The King's Law/Guard's Handbook
A Guide to the King's Law - Guard's Handbook
This handbook is intended as a quick-reference guide for law enforcement personnel and should not be treated as a judicial interpretation of the law itself.
Offences Against the Person
Offences Against the Person are those which involve the threat or use of violence, as well as the infliction of harm. Offences Against the Person also apply to Magic related incidents.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Common Assault † |
When a person intentionally or recklessly causes another person to suffer unlawful violence, or genuinely believe that they are about to suffer immediate unlawful violence. (I.e. Direct threats of imminent violence, spitting, a missed punch or minor injury, i.e. some bruises, bloody nose, minor cuts etc.) |
Summary Low |
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Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) † |
When a person physically attacks another person, causing injury to that person.
(Cuts and severe bruising etc.) |
Summary Medium |
| Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) † |
When a person physically attacks another person, causing a serious injury to that person. (Broken bones, serious bruising, bad cuts etc.) |
Indictable High |
| Threats to Kill ‡ |
When a person threatens to kill another person, causing that person to genuinely believe that the threat will be carried out. (Threats can be calculated and premeditated, or said in the heat of the moment. The defendant does not have to have the intention to kill but there has to be an intent that the person to whom the threat has been issued would fear it would be carried out.) |
Indictable Very High |
| Kidnapping | When a person unlawfully seizes and/or carries away a person, against their will, by force, or threat of force. | Indictable
Very High |
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Stalking |
When a person follows another person, leading a reasonable person to believe that they are in danger. |
Summary Medium |
† Beginning with Assault, these flagged offences are considered part of an exclusive tier (i.e. ABH is a more severe form of Assault). A suspect must be charged with the most severe offences per instance (i.e. attacking one person cannot result in a charge of both ABH and GBH, only GBH. Attacking 3 people may result in up to three instances, each independently ranging from Assault up to Wounding).
‡ This can be a difficult offence to prove, and it should be reserved for the more serious cases. Where it is doubtful whether the threat carried the necessary intent a charge of Assault or Causing Harassment, Alarm, or Distress may be appropriate.
Public Order Offences
Public Order Offences are common offences which happen on the street and deal with people acting inappropriately. When handling these offences always consider the circumstances as it will affect the severity of the punishment.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Causing Harassment, Alarm, or Distress |
Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby. (Includes behaviour such as indecent exposure, stalking, excessive swearing in a threatening manner, veiled/indirect threats, etc.) (Does not stack with Assault. For immediate and direct threats, refer to Assault instead.) |
Summary Low |
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Public Nuisance |
Disorderly behaviour in public. (Any conduct that disrupts order and/or the King's peace or outrages public decency, shouting and/or verbal abuse. Fighting not included, see Affray.) (i.e. Being drunk and disorderly, anti-social behaviour.) |
Summary Low/Medium |
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Affray |
Using or threatening unlawful violence towards another and with such conduct as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their personal safety. (i.e. Fighting in a public place which is not specifically designated for combat practice. Does not stack with Assault.) |
Summary Low / Medium |
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Public Endangerment |
An act or conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to others in a public place. |
Summary Low / Medium |
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Violent Disorder |
Belonging to a group of three (3) or more people who are present together to use or to threaten unlawful violence. |
Summary/Indictable Medium/High |
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Riot |
Belonging to a group of ten (10) or more people who are present together to use or to threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose. |
Indictable High/Very High |
Property Offences
Property Offences relate primarily to theft, the illegal acquisition of goods, or criminal damage to property.
