The **Hall of Justice** is the headquarters of the Vinsklar [[The Bailiffs|bailiffs]] and where they hold trials. > [!infobox| right wikipedia] > # Hall of Justice > ![[place_placeholder.svg|cover hsmall]] > ##### General > | | | > | ---- | ---- | > | **Location** | [[Vinsklar]] | > | **District** | Market Quarter | > | **Category** | Government | > | **Faction** | [[The Bailiffs]] | > | **Owner/Proprietor** | [[Edwenna Scirheahsdottir]] | # General When it comes to regulation and enforcement in [[Vinsklar]], most people look to the [[Arbiters of Rhetios]], who make sure that the wheels of commerce run smoothly. Vinsklar's government has a famously hands-off approach to laws and strictures. However, crimes against property and persons must still be prosecuted, and that is the domain of [[The Bailiffs]]. Employed by the [[Vinsklar Raed|Raed]], the bailiffs are the city's guard. They investigate, detain, try, and sentence criminals in the city. Detained criminals are held in the [[Vinsklar Gaol|gaol]] in the Industrial Quarter, but public trials are held at the Hall of Justice, which also doubles as the bailiffs' administrative headquarters and local precinct. During trials, the investigating bailiff presents the evidence to a lawspeaker. The accused is allowed to speak for themself, and then the lawspeaker rules on the merits. Sentences range from fines for minor infractions, to exile and banishment for major or repeated offences. Violent offenses such as battery and murder are punished with reciprocal retaliation (_motgeld_): "an eye for an eye; a life for a life". _Motgeld_ can, however, be avoided by payment of a weregild (and voluntary exile in cases of murder). In keeping with the traditions of old Skadyrik, the victims of crime play an important role throughout: they can speak at trial, they may carry out a sentence of _motgeld_ (including execution), they may request a lesser sentence for the accused, and they receive any weregild paid. _Motgeld_ sentences and executions are held at the [[Vinsklar Gaol|gaol]], not the Hall of Justice. # NPCs %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "NPCs", gender AS "Gender", faction AS "Faction", district AS "District" from "4-People/People" where home = this.file.link OR settlement = this.file.link where publish = true sort file.link ASC ``` %% | NPCs | Gender | Faction | District | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | [[4-People/People/Edwenna Scirheahsdottir.md\|Edwenna Scirheahsdottir]] | Female | [[4-People/Factions/The Bailiffs.md\|The Bailiffs]] | Market Quarter | %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% # Gallery %%> [!example]- Image > Contents%%