![]() ![]() As he scampers off, I crane my neck, peeking over the walls of the study hutches in search of Tagan. I hand him a list of the texts I'll be working from today. "Pull these for me," I whisper to the homunculus who tends to the library. Tome of the Guildpact | Art by: Randy Gallegos In my own quest toward finding perfection through law, I have come to appreciate this process of rooting through the past to find weak spots so we can afford ourselves the most orderly of futures. The original draft had been plagued with loopholes large enough to run a fully grown wurm through, but slowly and methodically, Azor had scratched them out, red notes in the margins the color of old blood. If you look hard enough, you'll even see a fine strand of blue fur from his mane on the fifth page. Here, I can see the first draft of the Guildpact-pressed under three inches of magic-treated glass and authored by Azor himself. Most lawmages in my cohort do their research in the runes library, but with histories that run as deeply as Ravnica's, it is prudent to study the origins upon which our laws were built. I'm immediately enveloped in the aroma of dusty law books, leather-bound treasures of order and righteousness. The sprawling archway of the law library finally greets me, and I exhale the softest sigh of relief to be on level ground. That's the surest way to lose my footing, and with no handrails to steady me if I stumble. If I looked down, I would see hundreds of Azorius bureaucrats and legislative members walking across the atrium in orderly lines, but I dare not look. ![]() Water droplets dapple my robes as the fifteen-story waterfall turns to vapor right before it reaches the main floor of the Jelenn Column complex. And now, I've only thirty-three steps left to climb, through the mists from the Cascades of Justice. I've practically memorized the route now-one hundred twelve steps across the Verity Promenade, two hundred twelve steps up to reach the Pavilion of Justice, eighty-seven steps through the stoic Halls of Reason. I ascend the staircase to the Old Laws Library. Previous story: The Ledger of Hidden Fortunes Parents, please note this story contains content that may be unsuitable for younger readers. ![]()
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