Book 1
Based on the text provided, the word "magistrate" appears only once, in Chapter 18 (In The Central Cylinder).
In this specific passage, magistrates are depicted not as judges or administrators, but as executioners acting on behalf of the Caste of Initiates.
Here are the specific details the text provides about them:
Role: They are the individuals responsible for physically carrying out executions (in this case, the intended impalement of Talena).
Appearance: They are described as "burly" and "hooded."
Reason for their function: The text explains that they perform this duty because the Initiates (the religious caste) are forbidden by their sacred beliefs from shedding blood themselves.
Action: When Tarl Cabot lands his tarn on the Cylinder of Justice, the two magistrates are described as scrambling to their feet and fleeing to safety.
Relevant Quote:
"As the tarn had landed, her executioners, two burly, hooded magistrates, had scrambled to their feet and fled to safety. The Initiates themselves do not execute their victims, as the shedding of blood is forbidden by those beliefs they regard as sacred."
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