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>be General Tullius
>order people beheaded at the drop of a hat
>left a door open? that's a beheading. tried to cross the interior border between two imperial provices? that's a beheading.
>some 60-year-old retiree from your own army kills your puppet king in a duel with the ancient mystic art of the Nords, associated with the founding myths of your own empire, an unassailable proof of his right to rule
>refuse to acknowledge the result of the duel because the new king isn't your puppet
>plunge the kingdom into a bloody civil war
>this is somehow everyone else's fault