"The Oakstone Charter"

"The Oakstone Charter" (Page 1)
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                    ~~THE CHARTER OF OAKSTONE~~
                           Year: 507 AF
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The organisation of Oakstone is dedicated to the preservation,
maintenance and defence of all of nature. As such, the Gods have seen
fit to place the very wrath of Nature Herself under the control of the
Hierophants.

This power is so awesome and deadly that each Hierophant, upon accepting
the position, swears to put aside personal feelings and to use this
power in defense of Nature in accordance with written Oakstone law and
for no other purpose. Members of Oakstone understand that they cannot
use the power of Oakstone to defend themselves and are therefore
expected to defend one another as well as the entirety of Nature that
lies within their care.

JURISDICTION

Every natural area shall be under Oakstone's protection. The gardens
within city walls are no exception; Oakstone protects these from
extermination, fires.

Those areas within the confines of the temple of a God will have all
laws applied to them unless said God requests otherwise.

Let it be known that Oakstone claims no ownership over any of the lands
it protects. These lands belong to Nature alone and may be owned by no
one, nor can they be bought, sold or given away.

LEADERSHIP

The ruling council of Oakstone consists of five Hierophants, appointed
by the Patrons of Oakstone and others that He or She sees fit to aide.

None are above the laws of Oakstone. If a Hierophant should commit an
offence punishable by enemy status, he or she will be removed from
Oakstone until his or her punishment has been served.

If a member of Oakstone is not satisfied with the performance of a
particular Hierophant, he or she may bring his or her concerns to one of
the Patrons of Oakstone and those concerns will be investigated.

At any time, a Patron of Oakstone has the right to ask a Hierophant of
Oakstone to step down from the Council of Eleusis if He or She does not
feel the Hierophant is adequately performing in both roles.

OFFICIAL ACTIONS

Hierophants are expected to make all decisions based upon the existing
written laws of Oakstone and to report official actions to Oakstone
regularly.

When possible the Hierophants are responsible to make the membership
aware of any and all issues which are not currently covered by Oakstone
law or for which no precedent is set before any decisions are made.

Since Oakstone is based upon the principle of a council rather than a
single leader, all decisions should be made and agreed upon as a
council. At the same time, Hierophants may act independently of the
Council when necessary to respond to a clear and immediate danger to
Nature within the existing laws of Oakstone.

Under no circumstances is any enemy of Oakstone to be relieved of their
enemy status before payment of his or her fine and the passing of the
allotted time without the unanimous consent of the council and approval
of Oakstone's Patron.

Any public announcement made by a Hierophant of Oakstone, be it verbal
or written, regarding an Oakstone matter should be considered as being
the voice of the entire Council.

THE FIANNA

The Fianna is a military organisation which works alongside and in
conjunction with the defences of Oakstone. It shall be lead by the High
Fion and any generals he or she sees fit to appoint. The High Fion
answers directly to the council of Hierophants and its Divine Patron,
but may act independently in case of any emergencies so long as he or
she does so within the laws governing the Council of Oakstone. Only the
Hierophants of Oakstone may declare a state of war. However should a
state of war be declared, the High Fion is authorised to use any
reasonable means necessary within Oakstone law to accomplish Oakstone
goals.

Membership to the Fianna is open to all who serve Nature, at the
discretion of the High Fion. The High Fion is to always be a member of
Oakstone, and can be appointed or dismissed on unanimous decision of the
Hierophants or their Patrons. An advisory board consisting of the
Hierophants of Oakstone, the House Leaders of the Druids, Sentinels and
Sylvans and the Patrons of Oakstone, are to always remain within the
Fianna in order to counsel the High Fion as to where to swing the sword
of Nature.

The Fianna differs from the other defences of Oakstone in that it may be
used to defend not just Nature, but the members of Oakstone as well.
Given this, members may engage in battle with enemies that may not
directly harm Nature, but instead actively harm forestals.


MEMBERSHIP

Oakstone's purpose is to ensure that all of Nature thrives. Members are
expected to be committed to accepting responsibility without any
expectation of reward. Glory and power hold no place here. All that
comes with Oakstone membership is duty and the expectation that it will
be executed with dedication.

Membership in Oakstone is offered to those who have dedicated their
lives to Nature. Applicants must not be on probation within their House
or they must be a rogue. They must be at least twenty-five years of age
and must have attained either the skill of dousing in survival, icewyrm
in metamorphosis or freeze in elementalism.

