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10. The Murderer's Brand - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II tries to deliver the most realistic depiction of medieval Bohemia a video game can achieve, and this naturally has to include the Dark Ages' punishment system.

Since in the good old days, hanging people for minor offences was considered perfectly fine, the game features similarly harsh punishments. And while killing off the protagonist for every little misdeed is obviously a big no-no, the game does feature death penalties for serious crimes, as well as some really bad permanent consequences.

If Henry gets caught murdering someone and doesn't end up getting killed himself, the guards will come up with the second-best option for giving him his just comeuppance—branding.

On the day of his punishment, a cutscene will play showing Henry getting painfully branded with a hot iron, and once his murderer mark is in place, he gets a permanent penalty to his relationship with NPCs, making it impossible to trade with pretty much every merchant in the game.

The brand will make you wish you were dead, so try not to kill anyone. Or at least, choose to do it quietly.