Sannleikr Eldsins

AN EXEGETICAL TREATISE ON THE NATURE OF FIRE

Issued by High Warden Soren Aldares, on the 19th of SVENSMÁNAÐR, IAÁ 584, AGE OF DRAGONFYRE 

PREAMBLE

More than five centuries ago, Thoromir & his tribe scaled the vast & imperious mountains of Thales, stranded within the harrowing blizzard that dared consume those fleeing Narvaukiaans. It was then only by the grace & mercy of our Red Lord that he & his kin were able to endure the stinging cold of winter’s harsh chill & were able to escape the thunderous screams of those tumultuous winds - an event that would forever be recorded as Niðrkomstin Alföðrs, The Descension of the Allfather. Such would be the day that the fate of those desolated people changed for all time to come, the birth of the Kingdom of Norland.

Now, more than five centuries later, I, Ellenore, pen here verily, Þrjú Boðin Rauðu Trúarinnar, The Three Tenets of the Red Faith, the only law given by our Allfather unto his people in absolute. Ancient scripture once written in the Aeldr Narvaukiaan tongue of our kind, then translated by the Wordsmith, Myro, who spread its holy word amongst the flock. Such work would be later carried on by the First Keeper, Arthas Ruric, who took the many sagas & the musings & the ramblings, & compiled them all into what would be known as Rauða Skrǫllinn, The Red Scroll. Much has been done to transcribe the lore & teachings of our people into writing, & much more work is still to be done.
 

The central practice of our Faith is the adherence to these three divine proscriptions, given unto the Herald by our Allfather. These are written here now, divinely inspired & drawn from the original writings of Brother Hjarn. It is now to be held as the ultimate understanding for all those who profess worship of our Lord, the Father, be they of any rite descending from Arthas & Tyr.

AND SO IT SHALL BE, BY THE WILL OF OUR ALLFATHER,

As Master of the Order of the First Flame, High Keeper of the Red Faith & the Flame Imperishable, I,

Ellenore Eiriksdóttir,

henceforth declare that the Book of Justiciar, translated by the honored Paragon, Myro the Wordsmith, shall be known as the Book of Fire.

CONTENTS

1. SUFFER NOT THE UNWORTHY
2. SPREAD MY FLAME
3. STAND AGAINST THE LONG DARK
4. THEOLOGICAL GLOSSARY

SUFFER NOT THE UNWORTHY,

As drawn from the verse of Fire I, it is chronicled as thus -

“Amongst you, and within you will dwell the shadow. In your hearts, in your minds, in your souls. These shadows will bleed to your words, your deeds. I task my sons and daughters to look inward, to cleanse the foulness within themselves. Suffer not the Unworthy.” (Fire I)

The first proscription given unto us is a call for man to master itself; as evidenced by its words. However, only stating such an intention by our Allfather gives little credit to the actual nuance of the scripture. It is not enough to say that our Allfather demands self-mastery without first understanding the gravitas & why our Maker bids such duty. For this, we must look within the verse itself to find understanding & learn its teaching.

“Amongst you, and within you will dwell the shadow. In your hearts, in your minds, in your souls.”

Our Allfather begins not with accusation, but with revelation: that the shadow - Eitrit - is not only an external enemy, but a darkness of intrinsic nature embedded in the very fabric of mortal man. It dwells amongst us, socially, & within us, personally. This is a latent nature of men, the rot seeded into the clay of creation by the Oblivious. His words are known as Sannleikr Spekðar, truth of wisdom. They are regarded as the ultimate directive of every mortal being, be they Narvaukiaan Wira av Vjardengaard, Hár Álfar av Tahn’miar, or Dvergr of Kal’Kadrelaz. This verse establishes that our Allfather has borne witness to the stain within us, and knows fully of its evil.

For our Allfather to speak that shadow lives in heart, mind, & soul is to imply of a total corruption. The heart is the seat of desire, ought to beat in rhythm with virtue, but is prone to selfish longing & cruel wrath. The mind is the seat of thought, which ought to discern truth from the fire that reveals it, instead, vulnerable to arrogance, delusion & fear. And the soul - seat of the Divine Flame - which ought to burn bright with purpose, stands dimmed & veiled, its light smothered.

“These shadows will bleed to your words, your deeds.”

