What is the repercussion of regicide?

NotaNuffian

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Other than getting wanted of course.

My current train of thought now is that a prince of a small kingdom decides to screw with my MC and he turns the royalty into blood pudding. Unlike previously where the MC kills nobles of different nations in secret, he flattens the prince (not important in the lineage btw) in front of two opposing armies when he is killing both sides.

By wish fulfilment standard, he can rival the strength of the entire small kingdom but has no backing of his own.

If this is xianxia, it will be all out blood with the kingdom gets turn into ruin. But I want to have some sense of rational.
 
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well, it depends on a ton of factors.

Maybe the ruler of the small kingdom hears about the MC's strength and decides to take the pragmatic approach because the pudding prince wasnt really important. That's if the ruler is smart. If the ruler is fatuous or as dumb as bricks, he may decide to yolo and declare war on the MC.

How it would be seen by other nations would also factor in as would whether the small kingdom has a much bigger nation backing it or superior to it.

Repercussions could run the gamut from nothing happening, putting any size of bounty on the MC, allied or superior nations deciding to get involved all the way up to the xianxia standard of 'you die or i die' self-destructive blood feud.
 

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well, it depends on a ton of factors.

Maybe the ruler of the small kingdom hears about the MC's strength and decides to take the pragmatic approach because the pudding prince wasnt really important. That's if the ruler is smart. If the ruler is fatuous or as dumb as bricks, he may decide to yolo and declare war on the MC.

How it would be seen by other nations would also factor in as would whether the small kingdom has a much bigger nation backing it or superior to it.

Repercussions could run the gamut from nothing happening, putting any size of bounty on the MC, allied or superior nations deciding to get involved all the way up to the xianxia standard of 'you die or i die' self-destructive blood feud.
Well, you can rule out superior nations when every kingdom in my book is equally trash thanks to the fallout centuries ago.
Duke Franz Ferdinand flashbacks.
The Black Hand could be your MC in this scenario.
Let fantasy WWI begin.
A small war is already on between the two kingdoms.

And every noble in MC's home kingdom wants him dead due to special reasons. To hell the reason why he ends up as a wanderer is because of the sheer amount of assassins they sent after him.
 

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Most likely the nobility would split into different factions, and civil war would probably follow.

Idea for factions
1. if there is anyone with royal blood still alive they'll become a figurehead for one of the factions. (Perhaps there's multiple people claiming to have some degree of royal heritage.)
2. if the church has power then they'll want to delegate a new ruler.
3. Nobles wanting to have more power, and reduce/eliminate the need for a king.
4. Perhaps part of the nobles will try to join with another kingdom.
6. Merchants try to buyout the country.
7. If you have other big organizations maybe they can try to get the territory.

Of course this is assuming the standard European kingdom style of governance. If you're using something more Asian then you may need to look to some of their history for inspiration. I'm sure you could find instances of full regicide to see how that turned out. It would probably be similar to Europe but I have a feeling that there would be some important differences.
 

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Other than getting wanted of course.

My current train of thought now is that a prince of a small kingdom decides to screw with my MC and he turns the royalty into blood pudding. Unlike previously where the MC kills nobles of different nations in secret, he flattens the prince (not important in the lineage btw) in front of two opposing armies when he is killing both sides.

By wish fulfilment standard, he can rival the strength of the entire small kingdom but has no backing of his own.

If this is xianxia, it will be all out blood with the kingdom gets turn into ruin. But I want to have some sense of rational.
Do these small kingdoms have allies? Cause they might take interest in the MC unless they also have people who can rival the strength of small kingdoms.
 

