Sapience,


By the will of the people and the declaration of the Regency of Hashan, thus is our intent made known. So is our charge sculpted in word, scribed in stone, and manifest in deed. Ever forward.


(The Edict of Shadows)


We, the Court of Shadows, stand as heralds of what can be and what shall be, accepting no obstacle nor hindrance in our pursuit of a greater future wrought by our own hand. Embracing both the crucible of conflict and the visceral challenge that comes with this essential charge, we, the people of Hashan, do pledge to ever strive to surpass what came before, and suffer no height as the purported pinnacle of possibility.


In blazing the path we have chosen we will accept no authority as absolute and unchanging: be it tradition, morality, or Divine mandate. Through the evolution and adaptation of society to circumstance is our promise made manifest. Ingenuity shall be our bulwark to ward off stagnation, and innovation our blade to excise mediocrity.


Plumbing the depths of sciences esoteric and material, we aspire to master the fabric of our world and others through dedicated observation and peerless study. Ambition and drive are the hallmarks of those who march beneath the banner of Progress, recognising that only through unified commitment to refinement and advancement of the self and the whole may we ever seek to better the world at large.


We will be harbingers of Truth in a world rife with falsehood, our actions girded in the harsh clarity of reality laid bare and the cognisance that consequence of action is our due. With eyes open do we embody the myriad possibilities of the greater Dark; boundless potential the mark of our passage upon the tapestry of history.


We endeavour to cultivate a world shorn of smothering zealotry and careless obedience, sowing the seeds of knowledge and reason throughout the span of Creation entire. Watered by the blood of we who stand sentinel, these seeds shall crumble the flawed foundations of predetermined subjugation and institutional obeisance. In their place, we shall raise the foundational pillars of a society in which mortals make their own choices, and are free to explore the boundless depths of possibility inherent in mortal agency.


We are the Court of Shadows, and no tool is too small, no weapon too great for our hand as we pave the way forward in blood and fire, ink and voice, pioneers of the era to come.


Ever,


Mezghar Al'Jafri


Seneschal

Penned by my hand on the 17th of Ero, in the year 846 AF.