Taboo Magics: Restrictions Imposed by the River Kings

Taboo Magics: Restrictions Imposed by the River Kings is a set of declarations discovered in the temporary encampment created by the crew of the Taipan following their arrival to the island of Morass.

## Description

Well preserved in a dry portion of the wooden huts at Kindling Bay, the declaration by the River Kings of Kingbourne was found hidden beneath a set of leathers, thus protecting it from the moisture of the region.

## Research

### Completed by Exander Havenshade

By the declaration of the River Kings during the Council of Westdell in 789AG, all necromancy magic is now outlawed within the borders of Kingbourne. While exceptions will exist for those individuals granted licenses by the Conclave of the Austere for purposes of healing, all found to be using magics from the School of Necromancy for any reason or purpose will be liable for arrest by the Rillguard and charged for trial with due haste. It is the expectation that all good and gracious residents of the Realm of Kingbourne will remain vigilant in the light of Taranis and Emes alike, and raise concerns should they grow suspicious of their neighbours. From the turn of Ardor-Highreign 789AG, it is required that all villages, towns, hamlets and other smaller settlements have a designated site for the reporting of breaches, and that across the eleven counties a standard is maintained. In both addition and by extension, a bounty amounting to five-and-seventy gold Zehvines has been placed upon the capture of the rogue mage Korrinkas, whose crimes and charges are detailed below.

Korrinkas, previously Archmage of the Guild of the Lilac Vine, is charged with the following:

* Abduction, coercion and corruption of three acolytes of the Guild of the Lilac Vine, including the nephew of Leopold II Goldlor, King of Atralran
* Raiding of at least eighteen tombs and other places of burial within Kingbourne and the neighbouring Realms of Galykr and Cordorne for purposes nefarious in the name of research
* Secretive worship of the being known as the Keeper of Secrets, in breach of the Edict of Yaldin
* Four decades worth of covert usage of the Soul Cage spell to collect humanoid souls for reasons still unknown
* Six known cases of creating inert duplications of souls against their will, with further experimentations involving the transfer of souls from one so-called clone to another
* Experimentation into the manipulation and stabilisation of undeath, particularly with regard to those of draconic form and lineage

In his absence, Korrinkas was found guilty in all accounts and subsequently sentenced to death by drowning in the River Hallus.

The Guild of the Lilac Vine has issued the following statement that the new Archmage Yinlen Yarrow has requested be published alongside this decree of guilt.

"At the Guild of the Lilac Vine we pride ourselves in being at the forefront of arcane research, guided in the path before us as we ever have been, by Divinus, Master of Magic. We strongly condemn the actions of ex-Archmage Korrinkas and have sealed his chambers and laboratories with the intention of allowing the ravages of time itself to destroy what remains within. We would like to assure the residents of Kingbourne and the surrounding Realms that such incidents will not occur again and subsequently as of immediately our focus will be exclusively towards the School of Conjuration. While we acknowledge that the School of Necromancy can, in the hands of the just, be a powerful tool for healing and renewal, we now defer future research to our colleagues at the Guild of the Speckled Aspen to the south."