Only those who have not proven themselves in the past to have caused
harm to Nature or the organisation of Oakstone will be considered for
membership. Members will not be allowed to be affiliated with Mhaldor or
the Lords Shaitan and Apollyon. This includes Houses and Clans that
further the causes of Shaitan and Apollyon, as well as Their Divine
Orders. Furthermore, applicants must not follow any God who has
intentionally caused harm to Nature in the past.

Members of Oakstone are not permitted to hold citizenship of any
recognised state other than the forestal city of Eleusis.

Applicants into Oakstone must obtain three sponsors from within
Oakstone. The sponsors must be willing to guide the Applicant by
training the Applicant and explaining the laws and policies of Oakstone
and submit a written recommendation to the Hierophant responsible for
membership. If the applicant gains the requisite number of sponsors, he
or she can then be interviewed by either two or more Hierophants, or a
Hierophant and a member of the Quaiyl.

The Quaiyl, which means Tribunal, are a group of individuals that make
up Oakstone's Membership Committee. They are charged with the duty of
assisting the Heirophants with interviewing hopeful new Oakstone
members. A Quaiyl should have spent an appropriate amount of time in
Oakstone to understand the basic ideals used in an interview. They can
be chosen by the Hierophant in charge of Membership or a majority of
Hierophants. The members of the Quaiyl must be active in the realms and
may be removed at any time by a majority of Heirophants.

One Heirophant must be present for an interview to occur and may be
assisted by a second Heirophant or a member of the Quaiyl. If both
interviewers agree upon membership, the applicant will be invited to
join Oakstone. If the Heirophants and Quaiyl present at the interview
cannot come to agreement, then the applicant's entrance will go to a 3/5
majority vote within 1 year to the Heirophants with a record of the
interview. If they are denied entrance, they may reapply after 5 years.
If this second request for entrance into Oakstone is denied, they will
not be granted another submission to join. It is the responsibility of
the applicant to contact the Heirophants with a request to reapply to
Oakstone.

Applicants offered membership within Oakstone are encouraged to
introduce himself or herself by means of posting on the Oakstone board.
Further, it is highly suggested and encouraged that all members join a
team to patrol for fire, totems and other harm to Nature.

Any member of Oakstone who earns enemy status by violation of Oakstone
laws will be cast out of Oakstone until such time as his or her
punishment has been served. At that time, he or she may only be
readmitted by unanimous consent of the Council of Hierophants.

LAWS


EXTERMINATIONS, HOLOCAUSTS, INFERNOS

1-2 room(s): 5K fine and 1 Achaean year enemy time per room.
3-10 rooms: 7.5K fine and 1,5 Achaean year enemy time per room.
11-20 rooms: 10K fine and 2 Achaean years enemy time per room.
21-30 rooms: 15K fine and 3 Achaean years enemy time per room.
31+ rooms: permanent enemy status.

and a 5K fine and 1 year enemy time per incident for assisting in the
above crimes against Nature.


BLIGHTING

Automatic permanent enemy status.

Assisting blighting: 20k fine and 5 Achaean years enemy time.


WORMHOLES

No wormholes are to be placed in the forest without the unanimous
consent of the Hierophant council in conjunction with the High Fion of
Oakstone. These locations are to be made known to all the members of
Oakstone. Illegal wormholes discovered in the forest shall be destroyed.


SHRINES

Shrines within the forest must be approved by the High Fion and a
majority of Hierophants. Permission to place shrines in the forest shall
be freely granted save for shrines of gods who have proven themselves
enemies to Nature. Shrines to those gods will not be permitted and all
within the forest shall be removed. Oakstone reserves the right to
refuse permission for a shrine placement that would impact detrimentally
on the safety of the forest. Oakstone, in conjunction with the Fianna,
shall maintain a map and/or list of all shrines within the forests of
Achaea.


SPYING

Any member of Oakstone who passes information to another organisation
which may bring harm to or endanger the security of another member of
Oakstone, or which may be detrimental to the goals of Oakstone, will be
removed from Oakstone. Any member of Oakstone who passes information to
another organisation which causes harm to the forest, directly or
indirectly, will be cast out of Oakstone and prosecuted as if they
themselves had caused the harm.