The last treaty of Velenthor.
Purpose
The purpose of the treaty was to ensure that most of the imperial laws stay active in the newly independent states to ensure no human rights violations occur ( the only eception was that Veluca was allowed to to keep slaves as it was a part of their native culture and religion). To ensure peace between the new states for 5 years, any state on the offensive would be beset by all other states at the time. Side documents were maps showing the new borders. A forming of the Knights of the fallen star a religious order of Knights fighting against the freed demons and rounding up, illegal arcane magic users.
Regarding the illegality of arcane wielders:
Sorcerers - arcanists with innate, non-learned, not contractually obtained powers, are here by decreed a danger to society and them selves. Most sorcerers do not understand and cannot control their given powers and are susceptible to outsider control. From this day forward they will be driven to quarantined communities where they will undergo treatment for this magical illness and will be watched over by the Knights of the star until no longer able to produce magic.
Warlocks - arcanists that cannot innately produce or have not studied the arts under certified wizard teachers and have gained their magical ability by bargaining with outsider entities. Suspected of this a person will be prosecuted by a tribunal of the local KotFS, a state religion church member and a member of the local judicial body. Upon reaching the conclusion that the person is a warlock he or she will be executed in the manor that the Kotfs decides, weather if would be a quick beheading or a public hanging until dead or burning to show the populace the price of such unholy deals. No matter the entity that the warlock is tied to he is to be executed for the person might have been tricked into serving an evil outsider and governments and churches of Dundaria cannot risk more Demonic (or of other evil origin) invasions.
Wizards- people who do not have innate magical ability, have not made a bargain for such powers and have studied such powers. They must be trained by nation sponsored wizards and have permits from the same state as valid proof of their powers. A master must not have more than 3 students. A wizard without a permission must be prosecuted by the local authorities or be conscripted by the local ruler by his or her choice if the wizard has not committed any other crimes.
Sorcerers - arcanists with innate, non-learned, not contractually obtained powers, are here by decreed a danger to society and them selves. Most sorcerers do not understand and cannot control their given powers and are susceptible to outsider control. From this day forward they will be driven to quarantined communities where they will undergo treatment for this magical illness and will be watched over by the Knights of the star until no longer able to produce magic.
Warlocks - arcanists that cannot innately produce or have not studied the arts under certified wizard teachers and have gained their magical ability by bargaining with outsider entities. Suspected of this a person will be prosecuted by a tribunal of the local KotFS, a state religion church member and a member of the local judicial body. Upon reaching the conclusion that the person is a warlock he or she will be executed in the manor that the Kotfs decides, weather if would be a quick beheading or a public hanging until dead or burning to show the populace the price of such unholy deals. No matter the entity that the warlock is tied to he is to be executed for the person might have been tricked into serving an evil outsider and governments and churches of Dundaria cannot risk more Demonic (or of other evil origin) invasions.
Wizards- people who do not have innate magical ability, have not made a bargain for such powers and have studied such powers. They must be trained by nation sponsored wizards and have permits from the same state as valid proof of their powers. A master must not have more than 3 students. A wizard without a permission must be prosecuted by the local authorities or be conscripted by the local ruler by his or her choice if the wizard has not committed any other crimes.
Document Structure
References
Most of other modern legislative pieces of work reference this act.
Publication Status
The document is accessible by all legal workers, clerics of Tyr, Knights of the fallen star and nobles, the document has copies of it all over the continent.
Legal status
This is a part most laws in the ex-imperial states.
Historical Details
Background
This peace legal writing came about after the Laentegros massacre where, groups of mages started making deals and or worshiping demons and devils. After some time they started making soul sacrifices to them and summoning their minions into the material plane. Most of the moral mages were used in sacrifices or murdered at the summoning day, the few that were left magically closed off the city and tried protecting and smuggling out the innocent people trapped in the city while a blood war between Devils and demons raged in the streets. And also the fall of the Imperial capital was also the work of a demon lord, Demogorgon the demon prince of Madness to be precise. He corrupted Emperor Alexander and his crown that had the souls of his predecessors within. Alexander destroyed the crown along with him self allowing four heroes to banish Demogorgon back to the Abyss. But the damage was done only a hundred thousand of the two million that had lived there survived and even fewer than that had sane minds. Without Velenthor and the trust towards mages the meticulous imperial infrastructure collapsed under its own weight. This document was there to make the transitional period easier and put the mages in check.
Public Reaction
Most religious institutions that see arcane magic as gateway evil worshiping were rejoiced at the treaty as well as many people who had suffered at the hands of mages as to them it was justice. May legionnaire now with no purpose joined the Knights of the fallen star with zeal to protect the now defenceless lands and people from the dark arts and creatures that destroyed the empire they swore their lives to. Many mages would have no peace with this act some were outraged for they were condemned by a few signatures on a paper. Sorcerers, warlocks and some of the wizards who could not get sponsorships or could not morally agree with the persecution of them brothers and sisters. For a while it inspired a fellowship between mages. Wizards with sponsorships were smuggling illegals out of cities in to the woods. It was not long til the Knights figured out what was happening. Bloody battles were waged in the woods many of mage and knight fell igniting a hate that is still alive to this day. The biggest of these battles was waged near Xerograd where it is said that in the morning the woods smelled of death as two tree thousand mages and knights lay dead and the crows had a feast for weeks, no mage uprisings happened after all heard of the Xerograd forest massacre. Now most illegals keep to them selves in fear of such a gruesome punishment.
Legacy
Becoming a Knight of the Fallen Star became a honorable path for the sons of noble who could not inherit because of not being born first. There are a few places that employ sorcerers and get away with it because of strong political relations. A quite few work in the shadows in the fear of being discovered and are sometimes employed by nobles to help their children to control and hide their power so they would not be taken away. Fear and prejudice still haunt the land for many uneducated people fear the unknown and would rather destroy or lock away the thing they do not understand.
Term
The document has lasted more than half a century and will probably last much longer than that unless the minds of the people and their rulers can be changed.
Type
Treaty, Diplomatic
Medium
Paper
Authoring Date
1064 IE
Expiration Date
Until disbanded by the same countries.
Location
Signatories (Organizations)
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