Decree LX - Minority Rights and Corporal Punishment

[Nathan of Natopia]

By Order of the Duke of Elwynn:

The Duchy of Elwynn is one of the most unique and fascinating regions of Shireroth. We are composed of a multitude of ethnicities, foreign nationalities, and religions. This makes us great and the target of jealousy among all the lands of Shireroth. But one thing is a black mark upon the face of this duchy, a beautiful duchy named for a beautiful goddess. Intolerance, cruel and unusual punishment, and the indoctrination of hatred of our youth plaque this land in ways I never expected to find in Elwynn. Therefore;

1. A non-human sentient being shall be defined as any living thing not biologically or genetically human but is capable of intelligent and complex communication with humans, especially those non-human sentient beings that display human-like attributes such as art-making, civilization building, and have shared history with humans. Past troubles with a non-human sentient race will not affect their recognition and protection under this law.

2. All sentient non-human beings residing in the duchy shall have the right to life, own property, and preferred residence. They shall have the right to become full citizens of the duchy through naturalization procedures if they are not already recognized as so.

3. No public or private institution of learning shall teach its pupils to hate, distrust, or otherwise prejudice them against any non-human sentient beings. Institutions found in violation will have their administrators removed.

4. No forms of cruel or unusual punishment will be allowed in the duchy. Imprisonment, banishment, and monetary fines are the only legal form of punishment within Elywnn, to be determined by whatever court system has jurisdiction. The duke may commute any sentence in the duchy or issue pardons. Public jails designed for entertainment will be closed and converted into modern correctional facilities and staff replaced with those more suited to corrective services.

Decreed by my hand and the wisdom of the Butter Spirit,
His Grace, Nathan, Duke of Elwynn, etc.

[Leo Fenrir]

Excellent! Finally we have rights for the minority!

Now if you'll excuse me I will go before that far off rumbling, which is no doubtedly the Khan who has just gotten the news, arrives.

*Runs and takes cover*

[Aurangzeb Khan]

(Bloody kids, corrupted with naive notions by Martin Luther King from another dimension... Anyway, joking apart we'll see what the homicidal autodidacts of Eliria make of this latest slice of ducal wisdom )