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To Decry Madness An Announcement to the Silver State of Haelun’or 2nd of Sun’s Smile, Year 83 - S.A _____________________________________________________________________________________________ MALI’THILL, Laurir Usamea An’asul has put a question to elmalauriran and by extent, to the Blessed State of Haelun’or, and this is a simple question based on two simple premises. “Should Homosexuality be legalized in Haelun’or, provided that one has reached the age of infertility and has contributed offspring to the State?” While at first glance it may be appealing to consider this question seriously, I urge you to disregard these grievous ramblings for reasons that I shall now make apparently clear by way of logical argumentation. The argument as presented by Laurir An’asul explicitly suggests that homsexuality, which is unmistakingly regarded as impure, ceases to be so when an individual has both reached the age of infertility and has provided children to the State. This individual, is now free to engage in homosexual acts and relationships. This is absurd and it is quite clear that Laurir An’asul lacks in abundance, even a basic understanding of our philosophy on Marriage, Love, and Sexual Relations. I recommend to you, a book entitled ‘The Dichotomy of Lewdness’, written by none other than Malaurir Lucion Sullas. It is beyond the intellect of any Mali’thill to seriously consider whether or not Homosexuality ought to be legalized, and by extend, accept as something ‘good’ or indeed ‘normal’. Given this, I shall not waste my time arguing against it. All I aim to do is expose the absurdity behind the logical argument presented by Laurir An’asul. I must apologize to you, dearest reader for what I shall now lay before your eyes, however it is a necessary evil to expose the danger which Laurir An’asul wishes to place our blessed society into the hands of. ________________________________________________________________________ Consider the following three scenarios. An individual has reached the age of infertility and has provided two children to the State. This individual has an attraction to an Uruk. In fact, this individual would go even further, claiming to ‘love’, this Uruk. Why should they not be allowed to marry? For this Mali’aheral has reached the age of infertility and has provided children to the State? Are they not entitled now, to engage in any and all acts? This reasoning leads to an acceptance of Interracial Relations. An individual has reached the age of infertility and has provided two children to the State. This individual has an attraction to their sibling. In fact, this individual would go even further, claiming to ‘love’ their sibling. Why should they not be allowed to marry? For these two Mali’aheral have reached the age of infertility and have both provided two children to the State? This reasoning leads to an acceptance of Incestuous Relations. Two married individuals have both reached the age of infertility and have both provided two children each to the State. These individuals, though married to other people, have an attraction to one another. In fact, these individuals go even further, claiming to ‘love’ each other. Why should they not be allowed to marry? For these Mali’aheral have reached the age of infertility and have provided children to the State. This reasoning leads to an acceptance of Physical Fraternization outside of Marriage. ________________________________________________________________________ It is thus, that I request the immediate summons and subsequent trial of Laurir Usamea An’asul for knowingly and willfully encouraging other Mali’aheral to violate both elMAEHR’SAE HIYLUN’EHYA and THE SILVER LAW Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya ________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Malaurir Braxus Ni’leya

"Absolutely NOT" States the Malaurir Ni'leya with disgust as he concludes his reading of the missive.

A missive is propagated within the Capital of Haelun’or To Prophesize 3rd of Sun’s Smile, Year 75 - S.A _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MALI’THILL, Silence will deafen the streets of our city as darkness envelops the once roaring hearths of our homes, and in memory only, shall laughter and cries of joy dwell. Ruin and decay shall come swiftly when the scowling winds mock our once great Bastion of Silver as the sands draw closer, blinding those who had not the sense to shield their eyes. Unnumbered, shall the tears of our people be and the world shall set its back upon us. No sound nor echo of our demise shall be heard. Quietly, shall those wicked with ignorance go into the night, vanishing under the light of distant stars. Their triumphant glee will turn to horror - though too late is the hour of their recognition. And when at last the gales subside and bereft now, is our Haelun’or of life - YOU will have made a crypt of my home. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AND IT SHALL BE SO _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The former Maheral of the Silver State of Haelun'or, Malaurir Braxus Ni'leya shakes his head.

