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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3309164" data-attributes="member: 14159">Because they really did summon a Celestial, and Roy's dad took the place of the summoned Celestial because he had been investigating the destruction of the dungeon himself and realized that Shojo was investigating it as well.  While Roy's dad wasn't the target celestial, he is a spirit from the upper planes who was able to respond to the summons.  Depending on the wording of Azure City law, it could be a technically legal trial since they did summon a being from the upper planes to give the verdict.  Shojo admitted he wasn't a lawful person, so he probably wasn't too worried about the technical wording of it, just that even if technically allowed the Sapphire Guard wouldn't like it one bit because they might see it as a violation of justice even if technically legal (kind of like what just happened).  Shojo had to duck enough assassination attempts that he started to feign senility to seem harmless, the last thing he needed was to upset his Paladins and get them turned against him.On another note, even if Miko was somehow justified by the Paladin's Code in killing Shojo, there is no way she was justified in killing him under her Samurai's Code.  In addition to a fallen Paladin, she's also a dishonored Samurai.  If she turns to challenge Roy & Belkar, or Hinjo, her first sign she's fallen should be when Windstrider doesn't answer her call in the first round (but she's so paranoid she'll probably attribute that or any other failings in her powers in that battle to trickery or interference by the OotS).</blockquote>

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