The Tribunal

The Tribunal enforces strict segregation between Everenti and pureblood Dark Elves. They classify Everenti as any who have Dark Elf ancestry but who don't follow the teachings of Vesperatus, or Dark Elves who have married into Dwarven families, have had children with Dwarves, willingly take more labor than is commanded of them, or otherwise bring shame to their race.

History
The Tribunal as a religious organization emerged out of the worship of gods of the Church of Alysia, held most dearly by the Dark Elves, as they fled the collapse of the Elvish Empire. The leader of the sect was Gaius Vesperatus, the father of Caius Vesperatus, the current leader.

Gaius, who believed strongly in divine healing, was an important figure to the emergence of Tribunalism as a distinct Alysian movement. As he saw his people enslaved, he taught that speaking in tongues was a direct possession of the flesh by divine spirits.

He taught that the baptism with the Spirit was more important experience than ''Theiótita. ''Sanctification cleansed the believer, but Spirit baptism empowered for service.

Worship features an absence of any order of service, due to necessity. Worship is limited only to Dark Elves, as is the protection of the Tribunes amongst the underground folk. People preach and testify as moved by the Spirit, spoke and sung in tongues, and fell in the Spirit. Women are vital to the Tribunal movement. Believing that whoever received the Spiritual experience had the responsibility to use it towards the preparation for emancipation.

There is only one directly known high-level member of the Tribunal, the leader Caius Vesperatus. Although the Dwarven hierarchy considers the group an organized slave government ready to spring into rebellion, they do not arrest any slaves or capture Vesperatus, in fear of a rebellion and of Vesperatus' ring, which has claimed many dwarves to his will.