Lol. Im a pig and i can tell you that you are not a pig. I think that honor killings for roleplaying purposes would be a fun idea. Totally would get you arrested in most places, but honor killings were done a very long time ago for heir purposes. Im sure that if the system would allow the other child to inherit more, the honor killing would be justifiable.

It'd be interesting to see how the contract wording evolves as these sorts of things come up, since I imagine that would have a lot to do with what's considered legal and not.

If there were a clause in the contract outlining that no other children can be had with another person, and violating the contract had punishments outlined either in the contract itself or via local law, I imagine an 'honor killing,' banishment, etc, would certainly not be out of the question.

If the contract does allow children by another, or relations out of wedlock (or other union ceremonies), and there's no local law against those things, it may be a lot more difficult to commit your vengeance act without any legal repercussions yourself. Because then, in that case, no contract or law has actually been broken.

I suppose it goes to prove the importance of contracts and contract writers/lawyers/similar professions.

I think there is a word in Elyria that changes so much social interaction when compared with other roleplay settings: Contract.

As you say this is a child contract. It is not two people having a child through passion alone, it is a choice and an agreement. It is something where you you actually sit and agree fundamentals of how, and who, will be raising that child. What culture, what religion, who the child would be an heir of. There is so much that is agreed at the start that I wonder where those crimes of passion against the other parent or against the child would come from.