Often punished according to the amount stolen or attempted stolen.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Theft |
Stealing money or property. |
Summary/Indictable Low |
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Robbery |
Theft through the use, or threat, of violence, often referred to as Mugging. |
Summary/Indictable Medium |
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Banditry |
Organised acts of robbing another in a group of three or more. |
Summary/Indictable Medium / High |
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Trespassing |
Entering a building of another, or public office, without right or permission. |
Summary Medium |
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Trading Stolen Property |
Purchasing or selling stolen property. |
Summary/Indictable Low / Medium |
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Fraud |
Deceit with the intent to cause damage. (Damage is considered to be either physical or financial) |
Summary/Indictable Low |
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Destruction of Property |
Damaging or destroying the property of another person. (Penalty: Set to double the damaged property.) |
Summary/Indictable Variable |
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Destruction of Public Property |
Damaging or destroying the property of the Crown. (Fine: Set to triple the damaged property.) |
Summary/Indictable Variable |
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Sabotage |
Damaging or destroying weapons, equipment, property, or supplies belonging to the Military, Law Enforcement or Intelligence Services. |
Indictable Medium / High |
Offences under the Organised Crime Act
For the judicial version of the Organised Crime Act, please refer to the Act itself, located here: Organised Crime Act
Organised Crime Offences refer to the offences of being a member of or supporting organisations that have been proscribed for having criminal activity as one of their primary goals. An organisation may be proscribed by the Crown Prosecution Service and any requests for a group/organisation to be proscribed should be directed there and supported with evidence.
The Act itself contains the laws, as well as various clauses that must be taken in to account. Note that this document acts as a simplified handbook only, and the sections that follow act only as references to their respective counterparts within the Act itself.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Section 4 Membership in a Proscribed Organisation |
A person is guilty of the offence of Membership in a Proscribed Organisation if they belong or profess to belong to a proscribed organisation. (Sentence depends on the type criminal activity that the organisation is involved in and the position of the member. Refer to a prosecutor for further guidance.) |
Indictable Medium/High, up to Extremely High (Variable) |
|
Section 5 Supporting a Proscribed Organisation |
A person is guilty of the offence of Supporting a Proscribed Organisation if they:
(Whether this offence was committed largely depends on the specifics, refer to the relevant Act for details.) (Does not stack with Section 4.) |
Indictable Medium/High |
Proscribed Organisations
(As listed in Schedule 1: Proscribed Organisations of the Organised Crime Act)
- The Defias Brotherhood
- The Scarlet Crusade
- The Wastewander Bandits
- The Syndicate
- Cult of the Damned
- The Copper Crown
- The Red Jackals
- The Browncloaks
Magic Offences
For the judicial version of the Misuse of Magic Act, please refer to the Act itself, located here: Misuse of Magic Act
Magic Offences relate to the misuse and/or improper use of magic. Magic is considered 'Use of a Deadly Weapon' if used in an Offence Against the Person.
Note that Offences Against the Person and the Misuse of Magic Act can be stacked. For instance, a suspect can be charged with Section 2 and Assault at the same time.
The Act itself contains the laws, as well as various clauses that must be taken in to account. Note that this document acts as a simplified handbook only, and the sections that follow act only as references to their respective counterparts within the Act itself.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Section 1 Misuse of Magic |
Using any type of magic in the execution of a criminal offence. |
Summary Medium |
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Section 2 Unsanctioned Practice of Forbidden Magic |
Casting a spell or enchantment of a forbidden type without being sanctioned to do so. |
Indictable Medium / High |
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Section 3 Unsanctioned Mental Invasion |
Breaching the mind of a person without being sanctioned to do so. A person is allowed to enter the mind of another if consent is given. |
Indictable High |
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Section 4 Unsanctioned Appearance of a Familiar |
Allowing a controlled familiar to take on a form that is larger than 6ft tall, 6f wide, obscene or distasteful, or that of a fully sentient being, without being sanctioned to do so. |
Summary Medium |
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Section 5 Inadequate Familiar Identification |
Allowing a controlled familiar to take form without a seal or symbol of its summoner/controller, or a false seal or symbol. |
