Rely on a form of honour that came before laws
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From: Prosecution of (Trial)
Once, a prosecution was an examination of the defendant's reputation, social standing, and honour. This case should be tried on those terms.
Game Instructions: Success here will significantly increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Unlocked with 
Progress of a Trial exactly 1, 
Cave-Aged Code of Honour, 
Trial Being Fought exactly 1 (You are prosecuting a matter of honour.)
Challenge information
Narrow, 
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (30%)
- 1 - tough (40%)
- 2 - very chancy (50%)
- 3 - chancy (60%)
- 4 - modest (70%)
- 5 - very modest (80%)
- 6 - low-risk (90%)
- 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
A PROMISE IS
Old laws run deep. And beneath them runs something much older and deeper. Something that weighs people and their word far more exactingly than any law ever could.
Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 2)
You've gained 2 x Prestige of a Legal Case
You have changed the terms of this trial; it is now to be conducted according to principles of honour much older than common law. (Sets 
Format of Trial to 10)
Failure
Left buried
The courts deny your request. They operate under common law, except in the most exceptional of matters. Which this, they assure you in tones of perfect, polite condescension, is most certainly not.
- Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 2)
