Talk:Pillars of Ashtan
Ashtan Law 1: Constitutional Provisions
- No new Law shall be enforced upon the Citizens of Ashtan until it receives the assent of four Archons.
- No current Law shall be overruled until it receives the assent of five Archons.
- No new Law shall be enforced until the Overseer has had the opportunity to vote.
Ashtan Law 2: Offences Against the Person
- Any unsolicited harmful act against a Citizen or Ally of Ashtan by a Citizen of Ashtan shall result in the offender losing citizenship. Ashtan is currently allied to the villages of Thera, Petra and Blackrock.
- Any unsolicited harmful act against a citizen or Ally of Ashtan by an Outsider within the boundaries of Ashtan Law shall result in the offender being enemied to the City of Ashtan.
- This Law shall not apply where two Citizens have a valid Bloodfeud, where a Citizen is in reasonable defence of private property under Ashtan Law 3, where a Citizen is in defence of their Patron's shrines,or where license has otherwise been granted in advance by the Ruling Council.
- Outsider Shopkeepers and Merchants on announced business shall be considered an Ally of Ashtan for the purposes of this Law whilst they are conducting their business.
- A harmful action shall be more than slight or trivial, and threaten the safety of the person or loss of personal property.
- A valid Bloodfeud shall be deemed to exist once requested, accepted, and approved by an Archon. Request shall be subject to a fee. The duration shall be of one year and one day from the approval. Bloodfeud fees shall be set by the Ruling Council and applied uniformly.
- Enemying terms and fines shall be set at the discretion of the Security Minister or Ruling Council, and the offender shall be informed of these.
Ashtan Law 3: Offences Against Property
- A Citizen that trespasses upon private property, that does not leave when given reasonable opportunity, shall lose their rights to protection under Ashtan Law 2.
- A Citizen that trespasses upon private property within the boundaries of Ashtan Law, that does not leave when given reasonable opportunity, may lose their citizenship subject to approval of an Archon.
- An Outsider that trespasses upon private property within the boundaries of Ashtan Law, that does not leave when given reasonable opportunity, shall be enemied to the City of Ashtan.
- Harmful acts against the Ashtan House Icons shall be considered both a crime and an attack against Ashtan Herself and the penalties under Law 4 shall apply.
- Trespassing shall be deemed to occur either after there has been both a demand to leave and opportunity given to leave, or after an unsolicited harmful act has been knowingly committed against a person on private property.
- Private Property includes housing, House Estates, Divine Temples, stockrooms, and shops with locked doors.
- Enemying terms and fines shall be set at the discretion of the Security Minister or Ruling Council, and the offender shall be informed of these.
Ashtan Law 4: Offences Against Ashtan
- Any Citizen or Outsider found conspiring to commit any act against the laws of Ashtan, with serious intent, shall be subject to a fine and lose citizenship for at least three years.
- Any Citizen or Outsider found conspiring to commit any act against the laws of Ashtan with a City Enemy, with serious intent, shall be subject to a fine and enemied for at least six years.
- Any Citizen that undermines or harms the sovereignty or integrity of the City of Ashtan shall be branded a traitor, made subject to a fine, and enemied for at least ten years.
- No punishment for offences against Ashtan shall be applied to a Citizen of Ashtan without the approval of at least four Archons or a Court decision.
- Undermining or harming the sovereignty or integrity of the City shall be more than slight or trivial, and include the breach of confidential information obtained by virtue of position within the City, the conspiracy to undermine the position or interests of Ashtan in favour of an individual or another organisation, or the aiding or abetting of City enemies in their actions against Ashtan or Citizens of Ashtan.
- Enemying terms and fines shall be set at the discretion of the Ruling Council, and the offender shall be informed of these.
Ashtan Law 5: Mercantile Provisions
- Shops owing more than two years taxes shall be shut down by City of Ashtan.
- Shops owing more than three years taxes shall be repossessed by the City of Ashtan.
Ashtan Law 6: Shrine Provisions
- Shrines of Divinities that are considered Citizens of Ashtan, or are current Patrons of Ashtan Houses shall be protected within the boundaries of Ashtan.
- Any Citizen found defiling protected shrines within the walls of the City shall lose their citizenship.
- Any Outsider found defiling protected shrines within the walls of the City shall be enemied and subject to a fine.
- Any shrines deemed potentially dangerous by the Ruling Council or Security Ministry shall be removed.
Ashtan Law 7: Geographical Provisions
- Ashtan Law shall extend just beyond the boundaries of the City of Ashtan, to the areas belonging to the Houses of Ashtan on the Plane of Nishnatoba, and to any other area deemed appropriate by the Security Minister or Ruling Council.
- For the citizens of Thera, Petra and Blackrock Ashtan Law 2 shall apply within the boundaries of their respective villages.
Ashtan House Right 1
The House Lords of Ashtan shall have the right to request that the Council revoke the citizenship of any member of that House found to have broken their oaths to the House.
- When the request concerns a Plebian or Equite the approval of one Archon is required.
- When the request concerns citizens at the rank of Centurion or higher the approval of at least four Archons is required.
Ashtan House Right 2
The House Lords of Ashtan shall have the right to appeal to the Ruling Council for the removal or enemying of any Citizen seen acting in a manner harmful to the sovereignty or integrity of their House.
- This action shall only exist after the House has taken reasonable attempt to resolve the matter with the Citizen concerned.
- When the request concerns a Plebian or Equite the approval of one Archon is required.
- When the request concerns Citizens at the rank of Centurion or higher the approval of at least four Archons is required.