATIONS'.

IN HER CURRENT STATE SHE IS DOOMED FOR ETERNAL LABOR IN THE BOILING SCORCHING PIT OF THE HELL OF SLAVES! CHOOSING TO CONTINUE TO EVADE THE PURITY OF GOD WILL ONLY CERTAINLY SEAL THAT FATE! DO NOT FOLLOW IN THE FOUL BLASPHEMEING FOOTSTEPS OF THIS RASHEMI WHO HAS LOST THEIR PATH. SEEK PARADISE THROUGH HARD LABOR, DEVOTION TO GOD, AND OBEYING ONES SUPERIORS.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

// OOC Note: Bi-weekly Iron Masses will begin Thursday 1/25/2024 and every sunday and thursday after that a mass will be held. These will always occur at 8PM CST. Please do not hesitate to reach to me if you have any questions.

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

This day, the twenty first of the first month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN RASHEMI ACADEMY STUDENTS ARE BARRED FROM RECIEVING SERVICES AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL!

THE LIES AND TWISTING OF WORDS FROM THE 'instructor' EMEL HAS UNFORTUNATLY BROUGHT ABOUT PAINFUL BUT NECESSARY CHANGE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PUNISH A GODLESS HEATHEN BY REMOVING THEM FROM GOD BECAUSE THEY ALREADY DON'T VALUE GOD NOR HIS DIVINE INSTITUTIONS. IN RESPONSE TO 'instructor' EMEL'S LIES AND BLASPHEMY; THE CATHEDRAL HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO BAN ALL RASHEMI ACADEMY STUDENTS ATTENDANCE.

I AM AWARE THIS IS DISTRESSING, I AM AWARE THIS CAN BE SEEN AS UNFAIR, AND I AM AWARE YOU ARE NOT AT ALL TO BLAME FOR THE PERSISTENT ACTIONS OF A LIEING SOW. UNLIKE THE MOUTHY FARM EQUIPMENT HOWEVER; WE ARE JUST AND FAIR. RASHEMI STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY MAY CONTINUE TO ATTEND SERVICES, RECIEVE THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND MORE SHOULD THEY PROVIDE AND DECLARE THE FOLLOWING:

I. RASHEMI ACADEMY STUDENTS WOULD DISAVOW THE WORDS OF THE REBELLIOUS 'instructor' AND OPENLY DECLARE AND CHOOSE GOD OVER AGRICULTURAL TOOLS.

II. RASHEMI ACADEMY STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT BLOOD MAGES ARE TO REVEAL THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY TAUGHT THEM TO READ AND WRITE.

COMPLETION OF TWO VERY REASONABLE AND SIMPLE REQUESTS WILL SEE THAT ONE MAY ONCE AGAIN WALK IN HIS LIGHT AND INHERIT THE IRON GATES OF HEAVEN. THE OBEDIENT WILL FIND GOD AND THOSE THAT DISOBEY WILL INHERIT NOTHING BUT HELL FIRE.

CONSIDER THIS NOTICE A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST ALL RASHEMI REBELLION. WE SEE YOU FILTH RIDDEN RODENTS HIDING IN THE WOODS PLOTTING AND PLANNING AGAINST KING HAZLIK AND THE MULAN. UNLIKE 'instructor' EMEL OF THE ACADEMY WE WILL NOT TOLERATE IT. WE WILL NOT CULTIVATE IT.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[Fliers makes their way out of Nordenvall Fane by the dozens and spread around Hazlan though a few will find themselves to the Keep of the Dyad and beyond. The first appears to be a declaration of religious services along with a time and date...]

This day, the twenty eight of the first month of 779:

WEEKLY SERMONS AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL AND PIETY & POPPY

PEOPLE OF HAZLAN, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THIS PAST WEEKS SUCCESS WITH SERMONS. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE TWICE WEEKLY SERMONS THAT I AM HOLDING FOR THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL PEOPLE OF HAZLAN.

