Library:The Magistrate

This story by Themo Lock is part of the.

Fragment from a poem entitled "The Magistrate"
(circa 600 Years before the Cataclysm)


 * Magistrate Kust is righteous and just; his judgement is lawful and swift. His grasp of the law, complete, without flaw, is his strength and natural-born gift. Immune to disruption, beyond all corruption, his rulings are never in doubt. He sees through all lies with his piercing blue eyes: all motives are always found out. Be you peasant or noble, his process is global: no woman, man, child is exempt. When called to the booth, you had best tell the truth, or find yourself charged with contempt. Justice: his goal, he cares not for your soul, though you 'pologize, plead or repent. The innocent: freed; the guilty will bleed, or to dungeon will surely be sent.

Trivia

 * The Magistrate was a winner of the Scholars of Novia's "Fragments from the Library of Deekka the Druidess" contest.