Execution by bludgeon

Execution by bludgeon was one of the several severe executions formulated in the Book of Laws of Loran, and used throughout the Lein Dynasty. Variations aside, records show that the punishment was mostly used as punishment for violent crimes, as well as corruption or treason.

Emperor Loran

Emperor Loran formulated several severe executions in the aftermath of his accession as Emperor, in order to quell and punish the potentially rebellious, and in any case rapacious, local militias which had formed to enforce the will of Emperor Jungi. The first recorded instance of this punishment came just several days after it was formulated, in the seventh month of the first year of Loran; thirty criminals had been sentenced to death by bludgeon in the market square of Meiron for terrorising the citizens, murders, and formulating of false judgements against people to confiscate their property.