#gershom

The Prince of Egypt☀️

Gershom (16)

If a wizarding tower were to teach a course on wizarding ethics, which they would not, a possible problem to be posed could be: if a wizard were to cast a spell sending someone to a demonic realm, and the person sent was killed, would the wizard be responsible for murder? Manslaughter? Would they be an accessory to the crime, or an accomplice? Would intention matter?

Let’s make this more complicated. If a person with a spark of magic, who never had any wizarding education, were to accidentally cast a spell banishing someone to a demonic realm, and the person was killed, would that person be responsible for anything? Would the wizarding tower most near to them have any responsibility, for not properly teaching the caster?

And what of the denizen of the demonic realm who carried out the slaying? Let’s say the person sent to their realm suddenly appeared in an imp’s house, in the chambers of said imp’s young daughter. No demonic denizen would fault the imp for protecting his daughter and home, even if the spell’s victim was an innocent as well.

To make it even more complicated- what if this imp was contracted to a warlock? Does this warlock have any culpability, even if not present?

Unlike in citizen law, there is no guideline in wizard law and ethics, if such a thing were to exist. Such a thing would be laughable, even. In the rare case where a wizard or other magical person would face societal consequences for any action, they would most likely be called to a magic duel against the tower’s champion. On the rare occasion this was refused, as even though theoretical wizards were not practical sorcerers or witches, they were prideful beings, there would indeed be a wizard trial. However, wizard trials were imprecise, ugly things. Three high wizards of the tower would be randomly chosen to serve as judge and jury, which may sound democratic and practical to the unlearned reader, but that could never be the case.

I never posted these puppet rigs I made for an animation with these two but then I realize idk how to use alight HAHA. So they just exist…

Possibly very shortly after the events of the movie in the case of their first son, Gershom, since, as this one fanfiction (In the Name of Family) I’d discovered not too long ago made me realize, it would have actually been quite plausible that Tzipporah was pregnant when they came to Egypt, just so early into it even by the time the exodus actually happened that nobody would have been aware of it, considering apparently the plagues only take place over a matter of weeks. 

"The Healer Hunter, Gershom"

He sets a small box on the table. "I didn't want everyone else to see, but here."

I raise an eyebrow and pick up the box. It's fairly light. I open it and pick out a pair of gloves that have the tip of the pinky and ring finger cut off.

"Since your last pair got shredded."

I m feel a smile creep across my face. I tug them on, and flex my fingers. "How did you get the right size? These fit better than the last pair!"

He shrugs. "We've been taking care of each other for eight years. You think I wouldn't know what size gloves you wear?" Gershom looks to his hands which are now resting on the table. "Besides, you know all my clothing sizes after having ordered new sets everytime I get kicked around after burning out."

I shake my head. "That's different. And you shouldn't have got these, they're so expensive!"

He shrugs again. "It wasn't that bad. Besides you needed a new pair."