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| | Article Card: | Title: | The Law of the Rightarm Islands | Identifier: | 48 | Created on: | 2004-03-15 at 10:43 | Created by: | Eliane Jaulmes | Modified on: | 2004-03-15 at 10:43 | Modified by: | Eliane Jaulmes | Credits : | | Abstract: | Crimes and punishments. | Contributors: | Jérôme Blondel (author), Jean-Michel Armand (proofreader), Philippe Sigaud (proofreader), Edern Rio (proofreader), Eliane Jaulmes (translator) | Subjects: | Rightarm Islands, society | Keywords: | Fire Season, judge, Korenth, law, ludoch, Pelaskite, pirate, punishment, raid, Rightarm Islands, Sacred Crane, society | See also: | Life in a Pelaskite village(42%), The Admiral and the Priestess in the Rightarm Islands(42%), Description of the Pelaskite family(33%), The Ludoch's place in the Pelaskite society(33%), Ships and Navigation in the Rightarm Islands(25%), Trade and Exchange in the Rightarm Islands(25%), Presentation of the Pelaskites of the Rightarm Islands(25%), The inhabitants of the islands(25%), The village council in the Righarm Islands(25%), Role of the Wise Ones in the Pelaskite society(25%) | Appears in: | - | |
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| | The law of the islands is called for only in serious matters. There is only one law for the murders, rapes, plunders and other terrible crimes committed against Pelaskites: the law issued by the Ludoch. They are called for to judge the gravest crimes. Pirates villages exist. Some live in the deep of the marshes. In the Fire Season, they paint their face, file their teeth to look like predators, and enjoy launching raids on peaceful villages, scornful of the sacred protection offered by Korenth's Cranes. For such abominations, the punishment delivered by the Ludoch judges is simple and known, in the different parts of the islands, under savoury names which bring awe and fear: seagulls court, tide sentence, crabs court, etc. You are warned: exile is not used as punishment in the Rightarm Islands. The Ludoch recognise some mitigating circumstances, but the only comfort it offers is a chance of redemption in the next life. Smaller crimes, such as boat theft, are simply punished by a sound collective beating.
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