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Feast of Balanced Scales
Mercy, weighed once yearly and sealed before it multiplies
The Feast of Balanced Scales permits each Tithe Assessor one yearly remission, proving mercy can survive only when counted, sealed, and made afraid.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.89-201
Fiscal Census
The mouth beneath the Ledger, still hungry after burial
The Fiscal Census is Tithes' continental obligation register: a vault-machine counting what the living, dead, unborn, and administratively inconvenient still owe.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.38-092
The Burden Index
The number rises; the bread shrinks
The Burden Index is the Bureau of Tithes household score that turns hunger, obedience, arrears, and suspicion into one billable number.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.84-157
Widow's Pennies
A penny enters the palm and waits for the scale
The Widow's Pennies are the Bureau of Tithes' smallest perfected cruelty: bereavement turned into household continuity, route discipline, and receipt.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.85-065