Re: A Good Cop

From: Madeleine Eid <eid_at_...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:30:32 +0100

A more classical example is the vigeles of Ancient Rome. Originally just a night-time fire fighting force, the detection and apprehension of criminals became part of their duties. Various of the Falco novels deal with the vigeles - Three Hands in the Fountain & Time to Depart are probably the best in that regard.

TTFN Maddy E

> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:43:43 -0400
> From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
>Subject: A Good Cop
>
> I was hoping to pick the brains of all you smart people a bit.
>
>A player joining my game wants to basically make a police officer. As
>some of you know, I'm playing in Karse just post-invasion, and he wants
>to play someone who was some sort of officer of the law before hand,
>dealing with the aftermath.
>
>I like the character concept, but of course a city in Glorantha isn't
>going to have something resembling a modern police force, is it? Given
>the mixed Heortling/Esvulari heritage of Karse, what kind of laws and
>law enforcement might it have had? (I'm looking broad brush, not
>absolute detail, of course.) I can't see it just being traditional
>Heortling wereguild/feud based justice in a city liked that, although
>those elements should still exist, I would think.
>
>Anyone have some good suggestions for historical parallels or ideas I
>could use?
>
>Thanks.
>
>LC