Jack of Harts

The Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Debt Collectors were soon embroiled in controversy as people fleeing Juneau pleaded for help. Juneau made the simple case that their only goal was to collect the debt those In Default still owed. They could always pay their Life Debt off, but failing that, it was Juneau’s duty to secure them to ensure further payments on their Debt. Though penalties and other costs had usually ballooned their Life Debts to many times what they had owed before they fled, making it impossible for most to pay even with outside resources. They stuck to their claim that it was simple and legal debt collection, but stories continued to spread, and Juneau’s reputation suffered. Especially outside their fellow Pacifican paradises. Then the Knights Errant began interfering in their Debt Collection, calling them out as glorified kidnappers no better than the ancient slave hunters, and tensions soon spiraled up into open gunfire in the streets. That was too much, and the Juneau Debt Collectors were quickly outlawed throughout most of America and the Western Alliance not long after. Juneau never forgave the Knights Errant for that.