The Codes Of Honor

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Codes of Honor

 

- Grudges and Debts -

 

๏ If a deal is struck between two individuals within the lands of the Iron Uzg, and one side fails to fulfill their obligations, the offended side will have a year to bring their strife to the Rex. The Rex will determine the legitimacy of the claim, and with him as witness, satisfaction will be demanded through blood, tribute, or labor. Failure to fulfill the Rex's sentence will result in death.

 

๏ If a competition has been wagered upon within the Iron Uzg, and any cheating has been uncovered, those witness will have a month to bring their claims to the Rex. The culprits of the foul play shall be thrown from the plateaus into the water below, and forced to scale the cliffside. They will be forbidden from entering any further competitions for a decade, unless they collect the heads of five enemies in battle and offer them to the Rex.

 

๏ If there has been theft within the lands of the Iron Uzg, the victims of the robbery will have a year to come forward to the Rex with their suspicions, or proof if they have taken initiative. If the evidence acquired proves to be legitimate, the culprit will have a crate filled with the same items, or likenesses of the item they stole - and be forced to climb with it to the peak of Mt. Vrogak before night falls. At which point, after finishing their descent, they will be expected to immediately klomp the individual they stole from - no matter how exhausted they are.

 

๏ If a murder is committed within a clan between members, the Wargoth or Warchief has total authority over the fate of the criminal. If a murder is committed between members of differing clans, the dispute must be brought to the Rex, judgement will be proclaimed when evidence is brought forward of the claim. If a murder is committed upon a slave by an Uruk or honorary Uruk, they will be expected to adhere to the laws of theft - carrying the corpse to the top of Mt. Vrogak. If a murder is committed between slaves, the surviving slave will be given to the now slaveless owner as compensation.

 

 

- Insults and Boasts -

 

๏ A guest within the deserts of the Iron Uzg, and slaves of the Iron Uzg, are to be warned a single time of their place, situation and position if an insult is directed to any Uruk. If a guest persists, the guest may be killed immediately, thrown from the plateaus into the water, dragged out of the desert with their legs tied to horses, or taken as a slave. If a slave persists, the insulted must first notify the owner of the grievance, before demanding satisfaction or acting on it, in the same forms as the guest. The owner of the slave is obligated to cooperate, as it was them who had not adequately broken the slave.

 

๏ An Uruk of lower rank will be warned a single time of their place, situation and position if an insult is directed to one of higher rank. If the Uruk persists, the insulted must first klomp their foe with either bare fists or stone weapons. Upon victory, they will be obligated to seek satisfaction in non-lethal manners. Throwing the lower Uruk from the plateaus into the water, marking them in pink and purple dyes, or staining their tusks with black ink are all acceptable and temporary methods for symbolizing their newly acquired shame. If the lower Uruk wins their klomp, they will be expected to adhere to the code of boasts.

 

๏ Any klomp within the Iron Uzg permits the victor to boast about their triumph over their opponent. A boast may only be made if evidence in the form of trophies or witnesses can be produced upon demand. In the matter of slain monsters, an Uruk may only boast if it was them that delivered the killing blow, or the one who delivered the killing blow permitted them to be included in the story. Slain monsters may be boasted about for eternity. In the matter of klomps between Uruks and other Uruks, or guests of the Iron Uzg, boasts may only be made of the klomp for a year afterward. If a boast is made afterwards, any Uruk may insult the boaster for living too far in the past, without worrying of action against them. The boaster is obligated to accept the insults out of honor, and understand they are an idiot.

 

- Visiting foreign lands -

 

๏ If an Uruk is not in a raid, and is simply wandering outside of the Iron Uzg by their own volition, they will be expected to conduct themselves honorably and respectfully as guests within a friendly territory. If they are within enemy territory, they will be expected to return to the Iron Uzg and join the next raiding party to there.

 

๏ An Uruk may not claim a slave within the walls of a city they have been peacefully permitted into.

 

๏ An Uruk may not murder a foreigner within their own walls unless physically attacked without any provocation. 

 

๏ An Uruk, if attacked, is to return to the Iron Uzg and present their grievance with the Rex. If the Rex finds the Uruk to have been wronged, and not an idiot, a raiding party will be assembled and lead to the foreign lands to demand satisfaction. No other Uruk may demand satisfaction on behalf of their brethren in foreign lands.

 

- Receiving Foreign Guests -

 

๏ If a foreigner approaches the gates of the Iron Uzg, any Uruk or honorary Uruk may demand to know why they are there.

 

๏ If a foreigner or group of foreigners come to the gates openly armed and armored, weapons drawn, the warhorns are to be blown and the Krughai assembled by discretion of those witness. Entrance will be permitted upon their disarming, if they refuse, they are to be killed or driven back.

 

๏ A foreigner is not to be harmed if they come bearing tribute to the Rex, this does not apply if insults have been directed to any Uruk or honorary Uruk, and ample warning has been given of their place.

 

๏ A foreigner claiming to be within the Iron Uzg on diplomacy, is not to be harmed under any circumstances prior to meeting with the Rex. If they come with tribute, they are not to be bothered any further beyond the initial line of questioning. If they come without tribute, they are to be escorted immediately to the Rex. Illegitimate diplomats upon declaration by the Rex, will be held to the whims of the Uruk that discovered them, as that Uruk's reward.

 

The scroll seems to contain quite a bit of space still, perhaps additions will be made in the future.