Jonas Schioett:
>>But the upshot of this is that someone making a career of
>>orlanthi leadership is going to have to change cults several times,
>>which means loss of magic.
Peter Metcalfe
> Why? Becoming a High King is hereditary and thus there's no
> progression from clan chief to tribal king to high king.
At least the future High King won't usually be initiated as High King from the start (Tarsh boy kings possibly excepted).
The office of High King could be that of a stable and continuous line of High Kings, or the occasional exceptional leader who manages to unite a couple of tribes. The Aldachuri seem to have had "High Kings" on and off, and not necessarily needed them from a single bloodline as long as the lineage was appropriate.
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