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Talon’s Port Lawbook, Revised 7 SE.

Written 6 BSE.

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(1) Citizen and Visitor Laws and Rights

  1. Citizens of Talon’s Port are defined as those who own or live within a residential property within the city, or have expressly been granted citizenship by a member of the Council.
  2. Visitors of Talon’s Port are defined as those who do not own or live within a residential property within the city.
    1. Businesses do not count as residential properties unless somebody is living within them. The owner of a stall, for example, would not be automatically given citizenship rights.
  3. Any item of clothing that obscures the face should not be worn in Talon’s Port unless it is approved by a member of the Talon’s Port Militia.
    1. Members of the Talon’s Port Militia have the right to question anyone who does not abide by this law, and determine whether they can keep the mask on or must take it off.
      1. Failure to comply with a Militia member’s request to remove a face covering will be met with the forcible removal of the face covering, or forced removal from the city.
  4. Citizens and visitors of Talon’s Port are permitted to carry sheathed weapons within the city.
    1. It is illegal for visitors to carry unsheathed weapons within the city of Talon’s Grotto unless there is a specific, legal reason behind the carrying of the weapon, such as for self defense purposes. Visitors will at first be given a warning, and if they continue to carry the unsheathed weapon, it will be confiscated by a member of the Talon’s Port Militia until they leave the city.
    2. It is illegal for visitors to wear heavy armor (mechanical pvp armor) within the city of Talon’s Port unless there is a specific, legal reason behind wearing the armor, such as for self defense purposes.
  5. Should somebody be known to commit multiple low crimes within the city, banishment may be considered as a punishment option even if it is not listed in the lawbook.

 

(2) Freedoms of Talon’s Port

  1. Citizens of Talon’s Port have a right to freedom of speech.
    1. This is disallowed should the freedom be abused for the sole purpose of inciting havoc, such as shouting ‘fire’ in a crowded building when there is no fire present.
    2. Should somebody physically retaliate for something such as verbal harassment, both sides will be investigated and a decision will be made by the militia, or by extent, the council, on whether or not the retaliation was justified.
      1. Should the retaliation be declared unjust, punishment will be given to the one who retaliated based on the punishment in the respective clause of the lawbook.
        1. For example, should somebody be yelled at in the street and see it as a cause to stab the one who was yelling, this may be declared unjust and the one who retaliated would be punished in accordance to the laws of assault or attempted murder.
  2. Citizens of Talon’s Port are not allowed to falsely and knowingly defame a person.
    1. Should a person falsely and knowingly defame another citizen of Talon’s Grotto, they are liable to a fine of around 20 minas, or forced removal or banishment from the city depending on the damage that was caused through said defamation.
  3. A person may not impersonate a citizen of Talon’s Port at any time.
    1. Impersonation of an ordinary citizen may result in temporary imprisonment and a fine of 10 minas.
    2. Impersonation of a militia member, a steward, or a council member may result in temporary imprisonment and a fine of 20 minas. Banishment is considered should there be any damage done during the impersonation.
  4. Citizens of Talon’s Port have a right to religious and cultural freedom.
    1. This right is only waived if any other laws of Talon’s Port must be broken to achieve worship or culture, and will result in proper punishment as designated in other clauses of the lawbook.
    2. Any attempt to forcibly convert a citizen of the city to a religion or culture is disallowed, and will be met with a fine of 10 minas alongside forced removal from the city.

 