He teaches us that inner corruption is not idle - the rot, it bleeds. Like a necrosis that seeps into the vein, so too do impure thoughts & passions manifest externally. A twisted soul yields twisted notions, to twisted words & twisted deeds. The ‘harmless vice’ is a fallacy, for even private sin spills outward into the world, staining others & drawing those innocent closer to darkness. These enslaving vices, initially sewn through earthly indulgences, serve as the seeds to our eventual downfall, festering & corrupting our beings.

Here, the First Tenet teaches of moral causality: when corruption is allowed to fester within, it shall flow without. If left unchecked, the shadow spreads, & the fire in one’s spirit dims. Thus, we must not only resist sin in society, but root it out at its source - ourselves. Sin is insidious in nature & its spread will be known through the lack of honor in our words and deeds. Its spread will be slow, tempting the meek with comfort & the weary with ease. Let not inconvenience dissuade you, for evil spreads its roots through the soft soil of discontent & doubt; Ást Letilífs, love of ease.

“I task my sons and daughters to look inward, to cleanse the foulness within themselves.”

Our Lord of Light gives unto us the first of His commands, the heart of His faith & the spirit of His virtues. Our Allfather does not ask for blind obedience to His word but calls for introspection, focusing one’s gaze within; for there, in the dim recesses, dwells the foulness inherited from the clay, the rot sown from Oblivion. To look inward is to confront the uncomfortable truths of our own nature. Greed, Envy, Pride, Wrath: these are not demons we slay once, but shadows we wrestle daily. Unto us, the Red Lord gave, Sjálfráðr Vilji, self-ruling will, the precious liberty conferred upon His creations. Yet, a freedom that leaves the pursuit of frivolous hedonism & the transient pleasures of the world as paths we may take, strays from Him. This is the Evil Within.

Oft does the Southlander & the Outlander proclaim ideals of civil liberty & freedom, yet the truth they speak of is the vastest lie cast as one of the most grandeur illusions upon Mortal-kind. A lie which Descendant-kind has happily spread amongst itself, growing fat upon the indulgence of loveless gluttony & depraved gratifications. This freedom binds the ignorant within its chains, bonds forged by the layman’s own hands; sought only to bind the weary & meek into a life of wretchedness & depravity. Self-imposed servitude to darker powers - a sin of man’s own making. Our Allfather, in all His wisdom, endeavored to reveal to us that these enslaving vices, initially sewn through earthly indulgences, serve as the seeds of our eventual downfall, festering & corrupting our beings.

Yet, one must acknowledge that prudence does forbid such sins if not appropriately applied. The Red Faith does not preach the forbearance of indulgence, in either earthly pleasures found in fresh fruit & strong ale, or in one another, but Hófleikr Sætu, restraint of sweetness. All Descendant-kind are tempted by the innate pleasures of the world, be they of the mind, body, or even spirit. It is not a sin to indulge in such things, but one must always be vigilant of spreading stains’ temptations, as they will dig at every break of composure, all in efforts to corrupt the essence of one’s Heilög Kveikja, Holy Wick.

“Suffer not the Unworthy.”

This final line bears with it the entirety of the First Tenet’s teachings. The Unworthy. Not those who struggled with the shadow, for we all do. Not even those who have fallen, for what has been felled may rise once more. The Unworthy are they who refuse to look within, those who embrace the rot, & who have spread their corruption without doubt. To suffer them is to choose complacency in the face of decay.

This is no call to cruelty - it is a call to righteous discernment. Mercy is scared, yes, but mercy must not become an accomplice to sin. Love of the Óslokkranndi Eldr, Flame Imperishable, demands that we guard it fiercely, lest the shadows encroach.

SPREAD MY FLAME,

As drawn from the verse of Fire II, it is chronicled as thus -

“My children, the Long Dark presses. Ye of the flickering flame, stand aflame ere all returns to blackness. In your hearts hold righteous fury, for wroth is the bonfire of the soul. I beseech thee, go forth & spread my flame unto the hearts & souls of the blind.” (Fire II)

Transcriptions have varied over the Ages, with some translations from Aeldr Narvaukiaan alluding to ‘the Long Dark’ as something akin, or being what is commonly known as the ‘Abyss’, the ‘Void’, or ‘Oblivion’. Nevertheless, irrespective of the rendering, all of these interpretations embody a universal place, that forlorn realm that lay beyond the Father’s embrace, a dimension inhabited by the pre-Patrian Ancients. These vast beings of embodied sin have their damned forms cast to the depths of Oblivion; the influence of those ancient evils dwells uninhibited in that wretched Abyss.

