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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 1347222" data-attributes="member: 41">Interlude—“His glory, by whose might all things are mov'd, / Pierces the universe, and in one part / Sheds more resplendence, elsewhere less.”  -- Dante Alighieri, ParadiseWhen you are called before a pair of High Magistrates to answer the charge of Heresy, it is because you are guilty.  Trials and Courts of Inquisition might be used to determine guilt or innocence for lesser charges, but a Heresy charge is the most serious of crimes—one that imperils the criminal’s life and afterlife simultaneously.  As such, the accusation is confirmed or denied through communion and prayer, usually long before the heretic is aware of the Church’s suspicions.  Pholtus does not make mistakes.In the case of Tau, a former student of Comparative Heretical Faiths, this trial will be his last chance to redeem his immortal soul in the eyes of Pholtus and His church.  He will be asked to confess before his betters, and should he choose wisely, he will freely repent his heresy and right his soul with the Blinding Light before he dies.  This would, of course, spare Tau’s family tremendous shame—everyone involved agrees that it is a remarkably charitable thing for Pholtus to do, and among the new Prelate’s Magistrates many comments are made about the Compassion inherent in the One True Law.   Pholtus’ Plan for the Pale is many-faceted and subtle, worthy of the greatest of gods.  Mortals cannot be expected to understand; thus the Fallible must always adhere to the Letter of the Law.  May all some day become Blind.</blockquote>

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