Regicide

Regicide, also known as kingslaying, (or queenslaying) is the deliberate act of murdering a monarch and is considered one of the most serious and stigmatized crimes in the Kingdom of The North. Whoever commits it is dubbed a kingslayer. It usually refers to the act of killing one's own king, making the act a form of oathbreaking. Killing a king in battle is generally not considered kingslaying, particularly if the dead king is a rival to one's own or an otherwise declared enemy.
Somewhat like kinslaying, incest, or violating the patron right, anyone who kills a king is believed to be cursed. Because the King of The North is blessed by the High Adepton of the Faith of the Four at his coronation, it is considered a heinous crime in that religion to kill the king. This applies even when the king is a reviled tyrant.
==Known kingslayers==
*King Ronan I Boyce usurped and executed his brother, King Bradyn I Boyce following the Summer Rebellion.
*Sir Asten Knigh killed King Dannis I Boyce but due to the fact that the two engaged in a duel during the Battle of Newcastle, he is not considered a Kingslayer but is still called the "Tyrant-slayer" due to King Dannis' tyrannical rule. 
==Alleged and suspected kingslayers==
*It is rumoured that King Rylar II Boyce was poisoned by his nephew, King Dannis I Boyce, in order to become King.
Category:Crimes