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| − | The '''Hall of Judgement''' is the holy sanctum of [[Judge]]s, the agents of a law that is absolute and unforgiving. In the Imperium, law and government are indistinguishable. Rebellion and failure are crimes, and any transgression of the Imperial Will meets with swift and uncompromising retribution. The Hall of Judgment contains the complete [[Book of Judgement]]. Volume upon leather-bound volume sits upon rows of iron shelves that fill its walls. Every row is home to ten thousand tomes. Shelves are stacked a hundred meters above the time-worn floor of the antique marble. Upon narrow gantries and ladders crawl the tiny ant-like figures of legal assistants as they search amidst the debris of judgement. | + | The '''Hall of Judgement''' is the holy sanctum of [[Judge]]s, the agents of a law that is absolute and unforgiving. In the [[Imperium]], law and government are indistinguishable. Rebellion and failure are crimes, and any transgression of the Imperial Will meets with swift and uncompromising retribution. The Hall of Judgment contains the complete [[Book of Judgement]]. Volume upon leather-bound volume sits upon rows of iron shelves that fill its walls. Every row is home to ten thousand tomes. Shelves are stacked a hundred meters above the time-worn floor of the antique marble. Upon narrow gantries and ladders crawl the tiny ant-like figures of legal assistants as they search amidst the debris of judgement.<sup>1</sup> |
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Revision as of 09:29, 23 October 2011
The Hall of Judgement is the holy sanctum of Judges, the agents of a law that is absolute and unforgiving. In the Imperium, law and government are indistinguishable. Rebellion and failure are crimes, and any transgression of the Imperial Will meets with swift and uncompromising retribution. The Hall of Judgment contains the complete Book of Judgement. Volume upon leather-bound volume sits upon rows of iron shelves that fill its walls. Every row is home to ten thousand tomes. Shelves are stacked a hundred meters above the time-worn floor of the antique marble. Upon narrow gantries and ladders crawl the tiny ant-like figures of legal assistants as they search amidst the debris of judgement.1
Sources
- 1: Codex Imperialis, page 34.