(3) Property Laws

  1. Citizens of Talon’s Grotto have a right to owning property within the city, whether it be a personal residence or business, and this home cannot be seized by the government without prior warning or proper reasoning.
    1. Proper reasoning would include inactivity within the city, banishment from the city, or failure to comply with laws relating more generally to homes and businesses.
  2. If there is suspicion of illegal activity within your residence, officers of the Talon’s Port Militia or enlisted members (with express permission from an officer) have a right to search your property and seize any illegal items, or halt any illegal operations.
    1. Failure to comply with a militia officer’s request to search the property will result in forced entry, and the property owner will be apprehended until the search has been completed.
  3. A person may not take up illegal residence within a property in Talon’s Port. If discovered, the person would be subject to forced removal from the residence.
    1. The definition of illegal residence being that a person is living within a house that they do not own, or have permission from the legal owner to live within.
  4. Businesses in Talon’s Port may enforce their own rules, given that they are not discriminatory or counteractive to Talon’s Grotto general laws.
    1. As for discrimination, this is chiefly defined as racial discrimination. For example, a business owner may set an age limit to enter their store and enforce it without legal repercussions, though they may not create rules that bars mixed elves from utilizing a business, or intentionally making the utilization of a business for a specific race, culture, or religion difficult.
      1. Failure to comply with this will result in a warning from the Talon’s Grotto Council, and any future warnings of the same regard may result in the business being shut down or the owner expelled from the city.
    2. If a person has been known to be troublesome to a business owner, or to the city in general, it is not discriminatory to bar them from entering a business.
  5. A person may not enter the private property of another without permission from the owner of the property. If the person does not exit the property after one warning from the owner, the Talon’s Grotto Militia has a right to apprehend the person and levy a fine of 10 minas, half of which goes to the Talon’s Grotto treasury and the other half of which goes to the property owner.
    1. Private Property is considered a space that is owned by a citizen of Talon’s Grotto as opposed to the city itself. For example, if somebody were to enter a private residence that had a door open, and the owner requested that the person leave, failure to comply gives the owner a right to contact the Talon's Grotto Militia to forcibly remove the person from the property, or remove the trespasser themselves without legal repercussion.
    2. Businesses still count as private property despite being publicly used. If a business owner asks a citizen to leave their property for any non-discriminatory reason, the same rights apply to the owner of the business.
  6. Destruction of private or public property within the city of Talon's Port is disallowed, and will be met with a fine that is determined by the estimate of damage caused in minas doubled. If the cost of the destroyed property is unknown, a steward or council member is to be contacted to value the damage and offer a final amount of for the fine. The fine is split evenly between the Talon's Grotto treasury and the owner of the property that the damage occurred on.
    1. If multiple properties are damaged, this is viewed as separate counts of destruction of property, and a different fine is calculated for each property affected.

 

(4) Magic Laws

  1. Magic is legal within Talon’s Port, given that it is not used in a way which violates any laws.
  2. Property owners have a right to create their own rules of casting within the property, though they cannot deny service to somebody for the sole reason that they use magic.

 

