WE BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING
  1. The Octarchs are narcissistic figureheads born into wealth and privilege and lacking any sense of reality. The unelected Vigesimi are in control of Yliakum and completely corrupted by their power. There is no system of accountability to the citizens of Yliakum. Think of the laws that have been written that unjustly allow for the Vigesimi to acquire more wealth and control! From the Octarchal Decree of 425 AY:
  • III. "No person shall be deprived of their property except... or direct intervention of a Vigesimi or Octarch."
  • XIII. "Anyone not making productive use of their lands shall have them seized by the Octarchy. A Vigesimi may seize any lands they deem needed for the preservation of the Octarchy with their Octarch's consent without public or private reprisal."
  • XIV. "Any lands deemed by the Vigesimi to be required for governmental use will be exploited to the pleasure of the government..."
  • XV. "Mines and other resources may be seized by Octarchal authority without prior warning." How can such a callous disregard for the rights of the people be allowed? There is no system of grievance, and no ability to replace a corrupt Vigesimi...
  • XXI. "Racism and racially motivated speech shall not be tolerated." While this is of course a great liberty, more can be done! Why do the Vigesimi only allow marriage between a man, woman or kran? Why are marriages not allowed between man and man, woman and woman or kran and kran? What absurd hypocrisy!
  • The Iron Hand (Priests of Laanx) are corrupted by their greed and ostentation. Likewise, the Conclave of the Glyphs (Priests of Talad) are corrupted by their own self-righteousness. While we cannot deny the existence of the gods, we can deny them worship and their temples patronage. It is a fallacy to think that the worship of the gods is necessary for resurrection- books by the Death Realm librarian Londris Kolaim state this clearly.
  • Additionally, the temples beguile the gullible into donating their hard-earned tria 'for the betterment of society.' Ask yourself, what have the temples done for you recently?
  • The Circles of Ways are corrupted by their restrictions on the knowledge and practice of inter-way magick, and the shadowcasters are denied access to tomes privileged information reserved only for exclusive masters. The Circles have imposed such stringent restrictions on the trade of glyphs that currently only basic ones are available to purchase Ironically, this has resulted in a black market trade of the more powerful ones through rogue characters, providing them with considerable money and influence. Make all glyphs available to purchase and this black market trading will cease!
  • The Circles have also made it a point to not provide information about the proper combinations of glyphs to create spells. Without this knowledge, many hurt themselves attempting reckless combinations. This practice of withholding knowledge must end!