Autumn

The Autumn Pledge
"We assemble here, under the gaze of this auspicious twilight, to affirm our fealty to the Court of Fear. We the assembled here have all felt Autumn's call, and we the assembled here have all chosen to embrace it. We recognize, therefore, that we are all cousins bound through our shared ideals of scholarly understanding, sorcerers wisdom, and the embrace of fear. We understand that though we may disagree we should not seek to destroy each other lest we risk breaking the Leaden Mirror, and that for the same reasons those of the Court upon whom duties have been placed must not neglect those duties. Thus we swear this pledge upon a corvid feather, an emblem of our Autumn Court; and let none who swear the Plight of the Unbroken Mirror swear it with a heart free of fear or in want of fealty to this court.

Thus we swear upon this corvid feather, emblem of the Autumn Court, that we shall remain true to each other's trust this season, by promising to accept our differences of opinion and not to indulge in violent squabbles nor seek to harm each other out of pettiness.

Thus we swear upon this corvid feather, emblem of the Autumn Court, that we shall remain true to the trust of the Autumn Crown this season, by attending daily to our appointed duties in accordance with the traditions of the Autumn Court.

Thus we swear upon this corvid feather, emblem of the Autumn Court, to uphold this Plight of the Unbroken Mirror for the season; and in return for cleaving to its ideals we ask that Autumn bestow upon us its blessings. We ask that it grant us insight into the nature of magic that we might better come to understand our gifts, and we beseech it to grant our vision clarity that neither cue nor clue will escape our guile.

These things we swear upon the emblem of our Autumn Court, and should any of the here assembled who have sworn this pledge betray the trust of their fellows and the Autumn Crown may they be brought to ruin. May fortune flee from them in a frightened panic, may their hidden fears be reflected in the Leaden Mirror they sought to break, and may the season they have failed withdraw from them its favor. Thus do we the here assembled affirm our fealty to the Court of Fear."

By Black rook