Evangeline flips through the heavy tome for the umpteenth time, searching it for some hint, some trick that might give her some certainty. The pages however, were as uncooperative ever.
It did not help that what she was doing was almost unheard of. Those Heretics who were unlucky enough to be caught by the Inquisitors did not often seek a second meeting. Those received minor brands simply thanked their fortune that they did not obtain worse, and those exiled sought new lives, not wishing to try the judgement of the Inquisitors a second time. Those executed... obviously did not have the chance.
Those that did return, did it in hostility. Scorning their sentence, they return to their cults and schemes, and if caught, were executed immediately.
She however, was simply going to walk back home, and present herself. There was only one entry that suggested some hope, an obscure passage, from one of their earliest legal tomes.
"The Heretic can be redeemed, if found worthy in the eyes of Man and Halone."
What exactly this meant however, was unclear. Eyes of man made it sound like a trial of sorts. The eyes of Halone though? The gods no longer speak to mortals, and she wonders if they ever did. More than likely this would be a judgement of the priests, a judgement which would likely go poorly for her.
She closes the book with a sigh, first though, her concern must be not getting slain the moment she reaches the border. For that, she can only hope Orrin's reputation will give her some edge.
It did not help that what she was doing was almost unheard of. Those Heretics who were unlucky enough to be caught by the Inquisitors did not often seek a second meeting. Those received minor brands simply thanked their fortune that they did not obtain worse, and those exiled sought new lives, not wishing to try the judgement of the Inquisitors a second time. Those executed... obviously did not have the chance.
Those that did return, did it in hostility. Scorning their sentence, they return to their cults and schemes, and if caught, were executed immediately.
She however, was simply going to walk back home, and present herself. There was only one entry that suggested some hope, an obscure passage, from one of their earliest legal tomes.
"The Heretic can be redeemed, if found worthy in the eyes of Man and Halone."
What exactly this meant however, was unclear. Eyes of man made it sound like a trial of sorts. The eyes of Halone though? The gods no longer speak to mortals, and she wonders if they ever did. More than likely this would be a judgement of the priests, a judgement which would likely go poorly for her.
She closes the book with a sigh, first though, her concern must be not getting slain the moment she reaches the border. For that, she can only hope Orrin's reputation will give her some edge.
