Law-Poet Dirk Biodag

Overview
Law-Poet Dirk Biodag (-50–314 After Fomorian Conflict) was an aes sidhe law-poet who practiced under the Uullor court. Famous for his negotiation of “infinite circle magic” cases, Dirk Biodag’s best-known work centers on the simultaneous ambiguity and implicit contractuality of communication. In one case, Gwyllion Guise vs. The Uullor Court, Biodag successfully established the immateriality of intentionality in implicit magic; in particular, in banishing via knife.

Early Life
We know Biodag was born to a pair of ironsmiths, who died in their dangerous line of work when Biodag was 8. The next reference places Biodag’s arrival at the Uullor Court in 2 AFC, as the complainants’ lawyer in the case The Descendents of Teg Tyl-Wyth v. Teg Tyl-Wyth, notable for establishing the citizenship rights of changelings. He rose to minor celebrity status after serving as lawyer for both plaintiff and defendant in the case Alderson v. Alderson. He served primarily as a civil-suits lawyer for 100 years before being appointed Court Drafter by King Finvara.

Later Career
As Court Drafter, Biodag was responsible for drafting and editing all legislation issued from the Uullor Court, magical or otherwise. His first action was to immediately and decisively issue the “Standards, Styles, Spell Structures, and Most Definitive Hermeneutic Guidelines for All Legislation Hereby Issued by the Uullor Court”, a document still used today (as of 1277 AFC). It is also worth considering that he considered the controversial Good Neighbors Law his greatest achievement.

Death
Biodag died at the old age of 364 in a freak accident while visiting the still-active iron foundry his parents perished in. His tomb is inscribed with a quote from The Guide, “There is no magic but language; no language but life; no life but magic.”

Worksheet for HIST 2002
(1)Which king promoted Biodag to Court Drafter in 102 AFC?
(2)What are two legal cases Biodag worked on?
(3)What was Biodag’s first act as Court Drafter?
Extra Credit: Please write one thing you remember from last week. Please. Anything.