Imperial Decrees (Shireroth)/Protected Status in the Lower Elwynn

A Decree from Her Imperial Magnificence

Salome, through the intercessions of Divine Providence, Kaiseress of Shireroth,

Queen of Ransenar, Rani of Tas Neemia, Emira of Sathrati, Sardar of Talenore, Princess of Hurmu, Princess among the Lakes, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the Dragon, of Griffin, of Phoenix, and of Chimera, Sovereign of the Golden Mango Throne, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad,

announcing for the sake of all Shireroth that,

As it has become necessary to manage and contain those rebellious elements found in the Lower Elwynn Region for a prolonged period of time following their surrender to Our authority, and

Recognizing the humanitarian concerns of these rebellious elements, who are ultimately Our subjects, despite their present disposition, and thus must receive protection from the justifiably-inflamed passions present among Our loyal and most honorable armed forces,

The following has been offered as a sign of Our abundant mercy:

1. The Department of Lachlan is granted incorporation as the City of Lachlan.
2. An imperial circle is created to encompass the territory that had been held by the rebellious group, self-named the Protectorate Military Council, at the time of the formation of the Imperial Expedition to the Guttuli. It shall be administered from the City of Lachlan.
3. Eoin Kalous is appointed Lord Lieutenant for the Golden Mango Throne to the Lachlan Circle.
4. Rebellious elements, captured in the service of the self-named Protectorate Military Council, are designated as a protected class of Community Service Workers under Shirerithian Law. They shall be placed into the protective custody of the Lord Lieutenant for the Golden Mango Throne to the Lachlan Circle, or to the Lord Lieutenant for the Golden Mango Throne to the Isenbury Circle, dependent upon which Imperial Circle they had been housed at the time of this decree's issuance, and dependent upon administrative necessity.
5. The aforementioned Lieutenants shall establish colonies for the adequate housing and work of this protected class in accordance with the requirements set out by Imperial Decree 1027.
6. Members of this protected class, who, at the time of this decree's issuance, had already been taken by members of Our loyal and honorable armed forces for service, either to that person or to their clan, shall be given over to the Lieutenant for that Imperial Circle. Compensation, either in lump or as a percentage of their labor at colony, shall be issued by the Lieutenant as appropriate to their rank and degree of skill.
7. Following the submission of the Lower Elwynn to Our authority, members of this protected class may be reevaluated according to the degree of their rank at time of capture and their complicity in the crimes committed by their leadership. Those evaluated favorably and who display a contrite heart may be offered the opportunity to submit themselves into Loyal Subjecthood.

Given at Lachlan on the First day of the Eleventh month of the Year of Our Norton Sixteen-Hundred Eighty-Six,

SALOME