With great care and attention Lady Alizabet notates the final results and the prouncement of the punishment as the others in the room descend into embittered argument. Once she has blotted the last loose ink from the page she calls forth one of her servants and hands him the sheaves of neat-handed parchements before standing up and smoothing her dress into position. When there is a dip in the noise she raises her voice slightly and speaks with clarity over the hubbub. Her tone is honey coated and some would say she almost purrs as she speaks.
"Milords and Ladies, the Tribunal has voted upon the guilt of the Lady and the Pontiff has pronouced the punishment. His Holiness was good enough to make clear the punishments for the crimes at the start of the tribunal's sessions and they are well documented with significant precedent; such were they always likely to be, even should his Holiness the Pontiff have found reason to offer clemency in some shape or form. As the good Sir of Avanil, I apologise Sir for such a vague naming but we have not been introduced, as he has commented already the Punishments for the crime in question have to be terrible, to keep the steel within all of us true and to remind us how terrible it is to fall to the shadow; they could not be otherwise, as much as individuals amongst us wish them to be.."
"On the matters of the names mentioned by some of us as to those who have suffered lesser punishments? If we were to compare each of those cases, how they were ajudged and who made judgement upon them, with the present Tribunals sitting then I am to understand we would find significant differences legally, politically and theologically - it is not fit to compare a Destrier with a Mule for many purposes, despite them both being steeds of some variant."
