# General Select Settlement: Select Category: Government *The great courthouse of [[2-World/Hubs/Scalecross.md|Scalecross]] · built on the line* The Hall of Second Weighing is the great courthouse of [[2-World/Groups/The Church of the Weighed Hand.md|the Church of the Weighed Hand]] in Scalecross, and it is built exactly on the white line that divides the city. Its northern doors open into the Sworn Quarter; its southern doors open into the Grey Quarter. Inside, the line runs straight down the centre of the courtroom floor, between the magistrates' bench and the dock. Most days it is an ordinary court, busy with contracts, disputes and oaths sworn before witnesses. Once a year, on **Appeal Day**, the southern doors are opened to exiles from [[2-World/Regions/The Forswept.md|The Forswept]], who may plead their case before the Arbiter of Scalecross, [[2-World/People/Oren Talbeck.md|Oren Talbeck]]. Most are refused. Those who are heard are told to wait for the Mercy. On the rare night of **the Mercy**, the restored walk out through the northern doors with their grey palms healed, and the whole city turns out to watch. # NPCs The following people are associated with this place. # Selling The Hall sells nothing, but the oath-brokers outside its northern doors will witness and seal any contract for a fee. # Buying Nothing. # Services | Service | Cost | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Sealed contract (witnessed by an oath-broker) | 5 gp | Honoured in every lawful port of Elandor | | Formal oath sworn before a magistrate | 10 gp | Breaking it is a matter for the Scales | | Hearing before the Arbiter | Free | Weeks or months of waiting | | Appeal (exiles only, on Appeal Day) | Free | Most are refused | # Rumours - "They say there's a stair under the bench that goes all the way to the bottom of the strait." - "Old Talbeck has never refused a child's appeal. Not once." - "The line moved again last Red Night. My cousin's bakery is in the Grey Quarter now." # Image *No image yet.*