“In my day, long after the time of Hali, a council of elected lords had responsibility for setting and upholding the law in Sangrithar.  They were led by the Lord of the Vaulted Dome, named for the great hall in which the council met.  Strangely, given that the rest of the council was elected by popular vote, the leader was determined in a trial by combat held once every seven years.  I always thought that might have been a remnant of the God-Emperor dynasty, a bone thrown into the city’s charter to appease the nobility after Hali’s departure.”   Jerilyn of Colcester