Nation
Their cities walk above the clouds; they hold themselves the keepers of justice.
I have not seen them yet. What follows rests on a single document — and on a hand that does not love them.
They do build order, and the order they build does work. Their cities walk above the clouds, their laws are written plainly, their judgements are entered into record. The scribe makes a point of saying he does not make light of this. — A Treatise Upon Devran, leaf 12b
Their nature, the scribe holds, is pride — and because pride presents itself as justice, no one calls it pride, least of all themselves. — A Treatise Upon Devran, leaf 12b
They do not interfere below and they call this impartiality. This is where the scribe objects: seeing how quickly they interfere the moment their own interests are touched is enough, he writes, to make one change the name of that impartiality. — A Treatise Upon Devran, leaf 12b
Not to interfere is not the absence of a judgement. To withhold judgement is itself a judgement, and it is always those below who pay for it.
— A Treatise Upon Devran, leaf 12b
How many cities, how they move, who rules them — none of it is in the source I hold. The only source for this entry is a hand kept at a distance from them; the reader should hold that in mind.