Sin and Penances in the Old World

Verena Ulric
Sin Description Penance Description Penance
Blasphemy
Taking our Ladys name in
vain
Allowing others to utter
untruths
Learning the principles by
heart
! hail "erenas
#ay$long vow o% silence
&ursing 'lric
&ursing wolves
&ursing cold or winter
Learning the principles by heart
Shaving o( ones beard
) lashes across back
Bare%oot run
*inor
transgressi
on
+ot revealing the truth
Allowing others to perpetrate
in,ustice
Allowing others to destroy
knowledge
-illing an owl
Week$long vow o% silence
Learning and reciting
liturgies
*enial duties
.ailing a %allen
comrade
Su(ering a de%eat
Loosing your blade
Bare%oot pilgrimage
/! lashes across back
.ight without a shield until the ne0t
%ull moon
*a,or
transgressi
on
-nowingly uttering untruth
#eliberately destroying
knowledge
Participating in in,ustice
Loosing "erenas blade o%
,ustice
*onth$long vow o% silence
Sanitation duties
Schooling acolytes
Slaying a wol%
'sing a 1rearm
2e%using a challenge
.leeing combat
Pilgrimage with only the arms 3
de%ences provided by Taal 4wooden
club 5 %urs6
&ourt martial7
8uilty $ blade con1scation until ne0t
%ull moon
9nnocent : public declaration o%
innocence
;eresy
9nstigating and condoning
in,ustice or the destruction o%
learning
9nvestigation then trial by
,ury leading to either
e0communication<
imprisonment or beheading
Allowing the eternal
=ame to die out in a
temple
Switching allegiance
Trial by combat7
Loose : death
Win : banished %rom the &hurch