Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

LISA100595 wrote:Subject: A Petition for Signature in the Temple of Ilmater

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kleomenes wrote:A petition is left in the Temple of Ilmater, near Brother Khalso's guard post. It is in open view, and visitors to the temple are invited to read and and sign it, if their conscience so dictates.

To their Esteemed Graces, the Grand Dukes of Baldur's Gate,

Conveyed care of the Grand Narlhelm,

We the undersigned write in order to petition their Graces regarding the application of the laws of the city, mindful of the sufferings which the sufferings of 1351 and the siege of Baldur's Gate have laid upon this city's enduring citizens.

Songs are sung of how the rule of law aids peace and fosters freedom, so long as the laws are just and those who enforce them lenient and understanding. And it is said among worshipers of the Triad that the law is just when it is tempered with mercy.

We the undersigned all cherish the city of Baldur's Gate for the openness and tolerance of its people, and their rulers. This freedom flourishes because the city looks to Tyr, not Bane, for its jurisprudence.

The city is economically distressed and its people have faced bravely the threats of plague and war. Those who remain have been through much, and we the undersigned feel it is a time that the law should be applied with a nuance that accounts for merciful rehabilitation along with proper, proportionate punishment.

This petition to their Graces came about when a man, a thief but who by negilgence and Beshaba's curse, knocked down another in his flight from the watch, who cracked his head open and died. The thief, a starving man, sought bread from his family. To steal from others is not the way, but his crime was not equivalent to plunging a blade into his fellow citizens heart.

According to the strict code of the city's laws he was a killer of his fellow man and faced the noose, although the watch officers present kindly agreed to place a plea of mercy before the magistrates, so that instead of facing death, the man could instead serve the community as a punishment, alleviating the hardship he himself was victim of and was the true author of the disturbance.

Their esteemed Graces will be well aware of the fiery civil strife engendered by the nefarious virtuous soil, whose lies found ready and willing ears due to the hardship faced by the people during the plague; but the charitable mercies offered by their esteemed Graces during the plague did much to reaffirm the people's belief in their good government. Perhaps an iron fist uprooted the Virtuous Soil, but it was the just government of their esteemed Graces that meant the rebel's roots were not so deep. Such as will prove true with the Crimson Blade.

And their esteemed Graces will no doubt be aware of the lessons of recent history to the south, as well, where the lords of Tethyr demanded absolute obedience during harsh winters, inspired by the spreading faith of Bane, and heedless of the desperation of starving men. In the end they received an outburst of civil strife that shows no sign of abating. There, the lessons of the Baneite approach to law are much in evidence, and it reminds one that his goal is not order, but strife. Such ways are alien to this city.

We the undersigned believe that mercy, based on mitigating context, or a belief in rehabilitation, should be an integral part of the application of law in this city - an integral part of the justice of this city. We beg their esteemed Graces to send down a directive to the City Watch and magistrates, to punish guilt, but consider while doing so the level of culpability.

One single punishment for a crime will lead to injustice, for justice to be proportionate there needs to be discretion to replace the harshest penalties with lesser ones when there are mitigating factors.

Such is the petition of the undersigned.

Signed
Brother Ameris Santraeger, Temple of Ilmater
Squire Mayra Dooran, Order of the Silver Rose
Thistle
Sirion Te'Dwa
Archmage Teharissa Vennelis, Bluesummer Acadmey
Senior Knight Erza Aldren, Order of the Radiant Heart
Krostin Dukesworth
Desrah Asher
Rayre of Torm
Alessia Nichole De'Lille

///if your character would sign, leave a post below and I will edit this post!

LISA100595 wrote:(( Not sure which DM made this event, whoever did please send me info on it, thanks

*Elvina writes back in flowing script signed and sealed with the Order of the Silver Rose insignia*