Treason

Treason is a serious crime against a sovereign or the realm or kingdom as a whole, including rebellion, regicide, oathbreaking, and espionage. A queen consort committing infidelity against the king is also considered treason.
The punishment for treason is death, usually by public execution by beheading (for higher ranking members of society) or hanging (for commonfolk and lower members of society or in an act of anger or cruelty against the traitor).
Like oathbreaking, the nature of treason is not an absolute one and is subject to political machinations. It can often depend on whether said treason is successful. While a defeated rebel will be condemned and executed as a traitor, a victorious one will be in power and will merely receive the epithet usurper.
In the city of Newcastle, those accused of treason are confined to the Ice Cells which are beneath the Winter Keep and infamously cold.
==Major cases and accusations of Treason==
* Prince Kaegan, Lord Wyllam Rocke, Lord Dayron Durham, the Lords of the Lake (bar Lord Hugar Pyke) and the other Rebel Lords, as well as their bannermen, households, and followers, committed treason against King Dannis I Boyce when they rebelled against him. However, as they were victorious in their rebellion, a rebellion started to end tyranny and cruelty, they have never been judged as such and haev instead been judged as heroes by many. Kaegan III Boyce was known as "The Usurper" by a minority of Lords who surrendered to him but were still loyal to the deceased King Dannis.
* Lord Ethon Carlisle and Lord Olivar Lanser along with their household and retainers in Newcastle were executed under suspicions of treason after refusing to partake in the slaughter of commonfolk during the Massacre of Newcastle in 337 AF. King Dannis I ordered their execution as he suspected they were Rebels and traitors loyal to his brother, Prince Kaegan.
Category:Crimes