Moogle Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Nalen does need to Die - Per what he said to Lift - He does not (Actually) care about the Law, he is obviously just using it as an excuse. Destination BEFORE Journey type of thing. He is just using the Law as a one man Kangaroo Court in an attempt to stop a Desolution, which is not the intent of any law that he is suposedly upholding. The same for Ym. Nalen is more of a murder that Ym, because it is obvious that Ym was an unwiting pawn used to kill that person. There is no culability, he just delivered a package like a postman. Ym would never have been found guilty and most any reasonable Legal system, except for Nalen's Kangaroo Court. Nalan says to Szeth that he cares a lot about the law. “You, Szeth,” the man said, “worship order, do you not? You follow the laws of your society to perfection. This attracted me, though I worry that emotion has clouded your ability to discern. Your ability to . . . judge.” ... Nin cocked his head. “You ? Not worthy? I watched you destroy yourself in the name of order, watched you obey your personal code when others would have fled or crumbled. Szeth-son-Neturo, I watched you keep your word with perfection. This is a thing lost to most people— it is the only genuine beauty in the world. I doubt I have ever found a man more worthy of the Skybreakers than you.” As to your second point, modern legal systems are not on Roshar. Even in a modern legal system, I imagine he could be convicted of being an accomplice to murder, since he was knowingly working for a group of criminals. Manslaughter would be possible too. I doubt most systems would execute him, but Nalan doesn't care about that. He has only one punishment. Edited March 17, 2014 by Moogle
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