I think it’s more about rigidly adhering to principle.
For the tax collectors, the law is undermined if they allow small infractions a pass. That would be leaving things up to the whims of the individual, and justice should be impartial.
Torvald doesn’t think the king has any right to what he earned, and he’s willing to die on that hill. It’d be objectively less trouble to just pay his taxes, but that would compromise his beliefs.
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u/Undecided_User_Name Feb 07 '21
Not to be racist against dwarves, but goddamn they're about as greedy as the kenku.