I. THE FIRST MASS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE THURSDAY EVENINGS. ((8PM CST; the next one is 2/1/24))

II. THE SECOND SUNDAY MASS WILL BE MOVED TO THE LATE AFTERNOON TO PERMIT TIME VARIETY ((2:30PM CST or 8:30PM GMT; the next one is 2/4/24))

II. REMEMBER: THE BAN ON RASHEMI-MOPHEAD ACADEMY STUDENTS AS ANNOUNCED BEFORE IS STILL IN EFFECT. IN ORDER TO RECIEVE HOLY SACRAMENTS NEEDED TO ENTER PARADISE ONE MUST: DISAVOW THE FALSE WORDS OF THE MOPHEAD 'instructor' EMEL, AND IF THEY ARE NOT A BLOOD MAGE THEY ARE TO REPORT WHO INITIALLY TAUGHT THEM TO READ AND WRITE.

III. ONCE MASS IS COMPLETED ON BOTH DAYS, I WILL BE HOSTING PIETY & POPPY ONCE AGAIN AT THE DANCING CRANE. THIS IS A MULAN ONLY EVENT. MOPHEADS NEED NOT TROUBLE THE PURE DIVINE MULANI RACE, AND THOSE WHO DO WILL BE TREATED AS ONE WOULD EXPECT A DISOBEDIENT LABORER TO BE TREATED. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE; PIETY & POPPY IS AN EVENT WHERE THE MULAN WILL CASUALLY SMOKE OPIUM AND DISCUSS MATTERS OF FAITH WITH THE KONTOR. ANSWER QUESTIONS, GUIDE THEM THROUGH TROUBLES, AND EDUCATE ATTENDEES SO THEY GROW STRONGER IN FAITH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT MASS AS THE DIVINE EMPEROR SO DICTATED!

COME FAITHFUL AND BE CONSECRATED! COME ALL SOULS SEEKING GUIDANCE AND BE EDUCATED! COME ALL SINNERS AND SEEK RECONCILIATION!

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

This day, the twenty first of the first month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN THE BARRING OF RASHEMI ACADEMY STUDENTS FROM RECIEVING SERVICES AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN LIFTED!

AFTER GOOD DISCUSSION WITH A MULANI INSTRUCTOR OF THE ACADEMY, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE BAR AGAINST RASHEMI STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY HAS BEEN LIFTED. RASHEMI STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY MAY ATTEND SERVICES AS NORMAL AGAIN.

ON BEHALF OF NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY FOR ITS HONESTY IN ITS WILLINGNESS TO REVALUATE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHUNNED OUT BY UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION.

THE FOLLOWING STILL STANDS:

I. 'instructor' EMEL IS BANISHED FROM THE GROUNDS OF NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL DUE TO: PROVIDING INVITATION OF FOREIGN PRIESTS TO HAZLAN, ASSUMING KING HAZLIK'S WILL WITH POWERS THEY WERE NOT GRANTED NOR AUTHORIZED TO USE, OBSTRUCTING AND INTERFEREING WITH MATTERS OF THE CHURCH AND ITS INVESTIGATIONS, DIRECTING SOULS AWAY FROM GOD AND INSTEAD TOWARDS HER OWN SELFISH DESIGNS, SUBVERTING KING HAZLIKS DIVINE INSTITUTIONS FOR HER OWN SELFISH DESIRES, AND FOR UNLAWFUL MISCONDUCT. 'instructor' EMEL IS WELCOME TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS THROUGH LAWFUL CONFESSION AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL DIRECTLY WITH KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI BUT IS NOT PERMITTED ON GROUNDS OTHERWISE.

II. RASHEMI STUDENT ATOSSA ILTAZYARA IS BANISHED FROM THE GROUNDS OF NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL DUE TO HER FAILURE TO ANSWER LAWFUL SUMMONS. ATOSSA ILTAZYARA IS WELCOME TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS THROUGH LAWFUL CONFESSION AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL DIRECTLY WITH KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI BUT IS NOT PERMITTED ON GROUNDS OTHERWISE.

