Law, Order and Justice

Your adventuring life depends on you continuing to serve your guild, the Tower and the Kern Valley. In return the Guild is at least partially responsible for the actions of all its members, even down to the lowest apprentice. The Guildleader and Assistant Guildleader have full control over who they admit, and keep, in their guilds. There are recognised procedures that are followed, and the only way to get a Guildleader to change their mind, should they choose to censure a guild member, is to get other Guildleaders (or influential masters) to petition on the person's behalf.

Valley Alliance Law

• You will not steal from, or by action or inaction allow another to steal from, any member of the Kern Valley Alliance.
• You will not harm, or by action or inaction allow another to harm, any member of the Kern Valley Alliance.  

Guild Expulsion

Being expelled from a Guild is a rare and drastic event, and for the person expelled this means disaster. Much of what you carry and use is Guild owned, the place you live is Guild allocated and without Guild sponsorship you must return to the huts and simple dwellings in the Shires.  Back in the Shires, you are unable to learn new skills. 

Public Order

Basic public order is kept by members of the warrior guilds as part of their guild tasks. Petty disputes are generally settled by referral to a relevant guild master or, if more significant, by referral up the chain of the relevant Guild's hierarchy. It is the Guild structure and their ability to control and censure their members that allows the society of the Kern Valley people to flourish.

Feudal Society

The feudal society places great store on rank and people of a lower rank are expected to pay respect to those above them (whilst the reverse does not apply). In general a grievance against someone must be brought to the person above them in their guild by someone of equal rank. Only the most serious issues are dealt with (formally) outside a guild's own hierarchy. Some guilds are more active in defending their members than others: however all agree that rank attracts extra rights (with commensurate responsibilities), and guild masters are less likely to be punished than apprentices. It is rarely advisable, and often dangerous, to antagonise people above your rank in the feudal structure.