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CRIMINAL ACTS - TORT LAWS
Updated 2025-11-01
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Section 1 - These crimes can result in death, enslavement, or other punishments as deemed fit by a magistrate/High Magistrate
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The Laws of Port Talis (Southern Gorean Codex) (edited)Friday, January 9, 2026 11:02 AM
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[11:02 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:02 AM
Treason
Betrayal of the Home Stone or any attempt to overthrow the sovereignty of Port Talis is the gravest crime.
• 1-a: Falsely claiming membership in a Caste.
• 1-b: Forging papers or seals for personal gain.
• 1-c: Aiding enemies of Port Talis in any form.
• 1-d: Possessing or creating maps of the city without belonging to the Caste of Cartographers.
• 1-e: Selling or trading information about Port Talis to outsiders.
• 1-f: Spying upon the citizens of Port Talis.
Penalty: Death, exile, or enslavement, at the discretion of the Magistrates.
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[11:06 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:06 AM
Murder and Attempted Murder
No free may take the life of another free without lawful sentence or explicit authority.
• Penalties: Execution, exile, or blood-price paid to the family of the slain.
• Accused may plead innocence before a Prefect or claim Justifiable Homicide.
Justifiable Homicide includes:
• Defense of the Home Stone.
• Slaying an agent of an enemy power when arrest is not feasible.
• Execution carried out under Prefect’s sentence.
• Self-defense.
• Protection of others: Free men may use deadly force to defend women, children, fellow free, and property.
• Physicians: Deaths in the course of treatment may be judged by testimony of another Physician.
• Euthanasia: A free may take his own life; assistance is lawful if a signed note is authenticated by Scribes.
• Refusal of Submission: A Warrior must accept the submission of a free woman or slay her.
• Capture Rights: A man granted rights over a foreign woman may slay her if she refuses the collar.
• Assassins: Those claiming the Caste of Assassins must prove their commission before the Praetor; if released, they must depart the city immediately.
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[11:07 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:07 AM
Theft or Destruction of Property
• Theft by a slave: Execution.
• Theft by a free:
• First offense: Ear notching.
• Second offense (male): Right hand removed.
• Third offense (male): Left hand and both feet removed.
• Second offense (female): Enslavement.
• Stolen property shall be seized and returned to rightful owner.
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Rape
Forcing a free person into sexual acts against their will is forbidden.
• Penalty: Execution or exile, at Prefect’s discretion.
• Conviction requires testimony of witnesses or Physicians.
Hopiest Hope — 1/9/2026 11:17 AMFriday, January 9, 2026 11:17 AM
Slander and Defamation
• False statements harming reputation or livelihood are crimes.
• Penalty: Fines or imprisonment.
• If truth is proven, the accuser shall suffer equal punishment.
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[11:17 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:17 AM
Other Crimes
• Face Stripping: Removing the veil of a free woman without authority of her Companion or Magistrate.
• Disregard of Safety: Disobeying lawful orders meant to protect free persons.
• Assault: Physical attack upon a citizen; punishment determined by Magistrate.
• Fraud: False witness or deceit for gain; punished by fines or imprisonment.
• Arson: Investigated by Magistrates; punishable by imprisonment or enslavement.
• False Accusations: Punishable by fines, imprisonment, or enslavement.
• Kidnapping: Abduction without lawful order; punishable by death or enslavement.
• False Imprisonment: Unlawful confinement of a citizen; punishable by Magistrate’s ruling.
• Bribery: Offering goods, services, or coin to corrupt testimony or neglect duty; punishable by fines, imprisonment, or enslavement
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The Laws of Port Talis (Southern Gorean Codex, Part II)
Accepting a Bribe
To accept coin, goods, or services in exchange for false testimony, neglect of duty, or unlawful influence is a betrayal of the Home Stone.
• Penalty: Fines, imprisonment, enslavement, or death, at the discretion of the Magistrates.
• Any citizen, resident, or official found guilty shall be stripped of honor and caste privileges. (edited)Friday, January 9, 2026 11:18 AM
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Breaking & Entering
Forcing entry into the private holdings of another without lawful warrant or Magistrate’s order is forbidden.
• Exception: Warriors may enter dwellings or shops in pursuit of criminals or when danger within is evident.
• Penalty: Imprisonment, fines, or enslavement, as judged by the Prefect.
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[11:19 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:19 AM
Resisting Arrest
Any who flee or refuse lawful apprehension after a warrant signed by the High Magistrate, or who disobey the command of a Warrior, shall be guilty of resisting arrest.
• Penalty: Imprisonment, enslavement, or death, depending on severity and circumstance.
• The authority of the Warrior is absolute in pursuit of justice.
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Face Covering
No man may obscure his face within the walls of Port Talis, save those of the Clan of Torturers or those bearing a Physician’s note.
• First offense: Verbal warning.
• Second offense: Imprisonment or enslavement.
• Persistent offenders may be exiled or executed.
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Section II — Of the Enslavement of Free Persons
Enslavement of Free Women
A free woman who acts in a manner unbecoming of her station shall be enslaved.
Reasons include:
• Slavish behavior in speech, dress, or demeanor.
• Kneeling in the slave’s position or dancing as a slave.
• Submission to a man or addressing him as “Master.”
• Free Companionship contracts permitting enslavement.
• Absence of manumission papers when branded or collared.
• Couching another’s slave.
• Public lust, drunkenness, nudity, or vagrancy.
• Wearing earrings in public.
• Dressing or performing as a slave outside of Kajuralia.
Penalty: Immediate collaring and sale from the public block.
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[11:22 AM]Friday, January 9, 2026 11:22 AM
Debt
If a man cannot pay his debts:
• His property may be seized by Prefects.
• If insufficient, his daughters and companion may be enslaved and sold.
• He himself may be chained to labor until the debt is repaid.
• Free women unable to meet obligations may be enslaved and sold, either publicly or directly to the creditor.
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Foreign Free Women
Free women not citizens of Port Talis are not protected under its laws. They may be collared without repercussion.
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Section III — Dispute Resolution and Challenges
Intra-Caste Disputes
Disputes within a Caste shall be judged by the Head of Caste.
• Rulings may be recorded in the Cylinder of Knowledge.
• All parties must abide by the decision.
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Hopiest Hope — 1/9/2026 11:25 AMFriday, January 9, 2026 11:25 AM
Inter-Caste Disputes
Disputes between Castes shall be resolved by their respective Heads.
• If resolution fails, a challenge may be issued.
Challenges
• The challenger must declare the challenge publicly.
• The challenged man chooses the mode of combat and time.
• He may appoint a champion if unskilled in the arts of the Red Caste.
• The dispute ends when mercy is demanded or death occurs.
• The victor has no claim to the estate of the vanquished.
• If the vanquished dies, his estate is distributed according to inheritance law.
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