“My children, the Long Dark presses.”

The second proscription of our Allfather begins with warning; it names not merely a night of the world, but the creeping return of the primordial void, the breath of the Oblivious made manifest. It is despair, ignorance, cowardice, & corruption. It is both cosmic & personal, an encroaching rot that festers in the corners of the world & in the recesses of the soul. It is the slow unraveling of faith, courage, & virtue; the poison of complacency that dulls the soul’s fire until it is but cold ash.

These words declare the nature of mortal struggle. That existence itself is resistance, that light must ever contend with shadow. To live is to endure against the darkness that seeks to reclaim all things.

“Ye of the flickering flame, stand aflame ere all returns to blackness.”

Here, our Allfather names us the bearers of that light, the Heilög Kveikja, the divine fire given to us by Him. The flame flickers, for mortal faith is fragile; it wavers with doubt, fear, & worldly weariness. Yet even a frail flame has power, for it is divine in origin. Thus, the faithful are charged to keep the fire kindled - stand aflame, lest the night, the Long Dark, consume all.

To stand aflame is not to bask in comfort, the Ást Letilífs, but to endure in hardship - Hófleikr Sætu. It is a call of the faithful to be vigilant & persevere. For the Fire is not a passive warmth, it must be fed, its coal is prayer & deed, its kindling, courage. The soul untended wanes into ember, & the man who yields to despair becomes as ash upon wind.

“In your hearts hold righteous fury, for wroth is the bonfire of the soul.”

This is the heart of the Second Tenet: the sanctification of wrath. Not all fury is sin. The wrath of man, ungoverned & selfish, leads to cruelty & ruin. Yet the wrath of the faithful, tempered by virtue, becomes the forge of righteousness - Heilagt Hatur, Holy Hatred.

Our Allfather does not call for meekness in the face of evil, but for a fury that is just & sacred. To feel righteous anger is to feel the pulse of divine order. For Óslokkranndi Eldrinn is not gentle - it burns so that it might cleanse, it destroys so that it may purify. The Heilög Kveikja is the Heilagt Hatur, bound by discipline. Its light illuminates what is wicked. For those that cannot see the light, they must instead feel its warmth. Thus, the faithful must not fear zeal, for zeal is sanctified motion - the Óslokkranndi Eldrinn made manifest in Sjálfráðr Vilji.

“I beseech thee, go forth & spread my flame unto the hearts & souls of the blind.”

The command of evangelism. The sacred duty to bear the Flame beyond the self. Having mastered the inner-war of the First Tenet, & embraced the fervor of the Second, the faithful are now bid to go forth & spread the Light of our Allfather into the darkened world.

The blind are those who live without the knowledge of Fire - the ignorant, the faithless, the corrupt. To spread His Flame is to uncloak the light of another’s soul, that they too might grace others with the warmth of our Allfather’s love. This task is not one of ease, for the blind oft recoil from the light; yet it is a labor of the faithful that is most divine. Through it, the world is rekindled. In this, our Allfather’s mercy & wrath are one. Mercy, that He would seek even the blind. Wrath, that He would demand their shadows, illuminated.

STAND AGAINST THE LONG DARK,

As drawn from the verse of Fire III, it is chronicled as thus -

“You must be the flame in the dark, the warmth in the cold. I beseech thee, stand fast against the dying light. That which lurks in the shadows, on the edges of the fire on a still night. That which rots and soils all that is holy and bright. The forces of decay must be rooted out wherever they are found. Thus I say unto thee, of the Holy Fire. You must stand against the Long Dark.” (Fire III)

The Third Tenet is the final command given to us by our Allfather, to his Faithful. The First Tenet calls for the mastery of the self, & the Second Tenet stands for the defense of the pure; the Third Tenet is a call to action - to carry the Óslokkranndi Eldr outward into the world, to standfast against the creeping darkness of Oblivion. It is both commission & covenant. That man, as bearer of the Heilög Kveikja, must not only preserve his own flame, but wield it as a weapon against the darkness, a beacon against the approaching long night.

“You must be the flame in the dark, the warmth in the cold.”