A missive is propagated within the Capital of Haelun’or The End 10th of Malin’s Welcome, Year 75 - S.A _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MALI’THILL, As Elmarullral’ito’tennallar came to be, so too shall he pass. He who has been, is no longer. I have restored to you, our dearest Haelun’or. To Haelun’or, have I demanded - as per my most silver prerogative - the election of a Sohaer. The resulting Sohaer in turn, has filled elHeial’thilln and the State has resumed its proper functioning. In time, you shall see further fruits, born of my efforts. Each of us has a time and a purpose. While the sacrosanct office of the Maheral is eternal, those Malauriran, are simply not. I have fulfilled what the will of Silver has asked of me, and now - as autumn leaves fall, it is time for their sacrifice to nourish leaves anew. I leave no named successor. Such shall, in time, be determined by my predecessors. Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Maheral Braxus Ni’leya.

Let me explain something really quickly to you both, as you seem to be on this moral high horse @Venomous_Pup, @Havsbris_. This conflict was a nasty one, OOC'ly speaking. People on both sides of this conflict were nasty, so let's drop the dumb pretense that it's Haelun'or and solely Haelun'or who is bad here. If I truly am this evil, hateful, toxic person, then why haven't I been banned? Why, in my 10 year + history on this server, have I not been banned for anything related to these things? Have I suddenly, in these past few months become this totally different kind of person? Where is your proof of this? The reality is, you have none. There's a reason why Kiwi is banned and I'm not. Furthermore, I'm not the one who reported her. I've been called a sexist, a misogynist, a pedophile, a racist, et cetera, by your best buddy. You've all seen the shit that has been said about me in your various group chats. So let's drop the victim complex okay? Secondly, to touch on your point Venom, to say that I have bullied Kiwi is the whackest shit I've ever heard. Kiwi is a serial bully. It isn't even funny how many people she has harassed on this server, across multiple communities. It's funny though, Kiwi was blacklisted from Haelun'or until I became NL. I let kiwi back in to Haelun'or. Regarding your settlement, I couldn't care less about Celia'nor and what your community does. I in fact, advocated for you guys getting your settlement when Twi and I were speaking with admins at the end of this conflict. At the start of this conflict, I raised the question of why you guys weren't just doing your own thing and building up your own settlement. I don't care what you guys do. It's none of my business. Regarding your comments, Havsbris; Idk what you mean by 'master' of Haelun'or. I came back to Lotc in the summertime. I've never once held a position within Haelun'or prior to this. I'm not motivated by power, I never have been. I wanted to help Haelun'or out, as one of the old players who actually understands the culture and what makes Haelun'or successful. And guess what? When I became NL, Haelun'or not only recovered, but was doing extremely well. I'm not complaining about anything at the moment, but I will complain when I feel that things are fucked up. For example, and I don't know why you guys act as if this never happened, but Kiwi literally put up an OOC section on a forum post declaring how she was doing this to **** over this nasty, racist, evil community. This literally happened, yet we're still playing dumb here as if this was all an RP conflict. Haelun'or won this conflict because of one thing, and one thing alone. When it came down to actual Haelunorians RP'ing, it was us who had a clear majority. The vast majority of your numbers, came from Fenn. This is why you lost. You didn't have the support of the Haelunorian playerbase and you never made any attempts to win over their support. Instead, you resorted to conflict and rallying people to destroy us, which actually bolstered the support for actual Haelunorians such as myself.

Absolutely, every RP action has some level of OOC to it. The difference is, the entirety of the RP was motivated by OOCly wanting to destroy a community because she didn't like that community. That's the difference.

These people weren't involved with Haelun'or towards the end of Iverach's leadership (In summer), and this conflict began when I became NL. On day one of me being NL, we had 0.5% activity, and dropping. By the time I had to step down due to OOC stuff, we were on 7.5% and climbing. This was done in a relatively short time period. "Reviving Haelun'or" doesn't make sense as a pretense for this conflict, given that they weren't involved with Haelun'or, at least not twi, and that Hnor was the most active Elf Nations, and one of the most active Nations on the server. Kiwi and co were involved and got more involved midway through my stint as NL, but Twi's only interactions with Haelun'or was based in conflict. This was an OOC conflict aimed at destroying the Nation and Community, which Kiwi stated herself.