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i started imagining the political and possibly religious intrigue involved. you know in most kingdoms the royal family is somewhat distant from the nobility. like sure the people loyal to the prince or his family would "want you dead" simple enough but what about the nobles who were plotting usurping the throne to begin with. you possibly threw a wrench in their plans or even worse the more sinister ones, seeing that you are now wanted by a kingdom, may seek to send you an olive branch to pull you to their side to use you for further plans. they know you have no problem killing their enemy regardless of status. think about it most assassins would demand an outrageous sum for that sort of thing and you're out there doing it for free. a good scumbag noble would never let that slip by.

that could technically be seen as a reprecussion, because if, like you said your own kingdom is already sending people after you, and now a whole other kingdom wants you dead, ...pardon, as i havent read your story, but unless your character is some kinda op mega badass, you're probably, possibly going to have to consider accepting their help, which is most definitely not a position you want to be in. same applies if this prince was competing for the crown with a sibling. that sibling, if not outright wanting you dead, is probably not going to stop trying to draw you to their side

having to change identities is probably a repercussion.

not being able to sit still (i just saw the part where you said the mc is basically a wanderer now so ill x that one off)

having the people you care about harassed, demonized, or at worse attacked and imprisoned and tortured to find your whereabouts. or in the religious context they'd probably declare your entire family and anybody close to you as heretics of some sort. this further links into being refused or ostracized by businesses or anything you'd need other people for out of fear for their own safety.

there's a weird one you rarely see in stories but tends to happen sometimes, where, if that prince had any rivals or enemies, they might be the hot-headed type where like.. now that their rival is dead, you become the next target of their unreasonable, unchecked aggression.

if that prince was engaged to a royal of another country seeking to tie the two kingdoms with peace treaties, you probably just destroyed said treaty. while its not a direct repercussion, being single handedly responsible for sending two countries back into war would probably get you hated by a 3rd, previously unrelated country.

idk if this story is a high-fantasy isekai type but if that prince had any sort of blessing or stigmata from that worlds god(s) you most likely just obtained a curse of some sort. or at very least put on some deity-level hitlist.

tl;dr - in any case, just about everything i thought of basically boiled down to "being wanted" still.. just from different angles

(lol in the time it took me to type this up, the previous 2 ppls response basically said most of what i had to say :ROFLMAO: )
 

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Do these small kingdoms have allies? Cause they might take interest in the MC unless they also have people who can rival the strength of small kingdoms.
Going there at the future. Of course with backstabbing once they are done using the MC.
i started imagining the political and possibly religious intrigue involved. you know in most kingdoms the royal family is somewhat distant from the nobility. like sure the people loyal to the prince or his family would "want you dead" simple enough but what about the nobles who were plotting usurping the throne to begin with. you possibly threw a wrench in their plans or even worse the more sinister ones, seeing that you are now wanted by a kingdom, may seek to send you an olive branch to pull you to their side to use you for further plans. they know you have no problem killing their enemy regardless of status. think about it most assassins would demand an outrageous sum for that sort of thing and you're out there doing it for free. a good scumbag noble would never let that slip by.

that could technically be seen as a reprecussion, because if, like you said your own kingdom is already sending people after you, and now a whole other kingdom wants you dead, ...pardon, as i havent read your story, but unless your character is some kinda op mega badass, you're probably, possibly going to have to consider accepting their help, which is most definitely not a position you want to be in. same applies if this prince was competing for the crown with a sibling. that sibling, if not outright wanting you dead, is probably not going to stop trying to draw you to their side

having to change identities is probably a repercussion.

not being able to sit still (i just saw the part where you said the mc is basically a wanderer now so ill x that one off)

having the people you care about harassed, demonized, or at worse attacked and imprisoned and tortured to find your whereabouts. or in the religious context they'd probably declare your entire family and anybody close to you as heretics of some sort. this further links into being refused or ostracized by businesses or anything you'd need other people for out of fear for their own safety.

there's a weird one you rarely see in stories but tends to happen sometimes, where, if that prince had any rivals or enemies, they might be the hot-headed type where like.. now that their rival is dead, you become the next target of their unreasonable, unchecked aggression.

if that prince was engaged to a royal of another country seeking to tie the two kingdoms with peace treaties, you probably just destroyed said treaty. while its not a direct repercussion, being single handedly responsible for sending two countries back into war would probably get you hated by a 3rd, previously unrelated country.

idk if this story is a high-fantasy isekai type but if that prince had any sort of blessing or stigmata from that worlds god(s) you most likely just obtained a curse of some sort. or at very least put on some deity-level hitlist.

tl;dr - in any case, just about everything i thought of basically boiled down to "being wanted" still.. just from different angles

(lol in the time it took me to type this up, the previous 2 ppls response basically said most of what i had to say :ROFLMAO: )
Nah you do provide new thoughts.