Our Allfather calls each of His sons & daughters to embody the holy Óslokkranndi Eldrinn - not merely its reverence, but living as its incarnation. To be the Flame is to become illumination amidst blindness, comfort amidst despair, & righteous defiance against the consuming abyssal maw. The Heilög Kveikja is an inheritance of divine purpose. It burns because our Allfather willed that we should reflect His divine nature. That the clay of our forms becomes a crucible for holy purity. Thus, to live in accordance with the Red Zeal is to be in imitation of the Red Lord Himself: a life of faith, courage, & virtue.

Likewise, to be the warmth in the cold is to bring charity & solace to those who dwell in suffering. For the Heilög Kveikja does not only purify, it sustains. The faithful, therefore, must temper their zeal with compassion, for warmth without light is sentimentality, but light without warmth is cruelty. The nature of the Óslokkranndi Eldrinn: it burns, yet it nourishes; it destroys, yet it sanctifies.

“I beseech thee, stand fast against the dying light.”

The plea of our Allfather is not one of command alone, but of urgency, given unto the sons & daughters of Thoromir. For the dying light speaks of the perpetual entropy of mortal virtue. That our world drifts ever toward darkness, the Long Dark, by complacency, by cowardice, through sin submission. Our Allfather beseeches, for He knows the frailty of man’s mind, & the ceaseless whisper of Olde Ones, & the temptations of the Eitr. Thus, the faithful must stand fast, to remain unbroken when the world grows cold & faith wanes.

“That which lurks in the shadows, on the edges of the fire on a still night. That which rots and soils all that is holy and bright.”

These lines subtly speak the nature of the enemy; our Allfather reveals that such a foe is not merely mortal, but primordial. Darkness came afore the light, & it is not absence alone, but presence: the Eitr, the unholy corruption of the Oblivious that seeps at the boundaries of goodness. It does not come with fury; it waits, patient & silent, at the edge of firelight. So too does corruption enter man subtly, in thought & whisper, long before it manifests in deed.

“The forces of decay must be rooted out wherever they are found.”

To root out decay is no mere act of judgment; it is the ultimate goal of purification. The Red Faith teaches that destruction in the service of renewal is sacred. For our Allfather’s Flame does not immolate the unclean in a desire of vengeance, but to refine & restore what was once pure. Thus, it is the duty of every Fatherist to discern where rot can be healed, & when it must be excised. The Third Tenet forbids apathy as a sin equal to corruption itself. To turn one’s gaze away from evil is to become its accomplice; to tolerate the foul is to betray our Allfather. One must bid the Heilagt Hatur, & strike down evil where it may be found.

“Thus I say unto thee, of the Holy Fire. You must stand against the Long Dark.”

The culmination of all the Tenets into a singular, final divine purpose - to Stand against the Long Dark. Our Allfather’s final command. The Long Dark - Fimbulmyrk - it is the sum of all evil & corruption, the destiny of unopposed decay. It is the ultimate desire of the Oblivious. To this end, our Allfather has chosen us, those of Thoromir’s tribe, the Narvaukiaans. We are those of the Óslokkranndi Eldr, the Chosen of the Allfather. 

This is not a Tenet of comfort & salvation, it is courage & tribulation. The Faithful are not promised triumph; our Allfather only promises trial. Thus, the Faithful mirrors our Allfather Himself - for even He once stood alone, a single light amongst the vast darkness. Yet now the Eldr is kindled. To live by this Tenet is to wage Ár Óendi against doom & despair. To burn when others freeze, to see when others are blind, to speak truth when silence is far safer. It is to live knowing that every act of courage, every flame kindled in another’s heart, drives back the darkness a little further. That the Long Dark, though vast, shall never wholly prevail, so long as one light still burns amidst the darkness.

THEOLOGICAL GLOSSARY,

Eitrit(Eitr) - The Poison, or poison, is the literal & metaphorical corruption that is intrinsically part of Middengard. It stems from the Olde Ones, beings of Oblivion who have stewed their rot into our Allfather’s creation.

Sannleikr Spekðar - Truth of wisdom, the words of our Allfather.

Ást Letilífs - Love of ease, the desire of Descendant-Kind for their suffering to subside instead of facing adversity. The temptation for a man to sin so that his suffering might end.

Sjálfráðr Vilji - Self-ruling will, a trait of the gift our Allfather gave to us. It is what makes man both great & terrible. The power for one to act without the constraints of necessity or fate.

