cerulia PUTTING CRIMINALS TO WORK

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PUTTING CRIMINALS TO WORK

Issued at Year 236 of the Second Age

 

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While Cerulia remains where it stands after a long series of war, politics and adjustments, prosperity is hard to find in the colder north. With our population working hard to maintain ourselves and with a desire to grow our Most Serene March even further, we have found a most interesting solution.
 

Indentured Servitude

While at first this might sound a little extreme, we have concluded that there is a more humane approach to this method.

 

First there has to be an establishment of contract with a willing participant, where every little detail must be written down such as the necessity to house this person, what rights they will maintain other than their basic rights granted in Cerulia and what kind of work they can perform to pay off their debt.

 

Every person in such a position will receive at the very least taxless housing, food, drink  and purpose. For those religious, they may freely attend their religious sermons or mass. They are not limited to reside within Cerulia, though it may speed up the process of becoming debtless once more.

 

Naturally this may be used to settle a debt between people or between person and state if they owe a large fine they cannot pay off.

 

A Simple Offer

The Most Serene March of Cerulia offers those with debt to another settlement or state to approach us.

 

We will set up a contract with the one in debt and present it to the settlement or state that this person belongs to, with their permission we will put the one who is in debt to work until their debt has been paid off. However, Our Most Serene March of Cerulia will pay off the debt of this person to the settlement or state that they owe in full if we are to accept this person into a contract.

 

If a settlement or state finds themselves in a position where they have to fine a person who is unable to pay such a fine, that settlement or state may reach out to The Most Serene March of Cerulia to try to sell them to us directly.

However, one is not locked into eternal labor, as they are granted the option to buy themselves free once again by paying off the remainder of their debt.

 

ETERNAL WE MARCH

 

 

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signed,

 

Marq Mika “The Resourceful” Anarion,
Marq of The March of Cerulia, Founder of Cerulia, Head Merchant of the Cerulite Trading Company

 

Edited June 7, 2025 by mika1278
forgot the one thing that made it somewhat better - willingness

[TofuGomi 362]

Ezau read over the missive with furrowed brows, chewing on the end of her paintbrush from where she sat in Cerulia. "Indentured Servitude is one hell of a fancy way of saying slavery." 

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