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Emperor Valkren III

CanonOfficial lore from the booksMCp. 79

Emperor Valkren III is an emperor of The Empire remembered for his decree on blood feuds. Feuds between noble houses are common, and they had caused such problems that during his reign he issued a decree abolishing the right of noble houses to take revenge on each other and transferring all authority over such matters to the imperial justice system.¹

Blood feuds after the decree

The penalty for a noble house that takes up arms and sheds blood against another is severe. If the crime is traced to the house's leadership, its leaders are replaced; if the whole family is implicated, it may lose not only its surname but its members' lives as well. In practice, who is related to whom, and what rank whose son holds in the Legion, often weigh heavily on the outcome.¹

Notes

↑BookMercenary Compendium, p. 79

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MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 79

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