The following facts will be familiar to anyone either from
the cities, or who commonly enters them. Only the most naive
or inexperienced tribals will not have heard rumors and
stories of how the cities work.
Anyone in any position of power is almost certainly corrupt and everyone knows it.
Soldiers are paid a pittance and yet live fairly well. -Everyone- assumes this is because they are corrupt and taking bribes.
No one in their right mind in either city state would openly complain about any type of corruption in the militia or templarate. In Tuluk, those who do simply vanish without a trace. In Allanak, those who do are generally publicly tortured.
In Tuluk, it is not an insult to call someone a thief or assassin. It is an insult of grave proportions to call them an amateur thief or amateur assassin.
People are (rightfully) frightened of the templarate in both cities. Rumors of people vanishing in the night abound in Tuluk and keep complaints out of public forums. Constant displays of ferocious violence in Allanak keep pretty much everyone quiet in public. Those who are captured and value their lives generally know that both bribes and shows of respect for their captors are their only hope of survival.
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
© 2004 Armageddon Mud
Taken from a GDB post by Naiona.