Summary Low |
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Section 6 Summoning of a Demon |
Casting a spell or ritual which results in a demonic entity taking form in the mortal realm. |
Indictable Medium / High |
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Section 7 Unsanctioned Teleportation and Portal Manifestation |
Using teleportation magic to enter the City of Stormwind without passing through the mage tower's teleportation anchor without sanction. Opening a portal to an unauthorised drop-off zone without Special Issue License D-6. Opening a portal larger than 3 yards, 1 foot, 3 and 3/4 inches tall, 2 yards, 8 feet, 9 and 15/16 inches wide without Special Issue License G-16. Disposing of solids, liquids gasses or plasma using portals or teleportation magic without sanction. |
Summary Medium |
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Section 8 Unlawful Use and Exploitation of Conjuration |
Conjuring coins that resemble the sovereign currency. Conjuring objects for sale or exchange, where the vendor has mislead the purchaser to believe they are not conjured. Conjuring an object for use in a criminal act. Conjuring a deadly object or substance. |
Summary Medium |
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Section 9 Unlawful Use of Transmutation |
Polymorphing an individual in to a complex creature. Polymorphing a low intelligence creature into a high intelligence creature. Transmuting a living biological entity in to a non-living material. Transmuting multiple creatures in to a single creature. Transmuting materials in to other materials, without a transmutation hallmark on the new material. Performing physiological transmutation on a person without permission and without qualification. |
Indictable Medium / High |
Capital Offences
Capital Offences are the most serious of offences.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Murder |
When a person of sound mind and discretion unlawfully kills any person in being under the King's Peace with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm (GBH). |
Indictable Very High |
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Capital Murder |
The unlawful killing of a Soldier, Guard or Intelligence Agent of the Kingdom of Stormwind. |
Indictable Extremely High |
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Assassination |
The unlawful killing of a State Official of the Kingdom of Stormwind. (Magistrates, Judges, Prosecutorss, Religious or Political figures, Military Officers or Intelligence Officers.) |
Indictable Extremely High |
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Involuntary Manslaughter |
When a person negligently or recklessly causes the unlawful death of another. (If the suspect caused a death unintentionally through misadventure, preventable mistake, or negligence.) |
Indictable High |
|
Voluntary Manslaughter |
When a person knowingly or intentionally causes the unlawful death of another after reasonable provocation. |
Indictable High |
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Misconduct in Public Office |
The performance of an act by a public official that is harmful, legally unjustified, or contrary to law. (Magistrates, Judges, Prosecutors, Religious or Political figures, Law Enforcement personnel, Military Officers or Intelligence Officers are all public officials. Sentence according to the severity of the act.) |
Indictable Variable |
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Kidnapping |
Unlawfully seizing and/or carrying away a person, against their will, by force, or threat of force. (Demanding ransom or property in exchange for a person in their custody also applies.) |
Indictable High |
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Theft of Information |
The act of stealing confidential information from a Law Enforcement entity, Court of Law officials, the Military or Intelligence Services. (Guard reports, court of law documents, classified intelligence, forcing another to provide verbal classified information or eavesdropping included.) |
Indictable Very High |
|
Misuse of Information |
The act of spreading confidential information to unauthorised personnel. (Guard reports, legal documents, classified intelligence etc.) |
Indictable High |
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Treason |
The act of, or attempt to, overthrow one's government. To harm or kill its sovereign. |
Indictable Very High |
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Torture |
To afflict severe pain of body or mind upon another. (the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, magic, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure) |
Indictable Very High |
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Impersonation |
To deceptively act or conduct oneself for the purposes of fraud in a way that may cause a reasonable person to believe that the perpetrator is a different person. (Pretending to be a public official; i.e. a guard, a judge, an intelligence officer or military officer, acts as an aggravating factor.) |
Summary/Indictable Variable |
Contraband and Illegal Substances
These laws refer to the possession and distribution of illegal substances and goods these could be drugs or chemicals or even explosives.
