Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Archduke Alfonso Antoninus Iomedae Thrune i Blanxart,

Many things are Rumored about your Fate in the recent Unrest, and I know not what to put Store in. I hope this Letter finds you Alive or at least Raised.

Know that those Vile Thrunes lately in Control of the Empire deserve not an Illustrious Ancestor such as you. That their Diabolic Conduct dragged your own Name through the Mud adds to their Crimes; but their Filth does not stain you.

I write not in Idle Flattery, but in Earnest Support, as one Target of the Mob to another. I can scarcely put to Writing the Contempt and Weariness I feel towards the Violent Rabble. Yet they are but ordinary Men, and I despair that such Things will never have an End as long as Men yet live.

I know the Faith of holy Aroden only from Books antique to me, and do not know how His Church would answer this Dilemma.

Nonetheless know Foremost that you have my Wholehearted Support.

Yours in holy Aroden,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Select of Iomedae Valia Wain,

I trust that you are Horrified and Sickened as I at the great Violence done in your Name in the Late Unrest. I am sure your Silence after the Fact has been Counselled by Good and Wise Counsellors, and that you Greatly Wish to offer your Public Condemnation of the Riots.

However I offer Counsel of a different sort, urging that you keep Lawful Counsel only, and avoid Chaotic Words. For we have seen the Fruits of Chaos in Fire and Blood.

If you are great Personal Friends with your Calistrian associate, I would not dare to gainsay any Partiality you may have on a Personal Basis. But I beseech you by Iomedae not to heed her Counsel on Grave Matters; we have seen the Vengeance of Calistria enough in this City, and can scarcely bear more.

I do not believe your Eloquent Speech before the Convention was Unlawful, though I do not wish to Speak in its Defense. But should you find yourself Entirely Bereft of any Defenders at Law, you may call on me at the Last, and I will do my Duty not to you but to the Law.

By the Grace of the Inheritor, I remain,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Dear Miss

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà.

I am a Merchant foreign to your Shores, but I have come into the need of a reliable Warehouse to store my Property. My need of Reliable Representation in the Purchase is great. Having noted that as A Delegate you have been Placed in a Position of Great Trust, do you feel that the Negotiation of such Purchase would be Something that you Feel is within your capacity?

S. R. Egbad

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Messr. S. R. Egbad,

I am able and willing to handle Matters of Transactional Law, including the Purchasing of Real Estate. If you are present in Westcrown you may meet at my Offices, or send a Representative; otherwise continue to send Correspondence. I have enclosed a draft Letter of Engagement with usual Schedule of Fees and Expenses; please Review it at your Convenience. May Abadar smile on your Endeavours.

By the Providence of Abadar, I remain,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Delegate Séfora of Aspramunt, the Martell Alçat,

My heartfelt Thanks once again for your Timely Rescue. I am Unfortunately still Searching for the Whereabouts of Delegate Porras.

I have enclosed Selected Excerpts of certain Texts discussing Metal Constructs, though I know not if any bear Relevance. At any rate it is an Interesting Field.

May Torag preserve you and your People, keeping them Free and Safe, as new Government is Established.

By Torag's foundation, I remain,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Delegate Enric Porras,

Perhaps the Resourceful Postmaster can find your Location where I cannot, and this Letter shall find you Alive.

I apologize Unreservedly for Causing you to be Led into Mortal Danger. I continue to Hope that should you be Alive, you will return to the Convention and continue Good and Useful Service there, as I shall.

And should you be Dead, perhaps this Letter will not find you, but may you attain the Summerlands. I regret that I am not admitted to the Bar of Pharasma the Judge to speak to your Law and Good.

Erastil preserving, I remain,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

To: Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornella

From: Delegate Thea Iroria

With the convention paused I have considered my fellow committee members and what advice I might have for them or they for me.  Given your profession and the utter defeat of Hell in Cheliax recently, I am curious if you have found a new divine exemplar to model yourself after?  If you have found an Empyreal Lord or other virtuous demigod with a speciality for mortal laws and justice I would be quiet curious to learn about them (and will pay reasonably well for the opportunity to have a copy of any texts you have related to them scribed).  Likewise, although I am already familiar with the basics of teachings of Iomedae and Abadar as they relate to society’s laws and justice, but I would be interested in any texts further commentating on and elaborating on their teachings.  Additionally I have not yet located a copy of The History and Future of Mankind.  Given your frequent mentions of Holy Aroden it occurred to me to inquire if you have a copy and to ask how much you would charge to allow me to have a copy made.

If you have not yet identified a virtuous God closely relevant to your profession I have come across mentions of several potentially interesting Gods you may find relevant, although I have not yet found more detailed sources beyond very brief summaries.  Eritrice is a neutral good agathion Empyreal lord said to be a patron of debate and truth.  Damerich is a lawful good archon Empyreal lord concerned with the punishing evil fairly with due consideration.  Zohls is a lawful good archon Empyreal lord dedicated to uncovering the truth.

For myself, I found Irori’s wisdom filled a place Eiseth’s teachings never did, and I hope you have found or will find something to replace the infernal teaching you formerly followed.

May you grow in wisdom and knowledge.

One small request, please do not pass any information in this letter into pamphlet form.  I find pamphlets a flawed form for conveying information even when they are truthful, and even truthful pamphlets provoke response pamphlets full of lies.

