From grudges and vendetta to the Righteous War —
The dark side of the
Castinellans temper is, without doubt, their haste
to turn to anger and violence when they feel that
their honour has been violated.
Small quarrels have often resulted in small wars
between families, and on many occasions no
mercy was shown to the losing side.
For centuries,
grudges would be
counted and transmitted
over generations until the opportunity arose to
enact a bloody vendetta.
But after the unification, violence became a more
regulated component of life in the
The Castinellan Provinces
Any act of war had to be supported by
the clergy, who more often than not sent a group
of Inquisitors to investigate the real motives
of the belligerents. This slowed the outbreaks
of violence, as those who dared to go against
the sacred law were excommunicated and their
property confiscated by the Empyreus clergy.
The disgraced were allowed to fight the Righteous
War against the blasphemous in order to end their
unworthy lives and seize their lands and goods
for the benefit of Empyreus.
Of course, clashes between families and even
regions did not completely stop, but they are
now scrutinously supervised by the clergy, who
authorizes them only when it actually serves its
own interests.
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