Dueling has a long and somewhat chequered history on Sivad. King Franklin I’s Edict of Cebeck in 2812 set a dueling code to regulate the practice of ‘affairs of honour’ by his nobility. Even despite its strictures, some 1,000 duels are estimated to have occurred in the five years following the introduction of the Edict. The salient parts of the Edict of Cebeck, still widely recognized as the Sivadian Dueling Code, state: 2. A blow is the most severe assault on the dignity of a gentleman. No verbal apology is possible. 5. The challenged party shall have the right to select the weapons.