THE LAWS OF FERGANA VALE

The following are the IC LAWS of Fergana  Vale, these laws apply to EVERYONE ICLY.

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Breaking and Entering:

This refers to any act including, but not limited to opening, breaking, incinerating, magically transporting, or in any way causing a door, window, or other portal that has been magically or mundanely locked or which a reasonable person would assume to be so restricted to be passable, and the act (though the act is not required for the definition) of entering the house, business, or public location through said defined portal. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

The fine and incarceration, or both, or neither, may be less in a crime of Attempted Breaking and Entering. A crime of Attempted Breaking and Entering is defined as an any act that a reasonable person would perceive as the preparation for, an attempt (whether successful or not, or perceived to be possibly successful or not) to bring about the opening, breaking, incinerating, magically transporting, or in any way causing a door, window, or other portal that has been magically or mundanely locked or which a reasonable person would assume to be so restricted to be passable, and the act (though the act is not required for the definition) of preparing or attempting (whether successful or not, perceived to be possibly successful or not) entering the house, business, or public location through said defined portal.

Trespassing:

This refers to walking, flying, riding, teleporting, floating, or in any way moving or existing on a property without the explicit written or spoken permission (or permission a reasonable person might infer) of the owner or caretaker of the property. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Assault:

Any threat or attempt (whether successful or not) to do physical, emotional, mental, or magical harm or injury to another person, group of persons, or entity a reasonable person might assume to be sentient. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Murder:

Any act of premeditated or malicious or premeditated and malicious (or an act that a reasonable person would call premeditated and malicious or premeditated or malicious) or accidental but criminally intended (or what a reasonable person would call criminally intended) purpose that results directly in the death (or destruction with implied death) of a person, group of persons, or entity a reasonable person might assume to be sentient. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Criminal Conspiracy:

Any meeting, communication, or encounter with the purpose (or which a reasonable person might assume had the purpose) of preparing or arranging a crime of any kind (or crimes of any kind) to be committed  or caused to be committed. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Vagrancy:

Any act of idleness, disorder, begging, or conduct unbecoming a person with occupation, gold, or a home, (or occupation, gold, and a home, or occupation or gold and home, or occupation and gold or home, or occupation and home or gold), or what a reasonable person would consider idle, disorderly, beggarly, or unbecoming. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Smuggling:

Any act of bringing in, taking out, teleporting, or causing to be brought in, taken out, or teleported an object considered illegal or, if not illegal, requiring an import or export tax which is not paid. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration, and will include confiscation of the offensive or illegal object. It may also include, but not be restricted to, execution or banishment, or execution and banishment.

High Treason:

Any act against (whether directly or indirectly, or any nonaction which results in circumstances, directly or indirectly, against) a allegiated sovereign or by a vassal to a liege, resulting (or what a reasonable person would assume would result) in physical, emotional, mental, or magical harm or injury in said sovereign or liege. The punishment for this crime will be death.

Pickpocketing:

Any act of stealing, taking, or, without explicit written or verbal permission (or what a reasonable person would infer as implied permission) an item or items a person, group of persons, or entity a reasonable person might assume to be sentient has on his, her, its, or their own person. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration, or a fine and incarceration.

Theft (sometimes called Larceny):

Any act of stealing, taking, or, without explicit written or verbal permission (or what a reasonable person would infer as implied permission) an item or items from a person, group of persons, or entity a reasonable person might assume to be sentient place of residence, business, person, or other location a reasonable person would assume is secured from looting. The punishment for this crime may include a fine or incarceration or even dismemberment of one’s hand and/or being nailed to the pole to be exposed to the public what his/her crime will be. If the stolen value is above fifty gold then it will be treated as a capital offense and can result in the death sentence.

Poaching:

The act of hunting for food/animals without permission on the land’s owner. This is and will be treated as a capital offense and the punishment for this crime will be a fine, incarceration or depending or worse, depending on the severity of the poached goods.

Both the definitions and punishments may fluctuate wildly according to situation. To each person accused of a crime the rule in Fergana follows: “Guilty until proven otherwise!” To prove this the guilty party is allowed, if available, to some legal council.

Addition note:  The option is there to choose for a TRIAL BY COMBAT, this could be declined or accepted by the ruler of Fergana. Depending on the crime a trial by combat can be decided by the ruler or chosen by the accused if it will end at  first blood, when yielding or to the death, in either case the ruler will decide.

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WITHIN THE ORINTH MANOR

GUEST RESTRICTION: 

All guest arrivals will leave their weapons at the gate, failing to do so will result in refusal to enter the estate.

Threats:

Threatening, raising a hand to the lord/lady or its kin will be seen as a capital offense and will be receiving a punishment befitting the crime.

Magic:

Within Dragonrock it is not permitted to use magic within the estate interior walls. Doing so without direct consent can and will result in disciplinary punishment.