https://www.mastersofraana.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Freebooter%27s_holdingFreebooter's holding - Revision history2026-04-29T16:47:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.42.1https://www.mastersofraana.com/index.php?title=Freebooter%27s_holding&diff=9520&oldid=prevAlexD: created page2025-10-20T09:04:11Z<p>created page</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>"Freebooter's holding" is a term for a type of bribe, or "unofficial license", commonly paid by [[bandits]] and other people engaged in activities outwith the law, to the [[Skyguard]] or to other authorities who might object to what they are up to. These arrangements help provide a certain degree of stability in a society in which law enforcement authorities are overstretched, as it connects criminals to the "police", and helps the authorities keep an eye on things. A practice symptomatic of the fact that the law in practice tends to be more concerned with order than with justice. And should two groups of criminals come into conflict over a certain issue or piece of territory, those who pay the Skyguard (or who pay the Skyguard the most) will find themselves with an advantage, as Ikaanos' law gets unevenly applied.</div>AlexD