Marco's clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. Great. Another thing that could control people and make them into slaves. "Can you tell if someone's had it cast on them?" he asked, not wanting to have no information on this thing.

"Because they don't apply the laws to the stuff people did before they got here, and they seem to think that 'not convicting people for past crimes' equals 'ignoring their past crimes altogether'. Course, these are the guys who have someone who calls himself an evil demon overlord sitting on the Council with them, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's some selective self-interest going on there."