Legal Code
Punishment for a crime can include one or more of the following, based on the nature of the crime, who or what the crime is committed against, and the criminal record of the convicted:
Death
Exile (for a number of years or summers)
Flogging (a set number of strokes)
Hard labor (for a period of days, months, or years depending on the seriousness of the crime)
Imprisonment in the dungeons of the Luminous Cloud or Old West Trading Company (for a period of days or months depending on the seriousness of the crime)
Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay the fine leads to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
Damages (payable to the injured party or victim’s kin; inability to pay damages leads to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
Edict (forbidding the convicted from doing something; violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labor, and/or a fine)
The First Charges: Crimes Against The Lords
Severe Offenses: Treason, Assault Upon or Impersonation of a Lord, Assault Upon or Impersonation of a Magister, Forgery of an Official Document
Serious Offenses: Theft, Vandalism or Arson Against the City, Impersonation of Guardsman or Officer of the Watch, Repetition of Lesser Offenses, Willful Disobedience of any Edict Uttered Against One by a Lord
Lesser Offenses: Unlawful Observation or Copying of an Official Document, Assault Upon Any City Officer Who is Acting in the Line of Duty.
Minor Offenses: Blasphemy against Lord, Magister or any City Officer
Lord = Rank 4 or higher in the Luminous Cloud or Old World Trading Company
The Second Charges: Crimes Against the City
Severe Offenses: Poisoning of City Wells, Murder, Spying, Sabotage
Serious Offenses: Fraud, Fencing Stolen Goods, Unlawful Dueling, Murder with Justification, Repetition of any Lesser Offenses
Lesser Offenses: Bribery of a City Officer or Official; Hindrance of City Watch/Guards in their Duty
Minor Offenses: Bribery, Unlawful Flight over the City, Blasphemy Against Foreign Ambassadors, Vagrancy, Littering (includes relief of human wastes in public), Brandishing a Weapon Dangerously or Threatening without Due Cause, Dangerous Operation of a Coach, Wagon or other Conveyance.
The Third Charges: Crimes Against the Gods
Severe Offenses: Defiling of a Holy Place, prominent worship of illegal gods or orders
Serious Offenses: Theft of Temple Goods or Offerings, Tomb-Robbing, Repetition of any Lesser Offense, Worship of illegal gods or orders.
Lesser Offenses: Assault Upon a Priest or Lay Worshipper
Minor Offenses: Public Blasphemy of a God or Priesthood, Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct at Worship
The Fourth Charges: Crimes Against Citizens
Severe Offenses: Arson, Rape, Assault Resulting in Mutilation or Crippling, Magical Assault, Forgery, Slavery
Serious Offenses: Robbery, Burglary, Theft or Killing of Livestock, Repetition of a Lesser Offense, Usury
Lesser Offenses: Damage to Property, Assault (Wounding), Assault on Livestock, Unlawful Hindrance of Business
Minor Offenses: Assault (without wounding or robbery), Excessive Noise
