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Faewin Lawbook

Mar 14, 2013 19:04:33 GMT -6 Word Count:

Post by Brady on Mar 14, 2013 19:04:33 GMT -6

Faewin Lawbook

The cold bars of Faewin's judgment cage all citizens within. Though the city bursts with opportunities and bustles with life, there is a constant shadow of eyes overwatching and shivers running down the spines of the endless crowds squeezing through marble streets. In a simple moment of poor decisions, normalcy can unravel into a spiral of unintended consequences and the clenched fist of an unforgiving prison.

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All individuals within Faewin walls, guests and residents alike, must adhere to its established laws. Those caught participating in any illegal activity will serve the corresponding punishment. Laws are designed with Faewin's traditionally strict and unwavering morals, the severity of each transgression's consequences suited to the city's unique perspective and priorities.
While most laws apply specifically to crimes committed inside Faewin, some apply across all of Alcryst, identified by the term "any land" in its law description. These crimes are acknowledged and punished by Faewin, even if they occurred in Morrene, the outskirts, or the wilderness.
The majority of laws apply to all human characters in the city. However, some apply only to citizens, which are defined as any human character who lives in an inn or personal estate or owns a business in Faewin. If the term "citizen" is utilized in a law's description, then the rule does not apply if the victim is a homeless character or guest.
In rare cases, horse characters are included in laws, indicated by the use of "human and horse characters" in the law's description.
Staff do not automatically intervene in illegal activities and OOC observations do not affect if a character will be caught or punished. Instead, crimes must be both witnessed IC by another character and must also be reported to the Faewin government by said witness. If a character is able to commit their crime undetected or silence a witness, they will not be noticed or pursued for their crime. Furthermore, when a crime is reported by a witness and the crime is punishable by imprisonment or execution, Faewin will only issue a warrant for their arrest for mercenaries to fulfill rather than automatically incarcerating the culprit. Therefore, a criminal will not be imprisoned or executed unless successfully captured by a mercenary.
Mercenaries must purchase a set of magic-bound handcuffs from a merchant in the Galleria per criminal they successfully capture. Only that specific mercenary or Bastille officials can remove the handcuffs.
To witness a crime IC, your character must have realistic reasons for their presence. You may not have your character abruptly enter a thread as a crime occurs solely to ensure they witness the transgression; there must be a rational explanation for why your character is in the overall area and why they are placed within the criminal's proximity.
To report a crime, create a thread in the Bastille using the label "Report" with a link to the offense, a summary of the crime, and an explanation for what your character witnessed. If you would like to report privately, you may post in Grievances instead. Threads created in Grievances are visible only to the thread creator and administration. It is acceptable and welcomed to report an administrator's characters; you will not receive any negative bias or stir any ill feelings. When reporting a crime, you must post with your IC account and write as your character reporting to the official Faewin government. You may choose all details for the appearance of the officials. Reports may be solely IC dialogue, a written letter, or a regular post; reports are exempt from word count requirements.
Possible punishments are execution, temporary bans from the city limits, imprisonment in the Bastille, fines, and written warnings. If characters are charged with multiple counts of the same crime, their punishments may increase in severity for successive charges of that crime. The 1st punishment listed beneath a law's description is the initial consequence for your 1st charge. Further bullets are marked by a number of charges. When the number of charges listed is met, the punishment increases to the next described consequence. For example, if an initial punishment is listed as "fined 10 coins" and the next bullet point is listed as "3 charges: fined 20 coins" then your character will pay 10 coins for their 1st and 2nd charge of that crime. If they are charged for the same crime a 3rd time, their payment will increase to 20 coins for each charge thereafter. The final punishment bullet point is the maximum sentence possible for that crime.
Human characters with an active warrant are marked by a wanted level bar in their mini-profile over their avatar and a wanted poster stabbed into their signature or the bottom of their posts if they do not have a signature. If a character is currently imprisoned in the Bastille, prison bars appear at the top of their post with a lock and sign. See our example thread to view the warrant and imprisonment markers. Wanted level bars are gauged by increasing percentages; every warrant issued for their arrest increases their wanted level bar by 25%, maxing at 100% with 4 or more warrants.
The possible punishments are served as follows:

