Editing TROS in the Hammer:Setting Political People (section)

====The Left and Right Hands====
One vestige of this federation, though are the Right and Left Hands of Justice.  The Left Hands are universally female, and are roughly the equivalent of hired judges/justices of the peace.  They are brought in by tribes when oath-breaking or other crimes have occurred, and asked to render a verdict and specify punishments.  The People, as a general rule, don't go in for imprisonment as punishment; punishments are almost always exacted immediately and involve fines, corporal punishment, public shaming, and sometimes death.  The Left Hands come from all the different tribes and are to some extent tribeless; they maintain their ties with their former tribe but are held to a standard of impartiality.  The Right Hands are universally male, and are the executioners of the justice of the Left Hands.  This involves both the tracking and apprehension of fugitives as well as the administering of the punishments handed down.  As with the Left Hands, the Right Hands swear oaths of impartiality and fidelity to their commissions.  Persons who have sworn an oath to be Left or Right Hands can be recognized by the silver plated bracers that they wear on the appropriate side.