pcl_0538_009_06_26

Puddleby Court Log: 9 Winter, year 538 of The Ascendancy. 06:26

In the matter of Tarf v Lilit, accused of “negligence and involuntary exileslaughter”

Before the jurors: Achates, Althus, Raldin, Slyph, Travash'r, Solas

The Honourable Judge Haengemie, presiding.
With Bellafae serving as Bailiff.

To all who read these precepts, the following transcript of this trial is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.
Clera, reporting.

[Bellafae] This court is now in session, The Honourable Judge Haengemie presiding.
[Haengemie] <standard pre-trial court briefing>
[Tarf] Lilit is negligent in the practice of her religious beliefs.
[Tarf] She is fully aware of what may come from her "rites"
[Tarf] yet she chooses to locate only 3 snells from town
[Tarf] where any newbie can come along and fall.
[Tarf] tonight, such is what happened
[Tarf] and i have warned this town on past occasion
[Tarf] lilit's religion will bring a GD upon us i said
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Tarf] What happened tonight, pray tell?
[Tarf] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tarf
[Haengemie] Lilit, you have 90 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Lilit] I cannot chose the location of the sanctuary.
[Lilit] It is where it is.
[Lilit] And I am far from negligent in my efforts to warn people...
[Lilit] ...to warn them of the dangers of disrespecting the rites!
[Lilit] If not for the likes of Ugh and his companions...
[Lilit] ...tonight's communion would have been peaceful.
[Lilit] But, like a children poking a stick into a hornets nest...
[Lilit] ...they violate the sanctuary, and invite an angry wrath.
[Lilit] I do not bring these things upon the lands.
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Lilit] I am but a messenger.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Lilit
[Haengemie] Tarf, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Tarf] You can not deny what you witnessed tonight folks.
[Tarf] a greater death, spawned to wreak havoc upon our town
[Tarf] due to the negligence of Lilit
[Tarf] her sanctuary is a clear threat to puddleby. Lilit is the catalyst for that threat.
[Tarf] Without lilit doing what she does, nothing bad would happen.
[Tarf] her negligence lead this day to the deaths of a dozen or more exiles.
[Tarf] I ask her to be punished for this
[Tarf] may we someday ban her from this isle.
[Tarf] witness: althea
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tarf
[Haengemie] Althea, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Althea. You have been called to testify in this matter, please state the pertinent facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Althea, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Althea] the facts are
[Althea] the facts are
[Althea] Lilit does not know what she plays with
[Althea] she is not trained by any soul guide
[Althea] she only interprets what she reads
[Althea] in her book
[Althea] she is in no way equipped to accomplish the task she attempts
[Althea] and she endangers all of puddleby in her attempts
[Althea] she clearly disregards the safety of exiles
[Althea] we are merely ...
[Althea] scenery
[Althea] to her ends
[Althea] she cares not what harm she brings upon us
[Althea] tonight she spawned a GD
[Althea] whether she meant to or not
[Althea] that is what happened.
[Althea] she should no longer enjoy the protection of town
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Althea] find her guilty
[Althea] max sentance
[Althea] she should be banished
[Haengemie] Thank you, Althea
[Althea] she is a threat to us all.
[Althea] done
[Haengemie] Lilit, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Lilit] Tarf has failed to state exactly why tonights event make ME criminal.
[Lilit] Why not Ugh? Why not one of the others who refused to heed warnings?
[Lilit] My presence or absence will not change anything.
[Lilit] Without my attending to the rites...
[Lilit] ...the Darshak would grow unchecked and unstoppable.
[Lilit] But someday, my efforts will bear fruit, and the Darshak will be destroyed.
[Lilit] I want nothing more than to attend to my rites in peace.
[Lilit] I do not want to see blood spilled.
[Lilit] As far as guidence in my efforts, I am answerable to Matre Naamah.
[Lilit] She has considered long on my communions...
[Lilit] ...and she too sees that I do the work of the Goddess.
[Lilit] I call upon a well revered member of the community...
[Lilit] ...who understands the good I try to do.
[Lilit] Witness: Fuzz
[Haengemie] Thank you, Lilit
[Haengemie] Fuzz, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Fuzz. You have been called to testify in this matter, please state the pertinent facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Fuzz, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Fuzz] Fuzz grins
[Fuzz] I have been witness to Lilits rites before, when exiles stay out all way fine nothing happend..
[Fuzz] I have been witness to Lilits rites before, when exiles stay out all is fine nothing happend..
[Fuzz] I have seen her sit there and give warnings to poeple for hours
[Fuzz] and they persist
[Fuzz] How can she be blamed for one exiles foolishness of going some where he knows he shouldnt?
[Fuzz] As for that GD tonight
[Fuzz] I was the one responsible for elading it outside
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Fuzz] Lilit was fallen at the time how could she have done anything?
[Fuzz] Sue me I'm the one who kill many
[Haengemie] Thank you, Fuzz
[Haengemie] <standard jury verdict briefing>
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's verdict.

[Haengemie] Lilit this court finds you innocent. You are free to go.
[Haengemie] Judge Haengemie bangs his gavel
[Haengemie] This court is adjourned.