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Sooooo much judicial discretion, unless the victim is a noble. A lot depends on how many serious people in good standing will testify to their character.

Hulrun does not seem to have at any point been unambiguously breaking Kenabres's Laws, including when he arrested people on suspicion of being Desnans (supporting a church that is alleged to be a subversive cult is illegal.)

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Alleged?

"Iomedae," he says, in religious horror that he is not, actually, bothering to conceal.

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"...is there something wrong with the laws?" asks Stasia.

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"The doctrine of the goddess is that laws should be few enough in number that all subjects of the state can know them, and unambiguous enough so that they can know when they are following them. If supporting the church of a Chaotic Good god whose worship has not been outlawed is a crime purely because the arresting officer alleges it to be subversive, who cannot be charged?"

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What a nice idea that will never, under any circumstances, actually describe reality.

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" - Inquisitor," says Stasia, "I think it's written so you can arrest people if you want to do that. That is generally what people who are writing laws want."

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"So I see." He hates, hates, hates Caliphas Mendev apparently the entire world outside of Lastwall.

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"I think the legal code could stand for some rewriting to make it clearer and easier for people to know if they're on the right side of it," says Ramien. 

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"And does anyone below Her Majesty have the legal power to do so?"

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"Many of those laws are Mendev's, and only Her Majesty could approve changes. But some of them are laws of Kenabres, added over the last few decades to deal with the demon problem, and those this council has the authority to alter, as it is this council that voted to approve them." 

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"I am pleased to hear it." Iomedae. What is wrong with this place.

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"Eagle Watch just made it known which laws we'd enforce and that there wasn't any point bringing other ones to us. The city guard can do the same, even with respect to Mendev laws they cannot change."

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That is SACRILEGE.

... he can't... actually deny that it is the thing that is winning...

He is going to report that to his superiors and be SHOCKED and HORRIFIED at them. But he cannot actually deny that Irabeth is a paladin, and so therefore this is somehow sufficient for "lawful" good.

(He knew that was how it worked in Caliphas. But Caliphas was at obviously and blatantly corrupt and made no pretensions to being a Lawful country. He would REALLY LIKE if he could never, ever be stationed anywhere except Lastwall, in the future, but we serve where Iomedae sends us.)

"I see."

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"If we don't have the capacity to enforce all of the laws, we should ask Her Majesty for more capacity, but in its absence it's better to be clear with people about what we do have the capacity to enforce, and to enforce that, than to do everything haphazardly."

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Yes, but then nobody will respect the majesty of the laws!

... Nobody does respect the majesty of the laws, do they. Except him, and everyone else in Lastwall, and maybe some Hellknights.

ETTORE HATES MENDEV.

"Given that, I agree."

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Some invisible tension related to whether the Inquisitor was going to attempt to arrest Irabeth leaks out of the room.

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The Inquisitor is a very reasonable person. He just hates Mendev.

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The inquisitor is either a tiny baby or faking it very well. Even the church of Shizuru isn't this bad.

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He likes the inquisitor! He seems a faithful priest of a Good god, like Irabeth!

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"This, then, raises the question of what laws the Watch should enforce." This is SO TREMENDOUSLY DISTASTEFUL to him. "Irabeth, what has the Eagle Watch's historical policy been?"

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"Violent crimes against persons - murder, assault resulting in serious injury, rape, kidnapping, banditry - and then theft, fraud, and impersonation. - we also took reports of treason, heresy, and demon worship, but reported those on to the Inquisition."

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He nods. "Do unsuccessful crimes qualify, and do ordered crimes place the weight on the order-giver, or only the individual who carried it out?"

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"We also investigated unsuccessful crimes. Having been ordered to commit a crime wasn't a defense in any of the cases we saw. The thieflings don't tend to give up their bosses and corruption in government was another referral to the Inquisition."

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"Thank you. What do we know about the current status leadership of the Watch? The sole report I have at present is from Chets, and it is that the majority were cultists and he filled the ranks with his own men. I do not know how reliable this is; does anyone have more recent information?"

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Frankly, until his conversation he wasn't aware there was a Kenabres city watch that didn't have 'eagle' as a prefix.

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