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Mage Judicators/Justicars

Summary

Mage Judicators/Justicars are authorities tied to Seaward, major settlements, Grand Towers, and Barrier oversight. They investigate magical threats, enforce civic and prison access rules, and can pursue arrests or impersonation cases, though their orders and motives are not always clear to the party.

Known Details

  • Basalik warned the party to keep on their good side in Seaward.
  • Justicars were reporting to major settlements after Barrier attacks.
  • The Seaward Justicar checked books and crystal only with an eyeglass, while Elementarium wanted the Justicar gone.
  • Underground groups wanted the Justicar kept out of the salt dragon prison.
  • Later Justiciars were leaving Grand Towers to five points.
  • Day 33 Justicars looked for Xinquiss at the Hartwall auction, attempted Counterspell when Mith teleported away, took the llama-form false Lady Thorpe to Grand Towers, and had a quashed party arrest warrant from someone high up.
  • Browning / Skutey Galvin was wanted for impersonating a Justicar.
  • Day 35’s Lady Yadreya Egrine resembled or reminded the party of the twin Justicar guards met on the way to Seaward.
  • On Day 56, four Juticars appeared through tears in Grand Towers, including Scumbleduck/Scumbledunk, a rubber-eyed figure, a silver dragonborn, and another. They addressed Justicar Geldrin, said his mission was compromised after a worm was removed, and referenced a prognostic machine.
  • Scumbledunk later betrayed the party and teleported away after overhearing discussion of Browning.
  • On Day 64, the party learned that Geldrin was a full Justicar and questioned him. Geldrin confirmed that Browning had punished him with memory alteration. Five Justicars could be located, but the traditionally sixth Justicar remained unidentified.

Timeline

  • day-09: Basalik warns about Mage Judicators/Justicars.
  • day-11: Justicars react to wider Barrier crisis.
  • day-14: Local prison politics involve keeping the Justicar out.
  • day-21: Justiciars move from Grand Towers to five points.

Open Questions

  • Are Justicars protecting truth, obstructing investigation, or acting under incomplete orders?
  • Who quashed the party’s arrest warrant?
  • What is the Justicar connection to Skutey Galvin and the twin guards’ half-elven sister?
  • What was Geldrin’s full Justicar role before Browning altered his memories, and how did that punishment affect his former duties or relationships?
  • What did Scumbledunk take or report after betraying the party?