𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝 𝕵𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘: 𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕺𝖋𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖘 & 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞 𝕲𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖉

Knights of House Lariat: Adept minor noble warriors knighted by Lord Vezio Lariat, and his eyes and ears on the everyday occurrences in The King’s courts and city. They are separate from noble officials and Sanctuary’s Guard and do not answer to either. These soldiers act only on House Lariat’s accord. 

Magistrates: Expert noble judiciaries who have been promoted from among the Justarians by the High Judge to either try felony criminal cases when their subordinate Judiciaries are declared unfit or to preside over clemency hearings by the same virtue of reason. Magistrates also ordain city warrants for the arrest of commoners but must seek authorization from their superiors to issue a royal warrant for a noble’s arrest.

Justarians: Noble judiciaries elevated and sponsored by House Lariat to preside over both felony trials and low nobility clemency hearings, issue convictions, document the outcome of trials, register warrants for arrest, and dutifully uphold due process. Justarians are subordinate to all higher judicial appointments, from whom they may seek guidance or aid.

The Sheriff: The highest attainable ignoble office and chief officer of Sanctuary’s Guard. The High Judge hand-picks a candidate for this position, usually based on popularity within the guard and the length of service the law official provides. Sheriffs may not serve a term of longer than 2 (OOC) months, after which they must wait at least that amount before taking another term in office. The High Judge may occasionally allow citizens to campaign for and vote on the next Sheriff. 

The Sheriff answers to court officials, but their duties do not coincide. Sheriffs are not judiciaries, though they can take on the role of prosecutor in any felony case. They must also submit the total sum of collected fines to House Lariat no later than the first of each month, and they must review each misdemeanor case or investigative document brought to them by the Commander or other guard members for submission to noble or royal court officials. 

The Sanctuary Guard Commander: The Guard Commander serves at the pleasure of the Sheriff and oversees no more than three captains at a time. A Guard Commander is in charge of promoting members of Sanctuary’s Guard and manages their subordinate's pay. The Commander compiles all fines and reports, issuing recompense to wrongly convicted misdemeanor criminals and assessing each case for foul play. Duly collected fines and suspect reports are passed up the chain of command to the Sheriff. 

Sanctuary Guard Captains (Constables): Guard Captains are the senior officials and quartermasters of Sanctuary’s Guard, overseeing no more than four Guard Lieutenants and their squadrons at a time. Captains requisition arms and armor, file reports to the Guard Commander, pay their lieutenants, and are ordinarily the prosecutors in felony trials. Guard Captains also review reports from junior officers and guards, passing them along to the Guard Commander.

Sanctuary Guard Lieutenants (Bailiffs): Lieutenants of the Sanctuary Guard are veteran peace officers charged with reprimanding, drilling, and leading squadrons of five Watchmen in their everyday duties. Lieutenants also process guard reports and pass them along to their captains. These officials act as bailiffs, whom Justarians summon to serve warrants and carry out felony punishment on behalf of the court. In rare circumstances, bailiffs may take on the role of prosecutor in a felony trial. Lieutenants are also responsible for hiring and training new members of the Sanctuary Guard.

Sanctuary Guards (Watchmen): Our guards maintain everyday peace and law within our Sanctuary, bound to their duty to the city and its king. It is a guard’s issue to patrol, investigate, and protect the Sanctuary’s populace. These watchmen may enact punishment upon misdemeanor criminals or apprehend and jail felony suspects. Guards are also required to file reports to their lieutenant after each incident.  

[OOC Note: Guards can request a promotion or dismissal at any point. This can be done by submitting their case in a ticket and requesting a meeting with an officer.]

𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝 𝕵𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘: 𝕽𝖔𝖞𝖆𝖑 𝕺𝖋𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖘 & 𝕬𝖕𝖕𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘

High Judge: The Chief Justice of The King, a high noble selected to orchestrate the continued safety, security, and welfare of Sanctuary’s legal and judicial body. This lordly judge is the head of The Royal College of Justices and may modify or amend Sanctuary’s legal code and judicial outcomes. Pardons, royal warrants, fines, and punishments for all are within the boundary of the High Judge’s role. They may issue appointments for court offices below them and demote or disinherit disloyal and criminal malefactors within them. It is to the High Judge that the loyalty of the Sanctuary Guard is sworn, second only to The King. 