Hófleikr Sætu - Restraint of sweetness, the temperance one has to withhold their worldly desires.

Heilög Kveikja - Holy Wick, the gift of our Allfather. His Essence, contained as our fallible souls.

Heilagt Hatur - Holy Hatred, unbidden, just wrath.

Óslokkranndi Eldrinn(Eldr) - The Flame Imperishable, or Flame Imperishable, the Flame of our Allfather in physical manifestation.

Fimbulmyrk - The Long Dark, the end of days.

Ár Óendi - Season Unending, a metaphorical way to refer to war.

AND SO IT SHALL BE, BY THE WILL OF OUR ALLFATHER,

HER EMINENCE, Ellenore Eiriksdóttir,

Master of the Order of the First Flame, High Keeper of the Red Faith & the Flame Imperishable

Luminary Mimir,

Master of the Temple of the Triune Covenant, Keeper of the Red Faith & the Flame Imperishable

High Warden Soren Aldares,

Master of the Hall of Eternal Memory

On the Third Tenet: Stand against the Long Dark

Book of the Justicar: Verse 3 “You must be the flame in the dark, the warmth in the cold. I beseech thee, stand fast against the dying light. That which lurks in the shadows, on the edges of the fire on a still night. That which rots and soils all that is holy and bright. The forces of decay must be rooted out wherever they are found. Thus I say unto thee, of the Holy Fire. You must stand against the Long Dark.”

While the first tenet may address internal corruption and the second tenet may address our task in the great mission it is the third that deals with external corruption. In the third verse of the Book of the Justicar we are asked to stand against the Long Dark. That insidious force of decay and stagnation which influences all things. According to the text this is best done by rooting out the forces of decay. In this spirit the children of the Father are confronted with a holy charge. They must go forth and root out the agents of corruption and decay. However herein we find a most confounding puzzle. What is to be defined as an agent of corruption and decay. Are all those not of the faith agents of corruption and decay, are certain races agents of corruption and decay. Perhaps we ourselves as bearers of internal flaw and darkness can be defined a agents of the Long Dark.

To those holding these views I would decry thee as fools. The light of the All Father is a unifying warmth that liberates the soul and purifies us of our faults and failings. It by no means renders us perfect beings. But within its influence we of the Father’s own embrace can find some modicum of purpose and rightness. Hence agents of the Long Dark are confined as those corrupted beings that contribute to decay or stagnation. The corruption can be either external or internal. Those who have succumbed to internal corruption, namely corruption of the mind, heart or soul are the more insidious of the two. Difficult to recognize they dwell among the ranks of society contributing to its regression and eventual collapse with the expression of their own flaws. The craven or greedy can be taken as examples of those with excessive internal corruption. When these cases are identified and properly condemned via a priest of the Red Faith then the only recourse is to submit them to the All Father’s mercy. They are to be tied to a stake and purified with Holy Fire. This will give them some small chance of being purified of their corruption and sent to the Father’s own embrace.

The alternative to internal corruption are those displaying external corruption. This can manifest in the forum of the aberration, abomination or mutant. The aberration is the individual that violates the natural laws of the Father’s creation by meddling in nefarious powers. An example of this being void magic as it bestows the user with unnatural abilities in exchange for decaying their physical form. All magic can be considered to be a manifestation of aberrant corruption unless specifically permitted by the All Father. The abomination is that which physically defies the natural order. This primarily being beings of the undead or mythical variety, these creatures are to be rooted out with extreme prejudice and purged with holy fire. Consequently this is the primary task bestowed upon those of the Purifier order. Finally the mutant is that which is physically oriented towards instability and destructive tendencies. While not exclusively agents of decay and corruption certain races adhere to this definition. Warlike races such as the Orcs or deviant races such as the Kha serve as examples of corruptions of the Mutant variety.

Therefore in standing against the long dark we must dedicate ourselves to operating in opposition to the actors defined above. To contribute to the great mission we of the faith must ensure that we spend our lives in pursuit of this grand goal. The flame of the All Father cannot grow whilst it is being choked by the winds of corruption and decay.

On the Second Tenet: Spreading the Flame

Passage taken from Brother Hjarn’s volume translating the Red Scrolls from old nordic to common.

