On the third night, the Mercury Priests arrived at the residence of the guards, where Jon was finally captured and officially handed over to the Mercury Priests.
Not every rebel is sentenced to death.
The punishment for a rebel is determined by the specifics of their crime; however, since most rebels have committed serious crimes, such as murder, ordinary mortals believe that all rebels would die.
Jon thought he would be sentenced to death, but in the end, he escaped that fate.
The Mercury Priests hastily checked the local records and found that he had committed only two moderate crimes. Even with the addition of evading justice, increasing his culpability, it was not enough to warrant his execution.
Thus, Jon was sentenced to exile in the bitter cold lands, serving at the frontier fortresses and walls of his kingdom for thirty years.
