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| − | ==Laws of the Shadow==
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| − | As the Shadow’s armies spread across Erenland, the
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| − | Night Kings issued a series of edicts designed to deny their
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| − | new subjects the ability or will to resist their rule. The edicts
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| − | have been enforced by whip and vardatch; even orcs fresh
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| − | from the breeding grounds in the north understand that to
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| − | appear weak before the cattle, as they call the humans and
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| − | enslaved fey, is to invite a stampede. There are no appeals, no
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| − | mercy; judgment is swift and brutally efficient, with innocents
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| − | suffering as often as the truly guilty. In the case of serious
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| − | violations, whole families are enslaved or sacrificed for
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| − | the crimes of a single individual. The harshness of these punishments
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| − | is designed to turn brother against brother, father
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| − | against son. <br> Foremost among the laws of the Shadow are these: fey
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| − | are to be killed on sight or reported immediately; none but the
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| − | servants of Izrador may bear weapons, even simple hunting
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| − | tools like knives and bows; and none but the Order of
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| − | Shadow may teach others to read or write.
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| − | The subjects of Izrador also live in fear of the
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| − | Shadow’s enforcement of unwritten laws, which can
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| − | change at the whim of a local legate or garrison commander.
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| − | Even those proclamations that are declared with
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| − | posted writs and notices are sadistic excuses to punish the
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| − | ignorant, as few in Eredane have the ability to read. This
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| − | lack of certainty breeds fear and indecision, with villagers
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| − | seeking approval for even simple repairs or everyday
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| − | movements, yet fearing to draw attention to themselves
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| − | lest they earn a beating for their trouble. Survival skills in
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| − | these dark days are passed from generation to generation,
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| − | and among the most valuable things a child can learn are
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| − | how to anticipate a legate’s whims, how to predict an orc’s
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| − | rage, and most importantly how to remain unnoticed by
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| − | both.
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