Execution

Few laws are punishable by death. Characters sentenced to execution are hung in the Gallows using the label "Execution" and consist of an IC post detailing the event however desired. You may use Bastille NPC officials and crowds at your discretion. Next, post in Malefic Catacomb following its given death procedures. As with all deaths, executed characters may be revived and are not permanently deceased unless chosen by their roleplayer. Execution threads may include other characters or they may contain only the criminal's standalone post. If making a standalone post, inform staff so they may archive the thread.
Mercenaries are responsible for tracking down a fugitive and bringing them to the Bastille for execution. If the character's punishment is execution, mercenaries are permitted to use lethal force if needed. Each warrant issued lists the exact reward the mercenary will earn for successfully arresting that particular fugitive based on their reputation, severity and number of crimes, and official records. If a fugitive is killed during capture, the mercenary's reward will be reduced by 25%.

Bans

Bans are restrictions from posting in any board under the Faewin category with the exceptions of Malefic Catacomb and Lambent Lane and August Byway so long as they are on a portion of the road and do not enter the city itself. Stable owners and innkeepers are still permitted entrance to their establishment and its sub-boards. During their ban, they may not post in any of their existing threads within a Faewin board until they are unbanned. If a banned character is present in a thread with multiple other characters, they may choose to act as if the banned character simply departed so that they may continue roleplaying in their absence. The participants may later choose if they may return to the thread after they are unbanned.
Though regular characters may still report a criminal who breeches their ban, mercenaries in particular are responsible for patrolling the city when possible to pay strict attention to potential breeches. Successfully catching a banned criminal entering the city earns the mercenary 15 coins.

Imprisonment

Prisoners receive a cell with their name in the board description. There are a maximum of 10 cells; if the number of prisoners exceeds the number of cells, staff members will act as NPC officials and choose which prisoners to free based on the severity of their crimes and number of charges in their official records. Prisoners are permitted to post in their own cells, in another character's cell with that character's permission, the Courtyard, and the Convergence Chamber. During their incarceration, prisoners may not post in any other board or their existing threads until they are released. If a prisoner is present in a thread with multiple other characters, they may choose to act as if the imprisoned character simply departed so that they may continue roleplaying in their absence. The participants may later choose if the prisoner may return to the thread after they are released. All characters are allowed to visit prisoners through the Convergence Chamber. Prisoners may visit other prisoners through all other sub-boards. You may interact with NPC prisoners.
Prison sentences are defined by a number of posts. Each post must meet the site minimum word count requirements and must take place in any Bastille sub-board to count toward the prison sentence. They may be roleplay posts interacting with other characters or they may be standalone posts. If making a standalone post, inform staff so they may archive the thread. If you choose to roleplay your prison posts with another character, you may exceed the number of posts your sentence issued if you wish to continue the thread. For sentences requiring more than 1 post, you may make your posts as rapidly as you wish, but your character will must remain incarcerated for a minimum of 24 hours per post in the sentence. Therefore, if your punishment is stated as "imprisoned for 7 posts," you are allowed to make all 7 prison posts in a single day if preferred but are still required to wait a full 7 days before your character is released. When your sentence expires, you must post in Invocation to alert staff, who will then empty your cell.
When a warrant for arrest is issued, mercenaries are tasked with capturing the fugitive and returning them to the Bastille. If the prisoner is killed in the process, the mercenary is charged with manslaughter. However, mercenaries are permitted to use violence if necessary and will not be charged with assault. Each warrant issued lists a exact reward the mercenary will earn for successfully arresting that particular fugitive based on their reputation, severity and number of crimes, and official records.

Fines

Fines are automatically deducted from the prisoner's account when their crime is reported. If the criminal does not have adequate funds, they will be declared in debt to the city and all money made by the character must be paid to the Bastille until the debt is settled. Characters struggling to pay fines may find it useful to pawn items in the Black Market. If in debt to the city, roleplayers are responsible for posting in Invocation for staff members to deduct their coins as they accrue; they are permitted a grace period of 72 hours between earning money and reporting it to staff. After each deposit through Invocation, the character is given another 72 hours for their next deposit, assuming they earn money during that period.
If a character is in debt to the city and does not pay their accrued coins within 72 hours, mercenaries may find the criminal to collect payment, paid directly to Faewin. If the indebted character refuses to pay when confronted, mercenaries are permitted to arrest the criminal and detain them for 1 post in the Bastille. Successfully collecting an overdue debt earns the mercenary 25% of the debt amount remaining at the time.

