Imperial Watch Laments Northreach Hypocrisy

Northreach - The Imperial Watch is apparently impassioned regarding complaints about the number of dangers that have befallen Northreach in recent months, citing an observed hypocrisy by the citizens of the House Seamel township that is painting a somewhat anfractuous picture of the situation there.

On one hand, the Imperial Watch stationed at the North Gate and within the township itself have noticed, the citizens of Northreach are agitated about the attacks, claiming that the Crown Regent is offering them as bait for all the evils of the Shadow, and lamenting a lack of security beyond the exceptional efforts of the House Seamel guard within the Township, and the Imperial Watch and the small number of Ordinators keeping watch at the North Gate.

On the other hand, however, both the Imperial Watch and the Imperial Office of Census and Excise have documented numerous Nobles and Freelanders - many of which who happen to be registered Marked Mages - making frequent sojourns out into the Wildlands and back again, into the very belly of the proverbial beast that others are fearful of.

The current Imperial policy towards Marked Mages leaving Northreach via the North Gate has been one of leniency, given that the Wildlands are lawless, and as such not applicable to the Northreach Mandate.

The situation cause by this hypocrisy has since caused the Captain of the North Aegis Garrison and various Marshals stationed at forts in the North of Fastheld to call upon the Council of Six and the Crown Regent - if not the Prince of the Blood himself - to enact some form of change in policy to prevent this apparent loophole from causing the Imperial Watch and the House Seamel guard continual grief as it is flaunted time and time again.

Suggested changes include closing the North Gate to all travel (and thus sealing the Aegis once more), or denying Marked Mages from leaving Fastheld by removing the immunity to the consequences of the Northreach Mandate granted by virtue of lawless region.

Other suggestions also include ending the Northreach Mandate, given the problems of civil order that are being caused by it, and either replacing it with a new Mandate, or removing all such restrictions in travel entirely.