(5) Crime Laws

  1. Theft
    1. Petty Theft is considered anything under a value of 30 minas, and will be met with the thief returning the object(s) of value to the owner alongside a fine of 10 minas, half of which goes to the Talon’s Port treasury and the other half of which goes to the owner who had been stolen from.
    2. Major Theft is considered anything between the values of 31 minas and 100 minas, and will be met with the thief returning the object(s) of value to the owner alongside a fine of 20 minas, half of which goes to the Talon’s Port treasury and the other half of which goes to the owner who had been stolen from. The thief is imprisoned.
    3. Grand Theft is considered anything above the value of 100 minas, and will be met with the thief returning the object(s) of value to the owner alongside a fine of 30 minas, half of which goes to the Talon’s Port treasury and the other half of which goes to the owner who had been stolen from. The thief is imprisoned before the amputation of their primary hand.
    4. If the theft is attempted and the thief caught before they can escape, the category of theft depends on the value of items that they have stolen at their time of being caught.
  2. Bribery
    1. Bribing, or attempting to bribe a member of the Talon’s Port Militia, a steward, or a council member is disallowed within the city. This is punishable by imprisonment alongside a fine of 15 minas.
      1. The official who was bribed will be punished accordingly by the council or the sovereign.
  3. Coercion
    1. Forcing a citizen within the city of Talon's Port to do anything against their will, through threats, magic, or otherwise is disallowed, and will be met with a fine of 20 minas which is split evenly between the Talon's Port treasury and the victim, alongside banishment from the city.
      1. Should the victim be coerced into breaking any laws within Talon's Port, the victim is exempt from punishment if sufficient proof is given.
  4. Extortion
    1. Minor Extortion is considered attempting to coerce a citizen of Talon's Port  into payment of 99 minas (or goods of equal value) or less through threats, withholding of property, or other means. This will be met with the return of any extorted goods or minas, alongside a fine of half the minas of the value of what they were trying to gain from the extortion that is split evenly between the victim and the Talon's Port treasury.
    2. Major Extortion is considered attempting to coerce a citizen of Talon's Port into payment of between 100 and 249 minas (or goods of equal value) through threats, withholding of property, or other means. This will be met with the return of any extorted goods or minas, alongside a fine of half the minas of the value of what they were trying to gain from the extortion split evenly between the victim and the Talon's Port treasury alongside forced removal of the coercer from the city.
    3. Grand Extortion is considered attempting to coerce a citizen of Talon's Port into payment of 250 minas (or goods of equal value) or more through threats, withholding of property, or other means. This will be met with the the return of any extorted goods or minas, alongside a fine of half the minas of value of what they were trying to gain from the extortion that is split evenly between the victim and the Talon's Port treasury, alongside forced removal from the city.
  5. Assault
    1. Harming a citizen within the city of Talon’s Port is disallowed, and punishment includes imprisonment of the accused party alongside a fine of between 10 minas and 30 minas depending on the intensity of the attack, half of which is given to the Talon’s Port treasury and the other half of which is given to the victim. Should the circumstances be extreme, the attacker may be subject to banishment, the amputation of their primary hand, or execution should the victim have nearly been killed.
      1. The intensity of the attack is determined by an officer of the Talon's Port Militia or Talon's Port council member based on their own observations and the injuries of the victim.
    2. Attempting to harm a citizen within the city of Talon’s Port is disallowed, and punishment includes a 10 minas fine which is split between the Talon’s Port treasury and the victim and forced removal from the city.
  6. Threats
    1. Threatening a citizen within the city of Talon’s Port with bodily harm or other means is disallowed, and punishment includes banishment from the city upon the request of the threatened party.
  7. Murder
    1. First Degree Murder is considered premeditated killing of an innocent individual, and is punishable by imprisonment before execution of the accused party.
    2. Second Degree Murder is considered provably unintentional killing of an innocent individual, and is punishable by a fine of 50 minas before banishment from the city.
    3. Attempted Murder is considered a premeditated attempt to kill an innocent individual, and in punishable by execution of the accused party.
    4. In the murdered individual is a known criminal within Talon's Port, the killer will be imprisoned until an officer of the Talon’s Port Militia or a Talon's Port council member can review the situation.
      1. Members of the Talon’s Port Militia who murder an individual while attempting to enforce a law will have the scenario reviewed by the marshal of the militia, or the Sovereign of Talon's Port.
    5. If the murdered individual had attempted to commit a harmful crime against the killer, this will be counted as murdered in self-defense. The killer will be imprisoned until an officer of the Talon’s Port Militia or a Talon's Port council member can review the situation.
  8. Kidnapping
    1. Kidnapping or Attempted Kidnapping of a citizen with the city of Talon’s Port is disallowed, and will be met with a fine of 50 minas which is split evenly between the Talon’s Grotto treasury and the victim, alongside banishment from the city.
  9. Fleeing and Fugitives
    1. Attempting to circumvent the Talon's Grotto legal system through fleeing from a crime or other means is disallowed. When a fugitive is caught, their original crimes will carry double the weight once they are punished.
      1. Anyone who flees from a crime will be considered a fugitive by the Talon's Grotto Militia.
      2. Any fugitive who has been legally punished for their crimes is no longer considered a fugitive, and they regain their prior rights.
    2. Fugitives are exempt from any legal protections that the city of Talon's Grotto may provide citizens and visitors.
      1. Any crimes committed against a person who is a known fugitive will not be held against a citizen or visitor within the city.
      2. Should a fugitive be coerced into committing a crime that legally harms others in the city beside the fugitive themselves, the fugitive will not be at fault but the person who forced them into it, since this is viewed as directly harming a citizen of Talon's Grotto.
  10. Treason
    1. Treason is defined as plotting against the rulership of Talon’s Port, or sharing sensitive and secretive information with the enemies of Talon’s Port. This will be met with the execution of the accused party.

 

(6) Militia Laws

  1. If somebody accused of a crime feels as if their legal rights were violated when they were punished by a member of the Talon’s Port Militia, they can send a letter to the Marshal of the Talon’s Port Militia, or if the accused feels as if the Marshal would be biased, they can send a letter to a different council member and the appeal will be brought up in a council meeting.
  2. Members of the Talon’s Port Militia have a right to imprison anyone who is accused of a crime, no matter how small it may be if they require input from a higher ranking officer.
  3. Militia members, even while not wearing their uniforms, are still considered members of the Talon's Port Militia and can do their jobs even while they are off duty.

 

[!] The lawbook is signed, Gail Cordius, Sovereign of the Depths

 

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Ayred gives a silent fist-pump before frowning... Now realizing the Grotto’s community was growing to the point where they’d actually need to care about, and enforce the laws. ”How times have changed. Feels like I can’t even trust my own neighbor...”

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