Also about the family, they are "protected" by one of the fallen nobles who manages to maintain a chokehold in the kingdom MC is from, mainly because MC found a way to curse their entire family to suffer whatever befell to his.

When MC's dad got stabbed, it was felt by the entire noble's family. This is the only method I could think of to keep MC family safe for now, especially when they are supposed to die a horrible torturous death within the first few chapters.

Ultimately they will die, which results in MC becoming the Enemy of the World
 
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Other than getting wanted of course.

My current train of thought now is that a prince of a small kingdom decides to screw with my MC and he turns the royalty into blood pudding. Unlike previously where the MC kills nobles of different nations in secret, he flattens the prince (not important in the lineage btw) in front of two opposing armies when he is killing both sides.

By wish fulfilment standard, he can rival the strength of the entire small kingdom but has no backing of his own.

If this is xianxia, it will be all out blood with the kingdom gets turn into ruin. But I want to have some sense of rational.
Things become unstable, when you kill monarchs. There will probably be some opportunistic usurpers which will probably inflate the currency or something really stupid for the long term, which will then create some other problems.
 

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Other than getting wanted of course.

My current train of thought now is that a prince of a small kingdom decides to screw with my MC and he turns the royalty into blood pudding. Unlike previously where the MC kills nobles of different nations in secret, he flattens the prince (not important in the lineage btw) in front of two opposing armies when he is killing both sides.

By wish fulfilment standard, he can rival the strength of the entire small kingdom but has no backing of his own.

If this is xianxia, it will be all out blood with the kingdom gets turn into ruin. But I want to have some sense of rational.
The royals will probably ask for the MC to turn themselves in, and if they refuse, the royals will send a group to capture the MC. If the MC resists and goes into hiding, they become a fugitive. If they are captured they will be tried in court. Typically with a death sentence attached. (Forgot the specific movie, but this is similar to Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean

The army from the opposite side may support the MC, if they are willing to work for the country. If not, they will also make the MC a fugitive. And, if we are assuming this is pre gunpowder, the MC might have broken a rule of war. If so they will be hunted by both sides. Also, if MC is anti royal in any way, pro democracy, republic, anarchy, etc., he will have no chance of allying with the opposite army.

If MC wants backing they will have to follow the rules of war. I.E. no killing nobles before or after a skirmish, when an army surrenderes treat them fairly, if nobles surrender protect them and sell them for ransom, etc. If this is the Bronze Age, army’s will meet, and let their strongest warrior fight the opponents strongest warrior. There would be no outside interference, and the side who wins the fight, typically wins the battle (I.E. David and Goliath).

Long story short, just make sure that the kingdom’s act consistently and logically.
 

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Going there at the future. Of course with backstabbing once they are done using the MC.

Nah you do provide new thoughts.

Also about the family, they are "protected" by one of the fallen nobles who manages to maintain a chokehold in the kingdom MC is from, mainly because MC found a way to curse their entire family to suffer whatever befell to his.

When MC's dad got stabbed, it was felt by the entire noble's family. This is the only method I could think of to keep MC family safe for now, especially when they are supposed to die a horrible torturous death within the first few chapters.

Ultimately they will die, which results in MC becoming the Enemy of the World
DAYUM! spoilers! SPOILERS!! im glad i wasn't reading this story yet :s_eek:
 

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A surviving princess worries for the future of the kingdom she suddenly rules, she insists that you marry her to make up for your actions. Though there is a small possibility of her poisoning you if you accept.
 
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