Ilethian, Dulinor Astrin

Archduke Dulinor assassinated Emperor Strephon on 132-1116 at the Imperial Palace, along with several others, and claimed the Iridium Throne by Right of Assassination. This act starts the Rebellion. As discovered later, Dulinor actually killed a double, used on special occasions where the emperor had to be in two places at once.

The Archduke refused to believe this, feeling the "real" Strephon was the fake (either a clone, a robot of some sort, or a surgically altered double).

Archduke Dulinor was killed on 132-1116 when the gig in which he was a passenger exploded mysteriously while taking him to Capital for an audience with Emperor Strephon, It is , of course, unusual and alarming when one of the Imperium's ranking nobles a "mysterious explosion," especially before an Imperial audience. In the absence of any concrete evidence about the tragedy, there are three possibilities:

• The explosion was an accident.
• The explosion was intentional, and Dulinor was the target.
• The explosion was intentional, and some other passenger was the target.

Of these, the second is the most widely held. A number of conspiracy theories have sprouted over who would want Dulinor dead and why, and a small library, could be filled with books about the incident. The final report of the Imperial Navy's investigation into the explosion was issued on 004-1117, and reported that there was insufficient evidence for any firm conclusion.

It may safely be concluded that there is more to Dulinor's death than the Navy will ever admit, perhaps more than it will ever learn.