Topic: Den Laws - Old Moved

Vuusoolta Wolf

Date: 2010-10-01 00:41 EST
Den Laws:
Fellow Den Citizen, if you have a dispute, or wish to know the laws of your jurisdiction, please read below.

Blood Tenants of the Den:
1. Life is to be cherished.
2. To kill a fellow Lupe is evil.
3. Respect and Honor your Elders.
4. Honor your mate.
5. Defend your pack.
6. The young shall live.
7. Share with your Family, Friends, or those we do not know.
8. Safety of the Den comes first.
9. To Die in Battle is a high honor.
10. To Sire the future is noble.
11. A healer is never to be harmed.
12. Eating another Lupe or any of our canine kin is evil.
13. The soul is sacred.

Jurisdiction Laws:
Agriculture
1. Crops shall be sown at the appropriate times.
2. Crops are to be rotated at the end of each harvest cycle.
3. All harvests are to be stored for Den use unless it is a family plot.
4. The price for crops shall be set at 6 Quartz Nukels a pound unless the crop is of a small or rare quality to which the price shall be 10 Quartz Nukels a half pound.
5. Neighbors may assist in the harvesting of crops and shall be paid a minimum of 2 Quartz Nukels a Lupe per hour.
6. Theft of any crops during harvest or storage is punishable by 1 month in confinement or compensation to the farmer stolen from for no less than the price of the crop stolen.
7. All Farmers are to rest a minimum of one day a week.
8. All livestock are to be kept healthy.
9. All livestock are to be kept secure and out of the Soul Garden.
10. Wandering livestock are the responsibility of the owner.
11. Theft of livestock is punishable by 6 months confinement or a minimum compensation of 1 Sapphire Nukel to cover all medical costs and loss of productivity.
12. Live stock for consumption must be certified healthy from the Head of Animal Husbandry.

Civil Disputes
1. Striking a fellow Lupe out of Anger is considered a crime punishable by 2 months in confinement.
2. Lewd behavior is considered a crime if it is against an elder.
3. Social gatherings shall be calm and under control.
4. Protests are to be peaceful.
5. Violent protests will be met with severe punishment by 1 year confinement or lashing in the Den Circle.
6. Striking of a female is considered proof of a male who would use his strength to have a mate. Punishable by 6 months confinement.
7. Injuries to a person by property owned either by the Den or built by the Den shall be assessed and compensated from the Den trust.

Foreign Affairs
1. Any acts of law breaking outside of the Den shall be met with neutrality and all investigations shall be swift.
2. The offender will be offered temporary asylum for one week during investigation and shall reside within the holding room of the Den Council of Laws Hall.
3. Offenses resulting in death or bodily harm to foreigners will be viewed as killing or harming a fellow Lupe.
4. Foreign law will be yielded to and the offender given over to the custody of the foreign law enforcer?s only if the transgression is clear.
5. Matters involving foreign laws that are not clear, complicated, or resulting in the insulting of a foreigner may be settled in the Den Council of Laws Hall so that the offended may enlighten the Judge of Foreign Affairs to any new or unknown laws or customs.
6. All Den Ambassadors are held accountable by the Judge of Foreign Affairs.

Honors
1. All Lupes are entitled to personal honor.
2. Any Lupe may appeal to the Judge if it is felt that that honor has been disgraced.
3. Disgrace of honor may be punished either by confinement or monetary retribution if it is between a child (Yuunoa), adolescent (Miinoa), and an Elder (Alphrans).
4. Disgrace of honor between Elders may be settled by compensation or loss of property.
5. Disgrace of honor due to physical blows or challenges shall be settled by a Duel Of Blood.
6. A Duel of Blood may only be between Elders.
7. The weapons for a Duel of Blood may be swords, paws, or muskets.
8. An elder killed in a Duel of Blood will not be seen as murder and the killer will not be tried.

