At the Royal Court’s great threshold, the sealed judgment is opened for the final transfer. Lord Tranis lies unconscious on a covered litter, stripped of title and power.
The King
The Crown’s judgment stands. Tranis goes to Malkich for execution, and the forfeited estate passes under royal oversight.
Maureen
I accept the regency for my son. The estate’s books, stores, and people will answer to the Crown until he comes of age.
The Younger Bailiff
The writ, inventories, and seals are ready. I will witness the transfer and keep the estate lawful.
The King’s gaze settles on Battista. The signet, ledgers, caravan list, and false accusations have brought justice to the throne, but the last public word belongs to the man who carried the truth here.
Beyond the doors, the road to Malkich waits, and beyond it, the estate’s new order. The court falls silent, leaving Battista the moment to act.
“"Your Majesty, Thank you for this justice against Tranis. May I ask, now that Tranis has been found to be a liar and a thief. Can the verdict against my father, Graylis, be voided and his name cleared? The evidence for his guilt was from Tranis testimonies."”
SUCCESS (Superb Persuasion, rolled +0)
Battista
Your Majesty, thank you for this justice against Tranis. May I ask that the verdict against my father, Graylis, be voided and his name cleared? The evidence against him came from Tranis's testimony.
The King studies Battista, then turns toward the royal scrivener. The court remains silent as the old accusation is brought beneath the same authority that condemned its author.
The King
It shall be done. Tranis's testimony is discredited by his crimes, his fraud, and his perjury. I void the verdict against Graylis and restore his good name in the Crown's records.
The Younger Bailiff
I will enter the reversal beside the judgment writ and seal certified copies for the family record. No clerk shall call Graylis a thief again under royal law.
Maureen
My father trusted Tranis, and that trust ruined honest lives. I will see Graylis's name restored in every estate ledger, so the people remember who was wronged.
The quill moves across the record. A seal presses into warm wax, and the accusation that shadowed Battista's family is replaced by an official declaration of innocence.
Beyond the threshold, Malkich waits with its noise and hard streets. Behind Battista, the court holds the truth at last, and Graylis's name leaves the royal chamber cleared.
The Younger Bailiff pressed the royal seal into the reversal. Ink and wax made Graylis innocent before the silent court.
The King
Let the record stand corrected. Graylis is restored, and Tranis shall answer for what he did.
Battista
Then my father may rest beneath his true name. I thank you, Majesty.
Maureen
And I will set the estate's ledgers right, for my son and for Graylis.
The Younger Bailiff
The transfer shall be witnessed and lawful.
Tranis was carried away beneath sentence, while Maureen accepted the estate's regency under the Crown's watch. Graylis's name, long buried beneath a lie, returned at last to the rolls of the kingdom. Battista left the court with justice imperfect but complete enough to bear home.