The Case of the Jaded Judges

"**The Case of the Jaded Judges**" is a Side Quest in *Wizard101* which was released with the Wallaru expansion on November 27, 2023. It is given by Ms Browder outside the Marleybone Embassy in Hope Springs. The Quest is the 3rd in a series about Ned Collie's court trial, continuing from "The Case of the Dog Fight" and leading to the Instance Quest "Who Judges the Judges? before returning here and leading to "The Case of the Sickened Society."

## Characters

*In order of appearance:*

* **Ms Browder** (Ms\_Browder\_WL-HOPE) — Unknown
* **Mary Pason** (Mary\_Pason\_WL-HOPE) — Unknown
* **Judge Judi** (Judge\_Judi\_WL-HOPE) — Jill Blackwood
* **Claudia Bee** (Claudia\_Bee\_WL-HOPE) — Unknown
* **Justice Raelee** (Justice\_Raelee\_WL-HOPE) — Unknown
* **Chief Judge** (Chief\_Judge\_WL-HOPE) — Unknown

## Dialogue

Previous: "The Case of the Dog Fight"
(*Talking to Ms Browder outside the Marleybone Embassy in Hope Springs*)

 **Ms Browder:** Long has my family nursed this grudge. We drove all the Collies out of Marleybone because of it, to this wasteland of heat and monsters.
 **Ms Browder:** And still they survived! Diminished, yes, but alive! And now with talk of a tourism alliance, they could prosper.
 **Ms Browder:** It's me duty as last of the Sheltie line to stop them at any cost. Ye may have thwarted me, ye wretch, but Ned is still doomed.
 **Ms Browder:** He's a criminal, he is. Ye cannae deny it. And the Judges will condemn him for it.
(*Talking to Mary Pason inside the Courthouse in Hope Springs*)

 **Mary Pason:** A Marleybonian infiltrator? That would have wrecked things for us but good. We're just about to reconvene. Already called the next witness.
 **Mary Pason:** Now, Judge, can you tell me what you were doing up by the Collie Ranch? Do remember you're under a truth spell.
 **Judge Judi:** I was there to reclaim the land for investors; and I like to sing and dance when no one's watching.
 **Mary Pason:** Don't we all. But why exactly did you want this land?
 **Judge Judi:** Higher authorities decided there are more profitable uses beyond leasing it to the "jetsam of the Spiral." Her words.
 **Mary Pason:** Hmm. Yes. Thank you, Judge. I would now call Claudia Bee to the stand. Ms. Bee, your story please.
 **Claudia Bee:** Well, quite simple really. A Judge once tried to repossess my farm because the grass didn't get enough sun.
 **Claudia Bee:** Like I can control the sun! Anyway, old Ned socked him one. The Judges became so focused on finding him, they never bothered me again.
 **Mary Pason:** There's quite the pattern here, isn't there? Judges claimed lands from Dingoes, Drovers, even a whole town once. On the most spurious of reasons.
 **Justice Raelee:** Ms. Pason, do you mean to indict the Judges for Ned Collie's crimes? Take a recess to consider your answer.
(*Talking to Mary Pason outside the Courthouse*)

 **Mary Pason:** We got 'em running scared. But if we're to save Ned Collie, we need more evidence.
 **Mary Pason:** Which we'll need to gather from the Hall of Judgment, the headquarters of the Judges.
**Mary Pason:** Go there - they're always open to tourists - and photomance any lawlessness you find.
Dialogue continues in "Who Judges the Judges?" and returns here once completed
(*After defeating the Judges*)

 **Chief Judge:** Was that supposed to impress me, make me forget all the explosions and broken rules? It didn't! Wizard, take a picture for the wall of shame.
(*After taking a picture of the Judges*)

 **Chief Judge:** Now, get out of my office!
(*Returing to Mary Pason outside the Courthouse in Hope Springs*)

 **Mary Pason:** Look at all this evidence of the Judges' hypocrisy. Once these go public, we'll have to make some changes around here.
Next: "The Case of the Sickened Society"