III. RASHEMI STUDENT SEREJA VOLYAKOGA IS BANISHED FROM THE GROUNDS OF NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL DUE TO HER ROLE IN ATTEMPTING TO SOW REBELLION AND CHAOS ON BEHALF  OF 'instructor' EMEL. RASHEMI REBELLION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THE LAW AND SENSIBILITIES OF KING HAZLIK AND HIS MULANI CONSTITUANTS WILL BE UPHELD. SEREJA VOLYAKOGA IS WELCOME TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL THROUGH LAWFUL CONFESSION DIRECTLY WITH KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI BUT IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE GROUNDS OTHERWISE.

SEEK LAWFUL SALVATION! SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS!

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

This day, the seventh of the second month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL SLADE STALKS THE LAND!

ONCE AGAIN THE GREAT GLORIOUS LAND OF OUR KING HAZLIK IS BEING RAVAGED BY FOREIGNER INFLUENCES! THE CHURCH OF THE LAWGIVER SO ANNOUNCES THE CRIMINAL SLADE'S CRIMES FOR ALL OF HAZLAN TO SEE

* ILLEGALLY SHAVING HIS HEAD; A RIGHT RESERVED FOR THE MULAN.

* TRYING TO PASS HIMSELF OFF AS MULANI THROUGH THE FOUL DECEPTION; THAZAR SHARAD.

* VIOLATING NATURE THROUGH FORNICATION WITH FEY AND LIVESTOCK.

* PLOTTING MISDEEDS AGAINST KING HAZLIK'S OWN APPRENTICES.

* VILE REPORTS OF CANNIBALISM.

THE CHURCH OF THE LAWGIVER ENCOURAGES ALL GOOD AND MORAL PEOPLE TO BE WARY OF THIS DEVIANT MISCREANT! DO NOT PROVIDE HIM SUCCOR OR SAFETY! THOSE DOING SO WILL BE FOUND GUILTY OF LIVING IN SIN! THE FOREIGNERS DEPRAVED TASTES ARE NOT TIED TO NORDENVALL VILLAGE BUT HIS PERVERSE LIFESTYLE THREATENS RAMULAI AS WELL! GOOD AND MORAL PEOPLE OF THE ACADEMY BE AWARE OF THE CRIMINAL SLADE WHO GOES BY THAZAR SHARAD LURKS NEAR RAMULAI AND AROUND THE SKOVEN AS WELL! EMBRACE LAW AND ORDER! DEFY CHAOS AND MYTTERI!

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[Two notices make their way around the whole of Hazlan and the Keep of the Dyad...]

This day, the fourteenth of the second month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL INVITES INSTRUCTOR EMEL TO PRESENT HERSELF FOR THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION

AFTER GOOD CONSIDERATION AND EXAMINATION OF UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE; NORDENVALL CATHEDRAL URGES INSTRUCTOR EMEL TO SEEK CONFESSION FOR HER SINS. THERE IS NO DENYING OVER A YEAR OF INVESTIGATION, WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION, AND VIGILANT FORTH COMING EYE WITNESSES. INSTRUCTOR EMEL MUST SEEK CONFESSION AND UNDERGO PENANCE. THIS CAN BE DONE EITHER THROUGH KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI OR BISKOP TAICO, BUT IT MUST BE DONE IF SHE WISHES TO RETURN TO THE FOLD OF FAITH.

THIS INVITATION IS ONLY EXTENDED TO INSTRUCTOR EMEL. STUDENTS ATOSSA AND SEREJA WILL HAVE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS FOR CONFESSION WITH KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI IF THEY WISH TO RETURN TO THE GOOD GRACES OF THE FOLD.

CONSIDER YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR FUTURE WISELY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE A LIFE OF SIN ARE CONDEMNED TO A HELL OF SLAVES WHERE THEY WILL BURN AND TOIL ETERNALLY.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[The second announcement is removed hastily...]

