Falport Compact

Falport has a complex library of law and custom set by precedent, the main body of which can be read in the Falport Compact. This document is available in multiple languages at most government buildings, and (in the Common tongue) provided on request by the Iron Truncheon officer at the gates and the Masters of the harbors.
Be aware that the Falport Compact provides only an outline of typical sentences for various offenses, and Magisters have broad discretion when meting out justice as they see fit. The High Sheriff can overturn a Magister’s ruling, but this is a rare occurrence.​
​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 parts of a year)
• 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).

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Falport Compact

I. Crimes Against The Lords or Officials

• Murder of a Lord or official: death
• Assaulting or impersonating a Lord: death
• Assaulting or impersonating an official: flogging, imprisonment up to a two weeks, 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
• Using magic to influence a Lord without consent: imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000 gp
• Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict

II. Crimes Against The City

• Poisoning a city well: death
• Treason: death
• Espionage: death or permanent exile
• Acting or performing as a Bard: permanent exile and transportation to Pelican Island.
• 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 two weeks and/or fine up to 10 gp
• Fencing stolen goods: fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
• Forgery of an official document: flogging and exile for 10 summers
• Hampering justice: fine up to 200 gp and hard labor up to a tenday
• Theft: flogging followed by imprisonment up to a tenday, hard labor up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
• Vandalism: imprisonment up to two weeks plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 gp
• Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict
• Littering: fine up to 2 gp and edict

III. Crimes Against The Gods

• Assaulting a priest providing services: imprisonment up to two weeks and damages up to 500 gp
• Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5 gp and edict
• Tomb-robbing: imprisonment up to two weeks and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500 gp

IV. Crimes Against Citizens

• 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
• Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to two weeks, 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
• Robbery: hard labor up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
• Slavery: flogging and hard labor up to 10 years
• Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict

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Type

Decree, Governmental

Medium

Paper

Location

Falport