The laws of Arda. These you should know. These do not a apply in Mordor.

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                        Law System

   Ok, this is a basic breakdown of what will happen 
from the time you commit a crime, until you are punished. 

1. You commit crime.
    - crime is logged.
1a. If the crime is committed inside of Mordor, the crime
is not logged and is not reportable.

2. Victim finds who commited the crime
2a. Sheriffs investigate if the victim is unsure who the
 criminal is
    - Sheriffs can investigate a crime, and try to determine
 who did it.
    - This is possible with both steals and kills.
2b. Crime is reported by the victim.
    - There is a statute of limitations on crimes. If it isnt
 reported within 7 RL days (that's Real Life to the  mud-impaired), 
then it is no longer reportable.
    - Only the victim can report the crime.
    - They have to name a suspect.
    - If the suspect isn't the person who committed the crime
 and the suspect pleads innocent, then the suspect gets off
 and the victim must pay court costs - which multiplies for
 each false report
    - If an attempted murder was committed, the victim must
 report BEFORE logging off or going linkdead.

3. A guy walks up and gives you a letter.
    - the letter is a subpoena (an order to appear in court)
    - it says you are charged with (insert crime here) and
 that  you must report to the nearest judge and enter your 
 plea
    - You have one hour of playing time.  A login message
 will remind you.

4. You report to the nearest judge and enter your plea
   - If you plead not guilty you have a chance of not being 
 convicted but if you are the fines will be higher
   - If you plead guilty the judge tells you your fine and
 gives you a time period in which to pay it.
   - If you are guilty of attempted murder or murder you
 will become "wanted" right away.
    ...this is also when you can attempt to bribe the judge
 if you are a thief or assassin.
4a. If you become "wanted" immediatly because of being guilty
 of attempted murder or murder, you still have a chance to
 pay off your fine and get off the "wanted" list. If you fail 
 to do this then you will stay "wanted"

5. From the time you are fined (either by pleading guilty or
 not pleading within one hour) you receive messages when you
 log on indicating your fine and the time left to pay it.
5a. You pay your fine within the time.  The victim gets some
 compensation for your offense.
5b. You don't pay, so you become wanted after time runs out.
   - Wanted posters go up in the post offices: ex. Manwe is
 wanted
   - Sheriff's can now handcuff you.
   - Any player can now legally kill you!
   - Hiding at places where no sheriff can arrest you (boat, etc)
 is ILLEGAL, and will be punished accordingly to 'help nuke'.
   - Hiding on mounts and on flying beasts is NOT illegal.

6. You are handcuffed by a sheriff.
   - Sheriff's have a "find" command that tells them all the
     wanted players logged on.
   - Sheriff's can handcuff unwanted people, but if they do...
     they go on trial for unlawful arrest
   + Three strikes and you're out rule. Three false arrests and 
 sheriff is off the force.  Back to being a civilian.
   + A sheriff convicted of murder is also kicked off the force
   - Also, local post offices will have posters of the wanted 
 people reported in that area.
   - handcuff sends you to a jail based on your level and the 
 severity of the crime.
   - Once you are handcuffed, you sit in the cell for a little 
 while...

7.  Ok, now you are taken from your cell to court..where you 
 gothrough a simulated trial...that will give you a slim chance
 of not being convicted. The judge will give you a sentence, 
 which will be a larger fine...and you cant leave until you 
 pay it. (in the case of multiple Pkillers...death sentence? 
 *cackle*)

8. You are sent back to your cell until you pay the fine, or
 it is sucked out of you in the form of stats and skills and
 possibly exp.
   - In the case of multiple pkillers...who get death 
 sentence...you would be issued a LARGE fine...and if you
 cant pay it...then the executioner comes for you. 
 MUHAHAHAHAHAHA
   - If you pay the fine, or after it is sucked out of you...you
 are set free outside the jail.

9. If you can avoid being caught for 1 game day the warrant is 
 dropped


     Crime Breakdown:
False Arrest - applies to sheriffs only. Wrongly arresting a 
 non-wanted person. No fine, but sheriff loses job after the 
 3rd such offence.
False Report - wrongly accusing someone of a crime. Make sure
 you know who commited it before you accuse.
Attempted Steal - a failed attempt to take belongings. Thieves
 get a 10% discount off the bribe cost for this offence.
Steal - taking things from a unwilling person. No bribe for 
 this crime.
Attempted Murder - a failed attempt on a persons life. You 
 become wanted immediately if found guilty when you plead. 
 Assassins get a 10% discount off the cost of a bribe for 
 this offence.
Murder - taking another characters life other than in 
 self-defense. You become wanted immediatly if you are found 
 guilty of this offense. No bribe.

If the criminal pleads innocent he has a 5% chance to not be 
convicted.  If convicted, the criminal faces a 10% fine increase.

Emotes of crimes:

  To keep from being fooled by crime emotes, look for
the following messages, none of which can be emoted:

You catch XXX trying to steal YYY from you!
You noticed that XXX stole YYY from you!
You are attacked by XXX!
Without warning, XXX attacks you from behind!

NOTE: Attacking a horse when someone is riding it is considered
 attempted murder.

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