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{{Neath_Location|image1=Evenlode.png|caption1=The Magistracy of the Evenlode|location=[[The Hinterlands]]|allegiance=[[London]]|notable_inhabitants=[[The Light-in-Exile]]<br><span style="background-color:purple">[[The Creditor|<span style = "color:purple">The Creditor</span>]]</span> (formerly)}}<blockquote>''"On one side of the large, dusty square is the railway track, with its attendant buildings. On the other side is a Cyclopean edifice huge enough to rival even the Shuttered Palace. In its shadow, the railway station and offices are little more than a huddle of shacks."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Outside_the_Magistracy_of_the_Evenlode|Outside the Magistracy of the Evenlode|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | {{Neath_Location|image1=Evenlode.png|caption1=The Magistracy of the Evenlode|location=[[The Hinterlands]]|allegiance=[[London]]|notable_inhabitants=[[The Light-in-Exile]]<br><span style="background-color:purple">[[The Creditor|<span style = "color:purple">The Creditor</span>]]</span> (formerly)}}<blockquote>''"On one side of the large, dusty square is the railway track, with its attendant buildings. On the other side is a Cyclopean edifice huge enough to rival even the Shuttered Palace. In its shadow, the railway station and offices are little more than a huddle of shacks."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Outside_the_Magistracy_of_the_Evenlode|Outside the Magistracy of the Evenlode|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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==The Magistracy's Depths== | ==The Magistracy's Depths== | ||
<blockquote>''"The Magistracy is already unrecognizable as soon as you are below the water. Green moss covers the walls. Tiny, misshapen fish swirl around your diving bell."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Diving_in_the_Magistracy|Diving in the Magistracy|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The Magistracy is already unrecognizable as soon as you are below the water. Green moss covers the walls. Tiny, misshapen fish swirl around your diving bell."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Diving_in_the_Magistracy|Diving in the Magistracy|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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== The Place of the Judge == | == The Place of the Judge == | ||
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<blockquote>''"One defendant at a time came before this Judge – summoned here if they tried to pass through these lands without leave. The Chamber built anew for every trial, by workers who all resembled the defendant exactly."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Breathe_an_ancient_air|Breathe an ancient air|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"One defendant at a time came before this Judge – summoned here if they tried to pass through these lands without leave. The Chamber built anew for every trial, by workers who all resembled the defendant exactly."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Breathe_an_ancient_air|Breathe an ancient air|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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"On one side of the large, dusty square is the railway track, with its attendant buildings. On the other side is a Cyclopean edifice huge enough to rival even the Shuttered Palace. In its shadow, the railway station and offices are little more than a huddle of shacks."[1]
The Magistracy of the Evenlode is a legal institution near the Evenlode river in the Hinterlands. It is the third station of the Great Hellbound Railway.
The West Wings
"It is the most distant post of London law, with its own courts, and its own police force."[2]
The Magistracy of the Evenlode is an enormous, ancient courthouse built from stone.[3][4] The landscape nearby is marked by ancient roads,[5] and sinister tombs.[6] The Evenlode river itself is home to fish[7] and drownies,[8] and its water is used to brew pungent Magisterial Lager.[9]
The Magistracy handles all cases beyond London's borders,[10] as well as cases too unimportant, or esoteric, for London's courts.[11] Despite its distance from the city and dour atmosphere, it receives frequent visits from lawyers, litigants, police, and legal students.[12][13] The Magistracy can be a daunting place for ordinary humans:[14] its interior is frigid,[15] its stairs too large for comfort,[16] and its courtrooms range from huge, open spaces to small rooms resembling caves.[17]
The Constabulary of the Evenlode
"The police quarters fill only a wing of the Magistracy, but it is more than sufficient. Rooms have been set aside for cells, interrogation, police dormitories and offices."[18]
The Constabulary of the Evenlode police all territory outside the scope of London's Constables.[19] They work out of the same Magistracy building as the courts,[20] and consider themselves a cut above their city counterparts. However, some disagree and refer to their haughty colleagues as "self-righteous bullies."[21] The Constabulary may bestow privileges called Special Dispensations which, in their words, allow an officer to "act according to their best judgement rather than the exact letter of the law."[22][23]
Evenlode constables adhere to unique superstitions and traditions, such as staying clear of small whirlwinds,[24] or requiring new recruits to perform "drownie duty" by repelling drownies who come ashore.[25]
The Magistracy's Depths
"The Magistracy is already unrecognizable as soon as you are below the water. Green moss covers the walls. Tiny, misshapen fish swirl around your diving bell."[26]
"Glimpses: Of monster-light and vast, curved needle-teeth. Something about this glow, this point of light in the dark water, draws you to it. Has drawn you to it."[27]
The lower levels of the Magistracy are completely flooded.[28] They are home to lamp-cats,[29] and a diverse, self-contained aquatic ecosystem.[30][31] They contain detritus from the inhabitants above,[32] as well as relics from the First City.[33] Some areas have evidence of human habitation, as well as architecture meant for larger creatures.[34]
The depths are inhabited by the Light-in-Exile,[35] who befriends outcasts[36] and returns any other would-be visitors to dry land.[37] The Evenlode constables traditionally send new recruits for a dip in the Light's waters: if they return, the Light has rejected them,[38][39] implying they are a true member of their group.[40] It is implied the judiciary also incorporates the Light in their practices, away from public view; it may play a role in discussing tough cases, or processing guilty defendants and "particularly obnoxious litigants."[41]
The Place of the Judge
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"One defendant at a time came before this Judge – summoned here if they tried to pass through these lands without leave. The Chamber built anew for every trial, by workers who all resembled the defendant exactly."[42]
"FROM EACH HER OWN LAW; AND NONE SHALL ESCAPE THE LAW SHE HAS MADE."[43]
Long ago, the Magistracy served as the court of the Creditor:[44][45] where trespassers through the Hinterlands would be judged.[46] Interlopers were summoned to the court's throne room,[47] which was rebuilt and redesigned for each defendant.[48] Defendants' promises were written on the walls,[49] and the room would be more compact the weightier the promises they made.[50]
The Creditor abandoned its court sometime during the era of the Second City,[51] but the ruins,[52] and ancient memories, still remain.[53]
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