Editing Winterweir Rule of Law (section)

== Legal Positions ==

The positions that exist in the Winterweir court of law are as follows.

* '''Accuser''':  The equivalent of a Prosecutor.  The Accuser brings the state's evidence against offenders.  Accusers are almost always Priests of Tyros and skilled combatants in addition to their role as Accusers.  Older ones may be awarded a Champion.  Accusers almost are always priests of Heton or Tyros.

* '''Advocates''':  Those required to defend the innocent and not so innocent.  Advocates are a less beloved profession in Winterweir as the wealthy rarely get accused and the poor often have the odds stacked against them.  Advocates, more often than not, do defend the innocent.  Advocates are rarely clergy.

* '''Champion''':  Allowed for trials of Nobles or Clergy.  Champions take up the cause of the Defense and, rarely, certain Accusers.  Champions are often always hardened mercenaries that exist to get the rich and powerful off crimes.

* '''Gravemaster''':  Peculiarly, Forensics actually exists in Winterweir.  Gravemasters are almost always Priests of Kaalon (the only way to avoid accusations of blasphemy and spiritual contamination).  The best use magic to interrogate the spirits of the dead and plumb secrets.

* '''Justicar''': The equivalent of a Judge.  All Justicars are Priests of Heton or Tyros.  They can only be appealed by going up the clerical ladder to High Justicars and Grand Justicars.

* '''Lamplighter''':  Bizarrely, the people who light Winterweir's lights at night are actually high ranking members of the City Guard and charged with investigating guards.  They rarely actually do the lamplighting itself (often handled by poor boys who are apprenticed to them) but keep the name do to their having special red lanterns.

* '''Pardoner''':  A Church position, the Pardoners may step in when they desire to protect those found guilty.  The corruption with them is rampant.

* '''Wintermen''':  The equivalent of the city watch.  Winterweir men actually work for the army but the best are selected to become Lamplighters and become permanent investigators of Alfein's many crimes.