The <city name> and City of Tyros
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Whereas we, the <city name>, and the City of Tyros, do recognize that world events and situations are threatening normal and peaceful operations of our homes, and whereas we admit and recognize the benefit of cooperation and alliance in times of insecurity, do propose this freely offered treaty and alliance to secure and achieve adequate and necessary safety and prosperity within our respective borders.
Their confidence and their hopes rely on one another.
This alliance emerged from the innermost conviction that it is necessary to establish the relations between them on elevated truth and forces that are united in cases of emergency.
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DEFENSE, SAFE PASSAGE AND TRADE
DEFENSE
1. If either City is under threat of attack or being attacked, the other will come to their aid defense in a timely and sufficient manner.
2. If either City is attacked by a city or a group (panthers, mercenaries or other) in alliance with the other, then that other City shall remain neutral.
3. If Frees or slaves are present in an alliance City and said alliance City is attacked by another City, with which the Frees and slaves City happens to be in alliance, slaves should leave the City and return Home immediately, the Frees present may offer to act as mediator or ambassador to the parties, or they (both Frees and slaves) shall be allowed to withdraw, or shall be conveyed to their Home with Honor intact, unharmed, and collars in place and untouched.
4. Participants shall be Sword Brothers, working together in defensive moves.
SAFE PASSAGE AND OBSERVATION OF LAWS
1. While in an Allied City, all Free and slave shall abide by the laws that City. All punishments of offenses to the City's laws will be meted out exactly as if ally were a citizen of offended City, except where specified below.
2. Frees and slaves can safely travel between the two Cities. Free Women and slaves without escorts. Free Women and slaves will be protected as if they were members of the City.
3. Slave laws of each City will be honored. Slaves are to be respectful. They may serve in both Cities; service depends on Owner restrictions. Slave Laws of each City with an active treaty will be posted in the Community. Slaves are to read the Laws before venturing to the City for a visit.
4. Punishment of slaves will be done by the Owner of the slave according to the Laws of their Home. Verbal warnings and caging unruly slaves is allowed. Save script for Owner and notify owner immediately.
4. Free Women are to act properly. No face stripping or forced collaring will be attempted. If inappropriate or slave-like behavior is displayed, they can be detained until an Official of their City arrives. All scrolls of such incidents shall be saved for the Official to review. The Free Women will then be brought home to be dealt with according to Her City's Laws.
5. Free Men and Warriors are to act with honor and respect at all times.
6. The Cities of the Alliance agree that if a Free Man, or Free Women become offensive or abusive, during their visit to either City that they will will be treated exactly as any citizen of that City. they can be detained until an Official of their City arrives. All scrolls of such incidents shall be saved for the Official to review. The Free Man/Woman will then be brought home to be dealt with according to their City's Laws.
7. All incidents must include transcripts (notecards) of actual witnesses and are subject to review and appeal, should justice and/or punishment be meted out.
8. In the case of an offense and punishment, ONE appeal may be made and MUST be heard by an Appeal Board, consisting of Ubar (or Ubara) from each city, Magistrate of each city, and one neutral observer agreed upon by those four, in case of a tie decision. Appeals must be made within 2 days of sentencing or imposition of punishment, or will not be permitted.Decision of the
Appeal Board must be reached within 2 days of the date of the appeal, or all punishments and consequences are considered null and void.
This agreement includes any colonial outposts. The City of Tyros has established a colonial outpost in the Laurius Delta - Fort Laurius (Colony of Tyros).
TRADE
1. "Free Trade" between the Cities will be fair and honorable.
2. The <city name> trades in the following imports, exports and services:
3. The City of Tyros trades in the following:
Olives
Olive Oil
Cherries
Garments
Boots
Weaponry, including forged Tyros short swords and helmets, longbows, crossbows, lances and spears, daggers, varts and tarns.
Salt
Parchment
Apricot
Bosk and Verr Cheese
Salt Thassa
Ka-la-na
Parist
Grape
Larma
OTHER CONDITIONS AND TERMS SET FORTH
1. Each City will hold the right to rule in its own fashion.
2. Ban lists can be shared; however, not imposed on the other City.
3. If a Free who enters, is on an Alliance City's Ban list, the slaves of the Alliance City present will be allowed to beg leave and return Home.
4. The Alliance Cities entered into this agreement agree that at first the Free of each City will be allowed to Join the others community under the terms and conditions that nothing is copied by the Citizens of either City (with the exception of the Slave rules for each City to post so that their visiting slaves will know the rules before visiting). At a later date to be decided then the slaves of each City will be allowed access to each others Community governed by the same conditions as stated heretofore. Although, each City Ruler retains the right to reject access to an Alliance members Free, or slaves from their community in particular if they should happen to be on the City's Ban list. The review of information from the Community will be solely for the purpose of getting to know the Citizens of the other City, as well as for learning from each other.
5. If the Rulers of the Cities deem it necessary, meetings will be held to discuss possible addendums to this Alliance as needed. They will be valuable and executable only when in writing with the seals of both Cities attached.
6. If at anytime this Alliance is forcibly and willfully broken by the establishing Parties, such protection rights and luxuries previously aforementioned will be deemed null and void; thus giving Warriors the right to protect their rightful HomeStone with honor, strength and dignity. Before declaring this Alliance forcibly and willfully broken by the other party, the Ruler of the City wanting to so declare, will invite the Ruler of the other City and convene the above mentioned Appeal Board, and they will discuss the happenings that lead to the will to so declare with the aim to keep the Alliance alive.
7. This Alliance will remain in effect for a peroid of 6 months. At such time, the Leader will notify its allied City and make arrangements to either renew the Alliance or allow it to expire.. The Ruler of each City entered into the Alliance reserves the right to withdraw at any time with good reason, with a written letter of intent and a meeting to discuss the reasons for withdraw. If the Alliance is withdrawn from or vacated, all protection rights duties and luxuries previously aforementioned will be deemed null and void; thus giving Warriors the right to protect their rightful HomeStone with honor, strength and dignity.
8. All Cities of the Alliance must be informed if there is formal war declared, against any City, or a raid carried out. The same is imperative for raids against panther or mercenary camps as alliances with those groups are normally concluded as well.
Therefore it is written and proposed that upon this day, (date), the treaty be bound, agreed upon and sealed by Allied Rulers below:
Therefore it is written and agreed upon this the
Date:
For <city name>:
Approved, signed and sealed,
Administrator of the <city name>
signature or seal:
<Ambassador Name>
Ambassador, <city name>
For:
Administrator of : City of Tyros:__________
signature or seal:
Ambassador of: City of Tyros:___________
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rified & Sealed on 2008-09-22 by: