Lexius Terrenis

The Lexius Terrenis is the official law of the land that covers crimes and their punishments under the laws set forth by King Gavin Durlon when the kingdom was first fully established. These laws are enforced kingdom-wide, however, this is not a complete list of laws in each locale as local jurisdictions may have specific laws on their books that only apply to that region or town.

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 or 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 (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)

Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles

• Assaulting or Impersonating a Lord: Death or Exile for life
• Assaulting or Impersonating an Official or Noble: Flogging, Imprisonment up to 30 days, and fine up to 500 gp
• Blackmailing an Official: Flogging and Exile up to 10 years
• Bribery or Attempted Bribery of an Official: Exile up to 20 years and fine up to double the bribe amount
• Murder of a Lord, Official, or Noble: Death
• Using magic to influence a Lord or Official without consent: Imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000 gp (applies to all categories)

Crimes against a City

• Arson: Death or Hard Labor up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2,000 gp
• Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to 10 days and/or fine up to 10 gp
• Espionage: Death or Permanent Exile
• Fencing stolen goods: Fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
• Forgery of an official document: Flogging and Exile for 10 years
• Hampering justice: Fine up to 200 gp and hard labor up to a tenday
• Littering: Fine up to 2 gp and edict
• Poisoning a city well: Death
• Theft: Flogging followed by imprisonment up to 1 year, Hard Labor up to a 5, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
• Treason: Death
• Vandalism: Imprisonment up to 10 days plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 gp

Crimes against the Gods

• Assaulting a priest or lay worshiper: Imprisonment up to 10 days and damages up to 500 sp
• Disorderly conduct within a temple: Fine up to 5sp and edict
• Theft of temple goods or offering: Imprisonment up to 10 days and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
• Tomb-robbing: Imprisonment up to 10 days and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500 gp

Crimes against Citizens

• Assaulting a citizen: Imprisonment up to 10 days, flogging and damages up to 1,000 gp
• Blackmailing or Intimidating a citizen: Fine or damages up to 500 gp and edict
• Burglary: Imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
• Damaging property or livestock: Damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus up to 500 gp
• Disturbing the peace: Fine up to 25 gp and edict
• Murdering a citizen without justification: Death or hard labor up to 10 years, and damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim’s kin
• Murdering a citizen with justification: Exile up to 5 years or hard labor up to 3 years or damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim's kin
• Robbery: Hard Labor up to one month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
• Slavery: Imprisonment and Hard Labor for 10 years then exiled for life.

Type

Text, Legislative