OFFICIAL CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT

This agreement is formed between the entity known as the Shadow Raven, [hereinafter referred to as "The Contracting Party" or "The Contracting Entity"], and Iuri Garledov, [hereinafter referred to as the "Adventurer", "Signee", or "Mark Bearer"], who shall be held in full liability for the services herein.
WHEREAS, The Contracting Party desires souls willingly offered, and; 
WHEREAS, The Adventurer has stated "Let her go, take me instead! I'll go willingly, just release her!"
WHEREAS, The Contracting Party has stated "Say the words, and she is free. ‘I promise my service to the Shadow Raven until this quest is complete.’", and;
WHEREAS, The Adventurer has stated "I promise my service to the Shadow Raven until this quest is complete!", and;
WHEREAS, The Adventurer was in possession of the entirety of this contract at signing, and;
WHEREAS, The Adventurer bears the mark of the contract on their soul;
NOW, THEREFORE, The Contracting Party and the Signee, in consideration of the mutual benefits flowing to one another hereinafter stated and described, agree as follows:

Section 1. Services To Be Provided

Adventurer shall provide services in the following form, at a minimum: a) Defeating, Destroying, Permanently Banishing, or in some otherwise functionally similar manner Permanently Incapacitating any member of the group known as the "Azure Haze" (and any other pseudonyms, aliases, chapters, splinter groups, or other allied entities) while the terms of this contract remain in effect, and; b) Adventurer shall further provide the service of recovering any thing which has been taken from the Shadow Raven by any current or former member of the Azure Haze, and; c) Adventurer shall further provide the service of ensuring the protection and safety of all officially enlisted officers of the Shadow Raven Army.

Section 2. Payment and Compensation

a) In consideration of the services described in Section 1, The Contracting Party shall provide, either in person or through an authorized representative: i) A reasonably safe escort through or to the Shadowfell upon arrival at the Shadow Raven Army encampment; ii) Sufficient supplies for 1 (one) mortal for the expected duration required for the navigation and traversal of the Shadowfell; iii) Means of providing heat and/or light, as appropriate, to 1 (one) mortal sufficient for the purpose of adequate vision while in the Shadowfell.

b) Due to the nature of the services described in Section 1, The Contracting Party shall provide compensation as described in Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) prior to the completion of the services described in Section 1. The Contracting Party shall provide compensation as described in Section 2(c) upon completion of the work described in Section 1(a) and Section 1(b). c) Upon full completion and satisfaction of the terms of the agreement as outlined in Section 1, including with reference to any stipulation in any and all subsequent Sections of this contract, the Contracting Party shall release the creature known as ”Hallow Cross” from any restraint, binding, physical bondage, magical spell, or other fetters that would otherwise impede free movement or require the creature to be “released” in order to move freely.

Section 3. Liquidated Damages

a) In the event that the Adventurer fails to perform the services described in Section 1 within the time provided in Section 4, or the Adventurer dies before the services described in Section 1 are completed to full and complete satisfaction, the Adventurer shall provide liquidated damages in the form of a payment of not less than 1 (one) Mortal Soul to the non-breaching party;

b) The Mortal Soul supplied to the non-breaching party must be that of a Mark Bearer;

c) In the event that The Contracting Party fails to provide payment and compensation as described in Section 2, The Contracting Entity shall provide no recompense.

Section 4. Term Of Contract and Agreement

a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Agreement shall be void within 30 days of execution if the services described in Section 1 are not completed. This term limit shall be waived in cases of tortuous interference by third parties.

b) The Optional Contract Extension described in Section 6 may be enacted at any time that the described conditions are brought about (although not if said conditions are brought about in any Plane other than The Hells, The Material Plane, The Shadowfell, The Feywild, or The Astral Sea), provided that: i) Not more than 6 years have passed since the signing of this agreement, and ii) The Enacting Individual has not entered into any agreement that would conflict with the fulfillment of the aforementioned Optional Contract Extension.

Section 5. Termination of Contract

a) This contract may not be terminated without cause by either party. A notice of at least 1 (one) year must be received by the receiving party prior to termination, allowing for an opportunity for legal injunction in the appropriate and relevant court and/or allowing the non-terminating party to cure within 1 (one) year of receipt of the notice.

Section 6. Optional Contract Extension

Should the Adventurer receive release from a pre-existing mortal condition, or otherwise find their form to be in such a state as to be subject to resurrection magic, the following Optional Contract Clauses may be enacted by any officially enlisted member of the Shadow Raven Army on behalf of that individual ONLY (hereinafter "The Enacting Adventurer"):

a) The Contracting Entity, or an authorized representative, shall provide resurrection magic as is appropriate to restore a state of life or something reasonably similar thereto;

b) The Enacting Adventurer shall receive additional magical enhancements to power to sustain and deliver damage;

c) The Enacting Adventurer shall surrender to The Contracting Entity the soul of the Signee within 20 years of enacting the option or upon the next incident resulting in the termination of the mortality of the Enacting Adventurer, whichever is a shorter period.

