The quiet antechamber door opens, just as it did before the court called you to account. A court attendant bows toward Carciel and Serren Vale, then gestures back toward the hearing chamber.
Serren Vale
The list is under the seal. Whatever they found, it cannot be quietly buried now.
Together, Carciel and Serren return beneath the hearing chamber’s cold arches. The hidden list rests beneath the court seal before the magistrates, beside the preserved records and the black-wax docket.
Court Clerk
The final findings concern Halren Doss, the altered records, and the unlawful authority used to conceal them.
The Court Clerk reads each finding into the public record. Doss ordered the concealment, the custody lines were falsified, and Odran Vey’s authority was unlawfully expanded through those alterations.
Presiding Magistrate
Halren Doss is censured and removed from authority pending sentence. The altered records are void. Their true custody, and the names preserved beneath this seal, shall stand in the archive.
Serren Vale
The truth survived the room built to erase it.
“"and what of Doss' sentence?"”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +2)
Carciel
And what of Doss's sentence?
The question carries across the chamber. The judgment block falls silent, and every quill pauses above the record.
Presiding Magistrate
Halren Doss is removed from office, stripped of authority, and confined under guard pending formal sentence for conspiracy, falsification, and unlawful concealment.
Court Clerk
His private list is binding evidence against him and the network it records. No altered custody line can restore their standing.
Serren Vale
Then the truth has consequences, not merely a place in the archive.
Beyond the barred annex door, iron strikes stone twice. The court guard has arrived for Doss's removal, while the magistrate turns toward the witnesses.
Presiding Magistrate
Witnesses, will you remain while the sentence order is entered, or depart under the freedom already secured to you?
“"Serren and I have somewhere else we need to be”
Carciel
Serren and I have somewhere else we need to be.
Presiding Magistrate
Then go. Your freedom is recorded, and the evidence remains binding. The order will be entered before you leave.
The Court Clerk marks their departure beside the sentencing order. Serren steps toward Carciel, and the chamber’s attention settles into the weight of a finished judgment.
✓ Quest Accepted
Depart the hearing chamber with Serren
“I leave with Serren and go hand in hand with him to find Pell. "it's finally over. We are free"”
Carciel
It's finally over. We are free.
Carciel takes Serren's hand and leaves the hearing chamber with him, turning toward the archive and Pell. Behind them, the judgment and the binding evidence remain entered in the record.
Quest Complete
Depart the hearing chamber with Serren