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Possession (A) |
Carrying an A rated illegal substance. |
Summary Low |
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Possession (B) |
Carrying an B rated illegal substance. |
Summary Medium |
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Distribution (A) |
The distribution of an A rated illegal substance. |
Summary Medium |
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Distribution (B) |
The distribution of an B rated illegal substance. |
Indictable High |
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Smuggling |
Transporting an illegal substance into or through Stormwind City. |
Indictable Medium |
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Manufacture (A) |
Manufacturing an A rated illegal substance. |
Indictable High |
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Manufacture (B) |
Manufacturing a B rated illegal substance. |
Indictable Very High |
A Rated Illegal Substances
- Most narcotics, including felweed
- Undocumented gunpowder
- Undocumented magical items
- Undocumented weapons
- Human (or other sentient races) body parts and corpses
- Stolen property
- Treasonous materials
B Rated Illegal Substances
- Undocumented poisons, toxins, and biological agents
- Undocumented explosives
- Ritual items for dark magic
- Artifacts of unknown origin
- Saronite Ore and Ingots
Companion Offences
| Offence | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
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Attempted <Offence Name> |
An attempt takes place when a person commits an act which is more than merely preparatory for the commission of the full offence. (Ex.: Attempted Theft. If the suspect is seen through another person's belongings without permission/with likely intent to steal, then this would be a case of attempted theft.) Attempts can sometimes be difficult to prove. Remember, an attempted offence is not committed unless the suspect has taken a clear action toward committing the full offence: Intent alone does not constitute an attempted offence.) |
Variable (Sentence according to the severity of the full crime.) |
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Collusion |
When a person knows of a plan to commit a criminal act but fails to report it to Law Enforcement. |
Summary Medium |
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Failure to Report |
When a person has knowledge of a criminal act but fails to report it to Law Enforcement. (Including witnesses who do not step forward or refuse to give statement.) |
Summary Low |
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Accessory |
When a person assists in the commission of a offence. (Both directly and indirectly. Sentence according to the offence the suspect is an Accessory to.) |
Variable |
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Assaulting a Constable |
Assaulting a law enforcement officer in the execution of their duty. (Includes physical violence to resist a lawful arrest. Stacks with any corresponding Offence Against the Person except Common Assault). (Suspect must have been told of the offence they are suspected of as soon as is practicable during or after their arrest.) |
Summary Medium |
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Obstructing a Constable |
Resisting or wilfully obstructing a law enforcement officer in the execution of their duty. (Example: Citizen refusing to remove themselves from an area when lawfully ordered to do so by a law enforcement officer. Does not stack with Assaulting a Constable.) |
Summary Medium |
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Obstruction of Justice |
Interfering or obstructing Law enforcement officers in their lawful duties. (Applies to obstructive and/or abusive lawyers. Sentence set to the degree of obstruction, it falls from Low to High severity.) |
Indictable Variable |
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Perverting the Course of Justice |
The offence of Perverting the Course of Justice is committed when an accused does an act or series of acts which has or have a tendency to pervert and which is or are intended to pervert the course of public justice. (The course of justice starts when an event has occurred, from which it can reasonably be expected that an investigation will follow, investigations which could/might bring proceedings have actually started, or proceedings have started or are about to start.) (Includes corruption, making a false statement, using documents with intent to deceive, etc. Does not stack with other offences for the same conduct.) |
Indictable Variable |
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Absconding |
Escaping, or preparing to escape, lawful custody. (Absconding warrants the use of lethal force, if deemed necessary.) |
Indictable High |
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Evasion of Justice |
Escaping, or attempting to escape, from one's lawful punishment for an offence. (Including breaking release-terms or other freedom sanctions.) |
Indictable High |
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Perjury |
Knowingly making false statement during a Court in session or to a Magistrate and/or Judge directly. |
Indictable Medium |
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Harbouring a Criminal |
To afford lodging to, to shelter, or to give a refuge to a criminal and/or suspected criminal. (Sentence: Consider the criminal the suspect harboured aid to.) |
Summary/Indictable Variable |
