Endentured Servitude

In Somera, if a person cannot pay for a necessary service, or a debt owed, then that person, regardless of class, blood, or race, must face time as an endentured service, a set time of unpaid labor for the peson they owe. A third party, normally a court official, or if the church is very powerful in that area, the local pastor, paladin, or priest will pass judgement on the situation. If the servitude is so time-consuming that the servant is unable to work during it, then the master is required to provide a living space, and basic living requirements to their servant and their families.

Some endentured servitudes have been recorded to be so large that it has taken a family several generations to pay off their debt, and there have been at least two instances recorded where the master's family forgot the exact amount due, and as such the servant and his family have ended up serving far too much time in return, leading to the masters either paying for the extra time or becoming servants in return.