Introduction: The Dead Lords demand service, both in life and after it.With his own magic used as fuel for the curse that controls him, a reluctant adjudicator is forced to uncover the secrets of the dead, enforcing laws that have nothing to do with justice.A spirit's half-understood whisper gives him the first wisp of hope that there may be another path.My first story on this platform and my hopeul entry for the January 2025 Community Magazine....