Johan Marsos - Sandstone College

[Qari]

Dear Johan,

I have read your writings within the Sandstone, and would like to offer you a correction to an incorrect statement within.

The passage in question is:

so of note, the Legates do not necessarily have to agree with one another to pass a law. One legate may simply invoke upon the Stele and write the new law. Taxes may also be adjusted as a legate pleases, such as higher sales tax and property tax. However, it is extremely apparent that to operate on one's own terms as Legate is to enter a quick detrimental relationship to both the Well and its subjects. The two legates would surely devolve into a 'do as I wish' contest, and the government would shut down, simply due to the fact that the legates would contest one another endlessly.

The ability to determine immediate guilt, changes laws, exile citizens wantonly, alter taxes at a whim, and more is all within the power of a Legate. When voting, a citizen should be responsible on who will take the reigns and lead them. 

The error in this, is that both legates must agree.  Always.  In order for a law to be invoked upon the stele, it must bear the signature of both legates.

Any decision upon tax, or otherwise, must also be unanimously agreed on by the two.  Failure to do this, presents the offending legate with possible removal from their position, up to and including their execution if the offense is particularly egregious.  The Chief Scribe can revoke and overrule any such oversteps, at any given time.    Your text touches on this as speculation, but this is simply the way it is.

The fear of over-reach is accounted for in the processes of the pyramid, and in truth - The worst that can happen is that the legates simply cannot agree or leverage one another, and governance is simply stagnant.



-Qari Alriyh,
Scholar of Baz'eel,
Legate of the League of Gold