With the laws of Ashtan we typically require a plaintiff to
press charges, or in the case of loyals to scream their pretty
little heads off. The Ratman has an interesting voice, as does
the drunk. Harlots so rarely speak, but well, its been ages
since the Orphans have cried aloud, even the little one that
hangs out in Epicurus' bedroom. I can say that in nearly every
case of one of our loyals crying foul, we do in fact punish the
person causing the problem, though, we cut slack for the very
young, as they tend not to be able to differentiate between one
of our loyals, one of us, and a rat on some level.
Now despite all of that, and the gruesome past the Founding
Mother of the Orphanage doubtlessly left the city with, I am
not certain that the original purpose or intent for the ancient
structure remains. As most of you know, much of Thera and
Ashtan was damaged with the fairly recent war with the Vertani,
and I am not sure that the Spawn could be raised, even if the
structures purpose was still being followed, which I honestly
am not aware of.
In the end, Servelan's work was, and will always be shadowed
with a set of simple facts and beliefs. Servelan believed in
the individual over the masses, and that the potential of one,
could if worked with correctly, rise above the potential of the
many, especially when speaking in terms of the masses holding
back the individual's progress with resentments due to morals,
jealousy, or being a burden on the system. Where I may not
personally believe in these, I do believe that Servelan's
outlines for freedom of religion, freedom of thought and
action still shape Ashtan to this day, and are the basis of
many of Ashtan's policies and laws.
In the end, I really see no reason for anyone thats not
within Ashtan, as a citizen or ally, to question any of the
laws written on our Pillars, or accuse us of not properly
upholding them, except to move across some sort of propaganda
plan, or moral agenda against the city again. We have proven
time and time again that Shallam's wishes to help the weak and
innocent, even over the bodies of the masses, is somewhat a
direct moral opposite of Ashtan's stance. We have had many,
many long wars over this in the past, and, well I would rather
all of the cities respect eachother's soverignty than start
yet another era of war over marked differances which will
never change, and will always fester, even under subjugation.

Xadzia Rihwin-Lucoster

Penned by my hand on the 10th of Ero, in the year 396 AF.