"Welcome, we have been awaiting your arrival, Captain. As you know, our allies have found a demon on the outskirts of Amroth. This is a military issue now, and as Captain of the Praetorians, you will preside as judge for... it's trial. I hope you will come to the most logical conclusion, the conclusion we have made for all demons caught by our forces. May the Absolute Being grant his omnipotence upon you to carry out his justice."

Anders knew exactly what the Templar in front of him wanted, despite his talk of justice. The conclusion the humans had made for years, was the immediate execution of any and all demons, there would be no exceptions.

And under any circumstances, he'd agree. In fact, he'd skip the trial and simply hand the demon to the angels, or worse yet, to the Templar. Sometimes even they were more religiously militant than the angels themselves. But these were trying times. Quite simply, word broke out that there was a demon found, and the city had been hard-pressed to suppress the civil unrest that occurred afterwards. Many wanted him dead, but many also wanted to extract information out of the bloody demon, especially the other races that had become their temporary allies. Anders was sure that if it had been kept a secret, the demon would have simply been beheaded and swept under the carpet. Especially because a Templar regiment had found him, along with a few angels that had been helping them. Too bad a few elves had decided to be nosy.

So he was the unlucky bastard that had to decide whether the demon bastard died or not. And he had to do it fast, as he had a more important meeting to attend to, as he was part of the circle. 

Anders followed the Templar-Commander towards the courthouse, and he could already see some people head towards the establishment of law, wanting to see the outcome of the trial no less. 

Including many other races. Many had been enemies of the humans before, and Anders still did not trust them. Especially the elves, who were backstabbing cowards. In fact, there was one he could see in front of the stables, probably a fresh arrival.

Anders didn't know if the elf saw it, but he gave a look of disdain. Any other day, Anders would be slicing elves like him in half.

Sadly, this was not any other day. Anders slowly adverted his gaze and entered the courtroom, preparing for the task at hand.