The Code Legal of Corwynth

The laws of Corwynth apply to all citizens, regardless of demographic. Smaller settlements may have harsher or more lenient punishments doled out for crimes committed. These laws intact apply to major hubs of society and capital cities.
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 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 within the dungeons or jailhouse of the local law enforcer (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 the fine 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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Publication Status

This document is publicly available for all at any local magistrate office in most settlements within the Corwynth borders.

Legal status

This document is valid by decree of the King and High Lord of Corwynth.

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The Code Legal of Corwynth

I. Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles

Assaulting or impersonating a Lord: death
Assaulting or impersonating an official or noble: flogging, imprisonment up to a tenday, and fine up to 500 gold pieces
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 without consent: imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1000 gold pieces
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1000 gold pieces and edict

II. Crimes against the City

Arson: death or hard labor up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of the repairs plus 2000 gold pieces
Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a tenday and/or fines up to 10 gold pieces
Espionage: death or permanent exile
Fencing stole goods: fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
Forgery of an official document: flogging and exile for up to 10 summers
Hampering justice: fine up to 2000 gold pieces and hard labor up to a tenday
Littering: fine up to 2 gold pieces and edict
Poisoning a city well: death
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
Treason: death
Vandalism: imprisonment up to a tenday plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of the repairs plus up to 100 gold pieces
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1000 gold pieces and edict

III. Crimes against the Gods

Assaulting a priest or lay worshiper: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to 500 gold pieces
Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5 gold pieces and edict
Public blasphemy against a god or church: edict
Theft of temple goods or offerings: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
Tomb-robbing: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500 gold pieces

IV. Crimes against Citizens

Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a tenday, flogging, and damages up to 1000 gold pieces
Blackmailing or intimidating a citizen: fine or damages up to 500 gold pieces and edict
Burglary: imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gold pieces
Damaging property or livestock: damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus up to 500 gold pieces
Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25 gold pieces and edict
Murdering a citizen without justification: death or hard labor up to 10 years, and damages up to 1000 gold pieces 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 1000 gold pieces paid to the victim's kin
Robbery: hard labor up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gold pieces
Slavery: flogging and hard labor up to 10 years
Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or damages up to 1000 gold pieces and edict

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Type

Decree, Governmental

Location

Stonehaven

Signatories (Characters)

• Erdric Branden
• Erdric Vauld, II

Signatories (Organizations)

• Kingdom of Corwynth