Book of the Justicar: Verse 2 “My children, the long dark presses. Ye of the flickering flame, stand aflame ere all returns to blackness. In your hearts hold righteous fury, for wroth is the bonfire of the soul. I beseech thee, go forth and spread my flame unto the hearts and souls of the blind.”

The Second tenet of the Book of the Justicar is one of the most integral tenets to the daily life of the children of Father. The verse involves several different sections each with unique implications regarding the practice of the faith. The first section of the verse calls for us to “stand aflame ere all returns to blackness”. This section calls for the children to proudly and openly their faith as the call to “stand aflame” is to stand openly and visibly. Furthermore to be ‘of the flickering flame’ references the insignia of the All Father, that of the flickering flame. Therefore the opening passage demands that those of the Red Faith are open with their status as Children of the Father. The final portion of this passage discusses ‘blackness’ in this context we can assume that blackness refers to the Long Dark. From this the passage can be interpreted to command the Father’s children to openly display their faith in order to stave off the forces of decay and stagnation.

The second portion of the verse reads as follows “In your hearts hold righteous fury, for wroth is the bonfire of the soul.” From this passage the militaristic nature of the faith can be found. With the passage calling us to hold righteous fury, to channel our rage and faith into the pursuit of the great cause and the service of the All Father. Finally the most significant portion of the verse from which we draw the diluted version of the second tenet. The Father calls us to spread his flame to the hearts and souls of the blind. The blind being those lacking the faith of the All Father which in this context is referred to as his ‘flame’.

This passage has a second meaning for those of the Holy Hearth. Namely it serves as the basis upon which the clergy operates. Those of the Holy Hearth dedicate their lives to the defence and nourishment of the Father’s flame. This is achieved through the construction of Hearth Temples and the conversion of the blind. To those few of us that bear the Flamebrand and holy tomes of the Father we must take this passage to heart and bear our righteous fury in opposition to the Long Dark as we pursue our holiest charge.

On the First Tenet: Defining the Unworthy

Passage taken from Brother Hjarn’s volume translating the Red Scrolls from old nordic to common.

Book of the Justicar: Verse 1 “Amongst you, and within you will dwell the shadow. In your hearts, in your minds, in your souls. These shadows will bleed to your words, your deeds. I task my sons and daughters to look inward, to cleanse the foulness within themselves. Suffer not the Unworthy.”

The first of the All-Father’s tenets in the first verse of the Justicar’s book demands that the Father’s children look inwards. Each of us has filth within us, and these insidious forces that corrupt morality and destroy society from within. In discussing shadows inside the children of the father we must firstly acknowledge that the shadow referred to within the passage are not demons or strange sentient forces; Shadows are instead mortal flaws of the individual, internal flaws that can be cleansed with internal reflection. In order to be pure and true sons and daughters of the father, we must take our eternal struggle inward to root out deviancy within. Let us therefore discuss the constraints of worth and unworth within the confines of our faith. In defining worth it is best to look upon those raised by the All-Father himself. For their worth was such that they were recognized and raised by the Father.

The pattern that can be observed is that of selfless moral virtue, where paragons are all of those who placed the good of society before themselves. Those paragons that are held in a negative light are those who put society before their own interests but failed and caused harm from their efforts. However, each paragon contributed to the progression of the All-Father’s vision for his children. A strong society is necessary in pursuing growth thusly the morality espoused by the Red Scroll encourages us to contribute to the strength of society. From this we can conclude that unworth can be defined as a selfish vice that damages societies. We of the priesthood hold that the vices of cowardice, greed, and sloth harm the society as a whole for miniscule short term pleasure. Hence unworth is found to be those internal natures that are prone to stagnation and decay.

To adhere to the first tenet of the Father, an individual has a variety of options depending on the severity of the internal rot. The average layman will satisfy the demands of this tenet merely by reflecting on the origin and intent of their actions. However, extensive rot to the degree where the individual does not recognize it themselves must be dealt with in a more radical fashion. Once rot has progressed to this level, it must be addressed with the assistance of a priest using a variety of rituals. The first option is cleansing, by inducting those suffering from blindness of the soul into the faith, in this they are brought into the light of the All-Father by removing the rot of ignorance from their being. For those who are already of the faith, however, they may be subjected voluntarily or forcefully to penance by fire. Should all other options fail then the only remaining option is the All-Father’s Peace.