"I thank you for your support, dearest vassal." states, HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, Frederick I of the House of Staunton, by the Light of God, Emperor of Anovia, Forever August, King of Courland, of Lotharingia, Mardon, Hanseti, Ruska, Prince of Evreux, Duke of the Crownlands, Curon, Eastbourne, Courland, Eruthos, Frederica, Marna, Count of Beauclaire, Sundhold, Wett, Aleksandria, Riga, Johannesburg, Baron of Curonburg, Darkwood, Gravelhold, Supreme Protector of Man.

THE ANOVIAN EMPIRE “We carry the torch to light the way for the next era of man.” Issued and Confirmed on the 3rd of the First Seed Year 72 of the Second Age by His Imperial Majesty, Frederick I. Ab Cinerem Imperium, from the Ashes of the Empire, the Empire of Anovia is born from the desire of man for liberty and justice, to replace the corrupt Horenic and Novellian regime that has strangled humanity for countless decades. The Empire of Anovia, formed by the Great House of Staunton, serves as a replacement to the Holy Orenian Empire, which has proven to be futile for humanity. Be it their corrupt and wicked Emperors desire for glory and prestige on the battlefield at the expense of the common man or their mad Emperor’s demand for the destruction of the Capital of humanity, simply to spite his enemies, humanity can no longer stand idle and submit to Horen and Novellen Emperors, their only claim for legitimacy being their supposed ‘divine right’. Instead We, the holders of the torch that will lead the way for the next era of man, form this Empire on the principles of liberty and justice and cite our legitimacy from the desire of mankind for a stable and sustainable nation. We, as the servants of Humanity and God do declare the House of Horen and the House of Novellen as enemies of Humanity, and We do so declare unconditional warfare on the House of Horen and the House of Novellen and all those who call them master. We declare the dominion of the Empire of Anovia over all mankind. We will bring a new era for man and a new era for all of the descendants, however the plague that cripples humanity must be erased first. Signatum sub oculis Dei Deus HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, Frederick I of the House of Staunton, by the Light of God, Emperor of Anovia, Forever August, King of Courland, of Lotharingia, Mardon, Hanseti, Ruska, Prince of Evreux, Duke of the Crownlands, Curon, Eastbourne, Courland, Eruthos, Frederica, Marna, Count of Beauclaire, Sundhold, Wett, Aleksandria, Riga, Johannesburg, Baron of Curonburg, Darkwood, Gravelhold, Supreme Protector of Man.

LOTC really lost its RP spirit a few maps ago. The server feels more like a factions server where people only put in the minimal amount of RP required to justify their OOC driven agendas.

[!] The following missive is sent across Elvendom [!] To Condemn 10th of The Deep Cold, Year 71 - S.A _____________________________________________________________________________________________ “MALI, The Maheral, is the spiritual successor of Larihei - it is I, who have been appointed as Larihei’s sole representative, by those of her lineage who have come before. I am the bearer of the legacy of the Silver Maiden and as such, I carry the blessed prerogative of Silver - the mantle of maintaining our blessed ways is the burden I am tasked with sustaining, and as such, I announce; An Elven day ago, a shrine was uncovered within our blessed city, in the basement of one of our Manor homes - the home of the Valwynn’s. This shrine was styled and dedicated to none but Azdromoth, and without a doubt, it served as a focal point for the group, including Ivarielle Ibarellan, whom I dubbed many years ago, a follower of Azdromoth, for her insistence that I, then Sohaer, offer recompense and my apology to the thralls of Azdromoth who had previously been routed from Haelun’or. Let it be known, that those who bear the name Valwynn, are summoned to Haelun’or, where they shall be tried by ancient tradition. Should they refuse to stand before elParir’tiran, then they shall be determined guilty. Furthermore, she who once bore the name Ni’leya, has forfeited her right to do so, she has been disowned - As Mali’thill, my obligations to Haelun’or, are of much greater importance than to any individual, be they kin or otherwise. To the Nations of Elvendom, I encourage caution. Have no dealings with those of Azdromoth’s followers, for they shall bring ruin and corruption unto your lands - they are a plague, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Consign the Principality of Celia'nor to nothingness. Heed my warning Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya ________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Maheral Braxus Ni’leya

Wow, really nice addition I think! Good flavor to an already spicy magic!

