Lothenian Law

General Principles

• Legal System: Feudal law enforced by the nobility.
  Justice varies greatly by region and by the whims of the local lord.
  Barons and high nobles may freely adjust laws, taxes, and punishments within their domains.

• Marriage Law: Commoners and serfs require explicit permission from their lord to marry.

• Inheritance: Only legitimate, acknowledged heirs may inherit noble titles, land, or estates.

• Religious Law:

  • The Faith of the Final Light is the official state religion.

  • Heresy and blasphemy are serious crimes.

  • Worship of the Veil and the Sentinel is officially tolerated but closely watched.

• Military Duty: In wartime, all able-bodied men (and sometimes women) may be conscripted.
  Criminals and outlaws are frequently receive “conscription or death” as their sentence.

• Outlawry: Anyone who evades justice may be declared outlaw — losing all rights and subject to death on sight.

Legal Sentencing by Social Rank

Knight / Minor Nobility

• Fines & Restitution

• Stocks & Public Humiliation

• Flogging (up to 20 lashes)

• Forced Conscription (common for bandits and repeat offenders)

Magistrate / Commoner Courts

• Jail Time (weeks to years)

• Branding (thieves, heretics, repeat offenders)

• Exile

• Amputation (hand for theft, tongue for blasphemy, ears for treason)

• Torture (to extract confessions in grave cases)

Baron / High Justice

• Execution (hanging, beheading, or burning) — used for murder, treason, heresy

• Crucifixion — public warning for rebels and high traitors

• Banishment or Death — practicing forbidden magic

• Forced Conscription instead of execution for lesser nobles

Special Procedures

• Trial by Combat: Knights and nobles may demand a judicial duel to prove innocence.

• Religious Trial: The Church of the Final Light may claim jurisdiction over heresy cases.

• Debt Servitude: Instead of prison, offenders may be bound to serve a noble house until the debt (or sentence) is paid.

Burial Customs

• Commoners & Serfs: Buried in local cemeteries or cremated on communal pyres.

• Knights & Nobility: Entombed in ornate family mausoleums or crypts beneath castles and cathedrals.