Not here, not anymore.

The mental posture you have to assume to catch her attention is pretty unpleasant

Otolmens is the most popular deity in what's left of Korvosa, and it'd be great to have the vaguest idea what her edicts are.

Kroft didn't see this coming and in retrospect she really should have.

You're pretty much our patron saint. There's a vocal minority who think it reflects poorly on Abadar that He never chose you.

We'd throw in behind whatever obscure deity empowered you even if they were Lawful Good-aligned and we had to become better people or feel bad about that or something.

...Right.

Anyway, Otolmens has given me the power to detect evil, 

Wait, I thought you said She made you a priest?

She did that too.

Otolmens gave me the power to detect evil, so while I prattle about the primordial inevitable I'll also be going around looking for shadows.

Ileosa, I think you wanted to give a decree about that?

When Toff -

Without spin, please. 

...From now on, anyone who is controlling a shadow needs to wear robes with black and yellow stripes. You'll observe that Reebs and Delmore already are.

Anyone who attacks anyone wearing those robes will be fed to the shadows guarding the door.

And all the shadows in the Vault need to be named and listed on paper along with their locations and randomly checked in on and all shadows need to be positioned so that bound ones can restrain any which are suddenly freed. This is hopefully an easier problem now that the door's been blocked, but Master Cangi will work out the exact details. 

The arbiters chime in that turning people into undead as punishment for a crime is unconstitutional.

Anyone who attacks anyone wearing those robes will be hung from the neck until dead.

What's the proposed punishment for not reporting a bound shadow?

Hung from the neck until... well, they might have other shadows too, hm. Anyone who fails to report a bound shadow will be charmed, compelled, and, if possible, dominated as well.

That works for her.

And it sounds good to them too!

Fuck necromancers.

Public sentiment is so disgustingly fickle; have they already all forgotten that it was the necromancers (and negative-channeling clerics) who saved Korvosa? 

Or at least saved... part of Korvosa...

But there's nothing to be gained preaching fire and brimstone at people unless you have a reason to think that they'll behave better after you've done so.

Out of curiosity, do any of the Archbishop's clerics happen to have kept a shadow or three for personal defense or private use?

It is entirely doctrinally sound for the chosen of Asmodeus to marginally improve their own personal security at the cost of imposing the risk of damnation - even Abyssal damnation - on everyone around them.

It is doctrinally sound for me to sear your palms, elbows, knees, and the soles of your feet.

It is doctrinally sound for me to watch as you crawl like a snake on your stomach.

...He will keep that in mind the next time he's tempted to do something which might annoy the Archbishop of Varisia. 

The best time to grovel was apparently thirty seconds ago - that would have gone over better than trying to defend himself - but better late than never. In a panic he'll execute the mental motion of finding a frame where he can believe that he did something wrong and can convincingly perform contrition... and ah, he's found one. Give him just heartbeats to work himself up into actually believing it, and:

He royally fucked this one up and is so, so sorry. He didn't think what would happen with the shadow if he died. He didn't think at all. This is an explanation, not an excuse; there are no excuses. The Archbishop is justified in whatever he decides to do now. This priest only asks that he be left whole enough to use his magic in service of Hell and defense of Korvosa.

We'll talk about this later, in private. 

Honestly I'd take right now in public over later in private; I don't know how long I can retain this frame and the moment it slips away from me I'm going to start rehearsing ego-salving reasons to resent you, each of which will give me a circumstance penalty on my Bluff checks.

I'm slightly more aware of your internal processes than you are, which is to say, not particularly. I'm going to assume that you're dragging this out because you think that you'll be safer if sentenced in front of gawkers.