Chapter 7: The Police
As ordered by the regent, the police of Ravan began an immediate search for the stolen reliquary urn. Their commission was to search every house, every building, and every person until the urn was found—but the diligence of their search depended very much upon the person and place.
The early stages of the search totally ignored the homes of the nobles and the wealthy on the northern side of Ravan. These were people of substance, after all; they would never stoop to such a wicked and blasphemous deed. If the urn were not found elsewhere the elite members of Ravan’s society would be politely requested to allow a search of their premises—but everyone doubted that would be necessary.
At the middle class houses, the police knocked and explained the nature of their busin
