Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories/Dark Court

Accept a Subpoena from the Post Officer (Red Skull) on a base map. Next, speak with the Item Worlder (Thief) and enter a Subpoena you've accepted. Travel through the Item World like you normally would, until you reach the level with a Dark Court Gate. Finally, have a character enter this gate to advance to the Dark Court and accept the gracious award of a Felony (and any other gifts that might be associated with it). This entire process is known as the Dark Court system, with Felonies as the ultimate reward.

Subpoenas

To accept a subpoena, as stated above, you must talk with the local Post Officer. However, you must meet certain requirements in order to accept a subpoena. Below are listed all types of Subpoenas, their requirements, the Felony count they give, and extra rewards you receive after gaining the Felony. Some types require a single character to achieve something, while others are based on the player's achievements ("Everybody" is charged). Single character subpoenas can be obtained one time for each character, but everybody subpoenas can only be obtained once per save file. For either type of Felony, it doesn't matter who accepts the subpoena, it only matters who passes through the Dark Court Gate.

Charge	How to Obtain	Type	Gift	Felonies
High Lv	Lv20	Single	50000 HL	2
High HP	500 HP	Single	50000 HL	2
High SP	250 SP	Single	50000 HL	2
High ATK	200 ATK	Single	50000 HL	2
High DEF	200 DEF	Single	50000 HL	2
High INT	200 INT	Single	50000 HL	2
High RES	200 RES	Single	50000 HL	2
High HIT	200 HIT	Single	50000 HL	2
High SPD	200 SPD	Single	50000 HL	2
Too High Lv	Lv200	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High HP	5000 HP	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High SP	2500 SP	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High ATK	2000 ATK	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High DEF	2000 DEF	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High INT	2000 INT	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High RES	2000 RES	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High HIT	2000 HIT	Single	2000000 HL	6
Too High SPD	2000 SPD	Single	2000000 HL	6
Way Too High Lv	2000 Lv	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High HP	50000 HP	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High HP	25000 SP	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High ATK	20000 ATK	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High DEF	20000 DEF	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High INT	20000 INT	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High RES	20000 RES	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High HIT	20000 HIT	Single	500000000 HL	10
Way Too High SPD	20000 SPD	Single	500000000 HL	10
Geo Vandalism	Geo Combo of 500+	Single	Astral Orb (Orb)	2
Being a Loser	Die 20+ times	Single	Spirit Muscle (Muscle)	2
Friendly Fire	Dish out 20+ ally kills	Single	Heretic (Blue)	2
Too Many Murders	Kill 100+ enemies	Single	Immortal Pill (HP/SP Restore)	2
Liking Guys	Create 10+ male human characters	Single	500 Mana	2
Liking Girls	Create 10+ female human characters	Single	500 Mana	2
Being a Breeder	Create 10+ monster characters	Single	500 Mana	2
Pitching Prinnies	Throw 20+ Prinnies	Single	Prinny Staff (Staff)	3
Excessive Force	Deal 1000+ damage in one attack	Single	Spirit Belt (Belt)	4
Corrupting the Youth	Have a Lv100+ Human Pupil	Single	5000 Mana	6
Illegal Breeding	Have a Lv100+ Monster Pupil	Single	5000 Mana	6
Reincarnating	Reincarnate 10+ times	Single	Red Moon Bow	12
Mastering Fists	Fist Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Fist	12
Mastering Swords	Sword Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Sword	12
Mastering Spears	Spear Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Spear	12
Mastering Bows	Bow Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Bow	12
Mastering Guns	Gun Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Gun	12
Mastering Axes	Axe Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Axe	12
Mastering Staves	Staff Weapon Mastery Lv15+	Single	Scroll: Staff	12
Mastering Fire Magic	Fire Spells combined Lv15+, at least Lv2 in each	Single	Exodus (Emblem)	12
Mastering Ice Magic	Ice Spells combined Lv15+, at least Lv2 in each	Single	Exodus (Emblem)	12
Mastering Wind Magic	Wind Spells combined Lv15+, at least Lv2 in each	Single	Exodus (Emblem)	12
Mastering Star Magic	Fire Spells combined Lv15+, at least Lv2 in each	Single	Exodus (Emblem)	12
Mastering Healing Magic	Fire Spells combined Lv15+, at least Lv2 in each	Single	Universal Orb (Orb)	12
Kidnapping	Capture 15+ Monsters	Everybody	The Demon (Blue)	10
Political Unrest	Pass 20+ Dark Assembly bills by force	Everybody	Veggie Burger	10
Mastering Classes	Unlock all Classes (not including tiers)	Everybody	Twilight	10
Being Too Rich	Have 100000000+ HL	Everybody	1000 Mana	10
2nd Round of Playing	Clear all 13 Episodes once, and be on the 2nd+ Cycle	Everybody	Noble Rose (Gun)	10
Playing Too Much	Have 100+ Hours of playtime	Everybody	Sundae (HP Restore)	10
Murdering Baal	Defeat Baal	Everybody	Arcadia (Emblem)	10

Dark Court

When entering the Item World on a Subpoena, the Baliff Specialist's level represents the level where you'll find the Dark Court Gate. After you've left the Dark Court, the Baliff will disappear. More than one Baliff specialist can never be in the same item, but you can transfer a Baliff (and therefore the Dark Court Gate) to another item. It's advised you do this, as leveling up a Subpoena is pointless compared to leveling nearly any other item.

Once you've ventured to the level at which the Dark Court Gate exists, whichever character you send in will receive the Felony reward (and mana rewards, if there are any). You can also choose to throw in a tower of characters, who will ALL receive the full Felony bonus (although mana will be split amongst them). Of course, it would be most beneficial to throw a tower of nine characters into a Dark Gate portal whenever possible.

Felonies

So, what makes Felonies so special?

• For every Felony a character has, their EXP gain increases by 1%.
• The more collective Felonies you have, the less expensive items will be to purchase.
• More Felonies will make it easier to pass Dark Assembly bills.

Of course, those are just the main benefits. Having a certain amount of Felonies with certain characters will allow you to achieve different Endings and open up some Extra Stages. The only downfalls of Felonies are that any one character can only hold up to 99 at a time, and any character with Felonies will be absorbed by the Dark Sun.

However, by passing the "Reincarnate into a Prinny" bill in the Dark Assembly ("Reincarnate to Atone for Sins" for Special Classes), the disadvantages can be overcome and the benefits can be kept. Although, the character will remain a Prinny until you re-reincarnate them, which could be problematic. Weapon Mastery, Levels, and Specials could be lost in the reincarnations. After atoning for their sins, a character can gain another 99 Felonies. This process can be repeated forever, but the benefits for an individual character will apparently be cut off after they have stocked 200 Felonies. After purifications, the total amount of Felonies is not visible anywhere in the game, so you may want to write down or somehow find a way of remembering the total for each character.