How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Necromancy is Free Magic, not governed by the Charter…'"
"Father's was different," replied Sabriel distantly, still staring at the bell she held in her hand… "Binding, not raising. He was a faithful servant of the Charter." (1.64-65)
Sabriel makes the distinction here between the Free Magic ways of most necromancers, and the way in which her father practices necromancy, trying to bring order to the powerful forces of death.
Quote #2
"There hasn't been a King or Queen for two hundred years, and not even a Regent for twenty. That's why the Kingdom sinks day by day, into a darkness from which no one will rise…"
"The charter—" Sabriel began, but Mogget interrupted with a yowl of derision.
"The Charter crumbles too," he mewed. "Without a ruler, Charter Stones broken one by one with blood, one of the Great Charters twi… twis… twisted—" (9.25-27)
The need for rules and order in the Old Kingdom is shown here, as Sabriel and Mogget discuss the peril in the Kingdom. With the land in anarchy and the Charter threatened, not only chaos, but evil will descend on the land. The Old Kingdom needs rules and order to maintain peace.