Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2015 20:31:32 GMT -5
1- Keep the faith. Sun and Moon rule over all. There are no other gods and the only scripture is the Book of Falak. To say otherwise is heresy. Live by the will of The Two.
2- Hospitality. Any guests are under the host's protection. They will be given equal shares of food and water as their hosts and they are to be treated if ill or injured. Any Rohari may request asylum from another and it will be granted. Any guest will be protected from harm and will not be surrendered to his foes without his consent. Hostages are a particular subset of this tenet and the terms of hostageship are to be made clear when one has been taken. Consent or agreement is not required in this case but fair warning of the consequences is to be given at least once. However, despite the loss of liberty, hostages are to be treated as guests unless the terms have been broken. Also, surrendering enemy combatants are to be well-treated and their wounds seen to and enemy dead are to be accorded all honours given to one's own warriors. Furthermore, no hostilities may be carried out at wells, oases, springs, cisterns, holy sites and the resting places of the dead. These are sacred to all Rohari and by the same token may not be used as assets in warfare or the settling of feuds. Even apostate foreigners are to be accorded rights to access to water.
. 3- Retribution. Any offence against person, land, chattel or honour must be avenged. Stolen or destroyed property or chattel and occupied lands may be avenged by similar means but violence against a person must be returned in kind. The only suitable response to an insult to one's honour or that of a family member, especially the purity of their women, is death. However, hostages are not to be avenged if harm is brought to them as per the dictated terms and reconciliation may be attempted at any time. Any and all sources and storage if water, holy sites and burial grounds belong to the whole of the Rohari. As such, any and all is charged to bring swift death to any or all who defiles, desecrates, blockades or otherwise misuses these sacred grounds regardless of friendship, enmity or even kinship.
4- Protection of one's own. One must protect their lands, families, property, herds and self. While one may fall to a superior foe without dishonour, one must at least attempt to stand and fight. In the face of overwhelming odds, a token resistance is acceptable before capitulation. Surrender without a fight is the willing surrender of all honour. However, before battle is joined the opportunity for parlay must be granted by both parties and at this point open combat may be averted with no loss of face or honour if terms, including resolution by single combat by the leaders themselves or their champions, can be reached. Also, all Rohari are charged with the upkeep and protection of all sacred grounds in their ranges.
5- Reconciliation. Any feud may be ended at any time. As soon as one party requests parlay, a truce is established and safe conduct of the one requesting terms is to be granted. Forces in the field will be cease all maneuvers and the recovery of the dead and wounded will not be impeded. Any casualties in the care of the enemy are to be returned. Able-bodied prisoners may be kept until hostilities have formally ceased, provided their needs can be adequately seen to. Barring the inability to travel, no leader may delegate an emissary and a ritual abasement must be made as a gesture of good faith and then negotiations may begin. During the duration of the talks, no hostile action may be taken and the weaker party is under the protection of the stronger one at all costs. Any perfidy is to be answered swiftly and lethally. Once terms have been reached and agreed upon, the feud is officially over and regardless of its nature, it may not be reignited unless new offence is given.
2- Hospitality. Any guests are under the host's protection. They will be given equal shares of food and water as their hosts and they are to be treated if ill or injured. Any Rohari may request asylum from another and it will be granted. Any guest will be protected from harm and will not be surrendered to his foes without his consent. Hostages are a particular subset of this tenet and the terms of hostageship are to be made clear when one has been taken. Consent or agreement is not required in this case but fair warning of the consequences is to be given at least once. However, despite the loss of liberty, hostages are to be treated as guests unless the terms have been broken. Also, surrendering enemy combatants are to be well-treated and their wounds seen to and enemy dead are to be accorded all honours given to one's own warriors. Furthermore, no hostilities may be carried out at wells, oases, springs, cisterns, holy sites and the resting places of the dead. These are sacred to all Rohari and by the same token may not be used as assets in warfare or the settling of feuds. Even apostate foreigners are to be accorded rights to access to water.
. 3- Retribution. Any offence against person, land, chattel or honour must be avenged. Stolen or destroyed property or chattel and occupied lands may be avenged by similar means but violence against a person must be returned in kind. The only suitable response to an insult to one's honour or that of a family member, especially the purity of their women, is death. However, hostages are not to be avenged if harm is brought to them as per the dictated terms and reconciliation may be attempted at any time. Any and all sources and storage if water, holy sites and burial grounds belong to the whole of the Rohari. As such, any and all is charged to bring swift death to any or all who defiles, desecrates, blockades or otherwise misuses these sacred grounds regardless of friendship, enmity or even kinship.
4- Protection of one's own. One must protect their lands, families, property, herds and self. While one may fall to a superior foe without dishonour, one must at least attempt to stand and fight. In the face of overwhelming odds, a token resistance is acceptable before capitulation. Surrender without a fight is the willing surrender of all honour. However, before battle is joined the opportunity for parlay must be granted by both parties and at this point open combat may be averted with no loss of face or honour if terms, including resolution by single combat by the leaders themselves or their champions, can be reached. Also, all Rohari are charged with the upkeep and protection of all sacred grounds in their ranges.
5- Reconciliation. Any feud may be ended at any time. As soon as one party requests parlay, a truce is established and safe conduct of the one requesting terms is to be granted. Forces in the field will be cease all maneuvers and the recovery of the dead and wounded will not be impeded. Any casualties in the care of the enemy are to be returned. Able-bodied prisoners may be kept until hostilities have formally ceased, provided their needs can be adequately seen to. Barring the inability to travel, no leader may delegate an emissary and a ritual abasement must be made as a gesture of good faith and then negotiations may begin. During the duration of the talks, no hostile action may be taken and the weaker party is under the protection of the stronger one at all costs. Any perfidy is to be answered swiftly and lethally. Once terms have been reached and agreed upon, the feud is officially over and regardless of its nature, it may not be reignited unless new offence is given.