Written Warnings

There is no consequence to a written warning apart from an automatic mark in your official record upon the crime's report. Though minor, having any crime listed in your record may disqualify you from certain events based on the rules of the host as well as impact your access to businesses and guilds depending on the rules of the owner.

If a character is charged with separate crimes punishable by imprisonment, their sentences are consecutive; should they receive 2 posts of imprisonment for a crime and 3 posts of imprisonment for another crime, they must serve a total of 5 posts. Characters that receive multiple fines must pay the total of all fines combined.
Appeals may be submitted through lawyers following their procedures to negate or reduce punishments, wipe official records, and merge sentences. Merging sentences would combine multiple punishments, such as turning a separate 2 post and 3 post imprisonment sentence into a total of 3 posts instead of 5.
While mercenaries act upon the authority of Faewin, they are subject to the laws of the judiciary council within the limits of Morrene.
Mercenary payment threads are archived in Freelancer Receipts. You must log your records in Scrolls, as described in the Faewin Lawbook, which is mandatory to read. Alcryst's Scrolls site was coded from scratch by Brynora and hosted by her realistic SIM, Elite Equestrian.
Active warrants are listed here. Each separate warrant receives its own post, which is archived upon its resolution.

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All guildmasters, residents, and characters with occupations located in Faewin are subject to a monthly tax. Taxes are paid in the first 7 days of the new month to collect for the taxes of the preceding month. For example, the taxes for January would be paid between February 1st and 7th.
A new thread is made each tax period in Proclamations for taxpayers to post what they owe, allowing staff to deduct the coins from their IC accounts. Taxpayers must post with their relevant IC accounts and must make a separate post for each tax they are paying, should they qualify for multiple. If a character is exempt from paying taxes as detailed below, they must still post in the monthly tax thread to inform staff. It is a crime to evade taxes. Tax amounts are rounded down to the nearest whole number. Faewin taxes vary as follows:

Freelance Occupations

Freelancers who rely on Faewin boards for their services are subject to a 5% tax on their total amount earned that month. This amount does not include expenses. Characters are taxed for each occupation separately. Those who earn less than 20 coins during the month are exempt. They are also exempt if they did not use any Faewin boards for their business during the month. Freelancers meeting any of the below conditions will be required to pay taxes:

Fishermen for fishing in Saccharine Port.
Alchemists praying in Seraphic Cathedral for incorporeal ingredients.
Lawyers as described in Erudite Tribunal are required to pay Faewin taxes regardless of the cities their clients are located within.
Journalists who write any published or unpublished articles for the Epistle Atelier.
Instructors who fight in the Cathartic Arena to meet requirements for their occupation. Contests that do not contribute to instructor requirements do not qualify.
Maids, stablehands, and veterinarians who work for an inn or stable located in Faewin, as described here.
Mercenaries who earn any payment from the Bastille, Sanguine Orphanage, or a Faewin citizen.

Establishments

Innkeepers, stable owners, farmers, merchants, and blacksmiths located in Faewin are subject to a 10% tax on their total amount earned that month. This amount does not include expenses. Characters with multiple establishments are taxed for each business separately. Businesses who earn less than 40 coins during the month are exempt.

Guilds

Guilds are subject to a tax of 5 coins per guild member each month. Taxes may be paid by the individual guild members, the guildmaster, a treasury, or other monetary source from the guild. Guilds with less than 2 total members, guildmasters included, are exempt.

Inn Residents

Citizens living in an inn that is located in Faewin are subject to a tax of 5 coins each month. Citizens with less than 30 coins in their IC account at the time of tax collection are exempt.

Personal Estate Residents

Citizens living in their own personal estates located in Faewin are subject to a tax of 15 coins each month. Citizens with less than 90 coins in their account at the time of tax collection are exempt.

Humans with occupations and guildmasters must track their gains and losses with our Scrolls, coded from scratch by Brynora and hosted by her realistic SIM, Elite Equestrian.

