Role

Chapter 4

Zhalindra broke the law, she chased an outlander from the Captain into Galadon,
and attacked him there. The usual punishment for this, a warrant and death
renders her useless as a Magistrate, a role in which she has promise. She admitted her
mistake, came right to me with it, and was plain-spoken about having made it.

Caroolth's view of this is a mix of mercy and harshness. Instead of inducting
her, and giving her the deserved warrant, he demoted her to Seantryn, and ordered
her to allow the Captain there to kill her. Any further mistakes on her part will
result in her uninduction from the Spire, of course, but her genuine remorse at
her mistake, and Caroolth's awareness that mortals make mistakes, bids him to have
some compassion. The punishment for the crime having been executed, the matter is done
in his eyes, although it does raise a troubling question for Caroolth.

This is the first time he has needed to punish a Magistrate, and there is a certain feeling of
remorse that he has, despite his belief in the necessity of fair and just punishment.
This is a matter on which he will have to give further thought.