Aurenfaie - Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

The punishment for serious crimes is known as "Two Bowls" ("Dwai Sholo")- the criminal is held in a small room in the house of their Khirnari and, each day, offered two bowls of food- one is poisoned, one is not. Each day he may choose to take one of the bowls or refuse both. If he manages to pick the non-poisoned bowl for one-hundred-and-one days the criminal is named as being chosen for forgiveness from Aura and so released. Very few manage it.

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