Pantheon v. Oural

 

Pantheon v. Oural


Plaintiffs:

Plaintiffs' Attorney:

  1. Pantheon

  1. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

Defendants:

Defendant’s Attorney:

  1. Orual

  1. Johnicochranites, Unfitter of Gloves

Court:

Court of the Underworld

Opinion by:

Asgos, God of Extreme Obsessions Not Otherwise Specified





Key laws involved:

  • Zeus Decree 4035, §§ 1-3

  • Zeus Decree 23587, §§ 4-7








Summary:

  1. The defendant is accused of accosting the Pantheon by compelling Psyche to disobey a god with envious intent. This is a violation of Decree 4035 §§ 1-3. She also stands accused of cursing the gods without proper authority as stated by Decree 23587, §§ 4-7. Her half-sister and defendant, Orual, compelled her to violate the God of the Mountain’s order to violate the command of never seeing the god’s face as humans cannot process a god’s appearance. 

  2. The defendant argued that she did not have envious intent when compelling her sister to disobey the direct orders of a god. She made a point of referring to the case study of Prometheus, where he stole fire for selfless reasons. The defense claimed that the Pantheon cannot prove Orual was jealous of her half-sister’s beauty, with them claiming the reason was intellectually motivated which carries a lighter sentence. The Pantheon argued that the defendant’s unhealthy love towards Psyche indicates envy with her wishing she was a boy to fall in love with her. Therefore, the Court finds Oural guilty on this charge. 

  3. The defendant argues that she had proper reason to curse the gods due to previous punishments prescribed to her and Psyche, claiming that she had proper foundation and was unaware of the standards regarding such matters. The Pantheon refuted this by calling their expert on myth, Cheestertonitis. His testimony regarding myth as a tool to teach about such matters was compelling to the Court, testifying that myth is used to pass down morality and other social norms. During cross-examination, the defendant admitted to knowing about such myths. The Pantheon asked the defendant to tell the Court the story she heard at Psyche’s temple in which the defendant claimed to have realized that her “heart was restless until it rested in the gods” at which point her attorney was heard whispering obscenities under his breath.

  4. The Court finds Orual guilty of violating Zeus Decree 4035, §§ 1-3 and Zeus Decree 23087, §§ 4-7. The defendant’s eventual acknowledgement of her wrong doing is certainly a mitigating factor, therefore she cannot be sentenced to too harsh a fate. I sentence Orual to serving the God of the Mountain for 1000 years with the possibility of a commutation. 

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