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This day, the fourteenth of the second month of 779:

NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL HEREBY SUMMONS NARALAYA KHOZDA TO SUBJECT HERSELF TO THE SCRUTINY OF THE IRON TYRANT. THIS RASHEMI IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT HERSELF BEFORE KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI AND NO OTHER AT NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL WITHIN THE PERIOD OF SEVEN DAYS.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Iconoclast]

The infidel and thief, Weislaw of Darkon, having failed in his continued ignorance and cowardice to submit himself to the judgment of Nordenvall Fane for his repeated acts of heresy and transgressions against the righteous subjects of King Hazlik, Vraylok Kryillian, and Nordenvall Fane, is hereby

Wanted Dead or Alive.

Reward: 5000 soulorbs

He has been witnessed and he has been judged guilty for:

The Crime of Heresy, worshiping the Divine Emperor's concubine within  holy domain of Hazlan
Stealing cotton from the fields and lands of Vraylok Kryillian
Disobeying lawful commands of the Gudkaede of Nordenvall Fane
Fleeing from the authorities not once, but twice
Leaving heretical paraphernalia upon Hazlan soil

This heathen’s life is forfeit, his organs and limbs will be donated to King Hazlik’s illustrious Red Academy, and his soul condemned to an eternity in the Hell of Slaves.

All Hail Hazlik
All Hail Hazlan
Let the Black Lord’s Judgement Be Done

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

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On this day, the twenty-sixth of the second month of 779:

The Kontor of Nordenvall Fane hereby summons respectable Thoraxus Thuul & the mongrel Jazene Voss to subject themselves to the scrutiny of the Iron Tyrant.  Both are required together to beseech Kontor Aratxerxes Khorzavi at Nordenvall Cathedral within the period of seven days.

As the Iron Lord Wills
Kontor Artaxerxes Khorzavi

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[Two notices make their way around the whole of Hazlan and the Keep of the Dyad...]

This day, the twenty-eighth of the second month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN SENIOR INSTRUCTOR EMEL IS BANNED NOT ONLY FROM THE BUILDING AND RECEIVING SERVICES SHE IS ALSO BANNED FROM CHURCH GROUNDS

AFTER AN ADMISSION OF GUILT UNWITTINGLY BY HER OWN VOLITION IN CLEAR VIEW AND EAR SHOT OF BOTH THE KONTOR OF NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL AND BISKOP TAICO OF NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL; WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO CHOICE BUT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE BANISHMENTS TO EXTEND TO THE GROUNDS THEMSELVES. WE ARE AWARE THE SENIOR INSTRUCTOR COMES HERE AND WORSHIPS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND UTILIZES EXTERIOR SERVICES. THIS WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED STARTING TODAY.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO AUTHORITIES IN HAZLAN THAT ARE INFALLIABLE: GOD & THE KING.

WE WILL BE CLEAR: THIS ADMONISHMENT AND BANISHMENT IS NOT AGAINST THE RED ACADEMY AS A DIVINELY CONSTRUCTED INSTITUTION BUT AGAINST ONE REBELLIOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO HAPPENS TO HOLD MEMBERSHIP WITHIN SAID INSTITUTION. ONLY THE SENIOR INSTRUCTOR CAN PUT AN END TO THIS.

SENIOR INSTRUCTOR EMEL, COME TO NORDENVALL FANE CATHEDRAL AND SEEK CONTRITE AND SORROWFUL CONFESSION AND ACCEPT PENANCE. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE THIS FURTHER, BUT IT CAN AND WILL. IF YOU WILL FINALLY COME TO YOUR SENSES YOU MAY REQUEST YOUR WILL TO CONFESS BY LETTER AND THEN FOR ONLY THE PURPOSES OF THAT CONFESSION MAY YOU BE PERMITTED UPON CHURCH GROUNDS.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI[/s][/font]

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[A notice makes its way all around the core but especially in Hazlan, Barovia, Blaustein, Nova Vaasa, and other places where some may call the Lawgiver 'God'...]

