Bailiffs
While Magistrates and Myrmidons are well advised to be able to defend themselves, employing extra muscle in the form of lower-ranked Kindred or Ghouls is often practiced as well. The rules on this issue vary widely from domain to domain. Commonly, disputants are not allowed to bring their own bodyguards. Relatively often, only the presiding official is allowed to have armed guards present. Sometimes, however, not everybody trusts the presiding official, so another official entirely is in charge of providing security. This may be the Sheriff, the Prefect or even a specialized “Head Bailiff.” Once again, each domain’s hierarchy customizes its offices and the duties thereof based on the problems they have to solve.
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