Editing Aluvian Lore (section)

== Culture ==
Aluvians are a fiercely individualistic and warlike people, quick to anger but with a strong love of justice and fairness. Though often suspicious of things new and strange, they are friendly and always prepared with a little help if they can spare it. They are loyal to their feudal lords, but expect to be well-treated in return.<ref>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Aluvian (Town Network Sign)]]</ref><ref name=ZogblasterAluvInto/>
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In the Winter Season, the Aluvians celebrate the Solstice, that day of the year in which the night lasts longest. The Aluvians respond to the oppressive darkness and feeling of isolation by gathering together in good cheer. Illuminating their houses with colorful candles, they prepare the harvest into vast feasts. During the Solstice, all Aluvian towns are warmly lit, and the normally cagey northerners make a habit of cooking hearty food for one another, buying one another strong drink, and sharing both around the hearth, accompanied by the funniest jokes of the preceding year. The monastic orders of Tirius the Lightbringer, Solvus Mistdweller, and the Dark Lady Meerthus walk abroad in their dun robes, distributing food and the blessings of their aspect of the Triple Mother. Travelers in the Aluvian Kingdom will find themselves treated to their fill of food and drink, with no payment asked. For the Aluvians, Solstice is the time of brotherhood.<ref>[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/Winter Festivals from Ispar|Winter Festivals from Ispar]]</ref>

=== The Code of Pwyll ===
'''"It not for all of the people to walk the path of high honor. For some it is enough that they follow the path of low justice. But we, as knights, shall take the high road."''' - High King Pwyll III<ref name=FullCodeOfPwyll>1999/11 - [[Release]] [[The Full Code of Pwyll]]</ref>
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One of [[Pwyll III]]'s greatest achievements was introducing the notion of nobility to the ruling class. In his time and since, The Code of Pwyll has dictated the conduct of both lords and knights: the common folk of Aluvia have come to expect no less.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvInto/>
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The Code of Pwyll consists of ten rules. The first Five are the Path of Low Justice, which are usually sufficient for the commoner. The second Five are the Path of High Justice, which are to be observed by all nobility, in addition to the Five rules of Low Justice. Below is the full Code of Pwyll, along with the shorter version taught to those of low aspirations and lowly station.<ref name=FullCodeOfPwyll/><ref name=CodeOfPwyll>1999/11 - [[Release]] [[The Code of Pwyll]]</ref>

:1. Work your lord's will in all things, for he must look upon the whole land and see that wrong is put right.
:1. Work your lord's will in all things.

:2. Guard the weak, for they cannot guard themselves.
:2. Guard the weak.

:3. Guard the young, for they are our future. Even the inexperienced young squire may one day become a lord.
:3. Guard the young.

:4. Slay no one for doing a thing unto you that you would have done unto him, for one day you might die in the same manner.
:4. Slay no one for doing a thing unto you that you would have done unto him.

:5. Obey and honor those above your station, for as they stand above you, so do they keep the sword from falling upon your head. All parts are necessary for the whole.
:5. Obey and honor those above your station.

:6. Treat not lesser persons with dishonor, for as they stand below you, they form the very ground that supports your feet. All parts are necessary for the whole.
:6. Treat not lesser persons with dishonor.

:7. Let your word be your bond, for when stripped of steel and cloth and youth, a knight has nothing else.
:7. Let your word be your bond.

:8. Grant succor where you may, for as the need of others is made less, so too the burden of the knight is made less.
:8. Grant succor where you may.

:9. Be fair in all judgments, for you too may you one day be judged. Justice has no mouth with which to speak and no hands with which to enforce the laws, so we must be her eyes and we must act as her hands.
:9. Be fair in all judgments.

:10. Let nothing stand in the way of justice: the word of the law is not always its intent. Let your judgments be tempered by circumstance, lest you punish wrongly.
:10. Let nothing stand in the way of justice: the word of the law is not always its intent.

=== Factions ===
* [[The King's Men]]
* [[Knights of the Golden Flame]]
* [[Knights of the Shield]]
* [[Order of the Gauntlet]]
* [[League of Merchants]]
* [[Scholars of Pwyll]]