This day, the twenty second of the third month of 779:

LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL WHO CALL THE LAWGIVER GOD THAT THE ONE KNOWN AS SENIOR INSTRUCTOR EMEL IS HEREBY EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THIS MOST HOLY AND IMMACULATE CHURCH. LET ALL KNOW SHE IS A HEATHEN, A HERETIC, AND AN APOSTATE

AFTER AN DISCUSSION REGARDING HER BANISHMENT THAT WENT NOWHERE; THE SO CALLED 'senior instructor' HAS STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT CARE FOR THE 'OPINIONS' OF CHURCH HIERARCHY, AND THAT SHE FEARS BEING WHIPPED MORE THAN THE SALVATION OF HER SOUL. IT IS DECREED IN HAZLAN: THE ONLY DIVINE FLESH IS MULAN FLESH OR THOSE WHOSE FLESH IS DICTATED DIVINE BY KING HAZLIK.

ALL FAITHFUL DO UNDERSTAND, THAT WITHOUT ADHERENCE TO HIERARCHY WITHOUT THE CHURCH UPON SOIL ONE CAN NEVER HOPE TO ENTER THE IRON GATES OF PARADISE. ADHERENCE TO AUTHORITY IS TO BE DONE WITHOUT QUESTION, AND WITHOUT DOUBT. THOSE WHOM YOU BESEECH UPON MATTERS OF FAITH ARE THE EXPERTS, ARE THE GUIDES, ARE THE KEY TO ONES SALVATION.

THIS REBELLIOUS RASHEMI DOES NOT CARE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OR ADHERENCE OF HIERARCHY, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT SANCTITY, THEY DO NOT HAVE REMORSE FOR THEIR SINS. INSTEAD THEY LIVE A SELFISH LIFESTYLE RIDDEN WITH VICE AND DEBAUCHERY. DO NOT FOLLOW THE PATH OF THIS WITCH AND HER BLASPHEMOUS WAYS, AND INSTEAD SEEK GOD SO THAT YOU MAY INHERIT THE IRON GATES OF PARADISE AND ENJOY ETERNITY WITH GOD. THOSE WHO DEFY LAW, ORDER, AND HIERARCHY WILL RECIEVE ONLY A HELL OF SLAVES WHERE THEY WILL TOIL ENDLESSLY UNTIL THE END OF TIME. WHILE THESE DISOBEDIENTS CONDUCT THEIR LABOR THEY ARE NIPPED BY HELLHOUNDS AND SCORCHED BY FIRE. THE WORK IN THE HELL OF SLAVES NEVER ENDS.

BEWARY THOSE WHOSE LANDS SHE MAY VISIT. SHOULD SHE ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE PLACE YOU CALL HOME KEEP YOUR LIVESTOCK SAFE. RUMORS HAVE HAD IT THAT THE 'senior instructor' HAS A STRANGE AND UNHOLY TASTE FOR EQUINES. WHILE THIS RUMOR CANNOT BE CONFIRMED THE 'senior instructor' HAS BEEN KNOWN TO LIE TO MEN OF GOD INCLUDING MYSELF AND THE BISKOP. SHE CANNOT BE TRUSTED. PROTECT YOUR LIVESTOCK FROM HER VILE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

SENIOR INSTRUCTOR EMEL, DUE TO YOUR INCAPABILITY TO SEE REMORSE, YOUR CRIME OF BELIEVING YOU ARE INFALLIABLE DESPITE BEING NEITHER KING HAZLIK NOR THE LAWGIVER HIMSELF, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR USELESS AND PATHETIC LIES, AND IN PROTEST OF YOUR BLASPHEMES. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT YOUR INVITATION FOR CONFESSION HAS BEEN RESCINDED. FAITHFUL WITHIN HAZLAN AND ACROSS THE CORE: DO NOT OFFER THIS REBELLIOUS SOW HEALING, SHELTER, OR AID. FOR NOT ONLY ARE YOU WITHOUT GOD BUT YOU ARE ALSO WITHOUT HIS FAITHFUL.

PITY NOT THIS MYTTERI MINDED CREATURE; SHE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID THIS.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

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On this day, the thirty-first of the third month of 779:

Nordenvall Fane hereby summons Jazene to subject herself to the scrutiny of the Iron Tyrant. Present yourrself alone before Kontor Artaxerxes Khorzavi at Nordenvall Fane within the period of one day.

