
The curse is a direct consequence of the Duke’s genocide, which is completely justified. Genocide is unforgivable, no matter the reason. While the king absolutely deserves a horrible and painful death for ordering it, the Duke is still responsible for carrying it out. Instead of blindly following orders, he could have resisted, but he didn’t. That’s why he deserves to be held accountable.

Here’s where you are wrong I hope you know this was a ploy from the king he had no choice if he disobeyed the order him and his people would have been in danger yes the curse was justified but did he deserve it? No he did not in fact the king was happy he got what he wanted in the end only because the duke was getting stronger and also just because he’s alive doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect them he may think this curse is worse than death because he can’t communicate with anyone without a pen and paper on top of that everyone is scared of him imagine sacrificing a lot for your country only to be hated because of a curse that was forced upon it was either death or this…
Tbh I think the duke deserved that curse lol