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So what are the possible defects you get when mommy hurling loves daddy human very much.

Death.

Also what Human magic like back when it was a thing?

No idea v:

But considering humans are the greatest copycats anywhere, it probably was half-flashy-sorceress and half-item-crafting-dwarven magics.

You decide to let him go free and live his miserable life to its end as a peasant or vagabond or whatever he wishes. Saenn is stunned, and slowly stumbles out of the audience room.

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That would be a controversial decision, but your happy court and loyal courtiers do not object your judgement for even a second.


The court is aghast at the magnitude of the theft that has occured tonight!

A thief or some thieves not only evaded the guards, the Shadowranks, and the multitude of servants, but somehow managed to steal three items from three different locations in the Palace!

The Scepther of Weather was stolen from its fortified vault in the basements, the Coronation Staff was stolen from the golden Chest of Crown Jewels in the heart of the keep, the Bracelet of Charisma was stolen from your own jewellery box hidden in the locked wardrobe inside your bedroom in the higher floors!

Whatever demon or magician did this, and how they did this, baffles the minds of your greatest thinkers. Spymaster's agents are already working on the case, but obviously a thiefmaster of this magnitude (if its only one) will not be captured this easily.

A) Adventurers! Get me some lvl50+ adventurers at once, no matter how high the price!!
B) Get the Army involved, we will beat them with sheer numbers of detectives working on the case!!
C) Consult the oracles and seers of Pantheon! Scry for the thief's location! Ask the God of Truth!!
D) The Flying Horse, it can do wonders, it can find my thief! Spot it from the skies with its lazor stare or something!!
E) Could the Dwarves divine the Scepter's location? They do instal GPS into their artifacts, right!?
F) Wizard! Wizard! Where's a supernatural detective when you need one!?

You demand an explanation from Saenn. The man scoffs.

"Explanation? You need no explanatin'! Its the murderous tendency of all Yoean rulers so far that made me flee! Be the King, sure! Be the King's heir, sure! Be anyone else in royal family, ohhh boy you're now in the killer's sights! What happened to my dear brothers? Tywynn, sliced apart! Leath, eat'n by birdmen! Eivan, oh now that one got stabbed by your personally didn't he! This ain't all a coincidence, and I bet Cyl helped it happen with his 'wise' choices in his career! I spoke with Ustwelf once about this, when he decided to wisely leave for monastery! I thought he was paranoid, but few years later, I've noticed the trend! I ain't stupid you know! I understood my tendency to hit the bottle would make me an easy and convenient target to remove, so I fled too! And look - all but Ustwelf died violently, and only I remain alive! But now you got me, oh the 'Good' Empress! What now! You're going to execute me too? Feel free to do so, my kids are running around with my blood in their veins and I dearly hope that by some Pantheonic twist of fate they will lead a successful rebellion against your spawn one day!" The courtiers groan and call for Saenn's execution, as the man in question spits on the floor in front of your throne.

You decide to...

A) Send him to the torture chambers.
B) Grant his wish and execute him.
C) Dungeon him so he suffers for his crimes.
D) Let him go free, but as a peasant, not royalty.

I have a question, how important are family lines and how far do they stretch and still stay important? Once our son is on the throne, the kids of the union we're considering now would be third cousins I think, that's pretty far away. Will they have any real relevance to us anymore? Will these family lines eventually fad away at some point and just become part of the background nobility of Methiant? Or do they still get tracked and we'll have to manage their marriages and stuff?

Dynasties only look forward and sideways, never backwards, when trying to establish who is important in the line to the throne.

Basically it means that once the father's son ascends to the throne, his uncles have nothing to do but suck it up. Unless the son dies childless, of course, then people trace the lineages.

Of course with Elective system you guys made lots of family member at least slightly pissed off, because not only they can get passed over when tallying a heir, they can be passed over for a distant cousin.

Fortunately for you, none of family members after Cyl had many kids getting anywhere near to having political power v;

How well known is Methiant?

You guys received a delegation of priests from Ivonia a moment ago, take a guess V:

Quote from: birdy51 on July 23, 2018, 05:03:42 pm

My guess is that he's asking whether there would ever be a national would there be a national system of tutelage, or a formal introduction for government intervention in the education of children.

this is what I meant.i mean Prussia had a absolute monarchy but with an education system in place.

Ah, then probably nowhere in near future v;

You question the Spymaster, who was in middle of cleaning his collection of espionage masks.

He rubs his chin thoughtfully.

"Considering the drunkiness of the man and similarity of names, it is possible that it is Saenn, your... apologies, your first husband's uncle and son of Cyl the Great."

You try to remember the guy but you don't get a thing.

"He fled Methiant after embarassing your husband due to his drunkiness, and settled in Ysirene. My agents were supposed to check on him periodically but it seems that after he settled down and shied away from public view, they've neglected their duties. I will replace them, of course."

You decide to...

A) Ignore the letter because Saenn is Duke's problem, not yours.
B) Send a reply in which you grant the drunk mercy, and have him sent over to Methiant.
B) Send a reply in which you grant the drunk mercy.
D) Send a reply in which you express your desire to have this shameless relative 'dealt with'.