Editing Tradition Politics (section)

===Death===

Mages who commit depraved acts such as rape or kidnapping, who betray a Node or Chantry to enemy forces, who spy on and/ or betray fellow Tradition mages for any reason, or whose deliberate actions of any kind bring death or serious injury to other mages are usually sentenced to death. These kinds of crimes stain souls, spread needless misery and set back the efforts at Ascension that lie at the heart of , all Tradition activities,and that simply cannot be tolerated.Even if the mage did not specifically intend to end someone’s life (say, he leaked secrets to someone who later utilized that knowledge to kill another mage), he may still be sentenced to death, since he knew that the original act was wrong and went ahead with it anyway.

The penalty of death is still not a common sentence, but most mages aren’t in the least bit squeamish about enforcing it when it’s called for. Many still consider themselves at war, after all, and one cannot afford to be undermined from within during a war. Obviously, both death and Gilgul should never be used lightly in a chronicle, since they put an end to a character once and for all. Storytellers should make sure that these punishments are not applied inappropriately.