To create an account on Scrolls, post in Invocation and tag the accounts for each character you own with an occupation, additionally listing which occupation(s) each character has. The head administrator will create an OOC account for you, manually add each character, and inform you of your username. The site will prompt you to create your password when you first log in. To switch between characters, select their name in the top left box. Post in Invocation again if you need a character added or an occupation added/removed.
Beneath the "Logs" title, the button "Record New Receipt" permits users to enter each monetary gain or loss, the thread link to where this gain/loss occurred such as a customer transaction thread or material stock purchase, the date, the occupation, and an optional section to include any notes if desired. Receipts are logged separately for each occupation your character owns. Selecting "Financial Summary" will display your total financial details. The head administrator also has access to a financial summary for all characters to verify any reported profits.

Taxes are pooled into a lottery each month. After the 7-day collection period concludes, the final post in the tax thread is a dice roll with the number of faces equivalent to the number of taxpayer posts. The entirety of all taxes collected that month are rewarded to the character whose post is the same number in chronological order as the dice roll's result. Consequently, characters who pay multiple taxes have a higher chance of winning. There are no restrictions on how many times a character may win.

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In addition to retrieving fugitives, mercenaries are also employed to guard the prison. As the Bastille imprisons more characters, their need for mercenaries grows; therefore, a new mercenary position is opened for every 2 prisoners. If the number of convicts is reduced, any current mercenaries will remain employed but further positions will not be opened until the amount of prisoners exceeds the amount of mercenaries by 2.
To become a Bastille guard, you must meet the following criteria:

Your biography was accepted at least 30 days ago.
You can link to at least 10 separate mercenary services you have completed; for example, if another character hires your mercenary as a private investigator or if you successfully retrieve a fugitive.
You have at least 30 posts.

To apply for an open guard position, post in Invocation and link to any relevant threads as proof for your mercenary services.
Guards must make at least 1 IC guard post with a minimum of 200 words each week, any day beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday. You may post in the main Bastille board or any of its sub-boards using the label "Guarding" and then alerting staff through Invocation. Guard posts may be used in a roleplaying thread or as a standalone post. If making a standalone post, notify staff of your intent so they will archive the thread. Guards may interact with prisoner, guard, or visitor NPCs, roleplay with other characters, survey the grounds or cells, or otherwise patrol.
Guards are paid 10 coins per weekly post. Their payment threads are archived in Freelancer Receipts.
The top of this tab is updated with each guard's deadline for their next post. If the deadline expires, the guard will be removed from their position and may not apply again for 60 days.
You cannot guard both the Bastille and the Sanguine Orphanage.

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Assault

Intentional bodily harm against another human or horse character resulting in legitimate injury. This includes violence from an owner to their tamed horse.

Imprisoned for 1 post.
5 charges: imprisoned for 3 posts.
10 charges: banned for 5 days.
20 charges: banned for 10 days.
30 charges: execution.

Child Neglect

Failure to consistently oversee and provide for biological or adopted children.

For every crime a child commits, the legal guardian is fined 10 coins and faces the same punishment.
If the child commits 20 crimes, they are relinquished to the Sanguine Orphanage.

Circumventing Ban

Entering Faewin while banned.

Immediate ejection from the city for the duration of the ban and an additional 3 days added to the original sentence.
5 charges: execution.

Companion Misconduct

Failure to consistently oversee and control companions.

For any crime a companion commits, the host faces the equivalent punishment.
3 charges: fined 10 coins.
7 charges: fined 20 coins.
10 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.
15 charges: the offending companion is banned for 7 days.

Harassment

Repeated unwanted solicitation of a citizen after multiple requests to desist, including peddling items and offering occupational services.

Written warning.
5 charges: fined 5 coins.
10 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

Harboring a Fugitive

Permitting entry to a criminal onto your property who has a warrant issued for their arrest, including businesses, personal estates, and guilds.

Fined 5 coins.
10 charges: 10 coins.
20 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

Horse Neglect

Failure to consistently oversee and provide for tamed horses.

For every meal a horse misses, the owner is fined 10 coins.
3 charges: fined 20 coins.
7 charges: the tamed horse is confiscated. The horse's roleplayer may choose for the horse to be freed or placed on the Vendue market for public bid.

Juvenile Delinquency

Breaking any laws governing orphaned minors (humans under the age of 36), including residing anywhere other than the Sanguine Orphanage, committing a crime, escaping the Orphanage, or leaving the Orphanage during a restriction to the grounds

Imprisoned for 1 post.
5 charges: imprisoned for 2 posts.
10 charges: imprisoned for 3 posts.

