§10.4 - Protocols for Diplomatic Engagement with Fey Courts

(a) The fey courts of the First World, while alien in law and motive, are recognized as sovereign entities for the purposes of magical diplomacy, treaty negotiation, and extraplanar accord.

(b) No engagement with a fey court, archfey, or fey-touched intermediary shall be considered informal or without consequence. All exchanges shall be presumed binding under fey logic unless specifically negated by tribunal-approved magical contract.

§10.4.2 – Authorization to Initiate Contact

(a) All diplomatic contact with fey courts must be authorized in advance by:

(i) A triad composed of the Emissary, Magister, and a rotating Councilor;
(ii) The Council by majority vote in non-emergency circumstances;
(iii) A tribunal ruling if urgent contact is required due to a breach, curse, or planar entanglement.

(b) Unauthorized negotiations, trades, oaths, or performances with fey entities shall be investigated under §9.4 and may result in tribunal review or magical nullification orders.

§10.4.3 – Terms of Engagement

(a) All diplomatic missions to fey domains or negotiations with fey emissaries shall include:

(i) A licensed arcane interpreter trained in fey etiquette and verbal precision;
(ii) A pre-approved script of negotiable topics and forbidden offerings;
(iii) An appointed recordkeeper or magical transcription device to preserve all exchanges.

(b) Under no circumstances may emissaries offer:

(i) Names, true or inherited;
(ii) Time, memory, seasons, or abstract concepts of value;
(iii) Magical access to leyline cores or breach-prone regions of Rivermarch.

§10.4.4 – Hospitality and Boundary Clauses

(a) If fey emissaries are received within Rivermarch territory, they shall be:

(i) Granted provisional guest-right protections if extended by Council consent;
(ii) Confined to a designated arcane embassy zone warded by both Council and fey magics;
(iii) Subject to leyline monitoring and Council review for duration of visit.

(b) Violations of guest-right or breach of boundary clauses shall void diplomatic protections and authorize defensive or expulsion measures under §10.1.4.

§10.4.5 – Enforcement and Magical Safeguards

(a) All fey engagements shall be monitored by the Office of Arcane Stability, with the Magister holding authority to interrupt or annul pacts that pose existential or metaphysical risk to Rivermarch.

(b) The Emissary shall maintain a Register of Fey Accords detailing:

(i) All signed treaties, agreements, or exchanges with fey courts;
(ii) Active conditions, enforcement mechanisms, and known risks;
(iii) Any open-ended or unresolved obligations owed by or to fey agents.

(c) Where confusion arises between civic law and fey pact interpretation, the matter shall be brought before tribunal with counsel from both the Magister and Counselor.

§10.4.6 – Prohibited Conduct

(a) The following actions are forbidden in fey negotiations:

(i) Use of irony, double-speak, or metaphor in formal contract terms;
(ii) Disrespect of symbolic customs known to carry weight in fey society;
(iii) Invocation of fey names in public ritual without sanction.

(b) Breach of these prohibitions may result in immediate withdrawal of diplomatic protection, tribunal censure, or planar retaliation requiring Council mitigation.