To sir Freemont,
By saying that you will not hold a trial against Darlok for the murder of someone within your territory is like saying that anyone can come into town from Northerot and murder anyone in Troll's Bane
Although this point is logical in itself, it does not apply in this case. I ask you to speak to those people who were present at this day and the months before.
1. Trial against Darlok
-Darlok is already banned from town because of his attack on the whole island by a drought. Another trial isnt even necessary. We all know what he has done.
2. This is how the battle started
-Both sides met on our streets.
-Both sides started to threaten and insult each other.
-Both sides chose to fight on our streets, although they were warned and hereby endangered everyone around them.
-Both sides already harboured criminals in their ranks, at the point this event took place.
-The first attack came by a spell of Talisien Pen Beirrd, a movement member.
-Later on i saw uninvolved halflings crawl to the cross, one of them Oliver Pinetrail, if i have noticed that right while magic and fights were all around.
-What the dear Movement members always "forget" to mention, is that i told BOTH sides REPEATEDLY, that they should fight their war outside the town. As Darlok himself and several Movement members were banned even before this, this wasnt only to ensure no uninvolved persons get hurt (as they did), but also to enforce the law.
3. My options
-I could have shed my blood for a man that had caused a drought upon the whole island, who made a pact with Ashketuul and received the cursed mirrors, blackmailed the whole town with starvationand killed people when they trespassed his stolen "kingdom" and broke the law repeatedly by killing in town. You should know him sir Freemont and the crimes he commited long ago.
-I could have shed my blood for a man that was Darlok´s servant, sacrifized Sinnoran Stamma together with Fortinbris Bloodhearte, tried to enslave and curse parts of the guild, which are now known as Evergreen Hallflings, fought eagerly in wars of his former master, even after he had seen the drought and finally leads a guild that includes several criminals, who have repeatedly broken the law, by fighting in town, wounding pregnant women, exercised several assassination attemtps on various persons, commited thefts and engaged in several wars with guilds that never made trouble before.
-What i chosed to do instead, was telling both sides to fight outside, then making sure that no uninvolved persons get into the fight as the battle already had broken out and lead them to a safe spot, then made sure that both parties leave the town, in cases when violence was necessary to do that even by fighting, as dear Talisien can testify by his scars on the left shoulder and the hip.
4. The law
-The law would have demanded that i make sure both sides leave the town, if necessary by violence. I cared for safety of the neutral persons first, as there was no way of killing both sides, which numbered about 10 persons, on my own, without danger for further civilians. After i made sure they are at a safe spot i began to execute the law by force, if it was necessary and had to use the healing powers of the gods´cross because of it. Calling this "twisting my own laws" is not appropriate.
-The law will not be abused to draw Trollsbane into a war it has nothing to do with, except as a battlefield. We do not want our town to be a battlefield.
-Darlok and some of his men have already been banned from town, several of the movement´s members too and its leader has quite a history of murder. No side has the right to call for the law´s protection, especially not if they eagerly start fights in town. Ask neutral witnesses of this event, if one of the sides looked like they would do something to avoid a conflict on in the town´s territory. The law will not be abused to draw the town in a war about the crown of Northerot.
5. To simplify what i wrote above. Two bands of criminals provoked each other and fought in our streets, endangering the public hereby. The guard told them to stop and leave the town to solve their quarrels, they chosed not to do so and happily killed each other. Then both called for the guard to help them against their enemies. The guard brought the civilians to safety and then began to make sure both sides leave the town.
6. To summarize my answer
The law will not make a trial if two criminals kill each other, not for the king of a stolen land and not for the leader of a guild that knowingly harbours criminals and who now wants to get his former master´s crown. As for the movement it was them to start the battle on our streets, knowingly endangering our citizens. And for Northerot, you know that Darlok endangers any life, if it suits his plans.
To Grant,
you obviously lack the knowledge what a town guard is. The guard doesnt wage wars. The town guard protects the law abiding citizens. The Movement did and does fight on our streets and Darlok´s men aswell. So both are denied the right to be here, because that endangers the public. Individuals of both sides commited crimes even before this war. If your movement would be a honourable guild (and i speak of those in your guild which werent fugitive criminals before) you would voluntarily leave the town as you see that your presence brings YOUR war on OUR streets.
~Hagen von Rabenfeld~
~Guardsman~
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