Royal Justices: A collegium or board of five high nobles adherent to the will of the High Judge and King who vote on or raise bills and legal amendments to the High Judge for ratification. Royal Judges also oversee the felony trials and clemency hearings for fellow members of the high nobility and issue royal warrants to the Sanctuary Guard and militias. Royal Justices review the verdicts of low noble and ignoble felony criminal cases, reprimanding for and guiding lesser judiciaries in their decisions.

Lord-Commander of the Royal Guard: A high noble groomed for duty and chosen to lead and manage the arm of Sanctuary’s finest company of guards by King Desmon himself. The Lord-Commander is a tested and cunning combatant with unyielding loyalty to the crown, who maintains order among the high nobles and is their first point of contact when a conflict between themselves and the plebeians arises. Lord-Commanders are not inferior to the High Judge; they equate in rank, as their post is separate and adherent only to The King. 

Knight-Captain of the Royal Guard: The Knight-Commander’s second in command and quartermaster of the Royal Guard, also hand-picked by King Desmon for this duty. They answer only to The King and Lord-Commander, train prospective lieutenants, and receive their reports from their subordinates for review. A Knight-Captain typically manages a retinue of five lieutenants and their squadrons at a time.

Knight-Lieutenant of the Royal Guard: Former squires, heralds, pages, or younger sons and daughters of high nobles who are relegated to duty by the heads of their House. Lieutenants command squadrons of ten or more Royal Guards, leading patrols and investigations in the upper-class districts of Sanctuary.

Knights of the Royal Guard: Elite soldiers tasked with guarding private estates, mitigating crime in the upper districts, acting as couriers between the higher nobles, and patrolling the Crown’s hinterlands. Royal Guards may also be implemented to discourage rioting or protect Crown assets in the event of a riot.

𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝 𝕵𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘: 𝕾𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕻𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙

Unless the sentence for a guilty conviction is determined to be death, exile, or title revocation, court officials summarily invoke The King's justice. This clause allows the High Judges and The Crown to review the case and potentially pardon or commute the sentence. Royal Judges, Magistrates and Justarians are permitted to sentence convicted criminals to a maximum of two punishments per guilty charge or one for treason and homicide. Members of the Sanctuary Guard can issue no more than one punishment to a criminal or two for multiple offenses. The list of lawful punishments is as dictated here:

High Crimes:

• Treason: Revocation of noble titles and land, branding, imprisonment, exile, or execution. (1 OOC week.)
• Murder or the attempt of: A fine not to exceed five hundred Imperium, imprisonment, exile, branding or execution. (5 OOC days.)
• Torture or mutilation: A fine not to exceed five hundred Imperium, imprisonment, branding, or exile. (4 OOC days.)
• Robbery or the attempt of: A fine not to exceed four hundred Imperium, imprisonment, lashes or branding. (4 OOC days.)
• Kidnapping or the attempt of: A fine not to exceed four hundred Imperium, lashes, or imprisonment. (4 OOC days)
• Assault and battery: A fine not to exceed four hundred Imperium, lashes, or imprisonment. (3 OOC days.)
• Vigilantism: A fine not to exceed four hundred Imperium, lashes or imprisonment. (3 OOC days.)
• Arson or the attempt of: A fine not to exceed three hundred Imperium, beating, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Destruction of or defacing property: A fine not to exceed three hundred Imperium, beating, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Misconduct in or abuse of a noble or royal office: Removal from office and a fine not to exceed three hundred Imperium, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Perjury: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, the stockade, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Counterfeiting The King’s mint: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, the stockade, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Forgery: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, the stockade, and imprisonment. (1 OOC day.)Misdemeanors: 
  

Misdemeanors:

