Bishop Ezekiel-19 delivered the Copper Synod's formal acknowledgment of the Free Sun Edict's end, a 412-year-old pledge that once allotted Jovion serfs their portion of daylight. The rite on the Synod steps mixed hymns of joyful despair with bitter brass, while mourners dropped one eclipse token per erased clause.
Lords have diverted the remaining light since the Edict vanished in 679, converting it into private eclipse licenses. Serfs now trade brass filings for fleeting glimpses of dawn. Lord Mordecai-93 noted the arrangement's profitability during council, underscoring how ordinary access to the sun has simply ceased.
The resulting Nocturnal Famine receives official praise as market discipline at work. After dawn-rivet convoys were said to be disrupted, sanctions fell on serf terraces, locking scarce daylight behind premium prices for manor households alone.