Kidnapping

Abducting a Faewin citizen against their will in any land.

Imprisoned for 1 post.
5 charges: imprisoned for 3 posts.
10 charges: imprisoned for 5 posts.
15 charges: banned for 7 days.

Manslaughter

The accidental death of another human or horse character in any land. All circumstances regarding their death must be truly unavoidable.

Imprisoned for 10 posts. Banned upon release for 7 days.
Resisting arrest: execution.
2 charges: execution.

Menacing

Overtly threatening, stalking, blackmailing, or otherwise attempting to intentionally place a citizen in fear of serious physical injury.

Written warning.
3 charges: fined 5 coins.
5 charges: fined 10 coins.
10 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

Misdirection

Intentionally misleading a customer with false advertisement or incorrect information during occupational transactions or horse sales.

Written warning.
5 charges: fined 5 coins.
10 charges: fined 10 coins.

Murder

The intentional death of another human or horse character in any land.

Execution.

Potion Dosing

Applying a potion to another human character without their consent, whether by consumption or injection.

Written warning.
2 charges: fined 5 coins.
5 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.
10 charges: imprisoned for 2 posts.
15 charges: prohibited from buying potions in Faewin or from alchemists that reside in Faewin for 14 days. Purchasing a potion will result in imprisonment for 5 days for both the culprit and the supplying alchemist.

Powers

Using magic abilities in buildings owned by the city, including energy abilities, sensory powers, and contribution specialties. Passive, stat, or potion effects as well as effects from the Underground item "functional" are exempt. Rules in buildings owned by citizens are governed by their owners.

Written warning.
5 charges: fined 5 coins.
10 charges: fined 10 coins.

Public Intoxication

Drinking elixir in the city outside of Runic Saloon, a personal residence, events in the Cathartic Arena or Caracole Foyer where the host permits elixir consumption, or private establishments. Rules in buildings owned by citizens are governed by their owners.

Written warning.
15 charges: fined 5 coins.

Spying

Intentionally invading a citizen's privacy without their knowledge or permission; eavesdropping, looking through their personal belongings, or watching their activities while hidden. Culprits must be caught in the act of spying. Knowledge later revealed through spying methods is not considered valid proof.

Written warning.
10 charges: fined 5 coins.
15 charges: fined 10 coins.
20 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

Tax Evasion

Failure to post in the monthly tax collection thread within the first 7 days of each month. Roleplayers who are away following the rules of Voids are exempt and may pay any overdue taxes within 7 days of their return.

Must pay 50% more than your original owed tax amount.
5 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

Theft

Thievery of another human character's personal property, including items and tamed horses.

Imprisoned for 2 posts.
3 charges: imprisoned for 3 posts.
5 charges: imprisoned for 5 posts.
10 charges: imprisoned for 7 posts.
15 charges: banned for 14 days.
20 charges: execution.

Treason

Publicly speaking negatively against Faewin, conspiring against the Faewin government, or intending to overtake Faewin with a position of power. This law applies to all lands.

Imprisoned for 1 post.
3 charges: imprisoned for 3 posts.
5 charges: imprisoned for 5 posts.
10 charges: banned for 10 days.
15 charges: banned for 20 days.
25 charges: execution.

Trepassing

Entering private property without permission, entering property where you have been specifically banned by the owner, or entering property in a manner that breaks an explicit rule listed by the owner.

Expulsion from the property. Fined 10 coins. The city will place a temporary or permanent ban from the culprit entering the applicable property if requested by the owner; if this ban is broken, it will count as the crime "Circumventing Ban" with its equivalent punishments.
3 charges: fined 20 coins.
5 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.
7 charges: imprisoned for 2 posts.
10 charges: imprisoned for 5 posts.
20 charges: banned for 7 days.

Unsheathed Weapons

Unsheathing weapons in buildings owned by the city. If the weapon cannot be sheathed, it must be as covered or dormant as possible. Rules in buildings owned by citizens are governed by their owners. Mercenaries acting on behalf of the city, such as attempting to capture a fugitive, are permitted to use their weapons as needed.

Written warning.
3 charges: fined 5 coins.
5 charges: fined 10 coins.
10 charges: imprisoned for 1 post.

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