As the Iron Lord Wills
Kontor Artaxerxes Khorzavi

[Alcoholic Squirrel (Birdman)]

[A notice hastily makes its way all around Hazlan and the keep of the Dyad]

This day, the first of the fourth month of 779:

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE I WILL NOT BE PROVIDING IRON MASS AS MATTERS OF FAITH ARE BEING INVESTIGATED. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

ALL HAIL KING HAZLIK, ALL HAIL THE LAWGIVER
KONTOR ARTAXERXES KHORZAVI

[DM Stygian Witch]

Let it hereby be known that Ossur of House Fezim will henceforth serve the Fane of Nordenvall as Captain of the Gudkaede Order.

Biskop Taico Huuld.

[Iconoclast]

NORDENVALL FANE EXPECTS ANYONE WITH ANY POSSIBLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ATTACK AND ASSASSINATION OF SATRAP JHARCO PERZATIS TO COME FORWARD OR RISK SUFFERING AN ETERNITY IN HELL. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MOST HEINOUS OF CRIMES SHALL NOT ONLY BE COMPENSATED GENEROUSLY, BUT THEIR OBEDIENCE TO LAW AND ORDER IN NORDHAZLAN SHALL BE KNOWN BY GOD HIMSELF, THE LAWGIVER.
INFORMATION SHOULD BE DELIVERED IN WRITING OR IN PERSON TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GUDKAEDE, OSSUR FEZIM.


All Hail Hazlik
All Hail Hazlan
Let the Black Lord’s Judgement Be Done

[DM Stygian Witch]

Let it hereby be known,

That Instructor Emel of the Red Academy has sought and received absolution. The excommunication has been lifted.

Biskop Taico Huuld

[Iconoclast]

With obedience, comes bounty.

The harvest is upon Nordhazlan, and by all accounts, as faithful servants make their annual reports to their rishads, we have been blessed by our Iron Lord. While Myterri’s deceptions and evils of this Falsverden yet corrupt the world around us, Nordenvall Village endures as a bastion for our faith community bound in singular purpose: to obey and serve the Lawgiver.

At this harvest time, we come together with our families, bound by a force stronger than our bloodline–our piety and unwavering faith.  But as we do come together, let us also take this time to pray for those who are no longer with us and for the ones left behind. Satrap Perzatis and his nephew and niece, will not be joining us at our communal table for this harvest feast, and while his widow may feel their absence the most at this time, she is not alone, for as we all believe and know to be true, death is but a release, and one day, we, the virtuous and obedient, shall be joined again in the Iron Paradise. For Lady Azadeh Perzatis and her surviving household, let us pray.

Let us also pray and give thanks to those who have departed the sanctuary of our borders, and the comforts of family and village, who now, as with the Blessed Fezima before them, pick up the spear of the Western Mission of the Church of the Lawgiver, and continue to spread the Iron Truth among the heathens of Barovia. For Akolyte Ahzkan, let us pray, and keep an open seat in his honor at our tables as we feast and give praise to the Lawgiver for a bountiful harvest.

And for the illustrious Red Academy, let us give give praise for those who serve King Hazlik, and for the cleansing of the taint that has for too long troubled their halls, with the absolution of Instructor Emel, who after suffering outside the grace of the Lawgiver returns to the Iron Fold. For the wisdom and mercy of Biskop Taico, let us pray and give thanks.

And for the continued prosperity and security of Nordhazlan and our sacred traditions and society, under the authority of Vraylok Ossur Kryllian, and under the moral authority of Nordenvall Fane, and the sovereignty of King Hazlik, let us all pray and give thanks.

Lord Ossur Fezim
Captain of the Order of the Gudkaede

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THE SINNER Weislaw of Darkon, YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS TO SUBMIT BEFORE THE AUTHORITY OF NORDENVALL FANE FOR YOUR PAST TRANSGRESSIONS UPON THE MOST HOLY OF LANDS, HAZLAN.