Laws
1. All Lupes are entitled to wear, own, and use weapons.
2. Children (Yuunoa) may not be allowed severe weapons (fire arms, swords, spears, axes, knives, hammers, or any other weapon of lethality.) Blunt staves or wood swords are allowable.
3. Adolescents (Miinoa) may wear, own, and use weapons of lethality only when papered and banded with proof of training and responsibility.
4. Elders are allowed any weapon as long as they are not on public record for killing or injuring another Lupe by malice. Blood Duels are excluded.
5. Death by accident will be viewed as a severe crime until the origin of the accident and the possibilities of whether it was preventable have been ascertained. Punishment is by the Judge?s discretion.
6. Curfew is set to 12 midnight for all adolescent?s (Miinoa), 9 pm for all children (Yuunoa) and 2 am for all Elders (Alphrans) without a legitimate reason to be out late.
7. All children (Yuunoa) must be accompanied by an Elder (Alphrans) if they are to leave the Den.
8. Any child (Yuunoa) found outside the Den without being in the company of an Elder (Alphrans) shall be brought back to the Den and given over to the parents for punishment.
9. The company of an Elder (Alphrans) as described above for children (Yuunoa) being outside the Den is any legal adult that knows the child (Yuunoa) or any adolescent (Miinoa) that has received their papers showing proof of being and Elder (Alphrans).
10. Destruction of another Lupes property is punishable by 1 month confinement or compensation of the value of property destroyed or replacement of property destroyed.
11. Theft of another Lupes property is punishable by 2 months confinement or compensation or return of stolen property.
12. Extortion for services is viewed as evil and shall be punished harshly. Punishment is at the discretion of the Judge.
13. Killing another Lupe on purpose is considered a high crime. The accused will be brought before the High Judge.
14. Punishment for killing another Lupe can be: 20 years confinement, Severe lashings in the Den circle (Minimum 20 lashes), Exiling, Castration or Sterility, Death by execution, Death by family retribution.
15. Den Fangs are to be treated with respect.
16. Assault of a Den Fang will be punished by 1 year confinement.
17. Assault of an Elder will be punished by 6 months confinement for Elders (Alphrans), 4 months confinement for Adolescents (Miinoa). Children (Yuunoa) will be given over to their sire and dam for punishment.
18. Defiling the Soul Garden is punishable by 1 year confinement or community service for 2 years with the elderly and widowed to instill respect for the departed.
19. All children (Yuunoa) and adolescents (Miinoa) are to attend at least 1 class at the Den Teaching Hall to improve their knowledge. The teaching is free.
20. A Lupe is deemed a child (Yuunoa) up to the age of 10.
21. A Lupe is deemed an adolescent (Miinoa) up to the age 20.
22. A Lupe is deemed an Elder (Alphrans) after the passing of their 21st year of life or if they have met the challenges and tests of adulthood administered by a patron Elder (Alphrans). In which case papers and a gold earring shall be bestowed upon the new Elder (Alphrans). This rise in status will remove the leniency of punishment that is reserved for Adolescents (Miinoa).
23. Deities are to be documented.
24. Deity blood lines are to be diluted when possible.
25. Deities are bound to the same laws as all Lupe citizens.

Life
1. All injured, sick, or ill Lupes have a right to be treated.
2. Healing services will be paid for by the Den Trust for widows, orphans, or those in need.
3. Healers are sworn to heal all injuries.
4. Healers are sworn to do no harm.
5. Healers are permitted to end the suffering of a Lupe if that is the Lupes request and has been heard and confirmed by family.
6. Healers will be held responsible for negligent practices resulting in further injury or death of a Lupe, excluding euthanasia.
7. All equipment is to be sterile.
8. All outbreaks of illness are to be reported to the public.
9. Healers wishing to charge for their services must be approved by the Council Judge of Life.
10. None approved healers are allowed only if their services are free and they report to Whisper Paws Clinic any troubling cases.
11. Anyone suspected of being injured due to a crime is to be reported to the Den Fangs.
12. Healing will be offered to any non-Lupe that is in need.

Magic
1. Magic is to be respected by the user.
2. Any child (Yuunoa) showing magical talent shall be enrolled in magical schooling to learn, control, and respect magic.
3. Any child (Yuunoa) unable to show a will to control and understand the magic born to their blood shall wear a device of magic suppression until such time the child (Yuunoa) wishes to learn.
4. Magic may be used in self defense but only when all other means are exhausted.
5. Magic should never be used in aggression unless the wielder is of the Den Military.
6. Adolescents (Miinoa) shall wear a band indicating they can wield magic and have learned to respect it.
7. Any Adolescents (Miinoa) that cast magic other than for study shall be punished by wearing a collar of magic suppression for 2 months.
8. Killing with magic is the same as killing by paw or weapon. The accused will be tried by the High Judge and the penalty the same as for murder, with the inclusion of a welded collar of magic suppression that shall never be removed.
9. Use of magic to steal will be met with confinement for 1 year and suppression of magic for that year. Repeat stealing with magic shall lead to permanent suppression of magic.
10. Magic is not to be used outside of the Den unless it is deemed necessary for defense, healing, or aiding someone in need.
11. Use of soul gems in weaponry is forbidden. Punishment will be severe and at the discretion of the High Judge.
12. Resurrection of the Dead is considered Taboo unless valid reason is given and the soul is happy to be among the living. If this is not the case, the risen shall be put to death immediately.
13. Those with deity blood are forbidden to produce offspring with another deity. They must mate with non-deity blood or a different species to reduce the increase of deities within the Den.

Martial Law
1. Den Fangs are to uphold the law.
2. Den Fangs are to serve the community.
3. Den Fangs are authorized to kill only when no other option is available.
4. Den Fangs may use force to subdue law breakers if needed.
5. Den Fangs are to serve a minimum 1 year.
6. Den Fangs are allowed the use of Sword and Musket.
7. Den Fangs are not above the law.
8. Family?s of Den Fangs will be cared for if the Den Fang member is killed in the line of duty.
9. If the Den Fangs are not able to suppress a riot, the Den Military will be used.
10. A member of the Den Military is to serve no less than 4 years.
11. A member of the Den Military is allowed to kill only during war time.
12. A member of the Den Military is allowed to serve as a Den Fang.
13. A member of the Den Military may carry their weapon only if in uniform among the citizens.
14. The family of the Den Military will be cared for should that member die in combat.
15. Striking of an officer in either Den Fangs or Den Military is subject to 6 months of confinement and loss of rank.
16. Killing of a Den Fang or Den Military member is viewed as punishable by death on the spot.
17. The Den Military will not take control of the Den unless the Den Alpha has declared a time of Martial Law and the Den Fangs are low in number.
18. Hostile actions from outside foreign powers will be seen as a direct threat to the lives within the Den and grounds for Military Action.
19. Killing of a Den citizen by a foreign military member will be grounds for War.
20. The Den Military will disband during peace time and return to their guilds and crafts until a call to arms is made.

Matings, Packs, and Unions
1. Legal age of consent without sire or dam approval is 16 years of age.
2. Legal age of consent with sire or dam approval is 14 years of age.
3. Whelping of a litter is to be put off till the age of 16 or 17.
4. The male of the mating, or union must be employed and able to provide for his mate and family.
5. Mated pairs may choose closed mating, that is they mate with each other and no one else, or open mating, that is they may mate with others during the months that they are not in season. The month of breeding will require all mates to be with their partners and no one else for that month.
6. Contraceptives are mandatory to prevent social disease during the none mating months.
7. Free mating must be of mutual consent.
8. Free mating may be participated in past the age of 12.
9. Mating against the will of either male or female is punishable by 1 year confinement, and or castration or sterility.
10. Should any pups be whelped by any other than the actual mate, the dam and the pups will be cared for until the pups are of age to be adopted by other packs. The dam shall be charged 3 Emerald Nukels and the Sire charged 3 Emerald Nukels. These funds will go to caring for the children. Both Sire and Dam shall then be free to return to their mates or family.
11. Should a mating pair be unable to yield pups, a second mate (male or female) may be brought into the mating to conceive pups. The second mate is part of the mating pair and the family.
12. Packs are to be no larger than 12 before the Sire and Dam are to stop breeding.
13. Naming of the pups is up to the sire and dam.
14. Pack names may be merged to create new pack lineages.
15. Pups may keep their pack names till mated themselves, or they may take a new pack name of their own design.
16. Packs are to care for their members.
17. Kidnapping of pups is deemed vile and punishable to the full extent of the law.
18. Any Lupes that are orphaned shall not be left to fend for themselves. They shall be moved to the Wings of Foxingale Orphanage for care until they reach Elder (Alphrans) status.
19. If a pack loses their male Elder (Alphrans), that pack shall be allowed to move to the widows compound and receive care.
20. Unions may be done publicly or privately.
21. Unions of Male/Female, Female/Female, or Male/Male are accepted.
22. Multiple unions are allowed only if conception has failed.
23. A mate may leave the union if they feel the other mate is unworthy or has abused them.
24. Unions must be between Lupinossai if at all possible.
25. Unions between Lupinossai and other races are not illegal, but are not encouraged unless a union with a Lupinossai is not possible, or the Lupe in question shows no desire to be united with another Lupinossai.

Council Judge of Merchants
1. No merchant may monopolize on any trade item.
2. All goods sold shall be subject to a tax of 1 Quartz Nukel.
3. The merchant tax shall go towards the Den Trust to assist those in need and to maintain the Den.
4. Items sold to those outside the Den are to be subject to a tax of 2 Quartz Nukels.
5. Merchants from outside the Den interested in selling within the Den shall pay 5 Quartz per day to use a merchant stall as well as the tax of 2 Quartz Nukels per item sold.
6. A donation of goods may be made in place of the tax to the widows compound.
7. Cheating, price gouging, or shady practice will result in the loss of your items, stall, and the merchant shall be thrown out of the Den. If it is a Den Merchant, the Lupe shall lose the business, be confined for 6 months and work for the community for 2 years to learn the meaning of honesty. The family of the merchant shall be cared for.

Myrlene Spiritor

Date: 2010-10-26 02:39 EST
I have clearance to post the following two additions to the Den Laws.

Under the Law Section:

26. Anyone bearing a blue Honorable Identification Bracelet is excluded from the above mentioned curfew laws. Those wishing to seek an H.I.B. must come to the Den Fang Offices and apply. 3 Ruby Nukel fee is expected.

Under the Magic Section:

14. Any Yuunoa or Miinoa who are not attending a magical class, but have proof that they are being trained to respect magic and control from home may be given a green Magite Users Bracelet. 3 Ruby Nukel fee is expected.

Frostad Shieldar

Date: 2011-01-25 02:03 EST
It has come to my attention that the duration of these conduct bracelets has been mentioned. Therefore, effective immediately, the Den Fangs are given permission to amend the additions Myrlene has presented. The amendment is thus:

Under the Law Section:

26. Anyone bearing a blue Honorable Identification Bracelet is excluded from the above mentioned curfew laws. Those wishing to seek an H.I.B. must come to the Den Fang Offices and apply. 3 Ruby Nukel fee is expected.

26.a. All bearers of the Honorable Identification Bracelet must renew the right to wear this bracelet every six months. The fee of 3 Ruby Nukels is to be paid per renewal.

Under the Magic Section:

14. Any Yuunoa or Miinoa who are not attending a magical class, but have proof that they are being trained to respect magic and control from home may be given a green Magite Users Bracelet. 3 Ruby Nukel fee is expected.

14. a. All bearers of the Magite Users Bracelet must renew the right to wear this bracelet every six months. The fee of 3 Ruby Nukels is to be paid per renewal.

14. b. Any reports of misuse of magic in public by a wearer of the Magite Users Bracelet will have the privilege suspended for six months.