• Theft, petty theft, burglary or the attempt of: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, lashes, the stockade, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Bribery while holding an ignoble office/position: A fine not to exceed one hundred and fifty Imperium, the stockade, or imprisonment. (1 OOC day.)
• Witchcraft, defined as unlawful use of magic: A fine not to exceed one hundred Imperium, lashes, or imprisonment. (1 OOC day.)
• Obstruction of justice:  A fine not to exceed one hundred Imperium, the stockade, or imprisonment. (1 OOC day.)
• Evasion of justice: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, beating, lashes, or additional imprisonment once tried. (+1 OOC days to sentences received if found guilty.)
• Impersonation of a noble or royal official: A fine not to exceed two hundred Imperium, lashes, or imprisonment. (2 OOC days.)
• Disturbing the peace: A fine not to exceed fifty Imperium, or temporary incarceration. (3 OOC hours.)
• Extortion: A fine not to exceed one hundred Imperium, or imprisonment. (12 OOC hours.)
• Public drunkenness: A fine not to exceed fifty Imperium and temporary incarceration. (1 OOC hour.)
  
  
  

[OOC Note: The extent of imprisonment or fines can be decreased by a judiciary or guard. It is encouraged to account for a character’s time spent jailed before sentencing criminal characters, as well as fining criminals in proportion to the crime.] 

𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝 𝕵𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘: 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖘

The following outlines misdemeanors or crimes committed against the realm and its citizenry, considered standard offenses. Any citizen or outsider convicted of hereinafter offenses is punishable by city and watch officials or city militias.

1. Theft, petty theft, or burglary, including entering domiciles, businesses, tombs, gravesites, and buildings without express permission, pickpocketing, swindling, and peddling or falsifying the value or quality of goods.
2. Bribery while holding an ignoble public office or appointment.
3. Witchcraft, specifically the misuse of magic for criminal gain and/or enterprising or using said magic to enable harm to Sanctuary and its citizens or nobility.
4. Obstruction of justice, including aiding, abetting, housing, sponsoring, or assisting criminals and indictees in any capacity, as well as attempting to bribe Sanctuary Guards.
5. Evasion of justice, including misleading or escaping the custody of law or court officials while being questioned, detained, arraigned, tried, penalized, or sentenced. 
6. Impersonation of a noble official and/or members of the nobility.
7. Disturbing the peace or the undue harassment of ordinary citizens, outsiders, businesses, merchants, and nobility.
8. Extortion or coercion of ordinary citizens, outsiders, businesses, merchants, and nobility. 
9. Public drunkenness or intoxication in such excess you are a disturbance and/or threat to yourself and others.

𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝 𝕵𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘: 𝕳𝖎𝖌𝖍 𝕮𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕱𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖘

The following outlines grievous and heinous crimes against The King and his realm, considered transgressions of the highest order. Any citizen or outsider indicted on hereinafter offenses is at the mercy of The King’s justice if convicted after trial. 

1. Treason against Sanctuary, including the misuse of King Desmon’s good name, slander or libel against the Crown and House Volari, compromising or selling Crown and state secrets, espionage on behalf of a foreign or domestic power against the Crown, inciting violence or insurrection with the intent of rioting or regicide, and the attempted assassination of one or more of the high nobility.  
2. Murder, defined here as maliciously premeditated or unjustifiable homicide of one or more mortals.
3. Maiming or the unlawful torture of one or more mortals.
4. Robbery, defined here as theft committed with the promise of violence or violence against another.
5. Kidnapping or the unlawful imprisonment of common citizens, outsiders, or nobles.
6. Assault and/or the battery of one or more common citizens, outsiders, or nobles.
7. Vigilantism, up to and including the slaying, maiming, assault, or battery of criminals and indictees, precisely without acting in self-defense or the defense of others.
8. Arson and/or the destruction or desecration of public works, buildings, and housing.
9. Misconduct in a noble or royal office or appointment, including simony, bribery, election tampering, negligence, embezzlement, or abuse of power. 
10. Perjury as a witness, prosecutor, counselor, or defendant.
11. Fraudulent use of The King’s mint and/or counterfeiting Imperium.
12. Forgery of official and royal documents, including deeds, charters, contracts, mercantile arrangements, confessions, wills, testimonies, warrants, and commissions.