Section 7. Force Majeure

a) In the event that either party is unable to perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement because of acts of Gods, strikes, equipment or transmission failure or damage reasonably beyond its control, or other causes reasonably beyond its control, such party shall not be liable for damages to the other party resulting from such failure to perform or otherwise from such causes.

Section 8. Representations and Warranties, Disclaimers

a) The representations and warranties of both parties contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and at the time of execution. The statements of The Contracting Party and its authorized representatives made in any certifications or actions delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the execution date.

b) The Contracting Party shall not be held liable for damages, injury, death, emotional damage, trauma, teleportation, transmutation, or other harms, losses, or penalties incurred in pursuit of the fulfillment of this Agreement or any activity or effort related thereto.

c) The Contracting Party shall indemnify the Signee for torts (up to damages of 5,000,000 [five million] gold pieces or 25 [twenty-five] Mortal Souls) and misdemeanors committed in the relevant areas and layers of the Shadowfell, and which are committed in pursuit of the Services described in Section 1, insofar and only to the extent that such torts and misdemeanors are necessary for the fulfillment of this Agreement.

d) The Contracting Party certifies, represents, and agrees that this contract is, and shall be construed to be, in keeping with the Pact Primeval, as Agreed To and Held In Keeping by Those Ancient and Revered Parties.

Section 9. Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Class Action Waiver, and Parol Evidence Clause

a) Signee waives all rights to trials and proceedings held by any and all jurisdictions of the Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, and all other planes besides The Hells, Mechanus, and Mount Celestia.

b) Disputes arising out of and relating to this agreement shall be heard in binding arbitration in the 9th Layer of Hell, Nessus. c) ADVENTURERS WAIVE THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE IN COURT OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM OR DISPUTE AS A CLASS ACTION, EITHER AS A MEMBER OF A CLASS OR AS A REPRESENTATIVE. Adventurers waive all rights to participation in any Class Action legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the substance of this agreement. d) This instrument constitutes the final, fully integrated expression of the agreement between The Contracting Party and Adventuring Party, and it cannot be modified or amended in any way except in writing signed by The Contracting Party and Adventuring Party.

Section 10. Considerations and Other Final Points of Order

a) In the event that the Signee harms, damages, causes to become harmed or damaged, or otherwise brings injury or death, either directly or indirectly, upon any officially enlisted member of the Shadow Raven Army or any bearer of a mark signifying a signed contract with the Shadow Raven, the signee will immediately be subject to a punishment equal to tenfold the amount of damage incurred, or caused to be incurred, up to and including death, supplied instantly from the glyphs embedded within the language of this contract.

b) In the event that the Signee charms, magically influences, causes to become charmed or magically influenced, or otherwise causes, either directly or indirectly, a detrimental magical effect to affect any officially enlisted member of the Shadow Raven Army or any bearer of a mark signifying a signed contract with the Shadow Raven, the signee will immediately be subject to a punishment equal to fifty times the level of the spell or magical effect, up to and including death, supplied instantly from the glyphs embedded within the language of this contract.

c) If the Signee dies as a result of actions that initiate the proceedings in Section 10(a) and/or Section 10(b), the Signee will be subject to the terms outlined in Section 3(a).

Section 11. Non-Transferable

a) The Signee may not transfer this contract except by those methods outlined in Section 11(b). This contract shall not be otherwise transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or disposed of in any way, whether by operation of law, magic, chronurgy, divinity, or otherwise, and shall be exercisable during The Contracting Entity’s time of existence only by the The Contracting Entity or an authorized representative.

b) This contract and the liabilities and responsibilities therein are not transferable except with the express, freely-given, uncoerced, unbiased, unanimous agreement of all parties involved or directly affected by such transference. Agreement must be made in triplicate in with all parties present in addition to at least three (3) independent witnesses who have no vested interest in any related party, group, or any service or action or contract stipulation outlined anywhere in this contract. One of each of the three agreements must be made on neutral ground to all parties in the following planes: the Material Plane; the Feywild; the Shadowfell.

c) Any attempt by the Signee to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or dispose of this contract or its obligations in any way will result in immediate and irrevocable forfeiture of the Mark Bearer’s soul to The Contracting Entity.

MARK BEARER'S SIGNATURE