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Delegate Thea Iroria, Monk of Irori,

I do not particularly Devote my Worship to any God. The Information you have Provided regarding Empyreal Lords is useful and I shall Research Further.

The History and Future of holy Aroden was Proscribed under the Late Regime and though I possess Many Books that one is Absent. I have spoken with a Trader who claims he can obtain it but I do not trust a Trader until I see his Goods in Person.

Nonetheless I have enclosed brief Quotations found in Other Books which bear Citation to holy Aroden's History and Future. I suspect they are all Well-Known Aphorisms and the Insight available is Limited.

The Acts of Iomedae I possess, though I would Hire a Printing-Wizard for its Copying rather than scrivening it myself and thus the Cost may not be much Less. Nonetheless if you are unable to Locate that said Volume for Purchase I will lend mine for Copying at a good Rate.

By Irori's wisdom, I remain,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To Archduchess Jilia Bainilus de Kintargo of Ravounel,

Your efforts at Relief and Assistance after the Recent Unrest have not gone Unnoticed but have perhaps gone Unthanked considering the great Prevalence of Ill-Feeling towards the Nobility in recent Days.

From this Lifelong Denizen of Westcrown have my Sincerest Thanks. I hope mine is not the only Letter of Gratitude and would be Glad were it Lost among a Voluminous Pile of Appreciative Epistles.

Enclosed find my Personal Impressions on Districts and Households which would provide Efficient Leverage to lavish Attention upon. No doubt it is Duplicative of the Investigations of your own Diligent Staff but perhaps there is nonetheless Useful New Information.

Yours in Iomedae,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

From the Desk of Archduchess Jilia Bainilus

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà,

Thank you for your suggestions of locations in need of assistance; we will certainly examine them. From the Archduchess's prior notes I can say some are indeed redundant, but certainly not all, and we appreciate it.

Lord Mayor Bainilus is very busy assisting Lord Mayor Santcliment and does not presently have the time to reply personally, but I will ensure your thanks reach her ears, and especially word of any leads we follow up on that came from your suggestions. She has had many thanks in person but comparatively few by pen, and this will brighten her heart to see.

With the Greatest Esteem,
Lady Sofia Reytan i Bainilus, Personal Secretary to the Archduchess

To Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà,

I have not been informed if there will be any sort of trial or how it will work if so. I do not really imagine that it will have much to do with anything, if there is one. Some of the other people I have spoken with thought it would matter that the speech is legal, but they were not Chelish. You are, and I take your opinion on this matter more seriously. I would be honored if you were to defend the Law, if the opportunity exists. To my knowledge I have not been stripped of my stipend, though I am unable to collect it, and I authorize you to collect it as payment, if this is work that interests you and that you believe serves the Law and serves Westcrown. 

Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà
Barrister of the Courts
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

To that Part of the Church of Iomedae currently residing in Westcrown,

Owing to certain Circumstances which can be Discussed in Detail at a Meeting I wish to offer a certain number of Hours of Legal Services without ordinary Fee to the Church of your God, that is Twelve Hours approximately though the Exact Number may slightly Vary. I am able to receive your Messenger at my Offices or else meet at your Convenience.

Yours in Iomedae,

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà

Delegate Lluïsa Oriol i Cornellà,

Congratulations on your successful defense of Valia Wain!  As you clearly showed, the Law was on her side, but I can see how an ignorant or careless assessment of the case might have led to her conviction without your brilliant barristery.  With Valia’s arrest, I had felt concerned about where the line may be drawn and my own protection in giving floor speeches.

So on that matter, I have thought of a proposal for the open floor that might appeal to the range of perspectives on the case of Valia Wain in both preventing illegal speech and safeguarding legal speech: “The President and agents appointed by him with consent of the Queen shall immediately inform delegates if their speech is crossing into illegality.  Delegates shall be immune to prosecution for floor speech so long as they are responsive to corrections issued by the President and said agents.”  I intend to present this proposal to the floor at the first opportunity when the convention resumes.  I am seeking input into any adjustments to wording, and I am at a loss for how to similarly protect committee discourse (I am unsure if an agent of the Crown in every committee would be imposing too much).  I intend to seek Delegate Korva Tallandria’s input if I can find her the morning before the convention resumes, as one of the more skilled orators she would benefit from this proposal.

Relatedly, thinking of such outstanding sortition delegates as Tallandria and yourself (and some others that have been decent in committees such as Enric), I am concerned a proposal to allow sortition delegates to return home, or worse, to outright send all of them home, will be brought up sometime when the convention resumes.  I have a proposal to counteract the loss of the valuable perspective of sortition delegates: require each sortition delegate that wishes to leave to transfer their vote to a remaining sortition delegate.  I think this will preserve the Archmage’s intent for the perspective provided by sortition delegates, ease the burden of their conscription to those most able to bear it, and concentrate the authority in the wisest and most capable sortition delegates.  Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggested wordings for this proposal.  In terms of strategy, I think I will let someone else bring up the matter of sortition delegates being allowed to leave, then enter in with this proposal.  It has the added benefit of disrupting schemes of the nobility to bribe sortition delegates, but, correspondingly, that is exactly why it might receive opposition from them.  (Perhaps an anti-bribery proposal should also be presented any some point?)

Congratulations again, and let me know if you have any ideas you wish to share with me or of any support you need.

Always Seeking to Learn and Grow,

Delegate Thea Iroria