Adolin's Trial

Adolin's trial takes place in Lasting Integrity in Shadesmar, as he has offered to be tried for the Recreance there.
His offer, worded as it had been, allowed him to be condemned as a traitor and murderer. Though that hadn't completely been his intent, the trial would pin the sins of the ancient Radiants on him.
==Preparation==
Adolin feels more nervous than at his first ranked duel ... and far less prepared. Legal terms, strategies, even the details of his political training all seem distant as he walks down the steps to the amphitheater floor where the trial will happen.
Blended is the offical inkspren emissary to the honorspren there. She instructs Adolin in proper trial procedure before the High Judge. She explains to him that honorspren law is complex, helps him to develop and memorize his strategy, and motions for a trial by witness.
The honorspren have a multitude of reasons for delaying Adolin's trial. Their first and most obvious excuse is the need to wait for the High Judge, supposedly a spren who is out on patrol. Adolin spent weeks assuming this was the Stormfather, because of things they'd said. Yet when he'd mentioned that, the honorspren laughed.
So, Adolin has no idea who or what the High Judge is, and their answers to him are strange. Although a spren, the High Judge is not an honorspren. The judge is of a variety that is very rare.
Waiting for the High Judge to return gives the honorspren time to prepare documentation, notes, and testimonies. Had that all been ready, they wouldn't have allowed the trial to proceed yet. Because Adolin, they explained, was an idiot.
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