The Order of Elmarullral’ito’tennallar Founded by Sohaer Braxus Ni’leya 16th of The Deep Cold, Year 53 - S.A _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents PREAMBLE DISTINCTION HIERARCHY _____________________________________________________________________________________________ PREAMBLE The wickedness of our world cannot be understated. The nature of our existence spurs those of evil design, to rally against us. They move in shadow, that they may be hidden from sight - yet it is the luster of our very being that illuminates their nefarious wills, so that we may readily contend. Called are you, to this most blessed Order, that you may with all your resolve, withstand the forces of Iblees and that you may bolster the minds and hearts of our blessed children of Silver, against that which will come. Irradiate what has come before, so that the path we must traverse, shall be well trampled upon. Leave not your fellow ‘thill, to happen upon the unsteady knoll, nor the twisting undergrowth, but set steady, a plain course for all to follow. This is your charge. That which has been splintered , shall be cast anew - wrought by argent will, she shall prevail _____________________________________________________________________________________________ DISTINCTION There shall exist two divisions within this Blessed Order. Ordinary members, and those of elEvarir’thill Il’cruan. The foes of Haelun’or struck firmly, at the very core of our design. Within plain sight, these creatures lurked and devised. Never again, shall this happen. Beware, mali’thill’ne and mali’elor; the coming of elEvarir’thill Il’cruan is once again upon us. It is the duty of those who bear the seal of E.T.H.I.C to protect our Blessed City and Revered Ways from the taint of impurity and treachery that may seep its way into our home. - An E.T.H.I.C may demand access to private/restricted areas in any elven district within Haelun’or and may search the area if warranted, on the condition that such is granted by the Maheral. - An E.T.H.I.C may detain an elf suspected of traitorous thoughts or impurity, on the condition that such is granted by the Maheral. - An E.T.H.I.C, in pursuit of their investigations, are not necessarily subject to the laws of the land, subject to the Sohaer’s will. - An E.T.H.I.C may confiscate objects deemed too liberal, or that go against the maehr’sae hiylun’ehya, in any district under Mali’aheral authority. - All damning evidence procured by the E.T.H.I.C is to be brought to either the Sohaer or the Maheral for the convening of Three Parir’tiran for a trial under the Silver Law of Haelun’or. - All complaints regardidng the conduct of any E.T.H.I.C’s application of searches, detentions, and confiscations are to be brought to the Sohaer for processing. kaean'leh evareh chul'okarirae'ehya kaean'leh thill ____________________________________________________________________________________________ HIERARCHY Maheral The Order shall have at its head, to whom all authority stems from, and all allegiance is owed, the Blessed Maheral. It shall be they, who lead this order and its most vital directive. Lliran thilln’leh Those of the flock of Larihei, who have been invited into this Blessed Order, shall henceforth, be referred to, as Lliran thilln’leh Sulii’ceru The Sulli’ceru shall co-ordinate the efforts of elEvarir’thill Il’cruan, and shall carry out this duty with the guidance of the Maheral. All agents of E.T.H.I.C are bound to the direction of the Sulii’ceru, with consent of the Maheral. Evarir’thilln The agents of elEvarir’thill Il’cruan, who shall carry out their orders in pursuance of the directives of elSulii’ceru. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya

A great decision, and a fair verdict +1

The Thirty-Second and current Maheral, Braxus Ni'leya, briefly scans through the missive. Upon the completion of such, a simple,"I think not." is uttered, as he continues about his day.

Another forum is called within the Silver City of Haelun’or and a podium erected. The newly elected Maheral, Braxus Ni’leya, stands before the assemblage of his peers and announces the following; To Announce a Sohaer 2nd of Malin’s Welcome, Year 70 - S.A _____________________________________________________________________________________________ “MALI’THILL, An election was called, and many of you performed your civic duty. You, the people, have elected one who shall lead us into a new Silver Age - Alaion Miravaris, is hereby pronounced Sohaer of Haelun’or, by a striking majority of votes. May you perform your duties diligently, and may your actions be guided solely by and in the interests of, Larihei's Blessed Vision. 68 - 6 In the words of Silir’ilume; ‘These are no halcyon days. Stride forth eagerly in your duty to the Silver City and our crowning philosophy’, Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya ________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Maheral Braxus Ni’leya

Voting Ballot ((Minecraft Name: Tiocfaidh_ar_la) Name: Braxus Ni'leya Age: 650+ Vote 1: Alaion Miravaris Vote 2: Abstain Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya