the seventh compact of worlorn
compact of the eight major archetypes
Subject: Re: Book of Ells
Hmmm... are the Turf Holders entitled to affect the new Compact before
it's set, or is it a fait accompli?
Fait accomplli.
Yes, you _were_ entitled. No, you did not change the Compact before it was set. Changes to the Compact had to be made before the end of the Crossing-in-the-Mist in which the first Turf ("Paths of the Dead" in this example) is brought to Worlorn.
Changes may be made to the existing Compact only by unanimous agreement of All existing Turfholders.
Historically speaking, the Maker of Rules/Games Authority have been priveleged to change a previous Compact without consultation, but at least one Turfholder has removed that ability from the Compact currently governing Worlorn's turf.
Yama Dharma insists that the current Compact between Turfholders is is The Eighth Book of Ells, but The Prince Who Was 1000 claims there were only six previous editions of the Book of Ells universally approved. They do not appear to be contradicting each other directly, as if there was some joke only they two understand, so the Title of Eighth Book of Ells will be used for the compact.
What value is the Compact? The Set of Eight Turfs cannot be broken while the Compact is unbroken. When the North Pole's natural law allowed a Real Death recipient to live, to exist, then the Sixth Compact was broken. Frost told me this while I was imprisoned.
-The Prince Who Was 1000, with agreement from Tanngrisnir *
"In essence," Yama Dharma claims, "Either Puk started the last round of Turf loss by slaying Dira with a Morganti Weapon, or going even further back, Xcalis doomed the Sixth Compact by granting Dira partial soveriegnty in the North Pole."
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