Wyatt, High Chancellor

JJE01 You Have Been Judged/02

A vampire. Rivka thought he looked like any normal guy, as his appearance was shockingly similar to that of most humans. He could have been mistaken for one, had it not been for the occasional spark of red in his eyes. Pencil-thin eyebrows, a vampire's fangs. Some said that he did not drink blood. Rumor said he feasted on prisoners before they were executed, and that was why the execution count was so high in his jurisdiction. He was dressed in the somber black robes of his office. The High Chancellor was supposedly an ancient creature, steeped in years of courtroom battle. Rumor claimed he had been hand-picked by Bethany Anne herself for biological enhancement, his body programmed with nanocytes that gave him many of the same physical and mental capabilities vampires of old had enjoyed. Even among lawyers there was little known about him—other than the fact that he was stern and merciless and commanded a flawless knowledge of Federation law. He had been promoted from his position as a human prosecutor on Yoll after an impressive series of courtroom victories. After rising to High Chancellor, he had reportedly enjoyed complete success in enforcing Federation Justice throughout the empire. Concerning her case...“You knew he was guilty, but you cannot explain why. Unfortunate. If you killed a man without explanation, how can Justice save you? If you killed a man with legal justification, however...” Beneath the thickness of his robes, High Chancellor Wyatt was huge, a looming specimen of a man with a trim waist and a chest as broad as twice her shoulders. Even performing such a simple task as lifting the pen his forearms rippled with muscle, traced by a network of veins so prominent she was surprised they did not burst from his skin. Rivka wondered distantly what he did in his free time to maintain such a body which so perfectly reflected physical power. In one hand he clutched a graceful jeweled dagger, double-edged, which he twirled lightly.

JJE02 Destroy The Corrupt/07

High Chancellor's history.

“Let me tell you a story about a young lawyer in space. I was born in space, the son of a couple of settlers who were taken by aliens. Yes, that stuff happened, and that’s why there were so many humans out here before humanity made it this far. I could read and remember anything, especially boring stuff like books of laws. The Yollins needed a human patsy to stand up in court on behalf of aliens, which was how my law career began. There were no law schools way back then, so I had to teach myself. That was good enough for the Yollins. Much to their surprise, I started to win cases. It all changed when a Yollin hired me as his advocate. It was hard, but tell me anything worth having that isn’t? I had a long and successful career, and was ready to retire. I was getting old when the Queen arrived. She took a liking to the lone human, the champion of all aliens. She introduced me to a little device called the Pod-doc, and she set my enhancements personally.

“I’m a human, but the nanocytes in my blood give me abilities well beyond anything remotely human. I don’t know if I’ll ever die. I don’t age. I was this old when I entered the Pod-doc.I’ll live forever as a fit old man. At Lance Reynolds’ request, I moved into the High Chancellor position to oversee the law of the new Federation. I still love seeing it and reading it. Alien interpretations always keep me on my toes, and the job interesting."

You didn't go to Law School! “What made you think of that? There were no law schools for aliens on Yoll, so no, I’ve never gone to school for the law. I’m a self-made man. What I learned is what we find in Federation Law—that it is a reflection of life. Sometimes you have to learn as you go, and make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice. I want sound legal reasoning and action that will resolve the case. Kicking something down the trail doesn’t help anyone. If the Magistrate has reached a firm legal conclusion and made a determination, then he or she should deliver it with confidence. We can’t have perps walking the streets because sentencing got delayed or there is a mind-numbing appeal on a technicality. I want the law applied, and perps punished to the point where they will be criminals no more. We can only hope we get there.”