First Contract

The First Contract was the metal plate inscribed with the various legal rights and duties of the kandra which was the first thing taught to a mistwraith upon gaining sentience. Although the First Generation originally worried about setting up their own legal system outside of the Lord Ruler so it was taken to him to be approved and signed and it was at this point that they were inscribed on metal plates.

Origin

The First Contract came into existence after it was discovered that powerful soothers could take over the body of kandra and force them to do their will. It was believed that if the kandra had a set of laws swearing them into the service of humans who held their contract that there would be no need to try controlling the kandra in any other way.

Originally just a series of promises made by the First Generation to the Lord Ruler, the First Contract eventually came to describe all rights and duties of the kandra. They were cast onto metal plates in order to avoid being read or altered by Ruin.

Contents

Although not all of the contents of the First Contract is known, a few basic articles are understood. One of the most fundamental tenets was ultimate dedication to the Lord Ruler. Some of the more basic tenets were the following:

• Respect for earlier generations of kandra
• Legal rights of all kandra
• Provisions for the creation of new kandra

One of the more disturbing and much less known requirements of the First Contract would require (if invoked) the mass suicide of the entire Kandra race.

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