YOU ARE GUILTY OF THE FOLLOWING:

POSSESSION OF HERETICAL ARTICLES,
DISOBEYING LAWFUL COMMANDS OF THE GUDKAEDE,
FLEEING FROM AUTHORITIES
LEAVING HERETICAL PARAPHERNALIA WITHIN HAZLAN

IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT YOURSELF, YOU WILL KNOW NO MERCY NOR PEACE FOR THE REST OF YOUR SINFUL DAYS WITHIN THIS FALSVERSDEN WITH YOUR SOUL DAMNED TO SUFFER IN HELL FOR ETERNITY

ALL HAIL HAZLIK,
ALL HAIL HAZLAN
LET THE LAWGIVER’S JUDGEMENT BE DONE

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Let it hereby be known that Azkhan of House Perzatis will henceforth serve the Fane of Nordenvall as dommer.

Biskop Taico Huuld.

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THE CHURCH OF THE LAWGIVER OF THE WESTERN MISSION OF BAROVIA, UNDER THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY OF THE “DIVINE FIST,” HIMMELSK NAEVE OF NOVA VASSA AND PAVE STAVROZ VATSISK OF HAZLAN, AS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE COMMAND OF INQUISITOR KOLTUR NAATHARAK IN THE YEAR 770, AND CURRENTLY UNDER THE COMMAND OF OSSUR FEZIM, CAPTAIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GUDKAEDE OF NORDENVALL FANE, IN THE YEAR 780, PROCLAIMS THAT THE FAITHFUL, WHEN LIVING OR TRAVELLING IN FOREIGN LANDS, MUST RESPECT THE LOCAL LAWS OF THEIR HOST DOMAIN OF BAROVIA, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE SECULAR AUTHORITY OF COUNT STRAHD AND THOSE HE HAS APPOINTED TO GOVERN AND THOSE APPOINTED TO EXECUTE HIS LAWS.

WILLFUL AND DELIBERATE VIOLATION OF BAROVIAN LAW IS A TRANSGRESSION AGAINST BOTH BAROVIA AND THE CHURCH OF THE LAWGIVER’S WESTERN MISSION.

ANY FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE LAWS OF COUNT STRAHD AND THOSE HE HAS APPOINTED TO GOVERN OR EXECUTE THE LAWS WITHIN HIS DOMAIN, ARE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE SECULAR AUTHORITY TO PAY FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS WITH LIFE OR LIMB.

ABOVE ALL, THE FAITHFUL ARE EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND ORDER, TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT TO THOSE GARDA AND LOCAL MILITIA WHEN POSSIBLE AND WHEN CALLED UPON AGAINST THE EVILS OF MYTERRI AND AGENTS OF CHAOS, TO LIVE AND SERVE AS EXAMPLES UNYIELDING DISCIPLINE AND MORAL FORTITUDE.

IN THE NAME OF THE ONE, ALMIGHTY GOD
CAPTAIN OSSUR FEZIM
THE ORDER OF THE GUDKAEDE
NORDENVALL FANE, HAZLAN

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THE MYTERRI, MISTBORN SHAPE SHIFTING WITCH  “PEANUT” IS BANISHED UNTIL THE END OF ITS DAYS FROM NORDENVALL VILLAGE. IT HAS CONFESSED TO BEING A CREATURE OF MANY FORMS, MOST UNHOLY AND UNNATURAL. IT HAS CONFESSED TO TAKING THE SHAPE OF A BEAST WITHIN THE NORDENVALL VILLAGE ITSELF. 

IT CONFESSED TO A PROFOUND IGNORANCE AS TO THE LAWS OF HAZLAN. IT EXPRESSED REMORSE AND WAS GRANTED THIS MERCY OF BANISHMENT. HOWEVER, SHOULD THIS CREATURE OF MANY FORMS BE DISCOVERED IN HAZLAN USING SUCH UNSANCTIONED AND UNHOLY POWERS AGAIN, ITS LIFE WILL BE FORFEIT.


THE CHURCH OF THE LAWGIVER
NORDENVALLL FANE, HAZLAN
CAPTAIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GUDKAEDE, OSSUR FEZIM

LET THE LAWGIVER’S JUDGEMENT BE DONE