--- Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> wrote:
> "a knife as long as a man's arm."
:)
> >Consider the inscription on the Great Gallows,
> >which line the Gallows Road to the east of
> >Hoopelle. It says "For the Edification of Man
> and
> >Wilding" and has got icons from the Dance of
> >Death on it. It is a very sturdy structure
> made
> >of arched stone and brick with two levels for
> >hanging people. It can accomodate six hundred
> >bodies, some famous of which were on permanent
> >display. For educational purposes, mind. There
> is
> >a sad little stand of ancient forest to the
> north
> >of the Road, and this was where the bodies of
> >Daine were chucked. Usually dead, but some
> >otherwise.
>
> That's a *huge* gallows. How big is the town?
Big. It probably had three or four million humans
in it. No one knows for sure how many Daine lived
there at the time.
> Well, of course, if it spreads outside the pub
> or threatens to become a
> riot, then the authorities need to step in.
> That goes without saying. I'm
> sure that they keep an eye on any
> establishments that they know to be
> habitual offenders in this respect. I mean, if
> a place has a reputation
> for producing a brawl every night, they'll
> watch it.
That they will. Probably taking bets.
> On the other hand,
> there are a few places in the city so rough
> that the soldiers have been
> instructed *not* to enter them.
The Guard don't enter the Daine slums. For
several reasons. First, they'd be slaughtered;
second, no one cares what Daine get up to so long
as they're out of Men's sight. In other words,
they wouldn't respond to a crime or any kind
disaster there.
> They're allowed to deal with anything that
> spills out beyond the doorway, but they're not
> to step inside because it's
> really too dangerous, unless you're going to
> send in a full score of
> soldiers to subdue the place. It's better to
> leave such places to fester
> on their own rather than to let soldiers be
> killed and achieve no real good.
Yep. Smart philosophy.
Padraic.
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