Not really, no. I've heard of people like this, though. There were some nasty people who took over the town I grew up in, when I was young. They wound up sacrificing all of the nobles in the family and a lot of the peasants, too. Bloody affair.
Oh! [she laughs at the misunderstanding.] No, no no. Not my family. The noble family that ruled the city I'm from. They were called the de Rolos, like Pâté. Slaughtered nearly every one and hung them from a tree in the center of town.
A power struggle, I think. But I'm sure they did something to deserve it at some point. Do you think anyone becomes a lord and lives in a castle without doing something bad to get there?
Killed in turn. Nasty business all around. Though the city is now back under the control of some of the survivors of that original family and is faring quite well. A happy ending, perhaps.
I really don't know enough about it to have an opinion of who ought to be in charge, but the city is a much nicer place now than it was.
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The family, as in - your family?
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[thinks about asking what the rat has to do with them and decides against it.]
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...I've known a few.
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[lightly, even though we clearly made a social blunder.]
Then maybe it is possible, who knew. The new lady there is quite nice.
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What happened to the people who killed them?
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I really don't know enough about it to have an opinion of who ought to be in charge, but the city is a much nicer place now than it was.