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The Living Law is a spiritual codex drawn up between the Hist trees and the ancient Lilmothiit with the help of Tseol, a wandering fox-god who gave them his shape. This agreement gave Litigants the right to live in Black Marsh safely, but forced its custodianship upon them in turn. The Living Law provides far too many obligations in comparison to the rights, so cheating and exploiting its loopholes is not only expected, but rewarded. Powerful Lawspeakers are known to "hold court" with the Hist via dangerous tonal magic seances in hopes to alter the terms of the contract favorably.
| Tenet | Effects |
|---|---|
| Legalism |
• Reduce law costs by -10% for each Virtue a ruler has
• Increase law costs by 10% for each Sin a ruler has • Vassals and Counties are less likely to join Factions against a Virtuous ruler • Vassals and Counties are more likely to join Factions against a Sinful ruler • Electors under elective Succession types are more likely to vote for the choice of their Liege if their Liege is Just • Certain Might Makes Right Level of Fame requirements can be fulfilled with Level of Devotion and paid with Piety in place of Prestige |
| "Our laws are the result of generations of wisdom and devoutness, and adhering to them is by its very nature pious. A sinner, no matter who, will never be above the law." | |
| Ritual Celebrations |
• Hosting a Feast earns Piety
• Vassals are more likely to attend your Feasts. Those who still refuse to come will lose Piety for doing so. • Vassal Opinion: +5 • Courtier Opinion: +5 |
| "The worship of the divine is something to be exalted in and shared with our community. Organizing great festivals to honor and praise the divine brings us all together." | |
| Polyamory | • Adherants do not receive Opinion penalties or Imprisonment Reasons on their spouse or their spouse's lovers for having extramarital relationships |
| "Our love for each other should be as unconditional as Asuura's love for us. We must cast away the outdated notions of one person owning the affections of another." |
| Patron | Effects |
|---|---|
| Tseol |
• Prowess: +4
• Monthly Piety: +0.1 |
| "The wily fox-god of Laws, Loopholes, and Doomed Undertakings who gifted the Lilmothiit his form in the ancient past. He taught his students the three impossible lessons: Winning-While-Losing, Stretching-the-Drumskin, and Leaving-but-Remaining; then made his way North to be slain, and to come back." | |
| Jefr |
• Monthly Piety: +0.1
• Monthly Prestige: +0.10 • General Opinion: +5 |
| "The exacting leaf-god of Language and Proper Tones who lives in a bone-tomb deep underground and shouts commandments and imperatives into the roots of trees. He minted the first words and put them into empty throats of living things, a feat that earns him respect in spite of his weak Law." | |
| Asuura |
• Learning: +1
• Monthly Piety: +0.1 • General Opinion: +5 |
| "The fickle spinner-goddess of Nets and Fates who rules the Diurnality of Cats and the Dominion of Ashes. Once spurned by them, she tests the Fox-folk with unfavorable deals and ill passions, and her rewards may be both rich and dubious." |
| Virtues | Sins |
|---|---|
| Patient | Impatient |
| Just | Arbitrary |
| Fickle | Stubborn |
| Vengeful |
| Name | Effects |
|---|---|
| Limolith |
• All Litigants:
County Conversion Resistance: +50% |
| Blackrose |
• All Litigants:
Direct Vassal Opinion: +5 |
| Murkwood |
• All Litigants:
County Conversion speed in Black Marsh: +20% |
| Eldenroot |
• All Litigants:
Direct Vassal Opinion: +5 |
| Tseol's Heart |
• All Litigants:
Intrigue: +1 |